Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The similarities and differences of Lamb to the Slaughter and The Way up to Heaven

Hi everyone. Today I am going to tell you about the similarities and differences of Lamb to the Slaughter and The Way up to Heaven. Before I start, I have read a lot of blogs and I have found out that they have already published "The similarities and differences of Lamb to the Slaughter and The Way up to Heaven" that our LA teacher, Mrs Anu ordered us to post to get ACE points. I am way behind time, I must publish it quickly...

Let me tell you the similarities first. The similarities of the two stories are that in the end both husbands died and the theme of the stories are the same " lying and deception ". In Lamb to the Slaughter, the story begins by showing that Mrs Maloney is a prefect wife and she loves her husband very much. When her husband told her that he was going to leave her, she could not take the truth and was very angry. She took the leg of the lamb in her hand and smash it on his head. After that, Mrs Maloney was emotionless. She pretended to be innocent and at the same time she was making the officers eat the evidence, the leg of the lamb that was used to kill her husband. The officers fell for Mrs Maloney act. They felt pity on her and at the same time, eating the evidence. This act shows that Mrs Maloney was a very evil woman, a dangerous woman.

For The Way up to Heaven, The story is about Mrs Foster, a person who does not love to be late, letting her husband died in the lift that was located in their house. Mr Foster likes to irritate Mrs Foster by trying to delay her from going to somewhere as much as possible and by keeping her waiting. All in Mrs Foster life, his husband has been irritating her a lot. Then one day, Mrs Foster was going to France to visit her daughter and grand children. Mr Foster took his sweet time to do everything and tried to use all sorts of methods to delay Mrs Foster. When they were in the car, Mr Foster suddenly said that he could not find a present for his daughter and went into the house again to find it. Suddenly, Mrs Foster then notices the present was tucked down the side of the car seat.

She quickly went into the house to inform Mr Foster. But when she reached there, she found out that her husband was trapped in the lift. When she heard that, she closed the door and took a taxi to the airport. After having fun with her daughter and grand children, she went back to her house. When she stepped into the house a nasty smell was all over the house. Knowing that her husband had already died, Mrs Foster phoned the repair man to repair the lift.

Then two stories show a same theme, "Lying and Deception". Now for the differences. I think the differences between the story are how the husband were killed and how did the husband treated the wife. In Lamb to the Slaughter, Mrs Maloney killed her husband by using a leg of a lamb. Her way of killing was a non-pain kill , whiile in The Way up to Heaven, Mrs Foster killed her husband in a cruel way. She killed her husband little by little and Mr Foster had a very painful time.

The other difference is that in Lamb to the Slaughter, Mr Maloney only gave Mary a bad time for a few minutes, while in The Way up to Heaven, Mr Foster always irritates her wife.

These are the similarities and differences of Lamb to the Slaughter and The Way up to Heaven.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Opinion on LA Lessons

Hi everyone. Today, I am going to tell you about my opinions on LA lessons. Almost everyday I have LA lesson. I have LA lesson on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and have LA tuition on Thursdays.

Every lesson of LA is very interesting, because I am not good in the subject and I hope to learn more. I also hope to pass my LA test, but for the first test, I got E8 for my comprehension and I was not quite happy with the result. So, from that day, I promised to work harder to improve in my studies. I also stopped comparing with others, because comparing with others, make me more stressful and I kept worrying about my tests.

I took my father's opinion and stopped comparing with others. I will work more harder to catch up with the standard here in Singapore. But, sometimes when I read comprehension. I can fall asleep. I takes me quite a long time to read the comprehension and I must read a few times as a cannot understand the comprehension easily. How can I improve in understanding the comprehension?

I also think that the lessons are quite fun. There was once at the LA tuition, Mrs Anu gave us card and we are supposed to join them back together. It was really fun. I hope Mrs Anu will give us more of these fun activities, but the activities must have the ability to improve me in the subject LA, because I think if we have just fun without learning anything, it is a waste of time.

These are some of my opinions on LA lessons. I hope I can do well in the examination.

Roald Dahl "Ten Short Stories"

Hi, everyone. Today I am going to talk about a book I have read, Roald Dahl "Ten Short Stories". I have read just four stories because of the lack of time. I am very busy lately, because of a lot of homework and a lot tests. I hate homework, because it takes me a long time to finish them and I have to sleep late.

Back to the book, "Ten Short Stories", I have just read four of the ten stories, but I think Roald Dahl is a great writer. The first story, " The Umbrella man". It starts with a simple beginning. The story is about a man trading an umbrella with a woman. After the trade, the woman found out that the man is a thieve that steal umbrella to trade with other people. I cannot imagine that the nice, polite man could steel anything.

The third story is also very exciting. The story is "The Butler". The story is about a butler giving an advise to his owner, but his owner did not hear the butler. The owner wanted to give his customer a nice glass of wine, but the butler did not give them as the vinegar in the food will spoil the wine. The butler had always gave his owner an ordinary wine. I would not found out that the wine was not the nice wine, if the butler did not tell his owner in the end of the story. WOW!

