MADPP life: January 2015

Monday, January 26, 2015

LET'S GO INTO THE HUNGER GAME !!

HAVE YOU WATCHED IT??

22 January 2015

For this week, my friend and I watched a very interesting movie which is The Hunger Game. It is about a girl who volunteered to become the tribute in the Hunger Game in order to save her beloved younger sister. From each district there would be two participants, one girl and one boy. Therefore Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark had represented the District 12. When the Hunger Game was held, all of the participants were placed in the forest. They needed to use any kind of method just to survive until the game ended. At the end of the movie, both of them managed to survive and go back to their home just because of their spirit to win the game and their hopes.

I really liked this movie because it shows how we need to sacrifice something to get what we want. If it was being applied in my real life, it just like how I came to this KKTM Ledang just to achieve my dream. Besides, I found that this movie is marvellous is because it taught me that we can succeed when we are cooperating together with the people around us. It is because the ways we are thinking are not the same as the other person. So, it will be very helpful when we get various ways to solve the problems in our daily life. Lastly, I found that I learnt on the importance to adapt with our new environment. Just like Katniss in the movie, she slept on the tree when she was in the jungle in order to survive. So, I also need to learn to adapt with my new environment in order for me to survive and achieve my dream.

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NEW WORDS !!

-hunger ( nouns ) ( verb )

· The state of not having enough food to eat especially when this cause illness and death

-In the third World many people die of hunger each year.

· A strong desire for something

-she is hungering for success.

-immaculate ( adjective )

· Perfectly clean and tidy

-Immaculate white shirt

· Without any mistake

-An immaculate performance

-peg ( nouns ) ( verb )

· A pieces of wood, metal or etc. on a wall or door that you hang your coat

-My father put his coat at the peg on the wall of his room.

· A piece of metal that you push into the ground to keep one the rope of a tent in place

-Mario pushed the peg into the ground in order the keep the tent in place

· A type of small wooden or plastic used for fastening wet clothes to a cloth line ( clothes pin )

-My mother used peg to fasten the wet clothes

· To fix or keep something at certain level.

-Wage increases were pegged at 5%

Did you find it interesting and beneficial to you?? :)

SHERLOCK HOLMES TIME !!!

MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES

IT IS THE PLACE WHERE SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR WATSON LIVE TOGETHER

22 January 2015

Have you heard about Sherlock Holmes??

If yes, you're marvellous !!

If no, let me tell you... :)

I read a story about Sherlock Holmes by using the application of Sherlock Holmes Collection. In my opinion this application is very marvellous since it combined many stories. So, for this very first week I had finished one of the stories which is A Study in Scarlet. The story started when Stamford introduced Dr Watson to Sherlock Holmes. Dr Watson found that Sherlock Holmes was such an interesting person. It is because Sherlock Holmes was an expert chemist and he also knew all about the human’s anatomy although he didn’t get proper education about it. Besides, Sherlock Holmes also found a reagent that would only react toward the haemoglobin inside the human blood. At the end Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes became a roommate at No. 221B, Baker Street.

From this story, one lesson that I learned from the material is I need to know the person around me. Just like one of my favourite quote which is “ Don’t judge the book by its cover “. It is because maybe their strange behaviour or their bizarre looked will give you a new experience in your life. Just like what Dr Watson had been done when he met Sherlock Holmes. He didn’t have a bad thought about him but he tried to know him better. Besides, I also realized that I need to learn something on my own and not too depend on the other person. It is because I believe that during my tertiary study, I will not been spoon fed. So, I need to stand on my own feet in order to achieve my dream.

So, let's search for our dream together..

MY DREAM.... WHERE ARE YOU ??

26 January 2015

-dabble ( verb )

· To become involved in something in a way that is not very serious ( berkecimpung )

-I would like to dabble in politics in the future.

· To put your hand or feet in water and move them around

-We sat on the bank and dabbled our toes in the river.

-deuce ( nouns )

· A score of 40 points to each player in a game of tennis

-We will play until we get the deuce.

-peculiarity ( nouns )

· A strange or unusual characteristic, quality or habit.

-There are some peculiarities in her behaviour

· A characteristic or a quality that only belong to one particular person, things or place
( ciri khusus )

-The cultural peculiarities of the English.

· The quality of being strange or unusual

-He has such a peculiarity in his attitude.

-penultimate ( adjective )

· The one before the last one

-‘Y’ is the penultimate letter of the alphabet.

-awash

· Covered with water or something ( dibanjiri/dipenuhi )

-The city was awash with rumours.

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Harry really loved to play tennis since he was in elementary school and he dabbled in tennis competition when he was in secondary school. His school was awash with the rumours that he had some peculiarity in his behaviours. Hence. his teacher during elementary school had doubt about his ability to play tennis. After 10 years had passedHarry was the penultimate player for that competition. When he was playing the tennis during that competition he got a deuce.

25 January 2015

-infallible ( adjective )

· ( used about of person ) never making mistake or being wrong.

-Even the most careful typist is not infallible.

-murmured ( verb )

· To say something in a low quite voice

-He murmured a name in his sleep.

