Book review of the Umbrella Man from the Ten Short Stories by Roald Dahl

The writer is a 12 years old girl and her mother is 34 years old. They went to London for a dentist appointment. They went to a cafe right after the dentist appointment. When they came out of the cafe,it started to rain. Just then, a men in his seventies came up to them and offered to sell a 20pound silk umbrella for only a pound. He claims that he needed that money for the taxi fare as he left his wallet at home. After they bought the umbrella, they decided to follow the old man. They realised that the old man stole umbrellas from bars, sell them to people and than go to another different bar for a drink of whiskey before repeating it over again. I feel that this old man is very smart and sharp to think of such a trick without getting caught. One day, he would be left with no more bars to go and would be broke.

" 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 mountain
I heard the sparrows chipping on the trees.

I heard the dogs barking in the house
I heard the horses galloping pass the forest
I heard the bulls bellowing in the farm.
I heard the bees buzzing in the garden

I heard the frogs croaking in the pond
I heard the mice squeaking in the corner of the house
I heard the roosters crowing at the backyard.
I heard the turkeys gobbled in the shed

I heard the pigeons coo in the darkness
I heard the ducks quack on the pond
I heard the pigs grunt in the barn
I heard the cats meow on the streets

Poetry about life in Primary to Secondary school

In Primary school,
We never did homework,
wasn't even stressful,
and lessons were meaningful

Never had to listen,
We could just chat.
Teachers don't care
We also didn't care

Break time was soccer,
and nothing else.
No food all play,
was our class motto.

Now in Secondary school,
everything tom ba lek.

Form teacher very fierce,
C plus plus confuses my mind,
Literature, what is that?
Oh my god, construction!

No soccer says Mr Balan,
Return must have "0" says Koh Kim Tian.
Iron become element Fe
Why is gold Au??

Sec school very stress,
Everything from A to Z.
ABC , SEE and PEEL,
Why all use acronyms?(not the mousehunt trap)

Sec school scam us.
they say 6 subjects,
but there is more.

Humanities is History and Geography,
Out of nowhere came a Projects Day.
LA splits to English and Literature.
Why become 9 subjects??

Snapshotland

Step 2.
1. Photoland
2. Magical land
3. Fairytale
4. Cartoon
Step 4.
1. and smile and smile and smile
2. It is the promised land
3. sandgirls
4. sandboys
5. permanent delight
Step 5.
1.gingham pinafores and bonnets on the sea-shore.
2. in deck-chairs on the beach
3. in old fashioned gardens with lavender and grandchildren here and there
4. smiling through the lavender and dolphins.
Step 6
smiling,delighted,happy(all of them describes happy people)
Step7
All of them are positive things. No negative things
Step8
I think the poem is describing a Photo.
Step 9
1. persona
2. to the public
3. happy
4. to better describe the picture without being very direct that it is describing a picture, not a scenario.
5. It made the poem clearer for me to understand it.

Things i have learnt for Language Arts this term.

I realised that poetry was not as simple as i thought it was. This year, I improved my comprehension skills and my grammar. My grammar was not very good in primary six where i always got mistakes in my tenses. Now, I seldom get my tenses wrong. I also understood literature. In Primary school, i thought it was only the reading of a storybook. But it is not so simple. You have to analyse the main points and remember the key points of the book to score. I hope I can improve my composition and my unseen poetry

Things i have learnt for Language Arts this term.

Metaphor Poem

Guang-an speaks as loud as a thunder,
As fast as lightning.
So muffled was his sound that
we could not understand him

Todays trip to 新加坡佛牙寺

Today, I went to the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple (Singapore). My mother and Aunt 'donated' a lamp in the scared room which stores the Buddha Tooth. I had to go through a boring 1-2 hours of chanting session just a glass panel away from the very scared room . I kept quiet and just followed what the others were doing. It was boring but worthwhile. We went through a ceremony (i don't really know the significance of it). After that, we were lead to the scared room after a security check just like the kind in a airport. The monk describe every corner of the room from the material to the purpose of the object. The statue of the Buddha and the chamber which stores the Buddha's Tooth is made of pure gold. It was a eye-opener for me !!
Even the tiles were made of gold. It must have cost a bomb to built the whole 3 story high temple . Hope i would have a chance to enter that room again in the future.