Life,
is like a rollercoaster ride.
somtimes you go up,
sometimes you go down.
Life,
is like a piece of paper.
It is filled with many colors,
colours that you decide.
Life,
is like a bowl of soup.
A soup that contains,
salt, sugar, pepper and vinegar.
Life is an adventure, enjoy it.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Sound Poem
I heard the owls hooting in the dark.
I heard the sheep bleating beyond the hill.
I heard the wolves howling in the night.
I heard the sparrows chirping in the dark sky.
I heard the dogs whining right outside the door.
I heard the horses neighing in the stables.
I heard the bulls troting in the open fields.
I heard the bees buzzing round my head.
I heard the frogs croaking at the ponds.
I heard the mice scattering in the kitchen.
I heard the roosters cock-a-doodle-do on the wall.
I heard the turkeys gobble near the wall.
I heard the pigeons cooing over the roof.
I heard the ducks quacking in the pond.
I heard the pigs oinking in the slaughter house.
I heard the cats meowing near the fishbowl.
I heard the sheep bleating beyond the hill.
I heard the wolves howling in the night.
I heard the sparrows chirping in the dark sky.
I heard the dogs whining right outside the door.
I heard the horses neighing in the stables.
I heard the bulls troting in the open fields.
I heard the bees buzzing round my head.
I heard the frogs croaking at the ponds.
I heard the mice scattering in the kitchen.
I heard the roosters cock-a-doodle-do on the wall.
I heard the turkeys gobble near the wall.
I heard the pigeons cooing over the roof.
I heard the ducks quacking in the pond.
I heard the pigs oinking in the slaughter house.
I heard the cats meowing near the fishbowl.
Reflections on term 3
I feel that i improved quite a lot in term 3. My test jumped from C6 to A2 I do not know how i did that but i realise that Mr. Lundberg's class actually helped me alot.
I realise that LA tests are not hard as long as you listen in class and follow what the teacher teaches. I also feel that Mr. Lundberg helps the class alot in OP. He thought very hard for a way to help students speak up to earn Oral patrticpation marks. He used a method calles "Pass-the-ball". It is a method whereby when he asks a question everybody needs to raise their hand and he will pick one of the student. When the student does not know the answer he wil pass the question on to another student in this way all the students get to answer or at least say "I do not know".
In term 3 we did poetry, I learnt how to analyse a poem using the ten steps Mr. lunberg taught us. I also learnt many figurative languages. I enjoyed my LA lessons.
I realise that LA tests are not hard as long as you listen in class and follow what the teacher teaches. I also feel that Mr. Lundberg helps the class alot in OP. He thought very hard for a way to help students speak up to earn Oral patrticpation marks. He used a method calles "Pass-the-ball". It is a method whereby when he asks a question everybody needs to raise their hand and he will pick one of the student. When the student does not know the answer he wil pass the question on to another student in this way all the students get to answer or at least say "I do not know".
In term 3 we did poetry, I learnt how to analyse a poem using the ten steps Mr. lunberg taught us. I also learnt many figurative languages. I enjoyed my LA lessons.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The poem i am going to do on today is: Snapshotland
Snapshotland
In Snapshotland everyone is happy all the time.
It is the promised land where people sit with flasks of tea
on smooth sand by a flat sea and smile and smile and smile.
The sun shines all day long and every day in Kodachrome
or sepia on sandboys and sandgirls who never
stop smiling from the time they first appear, with buckets,
in crisp, gingham pinafores and bonnets on the sea-shore.
Lovers stay in love forever; married couples never
grow tired of each other; everything is always just right.
The dolphins know exactly when to leap into the air
and stay there for the permanent delight of passengers
aboard the pleasure-boat which never passes out of sight.
Nobody in Snapshotland grows old unless they want to,
judging by the way they go on smiling so, in deck-chairs,
on the beach, or in old-fashioned gardens with lavender
and grandchildren here and there - and no one dies, ever.
Even if they don't appear later, the people are still
always there, smiling through the lavender and dolphins
and the buckets full of pebbles on the same sea-shore.
By Sylvia Kantaris
After reading this poem, I am going to use this 10 steps to analyse it.
1)Forget what the poem may or may not mean, or what it may be about
2)Look at the title and jot down about half a dozen things that it suggest to you.
3)Read the poem once quickly and then several times more slowly. Try to hear the poem aloud in your head.
4)Make a list of all those things which force their attention on you or which catch your interest for one reason or another. You might jot down unusual/odd/striking words, rhymes or repetition/patterns/contrasts,etc.
5)Look at and list any features of language used in the poem, e.g. no capital letters; no full stops at all the line-end; presence/absence of adverbs/adjectives; all verbs are either active/passive; tenses-all past
except the last line, etc
6)Try to find groups of words e.g.
