In the novel " Step By Wicked Step", the synopsis for the story is 5 children which is Claudia,Colin,Ralph,Pixie and Robbo and their teacher, Mr. Plumley were on their way to Old Harwick Hall. The the mansion the 5 children found a hidden door which lead them to a old room. In the room , they found a diary called Richard Clayton Harwick_ My story read and weep. They decided to read the story that night as they figured out that their teacher would not let them allow to do so tomorrow. The dairy is about a boy cane from a broken family. After that, all 5 children told their story about their broken family too.
Colin has very sad story compared to others. He was to force to leave his "father". Colin likes his "father" a lot but his mother thinks that he is just a lazy and worthless person as he did not put an effort to find a job. Colin tried to act like he's fine with it but deep down he missed his "father" every night which caused him could not focus during the teacher was teaching in school. He also goes to the ice skating rink everyday as it plays the song that his father always sings for him. The song is called " The Bluebird of Happiness".
Colin changed a lot after his "father" left him. He became a very unhappy and lonely person. Like I mentioned early, he was forced to join a new school when his mother decided to move away without discussing with him. This caused Colin to go through unpleasant experiences like got ignored by the students in his new school as they had their gang of friends. Apart from that, his mother was too busy with her job at the canteen and with her household chores to listen to Colin's problem and frustration.
Other than that, Colin becomes a dreamy boy which causes him to have less focus in class and had bad grades. The root of this problem is because he missed his "father" very much. Every night, he would take out the tobacco tin from his boot which he took from his old house before he left. He would smell it as the scent made him thinks of his father. Also, he would hum their favourite song and stay awake for hours pretending to his "father".
Colin became resourceful because of that incident. His desire to meet his "father" caused him to remember the days he was apart from his "father which was 5 years,8 months and 7 days. Besides that, he secretly writes his "father's" name and old address on the forms at school. He did 3 paper rounds of work to save money so that he can use it to search for his "father" when is older.
As a conclusion, Colin responded negatively after he experienced changes to his surroundings. It took him some time to get back up and find a solution for it. His love and longing for his "father" motivated him to become optimistic,resourceful and patient in his goal which is search for his "father".
Neko :)
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Monday, 17 August 2015
Step By Wicked Step : Richard and Colin
In the novel " Step By Wicked Step", the synopsis for the story is 5 children which is Claudia,Colin,Ralph,Pixie and Robbo and their teacher, Mr. Plumley were on their way to Old Harwick Hall. The the mansion the 5 children found a hidden door which lead them to a old room. In the room , they found a diary called Richard Clayton Harwick_ My story read and weep. They decided to read the story that night as they figured out that their teacher would not let them allow to do so tomorrow. The dairy is about a boy cane from a broken family. After that, all 5 children told their story about their broken family too.
For this blog post , I am gonna compare 2 characters which are Richard and Colin. These 2 characters have a similarity. Both of them missed their father which was taken away from them. For Richard case, his father passed away. Meanwhile for Colin, his mother just took him and moved away from their house, away from Colin's "father".
Similarly, both of them were ignored by their mothers.Richard and Colin put in effort to get their mother attention but they were ignored by their mother. Richard' mother did not defend him when he was scolded by Mr.Coldstone and the treatment he gave Richard. Colin's mother did not answer any questions asked by Colin when the questions is related to his "father" and she was too busy with her work.
After all the difficulties they faced, they decided not to solve but to run away from it. They thought things will be turn out in a better way if they are gone. Richard ran away from his house with the hope that would make the life in his house more pleasant while Colin plans to run away to find his "father". In the end, they faced more difficulties by doing so. Richard realize that running away from his house does not solve any problems and Colin had to do 3 paper rounds to save money to search for his "father".
To conclude, Richard and Colin suffered a lot of sorrow and pain. No one even cares about how the felt and there nobody to give them any advise. Running away also does not solve problems, in fact it will affect the people around. Thus, we should take the bull by the horns and think wisely before making any important decision in life.
