Thursday, 12 April 2012
Saturday, 19 November 2011
DEAD.
Haiz. This blog is really dead. NOOOOOOOOOOOO. But seriously, blogging is damn boring. Like anyone will read it like that. ==
Thursday, 19 August 2010
School IS and OC matters.
So, this year, the OC and IS schemes are very different from last year's one. I have nothing to object to the OC(Oral communications) scheme as everyone know, communication is an essential part of life and without it, you would meet great troubles in life. Furthermore, we were also tested on our communication skills in our Primary schools through oral examinations.Even the PSLE examinations tested our ability to talk to those teachers from other schools. If we were able to pass that, I don't see why HCI students could not even talk. Thus, I have no objections to OC. However, the IS(Independent Studies) scheme is what that sparks the anger from most students. The minimum grade was announced during the Weekly Assembly and so what's the point of telling us at the last minute? Dr Hon even told us to complete or ACEs as fast as possible when the deadline is the next day! What is the point of telling us that?! I do not object to the idea of having the IS but the only thing that is irritating about the scheme is that we have to do whatever ACE that we chose during the previous term and thus restricts us to what we are doing. This gives us less flexibility of doing stuff. This also becomes forced work or rather not doing it. For example, you chose Math as the ACE subject in the start of the term, but, later you did not "feel" like doing it any more but is unable to change it to other subjects. So, he will either force himself to do it or leave it undone. Either way, it defeats the purpose of doing ACE as you are either being forced to do the ACE or waste the 5 marks, so, it's not very good for the student. If the school was to remove the restrictions on the subject the ACE is on every term, that would be better for the students and thus they will have a more flexible working scheme and will be able to hand up the ACEs any time they wanted. That will be better for the students.
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
YOG Torchbearing.
So, our school is the starting point of the 4th Day of the Torch relay? I expected much better than what happened on that day! It was not even worth the time. We DIDN'T even see the torch being lit up. We only saw the flame in the lantern and the torch unlit held at the side. Later, we didn't even see the Buses and the other sponsor's buses. Then, we did not even see the lion dance held in front of the clock tower and the other performances. The seniors got a better view of the performances while we just stood there doing nothing while the seniors were enjoying themselves. It was so unfair for us as we were standing under the sun and unable to enjoy the performances. Later, we just caught a glimpse of the sponsor's buses when they made their way out of the school. But, luckily, I was the torchbearer the day before, so I did not only get to see the torch with the flame, but also held it in my hands and ran with it with media attention and the attention of other residents from the neighboring HDB flats. Well, being the torchbearer makes me proud to be a part of the YOG movement, that is observed by people worldwide. However, if felt that the Singaporeans are still not enthusiastic about the event and most of the supporters are the schooling children that were asked to support the torchbearers, instead of they taking the initiative to support the YOG movement without being asked or forced to do it. However, I did not mean that everyone is unenthusiastic. There were still some enthusiastic people in the community. Some came to support the torchbearers despite it was raining and they cheered while they were holding the umbrella. They also took pictures of the bus and torchbearers and gave them words of encouragement. There was also a Primary 6 boy who ran alongside the torchbearers and taking pictures. He ran a total of 15 km without stopping! He was tired but still pressed on. So, here's are the example of those people who are enthusiastic. I really hope that all Singaporeans could be more enthusiastic but not to the extent of running along with those torchbearers but at least show some support for the First Youth Olympic games.
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
June Holidays!!!
Well.... Although the June holidays were long gone. But let me remind you that I went to CHINA and there is absolutely NO ACCESS to blogger or Facebook or what so ever means to write my blog. So, I have to consolidate the memories so that I can write them here. "So let's get the ball rolling!" Quote by Ms Lim.
