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MADPP Inter-class Debate Tournament 2016

I realised that I had not writing posts about my own life for a veryyyyyyyy long time. I miss my old times when I had so much inspirations to write. I don't know what happened to me :(

So, now, I am going to tell you guys about my experience during the MADPP inter-class debate tournament 2016. I was in the group 3, my teammates were Fahim and Zangief. They both were sooooo great that i was so insecure every time we were discussing huhu.

Talking about debate, i remembered my times back in kopu. For five years living in kopu, I envied the debate team so much because I couldn't join them. I asked Miss Erine and Miss Fat for three times but they rejected me as I was not qualified, based on my exam scores. Okay then... But then I joined Kota Putra Debate Championship (KDC) twice with my debate siblings, Faiqah and Syakir. For the first try, we lost in 2013. But, in 2014, we won as the champion and we were so happy!! :')

Ohh my boolat face >.<

Back to the original story, our group had to defeat Kamil's group which consisted of Alan, Kamil, Ayda and Sal. We were so nervous as their group members were too great. But, we gave our best to debate on the motion 'THW ban animal dissections in schools' as the government. I, as the PM, Zangief the deputy and Fahim as the whip. I was so nervous at the first place as I never play the PM's role (as before this, I would be the 2nd or 3rd speaker, which I thought I was so brave debating back then. But now...... hmmm). We prepared for this motion 2 nights earlier (Fahim was the most excited one actually heheh), and I watched back all the debate videos on the Youtube. And alhamdulillah, we managed to go to the next round, exactly 1 round after the next debate.

In this round, we met Minion, Riza and Fatin on the motion of 'THBT wealthy people should pay higher taxes' as the opposition. However we motion stands and we lose, :')

In the final round, my roommates, Sharifah and Iffah was in, alongside with Amirul Afiq. They were defeating Helena, Wilbur and Fina. I was so proud of them debating in fornt of everyone else!!!!

To wrap this up, I learnt a lot from this event. I learnt how to be the speaker of the house (even though they bashed me :P because I was trying to cheer the serious situation, even though I was aware that a speaker shouldn't do that heheh), giving a quality POI, and to speak more confident about my point. I had this 'disease' that I can't talk confidently when I am in front of all of the great people. I am too afraid to speak up hmmm.

So here are some pictures during the event. Enjoy!

Me, Zangief and Fahim

I thinks thats all for today. Thank you for reading! :D

Regards,

Alia.

November 25th 2016.

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Re Movies: Juno

Hey guys! Today i am going to make a review on a movie entitled as above. I watched this movie for the first time when Miss Jo chose it for our weekly movie.

This movie was a very good movie, as for me, it portrays the current situation in our society. It was about Juno, a high school girl who got pregnant and she decided to give her baby away. One day, she met a couple who desperately wanted a baby because they had married for a long time, but was not gifted any baby yet. Juno liked the couple because they had a very beautiful house, and looked happy together. Actually, even though Juno seemed like didn't care much about her baby, but she was trying to find a happy family so that her daughter will have a great life afterwards.

So, they made a deal that Juno will updated them about her pregnancy and the baby will be handed as soon after the baby was out.The plan went smoothly until one day, the husband asked the wife for divorce. At first, she was so sad as the plan seemed like it would not went as they intended. But somehow Juno was still going to continue her plan to give her baby to the wife, as she had seen how the wife acts as a mother in the mall one day back then.

In my point of view, Juno's actions should be praised as she done the right thing. She find a good family to give her baby because she realised that she couldn't take care of the baby at the current state. This movie was very relevant as a Malaysian, because as we can see the babies problem had arose drastically lately. Rather than throwing them in the garbage, kill them in the toilet, they can make a right decision just like what Juno did. Find a suitable family to give the baby away. The baby's life will not be that dark and their life might be much better. I am so sad and disappointed watching how the babies were treated, as they were the culprit of the parents' sin. May Allah protect us from all of those state.

Btw I love Ellen Page so much!!!

Isn't she too pretty and cool in some way???

Vocabulary session

1. Stride (to walk with very long steps)

- Sharifah strode towards the KFC since she was starving to death.

2. Lest (for fear that. -used when you are saying something in order to prevent something from happening)

- Joe was hesitant to speak the truth to the police lest he be killed.

