I am nearing the end of Term 3 and the end of my English ACE. So to summarise my learning through blogs, I have learnt to post posts, edit them and delete them and add new pages. I have also learnt that blogs and websites are entirely different. Although websites are far more difficult to create and edit, they are far more conventional than blogs.
A big problem that I met while doing this blog was that I found out that I could not put multiple posts on each page. Multiple posts could only be posted on the home page, aka the main page of the blog. For other pages, the post can only be lengthen and there can only be one post on each page. To lengthen each page, the page must be edited so that more information can be added to the post on a particular page.
I think that Blogger is much better than Wordpress as it is easier to manage. However, there are two areas in which Wordpress is better than Blogger. First, images. In Blogger, the pictures cannot be placed in a specific space while in Wordpress they can. The next advantage, a particularly, big one, that Wordpress has over Blogger is that in Wordpress, words can be copied from elsewhere and pasted in the editing space, in Blogger everything has to be typed out manually. In Wordpress images can also be copied and pasted while in Blogger the images have to be saved as pictures and then inserted into the editing space which can be quite tedious. However, overall, Blogger is still much better than Wordpress or I would not be using it to blog right now, would I??
I also think that my English teacher's idea to use blogs as a platform for ACE is very good. This is because now is the media age and therefore most of us would be familiar with blogs. Using blogs is also very good as information can be kept neatly and we can present our blog in a very nice manner especially in Blogger because of its all-new WebDesigner which is absolutely brilliant.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Poetry
This post is, as the title states, about poetry. I have been learning about poetry recently and, it isn't as simple as it seems. Believe me. There are a lot of things that need to be considered when writing a good piece of poetry, not some kid language like:
I love u,
U love me,
We are one big family.
Try writing that for your poetry assignment, but don't say that I told you to do so.
There are many different kinds of poetry. There are the traditional poetries which actually rhyme. You can't find many poems written in 2010 which rhyme although many songs still do.
LIMERICKS
Then there are the limericks, which are basically funny, ridiculous poems. They are the type of poems I love the most. However, the tricky part to writing a limerick is that it usually consists of five lines and the whole poem is normal except for the last line. The first two lines and the last line usually rhyme while the third and fourth lines usually rhyme with each other as well. Here are two samples:
There was a young lady from Lop
Who drank a large bottle of pop
She drank it so quick,
Every sip, every lick
That she swallowed the bottle and pop
This one is exceedingly ridiculous and humorous, so, five-stars!!
There was a young man from Perth,
Who was born on the day of his birth.
He was married they say,
On his wife's wedding day
And died on his last day on earth.
Now I am going to try to write a limerick myself.
Here goes nothing!!
There was once a gangster named Dave,
Who was feared and hated all of his days,
Till one day he died,
And the people rejoiced,
And poured burning kerosene on his grave.
Not bad, if I say so myself...
In every poem, there are lines, which you probably know, and stanzas, which are like paragraphs in stories. There is also a tone in every poem and a pace.
I will elaborate more on pace since it is quite difficult to understand.
Read this tongue twister out loud:
She sells seashells on the seashore.
The shells she sells are seashells I'm sure.
But if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then the shells she sells are seashore shells.
Then read this other tongue twister out loud too:
Peter Piper bought a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper did pick,
So if Peter Piper did pick a peck of pickled peppers,
How many pecks of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Compare the two. You will definitely notice that the first tongue twister is slower than the first. This is because if you pronounce 'p', it is kind of quick, but if youu pronounce 's' the pronounciation will lag so it is impossible to make the first tongue twister seem faster than the second even if you read the first much faster than the second.
I love u,
U love me,
We are one big family.
Try writing that for your poetry assignment, but don't say that I told you to do so.
There are many different kinds of poetry. There are the traditional poetries which actually rhyme. You can't find many poems written in 2010 which rhyme although many songs still do.
LIMERICKS
Then there are the limericks, which are basically funny, ridiculous poems. They are the type of poems I love the most. However, the tricky part to writing a limerick is that it usually consists of five lines and the whole poem is normal except for the last line. The first two lines and the last line usually rhyme while the third and fourth lines usually rhyme with each other as well. Here are two samples:
There was a young lady from Lop
Who drank a large bottle of pop
She drank it so quick,
Every sip, every lick
That she swallowed the bottle and pop
This one is exceedingly ridiculous and humorous, so, five-stars!!
There was a young man from Perth,
Who was born on the day of his birth.
He was married they say,
On his wife's wedding day
And died on his last day on earth.
Now I am going to try to write a limerick myself.
Here goes nothing!!
There was once a gangster named Dave,
Who was feared and hated all of his days,
Till one day he died,
And the people rejoiced,
And poured burning kerosene on his grave.
Not bad, if I say so myself...
In every poem, there are lines, which you probably know, and stanzas, which are like paragraphs in stories. There is also a tone in every poem and a pace.
I will elaborate more on pace since it is quite difficult to understand.
Read this tongue twister out loud:
She sells seashells on the seashore.
The shells she sells are seashells I'm sure.
But if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then the shells she sells are seashore shells.
Then read this other tongue twister out loud too:
Peter Piper bought a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper did pick,
So if Peter Piper did pick a peck of pickled peppers,
How many pecks of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Compare the two. You will definitely notice that the first tongue twister is slower than the first. This is because if you pronounce 'p', it is kind of quick, but if youu pronounce 's' the pronounciation will lag so it is impossible to make the first tongue twister seem faster than the second even if you read the first much faster than the second.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Manchester United vs Fulham
Manchester United's latest trip to the bogey grounds of Craven Cottage was considered lucky for them as they escaped another embarrassing defeat at the hands of Fulham. It was a let-down especially for manager Sir Alex Ferguson who promised nothing less than victory.
David Stockdale, the reserve goalkeeper for Fulham but lately has been taken notice because of outstanding performances, was again chosen over Mark Schwarzer who is still struggling with a back injury.
In the match, Manchester United snatched the lead after only 11 minutes when Paul Scholes scored his 150th goal for his club with a low drive from 27 metres. Davies then equalised for Fulham in the 57th minute after some teamwork involving Damien Duff and Bobby Zamora.
However, the main drama in the game was actually in the last 5 to 10 minutes. It started in the 84th minute with Fulham player Hangeland scored an own goal which gave Manchester United a lead which they did not capitalise on. It was shown when Duff conceded a handball and Nani's penalty was actually saved by Stockdale.
In stoppage time, Hangeland broke Manchester United hearts when he apologised for his earlier howler by scoring with an unstoppable header from a corner to end the game 2-2.
Manchester United are now third in the scoreboard behind Arsenal and Chelsea who are the leading the pack with 6 points. They continued their 8-0 thrashing of Wigan in the last game last season with a 6-0 crushing of West Bromwich Albion and another 6-0 dismantling of Wigan. Poor Wigan. Anyways Chelsea, Arsenal an Man Utd all have played 3 games for your information and both Arsenal and Man Utd have 4 points after Arsenal bounced back from a woeful 1-1 draw with Liverpool with a 6-0 destruction of Blackpool.
David Stockdale, the reserve goalkeeper for Fulham but lately has been taken notice because of outstanding performances, was again chosen over Mark Schwarzer who is still struggling with a back injury.
In the match, Manchester United snatched the lead after only 11 minutes when Paul Scholes scored his 150th goal for his club with a low drive from 27 metres. Davies then equalised for Fulham in the 57th minute after some teamwork involving Damien Duff and Bobby Zamora.
However, the main drama in the game was actually in the last 5 to 10 minutes. It started in the 84th minute with Fulham player Hangeland scored an own goal which gave Manchester United a lead which they did not capitalise on. It was shown when Duff conceded a handball and Nani's penalty was actually saved by Stockdale.
In stoppage time, Hangeland broke Manchester United hearts when he apologised for his earlier howler by scoring with an unstoppable header from a corner to end the game 2-2.
Manchester United are now third in the scoreboard behind Arsenal and Chelsea who are the leading the pack with 6 points. They continued their 8-0 thrashing of Wigan in the last game last season with a 6-0 crushing of West Bromwich Albion and another 6-0 dismantling of Wigan. Poor Wigan. Anyways Chelsea, Arsenal an Man Utd all have played 3 games for your information and both Arsenal and Man Utd have 4 points after Arsenal bounced back from a woeful 1-1 draw with Liverpool with a 6-0 destruction of Blackpool.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Man Utd vs Fulham
Manchester United's next game will be against Fulham at Craven Cottage, the same place where they lost twice in their last 2 trips including a humiliating 3-0 thrashing last season, so they will most probably be nursing a huge grudge against Fulham.