(a) All similes make reference to animals/death/plants etc
(b) All the first words of lines are conjunctions etc
7)Look at your lists, notes and groups. Do you see any pattern taking shape?
8)Read the poem again and try to make intelligent guesses of what the poem may mean.
9)Answer the following questions:
a) Who is 'speaking' the poem? Is it the poet or persona?
b)Who is the poem 'spoken' to? Is it a particular person, to the poet himself or to the public in general?
c)What is the speaker's attitude to that audience? Is it angry,sincere,joking or teasing?
d)What is the poet's attitude to his audience?
e) Why is the poem organized in the way it is?
f)What is the effect of all the things you have noted at Steps 2, 4, 5 and 6?
10)Now if you wish to, or have to , you can write a critical appreciation of that poem.
Answers
Q1) NIL
Q2) 1. Photos
2. an island
3. A dream
4.Camera
5.Joy
6.Memories
Q3) NIL
Q4) sepia, gingham pinafores, bonnets,
Q5) "right" and "sight" (assonance)
"smile and smile and smile" (repetition)
Q6) These quotes "Lovers stay in love forever", "people sit with flasks of tea", "couples never grow tired of each other", "Nobody in Snapshotland grows old " involves people inside.
Q7) Each stanza describe different places
Q8) The poem is trying to tell us that pictures are so good that they can freeze time because you will look forever young in a picture and behind every picture there is an interesting story.
Q9)
a) It is the poet.
b) He is speaking to the public in general
c) It is relaxed and cheerful
d) It is cheerful and relaxed
e) He is organise in a way that he gave many examples of how wonderful a picture is.
f) It is relevant to the passage
Snapshotland
In Snapshotland everyone is happy all the time.
It is the promised land where people sit with flasks of tea
on smooth sand by a flat sea and smile and smile and smile.
The sun shines all day long and every day in Kodachrome
or sepia on sandboys and sandgirls who never
stop smiling from the time they first appear, with buckets,
in crisp, gingham pinafores and bonnets on the sea-shore.
Lovers stay in love forever; married couples never
grow tired of each other; everything is always just right.
The dolphins know exactly when to leap into the air
and stay there for the permanent delight of passengers
aboard the pleasure-boat which never passes out of sight.
Nobody in Snapshotland grows old unless they want to,
judging by the way they go on smiling so, in deck-chairs,
on the beach, or in old-fashioned gardens with lavender
and grandchildren here and there - and no one dies, ever.
Even if they don't appear later, the people are still
always there, smiling through the lavender and dolphins
and the buckets full of pebbles on the same sea-shore.
By Sylvia Kantaris
After reading this poem, I am going to use this 10 steps to analyse it.
1)Forget what the poem may or may not mean, or what it may be about
2)Look at the title and jot down about half a dozen things that it suggest to you.
3)Read the poem once quickly and then several times more slowly. Try to hear the poem aloud in your head.
4)Make a list of all those things which force their attention on you or which catch your interest for one reason or another. You might jot down unusual/odd/striking words, rhymes or repetition/patterns/contrasts,etc.
5)Look at and list any features of language used in the poem, e.g. no capital letters; no full stops at all the line-end; presence/absence of adverbs/adjectives; all verbs are either active/passive; tenses-all past
except the last line, etc
6)Try to find groups of words e.g.
(a) All similes make reference to animals/death/plants etc
(b) All the first words of lines are conjunctions etc
7)Look at your lists, notes and groups. Do you see any pattern taking shape?
8)Read the poem again and try to make intelligent guesses of what the poem may mean.
9)Answer the following questions:
a) Who is 'speaking' the poem? Is it the poet or persona?
b)Who is the poem 'spoken' to? Is it a particular person, to the poet himself or to the public in general?
c)What is the speaker's attitude to that audience? Is it angry,sincere,joking or teasing?
d)What is the poet's attitude to his audience?
e) Why is the poem organized in the way it is?
f)What is the effect of all the things you have noted at Steps 2, 4, 5 and 6?
10)Now if you wish to, or have to , you can write a critical appreciation of that poem.
Answers
Q1) NIL
Q2) 1. Photos
2. an island
3. A dream
4.Camera
5.Joy
6.Memories
Q3) NIL
Q4) sepia, gingham pinafores, bonnets,
Q5) "right" and "sight" (assonance)
"smile and smile and smile" (repetition)
Q6) These quotes "Lovers stay in love forever", "people sit with flasks of tea", "couples never grow tired of each other", "Nobody in Snapshotland grows old " involves people inside.
Q7) Each stanza describe different places
Q8) The poem is trying to tell us that pictures are so good that they can freeze time because you will look forever young in a picture and behind every picture there is an interesting story.