3. Whetstone (a stone used for sharpening knives, blades, etc)

- The whetstone was so difficult to get, as they can only be bought in the markets.

Thats all for today. Bye!

Regards,

Alia.

November 25th 2016.

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Re Movies: Train To Busan

Hye guys! I am so sorry for my late update today, as I was so busy with my report huhu...

So today, we are gonna talk about one of the most popular movies in 2016, which is Train To Busan (korean movie). I am pretty sure that some of you might had watch this before, so yeah.

This movie is basically about a spread disease where the infected people will be zombies and they always ran after normal people to spread it. Soo-an, a daughter to her divorced parents was in the train with her father to Busan to celebrate her birthday with her mom. However, the exciting journey turned to be a horrible journey for her as one of the zombies was in the same train as her.

I personally love this movie as it portrays the situation of a single father where he didn't even care much of his daughter because of work. He didn't pay much attention on his daughter's desires and it made him looked like a bad father. When I grow up, I will try my best so that my children will not face the same situation like Soo-an had. Even though I will be busy with my work, I will make sure I know everything that happens with my children because this movie taught me that children are the most valuable gift a human could get. The ending of this movie is very lovely but in the same time it made me cry :'(

Oh yeah, 1 comment about the movie is that, the real factor of the disease was not discussed much. I was quite blur of why did the situation happened at the first place. Yeah, it did mentioned something related to Soo-an's father's company, but I still didn't get it.. So, if the writer can include a little bit details of the cause, I am pretty sure it will be so much fun! heheh.

Vocabulary session
1. Ado (foolish/unnecessarily talk, trouble/activity)
- " Without further ado, let us invite the man of the hour to the stage,"

2. Wee (very small or very young)
- He's just a wee lad.

2. Wee (very early)
- The delivery boy will start working at the wee hours in the morning.

3. Tremendous (very large/great)
- The Apollo 21's engine is so tremendous.

3. Tremendous (very good/excellent)
- She is an actor of tremendous talent.

Thats all for today.. It is already 2 o'clock huhu. Bye!

p/s: Soo-an has a tremendous talent in acting. I envy her so much!!!!!

Regards,
Alia.
November 24th 2016.

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Re Movies: Divergent

Hey guys! This afternoon, let us talk about this fiction film, entitled The Divergent that was aired in 2014. For me, i kinda love this film because it was a film that contains actions, romance and family relations. Oh yeah, this film was adapted from Veronica Roth's novels and it contains 3 more sequels. Insurgent (already in major film), Allegiant and Four.

This film was about Tris, who lived in The City with her family. The City was surrounded by the wall and the people were divided into 5 factions: Amity, Erudite, Candor, Dauntless and Abnegation. Tris was in the Abnegation. When someone was going to turn into a range of ages, they need to decide which faction they want to belong.

During the test, Tris was diagnosed as a Divergent, who doesn't belong to any faction because they suit in every faction. The problem here was that Divergent was considered as the dangerous group that can harm The City. So she kept it for herself. During the choosing ceremony, Tris chose to join the Dauntless while her brother in Erudite, both leaving their parents in the Abnegation.

In the Dauntless, she was being tortured a lot, but she trained very hard. This was because Dauntless was supposed to protect all of the people inside The City, exactly like the police. There, she met Four, who was the trainer for all the new members. It was happened to be that Four was actually one of the Divergent too.

The climax for this film was when the Erudited used all of the Dauntless to kill all of the Abnegations to overthrow them. They want to rule The City. The Dauntless was under the simulation, and they follow the order gave by the Erudite. However, the simulation wasn't working for the Divergent. Tris and Four were brilliant, they act just like the normal Dauntless. However, they were caught when one of the Dauntless leaders wanted to kill Four. Then, Four was brought to the Erudite leader, while Tris was saved by her mom, who successfully escaped.

Tris went to the Erudite main post to saved Four and shut the simulation system down. She went through some torture from the leader, but she finally did it. After that, Tris and Four ran away to a place where they didn't even know.

I liked this film as it taught me to keep running even when i will be tortured or being abandoned by others, No one will ever save me unless I save myself. Even though this film was totally unreal, but some of the indirect messages was there. Being different also doesn't mean that I was wrong, it may be another different way that human behave.

I would give 8/10 for this film!!!

Vocabulary session
1. Overthrow (to remove someone or sth from power especially by force)
- They overthrow the Abnegation people by killing all of them.