I think Manchester United's morale has been boosted a lot by the great news that the greatly sought after Nemanja Vidic is extending his stay at the Premier League giants. The purchase of Javier Hernandez is also a great move as he is very quick, in fact he was the quickest player in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was also described by Man Utd manager Alex Ferguson as a natural goalscorer and by former Guadalajara team mate Jesus Padillas as 'amazing in the air' despite his height. He is 1.75m tall-considered quite short for footballers.
However, on the other hand, they are still missing star defender Rio Ferdinand, boisterous Anderson and Owen Hargreaves who saved them the blushes many a time as all 3 of them are injured. Rooney, who scored 34 goals last season, is in poor form and goal-less since March this year.
For Fulham, they have to do much much more than their last game, a disappointing 0-0 draw with the Bolton Wanderers. In that game, second-choice goalkeeper David Stockdale stood out, delivering a first-class performance so that Fulham could still get a point. In the match against the Red Devils, Stockdale may be called upon once again as the aging Mark Schwarzer is struggling with a back injury.
My prediction:
Fulham 0 Manchester United 2
I think Manchester United's morale has been boosted a lot by the great news that the greatly sought after Nemanja Vidic is extending his stay at the Premier League giants. The purchase of Javier Hernandez is also a great move as he is very quick, in fact he was the quickest player in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was also described by Man Utd manager Alex Ferguson as a natural goalscorer and by former Guadalajara team mate Jesus Padillas as 'amazing in the air' despite his height. He is 1.75m tall-considered quite short for footballers.
However, on the other hand, they are still missing star defender Rio Ferdinand, boisterous Anderson and Owen Hargreaves who saved them the blushes many a time as all 3 of them are injured. Rooney, who scored 34 goals last season, is in poor form and goal-less since March this year.
For Fulham, they have to do much much more than their last game, a disappointing 0-0 draw with the Bolton Wanderers. In that game, second-choice goalkeeper David Stockdale stood out, delivering a first-class performance so that Fulham could still get a point. In the match against the Red Devils, Stockdale may be called upon once again as the aging Mark Schwarzer is struggling with a back injury.
My prediction:
Fulham 0 Manchester United 2
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Man United 3 Newcastle 0
Manchester United started their first Premier League match on the right foot on Tuesday, demolishing Newcastle 3-0 with Berbatov, Fletcher and Giggs scoring, all unlikely scorers, especially Berbatov which I have said in the earlier post, was severely, seriously off-form last season.
Berbatov broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute, a payment for being in the starting line-up with Rooney. Valencia stole the ball from a Newcastle defender in the Newcastle half and passed it to Scholes who released Berbatov with a fine through ball which the latter drilled past Newcastle goalkeeper Harper. If you saw the match, notice that the defender racing with Berbatov for the through ball. When Berbatov was about to score, he tried to block and ended up slided on the ground for like 5 metres. :D:D:D
The second goal was scored by Darren Fletcher. Evra fed Valencia on the left flank. Valencia whacked the ball across to Fletcher who was eagerly waiting who turned around and smashed the ball home.
The last goal was scored by Ryan Giggs who maintained his perfect record of scoring in every season for 21 years. Paul Scholes struck a super-accurate cross to Ryan Giggs who latched on to it and drilled it in precisely to the bottom left-corner of the net just beyond the keeper's reach.
MAN UNITED RAWKS!!
Berbatov broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute, a payment for being in the starting line-up with Rooney. Valencia stole the ball from a Newcastle defender in the Newcastle half and passed it to Scholes who released Berbatov with a fine through ball which the latter drilled past Newcastle goalkeeper Harper. If you saw the match, notice that the defender racing with Berbatov for the through ball. When Berbatov was about to score, he tried to block and ended up slided on the ground for like 5 metres. :D:D:D
The second goal was scored by Darren Fletcher. Evra fed Valencia on the left flank. Valencia whacked the ball across to Fletcher who was eagerly waiting who turned around and smashed the ball home.
The last goal was scored by Ryan Giggs who maintained his perfect record of scoring in every season for 21 years. Paul Scholes struck a super-accurate cross to Ryan Giggs who latched on to it and drilled it in precisely to the bottom left-corner of the net just beyond the keeper's reach.
MAN UNITED RAWKS!!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
MAN UTD RAWKS!!
WOOHOO!! Man United kicked off to a great start in the new season, romping to a marvelous 3-1 victory over Chelsea in the contention for the Community Shield. Finally, the Reds were showing some teamwork. Last season, Wayne Rooney was the sole striker and the whole team seemed to consist of only 1 player. Once he slumped, the whole team slumped.
The match was extremely exciting and kept on see-sawing. After only eight minutes, Paul Scholes had the first opportunity for Man Utd from Valencia's right-wing cross, an an effort which blazed just over the crossbar. If the shot had went in, Chelsea would have been plenty embarrassed, man!! Too bad, but never mind. They were embarrassed anyway-3-1 loss, what a scoreline!! What's more for the team who bagged the F.A cup and the EPL last season.
Anyways, there were plenty of chances for each side. Nicholas Anelka's effort stung the hands of Van der Sar, Rooney could'nt tuck his shot in properly after being released by Scholes, and Ivanovic, trying to clear the ball with a diving header, nearly headed a Michael Owen cross into his own net,-what a joker!!
In the 41st minute the deadlock was finally broken by Valencia. Again, Scholes sent a 50 yard ball down the pitch for Rooney to chase and Rooney somehow managed to squeeze in a cross (cheekily) between john Terry's legs-shows how undeserving he is of the captain's armband after the sex scandal, even though that was quite long ago- for Valencia to smash into the goal.
However at the break Reds manager Fergie made some astonishing changes. He replaced Park Ji Sung with new signing Hernandez and Berbatov and Nani came on for Rooney and Owen. Surprising considering Berbatov's awful form last season and Nani just recovering from an injury. Anyway it yielded even more surprising results. Valencia, who gave Ashley Cole a torrid time and made him look like a tortoise, and I don;t mean in a good sense like the tortoise in Aesop's Fable, you know 'Slow and steady wins the race', yeah, chased O'Shea's flighted pass down the line and picked out Hernandez in the six-yard box. Hernandez was about to score when he tripped. The whole flew upwards while he fell forward, ball connected with head, and the former sailed into the net to make the score 2-0.
Chelsea grabbed a consolation when Van der Sar parried Sturridge's shot into Salomon Kalou's path. Kalou of course hammered the ball in.
However in the dying moments, the whole team worked together, passing to each other 17 times before Nani's flicked pass created space for Berbatov's sumptuous chip which ended the game 3-1 and broke Chelsea hearts, and no, I do NOT in the least feel sorry for them.
The match was extremely exciting and kept on see-sawing. After only eight minutes, Paul Scholes had the first opportunity for Man Utd from Valencia's right-wing cross, an an effort which blazed just over the crossbar. If the shot had went in, Chelsea would have been plenty embarrassed, man!! Too bad, but never mind. They were embarrassed anyway-3-1 loss, what a scoreline!! What's more for the team who bagged the F.A cup and the EPL last season.
Anyways, there were plenty of chances for each side. Nicholas Anelka's effort stung the hands of Van der Sar, Rooney could'nt tuck his shot in properly after being released by Scholes, and Ivanovic, trying to clear the ball with a diving header, nearly headed a Michael Owen cross into his own net,-what a joker!!
In the 41st minute the deadlock was finally broken by Valencia. Again, Scholes sent a 50 yard ball down the pitch for Rooney to chase and Rooney somehow managed to squeeze in a cross (cheekily) between john Terry's legs-shows how undeserving he is of the captain's armband after the sex scandal, even though that was quite long ago- for Valencia to smash into the goal.
However at the break Reds manager Fergie made some astonishing changes. He replaced Park Ji Sung with new signing Hernandez and Berbatov and Nani came on for Rooney and Owen. Surprising considering Berbatov's awful form last season and Nani just recovering from an injury. Anyway it yielded even more surprising results. Valencia, who gave Ashley Cole a torrid time and made him look like a tortoise, and I don;t mean in a good sense like the tortoise in Aesop's Fable, you know 'Slow and steady wins the race', yeah, chased O'Shea's flighted pass down the line and picked out Hernandez in the six-yard box. Hernandez was about to score when he tripped. The whole flew upwards while he fell forward, ball connected with head, and the former sailed into the net to make the score 2-0.
