An interesting year in HCI, I feel that i have learnt many new things in my first year here. I feel that it has thought me that doing well does not come easily.
I will work extra hard next year so as to perform better. Thank you
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Reflective Journal
What expectations do my parents have of me?
They expect me to do well in school and have a bright future for myself, I am to work for it on my own and understand the importance of achieving a good foundation. They know that they are busy most of the time and expect me to be independant and work hard. Their wish is for me not to mix around with bad company and be a morally upright person. This so so that they would not be worried of my future and they can be left in peace to support the family.
What expectations would I have of my children?
I think I would take after my own parents, I would want my children to be independant and learn about things by himself/herself after we teach him the neccesities in life (morals, attitude, etc.). I will give him what he wants and I want him to be happy, as my parents are doing now, but there will always be a time to tell him/her when to "wake-up" and realise what he/she should do when he/she when he/she grows up. I will follow my parents style of guiding them all the way to the "door" but leave it to my child to think of whether he/she wants to open the "door" or leave it as it is. However, I expect them to do well in life but enjoy it more than anything else, with no regrets.
How do the two expectations differ?
My parents expectation is for me to grow up and live a very secure lifestyle, with a stable job to support the family. They want the best for me and for everyone else who is related.
I expect my children to grow up be kind, respectful and loving, I want them to not make mistakes and not follow certain things that I did.
They expect me to do well in school and have a bright future for myself, I am to work for it on my own and understand the importance of achieving a good foundation. They know that they are busy most of the time and expect me to be independant and work hard. Their wish is for me not to mix around with bad company and be a morally upright person. This so so that they would not be worried of my future and they can be left in peace to support the family.
What expectations would I have of my children?
I think I would take after my own parents, I would want my children to be independant and learn about things by himself/herself after we teach him the neccesities in life (morals, attitude, etc.). I will give him what he wants and I want him to be happy, as my parents are doing now, but there will always be a time to tell him/her when to "wake-up" and realise what he/she should do when he/she when he/she grows up. I will follow my parents style of guiding them all the way to the "door" but leave it to my child to think of whether he/she wants to open the "door" or leave it as it is. However, I expect them to do well in life but enjoy it more than anything else, with no regrets.
How do the two expectations differ?
My parents expectation is for me to grow up and live a very secure lifestyle, with a stable job to support the family. They want the best for me and for everyone else who is related.
I expect my children to grow up be kind, respectful and loving, I want them to not make mistakes and not follow certain things that I did.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Book Review: Deeper
The second book in the 'Tunnels' series (Free Fall is the third), the great adventure Will has to go through with his brother and his friend, they finally enter the realm of the Deeps, where every possible danger lurks in there, they have to struggle to survive, various creatures are waiting to strike, every corner conceals a trap from the Styx or even nature itself...
Cal soon falls into a deadly sugar trap and it seems that he would be lost forever, so Will and Chester trudge along, only to get captured by two strange people, Drake and Elliot, who turned out to help them, first by miraculously saving Cal from his death. Then teaching them how to survive the Styx and how to shoot using stove guns and sniper rifles. Most importantly, movement, how to effectively sneak about and execute enemies or escape.
After a rather 'carefree' life, Will discovers something else, a deadly plot to save the 'Topsoilers' from eminent doom. He strives forward with more help then ever to accomplish this seemingly impossible goal and eliminate any Styx and make them pay for what they have done.
This writer really has talent to write out such magnificent works of art, a great book.
Cal soon falls into a deadly sugar trap and it seems that he would be lost forever, so Will and Chester trudge along, only to get captured by two strange people, Drake and Elliot, who turned out to help them, first by miraculously saving Cal from his death. Then teaching them how to survive the Styx and how to shoot using stove guns and sniper rifles. Most importantly, movement, how to effectively sneak about and execute enemies or escape.
After a rather 'carefree' life, Will discovers something else, a deadly plot to save the 'Topsoilers' from eminent doom. He strives forward with more help then ever to accomplish this seemingly impossible goal and eliminate any Styx and make them pay for what they have done.
