InfoComm Assignment

You know what lesson/assignment I'm talking about. I submitted mine a few minutes ago. As I checked the whole class simply by changing the last two digits (y09hci0218 - y09hci0244), I noticed that the only other person who submitted was Fabian. Seems like the class either did not know how to do it or (I hope this isn't the reason) just didn't want to do Mr Yong's stuff. Not very surprising, though. Though I didn't expect it to be so drastic, I expected the majority not to hand up, half of these people don't know how to do it and the other half not to care about it. Maybe you could post your comments.

Influenza A (H1N1-2009)

The H1N1 flu has spread here more that two months ago. As we learn more about the virus, we found that it isn't very scary after all. Even with Singapore's rising H1N1 death toll, Singapore has stepped down many measures like assembly bans and hospitalisation. It seems that H1N1 is not much worse than seasonal flu. The government did a lot more to fight SARS in 2003 than the current H1N1 flu. SARS made the news headlines almost everyday then. A video was also made for it. The H1N1 flu is definitely going to die out as more and more people get infected then immune to it.
SAR-VIVOR

This week was the first week this year in which I had to stay back in school from Monday to Friday. It may be considered one of the busiest weeks for me, taking into account I also will be having something tomorrow (Saturday).

But there's a lot of exaggeration. It isn't so "busy" after all. It just passed the record's criteria of "having lessons after lunch". Most of the days the time is very short. Monday I was dismissed at 3:33, Tuesday at 3:17, Wednesday at 4:02, Thursday 2:05, and Friday 5:06. Friday is the usual CCA day so it can't be shortened too much.

Day 2 Assignment
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I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed — and gazed — but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

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The first two stanzas describes the scene; how things are seen in bird's-eye view.
"Continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the Milky Way, they stretched in a never-ending line along the margin of a bay." It shows the vastness and beauty of the sky.
The third stanza shows how good and fortunate the narrator is to be there.
The last stanza says that when the narrator is at rest, he remembers what had happened earlier.

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Written In March by William Wordsworth

The cock is crowing,
The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!

Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The plowboy is whooping—anon-anon:
There's joy in the mountains;
There's life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!

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The first stanza shows the liveliness in the farm. The second paragraph is also quite similar but more focused on the joy in the farm. This poem was written to rhyme in pairs.

Day 1 Assignment
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I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed — and gazed — but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

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Hyperbole
"They stretched in never-ending line"
"Ten thousand saw I at a glance"
To show the vastness of the sky. (Same as Metophor)

Personification
"The waves beside them danced, but they out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;"
To show the liveliness of the waves.

Metaphor
"They stretched in never-ending line"
To show the vastness of the sky. (Same as Hyperbole 1)

Simile
"I wandered lonely as a cloud"
To relate loneliness to clouds.

Symbolism
"A poet could not be but gay, in such a jocund company!
I gazed — and gazed — but little thought; what wealth the show to me had brought:"
Shows the relaxing mood.

A Bad Bus Ride

Well, this wednesday some people got very mad.
I heard this from my mum.
That night, she took bus svc 105 from Braddell Road. According to her, there was big massive jam because of an accident. The people on the bus got angry as it was late and they wanted to go home fast. That's not all. After that, at New Tech Park on Lorong Chuan, a row of three taxis waited for passengers just after the bus stop. It prevented the bus from exiting the bus stop. The bus driver horned the cabs repeatedly without caring about the steam coming from the passengers heads. The cabbies refused to budge though there was ample space in front of them. There was no traffic behind and the bus driver could clearly reverse and turn out. But the bus driver stayed put and called the bus interchange management. One passenger got so mad that he went up to the driver and shouted, "There's no cars behind. Can't you just reverse and get the _ bus out of here! ......" I was told that the bus driver still didn't budge and that's how the story ended. I never found out when the people on board reached home.