Monday 25 February 2013

Should PARENTS play SNOOP? 3C

First reading, I do not agree with this article. Of course I want my own privacy. Enough of being controlled by my parents in daily life, not in the online life. But, after our discussion, I think parents need to play their part too. They need to monitor us, for our own benefit.

Tuesday 19 February 2013

Parents Abuse Children? (3B)

I like this article.  Simple language used and the issue...I like.  We associate abuse with "inflicting physical injuries". But not in this article. It is emotional side. Something that we cannot see physically but the scar remains in our heart. I think this kind of abuse is more hurt than the physical abuse.

Saturday 9 February 2013

The School -A3C


The School
by Donald Barthelme downloaded from http://www.npr.org/programs/death/readings/stories/bart.html

You should read this. This story tell us how school become a place for the students to learn new things and to understand about life. There are many things that students can learn at school, even the things that we do not expected them to learn at school.It is interesting to know how school can become a magic place.

Friday 8 February 2013

Have You Written It Down(A3B)

I get an interesting story from http://www.shortbreadstories.co.uk/story/view/have_you_written_it_down/#axzz2KJQIMdgs.  But first, you need to be the member of shortbreadstories, dont have to worry, it is free. You will amaze to find the stories, they are all interesting.

This story is about a man (name not given, i guess it is the writer himself) who does not like old folks. His job as an alarm installer finally meet him with a few old folks who are alone at home.  He listen to their stories and keep asking  them, "Have you written it down?" and the answer he will get,"who will read it?". Finally, he begin to love old people.

I think this is interesting. This teaches us to value old people, they have a loy of stories that we do not know.

Isn't It Strange ? (A3D)


Short Story : Isn’t It Strange

Isn’t it strange? by Maclean Patrick
Isn’t it strange?
I look out through the glass panel, there’s an old man fussing with his umbrella. The man with the funny haircut crosses the street, avoiding the puddle but getting splash on at the curb. A couple duck under a doorway to take refuge, her mascara muddling her face as she turns to seek sympathy from her boyfriend; who seems preoccupied with his leather shoes being wet.
Isn’t it strange?
An old lady on a first floor window pulling in her laundry only to have her flower printed blouse fall down, blanketing the young man preoccupied with his wet leather shoes. The funny haircut man avoids another splash only to jump into the old man with his half opened umbrella. A funny scene that makes the mascara muddled young girl laugh. And I watch all this from inside a café, waiting for my coffee and a piece of apple pie.
“You want ice-cream on the pie?” I am asked.
“No thanks,” I reply.
Isn’t it strange?
The wet splashed on man apologizes to the old man with the half opened umbrella and in turn, both men get splashed on at the curb. The young mascara muddled face lady reaches over to help wet leather shoe boyfriend take the flower printed blouse off his head, only to have him trip forward and fall into a puddle. Now leather shoes are wet along with his tailored suit.
Now that is strange.
I sit here watching it all, drinking my coffee and wondering should I add ice-cream onto my apple pie.
“Do you have chocolate?” I asked.
“Vanilla would taste nicer,” he nods while telling me.
“It won’t taste that strange with chocolate, right?”
“Strange? No, but I’ve never seen anyone eat it with chocolate before.”
I smile, “There’s always a first time.”
“Now, isn’t that strange?”
“What?” I asked.
The waiter stares out through the glass panel.
“That old man with the broken umbrella is the father of that woman with the messed up makeup. And that young man, the one who knocked the old man is the brother of the woman’s boyfriend.”
I look out through the glass panel, “What about the old woman on the first floor?”
“That’s my mother.”
“Now, isn’t that strange.”
I took vanilla with the apple pie and the waiter was right, it did go well with the pie.
THE END 
A3A, I get thsi story from the link that you give to us, i think this is a very interesting story, the ending surprises me.  I don't know whether to laugh or what. I think, this writer is a creative one, he write something that we had to think and think to understand. What do you think?

Main Project: Reading and Blogging (A3A)

Hello girls, this is the big project for 2013. Start reading and start posting.I will share with you, the story I read.The title was "The Silent Whisper" written by Maclean Patrick.

The characters: A man 
                                The spirit ( a lady)
The plot   : It is about a man who is not afraid of the dark but afraid of 3 am.When 3 am comes, he hears the whisper although he covered his ears.The whisper is from a lady who asked him to follow her. He didnt want to follow her and he will listen to the whisper evry night. The spirit went back to her place when morning come and she was jealous of her friends because they success to get a soul to bring back to their place.The woman vowed that one day the man will follow him because death always wins.

You can read this at http://macleanpatrick.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/short-story-the-silent-whisper/

Feel the goosebumps when reading this.