hidayah zulkhairi

2011-12-01T18:47:00.000-08:00

wahhh.............

saat2 lepas pmr memeng diidamkn oleh sume pljr f3 kat malaysia ni..

rsenye la...

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tp ble mse tu dtg..

ayat ni r yg paling popular kdngaran....

'boring r..nk wat pe ni?'

aduh..

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buku kne baling ngan cikgu...

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dgn bengkel yg mcm2..

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tp slalunye x mmberi ap2 r coz ak rse cikgu mngajar dlm klaz lg bes..

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snang cket nk fokus...

beriya bwk soalan ramalan..bdk bknnye amik kesah pon..

yg diorang amik kesah ble d dlm klaz cos kat situla tmpt fokus diorang..

2011-10-15T09:03:00.000-07:00

syu n umiey da tdo

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ak pon da jd bangang sgt nie...

sek baik da lps pmr..

2011-10-15T00:13:00.000-07:00

td fresh2kn mate nengok gmbr org....

bez r gak....

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bnde yg ak siasat x dpt dkonklusikn dgn sbaiknye

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2011-06-24T20:13:00.000-07:00

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ak nk active blek r........
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2010-06-16T18:37:00.000-07:00

During the holidays, I was able to spend time with my family because even two months not met.Finally I can stop my 'air mata rindu' during this holiday.

theme

2010-05-25T22:25:00.000-07:00

Robinson Crusoe, narrated in the first person, is dominated by the title character. The other major character, Friday, appears after two-thirds of the narrative has been told.

Crusoe is adventurous by nature. Against his father’s “serious and excellent counsel,” Crusoe embarks on the seafaring career that he feels will satisfy his “wandering inclination.” Even late in life, after his return to England, where he marries and has three children and is later widowed, Crusoe once again heads out to sea for another long voyage that takes him to China.

Robinson Crusoe’s character is a study in contradictions. He is by turns an ardent capitalist and an introspective Christian; a wanderer attracted to adventure and a civilized Englishman who creates a cozy dwelling for himself; a believer in the dignity of the human being and a slave trader. Defoe portrays these contradictions as typical characteristics of a middle-class English Protestant tradesman of the period.

By contrast, Friday, a native of an island close to Crusoe’s, is depicted as a savage-a reformed cannibal. Crusoe sees Friday as his “faithful, loving, sincere servant”; in fact, the first English word Crusoe teaches Friday to say is “Master.”

Many of the important themes in Robinson Crusoe are embodied in the title character and in his interaction with Friday. Through the story of Crusoe’s sojourn on the island, Defoe comments at length on several social and philosophical concepts. The novel is an allegory for a progression from spiritual alienation to salvation in that Crusoe’s life moves from rebellion to punishment to conversion and finally to deliverance. But Robinson Crusoe is also an economic document, with its focus on the taming of a wild environment, its portrayal of Crusoe as a man who keeps a careful record of his projects and crops, and its depiction of the colonial impulse in Crusoe’s education of Friday. Furthermore, Crusoe’s journal contains several passages in which he reflects on time and labor and the acquisition of material possessions.

2010-05-25T22:00:00.000-07:00

The Ambivalence of Mastery

Crusoe’s success in mastering his situation, overcoming his obstacles, and controlling his environment shows the condition of mastery in a positive light, at least at the beginning of the novel. Crusoe lands in an inhospitable environment and makes it his home. His taming and domestication of wild goats and parrots with Crusoe as their master illustrates his newfound control. Moreover, Crusoe’s mastery over nature makes him a master of his fate and of himself. Early in the novel, he frequently blames himself for disobeying his father’s advice or blames the destiny that drove him to sea. But in the later part of the novel, Crusoe stops viewing himself as a passive victim and strikes a new note of self-determination. In building a home for himself on the island, he finds that he is master of his life—he suffers a hard fate and still finds prosperity.

But this theme of mastery becomes more complex and less positive after Friday’s arrival, when the idea of mastery comes to apply more to unfair relationships between humans. In Chapter XXIII, Crusoe teaches Friday the word “[m]aster” even before teaching him “yes” and “no,” and indeed he lets him “know that was to be [Crusoe’s] name.” Crusoe never entertains the idea of considering Friday a friend or equal—for some reason, superiority comes instinctively to him. We further question Crusoe’s right to be called “[m]aster” when he later refers to himself as “king” over the natives and Europeans, who are his “subjects.” In short, while Crusoe seems praiseworthy in mastering his fate, the praiseworthiness of his mastery over his fellow humans is more doubtful. Defoe explores the link between the two in his depiction of the colonial mind.

