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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.
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.
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".
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.
P.S. please comment on my blog
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.
P.S. please comment on my blog
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.
P.S. please post comments on my blog.
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.
P.S. please post comments on my blog.
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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