Chelsea grabbed a consolation when Van der Sar parried Sturridge's shot into Salomon Kalou's path. Kalou of course hammered the ball in.
However in the dying moments, the whole team worked together, passing to each other 17 times before Nani's flicked pass created space for Berbatov's sumptuous chip which ended the game 3-1 and broke Chelsea hearts, and no, I do NOT in the least feel sorry for them.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
National Day celebration
The last time, I wrote about the National Day celebration in Hwa Chong. Now, I'm going to write about the National Day celebration in my CHURCH, Living Sanctuary Brethen Church. It is situated in Hougang Street 2.
Anyways, the celebration was from 4.30 to 8. However, I was late because my father was sleeping and woke up late, and therefore drove me there late as well. It was some sort of pot-luck. That means everyone has to bring something to eat. My mother bought some chicken wings. No, not some, actually huge quantities. She then cooked the frozen chicken and I brought it to church. There was some message in church about the church's history. The church shifted from Pasir Panjang to Hougang and became a much bigger church. The purpose of the church was to serve the residents in Hougang. Many people have come to accept Christ, meaning they become Christians, mostly from Hougang but also some from other parts of Singapore.
After the message was over, we headed downstairs. there were 2 giant visualizers showcasing the National Day Parade which was being held at the Padang for the first time in 5 years. Every cell had its own tables. We, the Secondary 1 boy's cell, was joined by the Primary 6 boys' cell. Everyone had brought something, so there was spagghetti, chicken wings, chicken nuggets, curry, satay, fried rice, otah and even char siew meat. Later on there was even ice-cream.
After had eaten our fill, my best buds Shaun, Jerald, Tom, Caleb and others (I can't remember it was 6 days ago, for goodness' sake) went to an empty space behind the playground and played dodgeball with a stress ball, you know thee soft small rubber one you squeeze when you're angry, yeah. And it wasn't ordinary dodgeball, thankyouverymuch. It was VERY CHALLENGING. Why? Because Jerald and Shaun stood at both ends of the space and threw the ball at us. And they were school softball players. However, it was very fun. We played until 8.10(at night) which was when the whole of Singapore sang the national anthem and recited the pledge together. We sprinted back to the place where we had dinner, which was actually a basketball court cum carpark. Then after we had said the pledge and sang the national anthem, everybody prayed silently for one minute for one minute. After that, I ran back to the space behind the carpark and there i played soccer with some Primary Sixes until about 9 and then I went back home with my parents and sister.
It was a VERY GOOD DAY.
Anyways, the celebration was from 4.30 to 8. However, I was late because my father was sleeping and woke up late, and therefore drove me there late as well. It was some sort of pot-luck. That means everyone has to bring something to eat. My mother bought some chicken wings. No, not some, actually huge quantities. She then cooked the frozen chicken and I brought it to church. There was some message in church about the church's history. The church shifted from Pasir Panjang to Hougang and became a much bigger church. The purpose of the church was to serve the residents in Hougang. Many people have come to accept Christ, meaning they become Christians, mostly from Hougang but also some from other parts of Singapore.
After the message was over, we headed downstairs. there were 2 giant visualizers showcasing the National Day Parade which was being held at the Padang for the first time in 5 years. Every cell had its own tables. We, the Secondary 1 boy's cell, was joined by the Primary 6 boys' cell. Everyone had brought something, so there was spagghetti, chicken wings, chicken nuggets, curry, satay, fried rice, otah and even char siew meat. Later on there was even ice-cream.
After had eaten our fill, my best buds Shaun, Jerald, Tom, Caleb and others (I can't remember it was 6 days ago, for goodness' sake) went to an empty space behind the playground and played dodgeball with a stress ball, you know thee soft small rubber one you squeeze when you're angry, yeah. And it wasn't ordinary dodgeball, thankyouverymuch. It was VERY CHALLENGING. Why? Because Jerald and Shaun stood at both ends of the space and threw the ball at us. And they were school softball players. However, it was very fun. We played until 8.10(at night) which was when the whole of Singapore sang the national anthem and recited the pledge together. We sprinted back to the place where we had dinner, which was actually a basketball court cum carpark. Then after we had said the pledge and sang the national anthem, everybody prayed silently for one minute for one minute. After that, I ran back to the space behind the carpark and there i played soccer with some Primary Sixes until about 9 and then I went back home with my parents and sister.
It was a VERY GOOD DAY.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
WORLD CUP!!!
The world cup has finally won. And guess what... SPAIN WON!!! See, I told you right!!! SPAIN WILL WIN!! Know why??? Paul is MY sotong. We ate him last night. JUST KIDDING.
Conclusion: Sotongs are not sotongs. They are very smart. And I don't know why the other psychic has to go and choose a freaking parrot. As everyone knows, parrots can only COPY others. And that's why this parrot has a wacko opinion.
Spain are now number 1 in the world. Goodbye Brazil, goodbye Italy, goodbye GERMANY, which so many people supported. And I think these people are mostly sore losers too. After Germany lost to Spain, a lot of people went to support Spain. And when Spain defeated Netherlands, a lot of people like my class chairman MARCUS said that the goal Iniesta scored was offside. Yeah, right, Marcus. You blind?? So many replays of the goal, and an analysis at the end of the match which he said he watched, and he STILL says that the goal was offside. Analysis says that Iniesta was miles, drumroll... surprise surprise, ONSIDE!! Of course right?? MY sis also overheard some boys in her primary school say that Spain sucks. When another guy said that Spain had actually won the World Cup, if he knew that, ( which he probably didn't) and he said that whether Spain won or ws knocked out in the grouup stage, it still sucked. Yeah, yeah. Spain sucks. I COMPLETELY agree with that. Hahas.
Conclusion: Sotongs are not sotongs. They are very smart. And I don't know why the other psychic has to go and choose a freaking parrot. As everyone knows, parrots can only COPY others. And that's why this parrot has a wacko opinion.
Spain are now number 1 in the world. Goodbye Brazil, goodbye Italy, goodbye GERMANY, which so many people supported. And I think these people are mostly sore losers too. After Germany lost to Spain, a lot of people went to support Spain. And when Spain defeated Netherlands, a lot of people like my class chairman MARCUS said that the goal Iniesta scored was offside. Yeah, right, Marcus. You blind?? So many replays of the goal, and an analysis at the end of the match which he said he watched, and he STILL says that the goal was offside. Analysis says that Iniesta was miles, drumroll... surprise surprise, ONSIDE!! Of course right?? MY sis also overheard some boys in her primary school say that Spain sucks. When another guy said that Spain had actually won the World Cup, if he knew that, ( which he probably didn't) and he said that whether Spain won or ws knocked out in the grouup stage, it still sucked. Yeah, yeah. Spain sucks. I COMPLETELY agree with that. Hahas.
Monday, June 28, 2010
ITALY SUCKS!!!!!!!
Italy has been knocked out of the World Cup!!!! What's more, they won it the last time. STUNNED BY SLOVAKIA!!!!! Slovakia!!! What crap!! Slovakia has a population of only around 5 million and are participating in the World Cup for the first time since their independence. AND they managed to beat WORLD CUP HOLDERS Italy. This is the first time in World Cup history that both finalists in the previous World Cup have been knocked out in the group stages-champions Italy and runners-up France.
The match between Italy and Slovakia was called 'epic'. 3 goals were scored after the 80th minute, 2 by Italy and 1 by Slovakia including an Italy goal flagged offside by the referee for the 'tightest of decisions'. The match finished Slovakia 3 Italy 2.
Slovakia next face Dutch masters Netherlands in the knockout stages. This will probably end Slovakia's miracle round. The Dutch have so many stars to call upon, including star striker Arjen Robben whom I believe has justreturned from injury. His electrifying pace will trouble anyone any day. They also have Andrea Pirlo, Fabio Cannavaro, Antonio Di Natale and many more. That's why the Dutch will probably win Slovakia
The match between Italy and Slovakia was called 'epic'. 3 goals were scored after the 80th minute, 2 by Italy and 1 by Slovakia including an Italy goal flagged offside by the referee for the 'tightest of decisions'. The match finished Slovakia 3 Italy 2.
