10th Reflection

Worst luck that happened in my life is when i was 13 years old. On 2006, i am a form 1 student at SMKG2. The school is new, so there are no hostel occupant, no occupant at teachers apartment, no security that guard the front gate, its just new. So, this is what happen. The school's bell is ringing to show that its time to go back home. Its was 4:30 pm, all the students go back to their own home while i'm waiting for someone to pick me up. After a hour, no one came up and the number of students who are await for their bus are decreasing. Firstly i don't feel terrified, because i know that someone will pick me up. Then, i wait, and wait, the clock shows 6:10 pm. I started to feel worry, and its just the two of us that left at that schools, me and my friend, Zie, who i still didn't know her that time. We chat for awhile, and then her transportation has arrived. I become alone at the school, its dark and scary. I decided to wait until someone shows up. The clock shows 6:30pm, and still no one shows up. I was thinking, that if i stay a little longer, i might be in danger. So, i decided to walk home. On my way to the highway, a lot of guys just finished play football, they're on their way to the Yayasan Sabah's hostel, which is near with my school. So i'm scared that if something will happen, but they're nice guys. As i'm getting closer to the highway, i started to cry. Along way to my home, i cry, and cry. Suddenly, from the other side of the road, some car honk at me, as i see the car, i was relief, it was my mom. Then, my mom picks me up and she asks me what's wrong, why am i crying. I just told her, i was scared, that's all. Moreover, my mom ask me if my brother came to pick me up from school, and i just confuse. On our way to home, we saw my brother stay at the park chatting and laughing with his friends. My mom pissed off, and open the window, shouting at my brother, angrily. So, we were at home, and my brother quickly come home. He was scolded by my mom. Lastly, i found out that, my mom tells my brother to pick me up from school, but he doesn't do what he was told. I hate that day.

10th Vocabulary Entry

1. Beliefs

- things that we trust or we have a faith of

2. Contrary

- on the other hand; opposite

3. Incidents

- something that had happened 

4. Theft

- loss; robbed

5. Reduction

- act of reducing

6. Cautious

- alert; vigilant

7. Significant

- having meaning, influence or importance

8. Associational

- a connection in the mind between ideas, sensations, memories, etc.

9. Superstitions

- nonsense beliefs

10. Inauspicious

- something that is an omen of bad things to come or an unlucky beginning

9th Reflection

TEAMWORK

> Erna Bika (bass), Jenifer Keris (rhythm), Stella Keris (leader and lead guitar), 

Nur Atira Shahira bt Jekri (drummer), and Tiffinie Fiona Johnny Foo (vocalist)

This is the best photo that brings a lot of memories. This photo was taken at Wisma Pertanian, Kota Kinabalu on 15th April 2012. That day is our special day to show our talent, because it is a Talent Day that held by our college, Cosmopoint International College of Technology (CICT). There are a lot of boy band, and for your information, it is only us that girl band joined the competition. At first, i thought that they will be booing our performance, but its out of my thought. All of the audience and the participants were surprise, enjoy and feel entertained by our performance, which is we never thought it would be epic. Surprisingly, the result is so not fair, because of there are 3 categories but only 3 prizes for all of the categories. It was really disappointing, yet we're not that upset because, the prizes were never pay for the sweet, enjoyable, and epic experience that had been etched in  each of our memories. Thank you for my team, TEAMWORK, for all the efforts we have made together. I will never forget this, because it was the first time that i perform as a band, a girl band.

9th Vocabulary Entry

1. Prediction

    - forecast; foretell; prophecy

2. Sticky

    - covered with an adhesive substance

3. Lithography

    - printmaking technique

4. Experimenting

    - to test; to investigate 

5. Etchings

    - an etched plate, drawing or design

6. Inexpensive

    - cheap

7. Portraiture

    - portraits collectively

8. Portrait

    - drawn, painted or carved picture of the fact of something or someone

9. Bizarre

    - weird; not ordinary

10. Imitating

      - make a duplicate or a copy of

8th Reflection

I might say, I was in the butler and baker type of learners, because i still depend on someone to guide or tell me what to do and sometimes i think what is in the book is right. I need someone who have more experience to guide me. So, i need to think clearly and stand up for my self, thinking maturely, that no one will be able to help if i didn't make any decision all by my self, because one day, we will be alone and facing tough problems. So, just have a faith on yourselves to stand up and keep forward.

