Setting of an orchard |
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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This photo is at an orchard in Los Angeles, American. The sun is shining brightly, in the morning.
~Khor Wei Sean, 5:17 AM |
1000 Words Story (1st Draft) |
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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I passed by the basketball court one day, wondering about how great a basketball player can be. As I saw some boys shooting hoops, I began to picture myself doing lay-ups, cross-overs, dribbling, passing, playing the game all cool guys play. I sighed and walked passed them with awe.
I was 12. I did not know about anything. It was a dream for me to play basketball. Every time I see people bouncing the ball, shooting hoops, I felt my heartbeat follow the pace of the basketball naturally. I did not know why and how, but I knew I want to play basketball.
I started to try playing basketball. I bought a ball to train at the nearby basketball court. It was kind of hard to control the ball, even more difficult to shoot through the hoop. I did not want to give up just because of the difficulty. Whenever I have free time, I would start bouncing the ball. The more frequent I play basketball, the better I get. Slowly, I was nearer to becoming a basketball player.
One fine morning, I noticed a poster taped to the walls of the toilet. It was like it jumped out and called my name. It was about some trials to join the school basketball team. My heartbeat increased rapidly as I note down the trials venue and time. I did well for the trials. As a result, I made it to the basketball team. I trained very hard but my standard was not as good as some of the experienced basketball players.
As the competition arrives, the basketball coach had to choose some players to participate. It was then when I was kicked out the school team.
It was also then I developed the passion for basketball. I felt a sudden joy as soon as I shoot the ball into the net. The sound and the feelings of the ball going through the net are just fantastic and special.
I was 12. I did not know about anything. It was a dream for me to play basketball. Every time I see people bouncing the ball, shooting hoops, I felt my heartbeat follow the pace of the basketball naturally. I did not know why and how, but I knew I want to play basketball.
I started to try playing basketball. I bought a ball to train at the nearby basketball court. It was kind of hard to control the ball, even more difficult to shoot through the hoop. I did not want to give up just because of the difficulty. Whenever I have free time, I would start bouncing the ball. The more frequent I play basketball, the better I get. Slowly, I was nearer to becoming a basketball player.
One fine morning, I noticed a poster taped to the walls of the toilet. It was like it jumped out and called my name. It was about some trials to join the school basketball team. My heartbeat increased rapidly as I note down the trials venue and time. I did well for the trials. As a result, I made it to the basketball team. I trained very hard but my standard was not as good as some of the experienced basketball players.
As the competition arrives, the basketball coach had to choose some players to participate. It was then when I was kicked out the school team.
It was also then I developed the passion for basketball. I felt a sudden joy as soon as I shoot the ball into the net. The sound and the feelings of the ball going through the net are just fantastic and special.
~Khor Wei Sean, 8:01 AM |
Setting |
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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Q1)First story, the setting is near the staircase, during the evening in the day.
Second story, setting is in the house in the morning.
Third story, setting is generally in the common areas in the neighborhood.
Q2)First story, setting is in modern age very close to our age now.
Second story, setting in the 1883, April morning.
Third story, 19th century in British.
Q3)First story, very sad and miserable.
Second story, very mysterious and more to a cautious approach.
Third story, very heart touching with the warmest feelings.
Q4)To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama, a town so small and insular that, according to Scout, her father is "related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town." Maycomb, despite its civic importance as the county seat, is a small and stagnant town. It’s a place where time seems to stand still. But, prejudice of every sort runs rampant throughout the town, and even though things are simply "not fair", the time frame has to be remembered.
Second story, setting is in the house in the morning.
Third story, setting is generally in the common areas in the neighborhood.
Q2)First story, setting is in modern age very close to our age now.
Second story, setting in the 1883, April morning.
Third story, 19th century in British.
Q3)First story, very sad and miserable.
Second story, very mysterious and more to a cautious approach.
Third story, very heart touching with the warmest feelings.
Q4)To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama, a town so small and insular that, according to Scout, her father is "related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town." Maycomb, despite its civic importance as the county seat, is a small and stagnant town. It’s a place where time seems to stand still. But, prejudice of every sort runs rampant throughout the town, and even though things are simply "not fair", the time frame has to be remembered.
~Khor Wei Sean, 6:04 PM |
Q1)This poem is full of colors—and not just of skin. What colors do you see in the poem? What does Soyinka want to communicate through these images of color?
Q2)What does their dialogue reveal about these two characters?
Q3)This poem dramatizes a battle. Who do you think finally wins, and why?
ANSWERS
Q1)I think the colors in the poems signify racial discrimination. The story starts with an African-American wanting to rent a room from an English landlady. The landlady clearly discriminates against African-Americans as she was asking about "ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT" repeatedly in the passage. And when she finds out that the man's skin color is dark, she refused to rent the room to him.
Q2)The landlady is described as a fine landlady in the start of the poem, renting the room in a reasonable price, but when she heard that the man came from Africa, she went into silence which obviously indicate that she is a person who discriminates against Africans with a darker skin color as she also asked the man "ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT". This shows that she also minds a person with dark skin color.
The man is not ashamed of being an African as he states firmly without hesitation "I am African." He then tried to persuade the landlady to rent him the room despite him being African so he tried to described his skin color as pretty fair and white "Palm of my hand, soles of my feet are a peroxide blonde".
Q3)The black finally wins, because I personally thinks that anyone who discriminates, is the ultimate loser at the end.
Q2)What does their dialogue reveal about these two characters?
Q3)This poem dramatizes a battle. Who do you think finally wins, and why?
ANSWERS
Q1)I think the colors in the poems signify racial discrimination. The story starts with an African-American wanting to rent a room from an English landlady. The landlady clearly discriminates against African-Americans as she was asking about "ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT" repeatedly in the passage. And when she finds out that the man's skin color is dark, she refused to rent the room to him.
Q2)The landlady is described as a fine landlady in the start of the poem, renting the room in a reasonable price, but when she heard that the man came from Africa, she went into silence which obviously indicate that she is a person who discriminates against Africans with a darker skin color as she also asked the man "ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT". This shows that she also minds a person with dark skin color.
The man is not ashamed of being an African as he states firmly without hesitation "I am African." He then tried to persuade the landlady to rent him the room despite him being African so he tried to described his skin color as pretty fair and white "Palm of my hand, soles of my feet are a peroxide blonde".
Q3)The black finally wins, because I personally thinks that anyone who discriminates, is the ultimate loser at the end.
~Khor Wei Sean, 5:34 PM |
