DGM- The Very Singaporean Edition
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Writer's note:
Please note that I DO NOT OWN DGM. I know that this story will not be as good as the other fanstories cos I almost failed my Lang Arts… T^T *sob sob*
Anyways, I just wanted to make a DGM story that is set in Singapore to see how it'll turn out like. Please pardon the weird slang I use in the story and…my horrible English… *sob sob*
By the way, if there's a word/phrase that needs explaining to people who aren't Singaporean, I'll mark it with a " * " , and you can find the meaning of it at the bottom of the paragraph where it appears. [somehow I find the title of Chapter one super lame/ not original…argh!! ok ok…I'll just leave it alone…
P.S: All are welcome to make comments on this story so that I can improve it…but please make reasonable ones! ^_^
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Chapter One: The New Student
"Allen! ALLEN! Wake up!!!" Allen opened his eyes and saw his form teacher, Mr Tan*, shaking him violently. He rubbed his eyes and groaned.
"Allen, sleeping in class again! Your grades have been deproving* since the start of the year! You better buck up* !"
Allen rubbed his eyes again. He had been losing his sleep and it was all thanks to his father. His father was famous for his gambling addiction and his love for spending money. This resulted in huge debts which he entrusted to Allen*. Allen had spent the whole year paying off these debts by working. Many restaurants hired him for his good looks, as he attracted more customers, especially female ones.
Under the humid summer heat*, Allen felt drowsy again, but he was awakened my his tablemate, who poked him in the arm.
"Eh Allen, I heard that a girl is transferring to our school today! "
"What the he- " Allen almost shouted.
A tall and slender girl came shyly into the classroom. Her hair was tied into two ponytails, eyes sweeping over the faces of her new classmates.
"You must be the transfer student. Please introduce yourself to the class, " Mr Tan said.
The girl bowed to the class. " My name is Lenalee. I come from China. My brother and I migrated to Singapore a few weeks ago. "
Mr Tan nodded, and assigned her to sit next to Kanda. The whole class stared at Mr Tan. Was he crazy? Kanda was a prefect* in the school known for his cold attitude. No one had ever seen him smile before, not even Allen and Lavi, who were his friends for years. Putting Lenalee next to him would be like putting a little rabbit next to a grumpy bear.
Lenalee approached the seat next to Kanda cautiously, and placed her bag gently on the floor. Kanda noticed her frightened look and growled, " Stop staring at me like that, it's making me sick. "
Behind Kanda, Lavi sighed, "Kanda , Kanda, you don't have to get ticked off by every single thing."
Kanda turned around to glare at Lavi and Mr Tan cleared his throat. Kanda turned back to face Mr Tan, scowling.
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*Buck up-' Buck up ' is not an accurate English phrase. It means ' To realize the situation you are in and do something about it '
*Deproving-' Deproving ' is not an accurate English word, but we use it in Singapore, even the teachers. It means the opposite of ' improving '.
*Huge debts which he entrusted to Allen- In Singapore, there are this group of people called the loan sharks. They illegally loan money to people and their high interest rates is how they earn money. If the person does not return the money they lent, plus interest, by the deadline, these loan sharks will spray warning messages on the walls [like ' O$P$ ' , which means ' owe money, pay money ' ] where they live. Sometimes if the person still refuses to hand in the money, they go violent and may harm the person's family members.
*Humid summer heat- In Singapore, there is only one season all year around and that is…summer. Nowadays it's about 30 degrees Celsius. And since Singapore is a tropical country [or whatever you call it ] , the air is quite humid. [sweating like mad now…]
*Mr Tan- In Singapore, we address our teachers with their surnames and add a ' Mr ' , ' Mrs ' , 'Miss ' or 'Madam' . As you can see, ' Tan ' is this teacher's surname.
*Prefect- In Singapore, a prefect is a student who is entitled to write down the names of students who misbehave to report them to the teachers. In my school, the prefects must all wear ties to separate themselves from the rest of the students.
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Writer's note:
Ah… Finally finished one chapter!!!
Btw, Lenalee's character in this story is so totally not her, and I know it, so please don't write comments like ' Lenalee isn't Lenalee at all! ' -___-
Her character is somewhat modeled after one of my good friends, timid and easily scared.
Ohya and thanks to my friends who pointed out the mistakes in my story!!! Do ya all wanna be named? ^_^ ahahaha…maybe not…they'll probably kill me…
and I realised that the ' * ' s are so damn messy and confusing...sorrys 0_0 so I removed 'em and placed 'em in a separate section...and placed 'em in alphabetical order...