Q9)
a) It is the poet.
b) He is speaking to the public in general
c) It is relaxed and cheerful
d) It is cheerful and relaxed
e) He is organise in a way that he gave many examples of how wonderful a picture is.
f) It is relevant to the passage
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Dr Goh Keng Swee's contributions
Dr Goh Keng Swee is the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.
He was also the Minister for Education, 3rd Minister for Defence, 3rd Minister for Finance, 1st Minister for the Interior and Defence and 1st Minister for Finance.
Dr Goh was a key member of the PAP's Central Executive Committee, and later became its vice-chairman.
He initiated the setting up of the Economic Development Board which was established in August 1961.
The next year, he started the development of the Jurong industrial estate on the western end of the island which was then a swamp, offering incentives to local and foreign business to locate there.
Goh admitted that the Jurong project was "an act of faith and he himself jokingly said that this could prove to be Goh's folly". Nonetheless, Goh also felt strongly that "the only way to avoid making mistakes is not to do anything. And that ... will be the ultimate mistake.
There was a clash of fundamental principles, both political and economic, notably on the issue of Malay dominance, communitarian violence in 1964 was inflamed in Singapore by Malay and Chinese activists Dr. Goh played a crucial role in orchestrating the subsequent secession of Singapore from the Federation on 9 August 1965.
Upon independence in 1965, Dr. Goh became Minister for the Interior and Defence until 16 August 1967, assuming responsibilities for strengthening Singapore's military and domestic security capabilities.
Goh encouraged the establishment of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in 1968, and on 11 August 1970 he was reappointed Minister for Defence.
In 1971, he put together the Electronic Warfare Study Group, a team of newly graduated engineers who had excelled in their university studies which was headed by Dr. Tay Eng Soon, a university lecturer.
Goh was also responsible for projects that sought to improve Singaporeans' cultural and leisure life, such as the Jurong Bird Park, the Singapore Zoo and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
He backed the construction of the Kreta Ayer People's Theatre in his constituency as a venue for Chinese opera performances. He was also instrumental in introducing rugby in the Singapore Armed Forces and later in schools.
Impressed by an oceanarium in the Bahamas, he contacted the Sentosa Development Corporation and convinced them to have one. Underwater World Singapore opened in 1991.
On 12 February 1979, Goh moved on from the Defence Ministry to the Ministry of Education, where his Goh Report greatly influenced the development of Singapore's education system.
He set up the Curriculum Development Institute, and introduced key policies such as religious education (subsequently discontinued) and, in 1980, the channelling of students into different programmes of study according to their learning abilities, known as "streaming".
He was also the Minister for Education, 3rd Minister for Defence, 3rd Minister for Finance, 1st Minister for the Interior and Defence and 1st Minister for Finance.
Dr Goh was a key member of the PAP's Central Executive Committee, and later became its vice-chairman.
He initiated the setting up of the Economic Development Board which was established in August 1961.
The next year, he started the development of the Jurong industrial estate on the western end of the island which was then a swamp, offering incentives to local and foreign business to locate there.
Goh admitted that the Jurong project was "an act of faith and he himself jokingly said that this could prove to be Goh's folly". Nonetheless, Goh also felt strongly that "the only way to avoid making mistakes is not to do anything. And that ... will be the ultimate mistake.
There was a clash of fundamental principles, both political and economic, notably on the issue of Malay dominance, communitarian violence in 1964 was inflamed in Singapore by Malay and Chinese activists Dr. Goh played a crucial role in orchestrating the subsequent secession of Singapore from the Federation on 9 August 1965.
Upon independence in 1965, Dr. Goh became Minister for the Interior and Defence until 16 August 1967, assuming responsibilities for strengthening Singapore's military and domestic security capabilities.
Goh encouraged the establishment of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in 1968, and on 11 August 1970 he was reappointed Minister for Defence.
In 1971, he put together the Electronic Warfare Study Group, a team of newly graduated engineers who had excelled in their university studies which was headed by Dr. Tay Eng Soon, a university lecturer.
Goh was also responsible for projects that sought to improve Singaporeans' cultural and leisure life, such as the Jurong Bird Park, the Singapore Zoo and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
He backed the construction of the Kreta Ayer People's Theatre in his constituency as a venue for Chinese opera performances. He was also instrumental in introducing rugby in the Singapore Armed Forces and later in schools.
Impressed by an oceanarium in the Bahamas, he contacted the Sentosa Development Corporation and convinced them to have one. Underwater World Singapore opened in 1991.
On 12 February 1979, Goh moved on from the Defence Ministry to the Ministry of Education, where his Goh Report greatly influenced the development of Singapore's education system.
He set up the Curriculum Development Institute, and introduced key policies such as religious education (subsequently discontinued) and, in 1980, the channelling of students into different programmes of study according to their learning abilities, known as "streaming".