10 June 2010
Oh Yeah! I am going to Shanghai for the Shanghai Expo 2010! The flight to Shanghai is at around 12pm. So, we have to leave at around 8am to catch the plane as the place we are staying at is an hour to the airport. My father has went to Shenzhen earlier on so, he will be taking a flight to Shanghai from there to meet up with us in the airport, so we will be reaching at around the same time. Once arriving at the airport, the feeling was great as I stepped on a new ground and I felt that it was a great achievement. But as for my father, his flight was delayed greatly as there was air traffic controls at Shenzhen, so that his flight was unable to depart for Shanghai. So, we have to wait for him in the airport. While waiting, I read some pages of a book and played my PSP console for a while. Finally, at around 5pm plus, he finally appears. So we went to the hotel that was prebooked by us. At night, my parents went out for a walk at the 外滩 around the 黄浦江 river area. When they came back, they told me that it was a pity that I didn't go as the night view of Shanghai was magnificent! What a pity!
11 June 2010
Hooray! I'll be going to the Shanghai Expo 2010!!! TODAY!!! I'm so excited! Yeah, and so we got there and start queuing up to get into the area where the Expo is held. There were quite a long queue for just to get into the area. Well, as for the security check, it was similar to the one you see in the airports. Metal detectors, X-ray bag checks and cigarette lighters and matches are also prohibited in the Expo area. You have to put it in a specific box before the security checks. Maybe it was to prevent arson in the area. But although lighters are prohibited and you must remove it before you go for the check, some others who are heavy smokers brought along two lighters with them and gave up one at the check and brought in the other, so that they could smoke! Well, they were smart but not used in the right way. What if something caught fire accidentally? Who is going to compensate for the damage? The security guards for they did not detect the lighter hidden. Or the one who brought the lighter into the Expo? Well, luckily, none of these accidents happened before. After the check, you have to slot in your ticket to a reader in the electronic gate and once the ticket is confirmed valid, they will admit you into the Expo. So, after my both parents and I went into the Expo area, we went for a small walk, looking for pavilions that we were interested in taking a look. After a while, we parted ways, and I went on my own while my parents went to look at the Nepal pavilion. My target was the Japan pavilion. So I walked down the bridge while looking at the map to get a lock-on of my position. Now I realize the importance of learning how to read a map. So, I put my map reading skills that I learnt during Secondary One to good use and found my location straight away. So, when I got to the Japan pavilion and to my disappointment, it was closed at the moment and will be reopened later. There was already a small crowd gathering at where the entrance of the queue was. Well, you may think it's normal but it's 11am now (mind you!) and the pavilion will only open at 2.30pm! And there is already people queuing up to get into the pavilion!!! I told my father about this and he told me to go to other pavilions first as the queue is too long. But I decided to stay and wait for it to open as I feel that Japan's technology is worth looking at. So, I found somewhere on the floor and sat down. Later, I whipped out my PSP console to kill time while waiting. Later, I saw some people with seats that looked like they got it from inside of the Expo. So I asked someone where they got it. He said that he got it from the 4th gate which is quite near to the pavilion. So I asked if I could leave my bag there as I didn't want to re-queue for the pavilion. He told me to take all my valuables with me. When I heard him say that, I thought that I could trust him in safekeeping my bag. So, I left it there with him. Later I ran to the venue where the seats were given out and asked for two. One to use now and the other to bring home. But to my disappointment, that person-in-charge told me that this is only limited to one per person. I had no choice but to grab it and rush back to the place where I left my bag. Upon reaching there, I was relieved that my stuff were still there. I replaced my valuables back to my bag and so as to do a quick check on if I had lost anything, but there was nothing missing. Well, at least, not everyone is that evil and greedy! After the guards at the gate of the queue announced that the gate will be soon open, everyone immediately stood up and pushed and squeezed each other and everyone wanted to get into the queue fast. Seems like Singapore's so called "kiasuism" is also present in China! The guards even threatened to not let us get into the pavilion if we continue like this. But, to no avail. After a while, the guards gave in and let us all in. The squeezing increased and everyone pushed and shoved each other. After getting into the queue, we have to run through the snaking queue and to wait to be let into the pavilion. While waiting, I bought a few bottles of Coke and played on my PSP. So, I waited for another 2 hours before I went into the pavilion. I was quite lucky though. The Japan pavilion had a reputation of having to wait for around 4 to five hours before you can get into the pavilion. So there was a distribution of free fans and so I took three. One for each family member and it was very hot too. So, before I went