Micro-Fiction - Greed

We stood facing our prey. The packet of birds' nest stood out. "What are you getting for Mom's birthday?" "That." While my brother diverted attention, I stole it. Successful. After the first experience, I turned greedier. I no longer wanted to be poor. I committed more crimes. Finally, I get caught. I was still greedy.

Parent's Comments

I see that you have read quite a lot of books. Keep up the good work. Reading is at least better than staring at the computer for the whole day as it can help improve your English standard. Just remember to plan your schedule properly and not let reading take up too much of your time. Studying should be your top priority now though reading is also important.

Mother's Memorable Read

Title: BEING HAPPY! A Handbook To Greater Confidence And Security.

About The Author: This book is written by Andrew Matthews, a professional portrait artist and cartoonist. Andrew Matthews has illustrated for leading magazines around the world and has won several of Australia's major art prizes. Not only is he talented in art, Andrew Matthews is also dynamic and is an entertaining speaker and his programmes are much in demand in Australia, Asia and Europe.

About The Book: This book is an international bestseller and as its name suggests, this book teaches people on how they can boost their confidence and have a greater sense of security.

Reasons For Choosing This Book: My mother likes this book as it has taught her several meaningful things in life and also helped her to better control her emotions. The author expresses his thoughts and feeling in the book not only through words but also through humorous pictures and this is also one main reason why my mother likes it so much. Overall, the book is a must-read for all adults as it teaches us lots of useful tips ranging from setting goals to controlling emotions.

Confessions Of A Game Addict

Gaming can be fun, relaxing and can take your mind off stressing issues. However, once a person gets addicted, things can get serious. I understand all this as I have experienced this before. When I was Primary 5, homework was scarce and the exam papers set by my primary school was relatively easy so there was no cause for worry that you would fail as that was highly impossible then. Knowing this, I would devote my time to playing tons and tons of computer games without fail on a daily basis and leave my homework and revision guides on the table for them to "collect dust". Life was very enjoyable then compared to now, three-quarter of my leisure time would be spent on computer games and the other one-quarter was wasted on other activities. However, things changed. I realised that I could no longer control my temper and would have mood swings once in a while. Even a slight disturbance would cause me to be agitated. My parents began to notice the change in me and advised me to stop this habit of mine. But instead of taking their advice like usual, a feeling of dread came over me and the next thing I knew, I was shouting at them to leave and mind their own business. Since that day, I rarely talked to my parents and as time passed, things grew worst. I did badly for the exams during the third semester and nearly failed a subject. My parents could not accept the fact that I had actually done so badly for my exams and thus decided to put a stop to matter. The next day, I came back from school to find my computer missing. It seems that my parents have given it to my cousins and that it would only be returned when I change this bad attitude of mine. Initially, I really hated my parents to the extent that I had even thought of leaving home, however as time passed, I found that my parents did that all for my sake. Since then, I never laid a finger on the computer anymore and concentrated on my studies. It was because of that that enabled me to enter the secondary school which I am in now.

Intrapersonal: Oral Diary From My Point Of View.

Dear Diary,

It is three in the morning, yet instead of sleeping, I am wide awake and staring into thin air. I keep getting nightmares and memories of my wrongdoings keep coming back to haunt me. I simply cannot bear this torment anymore. It seems that unless I apologize to you, I would always have a guilty conscience and I do not want this to happen. I am really sorry Miss Narwin, I really did not mean for this to happen. All I wanted was to get a passing grade and enter the school's track team. However, you blew my chances of entering the team when you gave me a failing grade. This made me bear a grudge towards you. At the first sign of an opportunity for me to switch classes, I seized it and was successful. However, the issue got blown out of hand in the end and you had to resign. I am really sorry. I initially did not intend to make this matter a mountain out of a molehill, but it just had to happen. I know but it was wrong of me to implicate you but what's done is done and there is also nothing I can do now that can bring us back to the past to avoid this mistake. Therefore, I just want to say that I am sorry for bringing you so much sorrow, and that this matter is all my fault. I hope you can accept my sincere apologies.

My Reflection On Blogging

Overall, I find blogging much easier and less time-consuming compared to writing a piece of essay. We can express ourselves better when blogging and numerous people would be able to share their views too, unlike a piece of essay where only two people are involved, thus it is obvious that blogging is much more effective. However, there is a flaw to blogging and that is people might get distracted by other applications and games and. Due to this distraction, a post that would just need ten minutes to be completed could take thirty minutes instead. This would be what I really dislike, as I would not be able to complete this piece of work within the scheduled time and it would drag on to my other activities, becoming more time-consuming instead. The only idea that I could come up with was to increase the number of blog prompts, though this is not a really good idea. Besides this, I think that tieing in our electronic bookshelf to our blog is a good idea as the teacher can monitor the books we read, give some good advices and ensure that we read frequently so that there would be improvement in our English results.

My Connection Between Graphic Novels And Narrative Texts

-----> Example of a Narrative Text

---> A narrative text is a story that is created in a constructive format ( written, spoken, poetry, images, song or dance ) that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events. A narrative can also be told by a character within a larger narrative.

-----> Example of a Graphic Novel
---> A graphic novel is a type of comic book, usually with a lengthy and complex storyline similar to those of narratives, and aimed at all audiences, generally speaking. The term also encompasses comic short story anthologies, and in some cases bound collections of previously published comic book series. Graphic novels are typically bound in longer and more durable formats than familiar comic magazines, using the same materials and methods as printed books.

Based on the information above, we can conclude that graphic novels and narratives are similar in a way, only that both tell the story in a different way. The graphic novel tells us through a series of colourful and elaborate pictures while the narrative tells us through words. That would be all to the connection.

Top Three Learning Preferences

1. Intrapersonal
2. Interpersonal
3. Logical