Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Exercise 1

My feelings :

1. Angry
I feel angry because the Germans treated the Jews badly, and actually killed most of them.

2. Sad
I feel sad because the Germans sent many people to concentration camps, and killed Anne Frank. Unfortunately, Anne Frank was only 15 years old.

3. Pitiful
I feel pitiful because Anne Frank was only 15 years old and she was killed. I pity all of the 6,000,000 people who were killed.

Friday, March 26, 2010

World

WORLD

OBAMA TO DONATE PEACE PRIZE MONEY

US President Barack Obama plans to donate the 1.4 million US dollars (£930,000) from his Nobel Peace Prize to good causes. It is really kind of him to donate to people who are in need of the money. He is giving a total of 750,000 US dollars to six groups which help students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organisations he said "do extraordinary work". Since, he is so willing to donate the money, it was certainly his prize of the Nobel Peace Prize.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hYMLSf0uQtYCY2vJZerIplPLaULQ

Southeast-Asia

SOUTHEAST-ASIA

MONSOON SEASON LANDSLIDE LEAVES 7 DEAD, 3 MISSING IN VILLAGE INDONESIA'S WEST JAVA PROVINCE

In Jakarta, Indonesia, a rain-triggered landslide has killed at least seven villagers and left three missing on Indonesia's main Java island and 10 people were buried under tons of mud from Thursday's landslide in a village in West Java province. It is an unfortunate event indeed. Many people died because of the monsoon which is really devastating. If I was helping out at Jakarta as a Red-Cross volunteer, I would feel really sad to see the many people who died, went missing and injured.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hv9c0Gei-i1N-YbBl3lAvWM0DQlQ

Singapore

SINGAPORE

56-YEAR-OLD MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING CASINO CHIPS

It's really horrifying to see these types of people trying to break the laws in Singapore.Ooi Boon Huat who is unemployed, allegedly committed the offence at a casino table on Wednesday at about 12.10pm. He took 10 pieces of cash chips, which carried a face value of 500, which belonged to Resorts World Casino. I think that he has no money as he is unemployed. But stealing is an offence. Yet, it is casino chips which is worth a lot of value in cash. He could be jailed up to three years and fined.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1043150/1/.html

Singapore

SINGAPORE

WEB SCAMMER DROVE HIMSELF TO JAIL

I think that Allen Tan Wei Loon, an Internet Scammer is really brave. His Internet scam netted him about $134,000 in just four months last year. Sixteen people fell victim to his scam from July to October last year, which is really bad. He should be sent to jail because scamming is really an offensive thing to do. It is cheating. Although he has a 5-year-old-son and wife being six months pregnant with their second child, he does not have a choice but to plead guilty of scamming.

http://www.todayonline.com/Silver/EDC100312-0000095/Web-scammer-drove-himself-to-jail

My Most Memorable Experience

My most memorable experience was in 2007, when i went to Los Angeles, California. I feel very fortunate to have gone there. My family, which includes my father, mother, brother, grandmother, grandfather and me, went to Los Angeles for my auntie's wedding. That was the first time i ever sat in an aeroplane. It was an unbelievable experience. I actually liked the food in the aeroplane while my other family members do not. Aren't they high class?

My uncle which is my father's younger brother, actually lives in the US, same as my auntie which is my father's younger sister. My family lived in my uncle's house. He had a cat too. I was afraid of it. We went to tourist attractions such as Disneyland, Universal Studios and Hollywood. We also went to shopping centres to eat and to go shopping.

Let me start with Disneyland. I went to Disneyland with my parents, brother, uncle, and my uncle's friend. We had a lot of fun. First we went to take pictures with the disney characters. It was a funny feeling though. After that, we went to an Indiana Jones theme park. It was extremely scary for me! I held on to my father's hand the whole time! After that, we ate snacks and we went on more rides. After a tiring fun day, we sat down and watched the evening parade. It was wonderful and inspiring. After that we went onto one final ride which was Splash Mountain. The boys were so unfair. We girls had to sit infront. But we were all wet anyway. After that, The boys went to sit on the ride again. After that, we went on to have dinner. We went to a place. There was this waitress. She was quite old actually. She could remember all of our orders for such an old lady. Unbelievable!

Next, Universal Studios. First, we ate lunch and then we took a picture with the globe. It was cute. After that we went in for rides. First we went on the Jurassic Park ride. We went on twice because it was extremely fun! After that we went to a mummy ride. It was scary! We went on to other rides and went back home.

A few days later, went to shopping centres and finally .. the WEDDING!

Overall, it was a wonderful experience having to see the sites and theme parks in Los Angeles, California.