Friday, May 30, 2008
George's Marvellous Medicine
This book is called" George's Marvellous Medicine", written by Roald Dahl.
The story is about-Young George mixes a medicine to make his nasty grandmother more likeable, and once she drinks it she grows to immense proportions. George's father wants the formula to breed a race of super-size livestock, but George can't duplicate the recipe. His fourth try is a potion that shrinks the drinker to nothing – and greedy Grandma drinks it with unexpected results!
Character study
George- He is a clever boy.
Grandma- She is not a very nice person. She thinks that caterpillars and slugs are delicious and likes to crunch on beetles best of all.
Phrase
"Be kind and nice to people"
From this phrase, I have learnt that if we are nasty to people and become a nuisance to them, they will not like you, like the grandma in this story.
Charlie and the Chocolate
This book is called “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, written by Roald Dahl. The characters in the story are- Augustus, Veruca, Violet, Mike and Charlie. The story is about a small boy named Charlie, who lives with his four grandparents and his parents in a small wooden house on the edge of a great town. The family is very poor and the breadwinner in the family is only Charlie’s father, who worked in a toothpaste factory, screwing the tubes of the toothpaste. He was never paid enough to support the family even for a day’s meal, so the family is always starving. Charlie loves eating chocolates, but he can only get one bar of chocolate every year on his birthday, so he treasured it a lot. That year, there was a search on five golden tickets to be won to get a chance of going into the chocolate factory and have a lasting supple of chocolates and sweets for the rest of their lives. These five golden tickets have been printed on golden paper and hidden underneath the ordinary bars of chocolates, and they can be found in any shops in the world selling this brand of chocolates. Of course, the search is going on every second in the world and within four days, four tickets were found. The next day, while Charlie was walking to school, he saw a piece of fifty pence note lying on the ground. He picked it up and when to buy two bars of chocolates to eat. When he opened the second bar of chocolate, he saw something shiny in it. That’s how small Charlie’s adventure started into an amazing world of wonders……
Character Study
Charlie Bucket- He is kind-hearted. He does not want to take his parents share of food, even when he is starving.
Mr Willy Wonka- He is a very mysterious man.
Phrase
"Don't be too proud when you are rich"
From this phrase, I learnt that even though you are rich, there is nothing to be proud of.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Yeah!! The school hoildays are finally here!! This few days, I've been trying to clear all my homework so that I will have lots of time to play and hang out with friends. This morning, I went to Outram MRT Station for C.I.P, to help raise fund for Xin Yuan Community Care via flag day collection. It was a tiring job as many people would simply ignore you and walk away, while some would say they din't bring any money out!! Funny!! That was a very bad excuse.... How could someone go out without bringing any money?? Anyway, we had some fun too! Some of the people were very generous and gave $10, while others who were rushing gave 10 cents, and even 5 cents!! But whatever it is, it is still the heart that counts.... At the end of it, my can was very very heavy with all the coins that i had to put it on the floor... haha....
Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
This story is about:
A man found himself in need of a helper for his workshop. One day, the man met a boy who was suitable for him as the boy claim to be illiterate. Actually, the boy could read and write very well enough but pretended to be a fool because he felt something fishy. When the boy realised that he was working for a magician or sorcerer, he pretended to be quite stupid but stayed alert and learnt all that he could from the sorcerer. He was most curious about the thick heavy books in the alcove and was tempted to take a peep between their covers. At last there came a day when he decided to see what was in them no matter what are the risks. That night, he waited for the sorcerer to be asleep before he came out to study the book and soon he was discovered by the sorcerer. As the boy had learnt many magic, he finally out-witted the sorcerer and became the owner of the magic workshop. From then on, he used all the power and ingredients only for good of man and beast.
Character Study
Boy-He is very intelligent, brave and helpful. He soon out-witted and defeated the sorcerer. He is also very kind as he does not want to harm others.
Sorcerer- He is wicked, dangerous and cruel.
Phrase
The phrase is ' to kill two birds with one stone'. The boy learnt the magic and at the same time, he defeated the sorcerer.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Mid-year exams are finally over!!
My results are out!!
There is only one word with three letters to describe it- B A D!
The holidays are around the corner but I must revise to get better grades!!!
Revise all my weak subjects!!
Study harder!!
At least... I hope to get better results in the next term!!! :)