Neko :)
For this blog post , I am gonna compare 2 characters which are Richard and Colin. These 2 characters have a similarity. Both of them missed their father which was taken away from them. For Richard case, his father passed away. Meanwhile for Colin, his mother just took him and moved away from their house, away from Colin's "father".
Similarly, both of them were ignored by their mothers.Richard and Colin put in effort to get their mother attention but they were ignored by their mother. Richard' mother did not defend him when he was scolded by Mr.Coldstone and the treatment he gave Richard. Colin's mother did not answer any questions asked by Colin when the questions is related to his "father" and she was too busy with her work.
After all the difficulties they faced, they decided not to solve but to run away from it. They thought things will be turn out in a better way if they are gone. Richard ran away from his house with the hope that would make the life in his house more pleasant while Colin plans to run away to find his "father". In the end, they faced more difficulties by doing so. Richard realize that running away from his house does not solve any problems and Colin had to do 3 paper rounds to save money to search for his "father".
To conclude, Richard and Colin suffered a lot of sorrow and pain. No one even cares about how the felt and there nobody to give them any advise. Running away also does not solve problems, in fact it will affect the people around. Thus, we should take the bull by the horns and think wisely before making any important decision in life.
Neko :)
Sunday, 16 August 2015
Being alone
Hi guys, I will be talking about loneliness for this blog post. You might wonder why am I writing about this topic. Well, this topic just somehow popped in my mind so I thought why not I write it into a blog post.
Being alone is not a good thing or a bad thing. Somebody prefer being alone while others don't. Those who prefer being alone find it better as they like the clam and serene environment than having a group of people talking and making jokes. But of course, they have friends too, is just that they are not very sociable. Meanwhile, there a few people hate being alone but they are alone.The reason behind this is because they dare not to talk to others, they want to but they just could not do it. They will feel nervous about it and end up leaving a bad impression for themselves, making others think that they are weirdo.Also, there are people prefer being alone because they do not have any friends. Neither they hate to communicate with others or they were betrayed by their friends and decided not to have friends anymore because they are afraid that they might experience the same thing again.
In my opinion, being alone scares me the most. Why? Well, I guess is because you have nobody to rely on. When you are in trouble, you will find help from others but who are you gonna ask if you do not have any friends? You cant rely on your parents forever. Not only that, in life we sure will have difficulties and we want to share it with others but you cannot do that if you are alone. Share your thoughts and problem with friends as sometimes you wanna share it with somebody. How are you gonna have fun in sports without any friends? They can just join sport that only involve one person but who are they gonna share the joy of it? In conclusion, LIFE IS MISERABLE IF YOU ARE ALONE , can you imagine all your thoughts and feeling " eating" you alive? Well, of course that just my point of view.
Some may say being alone is the best way to restore yourself but I totally disagree with that as I felt i will be another effect around which is making you go through depression as there nobody that you can share your thoughts.
Neko :)
Being alone is not a good thing or a bad thing. Somebody prefer being alone while others don't. Those who prefer being alone find it better as they like the clam and serene environment than having a group of people talking and making jokes. But of course, they have friends too, is just that they are not very sociable. Meanwhile, there a few people hate being alone but they are alone.The reason behind this is because they dare not to talk to others, they want to but they just could not do it. They will feel nervous about it and end up leaving a bad impression for themselves, making others think that they are weirdo.Also, there are people prefer being alone because they do not have any friends. Neither they hate to communicate with others or they were betrayed by their friends and decided not to have friends anymore because they are afraid that they might experience the same thing again.
In my opinion, being alone scares me the most. Why? Well, I guess is because you have nobody to rely on. When you are in trouble, you will find help from others but who are you gonna ask if you do not have any friends? You cant rely on your parents forever. Not only that, in life we sure will have difficulties and we want to share it with others but you cannot do that if you are alone. Share your thoughts and problem with friends as sometimes you wanna share it with somebody. How are you gonna have fun in sports without any friends? They can just join sport that only involve one person but who are they gonna share the joy of it? In conclusion, LIFE IS MISERABLE IF YOU ARE ALONE , can you imagine all your thoughts and feeling " eating" you alive? Well, of course that just my point of view.