The Necessity of Repentance

Crusoe’s experiences constitute not simply an adventure story in which thrilling things happen, but also a moral tale illustrating the right and wrong ways to live one’s life. This moral and religious dimension of the tale is indicated in the Preface, which states that Crusoe’s story is being published to instruct others in God’s wisdom, and one vital part of this wisdom is the importance of repenting one’s sins. While it is important to be grateful for God’s miracles, as Crusoe is when his grain sprouts, it is not enough simply to express gratitude or even to pray to God, as Crusoe does several times with few results. Crusoe needs repentance most, as he learns from the fiery angelic figure that comes to him during a feverish hallucination and says, “Seeing all these things have not brought thee to repentance, now thou shalt die.” Crusoe believes that his major sin is his rebellious behavior toward his father, which he refers to as his “original sin,” akin to Adam and Eve’s first disobedience of God. This biblical reference also suggests that Crusoe’s exile from civilization represents Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Eden.

For Crusoe, repentance consists of acknowledging his wretchedness and his absolute dependence on the Lord. This admission marks a turning point in Crusoe’s spiritual consciousness, and is almost a born-again experience for him. After repentance, he complains much less about his sad fate and views the island more positively. Later, when Crusoe is rescued and his fortune restored, he compares himself to Job, who also regained divine favor. Ironically, this view of the necessity of repentance ends up justifying sin: Crusoe may never have learned to repent if he had never sinfully disobeyed his father in the first place. Thus, as powerful as the theme of repentance is in the novel, it is nevertheless complex and ambiguous.

The Importance of Self-Awareness

Crusoe’s arrival on the island does not make him revert to a brute existence controlled by animal instincts, and, unlike animals, he remains conscious of himself at all times. Indeed, his island existence actually deepens his self-awareness as he withdraws from the external social world and turns inward. The idea that the individual must keep a careful reckoning of the state of his own soul is a key point in the Presbyterian doctrine that Defoe took seriously all his life. We see that in his normal day-to-day activities, Crusoe keeps accounts of himself enthusiastically and in various ways. For example, it is significant that Crusoe’s makeshift calendar does not simply mark the passing of days, but instead more egocentrically marks the days he has spent on the island: it is about him, a sort of self-conscious or autobiographical calendar with him at its center. Similarly, Crusoe obsessively keeps a journal to record his daily activities, even when they amount to nothing more than finding a few pieces of wood on the beach or waiting inside while it rains. Crusoe feels the importance of staying aware of his situation at all times. We can also sense Crusoe’s impulse toward self-awareness in the fact that he teaches his parrot to say the words, “Poor Robin Crusoe. . . . Where have you been?” This sort of self-examining thought is natural for anyone alone on a desert island, but it is given a strange intensity when we recall that Crusoe has spent months teaching the bird to say it back to him. Crusoe teaches nature itself to voice his own self-awareness.

Robinson Crusoe (Themes)

2010-05-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

Industrialization

Industrialization is defined here as a process whereby humans channel the forces of nature into the production and manufacture of goods for their economic consumption. This industrialization is Crusoe's occupation, according to his cultural background and his religion. He immediately sets out to be productive and self-sufficient on the island.

By the time of Robinson Crusoe, most villages were experiencing labor specialization. People began to buy bread instead of baking it. Thus Crusoe has to relearn many of these arts to survive. With practice, Crusoe is able to increase the level of industrialization on his island.

Crusoe has a few implements with which he is able to reconstruct a semblance of civilization as well as create more advanced technology. While building his house, he notes that every task is exhausting. In brief, he praises the idea of "division of labor" as he describes cutting timber out of trees, bringing the wood from the trees to the construction site, and then constructing his shelter. He soon devises labor-saving devices, thus increasing his efficiency and productivity.

The necessity of a sharp ax leads Crusoe to invent his own foot-powered sharpener. He has "no notion of a kiln," but he manages to fire pottery. He needs a mill for grinding his grain, but not finding a proper stone, he settles for a block of hard wood. The entire process of baking his own bread spurs a realization of how wonderful the state of human technology is.

Fear

Robinson Crusoe must overcome his fear in order to survive his long ordeal on the deserted island. The trial by fear begins when he runs about like a madman, scared of every shadow, and sleeps in a tree with a weapon: "fear banished all my religious hope, all that former confidence in God." He quickly realizes that he must recover his wits and reason if he is to survive.

At several points in the narrative, Crusoe is almost overwhelmed by his fear of the unknown. It propels him to colonize the island, securing his shelter and becoming self-sufficient. His ability to funnel his fear into productivity and creativity allows him to survive under extreme conditions.

Crusoe masters his fear when he faces the ultimate challenge — the devil. Investigating a cave, he is met by a pair of eyes. At first scared, he realizes that he can confront this enemy just like he has met every other challenge on the island. "He that was afraid to see the devil, was not fit to live twenty years in an island all alone."

