I have finished reading another book " Animal Farm" by George Orwell. This book talks about how animals go about managing their own farm after getting rid of Jones, the owner of Manor Farm before changing the name to Animal Farm. Old Major spoke to all the animals a few nights before he died about taking back what was rightfully the animal's. The animals decided to get rid of Jones and manage the farm on their own like plough the fields, milk the cows and other stuff. With Snowball as the leader, he made the seven commandments which became six. They are "Four legs good, two legs bad", "No animal shall wear clothes", "No animal shall sleep in a bed", "No animal shall drink alcohol", "No animal shall kill any other animal" and "All animals are equal". However, Napoleon, one of the pigs, did not like Snowball as a leader and disagreed to whatever Snowball suggested and wanted to be leader. He brought up nine puppies so that he could use them to be leader. He used the grown up puppies to chase Snowball away and he became leader from then on. Squealer kept convincing everyone that Snowball was bringing Jones back to the farm. Napoleon decided to steal Snowball's idea of making a windmill to generate electricity. From then on, Napoleon controlled everything and slowly one by one all the commandments were changed like "No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets" and "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause". All the animals slowly grew old and died or Napoleon's dogs slaughtered them. One day, the pigs started walking on two legs and they held ad meeting with humans when they were supposed to avoid contact with humans. All the animals found that the pigs were beginning to become more like humans and the pigs at last changed "Animal Farm" back to "Manor Farm" as it was originally.
REPLECTIONS
I find that we should not be selfish and not care about others if one wants to become a leader. We should think of others before thinking of one's wellbeing. Another thing is that we should not go to great lengths and do drastic measures if we have a grudge on someone.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Book Review 2
I have just finished reading 'Number the stars' by Lois Lowry. This book is more of a war type of book and depicts the friendship The Johansen family gives to the Rosens family, helping them hide from the Nazi's and escaping from Denmark to Sweden. It starts off when Denmark was overun by the Nazi's. TheRosens family stayed with the Johansens family in the same house, so Annemarie, Ellen and Kristie go home together everyday after school.
They lived peacefully until one day the Nazi's wanted to get rid of all the jews, which meant Ellen's family, the Rosens. Annemarie's parents decided to hide Ellen in their house while Peter, Lise boyfriend when she was still in Earth, decided to hide Ellen's parents. On that night, the Nazi's came into the Johansen's house and inspected everywhere making sure they were not hiding any jew in their house.
The next day after the Nazi's left, Annemarie's mother decided to bring her, Kristie and Ellen to her brother's place by train. Along the way on the train, Nazi's checked the train. At the house, they ate and slept. The next day at night, they had a pretend wake. Many people came. At night, the Nazi's came and asked them why many people were gathered at such a late time of the night. They told them they had a wake and asked if he knew their customs. He said he knew and said openning the coffin was part of the custom but they did not open it. Annemarie's mother said she died of an infectious disease and may still spread. Hence the officer told them to open it once he left.
When they left, Peter open the coffin and inside was towels for them to keep warm while trying to escape. Ellen and her parents had reunited. They led all of them to Annemarie's mother's brother's boat to be sent away to Sweden.
A few years later, the war ended. However the Rosens had not returned. Annemarie had to live by herself.
MY REFLECTION
I learned that we should not take our friendship for granted. We may not be able to be with that person for a long time and may be forgotten. We should learn to treasure the friendship we have now and not waste it. I would recommend this book to others to read.
They lived peacefully until one day the Nazi's wanted to get rid of all the jews, which meant Ellen's family, the Rosens. Annemarie's parents decided to hide Ellen in their house while Peter, Lise boyfriend when she was still in Earth, decided to hide Ellen's parents. On that night, the Nazi's came into the Johansen's house and inspected everywhere making sure they were not hiding any jew in their house.
The next day after the Nazi's left, Annemarie's mother decided to bring her, Kristie and Ellen to her brother's place by train. Along the way on the train, Nazi's checked the train. At the house, they ate and slept. The next day at night, they had a pretend wake. Many people came. At night, the Nazi's came and asked them why many people were gathered at such a late time of the night. They told them they had a wake and asked if he knew their customs. He said he knew and said openning the coffin was part of the custom but they did not open it. Annemarie's mother said she died of an infectious disease and may still spread. Hence the officer told them to open it once he left.
