Mother's Memorable Read

Title: BEING HAPPY! A Handbook To Greater Confidence And Security.

About The Author: This book is written by Andrew Matthews, a professional portrait artist and cartoonist. Andrew Matthews has illustrated for leading magazines around the world and has won several of Australia's major art prizes. Not only is he talented in art, Andrew Matthews is also dynamic and is an entertaining speaker and his programmes are much in demand in Australia, Asia and Europe.

About The Book: This book is an international bestseller and as its name suggests, this book teaches people on how they can boost their confidence and have a greater sense of security.

Reasons For Choosing This Book: My mother likes this book as it has taught her several meaningful things in life and also helped her to better control her emotions. The author expresses his thoughts and feeling in the book not only through words but also through humorous pictures and this is also one main reason why my mother likes it so much. Overall, the book is a must-read for all adults as it teaches us lots of useful tips ranging from setting goals to controlling emotions.

Confessions Of A Game Addict

Gaming can be fun, relaxing and can take your mind off stressing issues. However, once a person gets addicted, things can get serious. I understand all this as I have experienced this before. When I was Primary 5, homework was scarce and the exam papers set by my primary school was relatively easy so there was no cause for worry that you would fail as that was highly impossible then. Knowing this, I would devote my time to playing tons and tons of computer games without fail on a daily basis and leave my homework and revision guides on the table for them to "collect dust". Life was very enjoyable then compared to now, three-quarter of my leisure time would be spent on computer games and the other one-quarter was wasted on other activities. However, things changed. I realised that I could no longer control my temper and would have mood swings once in a while. Even a slight disturbance would cause me to be agitated. My parents began to notice the change in me and advised me to stop this habit of mine. But instead of taking their advice like usual, a feeling of dread came over me and the next thing I knew, I was shouting at them to leave and mind their own business. Since that day, I rarely talked to my parents and as time passed, things grew worst. I did badly for the exams during the third semester and nearly failed a subject. My parents could not accept the fact that I had actually done so badly for my exams and thus decided to put a stop to matter. The next day, I came back from school to find my computer missing. It seems that my parents have given it to my cousins and that it would only be returned when I change this bad attitude of mine. Initially, I really hated my parents to the extent that I had even thought of leaving home, however as time passed, I found that my parents did that all for my sake. Since then, I never laid a finger on the computer anymore and concentrated on my studies. It was because of that that enabled me to enter the secondary school which I am in now.