With that, he rushes in to confront the devil and discovers a dying goat. He has passed his trial. Had he not faced his fears, he would have run away in full belief that the devil lived in that cave. Instead, he investigates and confronts his fear.

Human Condition

Robinson Crusoe is a meditation on the human condition, and an argument for challenging traditional notions about that condition. Finding himself alone in a deserted island, Crusoe struggles to maintain reason, order, and civilization. His "original sin" is his rejection of a conventional life. When he leaves England for a life on the high seas, he refuses to be "satisfied with the station wherein God and Nature hath placed" him.

Crusoe struggles with — and eventually triumphs over — nature. The book suggests that this struggle is at the heart of human nature: man is on earth to triumph and gain profit from nature. Any profit makes sense in this view of the world, whether that means getting just one plank out of a huge tree or building a boat too heavy to bring to the water. Once Crusoe is able to overcome his fear and subdue nature is rewarded handsomely.

Money

Consistent with Defoe's writings on economics, money is an important theme in Robinson Crusoe. At the beginning of the narrative, Crusoe details how much money he has, what he does with it, and what he gains by his actions.

On the island, money loses all value. Crusoe has to find another way to measure his worth. While rummaging through a ship for salvage he laments aloud at the sight of some money, "O Drug! what are thou good for." At that point he realizes that just one knife is worth more than money. Usefulness is the key to evaluation of worth.

Crusoe's hope of returning to England is symbolized by these tokens of civilization — on the island, the money is only a reminder of his old life and he treasures it as a memento. In all of his other endeavors he freely admits his success or failure. But as a merchant, he knows that though separated from the world now, he can only reconnect with it if he has money. Once he returns to London, his old reliance on money returns.

2010-05-11T18:37:00.000-07:00

1. Compiling a list of ten analogies is about as much fun as unanesthatized bowel surgery. (Zero Punctuation)

2. It had that eerie, surreal quality like when you're on vacation and jeopardy comes on at 7 pm instead of 7:30. (Top 25 Analogies)

3. Jake was stubborn. Trying to convince him that he was wrong was like trying to convince Republicans that women had rights; it just wouldn't work.

4. My laugh is deep and hearty, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up. (Top 25 Analogies)

5. Her eyes were like two brown circles with little black dots in them. (Bad High School Analogies)

6. My vocabulary is as bad as, like, whatever. (Top 25 Analogies)

7. Ninjas have the power to disappear unnoticed, the period after the Dr on a Dr Pepper can. (Bad High School Analogies)

8. His hard, angry manner provoked hatred and distrust like Jessica Alba provokes animalistic lust.

9. John and Mary had never met, like two hummingbirds who had also never met. (Top 25 Analogies)

10. Listening to my analogies is like having your ear canals raped by a man wearing a sandpaper condom. (Zero Punctuation)

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2010-05-11T18:30:00.000-07:00

Definition: Imperatives are verbs used to give orders, commands,warning or instructions, and (if you use "please") to make a request. It is one of the three moods of an English verb (indicative, imperative and subjunctive).

For example:

Give me that tape, please.

To make the imperative, use the infinitive of the verb without "to"

For example:

Come here!
Sit down!

To make a negative imperative, put "do not" or "don't" before the verb:

For example:

Don't go!
Do not walk on the grass.

You can also use "let's" before the verb if you are including yourself in the imperative. The negative of "let's" is "let's not".

For example:

Let's stop now.
Let's have some lunch.
Let's not argue
Let's not tell her about it.

Orders
Adults do not usually give each other orders, unless they are in a position of authority. However, adults can give orders to children and to animals. The intonation of an order is important: each word is stressed, and the tone falls at the end of the sentence:

For example:

Sit down now!
* "Sit", "down" and "now" are all stressed, and the tone falls on "now".

Warnings
You can use the imperative to warn someone of danger. All the words in the warning are stressed, but the last word has a higher tone than the first word:

For example:

Sit down now!
* "Sit", "down" and "now" are all stressed, and the tone falls on "now".
Watch out!
Look out!
Don't cross!

Advice
When you give advice using the imperative, the words are stressed normally.

For example:

Don't tell him you're resigning now! Wait until Monday when he's in a better mood.
Don't drink alcohol
Don't eat heavy meals

Requests
You can also use the imperative to make a request, but you should use a polite word before the verb:

For example:

Please take a seat.
Please wait here.
Please hold the line.
Please don't smoke here.

