Sunday, February 28, 2010
The ambient music suitable for Lamb
to the slaughter
opening scene
I have chosen "The secret universe" to be the ambient music for the opening scene. It is because this music is a very slow music and it gives people a mysterious feeling, making them wonder what will happen in the end. The starting of Lamb to the Slaughter is that Mary was waiting for her husband's return and this music is very suitable for it as it shows what Mary's feelings are. Her anxiety and query are being expressed in this music. This music is taken from http://www.diatonis.com/downloads.html
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Cross Country Run
I was feeling both sad and jubilant at the same time. I was jubilant because my got second for sec 1 overall. I was sad because I got 11th position in the whole sec 1. I expected myself to be in the top 10. The "10th guy" was just a few meters away from me. I should have sprinted and overtake me. Halfway through the run I had a stomachache. That might be the reason why I came in 11th. I will definitely do better in the following years' run.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Lamb to the Slaughter and Way up to the Heaven
I think that the similarities between Lamb to the Slaughter, Mary Maloney was a very caring and loving wife at the beginning but she totally transformed in to another person. She became a cunning woman with a astute, sharp and clever mind when her husband told her that he wanted to leave her. With this, she killed her husband and tries to cover up her crime. Her action were a sign of lying and deception. She lied to the investigators. She acted that she was the innocent one and tries to destroy the evidence at the same time. Deception was expressed in a way that she makes the readers think that she was a very loving and caring wife whom was very submissive to her husband. She turned out in the end to the total opposite which made the readers realized that they were deceived of Mary's personalities. In Way up to the Heaven, Mrs Foster acted that she did not know about the morbid fate of her husband was very much akin to the "innocence" of Mary Maloney. She was very submissive to her husband and her husband was very demanding of her. Her husband knew that she did not like to be late and wanted to delay her for her flight to see her daughter. It eventually turned out that he was stuck in the lift of hs house. Mrs Foster knowing that her husband was stuck in the lift left the house for her flight. She knew that he would die of suffocation as she was going for a long trip. Her actions were examples of deception. In lamb to the slaughter, Patrick was not a very demanding husband. He did not demand anything from Mary instead, Mary was the one who kept doing things for Patrick. In way up to the Heaven, Mr Foster was a very demanding husband. He kept asking things from his wife and making things difficult for her like trying to preventing her from catching her flight. This are the differences and similarities that I was able to point out. Please give me some comments. Thanks .
Thursday, February 18, 2010
My English comprehension test result release
My English test was returned to me on Wednesday, 17th February. I did not have much time to post it so I am posting it now. My results were horrible. I did not expect my results to be that bad! I was very sad at that time but I did not express it out. I did not think the test was difficult. I was able to understand the passages very well I did not know why I did so badly so I hope that Mrs Anu would be able to help me to realize my mistakes. I hope to do much more better in my next test or maybe in every text.
Answering Mrs Anu's questions
I do not think that what Mary did to her husband was good. She should not have killed him even though he wanted to leave her. Murder is a very serious offence and she could be sentenced to death when she was caught. Her child would be an orphan if she was really sentenced to death and she would not want her child to be an orphan. I suggest that she should just calm down and find out why her husband wanted to leave her. She could try to persuade her husband to not leave her and if he still insist to leave her she should just give up on him. It would be better if the child has a mother than no parents at all. I think there is more to Mary than on the surface. I think that she might be a much more cunning and smart person. I feel that she had something up her sleeves but I am not very sure what is it. I really hope that Roald Dahl would write more to Lamb to the Slaughter as I really want to know what would Mary Maloney be like.
Have I answered your questions, Mrs Anu?
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Winning the short story
challenge!
My group which comprises of Chen Yi , Leon and myself won the short
story challenge! I was very elated when Mrs Anu announced the winner. I
really appreciated the support of my friends as if it was not for them,
my group would not have won as Mrs Anu felt that Hou Yi's group's
story was better. She said that their story was the only which met up to
all her expectation. Mrs Anu still gave my group the prize because of
the votes. My group will definitely do better next time.
Where the hell is Matt? I think most of you have seen this. Well, I am posting it to let those who did not see before. It is from youtube. Enjoy!
He was born on 23 August 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the youngest of
three children and the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and former Los
Angeles Sparks head coach Joe "Jellybean" Bryant and Pamela Cox BryantKobe
Bryant. He joined LA Lakers in 1996. The following are achievements that he had:
4 time NBA Champion: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009
Most Valuabe Player: 2008
MVP of the finals: 2009
2 time regular season scoring leader: 2006, 2007
11 time allstar and 11 consecutive appearances at the NBA All-Star game from 98-09 (all 11 starts)
3 time NBA All-Star MVP: 2002, 2007, 2009
11 time all NBA selection (11 consecutive):
First team: 02, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08 and 09
Second team: 00 and 01
Third team: 99 and 05
9 time All Defence selection (5 consecutive)( youngest player on all defence 99/00):
First team: 00, 03, 04, 06, 07, 08 and 09
Second team: 01, 02
NBA All-Rookie second team: 1997
1997 NBA Slam Dunk Champion (youngest player at 18 years and 175 days)
1996 – First Guard in league history to be drafted out of Highschool
January 7th, 2003. Most 3 pointers in a single game (12) tied with Donyell Marshall
January 7th, 2003. Most consecutive 3 pointers in a single game (9) tied with Latrell Sprewell and Ben Gordan.
Career 40 point regular season games: 101 (3rd all time) - scored 40 (27times) in 05-06. (9) were consecutive.
Career 50 point games: 24 (3rd all time) - scored 50 (10 times) in 06-07, (4) of them consecutive.
Career 60 point games: 5 (3rd All time tied with Elgin Baylor)
December 20, 2005 Kobe outscores the entire Dallas Mavericks team 62-61 at the end of the third quarter. This is the first and only time a player has outscored a team after 3 quarters.
January 22, 2006 in a 122-104 win over the Toronto Raptors Kobe scores 81 Points a Laker record and 2nd to only Wilt Chamberlains 100 points.
Only player to score 50+ points in 4 consecutive games other then Chamberlain who scored 50+ in 7 consecutive games.
Only player to score 20 000 points before turning 30 other then Wilt Chamberlain
and Michael Jordan.
Recorded 10 50 point games in a season (06/07) joining only Chamberlain who did it
twice (61/62) (62/63)
Well this all have to post about him. If you want to know more about him, you may
search in the internet. I have prepared a few links to keep you updated in NBA and the
sports in Singapore. This information was adapted from:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Kobe-Bryant-Career-Achievements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant
Friday, February 5, 2010
Comparison between Lamb to
the Slaughter, Male
Child and Love
I prefer Lamb to the Slaughter among the stories. It left me in suspense
wondering how Mary Maloney would response to Patrick's break up. I
did no expect her to murder him as she was a caring wife at the
beginning whilst in Male Child and Love I was able to predict what was
going to happen and had no interest reading when I reached some point of the story. If it is not for the sake of obeying Mrs Anu's instructions I would have put the book away. Do your feel the same?