This writer really has talent to write out such magnificent works of art, a great book.
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Book Review: Freefall
Finally! The next book to the series "Tunnels", the build-up was fantastic and many more unexpected things happen in this book. New characters and old characters come together unseemingly and the story is as smooth as a silk. The end was superbly dramatic and leaves a long lingering taste, the desire to read more.
As Will, Chester and Elliot drop down the abyss, together with Cal's body and Bartebly (the Stalker, an animal), they land on a gigantic fungus but Will and Chester realise the horrible truth that Elliot is seriously injure and a amazing discovery that the gravitational pull is only one third of what it is above ground, the deeper you are, the weaker the gravitational pull is.
Will has to prepare a few things before they go off and dumps Cal's body down a seemingly never ending shaft. He moves off with Chester and carries Elliot all the way and find an unexpected surprise... Gigantic spiders/monkeys/bugs underground! They attack with verocity like none other and they are saved by a rather elderly woman, about late 40's.
She brings them to her home where she tries her best to nurse Elliot back to health and tells them something for the worst. They have to travel deeper to an abodoned submarine (which none of them knew how it got there) and get some medicine to save Elliot.
Little do they know that as they are closing the submarine with the fatally sick Elliot, that the evil twin sisters, Rebecca and Rebecca, are following them with a Limiter. They avoid the weird spiders with Arsenic Flare but face a bigger threat, the Brights, the fastest moving creatures that anybody has ever witnessed.
Many more events pass like meeting Drake, meeting Dr. Burrows (Will's adoptive father), and the discovery of the second sun, the sun within the Earth. Where Will, Elliot and Dr. Burrows live peacefully for a while until the biggest surprise of all happens.
Fantastic sci-fi thriller/adventure, the best "Journey to the Center of The Earth" book i have ever read.
As Will, Chester and Elliot drop down the abyss, together with Cal's body and Bartebly (the Stalker, an animal), they land on a gigantic fungus but Will and Chester realise the horrible truth that Elliot is seriously injure and a amazing discovery that the gravitational pull is only one third of what it is above ground, the deeper you are, the weaker the gravitational pull is.
Will has to prepare a few things before they go off and dumps Cal's body down a seemingly never ending shaft. He moves off with Chester and carries Elliot all the way and find an unexpected surprise... Gigantic spiders/monkeys/bugs underground! They attack with verocity like none other and they are saved by a rather elderly woman, about late 40's.
She brings them to her home where she tries her best to nurse Elliot back to health and tells them something for the worst. They have to travel deeper to an abodoned submarine (which none of them knew how it got there) and get some medicine to save Elliot.
Little do they know that as they are closing the submarine with the fatally sick Elliot, that the evil twin sisters, Rebecca and Rebecca, are following them with a Limiter. They avoid the weird spiders with Arsenic Flare but face a bigger threat, the Brights, the fastest moving creatures that anybody has ever witnessed.
Many more events pass like meeting Drake, meeting Dr. Burrows (Will's adoptive father), and the discovery of the second sun, the sun within the Earth. Where Will, Elliot and Dr. Burrows live peacefully for a while until the biggest surprise of all happens.
Fantastic sci-fi thriller/adventure, the best "Journey to the Center of The Earth" book i have ever read.
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Apologies
Sorry, Mr. B, for such a late blog post on the book review, I was compiling them and making sure they were good enough to be posted sorry.
Book Review: Tunnels
A great remake of the Journey to The Center of the Earth, which in my opinion, I think might even be better than it.
It tells a more realistic story of a boy(Will) whose father(Dr. Burrows) is something like an archeologist for the museum and they dig in hope of finding something but soon his father discovers something phenomenal and wants to share it with the world but gets kidnapped and Will is determined to find his father with the help of his good friend Chester, but soon realizes there's more to it than meets the eye and has to go underground to find his father. He then escapes from his wretched mother and strange sister, Rebecca.