-hilarious ( adjective )

· Extremely funny

-Syahmi really like to do a hilarious joke during our class.

-conjure ( verb )

· To do tricks by clever, quick hand movement, that appear to be magic

-Every evening, Ceil will practice to do some conjure.

-notorious ( adjective )

· Well known for something bad ( terkenal kerana kejahatan )

-He is notorious in his school because he is a little naughty.

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Alif was good at doing some conjure. He was able to do some conjure infallibly. One day, when he was performing suddenly there were two man stabbed him from the back. The incident was clearly seen by his younger brother, Amin. It was a terrible memory to Amin and it made him felt lonely. Every night, Amin will murmur his brother’s name. At the school, Amin is a notorious student and he always made a hilarious joke during class. It is one of the ways for Amin to forget his sadness for a moment.

24 January 2015

-Cordially ( adjective )

· To say something sweetly and warmly

-“Will you marry me?” said Sebastian cordially.

-perceive ( verb )

· To notice or realize something ( nampak/menyedari )

-Scientists failed to perceive how dangerous the level pollution had become.

· To understand or think of something in a particular way ( merasakan )

-I perceived his comments as a criticism

-astonishment ( nouns )

· Very get surprise

-He stared in astonishment.

-chuckling ( verb )

· To laugh quietly ( tertawa kecil )

-Eddy chuckled to himself as he read the letter.

-doubt ( nouns )

· A feeling of uncertain about something ( keraguan )

-There’s some doubt that Jan will past the exam.

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Last year, I received a pink letter from someone that I didn’t know. When I open that letter, I found out that someone was confessing his love toward me. I was chuckling when I read that letter. One day, I went to night market together with my mom and suddenly there was someone tapped my shoulder. “ Will you marry me?” said that man cordially. I stared him in astonishment. I had a little doubt about that man sincerity. After I had become a friend with him for a few months I perceived that he was sincere to me

23 January 2015

-bizarre ( adjective ) @ weird

· Very strange

-Yesterday, I met an old man with a bizarre face

-ascended ( verb )

· To go up

-the questions are arranged in ascending order of difficulty.

-loft ( nouns ) @ attic

· The room or space under the roof of a house or a building ( loteng )

-The new house that my father brought had a loft.

-flicker ( verb ) ( nouns )

· ( used about the light or flame ) to keep going on and off as it burns or shine ( berkelip-kelip )

-The candle flickered and went out

· ( used about the feeling, thought etc.) to be appear in a short time ( terlintas/terukir sebentar )

-A smile flickered across her face.

· To move lightly and quickly up and down ( berkelip )

His eyelids flickered for a second and he lay still

· A light that shine on and off quickly ( kelipan )

-The flicker of the flame.

· A feeling of something that only last for a short time ( sekilas )

-I have a flicker hope to go home this week.

-sprang ( past tense of spring ) ( verb )

· To jump or to move quickly

-When the alarm went off, Ray sprang out of the bed.

· ( used about the object ) to move suddenly and violent ( melenting/membidas)

-The branch sprang back and hit his face.

· To appear or come somewhere suddenly

-Tears sprang to her eyes.

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When the alarm went off, I sprang out of the bed. After taking bath, I climbed up the stairs to go to the loft of my house. I brought together with me a candle because the loft was quite dark. When I was in the loft, I arranged my warrior cards in ascending order of their strength. After an hour had past, the candle started to flicker and at the same time I heard someone was calling my name. I took a look from the window of the loft. Surprisingly, I saw a bizarre old man was looking at me with a smile on his face.

22 January 2015

-astonish ( verb ) @ amazed

· To surprise somebody very much ( mengejut )

-Everyone was astonished when she announced that she was already engaged.

-seize ( verb ) @ grab

· To take hold of something suddenly and firmly ( menyambar )

-In the blink of eyes, the eagle seized the snake.

· To take control or possession of sb/sth ( merampas )

-The police seized 30kg of illegal drugs.

· ( usually passive – about the emotion ) to affect somebody suddenly and very strongly

-I felt myself seized by panic.

-lunatic ( nouns ) @ madman/maniac ( adjective )

· ( Informal ) a person who behaves in a stupid way doing crazy and often dangerous things.

-In my previous school, there was a student who was a lunatic.

· Crazy/stupid

-He gave us such a lunatic idea.

-occasionally ( adverb )

· Something that had been done or happening from time to time but not very often

( sekali-sekala )

-My friend and I were met occasionally.

-formidable ( adjective )

· Causing you to be quite frightened ( menggerunkan )

-Her mother is a rather formidable lady.

· Difficult to deal with; needing a lot of effort ( sukar )

-Reforming the education system will be a formidable task.

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I have a friend named Sara. She is such a formidable girl so everyone was afraid to be friend with her. One day, when she was walking back from our reunion suddenly there were two mans seized her handbag. She fell down and her head knocked on the hard stone. After that incident, we met occasionally and I was astonished when I found out that she had turn into a lunatic.

21 January 2015

-latch ( nouns ) ( verb )

· A small metal bar use to fastening the gate or door ( selak )

-My father put the latch on each door and gate at our house.

· ( Informal ) to understand something

-It took a while to latch on what she was trying to say.