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Poem on my school life
School is fun,
School is knowledge,
School is experience,
School is life.
School can be a nightmare or a place call heaven,
but it comes to the student to choose which they think school is.
The lucky thing is
I chose heaven.
I remembered the days in primary school
when my friends and i were still young.
Boy! We were as innocent as a young puppies
and of course naughty as usual.
Ringgg!!! This was the sound we anticipated.
Balls zoomed past the air,
We would play soccer
And the balls will zoomed past the field like a sprinting cheetah.
Classrooms were the place of knowledge
and also a room that drains your energy.
Piles of works will be on your table
and for a primary school kid, they are buildings that will collaspe anytime.
In secondary school
things changed.
No more fooling, no more joking
and the worse part is the buildings on your tables have became skyscrapers
School is knowledge,
School is experience,
School is life.
School can be a nightmare or a place call heaven,
but it comes to the student to choose which they think school is.
The lucky thing is
I chose heaven.
I remembered the days in primary school
when my friends and i were still young.
Boy! We were as innocent as a young puppies
and of course naughty as usual.
Ringgg!!! This was the sound we anticipated.
Balls zoomed past the air,
We would play soccer
And the balls will zoomed past the field like a sprinting cheetah.
Classrooms were the place of knowledge
and also a room that drains your energy.
Piles of works will be on your table
and for a primary school kid, they are buildings that will collaspe anytime.
In secondary school
things changed.
No more fooling, no more joking
and the worse part is the buildings on your tables have became skyscrapers
Hyperbole- exaggerated statement
Metaphor- to describe something as another thing
Personification- give something or an object human characteristic
Symbolism-using a representive figure to carry additional meaning
Simile-"like" or "as"
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
1. "lonely as a cloud"
The poet used symbolism in this phrase.
The poet described his loneliness as the clouds in the sky which means that he/she is very lonely.
2. "A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
Metaphor- to describe something as another thing
Personification- give something or an object human characteristic
Symbolism-using a representive figure to carry additional meaning
Simile-"like" or "as"
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
1. "lonely as a cloud"
The poet used symbolism in this phrase.
The poet described his loneliness as the clouds in the sky which means that he/she is very lonely.
2. "A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
The poet used personification in this three lines.
The poet described the daffodils as a host that is everywhere beside the lake, beneath the trees dancing and fluttering like a person in the breeze.
3. "never-ending line", "the margin of a bay", "Ten thousand saw I at a glance"
The poet used hyperbole in this three phrases.
The poet is trying to say that there are so many stars in the sky that when he glance once he can see ten thousand of them and if they are in a line the line will be never-ending.
4. "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance"
The poet used personification here.
The poet is trying to say that the skies in the sky are tossing their head so wildly that cause the sparkling in th e sky.
5. "The waves beside them danced"
The poet used personification here.
The poet says that the high tides have caused the waves to look like they are dancing happily.
6. "And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils"The poet used personification here.
The poet is trying to say that in a state of loneliness now, trying to imagine that you are accompanied by the natural surrounding will make you feel very happy.
I like this poem because it is easy to understand and it uses many figurative languages. This poem is trying to say that the person is so lonely that he thought of the natural surrounding being his companion the stars, the daffodils, the waves. This poem did not really emphasize on the effects of being lonely instead it emphasize on a person trying to make herself not lonely. The descriptions in the poem were clear and easy to understand. The ending of the poem and the beginning of the poem was completely opposite it begins with loneliness but it ends with happiness so it kind of give a little “twist” at the end which is nice.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
My thoughts and view of lowering the percentage in PSLE for chinese
I personally think that lowering the percentage for chinese is not a good idea.
Students will think that chinese is less important and this will even cause some of the students to give up on chinese.
Have i 3 points to share with you why I think learning chinese is important:
- Makes you bilingual
- Live the legacy
- Help you in the economy
Being bilingual does not bring you any benefits when you are still a primary school student. However when you start working in business you will find that being bilingual is really useful. For example, if you are sent to china for a conference but you are unable to speak chinese what will you feel? Anxious? Scared? Nervous?
Learning chinese is also a method of preserving the significance of the chinese. Language is like staple food it is very important for a race. If you do not learnt chinese our chinese ancestors will be deeply disappointed and their hardwork to create a language is useless and wasted.
Helping you in the economy. In the economy China is now coming up. It is one of the strongest country in the economy. Learning chinese will surely benefit you. For example, a boss wants a person to go to china to meet the client but none understands chinese except you, the boss will surely be pleased with you and will definitely reward handsomely.
Of course learning chinese is hard and tiring and stressful. However this is only cause by a lack of interests. If teachers in school or even parents and help to make student interested, motivated then what is the need of lowering the percentage?
Students will think that chinese is less important and this will even cause some of the students to give up on chinese.