Slovakia next face Dutch masters Netherlands in the knockout stages. This will probably end Slovakia's miracle round. The Dutch have so many stars to call upon, including star striker Arjen Robben whom I believe has justreturned from injury. His electrifying pace will trouble anyone any day. They also have Andrea Pirlo, Fabio Cannavaro, Antonio Di Natale and many more. That's why the Dutch will probably win Slovakia
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Trip to Malaysia
To celebrate Father's Day, me and my family went to Johor Bahru in Malaysia on Saturday, one day before Father's Day. It was a long trip to Malaysia even though we set off from our flat in Punggol in tehe afternoon when it is usually not as crowded as in the mornings or evenings. Probably because most of the Malaysians working or studying in Singapore probably go back home today. Hence it was very crowded at the Singapore and Malaysia customs. Eventually we reached our destination, some hotel which name I don't even remember. We reached there at about 2, I think.
2 o' clock is around lunch time for us on weekends and therefore we ventured to Mc'Donald's. Mc'Donald's in Malaysia isn't the same as Mc'Donald's back in Singapore, I later discovered. For starters, the McValue lunch in Singapore is just for Fillet O'Fish while the same thing in Malaysia is for a lot of stuff, like McNuggets, cheeseburgers, chickenburgers, Mc Spicy and so on. I ordered McNuggets Mcvalure meal, since that is my favourite. They were in a packet. However, McNuggets in Singapore are in a small box. The Mc'Donald's in Malaysia do not even have the curry sauce which I usually have with my nuggets in Singapore. The chilli sauce in Singapore is the delicious garlic chilli sauce while in Malaysia the chilli sauce is just some weird chilli sauce which doesn't contain garlic. Disgusting.
Anyways after we finished lunch and consumed our ice'creams, we went to some electronics store where my dad bought some programmes for me to learn like Photoshop Cs4 professional and so on as there was a problem with oneof the programmes. We were in there for I don't know how long and it was VERY, VERY boring. Luckily I had brought along my PSP and I squatted in a corner and played earnestly.
After that we drove to City Square Plaze as there was a cinema there. We planned to watch Karate Kid. However, when we went to check at about 5.50, we realised that we had just missed the 5.40 movie. The only seats available for the 6.40 movie were at the 2 front rows. If you wanted to sit there for more then 2 hours I guarantee you'll get a sprained neck from gazing up for so long.
So in the end we decided to go for the 8 o'clock movie. So we had about 2 hours left before the movie and hence we decided to go shopping. We went into ' Inner City', which is like a shopping mall within the shopping mall we were alreadyin, City Plaza Mall. We found an electronics store and therefore stopped there to upgrade my PSP and also to buy some new games for it and my sister's DS.
Finally 8o'clock was drawing closer and therefore we went to have a quick dinner and then went to watch Karate Kid. It was quite interesting and also humourous-is that how you spell it?? Anyways it was about this kid, Dre Parker who moved from Detroit to China. He likes a girl but then another guy who is quite an expert in martial arts beats him up everytime he gets near her. One day he angers the guy by throwing dirty water over him. The guy and 5 other people chase after him and nearly kill him of not for Jackie Chan, who beat them up. Jackie then teaches Dre kung fu and in the end Dre beats the guy in a kung fu competition.
After the movie we went home and reached at about midnight. I bathed and then fall asleep immediately.
2 o' clock is around lunch time for us on weekends and therefore we ventured to Mc'Donald's. Mc'Donald's in Malaysia isn't the same as Mc'Donald's back in Singapore, I later discovered. For starters, the McValue lunch in Singapore is just for Fillet O'Fish while the same thing in Malaysia is for a lot of stuff, like McNuggets, cheeseburgers, chickenburgers, Mc Spicy and so on. I ordered McNuggets Mcvalure meal, since that is my favourite. They were in a packet. However, McNuggets in Singapore are in a small box. The Mc'Donald's in Malaysia do not even have the curry sauce which I usually have with my nuggets in Singapore. The chilli sauce in Singapore is the delicious garlic chilli sauce while in Malaysia the chilli sauce is just some weird chilli sauce which doesn't contain garlic. Disgusting.
Anyways after we finished lunch and consumed our ice'creams, we went to some electronics store where my dad bought some programmes for me to learn like Photoshop Cs4 professional and so on as there was a problem with oneof the programmes. We were in there for I don't know how long and it was VERY, VERY boring. Luckily I had brought along my PSP and I squatted in a corner and played earnestly.
After that we drove to City Square Plaze as there was a cinema there. We planned to watch Karate Kid. However, when we went to check at about 5.50, we realised that we had just missed the 5.40 movie. The only seats available for the 6.40 movie were at the 2 front rows. If you wanted to sit there for more then 2 hours I guarantee you'll get a sprained neck from gazing up for so long.
So in the end we decided to go for the 8 o'clock movie. So we had about 2 hours left before the movie and hence we decided to go shopping. We went into ' Inner City', which is like a shopping mall within the shopping mall we were alreadyin, City Plaza Mall. We found an electronics store and therefore stopped there to upgrade my PSP and also to buy some new games for it and my sister's DS.
Finally 8o'clock was drawing closer and therefore we went to have a quick dinner and then went to watch Karate Kid. It was quite interesting and also humourous-is that how you spell it?? Anyways it was about this kid, Dre Parker who moved from Detroit to China. He likes a girl but then another guy who is quite an expert in martial arts beats him up everytime he gets near her. One day he angers the guy by throwing dirty water over him. The guy and 5 other people chase after him and nearly kill him of not for Jackie Chan, who beat them up. Jackie then teaches Dre kung fu and in the end Dre beats the guy in a kung fu competition.
After the movie we went home and reached at about midnight. I bathed and then fall asleep immediately.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Class Gathering!!!!
WOW!!!! I had such a great time yesterday!!!! Me and about 17 other pupils from my Primary 6 class arranged for a class gathering at Kovan Melody. One of my friends, Ryan Tan stays there and he helped us book the multi-purpose room. However, you need a card to enter the condo. Only residents have this card. So, we arranged to meet at the passenger service at Kovan MRT station.
My father and mother have to go to work. Sad, right? Boo hoo... Anyway, they leave the house at 7.30 and so I tagged along with them. I'm too lazy to take public transport... So, in the end, I reached the passenger service at 8.10 and NOBODY from my class was there. I had to sit... , or squat, in a corner of the station and wait for them. That didn't matter, since my phone has lots of games and I also brought along my PSP with me. At 8.25 or so, Ryan Tan and Kerwin FINALLY arrived. Interestingly, Ian, one of the organizers and the head prefect in my primary school, was still sitting and feasting in Mc'Donalds' at Heartland Mall. Despicable..
Ok, let's just skip to where all the fun started. When the girls went about arranging everything, all the boys grabbed both basketballs Ryan brought down from his flat and went to the court to play basketball. It was real fun but very strenuous at the same time. When we got back to the multi-purpose room, (let's just call it MPR. It was the function room I was talking about earlier) we started one of the games that the games organizer, Emily, and organized (duh...). It was wacko but more interesting. All of us formed pairs, one sitting and one standing. All the pairs formed a circle and one person stood in the middle with a rolled-up magazine. It would start a standing person shouting out a sitting person's name. The person in the middle would then run to the person whose name was called. But before the whacker whacked that poor person, the person standing behind the person whose name was called had to shout out another sitting person's name. If the person sitting got hit, he/she would become the whacker, the person standing would become the person sitting and the previous whacker would become the person standing. The ones who became whackers 3 times and above would have to perform a forfeit later. So it's basically based on your luck and reaction. If the person(s) standing behind you are blur ding-dongs, then you would be the one performing the forfeit.
Actually, the forfeit was not that bad. It was just mixing all kinds of food and drink together and the forfeitees would have to gag it down. In the end, the forfeitees drank Coke mixed with Pepsi mixed with Sprite mixed with Mamee noodle crackers mixed with the seasoning which came with it and strawberry flavoured whipped cream.
After Wacko, we headed to the playground but it was out of bounds. So, we decided to just play around in the pool behind the playground. It was ver shallow, reaching up to between our knees and ankles. There were also rock platforms around. You could jump from one of those to another. Ian, the daredevil, jumped from one to another, gaining momentum, and finally attempted to leap a distance of about 3-4 metres from a platform to another. He failed and splashed water all over his clothes. I tried too. The problem was the water between the 2 platforms in question were divided into 2 levels, one reaching up to my ankles and the other between my knees and ankles. I landed in the deeper one. Actually, not landed. More like fell. The result was me dripping all over from head to toe. However, Ian was worse. He did about 5 pushups IN THE WATER. No mean feat??? I think not. Later on, me, him and Jerome Kwok did about 10. We then went on to slide in the slide into waist-high level water.
