With my mother’s acceptance of my drawing as an alternate mode of communication, I continued to express, initially through drawings as I could not spell.
I started to express my views on bully at home and in school by pasting rules on the door to my bedroom.
 No bullies allowed |
I also began to send little notes to my mother to tell her how I am feeling.
 Greetings |
With more practice in drawing in primary 1, I started to create picture story and giving a title for the story that I had created.
 A picture story |
Next, I was drawing characters and objects for my story books.
 Character for my story |
Instead of getting anxious and nervous with not meeting the “piling expectations” from school and home, I often create jokes in cartoon, either to defuse my own or my mother’s frustration with my learning condition.
 I am Different |
I also created stories of funny incidents I had with the learning disabilities and created jokes to humor myself.
 Y & Y |
 Mango vs Honeydew!! |
Getting more skillful in creating silly stories from learning spelling, I began to convert mental movies in my head into short stories. Shortly after I started reflex therapy, my handwriting improved and I was able to enjoy writing and drawing the stories I created in my head.
 Felis the princess of Beckyland |
In Primary 4, I would write the story I had in my head without having to draw it out. My drawing and illustrations of stories gradually disappeared as I moved on to expressing in words the images in my head.
 The Bemuda Triangle |
In the follow-up assessments in the middle of Primary 4 on specific learning disability, I was assessed with no specific learning disability as I had no difficulty with reading and writing by then.