into the gallery, I saw a sign that says: No Camera, No phones, No food and so on. But, no camera? Why? Wasn't we supposed to take pictures of the pavilion so that we can look at it someday else and to show that we went to the Japan pavilion. When I got into the gallery, I saw people taking pictures of the stuff inside and the persons-in charge wanted to stop them but obviously, to no avail. So I thought: So since those people can take pictures, why should I care about the sign outside? So, I took out my camera and snapped pictures of the pavilion. Like what I had expected, a person-in-charge came to stop me but I did not listen to him and continued taking pictures and he had no choice but to let me take it. So I continued my journey in the pavilion. Later, the cultures of the Japanese is showcased. Those were somewhat similar to those in China. After that, they showed a water purification system. Later, there is also a hybrid car by Toyota. It was those that is the new ones that can be plugged into a power point to charge its battery. They showed half of the car as its "skeletal" structure, while the other half was the one with metal covering. Later, there was a robot to introduce the car's system to the visitors. Later there was a show about the new technological concepts like the screen that is actually a wall and there are many functions to it. There is also a lock on it, calendar and even make and answer calls. It also has a television function that detects the user's movement and follows him/her while they move. You can also change the wallpaper of the wall as and when you wanted to. So, it also cut's down the expenses of buying wallpaper. But there is always pros and cons to everything. The wall being a screen like device, will take up electricity and if every wall is powered on, it may consume much electricity. So, that's a point to consider. Then, there is also a new type of camera that enables zooming without making the image blurry. There is also a demonstration of the camera. There is also a new smile detector that detects smiles with ease. Then, there is also a type of camera that gives us a bird's eye view. Lastly, there is also a robot that plays the violin. The music it played was great and flawless. I had always been fascinated by Japan's development of robots.
Next, I went to the Korea pavilion. The Korea pavilion in comparison to the Japan pavilion has less of the technology showcases but it showcases more on the culture of the country and the people of Korea and the friendship with China. It also showcases the theme of the 2012 Yeosu , South Korea of The living ocean and coast. There is also some showcases of technology to reduce carbon emission and a globe that can be turned to different directions by tilting a television monitor.
After that, I went to the Nepal pavilion, Myanmar pavilion, India pavilion, and the other pavilions of some parts of China.When I am done, I went home at around 9pm by myself as my parents already went home.
12 June 2010
So, now I am in another new place, Suzhou! Today I went to 狮子林 or literally translated to be lion garden. It was named that way as there were many natural rocks that looked like lions and they were put in this piece of land. In the olden days where there is still emperors, there are two different emperors who have set foot on this garden, and now it's open to public! Thinking of it, I felt that as if I was an emperor in the olden days.
Later, I went to 寒山寺. It is a temple, a huge one which is built in 502. There were script carved on stone tablets everywhere framed up on the walls to preserve them.
When we came out of the temple, we went to a silk factory that was recommended by a local. The guide in the factory guided us through the factory and showed us the life cycle of the silkworm and the strength of the silk when there is layers and layers of them. The silk was put over a bow like structure layer by layer and after that, the silk was unbreakable! It was also said to be made into bullet proof vests. Later the guide also showed us how to test if the silk is real. She whipped out a lighter and pulled a small portion of the silk and lighted it. The flame immediately extinguished. There was also a pungent smoke that was released that smelt like burning hair. This is how the real silk should be: Not flammable, and the smell of the smoke released should be like the one of the burnt hair.
Later, I went to 留园. It was huge garden and was given a high rating. Although it was given a high rating, but there were English mistakes made on the sign boards. For example, "优美环境靠大家，废物随手放入箱" should be translated into "To be able to create a beautiful environment depends on everyone, so waste should be put into bins". However it was translated into:"As a beautiful environment is on all of us, please omnivorously put the waste in the garbage can." The statements may seem totally unrelated, but it was really written on the signboard. I realized that the signboard was there when I saw a European guy taking photos of it. There were many great places in the garden. There were bamboo, trees and there were also trees that were grown in small pots.
After that, I went to 周庄, a place that looked like a China version of Venice. There were rivers and beside every house, there is a river where they washed clothes, and for household uses. There were also boats around and the boatmen will sing aloud while rowing the boat. The people living there made a living by selling stuff like bamboo bows, shells, and many other things for a living as there was made in to a tourist attraction.