Notes:
Note that an imperative sentence does not require a subject; the pronoun "you" is implied

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2010-05-11T18:20:00.000-07:00

List of Examples of Idiomatic Expressions
The following is a list of Idiomatic Expressions used in the English and American language:

Back To Square One - To start again
Ball and chain: To be burdened with a task that that cannot be left or abandoned
Beat a dead horse: To engage in pointless and repetitive discussion.
Between the Devil and the deep blue sea. - In a very difficult situation when any resolution will be unpleasant.
Bushed - Tired, completely exhausted
Caught With Your Pants Down - Found out!
Can't see your nose in front of your face: Being oblivious to something obvious, in clear view.
Crash: To go to sleep
Don't look a Gift Horse in the Mouth - To reject something that has been freely given
Elbow Grease - A great deal of effort
Flea Market - An open-air market
Get out of hand - A situation which has resulted in chaos
Hit the hay: To go to bed
In your face - An aggressive manner
Junk Mail - Unsolicited communications
Kick the bucket: To die
Let sleeping dogs lie - Not to interfere
Mum's the word - To keep a secret
New kid on the block - A newcomer
Over the hill: To be past your prime
Prick up your ears - To listen intently
Rub someone up the wrong way - To annoy someone
Spinning a yarn: To lie or exaggerate
Tie the knot - To get married
Under the weather - Feeling ill

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2010-05-11T18:19:00.000-07:00

able to do (something) blindfolded

- to be able to do something easily and quickly

The car was easy to fix and we were able to do it blindfolded.

above reproach

- to be not deserving of blame or criticism

The actions of the police officer were above reproach.

be all ears

- to listen eagerly and carefully

The boy was all ears when the teacher described the circus.

be off on the wrong foot

- to start something under bad circumstances

I tried to talk to my new neighbor but it seems that we are off on the wrong foot already.

bear in mind

- to consider that something is so

We have to bear in mind that the child is only three years old when he does something bad.

dead ahead

- to be directly ahead

There was a truck dead ahead so we put on the car brakes suddenly.

dead as a doornail

- to be very dead

The man was as dead as a doornail after the car accident.

feel at home

- to feel accepted, to feel as if you are at home

The woman always makes her guests feel at home.

yellow-bellied

- extremely timid, cowardly

He is a yellow-bellied person who is not good to have as a friend.

vanish into thin air

- disappear without leaving a trace

The university student vanished into thin air and was never seen again.

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2010-05-06T18:15:00.000-07:00

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2010-04-08T18:14:00.001-07:00

The Short Story

This PLOT DIAGRAM shows how the main events in a short story are organized into a plot.

In this activity you will find the main events in the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." Drag each event to the appropriate point on the plot diagram.

The Benefits of Reading

2010-04-05T21:49:00.000-07:00

Reading helps to improve our knowledge and increase our awareness of many issues around the world.There are,of course,many things about the world that we do not quite understand.However,the library is the most important source of information without travelling around the world to gain knowledge.In addition,reading and researching for information turns up facts that we may never heard of.

Reading also assists in training our mind to be constantly active and sharp.This is due to the fact that when we read,our minds stay alert,especially on controversial issues that we may disagree with the writer.The more widespread our reading habit is,the sharper our thinking skills.We also,over time,will develop a more critical approach to life and certain issues.

One very important benefit of reading is that we improve our language proficiency and fluency.We increase our vocabulary and learn many new words,with of course,the help of a dictionary.We also learn about the writing style and how the writer expresses certain ideas.Thus,we learn how to use language in the best way possible.

Reading also helps us to travel,at least at the imaginary level.We use our mind to travel far and wide to other countries and visualize how different cultures live and learn about their traditions and customs.In this way,we train ourselves to become more tolerant of other people's way of life which can be very different from ours.We would also learn to understand other people's beliefs and different habits.

2010-03-20T18:24:00.000-07:00

Uses of Computer

Today, the computer is everywhere. We can find them in homes, schools, supermarkets, banks and factories.
Many homes and schools now have personal computers (PCs).These computers are used for educational purposes such as typing lesson notes or homework and learning mathematics, science and so on. Another important use of the computer is Internet. People use it to search for information or communicate with one another through e-mail. In homes, computers are also used for entertainment purposes such as playing video games, listening to music and watching movie.
However, when we think of the computer, we should not only think of the personal computer. There are also tiny computers in electrical appliances, calculators and the telephone. These tiny computers help to make modern life more comfortable.
Computers are also used in businesses. Supermarket scanners, for example, make use of computer technology to calculate our bills. In banks, automatic teller machines (ATM) are possible because of computers.
In factories, computers control robots to make cars. It is even possible to fly aeroplanes and spaceships without human beings. Computers are an important part of our modern life. Can you imagine life without computers?

