CJ

A Garfield Christmas Special Part 3

2009-08-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

What a nice back scratcher!

A Garfield Christmas Special Part 2

2009-08-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

Part 2!

Garfield Video - A Garfield Christmas Special (Part 1)

2009-08-09T21:00:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know it's not Christmas.... but enjoy!

Insight Into William Wordsworth And His Work

2009-06-29T18:09:00.000-07:00

"Faith is a passionate intuition."
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."

This above are two quotes from William Wordsworth. They can pretty much sum up his attitude towards his works.
William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) was born in in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. Throught his life, he would have many influences on his work. The first to shape his later works was the death of his mother when he was just eight. He attended Hawkshead Grammar School, where his love of poetry was firmly established and it is believed that he made his first attempts at verse there. Before his final semester at St. John's College in Cambridge, Wordsworth set out on a walking tour of Europe, an experience that influenced both his poetry and his political sensibilities. While touring Europe, he came into contact with the French Revolution. This, together with his stay in France, brought about Wordsworth's interest and sympathy for the life, troubles and speech of the "common man". These issues proved to be of paramount importance to Wordsworth's work.
We now move on to 1795, when Wordsworth had a meeting with the poet, Samuel Talyor Coleridge, his future publisher of his works(Lyrical Ballads in 1798). Wordsworth's poems were a great influence in Western literature, but it did contain his views on both his craft and his place in the world. Wordsworth wrote on the need for "common speech" within poems and argues against the hierarchy of the period which valued epic poetry above the lyric. Wordsworth wanted his poems to be of social or psychological influence. However, some exerted aesthetic influence.
Wordsworth's most famous work, The Prelude (1850), gives an insight into his spiritual life and marks the birth of a new genre of poetry. It is considered by many to be the crowning achievement of English romanticism.
In 1874, Wordsworth seemingly lost his will to compose poems after the death of his daughter, Dora. His wife, Mary, published The Prelude three months after his death.

Below are three poems are three poems by William Wordsworth that I like. Happy reading!

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodils.

Lines Written In Early Spring
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.

Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.

The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:--
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.

If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?

Written In March
The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!

Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The plowboy is whooping—anon-anon:
There's joy in the mountains;
There's life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!

Sources
1. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/william_wordsworth/quotes
2. http://poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/296
3. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/william_wordsworth/poems/10951
4. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/william_wordsworth/poems/10953
5. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/william_wordsworth/poems/10956
6. http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/wordsworth/section6.rhtml
7. http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/wordsworth/section7.rhtml

CJ

Home E-Learning Lesson 1 - Figurative Language in Poems

2009-06-28T17:19:00.000-07:00

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Let's analyse the poem and look out for the figurative language used.
In the first stanza, the picture that is brought to the readers minds is a man travelling on the road in the woods during autumn. This phrase that suggests the time that this incident occurred is “yellow wood”, which indicates that the leaves have all turned yellow.
From the second and third stanza, we know that the man is forced to make a choice and can only choose one road to travel” and will not be coming back ever. Thus, he feels gloomy. His emotion is exaggerated by the hyperboles “sorry”, “sigh” and “Oh, I kept the first for another day!”.
Personification is used in the eighth stanza, when he finds that one of the roads is grassier, and thus “wanted wear”, indicating that the road is in need of being trodden on. He then goes on to contradict himself by saying that both roads are equally worn out.
In the end, the man chooses the road less travelled and he has no regrets.
Metaphor and symbolism are also uses in this poem. The journey that the man takes is the metaphor for the journey of life and the two diverging roads symbolize the decisions one has to make in one’s life. The grassier and less-travelled road represents the more challenging path of life, for it had “leaves no step had trodden black”. The more-travelled road represents the easier path of life, the one which is chosen by the norm. The man chooses to stand out from the crowd and fish in deep waters, challenging himself, pushing himself to the limit and thus, stretching his potential. He does not regret doing so
This is the figurative language used in the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.

I like this poem because it uses much figurative language and because it has several levels of meaning. It also portrays a scenario that everyone experiences many time in one's life: having to make a choice.

CJ

June Holidays

2009-05-10T21:17:00.000-07:00

Hi guys!

Although it still seems so far away, but... the June holidays are coming!

Let's interview some people to see what they are going to do during the holidays:

CJ: I'm going to count the all the money that I embezzled... I mean, collected in the class fund.
Q: Will any of the money go to charity?
CJ: Charity?! Bah! Humbug! The money is all mine I tell you, MINE!

Garfield: Well, like during the rest of the year, I'll sleep. And eat. And possibly kick Odie off the table a few times. And gain weight.

So, what will you do this holiday?

CJ

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T21:05:00.000-07:00

Yo people

Mother's Day is here! Have you wished your mother a Happy Mother's Day?

Anyway, here's... What's Hot!

Here are some "perfect" gifts for your beloved mother:

1. 1 ticket to Mexico (if she asks where is the return ticket, tell her that she would be quarentined for so long that she won't need one)

2. a 2-day-2-night stay at Hotel 81 (she will get the thrill of her life) Btw, have you seen their new advertisement?

