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as continued from my (other, actual, label-as-you-wish) blogspot blog.
( random memories. )
June 2nd, 2007
March 30th, 2007
my livejournal is stagnating, yay for me! :D
anyway, thought this was a really pretty / interesting / insightful / rich poem! so well, worth posting and keeping here. (: [okay it's one of the poems used in our literature learning journey, but that does not, in any way, compromise the quality of the poem right! -of course not. in fact it shows that it's really good. teachers' choice. XD]
and yay for singaporean literature! (:
enthralledDecember 31st, 2006
post-prague&vienna, and to get over the guilt that i still haven't updated about prague&vienna, i present myself with
( a list. )
i think that's all. yes.
hello 2007, it's time you came out from hiding round that corner. (:
okayOctober 6th, 2006
okay, for my own reference, the short story will be here.
of course, after editing some minor details, which aren't exactly really minor considering that 'mrs goh's son' became 'his son'. >.< {as in, i was so careless that mrs goh became a 'he' at the start of the story, and back to a 'she' towards the end. okay, gross. xD}
granted, the topic is like 'cliche, cliche, cliche!', but i thought it would fit the bill (or the title! okay not punny). so well, there goes. ms seah thought it needed more linking of the 'silence' theme in the middle though, thankfully she didn't mark it down for 'irrelevant to question' or something like that, considering that silence only occurs, uhh , twice in this entire passage.
i'm itching to write something on 'a flower', but i think it's really hard to write! because you have to introduce your ideas at the start of the passage, to make whatever you're going to write relevant, but then leaving the significance to the very end makes it much more poignant. >.<
oh well, back to christopher columbus for now, the person who thought cuba was japan. >.<
of course, after editing some minor details, which aren't exactly really minor considering that 'mrs goh's son' became 'his son'. >.< {as in, i was so careless that mrs goh became a 'he' at the start of the story, and back to a 'she' towards the end. okay, gross. xD}
granted, the topic is like 'cliche, cliche, cliche!', but i thought it would fit the bill (or the title! okay not punny). so well, there goes. ms seah thought it needed more linking of the 'silence' theme in the middle though, thankfully she didn't mark it down for 'irrelevant to question' or something like that, considering that silence only occurs, uhh , twice in this entire passage.
i'm itching to write something on 'a flower', but i think it's really hard to write! because you have to introduce your ideas at the start of the passage, to make whatever you're going to write relevant, but then leaving the significance to the very end makes it much more poignant. >.<
oh well, back to christopher columbus for now, the person who thought cuba was japan. >.<
October 4th, 2006
we did some writing today during english (: as some sort of preparation towards the eoys (which are looming just right ahead >.<). so now we have this new option of descriptive writing, but the questions don't exactly appeal to me.
michelle does not like describing events, thank you very much.
{well, if it were the description of a place, i'd jump at the opportunity to write on that topic, provided it's something i'm familiar with of course. i mean, when you describe places, you can infuse more of your thoughts into it and link it to some larger social issue, seriously! now remind me why i'm sounding oddly similar to the oral examination rubrics.}
so i stuck to those nice little short-phrase title of story thingies (!!). well granted they aren't exactly what you call helpful, because it's just this big, broad topic and it doesn't exactly pinpoint for you what your plot should be like and so on. but i think it gives you more space to develop your ideas, more freedom to explore your own thoughts. (yeah, i sound as if i have so much to write about when in actual fact, i am the person most prone to writer's block. wow.)
i think the topic of 'a flower' is so pretty. like, you could have written something about nature, or if you're as sadistic as i am, someone stepping on a fragile flower?
'my first fall' was nice too, but i was afraid giving the title a symbolic meaning would be twisting the question too much, so i ended up with 'silence'. it's such a melancholic topic. ahh well, good for my venting of emotions. xD but we're not exactly done with the essay, 'cos today was only the pre-writing and drafting stages. we aren't supposed to look at it so i'll be obedient and follow instructions. will put it here as the 'publishing' stage (haha!) when i'm done with it.
provided i like it here of course.
note to self: i love jiayi's motif of silence throughout her short story!
michelle does not like describing events, thank you very much.
