THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

The first time I finished reading the novel "The Railway Children" I don't think I understand the story very well. I think it's hard for me to understand the novels for form three. The first novel for form 3 that I read was "Around The World in 80 days". This novel was easy for me to remember because  I've watch the movie countless time.
So, for this next novel I search the web for some info and found a movie about it.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Hope these videos can help some students about this novel out there.

WATER POLLUTION

Water pollution is a major global problem which requires ongoing evaluation and revision of water resource policy at all levels (international down to individual aquifers and wells). It has been suggested that it is the leading worldwide cause of deaths and disease, and that it accounts for the deaths of more than 14,000 people daily. An estimated 700 million Indians have no access to a proper toilet, and 1,000 Indian children die of diarrheal sickness every day. Some 90% of China's cities suffer from some degree of water pollution, and nearly 500 million people lack access to safe drinking water. In addition to the acute problems of water pollution in developing countries, developed countries continue to struggle with pollution problems as well. In the most recent national report on water quality in the United States, 45 percent of assessed stream miles, 47 percent of assessed lake acres, and 32 percent of assessed bay and estuarine square miles were classified as polluted.
Water is typically referred to as polluted when it is impaired by anthropoganic contaminants and either does not support a human use, such as drinking water, and/or undergoes a marked shift in its ability to support its constituent biotic communities, such as fish. Natural phenomena such as volcanoes, algae blooms, storms, and earthquakes also cause major changes in water quality and the ecological status of water.

PHOENIX

  

The phoenix, or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologist of the Arabia, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indians and (according to Sanchuniathon) Phoenicians.
A phoenix is a mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends  ). It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again. The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the ashes of its old self in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis (literally "sun-city" in Greek). It is said that the bird's cry is that of a beautiful song. The Phoenix's ability to be reborn from its own ashes implies that it is immortal, though in some stories the new Phoenix is merely the offspring of the older one. In very few stories they are able to change into people.

  

WHITE LIONS

The White Lions are rare animals that found in South Africa. They are not albinos, but a inherited scarcity, unique to one common region on the glob. Their white color is a result of rare color mutation of the Kruger breed of lion.
In white lions, the males are full-size, weighty and slow. Whereas, the females do most of the hunting like an ordinary lioness does.
They probably have this great disadvantage of having no camouflage, and a simple wandering would almost certainly not be able to get within range of prey animals.
It is hard to establish accurately how many white lions there are today, an approximation by a trust states that there are less than 300 White Lions world-wide.
As the white lions are very rare, they are separated from their natural habitation into a confined breeding agendas in South Africa and are kept in Zoos or circuses. This has mainly been done to save this rare being from getting hunted down and fall ultimately into a total extinction. It is sad, but the fact that today all white lions are found captive, although with an intention of saving them and protecting them.

(Written down by MZ)

Momotaro (Peach Boy)

A long time ago, there live an old couple in a far away land. They have no child and only the two of them live there. One day, they went out to go to a river nearby to get some food. It was their lucky day because a giant peach happens to be floating on the river. Without any second thought they took the peach back home. When the husband tried to cut the peach, it moves. Then came out a teenager from that peach. The couple wasn't surprise even a bit. The teenager came out from the peach so the couple named the teenager Momotaro (Peach Boy). For the couple momotaro is like a blessing from the god given to them but only for a while because  momotaro said that he was destined  to slay a demon that haunts a nearby village. The couple threw momotaro out of the house into the street.

Following his so called destiny, Momotaro travels to the village that was disturbed by the demon. On his way, he suddenly heard a cry for help. He followed the sound and found out the sound came from a monkey, a dog and a pheasant. They were trap in a net. So, Momotaro helped them to escape. After the three animals was released, with the craving to eat Momotaro they attacked him but momotara was to strong for them and end up back trap in the net. Then, came a ringleader of a circus. He was the one that was responsible for the trap. He set up the trap so that he can capture the three idiot animals back so that he can eat them. It was because of their lame act that his circus broke. Momotaro agrees with the ringleader but Momotaro isn't as cruel as the ringleader. Momotaro will let the three idiot animals live as long as the won't do the same thing they tried to do on Momotaro again.So, now Momotaro is accompanied by the three idiot animals. The ring leader also accompanied him.