Luckily by then it was afternoon so we three went to sunbathe in the deck chairs by the deep pool. Pius was fooling around with some tennis balls. One flew near his right foot. He kicked it. It rebounded against the plastic of the karaoke room and flew into the pool. None of us wished to get our clothes wet some more and therefore nobody went into the pool. Furthermore, we had to take off our shirts before doing so and of course the boys didn't dare strip in front of the girls and the girls didin't dare strip in front of anybody. In the end Ian had to ask a woman swimming to get it for us. We killed Pius for that. His funeral was today at 3pm.
After that wasn't very interesting. We just played a lot of basketball and ate lunch and played hide-and-seek around the whole condo. Me and Jerome Kwok hid in the carpark. We went home at about half past 3.
The result?? Today my hands and feet are aching like mad and I discovered in the morning that I had sunburn on both my shoulders as I wore a singlet yesterday. Sigh...
My father and mother have to go to work. Sad, right? Boo hoo... Anyway, they leave the house at 7.30 and so I tagged along with them. I'm too lazy to take public transport... So, in the end, I reached the passenger service at 8.10 and NOBODY from my class was there. I had to sit... , or squat, in a corner of the station and wait for them. That didn't matter, since my phone has lots of games and I also brought along my PSP with me. At 8.25 or so, Ryan Tan and Kerwin FINALLY arrived. Interestingly, Ian, one of the organizers and the head prefect in my primary school, was still sitting and feasting in Mc'Donalds' at Heartland Mall. Despicable..
Ok, let's just skip to where all the fun started. When the girls went about arranging everything, all the boys grabbed both basketballs Ryan brought down from his flat and went to the court to play basketball. It was real fun but very strenuous at the same time. When we got back to the multi-purpose room, (let's just call it MPR. It was the function room I was talking about earlier) we started one of the games that the games organizer, Emily, and organized (duh...). It was wacko but more interesting. All of us formed pairs, one sitting and one standing. All the pairs formed a circle and one person stood in the middle with a rolled-up magazine. It would start a standing person shouting out a sitting person's name. The person in the middle would then run to the person whose name was called. But before the whacker whacked that poor person, the person standing behind the person whose name was called had to shout out another sitting person's name. If the person sitting got hit, he/she would become the whacker, the person standing would become the person sitting and the previous whacker would become the person standing. The ones who became whackers 3 times and above would have to perform a forfeit later. So it's basically based on your luck and reaction. If the person(s) standing behind you are blur ding-dongs, then you would be the one performing the forfeit.
Actually, the forfeit was not that bad. It was just mixing all kinds of food and drink together and the forfeitees would have to gag it down. In the end, the forfeitees drank Coke mixed with Pepsi mixed with Sprite mixed with Mamee noodle crackers mixed with the seasoning which came with it and strawberry flavoured whipped cream.
After Wacko, we headed to the playground but it was out of bounds. So, we decided to just play around in the pool behind the playground. It was ver shallow, reaching up to between our knees and ankles. There were also rock platforms around. You could jump from one of those to another. Ian, the daredevil, jumped from one to another, gaining momentum, and finally attempted to leap a distance of about 3-4 metres from a platform to another. He failed and splashed water all over his clothes. I tried too. The problem was the water between the 2 platforms in question were divided into 2 levels, one reaching up to my ankles and the other between my knees and ankles. I landed in the deeper one. Actually, not landed. More like fell. The result was me dripping all over from head to toe. However, Ian was worse. He did about 5 pushups IN THE WATER. No mean feat??? I think not. Later on, me, him and Jerome Kwok did about 10. We then went on to slide in the slide into waist-high level water.
Luckily by then it was afternoon so we three went to sunbathe in the deck chairs by the deep pool. Pius was fooling around with some tennis balls. One flew near his right foot. He kicked it. It rebounded against the plastic of the karaoke room and flew into the pool. None of us wished to get our clothes wet some more and therefore nobody went into the pool. Furthermore, we had to take off our shirts before doing so and of course the boys didn't dare strip in front of the girls and the girls didin't dare strip in front of anybody. In the end Ian had to ask a woman swimming to get it for us. We killed Pius for that. His funeral was today at 3pm.
After that wasn't very interesting. We just played a lot of basketball and ate lunch and played hide-and-seek around the whole condo. Me and Jerome Kwok hid in the carpark. We went home at about half past 3.
The result?? Today my hands and feet are aching like mad and I discovered in the morning that I had sunburn on both my shoulders as I wore a singlet yesterday. Sigh...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
World Cup
For those who don't already know, here are the groups for the 2010 World Cup:
(As of Tuesday 15/6/2010)
Group A: South Africa Matches Played: South Africa 1 Mexico 1
Mexico Uruguay 0 France 0
Uruguay
France
Group B: Argentina Matches played: South Korea 2 Greece 0
Nigeria Argentina 1 Nigeria 0
South Korea
Greece
Group C: England Matches Played: Slovenia 1 Algeria 0
USA England 1 USA 0
Algeria
Slovenia
Group D: Germany Matches Played: Germany 4 Australia 0
Australia Ghana 1 Serbia 0
Serbia
Ghana
Group E: Holland Matches Played: Netherlands 2 Denmark 0
Denmark Japan 1 Cameroon 0
Japan
Cameroon
Group F: Italy Matches Played: Paraguay 1 Italy 1
Paraguay Slovakia 1 New Zealand 1
New Zealand
Slovakia
Group G(Group of Death): Brazil Matches Played: Brazil 2 North Korea 1
North Korea Portugal 0 Ivory Coast 0
Ivory Coast
Portugal
Group H: Spain No Matches Played
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile
(As of Tuesday 15/6/2010)
Group A: South Africa Matches Played: South Africa 1 Mexico 1
Mexico Uruguay 0 France 0
Uruguay
France
Group B: Argentina Matches played: South Korea 2 Greece 0
Nigeria Argentina 1 Nigeria 0
South Korea
Greece
Group C: England Matches Played: Slovenia 1 Algeria 0
USA England 1 USA 0
Algeria
Slovenia
Group D: Germany Matches Played: Germany 4 Australia 0
Australia Ghana 1 Serbia 0
Serbia
Ghana
Group E: Holland Matches Played: Netherlands 2 Denmark 0
Denmark Japan 1 Cameroon 0
Japan
Cameroon
Group F: Italy Matches Played: Paraguay 1 Italy 1
Paraguay Slovakia 1 New Zealand 1
New Zealand
Slovakia
Group G(Group of Death): Brazil Matches Played: Brazil 2 North Korea 1
North Korea Portugal 0 Ivory Coast 0
Ivory Coast
Portugal
Group H: Spain No Matches Played
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile
Monday, June 14, 2010
WORLD CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
World Cup is finally here!!!! Which team do YOU support??? I support Spain!!! Not because I'm crazy about them, but because I think that they are the favourites to win this World Cup!!!
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I think Spain has the greatest number of fit yet great footballers such as star strikers Fernando Torres and David Villa, star midfielders Andrea Iniesta, David Silva, Fabregas, Xabi Alonso and Xavi and so much more other stars in other positions.
Spain romped through their qualifiers, qualifying for the World Cup with 2 games to spare, dismantling Poland 6-0 and crushing Estonia 3-0.
Argentina have lots of stars and are quite a good team. However, their stars, like striker Carlos Tevez, are erratic. Another problem is their coach Maradona. He is also an Argentinian and played for Argentina before too. He is famous for his infamous 'Hand of God' goal over England. A team mate crossed the ball to him from behind and he and the England goalkeeper were rushing toward each other. The 'keeper raised his hands the fist the shot away. However, Maradona raised his hand and puched the ball into the goal!!! The referee did not see what had transpired, and hence the goal was counted!!! However, Maradona's second goal was perfect and beautiful, skimming around defenders like Twinkletoes, fooling the goalkeeper before finally tapping the ball home.
BUT..BUT..WAIT!!!! HE MAY BE AWESOME AT PLAYING SOCCER, BUT HE'S CERTAINLY RUBBISH AT COACHING!!! THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ARGENTINA TO WIN!!!