Plot Review

2010-03-01T21:03:00.000-08:00

R obinson Crusoe is an Englishman from the town of York in the seventeenth century, the youngest son of a merchant of German origin. Encouraged by his father to study law, Crusoe expresses his wish to go to sea instead. His family is against Crusoe going out to sea, and his father explains that it is better to seek a modest, secure life for oneself. Initially, Robinson is committed to obeying his father, but he eventually succumbs to temptation and embarks on a ship bound for London with a friend. When a storm causes the near deaths of Crusoe and his friend, the friend is dissuaded from sea travel, but Crusoe still goes on to set himself up as merchant on a ship leaving London. This trip is financially successful, and Crusoe plans another, leaving his early profits in the care of a friendly widow. The second voyage does not prove as fortunate: the ship is seized by Moorish pirates, and Crusoe is enslaved to a potentate in the North African town of Sallee. While on a fishing expedition, he and a slave boy break free and sail down the African coast. A kindly Portuguese captain picks them up, buys the slave boy from Crusoe, and takes Crusoe to Brazil. In Brazil, Crusoe establishes himself as a plantation owner and soon becomes successful. Eager for slave labor and its economic advantages, he embarks on a slave-gathering expedition to West Africa but ends up shipwrecked off of the coast of Trinidad.
Crusoe soon learns he is the sole survivor of the expedition and seeks shelter and food for himself. He returns to the wreck’s remains twelve times to salvage guns, powder, food, and other items. Onshore, he finds goats he can graze for meat and builds himself a shelter. He erects a cross that he inscribes with the date of his arrival, September 1, 1659, and makes a notch every day in order never to lose track of time. He also keeps a journal of his household activities, noting his attempts to make candles, his lucky discovery of sprouting grain, and his construction of a cellar, among other events. In June 1660, he falls ill and hallucinates that an angel visits, warning him to repent. Drinking tobacco-steeped rum, Crusoe experiences a religious illumination and realizes that God has delivered him from his earlier sins. After recovering, Crusoe makes a survey of the area and discovers he is on an island. He finds a pleasant valley abounding in grapes, where he builds a shady retreat. Crusoe begins to feel more optimistic about being on the island, describing himself as its “king.” He trains a pet parrot, takes a goat as a pet, and develops skills in basket weaving, bread making, and pottery. He cuts down an enormous cedar tree and builds a huge canoe from its trunk, but he discovers that he cannot move it to the sea. After building a smaller boat, he rows around the island but nearly perishes when swept away by a powerful current. Reaching shore, he hears his parrot calling his name and is thankful for being saved once again. He spends several years in peace.One day Crusoe is shocked to discover a man’s footprint on the beach. He first assumes the footprint is the devil’s, then decides it must belong to one of the cannibals said to live in the region. Terrified, he arms himself and remains on the lookout for cannibals. He also builds an underground cellar in which to herd his goats at night and devises a way to cook underground. One evening he hears gunshots, and the next day he is able to see a ship wrecked on his coast. It is empty when he arrives on the scene to investigate. Crusoe once again thanks Providence for having been saved. Soon afterward, Crusoe discovers that the shore has been strewn with human carnage, apparently the remains of a cannibal feast. He is alarmed and continues to be vigilant. Later Crusoe catches sight of thirty cannibals heading for shore with their victims. One of the victims is killed. Another one, waiting to be slaughtered, suddenly breaks free and runs toward Crusoe’s dwelling. Crusoe protects him, killing one of the pursuers and injuring the other, whom the victim finally kills. Well-armed, Crusoe defeats most of the cannibals onshore. The victim vows total submission to Crusoe in gratitude for his liberation. Crusoe names him Friday, to commemorate the day on which his life was saved, and takes him as his servant.Finding Friday cheerful and intelligent, Crusoe teaches him some English words and some elementary Christian concepts. Friday, in turn, explains that the cannibals are divided into distinct nations and that they only eat their enemies. Friday also informs Crusoe that the cannibals saved the men from the shipwreck Crusoe witnessed earlier, and that those men, Spaniards, are living nearby. Friday expresses a longing to return to his people, and Crusoe is upset at the prospect of losing Friday. Crusoe then entertains the idea of making contact with the Spaniards, and Friday admits that he would rather die than lose Crusoe. The two build a boat to visit the cannibals’ land together. Before they have a chance to leave, they are surprised by the arrival of twenty-one cannibals in canoes. The cannibals are holding three victims, one of whom is in European dress. Friday and Crusoe kill most of the cannibals and release the European, a Spaniard. Friday is overjoyed to discover that another of the rescued victims is his father. The four men return to Crusoe’s dwelling for food and rest. Crusoe prepares to welcome them into his community permanently. He sends Friday’s father and the Spaniard out in a canoe to explore the nearby land.Eight days later, the sight of an approaching English ship alarms Friday. Crusoe is suspicious. Friday and Crusoe watch as eleven men take three captives onshore in a boat. Nine of the men explore the land, leaving two to guard the captives. Friday and Crusoe overpower these men and release the captives, one of whom is the captain of the ship, which has been taken in a mutiny. Shouting to the remaining mutineers from different points, Friday and Crusoe confuse and tire the men by making them run from place to place. Eventually they confront the mutineers, telling them that all may escape with their lives except the ringleader. The men surrender. Crusoe and the captain pretend that the island is an imperial territory and that the governor has spared their lives in order to send them all to England to face justice. Keeping five men as hostages, Crusoe sends the other men out to seize the ship. When the ship is brought in, Crusoe nearly faints.On December 19, 1686, Crusoe boards the ship to return to England. There, he finds his family is deceased except for two sisters. His widow friend has kept Crusoe’s money safe, and after traveling to Lisbon, Crusoe learns from the Portuguese captain that his plantations in Brazil have been highly profitable. He arranges to sell his Brazilian lands. Wary of sea travel, Crusoe attempts to return to England by land but is threatened by bad weather and wild animals in northern Spain. Finally arriving back in England, Crusoe receives word that the sale of his plantations has been completed and that he has made a considerable fortune. After donating a portion to the widow and his sisters, Crusoe is restless and considers returning to Brazil, but he is dissuaded by the thought that he would have to become Catholic. He marries, and his wife dies. Crusoe finally departs for the East Indies as a trader in 1694. He revisits his island, finding that the Spaniards are governing it well and that it has become a prosperous colony.