2. Vain (too proud of your appearance, abilities, achievements, etc)
- Keith is known as someone who is very vain about his intelligence in Mathematics.

2.Vain (having no success: not producing a desired result)
- Even though her efforts were in vain, she never gave it up.

3. Fortress (a place that is protected against attack: a fortified place)
- The military camp is one of the fortress spot in the country.

I bet that's all for today. Adios!

Regards,
Alia.
November 23rd 2016.

Ok, this one was ...... HA HA

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Re Movies: Big Hero 6

I believe most of you had watched this movie, or... some may not. heheh. This movie is more about family, friends and technologies.

Hiro, an orphan boy who lived with his aunt and his older brother, Tadashi was a genius, just like Tadashi. However, he dislike being at school, as for him schools was just for the nerds. One fine night, Tadashi brought Hiro to his extraordinary lab and Hiro was exactly attracted to Tadashi's school, as it suited his passion.

He worked really hard for the school's mostrurio, where the people will invent and present new technologies in front of the school's director in order to enroll in the school. Hiro invented the microrobs, that have no limtitation to create things by using the human's imagination. Finally, he got that offer. Sadly, his brother died on the same night when he tried to save the director from the fire in the hall.

Hiro was so upset by his brother's death and he din't want to go to school, until Baymax was activated when he accidentally hit something in his bedroom. Right after Baymax showed up, his microrobs scanned another microrobs. Filled up with curiosity, Hiro and Baymax went out to found out of it because he never made another microrobs since the fire. They found an old factory and found out that there were lots of microrobs, as someone hijacked his invention.

Planning to defeat the hijacker, Hiro turned Baymax to a fighting robot to assist him. On the night to defeat, the plan cancel because the microrobs were abundance and he knew he couldn't defeat it alone. During this period, Tadashi's friends came and offer him help. They create new uniforms for each of them, and after that they found the island that may contain hints about the hijacker.

At the island, they finally found out who was the hijacker-the school's director, Callaghan! This was because, he wanted to take revenge on his younger brother, Mr. Krei (Krei Tech's owner) who had taken his daughter's life by holding an experiment of a new time-travel machine that was not completed yet. On the day of Callaghan's plan to held the revenge, Hiro and his friends tried to stop Callaghan from doing it. They also successfully saved Callaghan's daughter through the machine, but the most heart-breaking scene was when Baymax sacrifice himself to get Hiro and Callaghan's daughter out of the machine...:'(

By the way, I sympathize the villain, which was Callaghan. I might not understand how he felt, but the state of losing someone at the wrong hand might suffered him a lot. I can't imagine if I was in his shoes. Losing my love, but I can't stand for their rights. . But still, taking revenge like Callaghan did was not right in our society context. He can report the incident to the police, and I am sure Mr. Krei will be totally punished of his crimes.

Vocabulary session
1. Enigma (someone or sth that is difficult to understand or explain)
- "I don't know what else to do to . She was just such an enigma!"

2. Radical (vey new and different from what is traditional/ordinary)
- The new president has made some radical changes in the government organisation.

3. Frosty (unfriendly or cold)
- Jane doesn't have much friend because of her frosty personality.

Till then. Bye!

Regards,
Alia.
November 22nd 2016.

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Re Movies: The Fault in Our Stars

So our movie genre today is a romantic drama film, stars Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace and Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters. I am very excited to watch this film is besause of Woodley and Elgort, where i already watched them acting in The Divergent that had been released earlier than The Fault in Our Stars.

Hazel was diagnosed to has terminal thyroid cancer since she was 13. As a sign of care for her, her parents send her to a support group to socialize with other people that has the same kind of disease. Hazel was always hesitated to go there, but as a token of appreciation for her parents, she still went there. One day, she met Augustus who lost a leg from bone cancer, but has since been cancer-free there.

They hang out together, share hobbies, talk about things that they keep for a very long time, and also share their favorite books. The climax of this story was when they went to Amsterdam to look out for the author of Hazel's favorite book, to ask him about the ending of the book. However, the author, Van Houten was mad at Hazel for being so serious to seek serious answers for a piece of fiction and belittled her medical condition. (By the way, Amsterdam is so beautiful i cannot help but to keep dreaming to go there one fine day :D)

The most sad moment was upon their arrival in Indianapolis, Augustus' health worsened as his cancer has returned and spread throughout his body and he was dying. At the end of this film, Augustus died and Hazel realised that Van Houten was there too. Houten told Hazel that Augustus asked him to attend his funeral, and he explained that the book he wrote was based on his personal experience about his late daughter, Anna who died from leukemia at a young age.