They discover the colony which are a bunch of people who have decided to live undergrounds hundreds of years ago so that they can escape the so-called 'Topsoilers' and Will and Chester being topsoilers are then captured and thrown into jail but Will is set-free to realize the truth that he is actually born in the colony!!! And he then starts to know people like Cal(his real brother), and Uncle Tam and they decide to work together to find Dr. Burrows.
Like Rumo, this story also goes through many more adventures but there is no happy ending and it really hints that this book is a series. Fantastic reading content and character build-up.
Thank you,
1P421
It tells a more realistic story of a boy(Will) whose father(Dr. Burrows) is something like an archeologist for the museum and they dig in hope of finding something but soon his father discovers something phenomenal and wants to share it with the world but gets kidnapped and Will is determined to find his father with the help of his good friend Chester, but soon realizes there's more to it than meets the eye and has to go underground to find his father. He then escapes from his wretched mother and strange sister, Rebecca.
They discover the colony which are a bunch of people who have decided to live undergrounds hundreds of years ago so that they can escape the so-called 'Topsoilers' and Will and Chester being topsoilers are then captured and thrown into jail but Will is set-free to realize the truth that he is actually born in the colony!!! And he then starts to know people like Cal(his real brother), and Uncle Tam and they decide to work together to find Dr. Burrows.
Like Rumo, this story also goes through many more adventures but there is no happy ending and it really hints that this book is a series. Fantastic reading content and character build-up.
Thank you,
1P421
Book review: The City of Dreaming Books
Another great story by Walter Moers, like Captain Bluebear and Rumo, also by Moers, it is another fantasy book of the adventure of a lifetime for any writer.
It starts with Optimus Yarnspinner, a Lindworm,meets his dying 'authorial' granduncle, who then gives him a magnificent piece of writing that was said to change his life forever if he is to read it. This piece of writing is said to be so good that it could make you laugh, cry, weep like mad and then suddenly forget your worries and later be kept on tenterhooks throughout the strangely short 10 page writing.
Thus Optimus Yarnspinner soon seeks the author who is said to be living in an authors paradise called "Bookholm" where he meets strange people and somebody who seems to be helping him, Pfistomel Smyke( a cousin of Smyke from Rumo, they are usually crimelords), who then imprisones him in the Bookholm catacombs where he meets the so called feared 'Booklings' which are actually cute little cyclopses who have a great passion and 'eat' the content of the book.
Later, he finds the greatest bookhunter who seeked refuge with the booklings because of his many injuries which are too serious to recover from and many more adventures happen in this book and once again, it ends with a happy ending but this time not entirely without grief.
Thank you,
1P421
It starts with Optimus Yarnspinner, a Lindworm,meets his dying 'authorial' granduncle, who then gives him a magnificent piece of writing that was said to change his life forever if he is to read it. This piece of writing is said to be so good that it could make you laugh, cry, weep like mad and then suddenly forget your worries and later be kept on tenterhooks throughout the strangely short 10 page writing.
Thus Optimus Yarnspinner soon seeks the author who is said to be living in an authors paradise called "Bookholm" where he meets strange people and somebody who seems to be helping him, Pfistomel Smyke( a cousin of Smyke from Rumo, they are usually crimelords), who then imprisones him in the Bookholm catacombs where he meets the so called feared 'Booklings' which are actually cute little cyclopses who have a great passion and 'eat' the content of the book.
Later, he finds the greatest bookhunter who seeked refuge with the booklings because of his many injuries which are too serious to recover from and many more adventures happen in this book and once again, it ends with a happy ending but this time not entirely without grief.
Thank you,
1P421
Book review: Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures
My favorite book of all time with the greatest varieties of adventures all mixed into one book. Lets say, Lord of The Rings, The Odyssey, the Tin Can and mostly all the great fantasies.
