3E1 2010

T2W9 Post

09yiteng — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:33:37 +0000

Vocabulary:

1. Proselyte : person who has been converted from one set of religious ,political.

¤ change in belief or religion.

*Many Buddists made attempts to proselyte, espeacially the younger generation.

2. Conceptual: of based on concepts

¤ idea of underlying something.

* Jolyn seemed unfamiliar with those conceptual discussion on equal opportunity for everyone.

3. Endorsement: act of endorsing.

¤ give one’s approval and support.

*After the endorsement of his home state, the candidates campaigned in the neighbouring states.

4. Unified: to unify

¤ to intergrate

*The malays has been seeking unification of muslim mosque.

5. Recanted: take back and to reject

¤ withdrawn and not to separate.

*The Brazilian govermment had recanted the financial supports nd helps provided to clear more land, especially when deforestation had cause much damaged to the Amazonian Rainforest.

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11 Healthiest foods

27 Feryanto — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:30:36 +0000

1. Berries
All berries are low in sugar and high in fiber. Blueberries have been shown to increase memory in lab studies, and raspberries and strawberries are loaded with ellagic acid, a powerful antioxidant that seems to have some anti-cancer properties, according to the American Cancer Society.
2. Beans
Beans are extremely high in fiber, which helps to control weight, prevent or manage diabetes and blood sugar, and may help prevent colon cancer and protect against heart disease. The National Institute of Medicine recommends 25-38 grams of fiber a day. The average American gets only 4-11 grams. One cup of beans provides 11-17 grams.
3. Nuts
Some of the largest and most important long-term studies of diet and health have shown that eating nuts several times a week is consistent with a risk of heart attack and heart disease that is 30%-50% lower than the general population. Just one ounce of nuts-almonds, macadamia, Brazil , walnuts, pecans-eaten three to five times a week seems to be the magic number.
4. Wild Salmon
Fish is the ultimate anti-aging food. Cold-water fatty fish like wild salmon, sardines, mackerel and herring contain omega-3 fats that protect the brain and the heart, improve mood, and lower blood pressure and triglycerides.
5. Raw Milk
Raw, organic milk nearly always comes from grass-fed cows and contains high levels of cancer-fighting CLA (conjugated linolenic acid) as well as a rich assortment of vitamins, minerals and beneficial bacteria (like Lactobacillus acidophilus)
6. Grass-Fed
Meat from grass-fed cows has a much different fat profile than ordinary supermarket meat: high in omega-3s, lower in potentially harmful omega-6s and loaded with CLA, a kind of fat known for its anti-cancer activity. A superb source of protein and vitamin B12, it’s also missing the antibiotics, steroids and hormones found in the meat that comes from feedlot farms.
7. Eggs
Considered by many to be nature’s most perfect food, the egg is high in protein and relatively low in calories. The yolk contains choline, one of the most important nutrients for the brain, as well as lutein and xeazanthin, two critical nutrients for eye health. Brassica Vegetables Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and kale all contain plant compounds called indoles that help reduce the risk of cancer. In addition to a stunning range of vitamins and minerals, they also contain sulforaphane, an important plant chemical that helps the body detoxify health-damaging chemicals.
8. Apples
Not only do they keep the doctor away, they also appear to do the same for lung cancer, diabetes and asthma. An apple contains five grams of fiber and a rich blend of nutrients including the bone-building vitamin K and the anti-inflammatory nutrient quercetin. And there’s no better way to control your appetite than an apple eaten about half an hour before a big meal.
9. Onions and Garlic
In an impressive number of published studies, the consumption of onions and garlic has demonstrated protective effects against stomach, prostate and esophageal cancer. Along with broccoli, tea and apples, onions and garlic are among a select group of foods found to reduce mortality from heart disease by 20%.
10. Pomegranate Juice
Called “a natural Viagra” by researchers at Tel Aviv University , pomegranate juice is loaded with antioxidants. Studies show it can reduce blood pressure and plaque in the arteries. New research indicates it also slows the progression of tumors.. Four to eight ounces a day is highly recommended.
11. Green Tea
Though all teas are great for you, green tea has a unique profile of plant chemicals that have anti-cancer activity. It’s now fairly established that green tea may help prevent the following types of cancers in humans: bladder, colon, esophagus, pancreas, rectum and stomach. If that’s not enough, it also appears to help with weight control.