Watching this film, it gave me a lot of information about the real situations of cancer patients. I truly thanked John Green for writing such a beneficial piece that taught me how cancer patients think, reasons of their behaviors and the actual things that they really want in their life. If i was going to meet or befriend with these type of patients, i would be more cautious on how i behave because i already have knowledge about them. Thank you to all the crews that involved in the making of The Fault in Our Stars!!

Vocabulary session
1. Oblivion (the state of sth that is not remembered, used or thought about any more)
- His theories have faded into oblivion.

1. Oblivion (the state of being unconscious or unaware: the state of not knowing what is going on around you)
- She drank herself into oblivion.

1. Oblivion (the state of being destroyed)
- The little village was bulldozed into oblivion to make way for the airport.

2. Whim (a sudden wish, desire, decision, etc, or change of mind)
- She bought the ice cream on a whim.

3. Accustomed (make someone or sth to accept something as usual or normal)
- I accustomed my eyes to the new lenses.

Thats all for today. Oh yeah please pray for my friends and I for our final exam! Thank you guys ;)

This is the book, if you prefer to read :)

Regards,
Alia.
November 21st 2016.

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Re Movies: Love 020

Tonight, the movie that i will be discussing about is a Chinese movie. The theme was action and romance. In my point of view, this movie is quite unique as it combined the real world and the game world. As a person that is not into games, i was quite amazed if this kind of game is actually exist in our current world.

In this movie, Xiao Nai is the most genius computer science student in that college. He was admired by all of the girl students because of his genius brain and also his good-looking face. Wei Wei, the female lead actress, was also into Xiao Nai, but she never showed her interest on him.

Wei Wei was the 7th top professional player in the current game that they were playing (sorry i forget the title of game huhu), while Xiao Nai was the famous Master Naihe, which was the first most professional player duringthe current period. They got married in the game, but they never met each other until Xiao Nai invited Wei Wei to meet up in the actual world.

The moment when they first met was one of the cutest moment as Wei Wei was not expecting her 'game husband' was her crush in the actual world lol. Actually, Xiao Nai already knew that Wei Wei was her, because of some previous incidents. They started dating and yeah they made a very cute couple heheh..

Despite all of the sweet events highlighted in this movie, for me, the most significant aspect presented in this movie is about the real-life situation that was portrayed. When the game company hijacked Xiao Nai and his friends' project, the writer of this movie successfully showed me the ugly truth of our current world. When we already worked super hard, there will be obstacles before we achieve that triumph such as people trying to use our work for granted or trick us with their power.

Furthermore, even though we will be having hard times somehow, Xiao Nai proved to me that hard works will always pay off. After the hijacking of their project, he stand up again and worked really hard for four years with his friends and also with the aid from Wei Wei. Finally, he successfully established a new game that was a big hit in the China's game industry. This movie inspired me a lot actually...

Vocabulary session
1. Fallacy (a wrong belief)
- The new discovery about the treatment of the disease blurs the once-common fallacy about it that it cannot be cured forever.

2. Expanse (a large and usually flat open space or area)
- The movie was about the journey of four explorers who crossed the vast expanses of seven seas by using their small ships.

3. Swoop (to arrive at a place suddenly and unexpectedly)
- During the exchange of the detainee and money with their target, the police swooped in and captured the criminals.

Thats all for tonight. Bye!
(p/s: actually this movie has a drama version. if you guys wanna watch it, go check it out! ;) )

Regards,
Alia.
November 20th 2016.

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Re Movies: The Secret Life of Pets

Tonight im gonna tell u guys about a quite new cartoon movie that had been aired this year, entitled as above.

This is one of the movie that i watched if i wanna relieve my tension as it was very light and easy to understand as yeah, it is more for the kids heheh.

So, this movie is basically about the life of the pets when their owners are gone from home, The writer tried to portray on how the pets interacts with each other, and how they behave at the back of their respective owners. Even though it seems illogical, but still it's fun to see them as carefree as them lol.