Have i 3 points to share with you why I think learning chinese is important:
- Makes you bilingual
- Live the legacy
- Help you in the economy
Being bilingual does not bring you any benefits when you are still a primary school student. However when you start working in business you will find that being bilingual is really useful. For example, if you are sent to china for a conference but you are unable to speak chinese what will you feel? Anxious? Scared? Nervous?
Learning chinese is also a method of preserving the significance of the chinese. Language is like staple food it is very important for a race. If you do not learnt chinese our chinese ancestors will be deeply disappointed and their hardwork to create a language is useless and wasted.
Helping you in the economy. In the economy China is now coming up. It is one of the strongest country in the economy. Learning chinese will surely benefit you. For example, a boss wants a person to go to china to meet the client but none understands chinese except you, the boss will surely be pleased with you and will definitely reward handsomely.
Of course learning chinese is hard and tiring and stressful. However this is only cause by a lack of interests. If teachers in school or even parents and help to make student interested, motivated then what is the need of lowering the percentage?
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Term 2 Task 4 Linguistic
Recently the residences of Thul realised that a major project is going to be built in their city. Residence of Thul were delighted when they heard tha there will be a factory built there as they thought that they will get a job and earn more then what they are earning now.
They were filled with high hopes until the watchman here told them that the workers will be hired from bombay and other cities and they will require people with engineering and technology knowledge. The government will also be selling Thul for the factory.
The fishermen were angry and decided to travel to Bombay to protest. I think by the next couple of days we will be seeing fishermen on Bombay streets protesting.
They were filled with high hopes until the watchman here told them that the workers will be hired from bombay and other cities and they will require people with engineering and technology knowledge. The government will also be selling Thul for the factory.
The fishermen were angry and decided to travel to Bombay to protest. I think by the next couple of days we will be seeing fishermen on Bombay streets protesting.
Term 2 Task 3 Intrapersonal
Dear Diary,
Life has not been good nor has it improved. I am still trying my best to earn money for Lila, Kamal & Bela. Recently, I have heard of the new factories will not be recruiting people in Thul which means that i will not have a job! The government will also be selling Thul for the factory!
This cause residences there like me to decide to got to Bombay to protest. I am deciding to join the group to protest as recently mum's sick, dad is still a useless drunkard, Pinto is dead. I am frustrated now i feel helpless all i want to do is to get out of this situation the best thing to do is to go to Bombay and start a new career. I may be able to prosperous there and earn as much money as i can so i can escape poverty.
My only hope now is bombay i will be going there and never coming back I will be successful i hope. Please god help me. Please bless my family in Thul...
I am not sure if the decision id right or not but i definitely know that this will help me get out of poverty i think i am selfish so i have decided to send money back to my family members i promised.
Okay i gotta sleep bye.
From Hari
Life has not been good nor has it improved. I am still trying my best to earn money for Lila, Kamal & Bela. Recently, I have heard of the new factories will not be recruiting people in Thul which means that i will not have a job! The government will also be selling Thul for the factory!
This cause residences there like me to decide to got to Bombay to protest. I am deciding to join the group to protest as recently mum's sick, dad is still a useless drunkard, Pinto is dead. I am frustrated now i feel helpless all i want to do is to get out of this situation the best thing to do is to go to Bombay and start a new career. I may be able to prosperous there and earn as much money as i can so i can escape poverty.
My only hope now is bombay i will be going there and never coming back I will be successful i hope. Please god help me. Please bless my family in Thul...
I am not sure if the decision id right or not but i definitely know that this will help me get out of poverty i think i am selfish so i have decided to send money back to my family members i promised.
Okay i gotta sleep bye.
From Hari
Term 2 Task 2 Naturalist
I have research on the ingredients needed for the making of Jalebi and Chapatis and also the method to make them.
Jalebi
Ingredients
-2 cups self raising flour
-1/2 tsp baking powder
-1 cup yogurt
-Vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil for deep frying
-1 cup sugar
-Few strands saffron
-1/4 tsp cardamom powder
-2 drops orange food colour
-2 tbsps rose water
Methods:
1. Mix the flour, baking powder and yogurt into a batter and wait for it to ferment for 1 full day
2. Pour batter into a ketchup dispensing bottle.
3.To make sugar syrup: Melt the sugar with the rose water and boil to get a one thread consistency to check for, just carefully your finger into the syrup, touch your finger and thumb together and gently tease apart. If one thread is formed between your finger and thumb the syrup is done.
4.Turn off fire, add the saffron strands and cardamom and stir well.
5.Heat the oil in a deep wok-like dish. To test for the correct temperature, drop a small amount of batter into the oil. If it sizzles and rises to the top of the oil, the oil is hot enough. Keep the flame on medium at all times to ensure all round cooking of the jalebis.