Some may say being alone is the best way to restore yourself but I totally disagree with that as I felt i will be another effect around which is making you go through depression as there nobody that you can share your thoughts.
Neko :)
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
English Literature : Step By Wicked Step
English literature assignment
The character I admire is Pixie as she is willing to
accept changes. Her parents are divorce and she lives with her mother but
spends two weekends with her father and his new family. The textual evidence is at page 83, first paragraph, 5th line “
… now it means that I have to spend weekends at their house…”. This
prove that Pixie does not mind living with her father’s new family. If she
actually finds it is a bother going to the house, she would have refuse to go
until the very end. Her father’s new family includes her stepmother, Lucy and two stepsisters, Sophie
and Hetty. She learns to ignore her stepmother as a way to deal with her but
her stepsisters drive her mad, especially Hetty. The
textual evidence is at page 83, first paragraph,3rd line, “…they
drive me up the wall…”
When Sophie and Hetty quarrel one day,Pixie finds that
she has to share her room with Hetty who moves out of Sophie’s room. She
protests against Hetty moving into her room but finds no sympathy from anybody
in the family.The textual evidence is at page 83, 1st
paragraph, line 14, “…Lucy and Dad decided the sensible thing was to move Hetty
out of her sister’s bedroom into mine…” Her spirited character refuses
to let her accept Hetty’s move into her room calmly. She plots to get Hetty out
of the room. The textual evidence is at page 87,second
paragraph, first line, “…first, I tried a haunting…”. Then, page 89,
first paragraph, line 2, “…next day I tried something different to drive her
out, bothering her back…” However, those attempts failed and finally she tried
the semi silent treatment. The textual evidence is at
page 89 , paragraph 4, first line , “… I tried the next tack to get her out of
my room, the semi silent treatment…” .All these actions she took prove
that Pixie is a strong willed person as she does not give up easily in the
things that she puts her mind to.. However, this leads to a confrontation with
her stepmother who wants to find out more about her problem with Hetty.
When she faces Lucy, Pixie decides that she does not want
to pretend that she is happy with the way things are in the house. This shows
that she is willing to solve the problem that she had been facing instead of
running away from it. The textual evidence is at page
90, paragraph 5 , line 7, “… most of all, I was sick of pretending…” As
Pixie and Lucy pour their grievances out to each other, she realised that her
father is as much to be blamed for the situation they are in. He never made an
effort to find out how difficult it is for Pixie to fit into her new family and
seems to pretend that everything is all right. He always leaves it to others
like Lucy to sort things out in the family. The
textual evidence is at page 92, last
paragraph, first line, “… he obviously sensed that there was trouble brewing,
and rather than come in to help us sort it out, he just decided to stay safely
out of things, as usual…”
Pixie shows that she
is mature enough to accept her stepmother and stepsisters once she understands
their own dilemma and how Pixie herself is to be equally blamed for the
miserable situation they are in. She
readily agrees with her stepmother to allow their relationship to grow and soon
finds out that is not that difficult after all. The
textual evidence is at page 103, paragraph 4, second line, “… She still a little wary of me, and I still get
on with her that bit better when all the
lights are out…” Her insight and maturity have enabled her to
turn her miserable situation around and perhaps find the happiness that she
seeks with her new family.
To conclude, Pixie is a person that accepts changes in
her life. She actually does not mind living with Lucy and her daughters, Sophie
and Hetty. She is also determined in the things she does. Apart from that, she
is a problem solver. Unlike her father, she intends to get rid of the
discomfort in her new family. Lastly, Pixie is a mature girl. She stopped
behaving like a child after knowing the difficulty Lucy was. She starts to
adapt to her new family after that.