There is also the forth story, " The Hitchhiker ". The story is about a man giving a lift to another man a lift to the town. The man that was driving was caught by the police, because he was speeding. The policeman recorded his name and the man in the backseat name too. After that, the man that was in the back seat told him he had "Magic Fingers" that is use to steal people. He took the policeman book that had their names recorded in. I can never expert that the man took the policeman's book. It was amazing.

I love the book "Ten Short Stories", because the stories are all very unpredictable. It has a very very good ending. You cannot except the the twist in the ending.Thus, I love Roald Dahl "Ten Short Stories".

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Orientation

I have been posting s many post and I have forgot to tell you about my Orientation. Today I am going to tell you about my Orientation. This year, year 2010, I am a new student in Hwa Chong Institution, so the first week is the Orientation. The Orientation started from 7th of January to 9th of January.

The first day, 7th of January, we were gather at the Tan Kah Kee hall. At 7.15a.m., we went into the hall and we were spilt into 21 groups. I was in group 15 with 2 Malaysian scholars and Singaporean. Then, the councils taught us how to cheer(shout) and how to play bomb (boring). For the cheer, every now and then, we have to cheer and my throat hurts. We were taken to each class and cheering was involved again. I really hurts my throat.

After an hour of non-stopped cheering, it was finally lunch time and that was the first time I had eaten in the canteen. I home sweet home here I come.

The next day, we were taken to CCA trails. We went to every sport CCA trails. I was quite good because I love sports. But, I wanted to get in squash, because I have learnt it since Primary 1. I was qualify to get into squash club and my name was taken, in order to contact me easily when there is trails. We also had a water war.

We were gather at the field and we started the war. Ah... water balloons were flying all around. Ouch... sounds were heard all around the field. It was a terrible war, a lot of people got wet. The water is was like a bullet. We were supposed to attack other teams newspaper hope. I hit ted one and it broke. Yes... but when I got back to my team. Unfortunately, ours also the same.

The third day, and the last day. We had a game. We had to go to each station to get material. And to get the material, we had to play games. After we got the materials, we had to build a thing that represent Hwa Chong. After the building is complete. We had to go to the Kah Kee Hall to present the building and for the cheer competition. Our team did not get first nor last for the competition. We got third and it was quite good. Next, we went home happily.

This is my Orientation and I had a lot of fun. I was a wonderful time and I will never forget that day.

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Party in our class!!!

Hi again. Yesterday our class had a party in the class. The party is for the pupils that have birthday from January to March. It was held in class after we had writen our Chinese essays. It was very fun. Here some photos of the party...






After the essay, it was about 12.00p.m. and our teacher collected the essay. Then, we took the cake and removed it from the box. After that we put in the "Happy Birthday" sign that you can see in 1 of the picture. Next, the "Happy Birthday" song, both Chinese and English. Then the pupils with birthday from January to March holded the knife and cut the cake. Everybody clapped and cheered. For me, I was busy taking some nice picture, bu the hard part was nobody was looking at the camera and sometimes the photos are too dark and sometimes to blur. But, in the end , it turned out okay.

Let's get back to the party. Yi heng cut the cake next. It wsa very hard to cut the cake as the cake was very small and you sould see what happen to the cake, it bacame almost twenty qiute big pieces. It was so silly cutting the cake like that. Here's how it turned out ...


Ugly is it? But i did't get a piece of the cake and the cake smell so nice. Unfortunal, I did't got a piece. When i got there it was like this...



But a have taken a lot of beautiful picture and that pays for the cake. Anyway there will be another cake next term. Hope I get to eat the cake next time and after that the party ended and I was on my way to the canteen to eat. After that i attended my English lesson and squash training.

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Happy Chinese New Year!!!



Hi everyone,

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Go to this website to enjoy a video ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y150S2vivFo

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Visit to Singapore Discovery Center

Hi,all. It's me again. Yesterday, our school organize a trip for us. It was a trip to the Singapore Discovery Center. Actually our consortium (Ortus) was supposed to go the day before tomorrow, but some of us cannot because we have MOP (Maths Olympiad Program)and we change it to yesterday. There were four of us that day, plus three that were in the i-spark consortium.

We were gathered at the salt canter at 2.20 p.m. We wanted to join class 1i2 which our three Malaysian friends were studying. But, unfortunately we were ordered to join class 1i1, which was OK.

After all the student had came, we boarded the bus and Discovery Center here I come. After a half an hour of sitting in the bus, we finally reach the Discovery Center. I almost bored to death on that bus. It seems like the bus was going 10km/h.

Next,we got in group and we went for a talk. The woman talked about "Total Defence" and other more boring staff that I think we Malaysian will not need to know. But in the end, I got some details about "Total Defence". Singapore started "Total Defence" after that were conquer by the Japaneses and "Total Defence" everybody plays a part.
They also used poster to encourage people. They used poster instead of E-mail, Message and others. They think poster are more effective, which I agree with. Sometimes, we notice poster more than we received E-mail. Most of the people will delete it after receiving it, while for poster, the percentage is more higher for the people to notice it.

