Book review of the graveyard book

The story is about a small baby who's family was murdered by a man. He came to the graveyard near his house by accident. He grew up there and learnt skills like becoming invisible and to walk inside people's dreams. A group of people known as the jacks of all jacks plotted to kill his whole family. He was protected by the graveyard forks and named nobody owens.....
In my opinion, this book is a very good book. It is descriptive and magical. It is one of the best books that I read in my life.

Poem (LA e-learning)

From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decease,
His tender heir might bear his memory;
But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content,
And tender churl mak'st waste in niggarding.
Pity the world, or else this glutton be:
To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.

Q1.
The figurative language used is a hyperbole. It is used to express the feelings and words in the poem such that it gives an impression that gives the reader a more better understanding of the whole poem idea. Metaphors are used to describe actions or things in the poem such that it would be better to understand. Lastly is Symbolism, which is to mix two things in the story that adds up nicely in the poem to give a more intense story.

Q2.
I dont really know any poems so I randomly search for William Shakespeare and choose one of his poems. I found this poem interesting at first because the name was Sonnet 1. Which i thought was his first poem. When I read it again and again, the poem became to make more sense to be. It is like a story but with rhyme. Even thought some of the words seem foreign to me, I can make a little sense out of it .

Intrapersonal

Why am I cursed to have a drunkard as my father?? Everyday, he spents away lots of our hard-earned money away like water just to buy toddy. Just because of that, my elder sister and I cannot even go to school! We have to work very hard to earn just enough money for my two younger sisters school fees and for food.
I want to go to the city where I can earn more money and escape from my father. Yesterday was the day where enough was enough! The next door idiot came and killed our dog pinto because my father owed him money. The heartless idiot!!
I will get a job from the de Silvas. Mr de Silva said that he would give me a job as a car-cleaner if I go to bombay. I will earn lots and lots of money and escape from poverty.
Bye
Hari

Bodily/Kinesthetic

1.http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ntB4RAgyz4IgJM:http://erstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/happy.jpg
2.http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:_BYXuFpRYYLRfM:http://taheny.com/2006_06_26_anxious_michael_540x405.JPG
3.http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:40GvAeynyIFpZM:http://www.dg58.dupage.k12.il.us/counselors/images/death.jpg
Firstly, it is a festival so she should feel happy
Secondly, her mother was very sick so she most likely will fell anxious waiting for the results.
Lastly, her dog had died and she was mourning

Naturalist

YES! I love talking about food. I will continue posting more topics on food in the weeks to come.

Chapati tends to be thin and papery while roti plata is soft and pliable. The roti plata originates in Punjabi while the chapati originates in East Africa.
Jalebi is a fried sweet dipped in sugar, while You Tiao is a long deep-fried dough, without any sugar content.

Here is a simple recipe to make 8 Chapati :
- 2 cups Wheat Flour, 1 tsp Ghee, 1 tsp Salt, Water to knead dough

The steps are :
1. Mix ghee, salt, wheat flour and adequate amount of water to knead smooth dough.
2. Leave it for an hour.
3. Make equal sized balls, smear them with dry flour and roll them out on a rolling board.
4. Heat a griddle. Put the chapati on it.
5. Moderately roast both the sides of chapati on griddle.

Here is the recipe for Jalebi, with the ingredients consisting of 2 cups All Purpose Flour, 1-1/2 tbsp Rice flour, 1/4th tsp Baking powder, 2 tbsp Curd, 3 cups Sugar, 2-1/2 cups Water, 1/2 tsp powdered Cardamon, Ghee or Vegetable oil.

The steps are :
1. Mix the flour, rice flour, baking powder, curd in a bowl.
2. Mix well, add water and whisk until smooth.
3. Set aside for about 2 hours to ferment.
4. Whisk thoroughly before use.
5. Prepare sugar syrup. Add cardamon powder
6. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan or kadhai.
7. Pour the batter in a steady stream into the kadhai to form coils. Make 4-5 at a time.
8. Deep fry them until they are golden and crisp all over but not brown.
9. Remove from the kadhai and drain on kitchen paper and immerse in the sugar syrup.
10. Leave for at least 4-5 minutes so that they soak the syrup and serve hot.

I feel hungry now :p

Effect of toddy

Blog post

I choose a piece of music 'Relax for 10 minutes. Sit by the Sea'. The link is provided here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOlNhkDE_E. I chose this piece of music because I heard it since I was young and it is a relaxing piece of music. :)