Monday, 3 August 2015
The story of life
A friend of mine sent me this story and I would like to share it to all of you.
One day, a professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. Again he asked the class and the class agreed that it was full. Then, he poured sand into the jar and students responded with a unanimous " YES!" the professor then produced two cups of coffee under the table and poured the contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
" Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, " I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things like your family, health, friends and your favourite passions and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, car. The sand is everything else, the minor stuff. If you put the sand into your jar first, there is no room for the pebbles and golf balls to fit in. The sane goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you."
He paused and continued, " Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Take care the things that really matter. Set your priorities. Suddenly, one of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled and said " I am glad that you asked. It show that no matter how full your life may seem, there always room for a couple of coffee with a friend."
With this, the class ended. After hearing this provocative story from my friend, I could not help myself stop thinking about it. I had all kind of thought about my past and what I could have done to achieve a better outcome. However, this is life. You can't go back to past and change the things you want them to be. What is done cannot be undone. Thus, I hope all of you will make wise and reasonable decision in life and appreciate every moment you have with your family members and friends. Do not regret after you miss that moment in life. Neko :)
One day, a professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he picked up a large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. Again he asked the class and the class agreed that it was full. Then, he poured sand into the jar and students responded with a unanimous " YES!" the professor then produced two cups of coffee under the table and poured the contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
" Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided, " I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things like your family, health, friends and your favourite passions and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, car. The sand is everything else, the minor stuff. If you put the sand into your jar first, there is no room for the pebbles and golf balls to fit in. The sane goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you."
He paused and continued, " Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Take care the things that really matter. Set your priorities. Suddenly, one of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled and said " I am glad that you asked. It show that no matter how full your life may seem, there always room for a couple of coffee with a friend."
With this, the class ended. After hearing this provocative story from my friend, I could not help myself stop thinking about it. I had all kind of thought about my past and what I could have done to achieve a better outcome. However, this is life. You can't go back to past and change the things you want them to be. What is done cannot be undone. Thus, I hope all of you will make wise and reasonable decision in life and appreciate every moment you have with your family members and friends. Do not regret after you miss that moment in life. Neko :)
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Cucumber :D
Hi guys, recently I found out the benefits of cucumber. Cucumber provides us a lot of benefits not just by eating it, it can be used in many different ways to bring advantages in our daily life. This post will about only cucumber :D . I sure most of you know that cucumber provides us a lot of nutrition, it give us vitamins, calcium,iron and other nutrition that benefit our body when we eat it.
However, do you know that cucumber refresh our body and mind? Most of us have to wake up early to prepare ourselves to school or work.Not all of us can wake up early in the morning and have the strength to go on the whole day. You will feel sleepy in the afternoon and cant focus in the things u do.To solve this problem, you can eat the whole cucumber as it refresh you mind which lasts for hours.
Other than that, when you are rushing to a function and your shoes are not polished as you have no time to do so , you dont need to be worry! All you need to do is just cut a fresh cucumber and rub it over your shoes. This provides a quick and durable shine that not only looks good but also repels water.
For those that are going through a tough time (in short, having stress) and teenagers going through puberty ( having pimples all over your face) , you can cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber will react with the boiling water and be released in the steam. The soothing and relaxing aroma will reduce stress in people. This is proven by people that actually tried it.
Have you encounter a situation where u have a bad breath or after each meal and your breath smells bad ( A situation where u have no mints or gum )? Cucumber can also solve this problem. All you need to do is take a slice of cucumber and press it on top of your mouth. The phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.
To conclude what I had mention above, cucumber provides us a lot of benefits in our daily life. I hope all these information will help all of you in your daily life. Neko :)
However, do you know that cucumber refresh our body and mind? Most of us have to wake up early to prepare ourselves to school or work.Not all of us can wake up early in the morning and have the strength to go on the whole day. You will feel sleepy in the afternoon and cant focus in the things u do.To solve this problem, you can eat the whole cucumber as it refresh you mind which lasts for hours.
