28th ~ 3rd June

The pulse of life so desperately needed,

The fallen star,

The rising sun,

The blazing tear,

The frozen fire.

First week of holidays started off great as I finally got my hands on the most anticipated video game of the year which was Diablo 3. The storyline of this game was amazing not to mention the gameplay which was exciting as well as exhilarating. Because of this game, I was stuck at home for the good whole week with an occasion friend coming over. In the end, I finished the game on normal difficulty but there was three more levels to go which gets really hard.

During this week, I went out to watch Dark Shadows which was pretty cool as vampires, black magic, and witchcraft are being involved. I usually prefer fantasy stories or movies over any other genre and this movie was no exception. The vampire in this movie who was played by Johnny Depp was great and he was acted in a way that a vampire should act which is merciless and hungry not like in Twilight where the vampires are too kind. Don't get me wrong, I have read the Twilight saga and it isn't really that bad as a romance story eventhough many people disagree but I feel that the storyline was fine but the vampires I feel were a little bit too kind I guess and combat wasn't really focused in that book which was quite the bummer.

This week I also had to do the NiE project by Pizza Hut and The Star. I went to my group leader's house many times to discuss, finalize and gather information on the topic which is "Why English?" our group is aiming for number one which is quite a daunting task but the rewards are great so we are doing our best to make the best entry possible through detailed researching and great artworking. My group has stumbled upon a great poem named "The Chaos" written by Gerard Nolst Trenité in 1922 which I feel is really good for training one's pronunciation.

The first and last stanza:

Dearest creature in creation,

Studying English pronunciation,

I will teach you in my verse,

Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse.

Hiccough has the sound of sup.....

My advice is : GIVE IT UP!

If you wish to read the full version which is really long visit http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html .