It starts with the Main Character, young puppy Wolperting( a half deer, half wolf, resembles a dog) who wakes up in the farm one day but finds his Hackonian family missing and as he walks about he gets captured by the Demonocles and is brought upon the Roaming Rock where he meets the character that follows him through the story, Smyke, a shark grub who possess many important tips on fighting and in life since he once caused a horrible slaughter in the greatest 'authors home' which is the Lindworm Castle filled with magnificent and intelligent Lindworm(sort of dinosaur) writers.
Soon, with the help of Smyke, Rumo, who was full grown by then, came up with a plan and executed it perfectly to escape the clutches of the Demonocles and came shore to the homeland of Hackonia once again. But with a more developed sense of smell now, he notices the silver thread fully hanging in the air and knows that whatever he meets in that area will bring him eternal joy and goes through many perilous journeys to go there but sadly Smyke leaves mid-way.
When he reaches the place he wants to go(Wolperting), he finally realises the silver thread leads to a beautiful Wolperting girl,Rala, and will soon try to get to know her better but he had to go through many more adventures then he could finally have the happy ending in the story.
I hope this keeps anybody in suspense and wishes to read more on this marvellous story,
Thank you for your kind attention.
1P421
It starts with the Main Character, young puppy Wolperting( a half deer, half wolf, resembles a dog) who wakes up in the farm one day but finds his Hackonian family missing and as he walks about he gets captured by the Demonocles and is brought upon the Roaming Rock where he meets the character that follows him through the story, Smyke, a shark grub who possess many important tips on fighting and in life since he once caused a horrible slaughter in the greatest 'authors home' which is the Lindworm Castle filled with magnificent and intelligent Lindworm(sort of dinosaur) writers.
Soon, with the help of Smyke, Rumo, who was full grown by then, came up with a plan and executed it perfectly to escape the clutches of the Demonocles and came shore to the homeland of Hackonia once again. But with a more developed sense of smell now, he notices the silver thread fully hanging in the air and knows that whatever he meets in that area will bring him eternal joy and goes through many perilous journeys to go there but sadly Smyke leaves mid-way.
When he reaches the place he wants to go(Wolperting), he finally realises the silver thread leads to a beautiful Wolperting girl,Rala, and will soon try to get to know her better but he had to go through many more adventures then he could finally have the happy ending in the story.
I hope this keeps anybody in suspense and wishes to read more on this marvellous story,
Thank you for your kind attention.
1P421
Sunday, 28 June 2009
William Shakespeare
He has one of the most illustrious records any writer could ever get. Being able to write both plays and stories at the same time. He was a very lucky person as well, leading quite a stress-free life. He also liked to spend his time creating stories and made up many fantastic stories that are still used till now.
he is famous for Romeo and Juliet, one of the greatest plays in all history. He also wrote some stories like Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth, also another fantastic play at his time. Having written all his plays at the end of his career, he retired and died 3 years later.
The only problems during his life was during the end of his career where people speculated that he was a heterosexual creating a lot of controversy till now, making it very confusing on exactly what his attitude was.
The miraculous thing about his writing is how it reflects life at that time and all the problems of people, love, hate, death, jealousy, slaughtering. It really expresses on human emotions and how humans might react under a certain situation. Thus making him the greatest writer of all time.
he is famous for Romeo and Juliet, one of the greatest plays in all history. He also wrote some stories like Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth, also another fantastic play at his time. Having written all his plays at the end of his career, he retired and died 3 years later.
The only problems during his life was during the end of his career where people speculated that he was a heterosexual creating a lot of controversy till now, making it very confusing on exactly what his attitude was.
The miraculous thing about his writing is how it reflects life at that time and all the problems of people, love, hate, death, jealousy, slaughtering. It really expresses on human emotions and how humans might react under a certain situation. Thus making him the greatest writer of all time.
Poem review
The figurative words are: sunday, learn, burn, key, door, matter, nobody, way, home, god.
The whole song speaks of the story of certain events unfolding which makes it a rather interesting song to listen to. The words also have a rather deep meaning in them, about love, hate, and confusion happening all in one place. Thus i think that it is a very good song to listen to.