2010-02-19T19:21:00.000-08:00

Interesting List

Coffee History

According to a coffee history legend, an Arabian shepherd named Kaldi found his goats dancing joyously around a dark green leafed shrub with bright red cherries in the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Kaldi soon determined that it was the bright red cherries on the shrub that were causing the peculiar euphoria and after trying the cherries himself, he learned of their powerful effect. The stimulating effect was then exploited by monks at a local monastery to stay awake during extended hours of prayer and distributed to other monasteries around the world. Coffee was born.
Despite the appeal of such a legend, recent botanical evidence suggests a different coffee bean origin. This evidence indicates that the history of the coffee bean beagan on the plateaus of central Ethiopia and somehow must have been brought to Yemen where it was cultivated since the 6th century. Upon introduction of the first coffee houses in Cairo and Mecca coffee became a passion rather than just a stimulant.

History of Tea

People first became enchanted with tea in ancient China more than 5,000 years ago. According to the legend, skilled early emperor Shen Nung — a scientist and arts patron — dictated that all drinking water be boiled as a hygienic precaution. One summer day while visiting a distant province, his servants began boiling the water. Dried leaves from a nearby bush fell into the pot, and a brown liquid was infused. As a scientist, Shen Nung was intrigued. He drank some of the strange liquid and found it refreshing. Legend says the drinking of tea was therefore born. This myth shows such a practical narrative, many mythologists believe it may be close to actual events now lost in ancient history. After Shen Nung, the history of tea is filled with exploration, discovery, ritual, and deep satisfaction. From the far East to the coffee houses of Shakespeare’s day, from the Imperial Russian court to America’s Boston Tea Party, tea is the stuff dreams are made of.

2010-02-17T17:56:00.000-08:00

Today i want to cook fish curry and make sambal belacan,my favourite dish.
Before that,i remembered about my dream yesterday.I dreamed my cousin.
Maybe i,m so miss him because he is the closest cousin with me although he had worked as policeman.I called him `along' because he is the eldest brother in five siblings.I thing i want to call him this evening.

