Wednesday, April 14, 2010

I "love" human nature!

I love human nature. They are actually very good and useful in our life.

Have you ever noticed when you are in a lift in two other people and when they pressed the floor where they live. They will try to spot your floor and other people's floor and what they will do is to try to order themself in whereby the 2nd floor people stand at the front and the 12th floor people stay at the back. It actually works!! When the lift is on the second floor, the person on the second floor would already be at the entrance of the lift... Wow?! Then it is like a systematic system whereby you go out, I come in, I go back, you go in front and then you go out and I go out. Simple and fast...

On a tropical day in a crowded bus... Sigh.... But wait! An empty seat! Oh my god! You don't see an empty seat in a crowded bus everyday do you? But why isin't anyone seating in that seat? But someone is seating on the outer seat. ( I am not refering to anyone, so please do not think I am refering to someone or something in particular) But why can't another person request to go in the inner seat and sit on it? Why have a "hole" in the middle of the bus? And I feel it is a shame for bus captian or SBS/SMRT bosses to paste the "PLEASE MOVE TO THE REAR" sign. It is really very weird. People have brain and human nature and instinct, they will move behind... But wait... Did they? No? Aww.... It look weird when we have to be told to move behind... Haha!!

If you have any comments/objection. Please write it in the comment section below... :)

I "love" human nature!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Village by the sea: Bodily



When she offered flowers to the sacred rock in the sea, she bowed to the gods and offered a pink flower to them to show her gratitude to god.





When the medicine man came to help her mother, she felt surprised and happy at the same time because she knew that her mother had hope of surviving.




When Pinto died, she was feeling sad and sorrow because Pintowas her best pet and he died too inocently.

Village by the sea: Naturalist


Chapathi: Chapathis are made from a firm but pliable dough made from flour grain and water. Small portions of the dough are rolled out into discs much like a Mexican tortilla, using a rolling pin. The rolled-out dough is thrown on the preheated dry skillet and cooked on both sides. Some people also add salt and/or oil to the dough.


Jalebi: It is made by deep-frying batter in a kind of pretzel shape then soaked in syrup. It is served warm or cold. It has a somewhat chewy texture with a crystallized sugary exterior coating. The sugars get partly fermented which adds flavor to the dish.


Difference between the chapathi and Indian roti prata:
Chapathi is a kind of bread eaten by Indians while roti prata is a kind of dough/bread eaten mostly by Singaporean.The toppings for the roti prata is garlic, banana, chocolate, durian, cheese, sugar and curry while the toppings for the Chapathi is mostly sugar and curry.

Difference between the jalebi and the you tiao:
The jalebi is a kind of sweet while the you tiao is a dough stick. The jalebi is fermented while the you tiao is fried. The jalebi is eaten alone while the you tiao is usually accompanied by the rice congee or soy milk.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Village by the sea: Linguistic (A)

Urbanisation Arrives in Thul
The government of India decided to add urbanisation in the village, Thul. The villagers are not very happy with the decision. They feel that they are doing fine as a small fishing village and do not need urbanisation.They feel that the city life is too complicated and fast-paced to them. They feel that fishing for a living is okay and they still prefer to the life of a fishermen. Although the villagers protested not to undergo the urbanisation plan, the gorvernment insisted in taking action in developing the village in a modern city. But if alls well end well, the villagers will adapt to the new city life.

VIllage by the sea: Intrapersonal

Dairy entry of Lila
I feel sad for Hari when he needed to go to Bombay to work. We do not have income from our parents because my mother is sick and my father is nowhere to be found. I can't go to work because i need to take care of my family. If Hari goes to Bombay to work, anything might happen to him and I do not want that to happen to him. It is very dangerous because he is still quite young and there is no adults to supervise him. If anything happened to him, we might not be able to know because none of our family member is there. At first, all of us did not want him to go to Bombay because it is dangerous for him. But now since we do not have enough money for food and stuff and he is our only income, we had no choice but to let him go. I am feeling so sad and worried, God. What should I do? Should I make a decision to let him go or not? I need an answer...