8th Vocabulary Entry

1. Anxious 

    - feels uneasy or excessively nervous

2. Integrate 

    - to intermix a minority population with a majority one

3. Accepted 

    - approved

4. Imperative 

    - something that has authority

5. Advancement 

    - forward movement or improvement

6. Commitments 

- a promise, vow, or agreement to do something

7. Interactive 

    - action and communication between two people; two-way communication

8. Resources 

    - skill

9. Struggling 

    - making all efforts

10. Pace 

      - step, stride

11. Flexibility 

     - adjustable to change; capable of modification; convince

12. Alter 

      - change; to make something different

13. Routine 

      - being regular or customary

14. Accommodate 

     - to do something that someone else asks of you or wants from you

15. Potential 

      - having the power or being capable of happening

16. User-friendly 

      - easy to use, operate, or understand

17. Valuable 

      - having quality; precious

18. Utilized 

      - to put to use; make practical or profitable use of

19. Expanding 

      - to increase in size

20. Method 

      - a process of doing something

7th Reflection

       The conclusion are, people always blame nature for their own poor planning. They have cut down the forests and built their homes right in the middle of gullies and natural drainage, and when something happen they'll curse Mother Nature. Unlikely when a volcano blows, earthquake, and large meteorite , that's what called natural disaster. So, don't try to compare man-made disaster and natural disaster, because it proves that human are really not thinking clearly.

7th Vocabulary Entry

1. Convenient
    - something easy to do

2. Scapegoat
    - someone who is assigned the blame or to take the fall for something.

3. Buffer
    - someone who helps people get along who are argumentative with each other.

4. Paved
    - to be the top surface or covering of

5. Grasslands
    - an area that is dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.

6. Gullies
    - a channel or hollow worn by running water; small, narrow ravine

7. Drainage
    - that which is drained off

8. Mother Nature
    - the power or force that seems to regulate the physical universe

9. Widespread
    - widely extended

10. Destruction
      - the tearing down or dismantling or killing of something

11. Foreseen
      - to see beforehand; know beforehand; foreknow

12. Legitimate
      - within the rules, correct or accepted as proper

13. Meteorite
      - large meteoroid that falls to the surface of a planet or moon

14. Wiped out
      - overwhelmed, exhilarated, awed, etc.

15. Man-made
      - something that was created by humans.

16. Accurately
      - careful and exact

17. Short-sighted
      - lacking foresight

6th Vocabulary Entry

1. Script

- the written words of a play, movie or show, or a standard message to deliver on the phone or in person

2. Actors

- person who does something, particularly someone who performs in a film or television show

3. Crew

- a group of people working together, usually under a leader

4. Equipment

- whatever a person, group or thing needs for a given purpose

5. Camera

- an electronic device that captures pictures, movies or other visual images either digitally or on film

6. Concept

- a general idea of something

7. Storyboard

- a sequence of drawings designed to show how a movie, book or advertisement will go.

8. Make-up

- cosmetics generally; rouge, lipstick, mascara, etc.

9. Action

- something that is done or performed

10. Practise

- to rehearse or to do something multiple times to try to get better at it.

6th Reflection

This story was inspired by a true story, Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) and Cale Crane (Dakota Fanning), father and daughter who lack of much needed bond. Ben is a horse trainer who takes his work very seriously, neglects his own aspiring daughter while he pours his heart into the care of the horses that he train. So one day, Cale ask her father to take her along to work. While with her father, a horse named Sonador falls during a race, injuring herself badly enough. Cale having fallen in love at first sight of Sonador before the accident, begins to sneak out to the barn at night to see her, and give her ice cream. She was hoping that Sonador will get well soon and back on the track. After that, she heard a conversation between Ben and her mother about the burden they have of taking care Sonador. Emotionally, Cale sets out to run away and saddles up Sonador, and her father was in the rescue mission to save Cale that already terrified. This incident begins to cement the newly-forming bond between father and daughter, and also begins to heal the wounds of the whole family that had grow over the years. Sonador goes from being a negative focal point to the hero of the movie.

5th Vocabulary Entry

1. Arise 

- stand up; to awake

2. become

- grow to be; change into

3. begin

- to start or come into being

4. bend

- a curve or angle

5. bleed

- to emit or lose blood

6. bring

- to carry or to cause to happen

7. come

- to move closer to the requester

8. drink

- to bring into the mouth and swallow or to absorb

9. drive

- yo operate a vehicle, to be licensed to operate a vehicle or moving something using force

10. eat

- put food in the mouth, chew and swallow or to use up

11. find

- to come across something by chance or to locate something that was once lost

12. forgive

- to let go of anger, blame or resentment towards someone and return to friendly relations.