2010-02-17T17:45:00.000-08:00

Interesting Corner

DNA reveals some mystery on King Tut, raises questions

CAIRO (AFP) - – DNA testing has unraveled some of the mystery surrounding the birth and death of pharaoh king Tutenkhamun, revealing his father was a famed monotheistic king and ruling out Nefertiti as his mother, Egypt's antiquities chief said on Wednesday.
Zahi Hawass announced the results of the study involving DNA tests and computerised tomography (CT) scans on Tutankhamun's mummy at a packed media conference in the Egyptian Museum.
The testing showed the pharoah died of malaria after suffering a fall, putting to rest the theory that the enigmatic boy-king was murdered. He was also shown to have suffered from a club foot and used a cane as a walking aid.
Hawass said what seemed as an injury to the back of Tutankhamun's skull, which some had taken as evidence that he was murdered, was in fact a hole made by embalmers.
"We found evidence from DNA that proves he had very severe malaria," Hawass said.
"He was ill, weak, walked on a cane. When he was 19, and got malaria, he fell, how we don't know, maybe he fell in the bathroom," he said.
"When he fell, and was weak from malaria, he died."
Meanwhile, Tutankhamun seems to have sired two children, who appear to have been still born. The testing showed two mummified fetuses found in his tomb were his issue, probably with his wife Ankhsenpaamon.
While Tutenkhamun's death at about 19, after ten years of rule between 1333 to 1324 BC, has been a source of much speculation, the circumstances of his birth were not any clearer.
Researchers from Egypt used DNA testing to draw a family tree for Tutankhamun, and their results were reviewed by German scientists. Related article: Tut probe shows power of technology - but raises questions too
The researchers, led by Hawass, analysed DNA taken from 11 mummies, including the boy king himself.
It showed his father was almost certainly King Akhenaten, who ruled between 1351 and 1334 BC and tried to impose monotheistic worship in ancient Egypt.
The antiquities chief added that researchers were able to determine that the previously unidentified mummy found in Tomb 55 in the Valley of Kings belonged to Akhenaten.
Another, previously unidentified mummy, was confirmed as Tutankhamun's mother, whose name is not known. That discovery lay to rest the theory that Tutankhamun was the son of Queen Nefertiti.
The mummy, known as the "Younger lady," was discovered in 1898 by a French archaelogist in the Valley of the Kings.
"She is the daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. It is not possible she was Nefertiti," Hawass said.
Yet another mummy was identified as Queen Tiye, his powerful grandmother.
The results were a step forward in the field, Egyptologists said.
Alain Zivie, who directs French excavations in Saqqara, said the findings were "very important."
But he warned that "you have to be very modest before having all the answers" on such a remote age

2010-02-15T18:26:00.000-08:00

Today i want to finish my homework.
Just Kemahiran Hidup and Science.
Geografi maybe tomorrow or later.
This holiday i,m not going anywere.
Just helping my parent at home..
Cooking is my favourite work!
Yesterday i cooked Laksa Kedah because my house also in Kedah.
I hope tomorrow i will cook and learn more how to cook well than today!

2010-02-15T18:15:00.000-08:00

Today is the first time i go to this ciber cafe!
Actually not `cc' but Pusat Jalur Lebar Komuniti
Yesterday,i dad stomachache!
Everything that i eat can make my stomach so hurt.
Until now,this unconditionally situasion still happen but i have to be a strong person.

Homework

2010-02-11T16:55:00.000-08:00

1.Daily Log
-have done@ plan to do

2.Reflection
-personal thoughts

3.Interesting Reading List
-article/newspaper
-give personal comment

Characteristic in Robinson Crusoe

2010-02-08T20:50:00.000-08:00

Robinson Crusoe - The novel’s protagonist and narrator. Crusoe begins the novel as a young middle-class man in York in search of a career. He father recommends the law, but Crusoe yearns for a life at sea, and his subsequent rebellion and decision to become a merchant is the starting point for the whole adventure that follows. His vague but recurring feelings of guilt over his disobedience color the first part of the first half of the story and show us how deep Crusoe’s religious fear is. Crusoe is steady and plodding in everything he does, and his perseverance ensures his survival through storms, enslavement, and a twenty-eight-year isolation on a desert island.

Friday - A twenty-six-year-old Caribbean native and cannibal who converts to Protestantism under Crusoe’s tutelage. Friday becomes Crusoe’s servant after Crusoe saves his life when Friday is about to be eaten by other cannibals. Friday never appears to resist or resent his new servitude, and he may sincerely view it as appropriate compensation for having his life saved. But whatever Friday’s response may be, his servitude has become a symbol of imperialist oppression throughout the modern world. Friday’s overall charisma works against the emotional deadness that many readers find in Crusoe.

The Portuguese captain - The sea captain who picks up Crusoe and the slave boy Xury from their boat after they escape from their Moorish captors and float down the African coast. The Portuguese captain takes Crusoe to Brazil and thus inaugurates Crusoe’s new life as plantation owner. The Portuguese captain is never named—unlike Xury, for example—and his anonymity suggests a certain uninteresting blandness in his role in the novel. He is polite, personable, and extremely generous to Crusoe, buying the animal skins and the slave boy from Crusoe at well over market value. He is loyal as well, taking care of Crusoe’s Brazilian investments even after a twenty-eight-year absence. His role in Crusoe’s life is crucial, since he both arranges for Crusoe’s new career as a plantation owner and helps Crusoe cash in on the profits later.

