Dear mum.

おかあさまへ、

The words just get trampled by your nagging.
Heh. It just seems like the words simple roll off my tongue but were never heard. I never liked your comments. They always seemed to be as if you expected me to fly the next day.

For a split second, I thought that it would be fine if I simply slipped anyways. Who cares if the shadow is hurt.

Thats right. I'm just a simple shadow. Nothing goes wrong If I get things thrown at me, or if I get shouted at. Nothing. I simply follow behind like a shell.

I guess nothing is ever good enough for you.

Pavement Art.

So this Friday is going to be the day of our school's annual Pavement Art day. I signed up with a couple of my friend and we are pumped!

We are going to attempt a 3-D drawing and it is going to be a challenge but we are determined to pull it off. Searching on the school computers for tutorials and flat pictures of the result, I'm sure that we will be able to pull off a satisfying illusion!

Here is an example of what were were aiming to do initially.


Happy drawing!
Puppet.

Wow.

This is.... Very interesting.
I just came back from watching a movie (Limitless). I would say that it was.... Gosh.
It wasn't Toy Story 3 good. Neither was it... Horrible.
I guess out of a scale of 1-10 (10 being mind blastingly awesome)
It would be a 6/10.

Although the 'Limitless' pill in the movie was not real, the effects got me thinking about what I could do and all the possibilities I could hold. The pill simple does some sort of 'awakening process' and you were able to access 100% of your brain. The main character described it as a driving force wanting to get work done. I guess if you put it into a realistic situation, that kind of attitude doesn't really need some sort of magic pill to work. People all around the world have been working off their butts wanting to see a change in their community. That really got me thinking: "If I had that sort of drive to get work done, I'm sure these internals would just pass by like a summer breeze."

So I will work hard. And I will pull my head up to optimism.
私は一所懸命にがんばって、インタナールをする！　Fight-o!

But other than that.... Sabah. My gosh I would hug you a million times right now if I could. Your godly English help was fantastic. Because I am stubborn as a mule, I never even crossed past the thought of changing my seminar's focus question entirely. Many thanks.

History: So far so good. Just had an info swap with L. I am on a roll.
Gotta keep the cheese rolling up the hill to get it coming down smoothly right?
[Please don't ask. It just popped out of no-where.]

Puppet.

Enharmonica

Have you seen my new found interest?
A hu hu.
Its back to POKEMON!!
Since black/white (dusk/dawn) is already out, I began to do a little bit of research.

First discovery of research.
N = <3 cheren=" Intellect" touko=" Actually">Lampure->Chandelure
Candle->Lamp->Chandelier.

Well I guess its not as bad as the starter pokemon... But I are still disappoint. D:<

Formally, a Menger sponge can be defined as follows:

where M₀ is the unit cube and

Which then brings me to talk about 'Enharmionics' as well. Smart way to describe N =w=
Long story short: N is the 'king' of Team Plasma and they believe that Pokemon and Humans should be treated equally. (Communism?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enharmonic

In Pythagorean tuning, all pitches are generated from a series of justly tuned perfect fifths, each with a ratio of 3 to 2. If the first note in the series is an A♭, the twelfth note in the series, G♯, will be higher than the seventh octave (octave = ratio of 1 to 2, seven octaves is 1 to 2⁷ = 128) of the A♭ by a small interval called a Pythagorean comma. This interval is expressed mathematically as:

Don't worry. My guess is as good as yours. So just sit back, relax, and just smile and nod. :D

P.s. N is the pretty one to the right with luscious green hair. >w<


Puppet.

On the funner side...

I found this amazing tri-coloured colour pencil down at the spare room. It was a thick, triangular, colour pencil with a core consisting of a red, blue and yellow mixed lead.

Amazing huh?!

Then I started searching up some of the similar pencils, wondering if there were other amazing colours.

Turns out I was right.
:D

Puppet

Museum.

So yesterday after school and today in the afternoon, I spent an hour or so researching about the Passchendaele battles and New Zealand's involvement with World War 1. To be honest, I am thoroughly slapped awake, back into the reality. In this world, you either live or die. Sad, yet true.

The Third Battle of Ypres (Pronounced 'Yeep.' and rhymes with 'meep.' :D) was the battle in which more that 3,000 New Zealand soldiers' lives were lost.

GRACE is the awesome-est sister in the world!!!!!! love, sister kelly

Yes, sis, we all know how awesome of a sister you are. =_=
\locks her up in the janitor's closet.


So moving on... Off topic. :D

Rats.
Our house is now, sadly, the new home of these.. Dirty, thieving rats.

I am disappointed.
Ugh. Not only is it degrading living with that thing, knowing that it creeps around our kitchen cabinets at night, but it is also very irritating knowing that they ate our RICE and pooped on our garlic and ginger.

There are three things that make my asian dinners so... Beautifully 'azn'.
1.Rice
2.Garlic
3.Ginger
4.RICE.

NO ONE CROSSES ME AND MY RICE.
Seriously.
During year 10 camp, I was a bit 'off' per se, without my regular intake of rice. The camp was three days long.

Dear Rat,
Out. OUT NOW.
I WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS EATING OF RICE BY YOU RODENTS!

Puppet.

Done.

I finished. :D

Describe at least one technique that helped make the writer's idea(s) clear to you in each text. Explain why the technique(s) made the idea(s) clear to you in each text.

In the two texts David by Bub Bridger and Ursula at Parakakariki by Fiona Farrell, the important idea of growing up was shown through the use of language. Striking techniques such as contrast, symbolism and metaphor helped both writers highlight the idea of growing up effectively.

Ursula at Parakakariki is about a young girl leaving home to begin her new journey. Farrell used an extended metaphor to compare Ursula to a white bird, eager to leave home and take flight. “(S)he rises in feathers, she rises alone” This comparison is then later developed through the poem with the repetition of the word “Feather”. (e.g. “(R)ises in feathers… (F)eathered in soft rain, feathered in light.”)The Idea of growing up is highlighted with extended metaphor, giving readers an image of Ursula preparing herself, ready to “Fly”.

David by Bub Bridger is about a mother growing to love her son. Bridger uses symbolism and describes the mother and son’s love with a Viyella blanket. “The Viyella blanket I wrapped you in… (N)ot knowing or (c)aring what you looked like” This quote showed readers that David still loved his mother unconditionally, knowing that she would return the affection back. This symbol of love is then further developed later into the poem “One day I would wake up to a love so easy… (W)raps around me like your Viyella Blanket.” The idea of growing up is shown to the reader through the simple child-like love between David and his mother portrayed as a Viyella blanket.

Contrast was also used in the two texts to show the idea of growing up. Farrell uses the contrast between stepping “(F)rom land to thin bright air” to show a strong imagery of Ursula stepping away from the comfort of her home, taking flight into unstable, perilous skies. This highlights that Ursula’s journey is going to be different without her mother’s guidance. Similarly, Bridger uses contrast to compare her “(B)ig-headed (b)ullet of a boy” son to her first perfect daughter, “(T)hat flower that pale angel” This contrast shows readers that David’s mother was unable to love him at first because he was a big headed son unlike her other fragile innocent daughter. Growing up was evident in this contrast because David’s mother was judging her son by his appearance, unaware of the simple but effective love he was able to give her later in the poem.

The Idea of growing up was dimnant in the two texts by Farrell and Bridger. Ursula at Parakakariki and David had language features such as metaphor, symbolism and contrast to help readers understand the changes we undergo when growing up.

Word count: 436

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ありがとうございました～
Puppet.