Other than that, when you are rushing to a function and your shoes are not polished as you have no time to do so , you dont need to be worry! All you need to do is just cut a fresh cucumber and rub it over your shoes. This provides a quick and durable shine that not only looks good but also repels water.
For those that are going through a tough time (in short, having stress) and teenagers going through puberty ( having pimples all over your face) , you can cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber will react with the boiling water and be released in the steam. The soothing and relaxing aroma will reduce stress in people. This is proven by people that actually tried it.
Have you encounter a situation where u have a bad breath or after each meal and your breath smells bad ( A situation where u have no mints or gum )? Cucumber can also solve this problem. All you need to do is take a slice of cucumber and press it on top of your mouth. The phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.
To conclude what I had mention above, cucumber provides us a lot of benefits in our daily life. I hope all these information will help all of you in your daily life. Neko :)
Saturday, 27 June 2015
True Happiness
Hi guys, it been long time since I wrote a blog post.. hope all of you are doing fine.. Today I like to talk about happiness.. I heard a lot of people saying"you found your true love my friend, now u will be able to experience true happiness." However, is this true? In my opinion, if you keep thinking about happiness, you will never be happy.
I sure most of you had been into bookstore and found different kind of book related to elusive happiness. You are led to believe that you will be happy if you have more money, less work, bigger house or a better body figure. While you are busy dreaming about the day when true happiness comes knocking at your door, you forget they happiness can come from being in the moment. In other words, if you want to be happy, just be happy. It is just as simple as that.
Today's obsession with physical attraction has brought about such unhappiness as people feel the need to achieve a perfect body figure. After all, perfection is not something that we can obtain. I think that truly attractive person is one who shines from within. A person's attitude is the one I find it attractive.
I feel that the best vitamin to be a happy person is to stay optimism. We should feed ourselves not only delicious food but also good and happy thoughts. How can you be happy if you are always having negative thoughts in your head?
You can be a rich man with big houses, racing cars and have your own clothes designer but will these possessions bring happiness? It will only bring happiness if they are shared with those you love. You can be a successful man in your career but will you feel happy if love is missing? Most of us often believe that we are valued in terms of wealth rather than by simply being ourselves.
People are trying so hard to achieve "true happiness" but they did not notice that true happiness in just right in front of them. Why is it so hard for us to appreciate what we have? We should start to realize how lucky we are and enjoy what we have.
Now, I will ask all of you a question. What is your take on happiness? Think twice before you answer this question. Neko :)
I sure most of you had been into bookstore and found different kind of book related to elusive happiness. You are led to believe that you will be happy if you have more money, less work, bigger house or a better body figure. While you are busy dreaming about the day when true happiness comes knocking at your door, you forget they happiness can come from being in the moment. In other words, if you want to be happy, just be happy. It is just as simple as that.
Today's obsession with physical attraction has brought about such unhappiness as people feel the need to achieve a perfect body figure. After all, perfection is not something that we can obtain. I think that truly attractive person is one who shines from within. A person's attitude is the one I find it attractive.
I feel that the best vitamin to be a happy person is to stay optimism. We should feed ourselves not only delicious food but also good and happy thoughts. How can you be happy if you are always having negative thoughts in your head?
You can be a rich man with big houses, racing cars and have your own clothes designer but will these possessions bring happiness? It will only bring happiness if they are shared with those you love. You can be a successful man in your career but will you feel happy if love is missing? Most of us often believe that we are valued in terms of wealth rather than by simply being ourselves.
People are trying so hard to achieve "true happiness" but they did not notice that true happiness in just right in front of them. Why is it so hard for us to appreciate what we have? We should start to realize how lucky we are and enjoy what we have.
Now, I will ask all of you a question. What is your take on happiness? Think twice before you answer this question. Neko :)
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