Thursday 23 June 2016






WHY I LOVE PLANES ?



          You love planes because they are great! Just think about the awesome things it can do! it can fly! You can see your house from the sky! An airplane is like a controllable roller coaster! And they look like they are a creation of god* himself. With planes, the possibilities are endless. You can make money with them by transporting passengers and cargo, or show your pilot skills to a lot of other plane enthusiasts on an airshow. You can even use then to conquer enemies! Planes are also so awesome because they come in all shapes and sizes, so there's almost always at least one model you may like. Also, i think the sound of a jet engine is just terrific.


          I started loving plane when I was standard one. By playing Playstation 1 a game called , Ace Combat , which is a virtual simulation of a jet fighter, I got addicted into flying and later bought all the fling simulation games. Until at one point I got sick of playing games , my next hobby is collecting model planes. I collected all my savings from my pocket money and went shopping for model airplanes. At my times, there was a model airplane shop in MidValley but unfortunately the store closed. With my brother, I shop till I drop ( well not actually). When I got home , the next step is to assemble the planes, spray them with paint and voila done !


          Currently, I have over 50 model airplanes is my house ranging from passenger airliners, helicopters and military jets. Until now when I looked at the glassed closet, I felt proud of my hard work all these years collecting them. Other than buying them at local stores, I also bought planes whenever I travelled to oversea. For instance, when I went to Dubai , I got the chance to buy two Emirates aircraft with a scale of 1:400. 


          



The Conjuring 2



          Brief summary : The well known supernatural movie , The Conjuring returns with its sequel of the second movie. This time by giving us more scarier entities named Valak. It all started with a supernatural case in Amityville , North London. Ed and Lorraine went there just because of this serious case. Valak (known as the President of Hell) , has command on an elderly man who died in his house. And sort of using the entity of the old man as her puppet, Valak commanded it to scare a family. Long story short, Lorraine had a vision of her husband's death. But luckily, all of that was evaded and the family was safe from Valak.




          The material reminded me of and I'm sorry for saying this , the idiotic behavior of the younger sibling and I can't remember his name. Supposedly , If you hear something downstairs and you are sleeping at 2 in the morning , you don't go downstairs just to see what is going on. Instead you should lay down under your blanket and pray nothing will happen to you and your family.

Tuesday 21 June 2016

WRITING SESSION 1 


Laptops.


          Has laptops taken over our lives ? Asked Generation Y how many hours they spend with a laptop per day. Surely it is less than Generation Z. The ideal usage of laptops is to release tension. Not to create tension. With the combination of internet and laptop, one can sit in a room for days without getting any sunshine or ray of light. Basically I want to talk about the pros and cons. The negatives and the positives. The ups and downs of using a laptop ?


          Number one : Finishing a task on time. Using the state of the art of technology (laptops) , has numerous apps and programmes that can assist us in either an assignment, presentation, worksheet and so on and so forth. In addition , using laptops can also make your presentation more imaginative and creative. Well, of course it depends on the creativity of the individual , but by just simply a click of a button, your work can out stand with the others'. 


          Number two : Release tension. I am sure in each laptop on this earth has at least one game that enables the user to play during his or her free time. This creates a short getaway from the hectic life of school or work. Even housewives play games right ? I mean, just imagine it. Sitting in a room with air conditioning right on your face , playing Counter Strike. Ahhh ! It feels so right to me,


          Moving on to the cons. Firstly : Waste of time. Without effective time management, the most vital thing to do is stay away from your laptop. It's like chocolate. Once you have it , you are stuck but unless you have a strong resistance towards it. Really , the thing that we can do to overcome this problem is just simply limiting yourself to a couple of hours of laptop usage per day. Let's say an hour and a half maybe ? Yeahh


          Second con is : Breaking the bond between society. With everybody in front of the screen , very limited amount of people can master the social skills in real life (not Instagram or Twitter) and the other huge amounts just taking popularity , followers or likes into consideration. Without social skills, you will fail in life. 


          That's basically it for the writing session. See you later next week ! (Hopefully)
Trashed





          After almost a month reading this novel , I finally finished it. The story ended with four women ending up their throats being slashed with a hunting knife , a woman in a coma , and Simone herself getting stabbed in the chest but managed to do a recovery. Theses horrific incidents were caused by one man , Nathaniel. Which is the son of Dolores King, who ran over Neil Walker off the road until his Saab rolled down the hill. Nathaniel was sent to a mental facility for life and according to the officer he will never "feel the fresh air ever again". All the hard work , sweat , tears and guts that Simone had put through has paid off. She is now currently at a prestigious news company at New York. Everyone appreciated her astonishing effort in solving these cases. 




          I liked the material because it has a wide vocab of words which helps me to improve my knowledge in grammar. Whenever I read a word that I don't understand , I highlighted with my highlight and later after I finished reading the novel for the day , I look up in the dictionary and find those meanings. Secondly, it has a bit of romance in this novel which I like a lot. Thirdly and mainly because it is a mystery novel. I just love suspense and dot-connecting stories. And also romance. 