30 May 2010:
Alright! It's my flight my flight to China, Beijing! The flight is around 11pm to 12am. So, I posted my last Facebook post of the month and took off from Singapore!31 May 2010:
Okay! Now, I am standing on the land that is called... Beijing! To be precise, I'm at Beijing International Airport! For now, I am waiting for a flight transfer to Shandong ,YanTai, Penglai. I am not going to three places but it's actually a single place. Let me explain. So, Shandong is a province in China. YanTai is an area in Shandong, and Penglai is somewhere in Yantai. So, it sounds like a small place right? NO! You are definitely wrong about this. Although it may seem small, but that place is actually even bigger than Singapore! Try to imagine that! Isn't China huge?31 May 2010 (Noon):
Well, now I am in Penglai! So, something unfortunate happened. So my luggage was being crushed while being handled by the people carrying the luggage and putting it on the conveyor belt(what is that person called again?). Yea, and so My mother and I complained to the person in charge and later, she brought us to her office and we had our baggage exchanged for a new one. The crushed one was asked to be left there. Well after that, we met up with my father's chauffeur(well, at China, it's not unusual for people to have chauffeurs) and so we went to the dumpling store for our lunch as my father was too busy to accompany us to eat. After that, he sent us home. So after a small while of cleaning up of the house, I tried to connect to the net. Well, as what I have expected. No access to Facebook, no access to blogger and so on. So, there was nothing that I could do, so, I went on to do other things.10 June 2010
Oh Yeah! I am going to Shanghai for the Shanghai Expo 2010! The flight to Shanghai is at around 12pm. So, we have to leave at around 8am to catch the plane as the place we are staying at is an hour to the airport. My father has went to Shenzhen earlier on so, he will be taking a flight to Shanghai from there to meet up with us in the airport, so we will be reaching at around the same time. Once arriving at the airport, the feeling was great as I stepped on a new ground and I felt that it was a great achievement. But as for my father, his flight was delayed greatly as there was air traffic controls at Shenzhen, so that his flight was unable to depart for Shanghai. So, we have to wait for him in the airport. While waiting, I read some pages of a book and played my PSP console for a while. Finally, at around 5pm plus, he finally appears. So we went to the hotel that was prebooked by us. At night, my parents went out for a walk at the 外滩 around the 黄浦江 river area. When they came back, they told me that it was a pity that I didn't go as the night view of Shanghai was magnificent! What a pity!
11 June 2010
Hooray! I'll be going to the Shanghai Expo 2010!!! TODAY!!! I'm so excited! Yeah, and so we got there and start queuing up to get into the area where the Expo is held. There were quite a long queue for just to get into the area. Well, as for the security check, it was similar to the one you see in the airports. Metal detectors, X-ray bag checks and cigarette lighters and matches are also prohibited in the Expo area. You have to put it in a specific box before the security checks. Maybe it was to prevent arson in the area. But although lighters are prohibited and you must remove it before you go for the check, some others who are heavy smokers brought along two lighters with them and gave up one at the check and brought in the other, so that they could smoke! Well, they were smart but not used in the right way. What if something caught fire accidentally? Who is going to compensate for the damage? The security guards for they did not detect the lighter hidden. Or the one who brought the lighter into the Expo? Well, luckily, none of these accidents happened before. After the check, you have to slot in your ticket to a reader in the electronic gate and once the ticket is confirmed valid, they will admit you into the Expo. So, after my both parents and I went into the Expo area, we went for a small walk, looking for pavilions that we were interested in taking a look. After a while, we parted ways, and I went on my own while my parents went to look at the Nepal pavilion. My target was the Japan pavilion. So I walked down the bridge while looking at the map to get a lock-on of my position. Now I realize the importance of learning how to read a map. So, I put my map reading skills that I learnt during Secondary One to good use and found my location straight away. So, when I got to the Japan pavilion and to my disappointment, it was closed at the moment and will be reopened later. There was already a small crowd gathering at where the entrance of the queue was. Well, you may think it's normal but it's 11am now (mind you!) and the pavilion will only open at 2.30pm! And there is already people queuing up to get into the pavilion!!! I told my father about this and he told me to go to other pavilions first