The main character of this movie is Max, Katie's dog. She picked Max from the streets and took a very good care of him and he was the only pet Katie ever had, until one day.. Katie brought Duke home, and Max felt jealous of Duke, as he felt that Katie's love had been taken away by Duke.

They always fought each other until they were caught by the Animal Control officers and trapped with Snowball and the gang. At first, they were allies with Snowball until Snowball learned that Max and Duke were actually pets (as Snowball was fighting for the freedom of the animals from human). Their relationship tightened as they went through lots of obstacles and fighting together. By the way, Snowball was super cute doesn't it? hehehhhh :D

But somehow, i was quite disappointed about the story of the owner of Duke. For me, I would prefer if the writer included on what happened to the former Duke's owner, as it explained well on why Duke was throwned away. In the movie, it only explained that his owner moved to another house, but not explained well the reasons of the move. So, it made me sad a little bit huhu.

Vocabulary session
1.Sober (not drunk)
- Sarah needs to stay sober tonight, as she will be our driver to Manhattan.

1. Sober (having or showing a very serious attitude or quality)
- Illness is a sober reminder of our mortality.

2. Blatant (very obvious and offensive)
- The professor is currently doing a research about the blatant lie taught in the nation's history.

3. Facet (a part or element of something)
- Our behaviors may portray some of our various facets of our identity.

Thats all for tonight! Sleep tight peeps ;)

Regards,
Alia.
November 19th 2016.

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Re Movies: Miracle in Cell No. 7

Tonight i am gonna write a review on a family-themed Korean movie. The main star in the movie is Park Shin Hye, whom i hate a little bit actually.. lol. but somehow i couldn't deny her beauty :p

I first watched this movie when i was in Form 3, which was the year this movie out. I didnt remember whether i cried or not when i first watched it, but im definitely sure that i cried watching it.

This movie is about Lee Yong Goo,a mentally impaired father with the intellect of a six-year-old who had been accused to murder and doing a sexual harrasment on a little girl, Choi Ji Young who was actually giving him the direction to a shop that was selling a sailor moon bag. He was going to buy the bag for her daughter, Yea Seong (Park Shin Hye as the adult daughter). A brick fell on Ji Young when they were walking, then she fell unconsciously. So, Young Goo was trying to do the CPR by loosing Ji Young's clothes when a lady passed by. The lady mistakenly assumed Yong Goo as trying to rape the little girl.

Yong Goo was caught and being taken to the jail. Her daughter ws trying to sneak into the jail to stay with her dad by the aid from Yong Goo's room mates. The humors started when the four room mates was trying to engage with Yea Seong, and the room was started to fill with laughter. They learned to write, playing games and reading story books.

When his case was being read in the court, Yong Goo was not able to defend himself as he got tortured and threatened by the police that was being paid by Ji Yong's father. Furthermore, because of his mental condition, he was easily influenced by the torture and stated to the court that he killed Ji Yong. Ji Yong's father, who was a police commissioner had sabotaged all of the investigation procedures that made the case was easily judged. Yong Goo was punished by a death sentence without a fair judgement.

The adult Yea Seong was trying super hard to clean her father's name, even when her father was no longer alive.

If I was the producer, I would congratulate the director for making such a wonderful and heart-warmed movie. It was very appealing to the emotions and it made us realise that there were people that we should pay attention more, and moreover it reminded us of the integrity value. No matter what job are we doing, the integrity value should always be as part of ourselves.

Oh yeah, this movie had been nominated and also won lots of awards, such as Ryu Seong Ryong (Yong Goo) won Grand Prize in Film in 21st Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards, Grand Prize for Film in 49th Baeksang Arts Award, 20's Movie Star (male) in 7th Mnet 20's Choice Awards, Best Actor in 50th Grand Bell Awards and had been nominated for lots of awards.

I would give 10/10 for this lovely movie!!!!!! I definitely recommended you guys to watch it!!!

Thats all for tonight.

Regards,
Alia.
November 17th 2016.

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Re Movies: Pee Mak Phrakanong

Hye guys! So today i picked this horror/romance comedy entitled Pee Mak Phrakanong. This movie is actually a parody of the real horror Thailand tale, Nak Phrakanong. I first watched this movie when i was in Form 3, i guess. Yet i still watch it this year, maybe for the sixth time heheh. This movie is one of my favorite horror movie, because there was the humor elements that i will burst my stomach laughing at :D

I love these guys sooooooo much because of their specific roles in this movie. The minor character that i loved most will be those 4 guys at the bottom of the poster; Ter, Puak, Shin and Aey. For me, these four guys were actually making this horror movie as a horror comedy movie because of their jokes and also stupid actions. Without them, i don't think so that this movie will be as fun as i thought.