Finding Dory



               A brief summary of this story : Dory suddenly had her memories of having a family and she was so determined to find her parents by visualizing her childhood. Turns out that Dory and her parents were born in an aquarium at Marine Life Institute in San Francisco Bay , California. Dory met a helpful octopus named Hank who guided her through each step in exchange for a tag because Hank wants to go to Cleveland to live alone in an aquarium. With the help of her other friends, Dory was finally reunited with her parents and lived happily ever after. I think so....



               The moral values that I had learnt from this movie is friendship. How Marlin and Nemo would travel across the sea just to find Dory's parents is an example of how friends should sacrifice for each other. Secondly, family bond. Even suffering from short term memory lose, Dory still remembered a thing or two during her childhood with her parents. She was finally able to connect the dots and reunited with her parents. 

Thursday 16 June 2016

13th of June 2016


NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
ERSATZ
Copied from something else
The whipped cream in the restaurant was ersatz
2
LIMPID
Clear and simple
The limpid waters of the stream
3
PROFILING
The act of learning information about someone
We are the one is supposed to be doing the profiling
4
CHARDONNAY
A dry white table wine
The chardonnay here is out of this world
5
FAUX
Imitation
Even the animal activists were fooled bt the faux furs








14th of June 2016

NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
UNADORNED
Not decorated or fancy
The room is unadorned and very plain
2
GINGKO-ANISE
A type of herbal medicine
Gingko-anise is used to heal back pain
3
TINCTURE
A medicine that is made of a drug mixed with alcohol
A ragged shirt that seemed to be stained with the tincture of blood
4
GROGGY
Not able to think normally because of tired
I am still groggy from the nap
5
DURESS
Force that makes someone to do something
He gave the information under duress









15th of June 2016

NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
TEPID
Not hot and not cold
He gave a tepid performance
2
DE’OEUVRES


3
VOLUPTUOUS
Giving pleasure to the senses
The voluptuous richness of the music
4
TINGE
To give a small amount
Dark hair with reddish tinges
5
SLUNK
Past participle of slink
He slunk his way in shame









16th of June 2016

NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
SULLEN
Grey and dark
Sullen skies matches my mood today
2
JUMBLE
Mixed together
The contest editor has jumbled the letters of some common words
3
DISCONCERTING
Make someone upset or embarrassed
His act to me was very disconcerting
4
FEEBLE
Weak
She is still feeble from her long illness
5
GOOK
A foreigner
A foreigner , especially a person of Philippine , Korean or Vietnamese descent







Saturday 11 June 2016

8th of June 2016

NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
CAUSALITY
The idea that something can cause another thing to exist
Scientist found no causality between the events
2
VERITABLE
True or real
The rumour that Michael Jackson has a wife is not veritable
3
AFFLUENT
Having a large amount of money
His family was more affluent than most
4
BANE
Killer or slayer
Cancer was the main bane in humans’ death nowadays
5
BILK
To cheat especially by taking money
The garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made

9th of June 2016

NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
PARADIGM
A pattern for something that may be copied
The Freudian paradigm of psychoanalysis
2
PALLIATE
To make the effects (illness) less painful
Treatment that can palliate the painful symptoms of the disease
3
AMALGAMATION
To unite into one thing
Amalgamating different styles of music
4
POTPOURRI
A collection of different things
A potpourri of hit songs form the last 10 years
5
HARK
To pay close attention
Upon hearing the ring the teacher cried,”Hark! Is that a phone ? “










10th of June 2016

NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
INANE
Very silly or stupid
The film’s plot is inane and full of cliches
2
SUPERFICIAL
Not thorough or complete
A superficial analysis of the results
3
INADVERTENTLY
Not intended
He tripped the flower vase inadvertently
4
IMPASSE
A situation in which no progress seems possible
She had reached an impasse in her career
5
MUSES
To think about something carefully
I could sell the house, she mused, but then where would I go ?









11th of June 2016

NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
ALLUDING
To make indirect reference
Mrs Simons alluded to some health problems, without being specific
2
UNFORSEEABLE
Cannot be seen
Her future is currently unforeseeable due to her financial problem
3
IMPECCABLE
Free from error
She has impeccable taste of music
4
LITANY
A long list of complaints
The team blamed its losses on a litany of injuries
5
CHRONICLE
A description of events that happened orderly
A chronicle of the Civil War






12th of June 2016

NUMBER
WORD
DEFINITION
SENTENCE EXAMPLE
1
NOTION
An idea
He has some pretty strange notions
2
ARBITRARY
Not planned or chosen for a particular reason
It was a completely arbitrary decision
3
PERNICIOUS
Causing great harm that is not easily seen
The pernicious effects of jealousy
4
FRACTIOUS
Full of anger and disagreement
The fractious crowd grew violently
5
INOCULATE
To introduce something into the mind
Inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world