Brazil is a brilliant team who have won the World Cup a record 5 times. In comparison, Spain have not won the World Cup even once. The Brazil football team before boasted all time greats like football legend Pele, Rivaldo, Ronaldo and so on. However this year, the Brazil coach Dunga has taken much flair out of Brazil and they have lost much of the flair from the old times but are still a formidable team. Anyway, they shouldn't be too sad if they got eliminated. They are hosting the World Cup in 2014 and therefore automatically have qualified for it already. Brazil are also in the ' Group of Death ' this year. The group consists of heavyweights Ivory Coast and Portugal. North Korea completes the group of 4. Don't underestimate North Korea, though. I don't know much of their players but in the newspapers it says that North Korea are one of the dark horses to win this World Cup. Portugal boasts of the most expensive player and possibly the best winger, in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo but are missing another star winger, Nani. Ivory Coast originally boasted of top scorer on the EPL this season, Didier Drogba, but are now in trouble since Drogba broke his arm but he seems to be recuperating quite swiftly. However, they still have stars like the experienced defender Kolo Toure.
Originally, I was voting for England but now them winning the World Cup is not a possibility anymore.Rooney and Ledley King, who I think broke his ankle, are sitting out training sessions, Rooney needs to cope with his temper. He has been using vulgar language at referees very frequently. I also don't understand why coach Fabio Capello is using Emile Heskey as striker and I agree with a quote from the Strait's Times. It says"If the World Cup was won by trying, Emile Heskey would be the Player of the Tournament." But since it's won by scoring, Heskey should be dropped. Capello, which a particular newspaper article describes as 'the Angry Italian', also stubbornly sticks to his stupid formation of 4-4-2 which leaves midfielders Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard exposed in vast areas of space. Therefore, they were often outmanouvered when the Americans were in possession.
The rest of the heavyweights are all missing star players. For example, Germany are missing captain and star midefielder Michael Ballack.
AND THAT'S WHY SPAIN WILL WIN!!!!! XDXDXDXDXDXD
XDXDXDXDXDXD
I think Spain has the greatest number of fit yet great footballers such as star strikers Fernando Torres and David Villa, star midfielders Andrea Iniesta, David Silva, Fabregas, Xabi Alonso and Xavi and so much more other stars in other positions.
Spain romped through their qualifiers, qualifying for the World Cup with 2 games to spare, dismantling Poland 6-0 and crushing Estonia 3-0.
Argentina have lots of stars and are quite a good team. However, their stars, like striker Carlos Tevez, are erratic. Another problem is their coach Maradona. He is also an Argentinian and played for Argentina before too. He is famous for his infamous 'Hand of God' goal over England. A team mate crossed the ball to him from behind and he and the England goalkeeper were rushing toward each other. The 'keeper raised his hands the fist the shot away. However, Maradona raised his hand and puched the ball into the goal!!! The referee did not see what had transpired, and hence the goal was counted!!! However, Maradona's second goal was perfect and beautiful, skimming around defenders like Twinkletoes, fooling the goalkeeper before finally tapping the ball home.
BUT..BUT..WAIT!!!! HE MAY BE AWESOME AT PLAYING SOCCER, BUT HE'S CERTAINLY RUBBISH AT COACHING!!! THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ARGENTINA TO WIN!!!
Brazil is a brilliant team who have won the World Cup a record 5 times. In comparison, Spain have not won the World Cup even once. The Brazil football team before boasted all time greats like football legend Pele, Rivaldo, Ronaldo and so on. However this year, the Brazil coach Dunga has taken much flair out of Brazil and they have lost much of the flair from the old times but are still a formidable team. Anyway, they shouldn't be too sad if they got eliminated. They are hosting the World Cup in 2014 and therefore automatically have qualified for it already. Brazil are also in the ' Group of Death ' this year. The group consists of heavyweights Ivory Coast and Portugal. North Korea completes the group of 4. Don't underestimate North Korea, though. I don't know much of their players but in the newspapers it says that North Korea are one of the dark horses to win this World Cup. Portugal boasts of the most expensive player and possibly the best winger, in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo but are missing another star winger, Nani. Ivory Coast originally boasted of top scorer on the EPL this season, Didier Drogba, but are now in trouble since Drogba broke his arm but he seems to be recuperating quite swiftly. However, they still have stars like the experienced defender Kolo Toure.
Originally, I was voting for England but now them winning the World Cup is not a possibility anymore.Rooney and Ledley King, who I think broke his ankle, are sitting out training sessions, Rooney needs to cope with his temper. He has been using vulgar language at referees very frequently. I also don't understand why coach Fabio Capello is using Emile Heskey as striker and I agree with a quote from the Strait's Times. It says"If the World Cup was won by trying, Emile Heskey would be the Player of the Tournament." But since it's won by scoring, Heskey should be dropped. Capello, which a particular newspaper article describes as 'the Angry Italian', also stubbornly sticks to his stupid formation of 4-4-2 which leaves midfielders Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard exposed in vast areas of space. Therefore, they were often outmanouvered when the Americans were in possession.
The rest of the heavyweights are all missing star players. For example, Germany are missing captain and star midefielder Michael Ballack.
AND THAT'S WHY SPAIN WILL WIN!!!!! XDXDXDXDXDXD
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Twinkletoes continued
Hi guys. I haven't much time left to do this so I'm going to make it real quick. Well, then Leandro was doing his homework and juggling his football at the same time when a monk suddenly appeared. He and the monk then began to play a game of juggling. The monk began breakdancing with the ball and never even let it touch the ground once. He even performed tricks like crossover, shoulderstall and rainbow.
The monk accepted Leandro as his pupil. It turned out that he was just a drama teacher who had been an extremely good footballer in his prime. Big clubs like Manchester United all wanted to sign him but he unfortunateky could not get a work permit in England and thus had to work as a drama teacher.
In the following days, Leandro began to receive special training from his teacher. The drama teacher came in all sorts of outfits. He came as a ninja, a policeman, Rambo and even The King of Rock and Roll-Elvis. Leandro learnt, through the charesteristics of the characters his master came as, a lot of stuff. From the ninja, Leandro learnt stealth and accuracy. From quite a distance away, out of 10 soccer balls, the drama teacher could hit the crossbar of the goal ten times out of ten with the right foot which was his dominant foot and eight times with his left while Leandro could not hit the crossbar even once with either feet.
From the policeman, Leandro learnt toughness and how to tackle and slide tackle. He also learnt that defenders would sometimes play dirty and trip him on purpose. He then had to pick himself up and combat fire with fire.
From Rambo, Leandro learnt how to head balls in any direction he wanted without fear. his master could crack a watermelon using his head.
From Elvis, Leandro learnt stamina. After 20 laps around the track, Leandro could not run any longer while his master was not even breathing quickly. He was even wearing the hot outfit of Elvis and holding a guitar and strumming it while running.
Because of these skills, during the clash with giants Woodvale Secondary who have already won the championship four times already, Morrison High avoided being given a sound thrashing.
5 minutes into the game was all it took for Leandro to make his mark. He scored beautifully, teeing the ball up with his left foot and letting fly with his right 30 metres. It was so fast and yet so accurate the goalkeeper hardly moved. It was a bullet of a shot. This was because he had followed Chen Long's instructions and had been tirelessly been practising shooting at the crossbar. Now, he could already hit the crossbar 5 times out of 10. Now with the entire goalmouth to aim at, it was a breeze directing his shots.
However, Woodvale were not idiots. They were a great team. They regrouped and attacked. Their star striker, Roslin Musa, had a stinging shot of his own and the moment he found space, unleashed a stinging shot from the edge of the penalty box. The ball flew past the keeper but Leandro kept it out by heading it away.
Despite, Leandro's hard work, Woodvale managed to score 2 goals through star striker Roslin and star midfielder Sundram.
Morrison appeared to be losing but they fought on. And, as good luck, perseverance and hard work would have it, the equaliser finally arrived. Donovan Ho who had been nicknamed 'Beckham' because of his beautiful and accurate crosses, curled a free kick into the penalty area and Mani Ram, standing at 1.8 metres tall dwarfed the Woodvale players to head home the equaliser.
And that was how the game ended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDXDXDXDXD
The monk accepted Leandro as his pupil. It turned out that he was just a drama teacher who had been an extremely good footballer in his prime. Big clubs like Manchester United all wanted to sign him but he unfortunateky could not get a work permit in England and thus had to work as a drama teacher.