6.Now hold the ketchup dispenser over the hot oil and squeeze the batter into the oil into a wiggly, randomly coiled circle. Squeeze out several at a time.
7.Fry till light golden and then remove and put directly into the sugar syrup.
8.Allow to soak for 2-3 minutes and then remove.
Chapathi
Ingredients
-3 cups
-1 1/2 teaspoon
-1 tablespoon
-1 cup
-Fine wholemeal flour or roti flour
-Salt or to taste
-Ghee or oil, optional
-Lukewarm water
Methods
1. Put flour in mixing bowl, reserving about half cup for rolling chapatis.
2. Mix salt through the flour in the bowl, then rub in ghee or oil, if used.
3. Add all the water all at one time and mix to a firm but not stiff dough.
4. Knead dough for at least 10 minutes (the more it is kneaded, the lighter the bread will be).
5. Form dough into a ball, cover with clear plastic wrap and stand for 1 hour or longer (if left overnight, the chapatis will be very light and tender).
6. Shape dough into balls about the size of a large walnut.
7. Roll out each one on a lightly floured board (using reserved flour) to a circular shape as thin as a French crepe.
8. After rolling out chapatis, heat a griddle plate or heavy-based frying pan until very hot, and cook the chapatis, starting with those that were rolled first.
9. Put chapati on griddle and leave for about 1 minute.
10. Turn and cook other side a further minute, pressing lightly around the edges of the chapati with a folded tea towel or an egg slice.
11. This encourages bubble to form and make the chapatis light.
12. As each one is cooked, wrap in a clean tea towel until all are read.
13.Serve immediately with butter, dry curries or vegetable dishes.
Differences between Chapathi and Roti Prata
Basically roti is thicker then Chapathi.
Roti is a traditional unleavened whole-wheat bread which, depending on the country and the cook, can be as thin as a "skin" or soft and pliable, closer to a pita. Rotis are eaten mainly in North India but are known as "phulkas" in the West & the South parts of India.
whereas
Chapathi is traditionally made from very finely milled whole wheat "chapati flour" and tend to be thin and papery. This type of flatbread is eaten commonly in the Western & Southern regions of India. Nowadays, many cooks add a tbsp or so of yogurt to the dough with the end result being soft chapatis without the excess use of oil or ghee.
Differences between Jabeli and You Tiao
According to the ingredients Jabeli contains and you tiao does not contain sugar.
Term 2 Task 1 Musical/Rhythmic
I have decided chose a song called nothing else matters by david garrett.
The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jExZz0wTgi0&feature=related
I chose Nothing Else Matters as i think the slow tempo song and the slow base makes the song perfect with the first five chapters of the story.I think that the slow speed song can really bring out the misery the children Hari, Lila, Bela and Kamal are living in, with a sick mum and drunken dad and at the end of the story the death of their favourite dog Pinto. I hope you will enjoy the song.
I have also decided to change the lyrics for the first verse of a song by linkin park call "Hands Held High"
The link to the song is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jQ0njClBKI
The original lyrics for the first verse is (i am sry that there are some vulgars in the original song):
Turn my mic up louder I got to say something
Light weights step to the side when we come in
Feel it in your chest the syllables get pumping
People on the street they panic and start running
Words on loose leaf sheet complete coming
I jump in my mind and summon the rhyme, I'm dumping
Healing the blind I promise to let the sun in
Sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and
Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping
**** that I wanna see some fists pumping
Risk something, take back what's yours
Say something that you know they might attack you for
Cause I'm sick of being treated like I have before
Like it's stupid standing for what I'm standing for
Like this war's really just a different brand of war
Like it doesn't cater the rich and abandon poor
Like they understand you in the back of the jet
When you can't put gas in your tank
These ******* are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the cheque
Asking you to have compassion and have some respect
For a leader so nervous in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
In their living room laughing like "what did he say?"
I have change to:
The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jExZz0wTgi0&feature=related
I chose Nothing Else Matters as i think the slow tempo song and the slow base makes the song perfect with the first five chapters of the story.I think that the slow speed song can really bring out the misery the children Hari, Lila, Bela and Kamal are living in, with a sick mum and drunken dad and at the end of the story the death of their favourite dog Pinto. I hope you will enjoy the song.
I have also decided to change the lyrics for the first verse of a song by linkin park call "Hands Held High"
The link to the song is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jQ0njClBKI
The original lyrics for the first verse is (i am sry that there are some vulgars in the original song):
Turn my mic up louder I got to say something
Light weights step to the side when we come in
Feel it in your chest the syllables get pumping
People on the street they panic and start running
Words on loose leaf sheet complete coming
I jump in my mind and summon the rhyme, I'm dumping
Healing the blind I promise to let the sun in
Sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and
Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping
**** that I wanna see some fists pumping
Risk something, take back what's yours
Say something that you know they might attack you for
Cause I'm sick of being treated like I have before
Like it's stupid standing for what I'm standing for
Like this war's really just a different brand of war
Like it doesn't cater the rich and abandon poor
Like they understand you in the back of the jet
When you can't put gas in your tank
These ******* are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the cheque
Asking you to have compassion and have some respect
For a leader so nervous in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
In their living room laughing like "what did he say?"