The whole song speaks of the story of certain events unfolding which makes it a rather interesting song to listen to. The words also have a rather deep meaning in them, about love, hate, and confusion happening all in one place. Thus i think that it is a very good song to listen to.
Stand By Me Oasis lyrics
Made a meal and threw it up on sunday,I’ve, got a lot of things to learn,Said I would and I'll be leaving one dayBefore my heart starts to burn.So what’s the matter with you,Sing me something new,Don’t you know the cold and wind and rain don’t know,They only seem to come and go, away.Times are hard when things have got no meaning,I’ve found a key upon the floor,Maybe you and I will not believe in,The things we find behind the door.So what’s the matter with you,Sing me something new,Don’t you know the cold and wind and rain don’t know,They only seem to come and go away.Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows,Yeah nobody knows, The way it’s gonna be.If your leaving will you take me with you,I’m tired of talking on my phone,There is one thing I can never give you,My heart will never be your home,So what’s the matter with you,Sing me something new,Don’t you know the cold and wind and rain don’t know,They only seem to come and go, away.Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows, yeah nobody knows,The way it’s gonna be.The way it’s gonna be, yeah.Maybe I can see, yeah,But don’t you know the cold and wind and rain don’t knowThey only seem to come and go, away.Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows the way it’s gonna be,Stand by me,Nobody knows,Yeah God only knows,The way it’s gonna be.
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Book Review: The 13 and a half lives of Captain Bluebear
The first series of all the Zamonium tales from the magnificent writer Walter Moers. It is in a first-person recount fantasy tale of a young chromo-bear and his adventures.
He first discovers he is 'born' in a nut-shell and is soon saved by the minipirates, having learnt his first few lessons in life and growing in a extraordinary rate, he is soon marooned on a haunted island full of hobgoblins and soon learnt about stardom with his unique skill of crying.
He soon tries to flee the island but is trapped in a sort of enormous one-eyed whale and then continues his various journeys till he must save the mind-washed slaves from the evil piece of zamonium with the help of the magnificent nocturnomoth Professor. Abdullah Nightingale.
This book is filled with many magnificent ideas and is filled with things i think no writer has ever thought of before. It is as marvellous as Lord Of The Rings and I recommend this book to everybody.
He first discovers he is 'born' in a nut-shell and is soon saved by the minipirates, having learnt his first few lessons in life and growing in a extraordinary rate, he is soon marooned on a haunted island full of hobgoblins and soon learnt about stardom with his unique skill of crying.
He soon tries to flee the island but is trapped in a sort of enormous one-eyed whale and then continues his various journeys till he must save the mind-washed slaves from the evil piece of zamonium with the help of the magnificent nocturnomoth Professor. Abdullah Nightingale.
This book is filled with many magnificent ideas and is filled with things i think no writer has ever thought of before. It is as marvellous as Lord Of The Rings and I recommend this book to everybody.
Saturday, 2 May 2009
The book that inspired them
The book 'Memiors of Lee Kuan Yew' inspired them. It tells of the story of our great founding father, his life during the japanese occupation and how he lived up to the great man he is today, who in my opinion is as prolific as Ghandi, who deserves the thanks of his people. The book tells how he, a person managed to overcome all odds and 'create' Singapore. He survived the horrific japanese occupation by selling some household needs then worked his way to become the most popular lawyer ever. He is the one who then forged Singapore with his own bare hands and made it the best it is today. this the book that would inspire anybody who read it.
Thank You,
From 1P421
Thank You,
From 1P421
VBTS review
Pretty good short story for people who like some tradition and willing to learn a bit of culture. Still it was only your average fairy tale and so you will likely know it would end. But the traditional value that this book produces is fantastic, it feels like I am in India myself! Good explanation of technically everything based on tradition. So overall i would rate it a 7 out of 10. I enjoyed the build-up too as she was good at dragging it and adding in some nice parts that keep you on tenterhooks.