13. give

- to hand, present or place

14. grow

- to become or cause something to become larger in size or to undergo the natural process of developing

15. hurt

- harm, or physical or mental pain

16. have

- to contain, hold or own something

17. know

- to have an understanding of, be aware of or be familiar with someone or something

18. learn

- to acquire knowledge or new information

19. make

- to produce something

20. redo

- to do again; do over

5th Reflection

COMEDIAN

My favourite comedian is James Eugene Carrey, also known as Jim Carrey. He was born on January 17, 1962. He is a Canadian-American actor, comedian and a producer. I like his acting, it was natural and of course it is hilarious. Moreover, every character is suit for him, he knows how to play the roles, and it comes out nicely. Jim Carrey has receive four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning two. I love his movies, such as ; The Mask (1994) , Bruce Almighty (2003), Yes Man (2008), and A Christmas Carol (2009). Every time he tells a joke, it giggles me. He is the best comedian that i knew besides the famous Mr. Bean, Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller. 

4th Reflection

Yes, the clip by Youtube Channel : Daily Motivation, does inspire me. Why? because the guy named Nick Vujicic, who has neither arms nor legs, can stand up by himself when he was fell down onto the ground. Even he knows that its impossible for who has no arms and legs to get up by himself, but he does not know how or when to give up. He'll say "If I fell, i'll try again, and again, and again". I like Nick Vujicic's spirit that's inside him. He has that special thing inside him, if there is someone else like him, they would probably ashamed of their imperfect physicals and spending times inside the house rather than outside. Unlikely with a person who is perfect his or her physical, that isn't so grateful with themselves until do a plastic surgery. He succeed to motivate my daily life, and i'm so grateful with who I am now. Thank you Nick Vujicic, for the touching motivation. 

4th Vocabulary Entry

1. Take
    > Take after - to resemble (another person, as a parent) physically, temperamentally, etc.
    > Take for - to assume to be


2. Blow
    > Blow up - Explode
    > Blow out - to become extinguished


3. Break
    > Break down - to become ineffective
    > Break in - to enter by force or craft


4. Dig
    > Dig in - to start eating
    > Dig up - to locate


5. Make
    > Make out - to establish; prove
    > Make over - to remodel; alter


6. Switch
    > Switch on - the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
    > Switch back - a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves


7. Laugh
    > Laugh off - to dismiss as ridiculous, trivial, or hollow
    > Laugh at - to make fun of; deride; ridicule


8. Put
    > Put away - to put in the designated place for storage
    > Put down - to write down; register; record


9. Breathe
    > Breathe in - inhale
    > Breathe out - exhale


10. Work
      > Work out - to bring about by work, effort, or action
      > Work on - to exercise influence on; persuade; affect

3rd Vocabulary Entry

1. Ancient

- someone or something that has lasted a very long time

2. Fortress

- a secured and strong place

3. Temple

- a place where people worship

4. Archaeologist

- a person who studies human stories, particularly the culture of historic and prehistoric people, though discovery and exploration of remains, structures and writings

5. Mountain

- is a part of earth that is very wide, has a taller height than a hill and often has step sides, or it is large pile of something

6. Stone

- a small of rock

7. Agriculture

- the science, art and business of farming and ranching

8. Empire

- a political unit or large geographic area under a unified or supreme authority, often an emperor or empress

9. Structure

- constructed building or a specific arrangement of things or people, especially things that have multiple parts

10. Construct

- means to build or assemble

11. Strategically

- of or having to do with strategy

12. Building

- a structure or the process of making a structure

13. Located

- someone or something has been found, marked off or established

14. River

- a natural stream of water that empties into another body of water

15. Tourist

- a person who visits a location other than his own home

16. Magnificent

- something that is exceptional or amazing in appearance

17. Particular

- pertaining to a specific person, thing or place, or something that is noteworthy or under immediate consideration

18. Survive

- to live beyond or remain alive in spite of something

19. High

- situated far above the ground or some other level

20. Restored

- to bring back to a former or normal condition; repairing; rebuilding; altering

3rd Reflection

LOST CITY

Machu Picchu and Chichen Itza are both famous lost worlds. Even though they look alike, but the're have similarities and differences. the similarities between both of them are, the structure of the building is built using stones. Other than that, the're man-made, and the last is both of them is a historical places and have been abandoned by peoples. Also, their beliefs are unlikely different because the beliefs in human sacrifices. 

Moreover, the differences of the both lost world are, Machu Picchu is the lost city, but Chichen Itza is the lost temple. Other than that, Machu Picchu was built beside of the rivers, and Chichen Itza was built beside the wales. Last is, Machu Picchu was located at Peru, and Chichen Itza was at Mexico.