The Spaniard - One of the men from the Spanish ship that is wrecked off Crusoe’s island, and whose crew is rescued by the cannibals and taken to a neighboring island. The Spaniard is doomed to be eaten as a ritual victim of the cannibals when Crusoe saves him. In exchange, he becomes a new “subject” in Crusoe’s “kingdom,” at least according to Crusoe. The Spaniard is never fleshed out much as a character in Crusoe’s narrative, an example of the odd impersonal attitude often notable in Crusoe.

Xury - A nonwhite (Arab or black) slave boy only briefly introduced during the period of Crusoe’s enslavement in Sallee. When Crusoe escapes with two other slaves in a boat, he forces one to swim to shore but keeps Xury on board, showing a certain trust toward the boy. Xury never betrays that trust. Nevertheless, when the Portuguese captain eventually picks them up, Crusoe sells Xury to the captain. Xury’s sale shows us the racist double standards sometimes apparent in Crusoe’s behavior.

The widow - Appearing briefly, but on two separate occasions in the novel, the widow keeps Crusoe’s 200 pounds safe in England throughout all his thirty-five years of journeying. She returns it loyally to Crusoe upon his return to England and, like the Portuguese captain and Friday, reminds us of the goodwill and trustworthiness of which humans can be capable, whether European or not.

Synopsis of Robinson Crusoe

2010-02-02T16:35:00.000-08:00

Robinson Crusoe

Synopsis:

Robinson Crusoe is the name of young Englishman who is shipwrecked. He is the only survivor. On the island, he has to be an independent person because there was nobody that can help him. He decided to make his own clothes from animals’ skin, hunt for food, make pottery and a boat and built his own shelter without any experience! He also rears goat, plant rice and corn and collect fruit to continue his life.

One day, Crusoe saves a man from being killed by a cannibal. This man becomes his most trusted companion and friend. He calls the man Friday because he rescued him on the Friday. After that, Crusoe and Friday save Friday’s father and a few others from the cannibals.

One day, Crusoe and Friday saves an English captain accidentally. Crusoe helps the English captain defect the mutineers. Then, the English captain offers Crusoe a ship to return back to England. He accepts the offer and after 28 years of being away, he goes back to England.

Character

Robinson Crusoe / chapter 1 /page 1

Turkish captain / chapter 2 / page 2

Xury / chapter 2 / page 4

Fiday / chapter 20 / page 36

An European,a Spaniard /chapter 24 / page 44

2010-01-22T17:46:00.001-08:00

Strawberry cultivars vary remarkably in size, color, flavor, shape, degree of fertility, season of ripening, liability to disease and constitution of plant.^[4] Some vary in foliage, and some vary materially in the relative development of their sexual organs. In most cases the flowers appear hermaphroditic in structure, but function as either male or female.^[5]

For purposes of commercial production, plants are propagated from runners and generally distributed as either bare root plants or plugs. Cultivation follows one of two general models, annual plasticulture^[6] or a perennial system of matted rows or mounds.^[7] A small amount of strawberries are also produced in greenhouses during the off season.^[8]

A garden using the plasticulture method

The bulk of modern commercial production uses the plasticulture system. In this method, raised beds are formed each year, fumigated, and covered with plastic to prevent weed growth and erosion. Plants, usually obtained from northern nurseries, are planted through holes punched in this covering, and irrigation tubing is run underneath. Runners are removed from the plants as they appear, to encourage the plants to put most of their energy into fruit development. At the end of the harvest season, the plastic is removed and the plants are plowed into the ground.^[9]^[6] Because strawberry plants more than a year or two old begin to decline in productivity and fruit quality, this system of replacing the plants each year allows for improved yields and denser plantings.^[9]^[6] However, because it requires a longer growing season to allow for establishment of the plants each year, and because of the increased costs in terms of forming and covering the mounds and purchasing plants each year, it is not always practical in all areas.^[9]

The other major method, which uses the same plants from year to year growing in rows or on mounds, is most common in colder climates.^[6]^[7] It has lower investment costs, and lower overall maintenance requirements.^[7] Yields are typically lower than in plasticulture.^[7]

A third method, uses a compost sock. Plants grown in compost socks have been shown to produce significantly higher oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), flavonoids, anthocyanins, fructose, glucose, sucrose, malic acid, and citric acid than fruit produced in the black plastic mulch or matted row systems.^[10] Similar results in an earlier 2003 study conducted by the US Dept of Agriculture, at the Agricultural Research Service, in Beltsville Maryland, confirms how compost plays a role in the bioactive qualities of two strawberry cultivars.^[11]

2010-01-20T17:48:00.000-08:00

first time i'm doing this blog,so many problems that i had to faced...
i forgot my password,i forgot my email..
maybe at's all my fault!
but now,i enjoy this blog and i will make this blog the most that i like...