Thank You,
From 1P421
Thank You,
From 1P421
Monday, 30 March 2009
Organ Trading
I think that we should learn to use organs that are probably still useful but the person is dead. Which ensures that most of the people in the waiting list will get their organ needed. For example, we should learn to stop the black market and for the willing people to donate an organ that they do not need. In my opinion, we should not let the richest go first but at the rate of urgency instead
We must all learn to contribute to make this a better place to live in.
Thank you
We must all learn to contribute to make this a better place to live in.
Thank you
Monday, 9 March 2009
My Reflections
It has been a good start to the term, I feel that it is rather rushed though, we still need some time to get used to the schedule. I know that if we do put in the effort, we will be able to solve this problem. I have also resolved to strive for better results after the disappointing MSG of 4.8.
I think blogging is a good way of expressing ourselves but the problem is the constant need to use the computer. I find that a bit tiresome and would wish that we could use something slightly more convenient. I would also wish that I had better IT skills so that I can improve my blogging as to attract more people to read it.
I would wish that we write a reflection on a piece of paper instead so that we do not need to constantly access the blog and get insults from friend who call our blogs lousy and pathetic.
Anyways, I would like to say that i have ordered the books that i have been searching for, namely 'The 13 and a half lives of Captain Bluebear' and ' The city of Dreaming Books' by the german fantastical Walter Moers. Right now i am reading ' The Bourne Ultimatum' and still recommend that people read the book ' The Miraculous Adventures of Rumo'. A masterpiece which deserves a good review. I will bring it to class next term to show the class.
Thank You'
1P421
I think blogging is a good way of expressing ourselves but the problem is the constant need to use the computer. I find that a bit tiresome and would wish that we could use something slightly more convenient. I would also wish that I had better IT skills so that I can improve my blogging as to attract more people to read it.
I would wish that we write a reflection on a piece of paper instead so that we do not need to constantly access the blog and get insults from friend who call our blogs lousy and pathetic.
Anyways, I would like to say that i have ordered the books that i have been searching for, namely 'The 13 and a half lives of Captain Bluebear' and ' The city of Dreaming Books' by the german fantastical Walter Moers. Right now i am reading ' The Bourne Ultimatum' and still recommend that people read the book ' The Miraculous Adventures of Rumo'. A masterpiece which deserves a good review. I will bring it to class next term to show the class.
Thank You'
1P421
Saturday, 28 February 2009
My weekend...
It has been tiring as usual but i managed to pull through the toughest of all weeks so far.
Whew... I wish that I could just rest for a day or so. I think that i will also work harder to get my desired results. I wish my friends and I all the best for the weeks to come and to get what we want
Whew... I wish that I could just rest for a day or so. I think that i will also work harder to get my desired results. I wish my friends and I all the best for the weeks to come and to get what we want
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Reading Habits
I personally enjoy books with a mixture of romance and thrill but i enjoy thrillers the most. I liked 'Rumo' and would rate it the best book i have ever read. It has all the sort of genres all rolled into one fantastical novel. I usually choose my books by reading the first few pages then I will buy it. Most of all i enjoy reading it slowly and enjoying every bit of it...
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Why did i do it?(review)
In the shoes of Philip Malloy:
'I asked myself the question umpteem times!!! Why did i do that? I don't know what is wrong with me! I just wanted to get some grades so that I can join the track team but now look at the rising situation! And later i thought going to a different school would be better but now... There is no track team and now I'm even further from her(Alisson Dorsett)......'
'Look! I just keep making things worse! My parents love me so much! How could i decieve them? Please Please help me somebody! I wish I could take it all back!'
'I asked myself the question umpteem times!!! Why did i do that? I don't know what is wrong with me! I just wanted to get some grades so that I can join the track team but now look at the rising situation! And later i thought going to a different school would be better but now... There is no track team and now I'm even further from her(Alisson Dorsett)......'
'Look! I just keep making things worse! My parents love me so much! How could i decieve them? Please Please help me somebody! I wish I could take it all back!'
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
To Mr Spelmer
My father is willing to show some thrillers and spy books(e.g. Bourne Ultimatum)
Thank You
Thank You
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