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Move on

01SarahAng — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:44:01 +0000

Note: This is an extra post for this week (May week 1), although it says April week 4. It is categorized as April week for because there is no label/category for May week 1.

Move on

I don’t know what is wrong with me these few days but today, I was very sad and disappointed in myself when Ms.Gom told me that she was not happy with my situational writing. It’s not only my situational writing that I am disappointed in but also, my composition. The reason is because I know that I did not write well for it and I wrote it rather vague. I think that she is going to “kill” me after reading my composition. After knowing that I did not do well for my English, I could feel the pressure in me increase because I know that I could not afford my other subjects to downgrade.

Anyway, I know that I should stop fretting about it and move on. Here are some quotes I will like to share with you all.

“To make some rights from all my wrongs and take it home.”

This quote is from a song called Lose it by Eric dill.

I think that this quote teaches us to learn from our mistakes and make the best out of it.

Here is another quote; I took this from a comment on youtube because I found it very meaningful.

“It doesn’t matter how many times you fall but it’s how fast you get up”

Once again, I wish everyone good luck for our upcoming examination.

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The higher you climb, the harder you fall

02_brenda — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:40:09 +0000

*This is an extra post for April week 4. Thank you.

I guess it is not neccessary to do a post now, but I will be just writing this leisurely. I feel so disheartened when I knew that I did badly for my English Paper 1, neither do I have the confidence in my paper 2. It is so worrying and I regretted from knowing the truth.

As the title says ” The higher you climb, the harder you fall”, seemed to work on me. Many were somewhat mistaken for the standards of my english, due to the essays that were printed out for the class, and I guess everyone has implanted high expectations on me. However, my english is not that good, especially when it comes to the major exams.

Even so, I definitely have the hopes that I could score well for my english, and I really tried hard for this examination. After I knew about how poorly I had done my paper, I almost died of heart failure.

And finally, I think that I have “Major-English-Examinations” phobia.

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Exam

27 Feryanto — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:56:00 +0000

Today we started and ended our mother tongue papers. First paper, I wrote question 2 which was dialogue not the letter writing as I don’t know what to write about. Next I wrote about ‘sumbangan’ which means donation in English. Paper 1 of the Malay Language still manageable. I wrote more than the limit which is 250 words. I hope that I never write out of point. The second paper worries me. First few parts which were ‘fill in the blanks’, ‘change into the right form’, etc. I still can manage to answer. But, the last part, I couldn’t understand at all. I don’t understand what it is talking abut and so I write what I can. I hope I and everybody in my class can pass both English and Mother Tongue papers.To end today’s post I’d like to say good luck to everyone!!

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A bad day

01SarahAng — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:55:27 +0000

A bad day

This week, I will just talk about how I feel towards the English examination we just had today.

Today is a rather bad day for me because I felt that my composition was not up to standard and I did not know what to write about. Despite of the fact that I guessed that news report was going to come out and actually studied for it, I think that my news report I did today was horrendously done as I doubt that I have reached the minimum number of words.

You might think this is ridiculous but someone PLEASE teach me how to SPELL! My spelling is just simply, TERRIBLE! It is because of my horrible spelling that I have lost quite some marks in my English examinations.

When I sat for paper one, I spent quite some time thinking, “how do I write this?” for the situational writing and quite some time thinking about how I was going to put my thoughts and feelings into words for the composition which ended up quite vague. This made me very upset because it is always my paper one which saves me. I chose the topic, Life for my composition. It is something pondered about several times during my free time but when it came out, my mind was empty, and I couldn’t dig out anything good to write about.

Furthermore, I feel that today’s comprehension was hard but the summary was relatively easy. This made me even more depressed as I’m not a very optimistic girl. I sincerely hope that I will pass for both paper one and two. Although I tried my best I could then, sometimes I would wonder, “why didn’t you try 10 times harder? “.

I also hope that I will do well for my other subjects and get at least a pass or C5 for my Chinese.

Lets all work hard for our other subjects!

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exams starts today.