{well, if it were the description of a place, i'd jump at the opportunity to write on that topic, provided it's something i'm familiar with of course. i mean, when you describe places, you can infuse more of your thoughts into it and link it to some larger social issue, seriously! now remind me why i'm sounding oddly similar to the oral examination rubrics.}
so i stuck to those nice little short-phrase title of story thingies (!!). well granted they aren't exactly what you call helpful, because it's just this big, broad topic and it doesn't exactly pinpoint for you what your plot should be like and so on. but i think it gives you more space to develop your ideas, more freedom to explore your own thoughts. (yeah, i sound as if i have so much to write about when in actual fact, i am the person most prone to writer's block. wow.)
i think the topic of 'a flower' is so pretty. like, you could have written something about nature, or if you're as sadistic as i am, someone stepping on a fragile flower?
'my first fall' was nice too, but i was afraid giving the title a symbolic meaning would be twisting the question too much, so i ended up with 'silence'. it's such a melancholic topic. ahh well, good for my venting of emotions. xD but we're not exactly done with the essay, 'cos today was only the pre-writing and drafting stages. we aren't supposed to look at it so i'll be obedient and follow instructions. will put it here as the 'publishing' stage (haha!) when i'm done with it.
provided i like it here of course.
note to self: i love jiayi's motif of silence throughout her short story!
crappySeptember 3rd, 2006
uhh, i think i'm going to stagnate. and for a very long time at that. ahh well, you can't be thinking up of nice poems/prose when there's homework/revision to be done and which kill all creative juices that you have, never mind if you don't even have enough to fill a cup initially. (HAIL ME, FOR I AM THE QUEEN OF RUN-ON SENTENCES.)
hmm, i have a weird desire to plonk everything on my blog here to lj. for its simple, clean layout (though at the end of the day, i still sort of adore the one that i made, haha!), and well, because I ADORE LJ CUTS THANKYOU. but then i can't link (a lot of) people, because half the people i know don't have LJs. WHY AM I RAMBLING.
fullSeptember 1st, 2006
firstly, PFFT at myself for getting a second LJ account. {seriously, michelle, do you need so many!} but anyway the other one's for memes and stuff that's hmm more subjective and personal so this one shall completely be devoted to whatever that strikes me as worth writing down. {but then, my sense of 'what's worth writing down' is seriously dysfunctional, so if you're expecting completely polished pieces that are up to CAP standard or something like that, you can either go away in peace or be disappointed. very disappointed, in fact.}
OH, algarabia! (: it's spanish, and amongst its many meanings, one of it is "scribble, scrawl". well, considering that whatever i'm putting here are just random concoctions of words and are often done in a more than haphazard manner, i guess it does fit. and anyway, spanish is the <3, too bad they don't offer it as 3rd language! (but anyway, it wouldn't be of much practical use. still, it's a really beautiful language!)
{hmm, michelle is getting overly interested in foreign languages. first it was japanese, well which she's still doing, then it was latin, and now it's spanish!}
okayokay, i'll get down to the point. here's a poem that prompted me to create an LJ. granted it's not wonderful, but hey, it'll be good to track how i grow in my use of words, my writing, and my literature. (: {and that's the whole point why i'm putting it here, because i reckon not as many people would read this, as compared to my blog, which sadly, already has a pathetic readership.) so...
hmm, i guess i'm welcome to comments? (:
OH, algarabia! (: it's spanish, and amongst its many meanings, one of it is "scribble, scrawl". well, considering that whatever i'm putting here are just random concoctions of words and are often done in a more than haphazard manner, i guess it does fit. and anyway, spanish is the <3, too bad they don't offer it as 3rd language! (but anyway, it wouldn't be of much practical use. still, it's a really beautiful language!)
{hmm, michelle is getting overly interested in foreign languages. first it was japanese, well which she's still doing, then it was latin, and now it's spanish!}
okayokay, i'll get down to the point. here's a poem that prompted me to create an LJ. granted it's not wonderful, but hey, it'll be good to track how i grow in my use of words, my writing, and my literature. (: {and that's the whole point why i'm putting it here, because i reckon not as many people would read this, as compared to my blog, which sadly, already has a pathetic readership.) so...
( THEFIRSTPOEM. )
hmm, i guess i'm welcome to comments? (:
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