Oh yeah, the most important part about these four guys is their hair. Their hair also implies the combination of old and modern elements. Even though the setting of this movie was back during the war, but the hair styles of each characters varies and sometimes it was one of the humor elements actually heheh.

just like current hair styles right? Except for the two at the centre lol

As for me, if i were in Mak's shoes, i would not do as what Mak did. Even though i love my husband eternally, i will not live with a ghost and denying myself that he was dead (i know i'm spoiling it heheh). Dead was meant to be dead.. but the ending was so funny that i will laugh at it even though i had watched it for how many times lololololol

Vocabulary session
1. Pier (a structure that goes out from a shore into the water)
- After his wife's death, he sit at the pier every morning, reminiscing his old memories with his wife.

2. Cemetery (a place where dead people are buried)
- My mother is going to the cemetery to attend her friend's funeral who died because of a car accident.

3. Agony (extreme mental or physical pain)
- The medicine relieves the agony of muscle cramps very quickly.

See you again fellas!

Regards,
Alia.
November 14th 2016.

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Re Movies: Marvel Doctor Strange

I went outing yesterday with pah, kc, zaf, faruq, raziq n lehe. basically it was because i was so craving to eat at boat noodle and in the same time, i wanna watch the latest marvel movie; Doctor Strange.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE VERY MUCH as firstly, it was because of Bennedick heheh (obviously). The first movie that i watched Bennedick acting was in The Imitation Game. The character in TIT was so contradicted with his character in Dr Strange. I love this movie also because of its superb animations (not sure whether this is the right term or not huhu), characters and also the presence of humor there.

Q: Has watching this movie changed you as a person?

A: Yes. It totally shocked me when Strange went there, and he was willingly to learn all of the weird and unexpected knowledge that for me, was so illogical to exist. Even though he resist at first, but he still learnt it after that. So he taught me that even though we have abundance knowledge or skill, we still don't know every single thing in this world. This movie also reminded me of one of my Lord's words in Quran:

Say: If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted, though We were to bring the like of that (sea) to add (al-Kahfi/18:109)

It also implies that even a professional expert person will have something that he don't know, while i, this small person should know nothing about something more than the expert. I truly thought a lot about this just after i watched the movie. Subhanallah, how small i am in this world...

The vocabulary session tonight is not based on the movie since i was too excited yesterday that i forget to jot down the words that i am not familiar with hehe.

Vocabulary session

1. Seize (to get or take sth in a forceful, sudden, or violent way)

- The army has seized control of the country because of the assassination.

2. Whimper (to make a quiet crying sound)

- I could hear my mom whimpering after dad's funeral.

2. Whimper (to complain in a weak or annoying way)

- My younger brother whimpered to my mom that the hospital's meals are supposedly for the dead people.

3. Skint (having no money/penniless)

- When she got really skint, she will wander around the town to seek for jobs that she can do.

Okay, thats all for tonight. Adios fellas!

Regards,

Alia.

November 13th 2016.

P/s: tomorrow is Syaros' birthday, but i forget to buy him present hehehhhhh

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Re Movies: Love, Rosie

Hye peeps. Happy weekend btw! heheh

so today, im gonna write a review bout the movie entitled as above. Actually, i watched it long time ago, but it came to my head this morning that i need to make a review about it. so, yeah here i go.

what i love about this movie is that both my fav actors are in!!!!! Lily Collins and Sam Claflin omg omg omg :D

I read the novel first actually,before watchingthe whole movie. There is slightly difference, but i treasure the movie more actually heheh. this is because the book is quite slow in decision making, while the movie is just what i want. anyone had watched it will understand what i am trying to say ;)

This movie is about the relationship between Alex and Rosie, which had been started since they were a child. Their relationship is just as what i had dreamt of; having a friend that i can share anything without any limitations huhu.. By the way, they didn't realise their true feeling towards one another, that resulted in their late love-relationship.