-compatriot ( nouns )

· The person who come from the same country as you

-When I was in Korea last year, I found one of the Malay man who was the compatriot of mine.

-bemused ( adjective )

· Confused and can’t thing clearly

-When I got the examination paper I suddenly became bemused.

-queer ( adjective ) @ odd

· ( old fashioned ) strange or unusual

-She had a queer feeling when she saw that man yesterday.

-eccentric ( adjective )

· ( used for the people or their behaviour ) unusual or strange

-People said he was mad but I think he was just slightly eccentric.

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Last school holiday, my family and I went to Japan. After a long journey lastly we arrived there safely. I was so jovial and bemused when I realized that I was in Japan. One of my father’s friends who is our compatriot helped us to find a place for us to stay. I had a little bit queer feeling about him. After 10 minutes we walked, suddenly my sister whispered at me, “You know, that man is slightly eccentric but he is a genius,”. Finally I knew the reason why I had a queer feeling toward him. I also needed to take time to latch on what he was trying to say.

20 January 2015

-pretentious ( adjective )

· Trying to appear more serious or important than you really are

-I think that it is pretentious to wear that gown during that event.

-dominion ( nouns )

· The power to rule and control

-He was capable to have dominion over that area.

· An area controlled by a government or a ruler

-The dominions of Roman Empire were enormous.

-hail ( verb ) ( nouns )

· To say to the public that sb/sth is very good ( menyangjung )

-That novel was hailed as a masterpiece

· To call or wave to sb/sth ( melambai / memanggil )

-I tried to hail a taxi when I wanted to go home yesterday.

· When it is hail, the small balls of ice fall from the sky like rain ( hujan batu turun )

-Last two week it was hailed at my place.

· The small balls of ice called hailstone ( hujan batu )

-when it hails, the small balls of ice come from the sky like the rain is called hailstone.

· A large amount of something that is aimed at somebody in order to harm them.

-A hail of bullets was aimed at him.

-hanker ( verb )

· To want something so badly ( teringin )

-She was hankering after/for that handbag since last week promotion.

-rattle ( verb ) ( nouns )

· To make a noise by hard things hitting each other or to shake something.

-The windows were rattling all night because of the strong wind.

-he rattled the money in the tin.

· ( informal )to make somebody suddenly become worried ( mencemaskan )

-The news of his arrival rattled her.

· The noise made by hitting hard things together

-when my younger sister was shaking her piggybank, it produced a rattle sound.

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I was hankering after that gown since I watched a movie where the ruler of the dominion wore it. As the result, I asked the permission from my parent to go to the mall to buy it. I rattled my piggybank before i took out the money. After that I went out and hailed for a taxi. When I reached at the boutique that sold that gown, suddenly I felt it was pretentious to wear it during Hari Raya.

19 January 2015

-convalesce ( verb )

· To rest and get better over a period of time after an illness

-The doctor suggested to me to convalesce for a month after the surgery.

-emaciated ( adjective )

· Extremely thin and week because of illness, lack of food etc.

-The children in Africa are emaciated because of lack of food.

-irritable ( adjective )

· Becoming angry easily

-Sam is such an irritable person.

-ought ( modal verb )

· Used to say something that somebody should do

- ‘You ought to visit your parent more often,’ said Sarah to her friend.

· Used to say what should happen or what you expect

-They ought to be here by 9 o’clock in the morning.

· Used for asking for and giving advice about what to do

-You ought to read the novel because it is really interesting.

-ruthless ( adjective )

· Hard and cruel. Determine to do something without showing pity to others

-The dictator of the country is really ruthless.

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The dictator of that country was really ruthless and irritable. He didn’t concern to his people at all although they were emaciated because of lack of food. He ought that he would be a fabulous leader of the country by being ruthless. On June 1809, he was shoot and one of his leg was already in the grave. He undergo a surgery. After that, the doctor suggested to him to convalesce for three month because he was severely injured due to that incident.

18 January 2015

-enormous ( adjective ) @ huge

· Very big or very great

-The enormous building caught in my eyes.

-corps ( nouns )

· A part of army with special duties

-The medical corps was helping the flood victims sincerely.

· A group of people involve in a special activities

-The diplomatic corps were discussing about an important issues.

-shattered ( adjective )

· Very shock and upset

-I was so shattered when I heard about that news.

· ( informally ) very tired

-I’m absolutely shattered.

-devotion ( nouns )

· Great love for sb/sth

-A mother’s devotion to her children.

· The act of giving a lot of your time, energy, etc. to sb/sth

-She is so devotion to her duty.

· Very strong religious feeling

-He is very devotion to his religion,

-entice ( verbs )

· To persuade somebody to do something or to go somewhere by offering them something nice

-The owner of the Japanese restaurant tries to entice the people to come to their restaurant.

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The last two week, an enormous building had collapsed in Baker Street. The medical corps was helping all of the victims sincerely and full of devotion. Most of the victims shattered due to this disaster. But the government try to put their entire sadness aside so, they enticed all the victims to come to the temporary housing area in the big city.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Welcome. I'm starting a new blog. Its about my life in KKTM Ledang. Please have a nice reading.