In the following days, Leandro began to receive special training from his teacher. The drama teacher came in all sorts of outfits. He came as a ninja, a policeman, Rambo and even The King of Rock and Roll-Elvis. Leandro learnt, through the charesteristics of the characters his master came as, a lot of stuff. From the ninja, Leandro learnt stealth and accuracy. From quite a distance away, out of 10 soccer balls, the drama teacher could hit the crossbar of the goal ten times out of ten with the right foot which was his dominant foot and eight times with his left while Leandro could not hit the crossbar even once with either feet.
From the policeman, Leandro learnt toughness and how to tackle and slide tackle. He also learnt that defenders would sometimes play dirty and trip him on purpose. He then had to pick himself up and combat fire with fire.
From Rambo, Leandro learnt how to head balls in any direction he wanted without fear. his master could crack a watermelon using his head.
From Elvis, Leandro learnt stamina. After 20 laps around the track, Leandro could not run any longer while his master was not even breathing quickly. He was even wearing the hot outfit of Elvis and holding a guitar and strumming it while running.
Because of these skills, during the clash with giants Woodvale Secondary who have already won the championship four times already, Morrison High avoided being given a sound thrashing.
5 minutes into the game was all it took for Leandro to make his mark. He scored beautifully, teeing the ball up with his left foot and letting fly with his right 30 metres. It was so fast and yet so accurate the goalkeeper hardly moved. It was a bullet of a shot. This was because he had followed Chen Long's instructions and had been tirelessly been practising shooting at the crossbar. Now, he could already hit the crossbar 5 times out of 10. Now with the entire goalmouth to aim at, it was a breeze directing his shots.
However, Woodvale were not idiots. They were a great team. They regrouped and attacked. Their star striker, Roslin Musa, had a stinging shot of his own and the moment he found space, unleashed a stinging shot from the edge of the penalty box. The ball flew past the keeper but Leandro kept it out by heading it away.
Despite, Leandro's hard work, Woodvale managed to score 2 goals through star striker Roslin and star midfielder Sundram.
Morrison appeared to be losing but they fought on. And, as good luck, perseverance and hard work would have it, the equaliser finally arrived. Donovan Ho who had been nicknamed 'Beckham' because of his beautiful and accurate crosses, curled a free kick into the penalty area and Mani Ram, standing at 1.8 metres tall dwarfed the Woodvale players to head home the equaliser.
And that was how the game ended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDXDXDXDXD
Twinkletoes
As you can see from the title of this page, this post is going to be about a book that I read. Twinkletoes is a, erm... i think it's a four part series about the football team from Morrison High. I have just read the third book in the series and I think it is very very interesting as well as humorous. Naturally, since I'm crazy on soccer.
The first book, the other book I have read, was how Leandro, of Chinese and Brazilian parentage was born. Both of his parents play soccer, in fact, his Chinese father was a renowned goalkeeper and his Brazilian mother was the captain of a renowned women's soccer team. As a result, Leandro became very interested in soccer as well. When he entered Morrison High, coach of the Morrison high soccer team, Coach Ramsey, spotted his unusual talent and as a result, Leandro quickly became part of the Morrison High soccer team. Leandro has brilliant dribbling skills, dazzling everyone with his quick feet. Everyone thinks he can be the next 'Twinkletoes'. In the 1950s, Chia Boon Leong, the best winger Singapore ever had, was also given that same nickname. At the end of the book, minnows Morrison High defeated heavyweights Ang Mo Tan Secondary. Principal Billy Chin and coach Ramsey are extremely proud of them.
In this third book, the story kicks off with captain of the Morrison high soccer team, Tan Hock Ann, studying hard for the test which was on the next day. Normally, Hock Ann would not give 2 hoots about any exam and therefore he always failed the tests and remained rooted to the bottom of the class. His mother was single and worked as a hawker in a hawker centre. As the stall could not bring in too much money, she had to double up as a seamstress in a free time and therefore life was very hard on her. However, she was still very happy and proud that her soon had turned over a new leaf and began to take schoolwork very seriously.
The next day, the day of the test, Hock Ann was very nervous as he did not want to get lousy grades and disappoint his mother. He went through his notes once more while on the school bus. After the test papers were given out, Hock Ann looked at the questions and was very surprised. He had expected the questions to look like Greek but instead, they looked quite easy. Hock Ann's pen flew through the papers. After he had completed, he checked through one more time to check for any careless mistakes. Then, he handed his paper up to the teacher. She was shocked as he was the first to hand up his paper when he was usually last. What was more, the answers to every question had been neatly filled in when usually they were left blank except for the multiple choice section.
After thhe test papers had been marked and brought in to the class, the teacher announced that 2 of them had scored full marks. One of them was the smartest girl in the class. Then, she called out Hock Ann. Hock Ann thought that she was going to berate him in front of the whole class for getting the lowest in the class again but he was wrong. He had actually scored full marks! After school, he raced to the hwaker centre to tell his mother the good news. All the other stallholders were also very proud of him and treated him to a lot of food from their own stalls.
The rest if the story will be in the next post. Goodbye!!!
The first book, the other book I have read, was how Leandro, of Chinese and Brazilian parentage was born. Both of his parents play soccer, in fact, his Chinese father was a renowned goalkeeper and his Brazilian mother was the captain of a renowned women's soccer team. As a result, Leandro became very interested in soccer as well. When he entered Morrison High, coach of the Morrison high soccer team, Coach Ramsey, spotted his unusual talent and as a result, Leandro quickly became part of the Morrison High soccer team. Leandro has brilliant dribbling skills, dazzling everyone with his quick feet. Everyone thinks he can be the next 'Twinkletoes'. In the 1950s, Chia Boon Leong, the best winger Singapore ever had, was also given that same nickname. At the end of the book, minnows Morrison High defeated heavyweights Ang Mo Tan Secondary. Principal Billy Chin and coach Ramsey are extremely proud of them.
In this third book, the story kicks off with captain of the Morrison high soccer team, Tan Hock Ann, studying hard for the test which was on the next day. Normally, Hock Ann would not give 2 hoots about any exam and therefore he always failed the tests and remained rooted to the bottom of the class. His mother was single and worked as a hawker in a hawker centre. As the stall could not bring in too much money, she had to double up as a seamstress in a free time and therefore life was very hard on her. However, she was still very happy and proud that her soon had turned over a new leaf and began to take schoolwork very seriously.
The next day, the day of the test, Hock Ann was very nervous as he did not want to get lousy grades and disappoint his mother. He went through his notes once more while on the school bus. After the test papers were given out, Hock Ann looked at the questions and was very surprised. He had expected the questions to look like Greek but instead, they looked quite easy. Hock Ann's pen flew through the papers. After he had completed, he checked through one more time to check for any careless mistakes. Then, he handed his paper up to the teacher. She was shocked as he was the first to hand up his paper when he was usually last. What was more, the answers to every question had been neatly filled in when usually they were left blank except for the multiple choice section.
After thhe test papers had been marked and brought in to the class, the teacher announced that 2 of them had scored full marks. One of them was the smartest girl in the class. Then, she called out Hock Ann. Hock Ann thought that she was going to berate him in front of the whole class for getting the lowest in the class again but he was wrong. He had actually scored full marks! After school, he raced to the hwaker centre to tell his mother the good news. All the other stallholders were also very proud of him and treated him to a lot of food from their own stalls.
The rest if the story will be in the next post. Goodbye!!!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Wayne Rooney
One of my favourite players is Wayne Rooney. He is playing for my fav club, Manchester United. I think his most valuable asset is his powerful shot. He is renowned for his stinging shots. Rooney has endorsement deals with lots of companies, such as Nike, Nokia, Ford, Asda and Coca-cola. Recently, he also appeared in a Tiger beer advertisement. This year, he has been awarded the PFA Players' Player of the year and the FWA Footballer of the year. Ths year, in an interview with former team-mate, now at Manchester City and Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez, Tevez said that Rooney "the best in the world, it is a privilege to play with him.".
Rooney's full name is Wayne Mark Rooney and he was born 24 October 1985. He began his career at premier league side Everton. You can tell he is talented as he joined their youth team at age 10. He began his professional debut at the tender age of 17 and his first goal made him the youngest goalscorer at that time. He quickly became part of Everton's first team and spent 2 seasons at the Merseyside club, also the city rival of top-flight club Liverpool.
Before the start of the 2004-2005, the battle for his signature between Manchester United and Newcastle ended with Manchester United signing him for 25.6 million, a record which still stands for the highest amount ever paid for a teenager, that is, for a player under 20 years of age. Rooney was 18.