as the queue is too long. But I decided to stay and wait for it to open as I feel that Japan's technology is worth looking at. So, I found somewhere on the floor and sat down. Later, I whipped out my PSP console to kill time while waiting. Later, I saw some people with seats that looked like they got it from inside of the Expo. So I asked someone where they got it. He said that he got it from the 4th gate which is quite near to the pavilion. So I asked if I could leave my bag there as I didn't want to re-queue for the pavilion. He told me to take all my valuables with me. When I heard him say that, I thought that I could trust him in safekeeping my bag. So, I left it there with him. Later I ran to the venue where the seats were given out and asked for two. One to use now and the other to bring home. But to my disappointment, that person-in-charge told me that this is only limited to one per person. I had no choice but to grab it and rush back to the place where I left my bag. Upon reaching there, I was relieved that my stuff were still there. I replaced my valuables back to my bag and so as to do a quick check on if I had lost anything, but there was nothing missing. Well, at least, not everyone is that evil and greedy! After the guards at the gate of the queue announced that the gate will be soon open, everyone immediately stood up and pushed and squeezed each other and everyone wanted to get into the queue fast. Seems like Singapore's so called "kiasuism" is also present in China! The guards even threatened to not let us get into the pavilion if we continue like this. But, to no avail. After a while, the guards gave in and let us all in. The squeezing increased and everyone pushed and shoved each other. After getting into the queue, we have to run through the snaking queue and to wait to be let into the pavilion. While waiting, I bought a few bottles of Coke and played on my PSP. So, I waited for another 2 hours before I went into the pavilion. I was quite lucky though. The Japan pavilion had a reputation of having to wait for around 4 to five hours before you can get into the pavilion. So there was a distribution of free fans and so I took three. One for each family member and it was very hot too. So, before I went into the gallery, I saw a sign that says: No Camera, No phones, No food and so on. But, no camera? Why? Wasn't we supposed to take pictures of the pavilion so that we can look at it someday else and to show that we went to the Japan pavilion. When I got into the gallery, I saw people taking pictures of the stuff inside and the persons-in charge wanted to stop them but obviously, to no avail. So I thought: So since those people can take pictures, why should I care about the sign outside? So, I took out my camera and snapped pictures of the pavilion. Like what I had expected, a person-in-charge came to stop me but I did not listen to him and continued taking pictures and he had no choice but to let me take it. So I continued my journey in the pavilion. Later, the cultures of the Japanese is showcased. Those were somewhat similar to those in China. After that, they showed a water purification system. Later, there is also a hybrid car by Toyota. It was those that is the new ones that can be plugged into a power point to charge its battery. They showed half of the car as its "skeletal" structure, while the other half was the one with metal covering. Later, there was a robot to introduce the car's system to the visitors. Later there was a show about the new technological concepts like the screen that is actually a wall and there are many functions to it. There is also a lock on it, calendar and even make and answer calls. It also has a television function that detects the user's movement and follows him/her while they move. You can also change the wallpaper of the wall as and when you wanted to. So, it also cut's down the expenses of buying wallpaper. But there is always pros and cons to everything. The wall being a screen like device, will take up electricity and if every wall is powered on, it may consume much electricity. So, that's a point to consider. Then, there is also a new type of camera that enables zooming without making the image blurry. There is also a demonstration of the camera. There is also a new smile detector that detects smiles with ease. Then, there is also a type of camera that gives us a bird's eye view. Lastly, there is also a robot that plays the violin. The music it played was great and flawless. I had always been fascinated by Japan's development of robots.
Next, I went to the Korea pavilion. The Korea pavilion in comparison to the Japan pavilion has less of the technology showcases but it showcases more on the culture of the country and the people of Korea and the friendship with China. It also showcases the theme of the 2012 Yeosu , South Korea of The living ocean and coast. There is also some showcases of technology to reduce carbon emission and a globe that can be turned to different directions by tilting a television monitor.
