Kaiser's 蜘蛛观景轮 poem was said to leave a "deep impression" on the NIE lecturer, one of the teachers at the poetry writing workshop, even though it was grammatically incorrect to say 蜘蛛蛋 - should be 蜘蛛卵. This is Kaiser's short and sweet poem:
摩天观景轮 / 像一只蜘蛛 / 每只脚上有一个蛋 / 过了一会儿 / 蛋里的小蜘蛛 / 会生出来rough translation: The Flyer wheel / looking like a spider / every leg attached an egg / after a while / the little spiders inside the eggs / will hatch out
Think he got brownie points for his creativity more than his Chinese standards, that's for sure. What is heartening though, is that the NIE lecturer appreciated this sort of creativity!
Mr. junior Cheng also received his first ever 稿费 of SGD $8 dollars!
Case 2: Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报 - 小白船篇幅 (targeted for primary school children). The narratives are true (that he forgot to bring his wallet, and a nice gentlemen handed him $5 on the bus for bus fare and lunch monies). The piece itself did received some guidance from the Grandpa.