When they left, Peter open the coffin and inside was towels for them to keep warm while trying to escape. Ellen and her parents had reunited. They led all of them to Annemarie's mother's brother's boat to be sent away to Sweden.
A few years later, the war ended. However the Rosens had not returned. Annemarie had to live by herself.
MY REFLECTION
I learned that we should not take our friendship for granted. We may not be able to be with that person for a long time and may be forgotten. We should learn to treasure the friendship we have now and not waste it. I would recommend this book to others to read.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Book review
I have just finished reading a book called 'Alpha Force-UNTOUCHABLE' by Chris Ryan. This book is about a drug group Alpha Force is trying to take out. It begins when Paulo, a member of Alpha Force, accepts a girl named Tiff to stay with the group for some time. The problem starts when Tiff goes somewhere secret and desolate where people take drugs there. While the group was looking for Tiff, a men gives Li, another member, a drink. Alex who is Li's boyfriend snatches the drink away and drinks it and puts his hand around Li's waist to chase the man away.
When the group found Tiff and took her home, Alex decided to go for a jog at night. Suddenly, he sees something in a bothy. He decides to hide in a corner and wait for something to happen. The people inside the bothy throw some things out of the bothy and Alex sees them, thinking they are human lips, heats and livers. He goes home hallucinating, thinking about a disaster that happened years ago.
The next day, he and Hex go for another jog so that Alex could show Hex the location while Li, Paulo and Amber bring Tiff for a hike. On the hike, a couple asked them for directions while their dog ran into a bush. They heard a bite and a wail. They found that the dog was bitten by a poisonous snake, and adder. The dog's face was beginning to inflate and swell and was suffocating. They brought the dog to the nearest vet which was in a castle as soon as possible. They managed to bring the dog in time to the vet. The vet needed a cardboard box to carry the dog and told a gamekeeper in the castle to look for a box. The game keeper handed the vet a box which was labelled 'Ketamine'. The vet asked him where he got the box but the gamekeeper did not know. The vet said it was a drug. The vet took some of the box and left the rest. Alex and Hex arrived back in time to see the vet drive the god away. Alex picked up th carboard which still had the word 'Ketamine' on it. He found another gamekeeper's reaction suspicious when he demanded Alex to return him the box and gave him another one. Alex decided to bring home the cardboard. The group later found out that Alex had drunk ketamine that was dissolved at the place Tiff was at. This brings the group to dangers mattering of life and death such as nearly being burnt alive and one of the members gets shot by a gun. I would recommend this book to those who are keen on adventure.
When the group found Tiff and took her home, Alex decided to go for a jog at night. Suddenly, he sees something in a bothy. He decides to hide in a corner and wait for something to happen. The people inside the bothy throw some things out of the bothy and Alex sees them, thinking they are human lips, heats and livers. He goes home hallucinating, thinking about a disaster that happened years ago.
The next day, he and Hex go for another jog so that Alex could show Hex the location while Li, Paulo and Amber bring Tiff for a hike. On the hike, a couple asked them for directions while their dog ran into a bush. They heard a bite and a wail. They found that the dog was bitten by a poisonous snake, and adder. The dog's face was beginning to inflate and swell and was suffocating. They brought the dog to the nearest vet which was in a castle as soon as possible. They managed to bring the dog in time to the vet. The vet needed a cardboard box to carry the dog and told a gamekeeper in the castle to look for a box. The game keeper handed the vet a box which was labelled 'Ketamine'. The vet asked him where he got the box but the gamekeeper did not know. The vet said it was a drug. The vet took some of the box and left the rest. Alex and Hex arrived back in time to see the vet drive the god away. Alex picked up th carboard which still had the word 'Ketamine' on it. He found another gamekeeper's reaction suspicious when he demanded Alex to return him the box and gave him another one. Alex decided to bring home the cardboard. The group later found out that Alex had drunk ketamine that was dissolved at the place Tiff was at. This brings the group to dangers mattering of life and death such as nearly being burnt alive and one of the members gets shot by a gun. I would recommend this book to those who are keen on adventure.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Organ trading
I find that we should not encourage organ trading as it is illegal. Recently there has been a debate on whether organ trading should be illegalised in Singapore. There are black markets all around this world selling organs.
In Dehli, appoximately 2000 kidneys are being sold and the figure does not include donations and operations which are taking place.