2nd Vocabulary Entry

1. Explore

- to search, investigate or travel in

2. Camp

- where people live for a short period of time

3. Climb

- to move up or increase gradually, or to move up and around using our feet

4. Navigate

- to plan your course or to steer, guide or move through

5. Mapping

- making a map, or a matching process where the points of one set are matched against the points of another set

6. Racing

- a competition of speed

7. Track

- to try to find something

8. Experiencing

- anything observed or lived through

9. Try

- an attempt or effort

10. Scuba diving

- the act or recreation of swimming and exploring underwater with the aid of scuba gear

11. Found

- a person or thing that is no longer lost

12. Lost

- missing or unable to be found or it can mean something that was wasted or not used in a valuable way

13. Discovery

- something found, invented or uncovered

14. Traveling

- to go from one place to another

15. Tourist

- a person who visits a location other than his own home

16. Communication

-  the exchange of opinions, news and information by writing, speech or gestures

17. Bonfire

- a large fire built outdoors

18. Landscape

- the features of a given area of land, especially when the area of land has been improved by carefully designed planting and arrangement

19. Mountain

- a part of earth that is very wide, has a taller height than a hill and often has steep sides, or it is large pile of something

20. Risky

- involving risk; hazardous; dangerous

2nd Reflection

Christopher Columbus

I choose Christopher Columbus, born on 1451 in the Italian port of Genoa, lived in Portugal and in Spain. He is the son of wool merchant called Domenico Colombo. He have 4 other siblings which 3 younger brother and a sister. He is famous for discovering the New World, yet he died thinking he had reached the Indies. A man called Regiomontanus was famous as a Medieval Scientist, Mathematician and Astronomer. His book Ephemerides was used by Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci to measure longitudes in their explorations of the New World. Christopher have 3 ships which is named, The Nina, The Pinta and The Santa Maria. Christopher travelled to Iceland when he was sixteen years old, traveled the seas as a pirate, or a Privateer, attacking ships belonging to the Moors. His ship is sunk in a battle off Portugal, but he swims ashore. Moreover, he married wealthy Felipa Perestrello Moniz, a daughter from a noble Portuguese family. On 1480, they have a son named Diego Colon, but his wife Felipa dies of consumption on 1485. On 1492 August, Columbus leaves Palos, Spain in search of the Indies. Any way, on May 20 1506, Christopher Columbus dies at the Spanish court at Vallodolid.

1st Vocabulary Entry

1. Trust

- believe; confidence in the honesty or integrity of a person or thing

2. Loyal

- faithful or showing faithfulness to a government, person or cause

3. Fun

- enjoyment or pleasure

4. Frustration

- the state of being annoyed or a source of annoyance

5. Like

- to enjoy or agree with something

6. Adore

- to worship, honor or to be very fond of

7. Fond

- having a strong affection for someone or something

8. Sorrow

- feeling of great sadness or grief, often caused by loss or disappointment

9. Happiness

- the state of joy, peace and tranquility

10. Hate

- a feeling of intense dislike or aversion

11. Dislike

- a feeling of not liking someone or something

12. Humanity

- the characteristics that belong uniquely to human beings, such as kindness, mercy and sympathy

13. Marry

- the act of pronouncing a couple become husband and wife 

14. Bond

- something that holds people or objects together.

15. Sad

- feeling upset or unhappy about something, often shown physically with a frown

16. Care

- close attention or a concern for another

17. Disappointed

- depressed; unsatisfied; let down

18. Worry

- something that causes you to feel uneasy or anxious, or a troubled state of mind

19. Longing

- a strong desire

20. Grateful

- feeling or showing thanks or appreciation for something

1st Reflection

Love

Love is a natural feeling that comes from deep in your heart. It is the strongest feeling from others, because of love, people becomes crazy. They said love is blind, and yes it is. Love can makes people blind, blind here means they did not see what is not perfect on their lovers, they will see she or he is perfect on their eyes, always perfect. Love needs two people trusting each other, if they did not have a faith on each other, they will not last for long. Moreover, love did not know age, height, etc. They will do anything for their loved one, even if the're far from each other, he or she is willingly cross over the sea just to meet her or him. Yes, this proves that love can makes people crazy, but the worst part is, when they were broke up, it leaves a deep scar in your heart. Because, you never knew this day will come, and you thought that you will live happily with her or him, but it is not write it right as you thought. So, my advice is, even if you love him or her that much as the total of the stars in the sky, leave some of your curiosity for him or her. Because, if that day come, you will not that frustrated, because you know she or he isn't the right person for you.