Q: What advice would you offer to one of the characters?
A: Generally, i love this story, but somehow i am quite dissatisfied with Rosie and Alex. When they realise their true feelings towards each other, they should just say it. Especially during the days when Rosie was left by her husband. Alex should just stand by her side, comfort her and then confess his love. And also, if i were Rosie, i will not accept Greg again even though he made tons of promises, after abandoning me. If he truly love me eternally, he wouldn't put me away like Greg did. Then, why should i accept him again right?

SHE SHOULD STAND FOR HER FEELINGSSSSSSSSSS

Vocabulary sessions
1. Yank (to suddenly pull sth in a quick, forceful way)
- Joe yanked the door shut to avoid the dog from entering the house.

2. Zit (a small, re, swollen spot on the skin (slang for pimple))
- Bethany is having a bad mood since she just had four new zit on her forehead.

3. Bimbo (an attractive but stupid woman)
- A scandal that involving a bimbo effectively ended a congressman's career.

So i think thats all for tonight. Bye fellas!

Regards,
Alia.
November 12th 2016.

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Re Movies: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

On this lovely morning,i am gonna write a review of the sequel of the movie that i posted yesterday, entitled as above heheh.

So, basically after Katniss and Everdeen won the 74th Hunger Games, they had to join in the 75th Hunger Games. This match was very epic to me because of the plot twist. Who expects that the Head Game-maker had another motive besides killing all of the candidates. I love the design of the arena this time since it was in a tropica area; beach and forest. The alliances to Katniss and Peeta also suit their motives and it was great to see them working with each other, even though there was a bit plot twist there heheh.

Q: Did the ending match your initial opinion of the material?
A: Obviously no. I expected both of them would survive and come back home together, just like what happened in the first movie. And also live happily ever after, like the typical fairytale love story. However it turned out that Katniss was being brought away to District 13 by Gale, Finnick, the Head Game-maker and also Haymitch and it was actually planned from the beginning. Wow! But Peeta was still in The Capitol, and I could sense that something really bad will happen to Peeta. Hmm, I guess I need to watch the final episode asap heheh.

Vocabulary session
1. Virtue (a good and moral quality)
- Even though Ean is always teasing his younger siblings, he do has his virtues inside himself.

2. Contempt (a feeling that someone or something is not worthy of any respect or approval)
- He feels that the wealthy people in the seminar view him with contempt because of his messy clothing.

2. Contempt (a lack of respect for or fear of something that is usually respected or feared)
- Mary bravely spoke to the gangsters with contempt in her voice.

3. Fiasco (a thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way)
- The party was a totally fiasco after her boyfriend broke off their relationship in the middle of the event.

Thats all for today.

Regards,
Alia.
November 11th 2016.

arigato haikk sudi bace :)

Re Movies: The Hunger Games

Assalamualaikum and a very good afternoon!

So today i chose to review The Hunger Games; Mockingjay. Actually i watched this movie long time ago, but i just rewatch it again around in September.. so yeah..

This one is the first movie in the hunger games series, as we know there are sequels of this movie.

Personally, i love Jennifer Lawrence because i think that she is very cool in this movie :* Even though her character is a bit ignorant, but her determination and kind heart made me fall for her. erk. haha.

Basically this movie tell us the beginning of the involvement of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the 74th Hunger Games. Actually, Everdeen replaced her younger sister, Prim that had been first selected as the representative of District 12 in the game. So during the game, they basically won the game and Everdeen became famous of her 'mockingjay' identity.

The question for this movie is: If I were in the main character's position, I would...
Q: I would do same thing as Everdeen did. I will sacrifice myself on behalf of my family members. This is because I already have the credit on having a very good skill in archery. So i don't have a very big anxiety to join in the game even though i am actually putting myself between life and death by joining in. In addition, even the selected ones is not among my family members or friends, i would still offering myself as long as the candidate did not have any strength to join.

Vocabulary session
1. Meadow (land that mostly covered with grass)
- The kids were playing at the meadow in front of the school when James accidentally broke his arm.

2. Willow (a tree has long, narrow leaves and strong, thin branches that are used to make baskets)
- My nephews love to climb up the willow tree because they said that they can see the magnificent scenery of our hometown, especially during dusk.

one of the willow basket

3. Uprising (a usually violent effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country)
- The uprising was quickly and brutally suppressed by the current government.

So thats all for today. Bye.

Regards,
Alia.
November 10th 2016.

arigato haikk sudi bace :)