After the long talk that turned out greater than I have expected ended,it was about 4.00p.m. Then, we have a 15 minutes rest. The last activities were to fill in a paper and after filling in, you will get a prize if you got all correct. My greedy friend, took two papers and got two prize.

Finally we went home. I was so exhausted that I fell asleep the minute I lied on the comfortable seat of the bus. It was a great experience and I gain quite a lot on this trip. I hope the school will organize more exciting trips for us in the future.

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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Decorating Class 1O2

Hi everyone, it's me again. Today I am gonna tell you how beautiful our class have been decorated. It is very nice and I love it. Here some photos of it...

OUTSIDE


INSIDE




BEHIND CLASS




Want to know how we decorate it? Here's how...

From the last two weeks, we had been planning on how to decorate the class. After planning, some of our classmates have a lot of red packets. So, they brought it to school and we used the time during recess and after school to decorate our class (1O2).

Sometimes, after school, only some of us stay back and help. The first time we decorate, there were only 5 student, that is our chairman, monitor, secretary, class clown and me. There were some who wanted to help, but unfortunately they had CCA trails to attend.

After that, we kept on decorating everyday, little by little. From the front of the class to the back of the class, and from inside to outside. My friends and I also bought some nice decoration to decorate our class. It some, but we can claim it back. It was very fun decorating our class. And at one time, the whole class decorated the class together and we did it in only a very short time, but the whole class was 50% decorated.

The judging was held on last Friday. After the weekly assembly, me and some other friends quickly ran back and decorate our class. It was the time we can ever decorate it again. It was very exhausting, but after seeing the whole class decorated, I was worth it.

I wish our class will get 1st in this competition.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

What is the powerful thing in the World?

what do you think is the powerful thing in the world? Money? I don't think so. I think the most powerful thing in the world is love. Love is a funny feeling. There are a lot of love, such as family love, girl/boy friends love, husband/wife love even love between friends and teacher.

Everyone loves his/her family, do you agree? I think it is true. I love my family very much, even though I am studying in Singapore, while my mother is in Malaysia and my father in Brunei. Sometimes (almost every day), I will give them a call to tell them I am OK, because I know they will be worried about me. This is family love. Family love is about caring for your family, caring for your brothers and sisters, caring for your grandfather and grandmother.

There is also boy/girl friends love, which I am not so familiar with because I am only 13 years old. But I think I can tell you a little about it. When a boy/girl come to an age, about 17, 18 or even younger. He/She will begin to like the opposite sex and they start to hang out. But cannot quite express the feeling when you are in love, but I know that you will start notice him/her and would like the talk to him/her and other more.

There is also love for grandfather and grandmother. Grandfather and grandmother are the best, they will listen to every thing you say, but that doesn't mean that you can take advantage of them. They are old and would like the young to have the best. But we must also respect them and help them. They do things for you and you must help them back, that is what grandfather and grandmother love is.

And last but not least, love between friends and teachers. When we say love between friends, it is not like the special kind of love. It is like caring for friends and helping them when they need help. These are call good friends and I love my friends.\

What is the most powerful thing in the world? Is it money or Is it love???

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Home Work is good. (true or false)

Homework is a type of work teachers give students to do at home. Homework is a type of work that helps us to recall our study, so homework is actually good to us. But now a days, children hate homework. In fact, I also hate homework. Why do children hate homework?


First of all, children love to have fun, a lot of fun. Homework is like an obstacle, blocking their way to have fun. And sometimes, parents get very upset, and they begin to beat their children, like forcing them to do their homework. But, you must not be angry to your parents, you thought they want to beat you? They beat you because they love you. When I was in Primary, I also got beaten by my parents for not doing homework. But now, I am studying away from my parents, and i realized that without them, it is very hard. So from now on do your homework yourself!!! Don't let your parents scold you!!!


OK, back to the topic ''Homework is good (True or False) '' Sometimes, we have to work OT to complete our homework, but that seldom happened. If it happen every day, that means you don't know how to arrange your time. You can make a time-table and FOLLOW IT. That's very important.


Today, our teachers gave us lots of homework and guess what, I have already finished all of it and i have to attend a gymnastic trail from 2-4p.m. How did I finished my homework so quickly??? Do you want to know???


My homework was to make two folios, prepare a 3-5mins speech and a lot more. I have to face the computer for an hour doing my project, while my friends played computer games for an hour. When my friends were out playing soccer, I was practicing my speech. At night, I am here blogging while they are doing their homework. For those who think soccer is better than blogging, you might say '' Hey, you are stupid, you trade soccer for blogging.''But i got to say, i didn't taught blogging would be so fun. So you will see me post more in the future, so remember to post more comments. If my homework was not done, i will not be blogging here, right? Like my grandfather always say '' Complete your homework, before you play'' and '' Play hard, Work smart''.


Now, I ask you ''Is homework good?'' but before you post comments, think about it... Are you going to get good grades without homework???