I have change to:
Turn my mic up louder; I got to say something
We hide in our bed when dad is comin
Feel it in my chest, the syllabus pumpin
Siblings in the house, they panic and start runnin
Words on loose leaf sheet complete comin
I jump on my mind, I summon the rhyme I’m dumpin
Healin’ my mum, I promise to earn money
Heart filled with worries, suffer from poverty
Give when they tell us they want to see rupees
Why us! I want to see some understanding
Think again, go find our dad
Try pleadin though you know they might attack Pinto
Cause I’m sick of being treated like I have before
Like I’m good-for-nothing? For what I’m livin for?
Like my life’s really just a different brand of life
Like it only cater to rich and abandon the poor
Like they understand you back in your puny house
When you’re trying to make two ends meet
These people are laughing their way about your dad
And wantin more beer
Askin you if you’ve inherited the drunkard traits
For a guy so helpless in an obvious way
Helpless and frustrated for being in such a mess
And followed the rest of the people at the end of the day
People laughed at home like, “why did he go?”
I hope you have enjoyed the two pieces of music
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Thank you to you people that help me in e-learning!
The e-learning activity was actually quite confusing at first but thanks to my supportive friends beside me like Eng Chow, Sheng Xiang, Wong kin and some mores which i have forgotten, i managed to finish the work i really appreciate help from those people that helped me. Thank you really much!
learning experience in Mr. Lundberg's LA lessons
My first impression of LA lessons were boring but after having Mr Lundberg's lesson it was not that bad. First, the compre test as it was counted in our MSG the teachers were understanding and decided give us another chance. I have also learnt alot from the LA lessons like short stories, expository essays, compre and many more interesting facts!
Reason why i wrote this ending
Firstly, I think it has a wonderful twist.
Secondly, I think that the daughter may not be exactly like the father so she may have feeling for others. According to the story she had looked at the young man for a several times. So from this part I feel that the princess will definitely sympathise him but not before she sees him being got killed, as she had her father's traits. The last second paragraph i actually summarising the lesson that you should learnt after the story.
Hence, I am happy with my ending hope you like it! :)
Secondly, I think that the daughter may not be exactly like the father so she may have feeling for others. According to the story she had looked at the young man for a several times. So from this part I feel that the princess will definitely sympathise him but not before she sees him being got killed, as she had her father's traits. The last second paragraph i actually summarising the lesson that you should learnt after the story.
Hence, I am happy with my ending hope you like it! :)
The lady or tiger ending
The door opened a growl echoed behind the door a warm gush of wind blew up onto his face. I should have trust her. His eyes were wide opened turning around and took to his heels glaring at the princess with hatred.
"I shouldn't have trust you, is this fair to me? what have I done wrong?" he blared out, running for his life as the 'monster' behind him roared and charged at him.
"Stop!" the princess shouted all of a sudden one of the workers that is supposed to take care of the tiger immediately took out the tranquiliser and shot at the lion.
"What are you doing daughter!" The king shouted as he see the tiger fall to the ground.
"Go young man you are released and you can choose to marry the woman behind the other door. Father you are semi-barbaric while i am not i feel for others unlike you! I am the princess and thus i will declared that from this moment onwards there will be no arena! Justice is not this! People out there have a life you are the king and your job is to protect them and not putting their life at risk! If you do not think this is right then forget it you do not have the qualities of a king!" the princess.
The king stood there shock with nothing to say.
"I shouldn't have trust you, is this fair to me? what have I done wrong?" he blared out, running for his life as the 'monster' behind him roared and charged at him.
"Stop!" the princess shouted all of a sudden one of the workers that is supposed to take care of the tiger immediately took out the tranquiliser and shot at the lion.
"What are you doing daughter!" The king shouted as he see the tiger fall to the ground.
"Go young man you are released and you can choose to marry the woman behind the other door. Father you are semi-barbaric while i am not i feel for others unlike you! I am the princess and thus i will declared that from this moment onwards there will be no arena! Justice is not this! People out there have a life you are the king and your job is to protect them and not putting their life at risk! If you do not think this is right then forget it you do not have the qualities of a king!" the princess.
The king stood there shock with nothing to say.
e-learning
For this assignment I am planning to do the 'Intrapersonal' assignment.
For this assignment i will be writing the different point of view of the character in the story.
Mrs. Maloney......
