Story for JAPAN from Singapore

Peace Compo (friends)

“You have lost your territory. Now, I shall launch an attack on Greenland…” Po Chih, Douglas and I were at Zenn’s house and we were playing the board game RISK together. We were having a lot of fun, building our empires and strengthening our forces to conquer other places or land. (Risk is a game in which we must dominate the whole world on the map to win.)

It was a hot and sunny day. We were all sweating, but luckily Zenn’s mother allowed us to switch on the air-conditioner in his room. The atmosphere in the room was happy and exciting. We could not wait to battle it out and to win the game. However, there was a problem. We did not know whom to attack as we were all friends. Finally, Po Chih came up with a solution, which was, dividing ourselves into two groups.

We continued playing for another two hours before switching to the Sony play station. We played an ancient Chinese war game with the soldiers all using swords, spears and other weapons. We had great fun playing, increasing our hero’s abilities and getting new items for equipment. As there were only two controllers, we took turns. Two of us would watch or play a game of Chinese Chess while the other two played.

Soon, it was nearing six o’clock. We stopped the game and decided to watch television before going home for dinner. However, there were no entertaining shows, so we went to a nearby field with a soccer ball. We did not have a match, but instead kicked the ball all over the field.

After almost an hour, we were all exhausted. So, we bade each other goodbye and went back home. Just an ordinary day, but it was a wonderful day with friends.

By Po Chih Zenn Douglas Benedict