For the sake of earning some money, people sell thier organs to patients. I find that these donars are foolish. For the sake of money, these people sell thier organs without realising what problems they will face in the future such as bladder problem, difficulty in peeing, failure of removing of waste from the body and so on.
If organ trading was illegalised in Singapore, I would not encourage it to other people due to the difficulties and challenges.
I hope organ trading would not be illegalised in Singapore so it would not be encouraged to the poeple and to prevent them from buying organs in the near future.
In Dehli, appoximately 2000 kidneys are being sold and the figure does not include donations and operations which are taking place.
For the sake of earning some money, people sell thier organs to patients. I find that these donars are foolish. For the sake of money, these people sell thier organs without realising what problems they will face in the future such as bladder problem, difficulty in peeing, failure of removing of waste from the body and so on.
If organ trading was illegalised in Singapore, I would not encourage it to other people due to the difficulties and challenges.
I hope organ trading would not be illegalised in Singapore so it would not be encouraged to the poeple and to prevent them from buying organs in the near future.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Book Review on Village By The Sea
Hi! I've just finished reading a book called Village By The Sea. It's quite a thin book but I took a week to complete it as I had to read it carefully since this was going to be my literature exam. Overall, I find that this book displays a great view of India in a rural point of view where the story takes place in Thul, near Bombay. The story is about a boy, Hari, going to Bombay to earn a living for the family since his father was often drunk and his mother was very ill. His sisters also are not able to work as their mother and father go to the hospital in Alibagh when Hari goes to Bombay. Their eldest sister, Lila, has to take care of their two younger sisters, Bela and Kamal, and do household chores for the De Silva's who come to stay in Thul whenever it is holiday season.
The characters in this story are Hari, Lila, Bela and Kamal, Pinto the dog, Hari's father, Hari's mother, Hira-bai (Hari's neighbour's mother), the Khenekar brothers ( Hira-bai's sons), the new watchman of the upcoming factory which is to be built in Thul, policeman in Bombay, Mr Panwallah the watchmender who taught Hari watchmending skills, Jagu the owner of an eating house who gave Hari a job to clean plates and make chapatti, Adarkhar the person who led the villages to protest against the government, Biju the richest man in town whom people think he smuggles, Sayyid Ali the birdwatcher, de Silva's who come to Thul during holidays and stay at mon Repos, Ramu who is Hari's friend and Jagu's wife.
There are five themes applicable to this story: Family, Change and Adaptation, Urban and Rural India, Poverty and Wealth and Benefactors.
Family: This story tells us how Hari gets along with his family and how they manage to survive despite thiers poverty.
Change and Adaptation: This story tells us how Hari managed to find a job to earn a living in Bombay, a concrete jungle. Hari tries to adapt from a dilapidated village to a hard sturdy country.
Urban and Rural India: This shows how Hari goes from Thul to Bombay.
Poverty: This shows how poor Hari's family is.
Benefactors: This shows how de Silva's helped Hari's family by providing them with jobs and brought his mother to the hospital and paying for her bills.
The characters in this story are Hari, Lila, Bela and Kamal, Pinto the dog, Hari's father, Hari's mother, Hira-bai (Hari's neighbour's mother), the Khenekar brothers ( Hira-bai's sons), the new watchman of the upcoming factory which is to be built in Thul, policeman in Bombay, Mr Panwallah the watchmender who taught Hari watchmending skills, Jagu the owner of an eating house who gave Hari a job to clean plates and make chapatti, Adarkhar the person who led the villages to protest against the government, Biju the richest man in town whom people think he smuggles, Sayyid Ali the birdwatcher, de Silva's who come to Thul during holidays and stay at mon Repos, Ramu who is Hari's friend and Jagu's wife.
There are five themes applicable to this story: Family, Change and Adaptation, Urban and Rural India, Poverty and Wealth and Benefactors.
Family: This story tells us how Hari gets along with his family and how they manage to survive despite thiers poverty.
Change and Adaptation: This story tells us how Hari managed to find a job to earn a living in Bombay, a concrete jungle. Hari tries to adapt from a dilapidated village to a hard sturdy country.
Urban and Rural India: This shows how Hari goes from Thul to Bombay.
Poverty: This shows how poor Hari's family is.
Benefactors: This shows how de Silva's helped Hari's family by providing them with jobs and brought his mother to the hospital and paying for her bills.
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