3. a caked, baked by yours truly (ingredients:coke, pepsi, yogurt, raw meat, Hersheys chocolate sauce, castor oil, flour, ecstasy, ostrich egg shells, worms handphone and Dad)

So there you have it! Email me the present of your choice, prices will be negotiated and it will be delivered straight to your doorstep!

CJ

H1N1

2009-05-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

You know, I found that those two days where we needed to have visual screening was really annoying. Yah, I know it necessary because of that stupid virus... but still, it was irritating.

And moreover, gate 4 was locked even after school! Most of the students use that gate to leave school. Besides, it is not as though the virus won't be able to enter, right? Anyway, kudos to those monkeys who/which climbed over the gates (Thank God that none of them were no girls in Hwa Chong, or else when they climb over the gates, we boys may just get a spectacular sight).

The temperature checks were perfectly fine with me (take up lesson time whatttttt!!)The class learned something very important from those exercises:

1. Wei Ren is the hottest guy in class! *Girls start chasing after him, and Wei Ren had no choice but to run, becoming even hotter)

2. Adrian is the coolest guy in class! (He isn't scared of girls, because before they reach him, they turn into ice)

Poor Wei Ren!
It has now shifted to the yellow code and we can once again be less strict about such things (unless of course, you have not paid me...)

CJ

Animal Farm

2009-05-10T20:33:00.000-07:00

Well, we were suppose to write something about animal farm ...

*This is an interview with Garfield on his views of Animal Farm*

CJ: Tell me, who do you admire the most?

Garfield: Of course it's Napoleon! He took over the whole farm, controlling it and ate lots of food that the farm produced without doing any of the work! I wonder how I could do that to John and Odie...

CJ: So, you would do exactly what Napoleon did if you were in his place?

G: Hmmmm, that's a toughie. I don't have much leadership as Napoleon, and I'm not as cruel as him... but I have Squealer! He spread a lot of propaganda, through his ways of manipulation!I would still chasethat Snowball out, but I don't think I would execute those animals. It was pretty horrible, unless, of course, the chickens were slaughtered and roasted for me to eat ...*stomache rumbles*

CJ: My next question is...

Garfield: Oh yah, one more thing, I won't mate with any of the sows. Girls...blah!

CJ: I thought you have a girlfriend?

G: Nah, I dumped her long ago. Look kid, I gotta go. My lunch is here.

Alumnus Concert

2009-05-10T20:12:00.000-07:00

Yo guys,

Okay, I know that I have not been posting for a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy long time, but, here I go!

Right after the SYF, I thought I could relax, being free of all EP3 events, and have time to study for the upcoming tests... then Ms Siew (the teacher in charge of choir) came and slap me.
"Don't dream lah boy, you still got the Alumnus Concert you know?"

What?!?!? A Concert, right in the middle of the exams? Having no choice, poor Wei Yang and I dragged ourselves away from Exam land and back to LT2 to practise the songs(which one do you think is worse?).

The Alumnus Concert, held on 10th May (Sat), mainly comprised of old people singing oldies and 山歌s(by the way, if Mdm. Lim knew chinese, I bet that she would be very eager to get tickets). Most of the songs were actually quite wierd. Then there was the HCJC choir, who got Gold With Honours for SYF. They sang quite well, especially the 2nd song. The last but not least is... *drumrolls*... us! the HC choir! With our angelic voices, we sang 华岗情 and Yagi Bushi (ironically, we only got a Silver for SYF).

This coming Thursday, we will be treated to dinner at Yan Palace, with lots of tasty food (ha! Garfield is getting jealous =) )That's all folks!

CJ

2009-05-10T20:08:00.000-07:00

WOOHOOO. Scary........ LOL. Part 3 here :D

2009-05-10T20:07:00.000-07:00

This is part 2 haha.

2009-05-10T20:04:00.000-07:00

Yo guys! This is the first part of Garfield's Halloween Adventure. LOL there is a song inside too (:

I'll post the next part later lol

Garfield Video - Nighty Nightmare

2009-04-17T06:35:00.001-07:00

Garfield! The fat cat that everyone loves! Here a cartoon about him having a nightmare because he ate too much. Enjoy!

(I worship you, Your Fattiness, Lord Garfield, King of All Foodstuff, Emperor of the Outer Pizza Rim, Controller of The Milkshake Way, Dictator of Lagzania Land, may chickens roast their legs for you to devour and may your blackhole belly be filled always.)

Stuff

2009-03-23T17:29:00.000-07:00

Hey all

The Gala Dinner on Saturday was great! The food was nice, and I felt that the whole choir (including me) sang like angels!!! The suit was a bit tight and scratchy though(must have ate too much).

Today, Ziying said something funny, "'I believe I can fly.' - famous last words."

Anyway, it's time for...............

What's HOT: 3 New Movies

1. $$$, Pay Your $
2. The Treasury
3. Indiana Jones and the Pot of Irish/ Fool's/ Rusty Gold

Coming soon in theatres.