After that, I went to the Nepal pavilion, Myanmar pavilion, India pavilion, and the other pavilions of some parts of China.When I am done, I went home at around 9pm by myself as my parents already went home.
12 June 2010
So, now I am in another new place, Suzhou! Today I went to 狮子林 or literally translated to be lion garden. It was named that way as there were many natural rocks that looked like lions and they were put in this piece of land. In the olden days where there is still emperors, there are two different emperors who have set foot on this garden, and now it's open to public! Thinking of it, I felt that as if I was an emperor in the olden days.
Later, I went to 寒山寺. It is a temple, a huge one which is built in 502. There were script carved on stone tablets everywhere framed up on the walls to preserve them.
When we came out of the temple, we went to a silk factory that was recommended by a local. The guide in the factory guided us through the factory and showed us the life cycle of the silkworm and the strength of the silk when there is layers and layers of them. The silk was put over a bow like structure layer by layer and after that, the silk was unbreakable! It was also said to be made into bullet proof vests. Later the guide also showed us how to test if the silk is real. She whipped out a lighter and pulled a small portion of the silk and lighted it. The flame immediately extinguished. There was also a pungent smoke that was released that smelt like burning hair. This is how the real silk should be: Not flammable, and the smell of the smoke released should be like the one of the burnt hair.
Later, I went to 留园. It was huge garden and was given a high rating. Although it was given a high rating, but there were English mistakes made on the sign boards. For example, "优美环境靠大家，废物随手放入箱" should be translated into "To be able to create a beautiful environment depends on everyone, so waste should be put into bins". However it was translated into:"As a beautiful environment is on all of us, please omnivorously put the waste in the garbage can." The statements may seem totally unrelated, but it was really written on the signboard. I realized that the signboard was there when I saw a European guy taking photos of it. There were many great places in the garden. There were bamboo, trees and there were also trees that were grown in small pots.
After that, I went to 周庄, a place that looked like a China version of Venice. There were rivers and beside every house, there is a river where they washed clothes, and for household uses. There were also boats around and the boatmen will sing aloud while rowing the boat. The people living there made a living by selling stuff like bamboo bows, shells, and many other things for a living as there was made in to a tourist attraction.
13 June 2010
Now, I am in a totally new place again! Now I am in 杭州(Hang Zhou)! This is also a place that I had never been to before, so I am excited as usual. After settling down at our prebooked hotel, we went out to have dinner. We found a noodle restaurant that looked good. So, we went there to have dinner. The noodles tastes awesome! It's nothing that I had eaten in Singapore! Maybe I was a noodle lover, so I felt that way, maybe to others, it may not be the same. Later we went back to the hotel and hit the sack early as we had a tour around the city tomorrow early in the morning.
Next morning, we were slightly late and the bus was gone and went to another hotel nearby, so we were able to catch up quickly. Our first stop was 西湖(West Lake). It was a huge lake and there were boats everywhere to give the tourists here a boat ride. We went on a walk round it, with the guide explaining to us the various information that is related to this lake. Later, we also went on a boat ride. It was a pity that the lake was covered with thick smoke that morning and hence covered most of the objects on the lake and the bridges. Later the guide told us that the lake wasn't deep and the deepest point is not over 1.5 meters, however, the mud below the lake is at least 2.8 meters deep and if you were to walk on it, you may sink into the mud. Later, we went to 宋城. It was a place that some times was used to shoot those drama that takes place in the past. We settled down for some food after we went around it for a walk, exploring it.