09yiteng — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:25:51 +0000

Arrhh I’m going crazy soon. ,i haven even started my revision but I’m always addicted to my videos and games. Why do I always find videos that I’m interested especially in between exams can’t concentrate on revising my subjects with my mind flying away,thinking about the videos.Sigh… But nevermind lets talk about what i have found.A film i found called the mystery6 tells us about an evil spirit that had been haunting donghae and later other super junior members, causing them to be depressed and having illusions. It’s quite scary at the middle part when Donghae had nearly drown in the pool, after their performance in Philippine but fortunately saved by Leeteuk(leader of super junior-Korean band). (After this experience, the other members also started to experience nightmares of the evil spirit. Many had dreamt of a female ghost crawling up their bed and appearing in front of them while Siwon had dreamt of facing and looking into the eyes of the ghost(which is the one I’m scare of) Although its not a real story or experience, I still quite frightening. I’m also glad that this isn’t an real encounter for them, as they are my favorite band. I’m still trying to finish this videos as soon as possible so that i can concentrate on my subjects for the mye. I should be starting my revision starting from this week’s saturday and i really hope that i can absorb all the informations efficiently.Good luck for the chinese exams tomorrow.Wish we will pass with flying colours.

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Parents not at home

17KaHoon — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:27:49 +0000

Yesterday I went to my cousin place , because my parents are going to Malaysia together with my father’s friends . Due to the up coming exam , I am to be left in singapore to prepare for the exam . Myy cousin suggested that I stay at his home for that day and also , his father can drive me to my grandmother house for tuition .

At night , my cousin and I were watching animes online , while vivian called me , asking me for the class key . It would be troublesome if she had to come all the way to SengKang just for the key . Also , I doubt that the school is open . She can get the key from Brenda actually , but who knows that she switched off her handphone , uncontactable .

I am now currently at my grandmother house , posting my post . I nearly forgotten about the post if it isn’t my uncle that reminded me that we will start tuition at 12 noon .

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Weekly post

32 seshan — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:37:10 +0000

Vocabulary:

1.Behemoth-enormous creature or thing

The Loch Ness monster is claimed to be a behemoth creature. It is believed that the creature resemble a prehistoric dinosaur.

2.Ingurgitate-swallow greedily

James ingurgitated his lunch down. He was extremely hungry.

3.Autodidact-a self-taught person

Chan is an autodidact. He taught himself English within a matter of six months and is now able to read,write and speak perfect English.

4.Factotum-a person who does all kind of work.

Sam is a factotum person. He does all kinds of work at home and even at his work place.

5.Decorum-polite behaviour.

The primary five students of ABC Primary school were asked to put up a decorum at public during the school excursion.

Weekly Post:

This week I am not so sure what to write on . every week I would write on a particular topic but this week I just taught to share about my week.

Like many others this week was as same as every week. this week was just as busy and hectic as every week. This week teachers revised subject topics that were coming out for the exams. Well, this week ,the student councillors had the Student Council Investiture and it went of pretty well even though there were some confusions here and there. Even I was a bit confused. Well, there is no one to be blamed about as there were only a short time for rehearsals.

Even though there was a short time for rehearsals, every councillor enjoyed every moment of the rehearsals. Student Council Investiture is day where secondary four councillors step down, new and old councillors are appointed and is also day where the new Exco’s are officially appointed. This day is always a proud day for all councillors.

Apart from the Student Council Investiture, the rest of the week went on very busy and hectic . There are homework to be done and preparations for the mid-year exams.

Lastly, I wish all students all the best for the mid-year exams.

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(23)shangsheng — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:15:42 +0000

I think as youth we have 17 principles to know. The first one is ‘success comes early for those who start early’ since the early bird catches the worm, it is a good idea to begin your day as soon as possible unless, of course, you happen to be a worm.

In this world and age, it is becoming increasingly more competitive, and as a result, increasingly more difficult to make a mark of your own. If you take the conventional route that everyone is taking, you will get the conventional results that everyone is getting. I learnt that this early from the super teen programme and I took action. Now, I have more freedom to do what I want and have more options available to me. This is the advantage of staring early.

If I can transform my life from a good for nothing problem baby into whom I am now I believe every one could achieve much more than me and study exam months before the exam.

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