Tickets are selling at $100, with a mega discount of 80% if you are in class 1I3!
So buy now! (Buy, or you die)

CJ
Treasurer cum Loanshark

Sec 1 Annual Camp - Hell

2009-03-19T17:21:00.000-07:00

Prison Diaries

Day 1 (11 March 2009)

"I don't wanna go..." everyone cried as they were drag into the deepest chamber of HELL. Yes, its the one and only: Sec 1 Annual Camp!

Sitting on the grass, eating horrible food, sliding into the milo(mud) pool... its a living hell man!

Day 2

Blood lay everywhere. The Sarimbun Challenge was a nightmare, especially that Jungle Trail where we faced of a pack of canibals, Red Indians and mosquitoes the size of cows. There were also many deadly traps.

At night, we had to dance the chicken dance around the great campfire, just to entertain those demonic trainers. Some people were chosen, via The Lottery, to be burned alive.

Day 3

With large trash bags in one hand, we proceded to pick up all litter, which included the corpses of our dear friends. Others had to clean all the blood stains away, so that there will be no evidence of what happened here.

Finally, we went home at noon.

Yo guys,

Overall, the camp was not that bad(although the milo pool is the worst activity there). Many of the meals consisted of my favourites - chicken wings and nuggets. The trainers were nice and the campfire was kinda awesome. :)

Of course, this can still be a scare idea for Halloween.
CJ: Hey guys, teacher said that we will be going back to that Sarimbun Camp!
All: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CJ

ANGLES & 3NGLES

2009-03-17T16:29:00.000-07:00

Hi All

As you guys know, I got 2nd in ANGLES and got into the finals of 3NGLES.

So, who liked my speech on SEX Ed?
After ANGLES, many people repeated one of my lines "They are just too young" whenever they saw me. Yes, the whole purpose of my speech is for you guys to remeber this phrase, but saying it over and over again makes it lose its meaning and it's really, really annoying :(

Of course, a few of you have created some funny/ sick stuff from the speech.
E.g. From Matthew Peter Chin - Sperm, eggs, penis, vagina: these were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girls. But Professor Utonium accidntally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: sex education. Boom! Thus the power slut girls were born, using their ultra super powers, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup has dedicated their lives to serve, as prostitutes!

*Ahem* The following is a conversation between Darrel and me.
Darrel: Hey CJ, you have to interact with girls for 3NGLES, right?
Me: Yeah, so?
D: Oh, soooo: Chun Ji san wa flirto experto des(CJ is a flirt expert in part Jap).
M: Huh? ... Heh, wait a minute......
*CJ chases Darrel*

Later...
D: Hey CJ, when are you going to invite me to your wedding with that Nanyang girl?
*The chase continues*

Haha, really funny Darrel.

So, wish me luck for 3NGLES Finals!

CJ

My Idol

2009-03-15T21:01:00.000-07:00

Yo

So, who can guess my idol(sort of)? I hope its very obvious. My idol is ...... GARFIELD!!!!
And a thousand hell dollars to the dumbdumb who could not guess it (what are you, blind?!?)!

Yes, it's that fat cat you see in the Life! comic section everday in The Straits Times Newspaper. Right now, I'll do a comparative study between garfield and me.
Difference: He is a cat. I'm human.
Similarties: About everything else.

Of course, there are other small and insignificant differences, such as:
1. He has 6 chins. I only have 2(don't worry; I'm making my way up).
2. He does not mind being called fat. I do.

Anyway, I would love to try out some of his habits (putting lagsania between 2 slices of pizza, kicking my brother out of bed etc). Hehehehe :)

So that's about all.

CJ

My Blog

2009-03-15T20:54:00.000-07:00

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, CJ created a blog...
*Star Wars Theme Music*

Yes, I know that everyone knows how to create a blog, but let me share my experience.

CJ clicks on Internet icon. Computer hangs. CJ takes out the 2-ton hammer...
CJ turns on laptop(Xu Yi's). Clicks on Internet icon. Xu Yi snatches laptop away. CJ takes out knife and fork...
CJ burps. Turns on school computer. CJ picks his teeth. Computer hangs. CJ puts on Sumo suit...

As you can see, it did not start off pretty well, mostly because I'm not IT savy. However, I do think that barbecued/ grilled/ marinated/ smoked Xu Yi is delicious to eat.

Darth CJ is forced to make a choice...

Well, it was the choice of the blogskin: cool or funny. I chose funny (hope it is though).

Darth CJ whips out his lightsaber and rolls into battle...

The blog address was also hard to decide. Of course, since my blogskin is funny, my blog URL should be cool. But for people like Justin, please don't "xiang wai"!

CJ

Watsup Guys

2009-03-14T15:25:00.000-07:00

Hi guys

Ok, I that I'm posting my 1st blog entry kinda late, but ... still, I'm posting!

Anyways, I'm going to catch up on whatever happened in these past few weeks. Wish me luck!

Blogging spree, here I come (as you know, I am going to roll there, not run)!

CJ