Journal According to the case of the murder case, I am overwhelmed and shock when I realise that i kill my wicked and unfaithful husband with just a lamb leg, can you imagine, isn't it hilarious? Okay, never mind I am also trying very hard rehearsing now on how am i going to talk to Sgt. noonan later as i do not want to get jailed just because i murdered my unfaithful husband, isn't it right to get rid of this kind on Earth? After writing all this i am sure that i will not be accused as in my mind my actions are right and i shall not let anybody to accuse me hence i will put up my best act later!
Sgt. Noonan.......
Journal According to the case of the murder case, this time the case is going to be fishy. The reason is my colleague is a police officer and he should be killed or murdered so easily and the first suspect is his wife but being his wife she should know the consequences of the murdering and according to patrick's conversation, he is always saying that his wife is so loving and kind. (sigh) this case is really fishy, I gotta go and investigate bye bye.
This two journal entry are right after mrs maloney called the police and this two journal entries can also really show the personality of both the character hope you have enjoyed it. :)
For this assignment i will be writing the different point of view of the character in the story.
Mrs. Maloney......
Journal According to the case of the murder case, I am overwhelmed and shock when I realise that i kill my wicked and unfaithful husband with just a lamb leg, can you imagine, isn't it hilarious? Okay, never mind I am also trying very hard rehearsing now on how am i going to talk to Sgt. noonan later as i do not want to get jailed just because i murdered my unfaithful husband, isn't it right to get rid of this kind on Earth? After writing all this i am sure that i will not be accused as in my mind my actions are right and i shall not let anybody to accuse me hence i will put up my best act later!
Sgt. Noonan.......
Journal According to the case of the murder case, this time the case is going to be fishy. The reason is my colleague is a police officer and he should be killed or murdered so easily and the first suspect is his wife but being his wife she should know the consequences of the murdering and according to patrick's conversation, he is always saying that his wife is so loving and kind. (sigh) this case is really fishy, I gotta go and investigate bye bye.
This two journal entry are right after mrs maloney called the police and this two journal entries can also really show the personality of both the character hope you have enjoyed it. :)
Monday, February 1, 2010
Mrs maloney diary entry
Phew today was a lucky day. The detectives did not find out i was the one that killed my husband. How lucky I was! I could not explain how did I felt when i called the police and i could not even explain the calmness i remained after the murder case. I was alao shock to find out a single blow could send my husband up to heavens.
The reason i got flared up by patrick was that he wanted to have a divorce with me and everything is already time. Hence, i was so angry at that time that i could not think of anyway to show my anger. However , I didn't expect him to die as the single blow to me was kind of light to me.
I think that the murder of my husband was an accident but I don't think it is an accident to be forgotten to me as it will forever and ever stay in my mind teaching and reminding me not to be harsh the next time.
About the policeman, i think that they are not very smart and proffesional as they did not even suspect the lamb steak as the weapon and believed everything i said.
In conclusion, I hope that this incident would teach me a good lesson and i also hope that the policemen and detectives would undergo more course and training to help them in their investigation and not let 'murders' like me to escape.
The reason i got flared up by patrick was that he wanted to have a divorce with me and everything is already time. Hence, i was so angry at that time that i could not think of anyway to show my anger. However , I didn't expect him to die as the single blow to me was kind of light to me.
I think that the murder of my husband was an accident but I don't think it is an accident to be forgotten to me as it will forever and ever stay in my mind teaching and reminding me not to be harsh the next time.
About the policeman, i think that they are not very smart and proffesional as they did not even suspect the lamb steak as the weapon and believed everything i said.
In conclusion, I hope that this incident would teach me a good lesson and i also hope that the policemen and detectives would undergo more course and training to help them in their investigation and not let 'murders' like me to escape.
Reflections about the test
I personally think that the test was accurate. The results showed that i was a visual learner and i am good in numbers. Although i did not score very low for any of the components, i still think i should improve in both the Linguistic and Naturalistic part. the only result that i think was not accurate was the Kinaesthetic part as i think the best way i learnt is through writing out and copying the notes that i received drom my teachers. In conclusion, I want to tell the rest of the people in the world. No matter what type of learner you are, with determination and the potential "nothing is impossible".
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Results of the Test
After completing the test, the results are:
Kinaesthetic--14/25
Linguistic--15/25
Logical--21/25
Interpersonal--17/25
Intrapersonal--18/25
Musical--19/25
Visual/Spatial--22/25
Naturalistic--15/25
For more info pls visit the URL below
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/ict/multiple_int/questions/results.cfm
Kinaesthetic--14/25
Linguistic--15/25
Logical--21/25
Interpersonal--17/25
Intrapersonal--18/25
Musical--19/25
Visual/Spatial--22/25
Naturalistic--15/25
For more info pls visit the URL below
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/ict/multiple_int/questions/results.cfm
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