Vista Of a Student(VOS)

2008-11-23T08:19:00.000-08:00

if only,if only, the moon speaks no reply;
reflecting the sun and all that's gone by.
be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly.
fly high, my baby bird,
my angel, my only.

Louis Sachar

What's so cool about ..........

2008-11-18T07:48:00.000-08:00

Stanley Yelnats?

you can leave a comment as answer!

WHOA. HOLES. A TOTAL MUST READ.

2008-11-18T07:43:00.000-08:00

WHOA. a total bargain.

2008-11-16T08:21:00.000-08:00

fathom this. John Grisham at rm 19.90. then Lee Child LARGE PRINT at rm 18.00. throw in a JOHN Cash at rm 18.00. unbelievable?there's more. Faye Kellerman at rm 12.00!!!still unbelievable? believe it.

for rm 105, i managed to acquire John Case, Lee Child, Faye Kellerman, John Grisham, Robert Goddart, Robert Harris and Tess Gerritson , 3 of the books in large print. if we assume that the ambium price of an international bestseller to be rm 33.00 each, then the 7 books i brought would amount to....rm 231! and yet i got it for only rm105 at the big bookstore. that would amoun to a 55% discount!

The firm. Stone Kiss. Dance of Death. The Hard Way. Vanish. Never Go Back. Imperium. for rm105. Believe it.

A Poem Of Her

2008-11-13T06:09:00.000-08:00

i went searching

for her, up the meadows

and down the gallows.

nothing can be found

but a whisper

of her voice,in a distant future memory.

oh how i crave! to find her

at last,

see the face thus far eluded me

and hear the voice i longed to hear,

fill the gaps in the shores

of my heart.

she's a naughty knave,

she is

diamonds in the earth

beautiful , inviting,

yet so cold

when touched.

she is my shadow

by dusk,

so near, yet impossible to be grasped ,

and then is no more ,

too late , its gone, it won't come back.

SPM English Literature materials:where to find them

2008-11-11T06:29:00.000-08:00

This subject really made me exercise as i had to shuffle between 4 bookstore and library:) neverles, i have written the complete curriculum of english literature in SPM for students who is wondering what books to buy.in brackets are the bookstores that sells the book. Please note that the bookstores stated is not the only place to get the book, but some of the place the book is found.

Drama
1. Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare(MPH)
2. The Lion and the Jewel - Wole Soyinka
3. An Inspector Calls - JB Priestley (Universitu Book Stores Malaysia)

Novels
1. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury(MPH, Borders)
2. Fasting, Feasting - Anita Desai(MPH, Borders
3. Holes - Louis Sachar(University Book Stores Malaysia, MPH, Borders)

Poems
Theme: Relationships
1.Tonight I Can Write - Pablo Neruda
2. Ways of Love - Chung Yee Chong
3. A Prayer for My Daughter - Yeats
4. The Way Things Are - Roger McGough
5. For My Old Amah - Wong Phui Nam9 (can be found in the book In Sights)
6. How Do I Love Thee? - Elizabeth Barret Browning

Theme: Perception of Life
1. Birches- Robert Frost
2. I Am - John Clare
3. This Is A Photograph of Me - Margaret Atwood
4. Waiting to Go On - Hugo Williams
5. Daring Tears - Craig Romkema
6.The Traveller - Muhammad hj Salleh(can be found in the book In Sights)

Theme: Conflicts
1. Dulce et Decorum Est- Wilfred Owen
2. The Man He Killed - Thomas Hardy
3. Death of A Rainforest - Cecil Rajendra(can be found in the book In Sights)
4. The War Against the Trees - Stanley Kunitz
5. A Quarrel Between Night and Day- Omar Mohd Noor(can be found in the book In Sights)
6. "Crabbed age and youth cannot live together"- Shakespeare (from Sonnet XII - The Passionate Pilgrim)

Short Stories1. Naukar - Anya Sitaram
2. Cinderella Girl - Vivien Alcock
3. The Landlady - Roald Dahl
4. Neighbours - Robert Raymer
5. Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut Jr

SPM English Literature

2008-10-30T07:12:00.000-07:00

the spm english literature really made me sweat. not because the exam is tough(i would'nt know anyway, since i won't take it till form 5), but because sourcing the materials is no easy feat. a rough calculation showed that i travelled about 30 kilometres as i regulated between 3 bookstores and a library to find the reading materials. and guess what? i'm not finidhed looking. the toughest to find is probably The Lion and The Jewel by Wole Soyinka.not that i havn't found it, but it is sold in england! i feel like a single knight seeking his lofty quest.

but actually, english literature in SPM is not that bad. and although it do not seem to have pass year questions available,the stories to be read is interesting. there's holes, by louis Sachar, William Shakespeare's julius ceaser, and a couple of poems.

readers, i serious encourage you to take the subject. by the way i shall post the full list of materials for english literature in SPM. Getting the list of materials is 1 thing, actually sourcing for it is quite another. to those who is finding it, may the force be on your side.

good morning(or is it good night?)

2008-10-28T09:27:00.000-07:00

good morning everyone.my first post:)

or is it goood night? the time as shown on d clock is specifically 12.31 a.m. it arises to this question: what is our sleeptime?is there a common sleeptime for all teens like me? while the century old nag of SLEEP EARLY! still goes strong, i can't help but wonder what begots sleepless nights when our hormone reactions start to take place(no, don't think crooked)i.e. puberty. so we are stuck in a timeless conundrum: we know when is the right tuime to sleep but we have to surpass it by 2 hours. (kinda like knowing apples are good for you but you can't find it, right?)Not to mention that school will come a-knocking 5 hours later. so we get 5 hours of sleep with an additional 1/2 hour of lying wide eyed on bed counted in.5!!!! how in the name of merlin's pants are we going to lead a healthy life?

on the other hand, school hours can't be changed either. with 2 sessions using the same classroom, it is impossible to start the morning session at, lets say, 8 and still finish the afternoon session on que. and the afternoon session can't end on 8 at night, either, as there would be timetable congestion and security issues. unless schools start hiring Aurors 24/7....................