14 July 2010
Now, I am back to Shanghai again for the Expo! This time, I reached Shanghai at around noon and went to the Expo by my own again. This time I went to try the Britain, France, Poland and the Switzerland pavilion. I first went for the Poland pavilion as the queue was shorter. There was a dragon in the first atrium that can respond to you. It even could talk to you. I suppose it was controlled by someone but I don't seem to find it anywhere, it was surely well hidden. So, I gave up the search and continued going on. Later, I stopped by the France pavilion. The theme of the pavilion is "La ville sensuel" Which means Sensual City. There were dispalys of fine dining, although we do not get any chance to sample the food. There were also introduction of the French red wine. There is also a show case of a type of robots that can do actions that mimics the human ones. The design of the robot was also great. Later I went to the British pavilion. They showcased a range of future plants that they wanted to make. There was also a great spike ball in the middle of the area the pavilion is at. In the tip of every spike, there were different plant seeds in it. Later, I went to rest on the huge artificial field, that is within the British pavilion. I wanted to do so as I wanted to take a picture of the spike ball in the middle of the pavilion being lit up. And in the meantime, I can also get some rest from the queuing up for the pavilions. However, after waiting for quite a long time, the lights did not light up and it was almost dark. So, I gave up and went for the Switzerland pavilion instead as I saw that there were cable car rides on top of the pavilion and I thought it would be interesting. So, although the night has fallen, there were still many people queuing for the Switzerland pavilion. So, I had to queue for it. After queuing for an hour, my father called for me to get back home, but I told him that I was already queuing. Luckily, my father was very understanding and he allowed me to continue to queue and go home immediately after this pavilion. After a grueling wait, I finally went into the pavilion! I decided not to go so quickly and savor the great feeling of achievement. There was a IMAX clip of the Switzerland Alps and it was so real that I almost fell over because of dizziness. Down the walk ways, there were binoculars that have a slide over it that shows the various scenery. Later, after walking down the walkway, I queued for the cable car. Fortunately, the queue was short. After a while, I went on the cable car. It was fun having the feeling of flying in mid-air. The ride was short though, but it was great. Later, when I came out, the person operating the gift shop told me that the shop is closed. Well, I was not going to buy anything from the shop anyway. However, I tried to re-enter the pavilion although it was closed. Then, I got shouted by a personnel for climbing over the fence to the pavilion. So, I had no choice but to go home. When I reached home, I had dumplings that was brought back by my parents for me to eat as dinner. I wolfed down everything as I did not eat anything since lunch except Coke that was sold everywhere in the Expo. So, I was thankful for the food they got for me.
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain.
I would like to be friends with Atticus as I occasionally share the same views as him, I also do not discriminate against people, I also feel that he is a fatherly figure that really cares about his children and he have moral courage shown during the shooting of the mad dog and he killed the dog in one shot.
Natural Habitat of Mocking Bird---Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
The northern mockingbird breeds from northern California, eastern Nebraska, southern Ontario, and Maritime Canada southward. Spends winters in the southern part of range. Found in residential areas, city parks, farmlands, open country with thickets, and desert brush.
The mockingbird is gray on top and white on its underside. It has white patches on its wings that look like bars; a long black tail with white outer feathers and a long, slender bill. Males and females look alike.
Mating season is between March and August. During mating season male mocking birds may sing night and day! Mockingbirds build cup-shaped nests in forks of trees or bushes. Both the male and female build the nest using twigs, leaves and grass. The female lays between three to five eggs. The female incubates the eggs. It takes about two weeks for the eggs to hatch. Both the female and male will take care of the fledglings. The babies leave the nest in a little over 10 days. The female usually has two broods a year, but she can have up to four.
The northern mockingbird eats ants, beetles, grasshoppers, seeds and berries.
I think that there is much ants, Maycomb, betles, grasshoppers, seeds and berries around Maycomb so that the mockingbird have plenty to eat, so it will live there.There may be berries growing almost everywhere and grasshoppers in the grass eating and so on.
The mockingbird is gray on top and white on its underside. It has white patches on its wings that look like bars; a long black tail with white outer feathers and a long, slender bill. Males and females look alike.
Mating season is between March and August. During mating season male mocking birds may sing night and day! Mockingbirds build cup-shaped nests in forks of trees or bushes. Both the male and female build the nest using twigs, leaves and grass. The female lays between three to five eggs. The female incubates the eggs. It takes about two weeks for the eggs to hatch. Both the female and male will take care of the fledglings. The babies leave the nest in a little over 10 days. The female usually has two broods a year, but she can have up to four.
The northern mockingbird eats ants, beetles, grasshoppers, seeds and berries.
I think that there is much ants, Maycomb, betles, grasshoppers, seeds and berries around Maycomb so that the mockingbird have plenty to eat, so it will live there.There may be berries growing almost everywhere and grasshoppers in the grass eating and so on.
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