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Daisy Boyle 10 years old
Annika Nicole Carrera Kelly
Q: What is the first thing you
would like to do in the New Year?
A: In the New Year I would like to
see my friends again back at school.
9-year-old Annika Nicole Carrera Kelly is a professional actress and model.
Annika is on more than 6 TV & Cinema commercials, guest spots on the
Golf Channel, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, countless print advertisements and one starring role in a short film that played at the New York film
festival. She attends St Anthony’s Canossian Primary School in Bedok. She
loves singing, dancing and playing with her friends in the playground.
Q: What is your wish for 2014?
A: I love gymnastics and I would
like to get into the competitive
gymnastics group instead of just
doing it for fun.
Q: What is your favourite movie?
A: My favourite movie is called
Monte Carlo. Selena Gomez is in it.
Q: If you could be an animal,
what would you be and why?
A: I would be a giraffe because
then I can reach stuff easily! I am
the smallest in my class!!
Q: Who is your best friend? Tell
me about him/her?
A: My best friend is Emilia. She
lives in England and I’ve known her
since I was born.
Q: What is your favourite toy or
game?
A: It’s a craft game where you design clothes and make them with
scraps of material, ribbons, etc.
Q: What do you like to do on the
weekend?
A: On the weekend, I like to spend
time with my family. I like to go to a
friend’s house for a sleepover and I
love my gymnastics lessons.
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Q: What is your favourite colour?
A: My favourite colour is turquoise.
Q: Is there anything your Dad
or Mom does that makes you
laugh?
A: My Mom and Dad really make
me laugh by tickling me.
Q: Is there anything you have
done to make your Dad and
Mom laugh?
A: They say I have a very vivid imagination and I make them laugh
with my stories and outrageous
ideas.
Q: What do you want to be when
you grow up?
A: When I grow up I want to be an
actress and a model.
Q: If you had one special power
what would it be? And what
would you do with it?
A: My special power would be to
turn into a Mermaid. Then I would
dive in the sea and swim with dolphins.
Q: What would you do if you had
1 million dollars?
A: If I had a million dollars I would
give half to people who don’t have
any money and I would buy myself a car and some gymnastics
equipment. I would probably need
a chauffeur to drive my car and a
mansion to put my gym stuff in!!
Oh yes, I’d like my mansion to be in
Hollywood!
Q: Who is your role model and
why?
A: My daddy, because he told me
never to give up on anything.
Q: What are you most proud of
achieving?
A: My Class Leader badge, because
I’ve never been Class Leader before.
Q:What is your absolute favourite food?
A: STEAK!!! I love steak...
Q: If you could change one
rule that your family has, what
would you change?
A: Hmmmmmm... Rollerblading in
the house. My mom won’t let me
rollerblade in the house.
Q: Would you cheat in a test if
you knew you would not get
caught? Why or why not?
A: Yes I would because tests are
hard! But if it was an easy test, I
don’t think so!
Q: What is the hardest thing
about being a kid?
A: You can never fight back to your
parents, you will always lose.
Q: If you could be invisible for a
day, what would you do?
A: I would sneak onto stage and
watch the bands…
Q: What five words do you think
most describe you?
A: Hmmm kind, helpful, respectful,
nice, fun, hyper... How many was
that?
Q: When was a time that you felt
blessed?
A: When my Momma and Daddy
praised me.
Q: What do you do on the weekend?
A: Go to church with Mom, Orchard to eat, lots of stuff.
Q: Where is your favourite place
in the world?
A: New Zealand!!!
Q: What are you most thankful
about your parents?
A: My parents always help me, and
they teach me right from wrong.
Gradually, he dozed off into a deep slumber. I muttered, “This is indeed a
good chance to strut my stuff to escape.’’
Isabel Yamada
Late Night: Taken Captive
Under the dim orange light, I spotted a cigarette lighter lying not far off.
I managed to loosen the nylon string and grabbed hold of the lighter. I
burnt the rope used to tie my hands. Alas! I was free! By then it was dusk
already and I headed for the nearest bus stop. The people filed in the bus
and it was packed to capacity.
It was past midnight. I took a short- cut across the field to get home swiftly.
As I trudged home from my friend, Bess’s birthday party, I heard footsteps
behind my back. A shiver ran down my spine and I quickened my pace.
However, the pair of men continued to trail me. “What were they up to?’’
I glanced back. A quick glimpse revealed two burly men with disheveled
appearances.
The wail of sirens pierced the air as I practically jogged on the pavement.
The police had received the news of me being missing. They recognised
me by the face and waved a thick wad of newspaper below my nose. The
cover page read in bolded letters “Missing Child: Madison Crew” I cupped
my mouth and gasped deeply, “ Oh! I’ve even been reported on the newspaper!” How are my parents now? What’s going to become of me? Bad
thoughts clouded my mind. I reported the incident to the police and I
At that moment, the two men leapt at me and gagged me with a rugged
made my statement. I included the clue of the cloak and how the kidnapcloth. That was the last thing I saw before darkness engulfed me completeper smoked.
ly. The picture of a hut and meadow fields were getting dimmer. I blacked
out after that. They carried me to a jeep and laid me down in the boot.
The kidnappers were caught and sentenced to jail. I swore to myself never
to come home late again. Despite my frightening experience, I still got
When I regained my consciousness, I found that I was in a creepy hut. A
berated severely for not listening to my mother’s warnings and had to be
pungent smell filled my nose. It was barely furnished and there were cobgrounded.
webs dangling at every corner. On the cracked yellow walls hung paintings
“Oh man…”
that were all in dark shades and I suspected they were all stolen. There
was a cloak on a cloak hanger and I scanned it carefully and etched it in
About the Author
my mind as a clue – if I ever would get out of here. I knew I was far from
Isabel is 9 years old and attends Singapore Chinese Girls School. During
home and it was really dull without entertainment and I missed my parents
her free time she loves to dance, swim, act, read, write and go on thrilling
despite my teen age. Surveying the area, I realised I was tied firmly to a
rides! She can’t decide on what she wants to be when she grows up, but
wooden chair and it was impossible to escape. However I was determined
her bucket list consists of becoming an engineer, scientist, pastor, dancer,
to have a narrow escape.
author, or a journalist. Her favourite quote is “Great dancers are not good
because of their dancing but because of their passion”, and role model is AlSuddenly, the door flew open. The taller kidnapper had come to bring me
bert Einstein.
my food. I was starved! Even plain boiled egg looked most inviting. He
freed me a little while to satisfy my hunger. Unfortunately, as the goldenWe’re looking for young aspiring writers to be featured here in our
yellow egg yolk smothered down my throat, my taste buds vanished and
it tasted awful. “Yucks! What kind of food is this!” I cursed. However I was monthly column. If your child has what it takes, please send a sample
famished. Anxious to stay alive, I gulped down my food before the miscre- of his or her work to [email protected].
ant tied me up again. He then nestled down in an armchair and smoked.
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