Now, the group proceed to the village. When they arrived, the village reeks of sweaty smell. There was no women there. The men of the village explain that the demon kidnapped all the women in that village. After that, Momotaro is now  more eager to slay the demon and on top that he now knows where is the location of the demon's island. A short walk from the village the group arrived at the beach. They will need a boat to cross the wide ocean to reach the demon's island. While Momotaro was thinking, he saw a few kids bullying a turtle. Momotaro chase the naughty kids away and save the turtle. Then, the three idiot animals remembered a story about a young man saving a turtle and was brought to an underwater world by the turtle and was also given rewards for his kindness but in the end the man died when he turns old after opening a box given to him from the underwater world. So, the three idiot animals climb on to the back of the turtle and wave their good bye to Momotaro and the ringleader. Just a few seconds after the turtle and the three idiot animals dive into the ocean, the three idiot animals knowing now that they can't breath underwater surfaces up. While the three idiots  was goofing off the ringleader found a boat they can use to go to the island.

In the middle of the sea the three idiot animals started to get hungry. Hearing their tummy grumbling, the ringleader remembered that he has a piece of cookie in his pocket. He then gave the cookie to the three idiot animals. the three idiots fight against each other for the cookie. As they were fighting, the cookie was accidentally roll out of the boat into the ocean. Suddenly, a mysterious lady came out of the ocean. She showed them 2 items. On her right hand she has the cookie that they just drop while the left has a coupon for a big feast in a far away restaurant. The three idiots choose the cookie. For their sense of truth the lady gave them the coupon. After reading the coupon the three idiot animal found out that the coupon had expired since 10 years ago but by the time they finished reading it the lady had disappeared.

The next day, They finally arrived at the demon's island. Just when Momotaro tried to just barge in, the three idiot animals had a good idea. The idea was to disguise themselves before attacking the demon. The dog disguise itself as a monkey, the monkey disguise itself as a pheasant, and the pheasant as a dog. "This is why I wrote them as the three idiots".  The three idiots went inside and found out that the demon's place isn't as scary as they thought. It was a paradise for women in there. Then, Momotaro went inside. Momotaro was dressed like a girl. The three idiots found out that Momotaro isn't a he, he was a she. Being stared for too long Momotaro kicked the idiots so hard that they flew out of the island. Suddenly, the ring leader showed himself. Momotaro was surprised to see that the ring leader was actually the demon that she had always wanted to slay. She felt that she have been tricked all these time. The demon said "I didn't tricked you. I said that I am the ringleader of a circus". Momotaro said that he never said that he was a demon. The demon replied "you never asked me?".  To comfort Momotaro, the demon propose to her and they lived hapilly ever after although Momotaro was a bit shy after hearing it. "Oh, I almost forget about the idiots". In the end the monkey stole a food from a crab and got crushed by a tree trunk. The pheasant went to sing on a tree near an old women's house and had his tongue cut of by her. Finally for the dog, he went to live with an old farmer and in a short time he was buried alive by the farmer because he thought that it would give him a good fortune. But that's all in a different story".
The three idiot animals: Why did we all end up that way?!

Fin

PUT ONE'S FOOT IN ONE'S MOUTH

Mazlan isn't a very clever student. He always fail in his exam. In fact it will be miracle if he passed his exam. His highest score was only enough to pass. One day, one of the teacher at his school said that he is a failure. The teacher said that he will always be a failure and the teacher was confident enough to bet that if Mazlan gets the highest score in the next exam he will personally quit his job as a teacher. When Mazlan hears about it he became furious. His eyes are now opened. He had set only one goal in his mind and that is to teach that teacher a lesson by getting the highest score in next exam. He studied from the late evening to midnight on weekdays and studied from dawn to the afternoon and from the late evening to midnight on weekends. A couple of months past after the bet, now is the time for Mazlan to shine. He answered all the question like it was a kindergarten questions. The result was out and Mazlan gets the highest score. After the bet that the teacher made, he put his foot in his mouth when he heard about it. Just as the bet was said the teacher will quit his job. After the bet was over, I bet that you think that he became a miserable man. Well, believe it or not he actually became a successful man but all that is in another story.

THE END