Rooney's full name is Wayne Mark Rooney and he was born 24 October 1985. He began his career at premier league side Everton. You can tell he is talented as he joined their youth team at age 10. He began his professional debut at the tender age of 17 and his first goal made him the youngest goalscorer at that time. He quickly became part of Everton's first team and spent 2 seasons at the Merseyside club, also the city rival of top-flight club Liverpool.
Before the start of the 2004-2005, the battle for his signature between Manchester United and Newcastle ended with Manchester United signing him for 25.6 million, a record which still stands for the highest amount ever paid for a teenager, that is, for a player under 20 years of age. Rooney was 18.
Since then, Wayne Rooney has been called upon many times to the England squad for World Cups and is a key player in M.U's first team. He has also won the Premier League 3 times, the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League and 2 League Cups.
An embarrassing moment for Rooney was in September 2005 in a Champions' League clash with Villareal of Spain. The match ended in a goalless draw. Rooney was sent off for sarcastically clapping the referee who had booked him for an unintentional foul on a opponent.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
School Stuff
Our teacher also wanted us to write a poem of not more than four stanzas about our school days and post it on our blogs.
So, here is my poem:
My School Days
In my first few days at Hwa Chong,
yes life was quite interesting.
But as the days grew long,
life became more and more boring.
Some lessons kept me wide awake,
some lessons made me want to snore.
Some teachers were funny and great,
some teachers were a bore.
But the greatest burden of mine,
was work so much everytime I carried my bag it threatened to crack my spine.
For homework every night I stayed up till five.
Oh, woe is my life.
Benjamin Ong
So, here is my poem:
My School Days
In my first few days at Hwa Chong,
yes life was quite interesting.
But as the days grew long,
life became more and more boring.
Some lessons kept me wide awake,
some lessons made me want to snore.
Some teachers were funny and great,
some teachers were a bore.
But the greatest burden of mine,
was work so much everytime I carried my bag it threatened to crack my spine.
For homework every night I stayed up till five.
Oh, woe is my life.
Benjamin Ong
School Stuff
It is home learning again. This time from today till tomorrow. In these two days, my teacher is focusing on poems. We have to choose a poem whichwe like and point out the figurative language in the poem and what type of figurative language it is and why the poet chose to use THAT kind of figurative language. Tough job, I'm sure.
Ok, here goes.
The poem I chose was:
A Red,Red Rose by Robert Burns.
O my Luve's like a red, red rose.
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear.
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear.
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear.
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my luve.
Tho' it were ten thousand mile!
First of all, there is already a hyperbole in the first line. Robert Burn's love is not just a red rose bt a red, RED rose. This is a hyperbole as he is exaggerating his love for, well, his love. The first line also contains a simile. 'my Luve is like a red, red rose'. This is a simile as there is the presence of the word 'like'. There are more hyperboles along the way. From the second and third stanza, Robert says that he will love his love until the seas run dry and the rocks melt. These two are clearly exaggerated and therefore are surely hyperboles.
In the last line of the third stanza, there is personification and a metaphor. The phrase 'sands o' life' is taking life to be sands, so it's a metaphor.
'The sands o' life shall run'. This phrase is personifying the sands as a person as sand definitely cannot run.
These are the figurative languages used in the poem.
I like this poem as it is written very sincerely and there is a lot of emotion in the poem. Robert Burns used all the correct words and the poem has a knightly and noble feeling to it as the old words like 'sands o' life' are all used correctly. It is also short and sweet and that is why I like it.
Ok, here goes.
The poem I chose was:
A Red,Red Rose by Robert Burns.
O my Luve's like a red, red rose.
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear.
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear.
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear.
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my luve.
Tho' it were ten thousand mile!
First of all, there is already a hyperbole in the first line. Robert Burn's love is not just a red rose bt a red, RED rose. This is a hyperbole as he is exaggerating his love for, well, his love. The first line also contains a simile. 'my Luve is like a red, red rose'. This is a simile as there is the presence of the word 'like'. There are more hyperboles along the way. From the second and third stanza, Robert says that he will love his love until the seas run dry and the rocks melt. These two are clearly exaggerated and therefore are surely hyperboles.
In the last line of the third stanza, there is personification and a metaphor. The phrase 'sands o' life' is taking life to be sands, so it's a metaphor.
'The sands o' life shall run'. This phrase is personifying the sands as a person as sand definitely cannot run.
These are the figurative languages used in the poem.
I like this poem as it is written very sincerely and there is a lot of emotion in the poem. Robert Burns used all the correct words and the poem has a knightly and noble feeling to it as the old words like 'sands o' life' are all used correctly. It is also short and sweet and that is why I like it.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Introduction
Hi again every1. Today's already the 23rd of April. I've been busy 4 a while. there are tons of hw and millions of projects to complete in Hwa Chong. Fortunately I've been able to cope. Sorry if u have been bothered because this hasn't been updated for a very long time.
Now is the most important part of the season. Manchester United and Chelsea are the main contenders for the EPL title but Arsenal still has a very, VERY, faint hope. 99% gone, I should say. Both Manchester Utd and Chelsea have very tough matches coming up. Manchester Utd's next match is against Tottenham Hotspurs, a team which has devastated both Chelsea and Arsenal 2-1. Tottenham will be in high spirits and their morale will have been increased by lots. They also have a lot of time to rest since their last match as teams cannot or have to take a long time to travel due to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano. (I hate tat friggin' volcano!). Things are also not going very well for the Red Devils. Wayne Rooney, just returned from injury, has recently been only a faint shadow of his excellent form before his injury and therefore Tottenham have quite a good chance of winning or drawing against the defending champions indeed.
For Chelsea, however, their next match will be a breeze, against a Stoke City sitting right smack in the middle of the table. However, Liverpool are awaiting their arrival in the match after Stoke. Liverpool are like fierce, aggressive tigers right now, fighting vigorously for the final spot in the Champions League. In their last match, Liverpool destroyed West Ham United 3-0. However, the Reds still only have a shadow of a chance of snatching fourth place from the hamds from either Manchester City or Tottenham.
Now is the most important part of the season. Manchester United and Chelsea are the main contenders for the EPL title but Arsenal still has a very, VERY, faint hope. 99% gone, I should say. Both Manchester Utd and Chelsea have very tough matches coming up. Manchester Utd's next match is against Tottenham Hotspurs, a team which has devastated both Chelsea and Arsenal 2-1. Tottenham will be in high spirits and their morale will have been increased by lots. They also have a lot of time to rest since their last match as teams cannot or have to take a long time to travel due to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano. (I hate tat friggin' volcano!). Things are also not going very well for the Red Devils. Wayne Rooney, just returned from injury, has recently been only a faint shadow of his excellent form before his injury and therefore Tottenham have quite a good chance of winning or drawing against the defending champions indeed.
For Chelsea, however, their next match will be a breeze, against a Stoke City sitting right smack in the middle of the table. However, Liverpool are awaiting their arrival in the match after Stoke. Liverpool are like fierce, aggressive tigers right now, fighting vigorously for the final spot in the Champions League. In their last match, Liverpool destroyed West Ham United 3-0. However, the Reds still only have a shadow of a chance of snatching fourth place from the hamds from either Manchester City or Tottenham.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Hi!!
Howdy everyone, especially major soccer fans! My name is Benjamin Ong Qi Xiang but I choose to use the name Dragonboy8686. This blog is going to be about all things soccer and as much things as possible are going to be on THIS website! My favourite soccer team, is, of 
course, MANCHESTER UNITED!!!!! My favourite player is ...... WAYNE ROONEY!!!
Manchester united is now 2nd in the table before tonight's match against Arsenal with 50 points. Chelsea has played a game less than Man Utd. Come on, Man Utd! Win this damn EPL for the 4th consecutive time! Not only am I always in the know about soccer, I am also quite good at it as I have been playing soccer since I was 6. So, if you have any queries on any related subjects, feel free to email me at benji.qx@gmail.com. I will answer a few questions and put them on the blog. That's all.
course, MANCHESTER UNITED!!!!! My favourite player is ...... WAYNE ROONEY!!!
Manchester united is now 2nd in the table before tonight's match against Arsenal with 50 points. Chelsea has played a game less than Man Utd. Come on, Man Utd! Win this damn EPL for the 4th consecutive time! Not only am I always in the know about soccer, I am also quite good at it as I have been playing soccer since I was 6. So, if you have any queries on any related subjects, feel free to email me at benji.qx@gmail.com. I will answer a few questions and put them on the blog. That's all.
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