{"id":6742,"date":"2020-02-22T15:20:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T15:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/?p=6742"},"modified":"2023-03-11T22:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T14:53:19","slug":"reading-response-to-the-scent-of-the-gods-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/6742","title":{"rendered":"Reading response to &#8220;The Scent of the Gods&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Li Shin didn\u2019t agree with it. He continued\nhis job and fought for his own country. A few weeks later, there was a sudden\nwar which took place in Malaya, with violent gunshots and bombs everywhere. Li\nShin had to join the soldiers. Me and grandma stayed at home, not knowing\nwhether we would be alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Suddenly, an enemy soldier entered our home.\nWe raised our hands and we had no idea what was going on. He pulled out a gun\nfrom his back and point at my face. Grandma stood in front of me and tried to\nprotect me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cBoom!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;That enemy soldier lay on the floor. He was\ndead because Li Shin was luckily nearby our home. But unluckily, Li Shin also\nshot grandma\u2019s arm. She also lay down. Li Shin cried and carried grandma to the\nhospital. He was scared that he might take away grandma\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;We waited outside the hospital and prayed for\nher. All of our relatives came. I told them what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cWhy didn\u2019t I quit the National Cadets? Why\ndidn\u2019t I follow the instructions from grandma?\u201d Li Shin started to murmur.\n\u201cIt\u2019s too late!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cIt isn\u2019t too late.\u201d I told Li Shin. \u201cYou\nstill have a chance to quit, you still have a chance to say sorry to grandma.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;He looked at me with a hopeful expression. At\nthe same time, the doctor came out and said, \u201cShe\u2019s safe.\u201d Li Shin rushed to grandma\nand said, \u201cSorry, grandma! I won\u2019t join the National Cadets anymore. I will\nstay beside you forever!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;He took off the Beret from his head and threw\nit onto the floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph --><p>Li Shin didn\u2019t agree with it. He continuehis job and fought for his own country. A few weeks later, there was a suddewar which took place in Malaya, with violent gunshots and bombs everywhere. LShin had to join the soldiers. Me and grandma stayed at home, not knowinwhether we would be alive.<\/p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><p>Sudd.........<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/6742\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","classlevel-s2","schoolyear-79"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6744,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6742\/revisions\/6744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}