Multiple Intelligence Test

before starting on the assignment today, we had to do a personality test.

it was rather accurate, to a certain extent. based on the choices i picked, i knew what my result was going to be. it certainly matched with my other results i had got with other personality tests i had done.

however, i feel that when people do intelligence tests, they lie to themselves most of the time, as while doing the quiz, thoughts like "is this true?" and "really? or is it the other one?" will hover through our minds, thus affecting our choices and decisions. we would be more self-conscious when taking quizzes like these.

thus, these quizzes are not be accurate no matter how much you try and how much you do not think about the questions.

ipad -- the revolutionary product, or the confirmation of failing tablets?

apple has stunned us with many of its creations:

ipod classic

ipod nano

ipod shuffle

and finally, the path-breaking iphone

however, it seems that Steve Jobs still has a few tricks up his sleeve

apple has rendered us stunned again with its newest invention -- the ipad

this device might, just like the iphone, revolutionize our lives

at a first glance, it looks like a giant ipod touch

however, the ipad has many secrets in store

the ipad is a tablet with a difference

The iPad has a larger 9.7-inch (25 cm) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with a pixel resolution of 1024x768, 16 to 64 gigabytes (GB) of flash memory, a 1-gigahertz (GHz) Apple A4 processor,Bluetooth 2.1, and a 30-pin dock connector to sync with iTunes and connect wired accessories

the release of the ipad has also caused apple to now have three "stores" for downloading

the itunes store, apps store, and now, the ibookstore.

Like the iPhone, with which it shares a development environment the iPad will only run software downloaded from Apple's App Store. The iPad will run almost all third-party iPhone applications unmodified (they can be displayed at iPhone size or enlarged to fill the iPad's larger screen), developers can also create apps specifically for the iPad's features. ^{developers have also said that apps specially for the ipad will soon be released.}

The iPad will come with the following applications: Safari, Mail, Photos, Video, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, App Store, Maps, Notes, Calendar, Contacts, and Spotlight. It will also include the iBooks application, which displays books and otherePub-format content downloaded from the iBookstore. The iPad syncs with iTunes.Apple ported its iWork suite from the Mac to the iPad; the Pages, Numbers and Keynote applications will be sold for $9.99 apiece in the App Store.Although the iPad is not designed as a cellphone replacement, a user can pair it with a Bluetooth headset and place phone calls using a VoIP application over WiFi or 3G.

however,a tablet has also been attempted at creation by hp's bill gates, and has failed drastically. just like hp, the ipad guarantees no success, and steve jobs might fall flat on his face, just like bill gates. the tablet is said to be the bermuda triangle between a handphone and a computer. it means that no one has successfully created a tablet which works perfectly and siuts the users. YET.

if the ipad is a success, however, it would revolutionize our lives, and might become, like the iphone, something hard to live without.

eagle

today i will be talking about the predator of the skies -- the eagle

how can we differentiate an eagle from the normal bird?

well, firstly, let me show you a picture of an eagle. its on the left.

eagles are differentiated from many other birds of prey mainly by their larger size, more powerful build, and heavier head and beak.

they can fly higher, further and for a longer period time than any bird.

it has a sharp beak and sharp talons, which are not only sharp, but also strong. they also have relatively longer and more evenly broad wings, and more direct, faster flight to sweep down on unsuspecting prey.

have a look at the video below. firstly, spot the height at which the eagle is flying at. next. notice how fast the eagle swoops down to catch its prey. enjoy ^^

from this, we can see how powerful and swift the eagle is.

fun fact

1)there are more than 60 breeds of eagles!!

2) did you know that after a period of 50 years, the eagle can remove all its claws, beak and pluck out all its feathers (in an excruciating period of 100 days) just to live for another 50 years?

la lesson

today we spent time in LA discussing about the speech and about the various examples.

i got most of it correct :D

then we got into groups to discuss about the speech.

i will give you more details when i have done it.

thats all for now.

провидение - A Silver Lining

Yesterday, i attended провидение - A Silver Lining

It is a collaboration concert between HKMOY and HCISO.

The concert started promptly at seven pm, and ending only at nine-thirty at night.

For those who have missed his enchanting experience, allow me to fill you in with what happened.

It stared off with a bang, with students from the Hwa Chong String Orchestra strumming to different tunes of different melodies, enthralling the whole audience.

Many different melodies were played, and the audience, even though not knowing what was being played, enjoyed it thoroughly.

It then continued with the students from the Hong Kong Music For Our Young Foundation, which consists of the Belilios Public School Symphony Orchestra and Beijing Military Music and Arts Academy.

They played on for an hour straight, though it felt only like minutes.

In the end, they got together for a solid half-hour collaborated performance.

Unexpectedly, it ended with them playing the school song, causing the whole auditorium to rise to their feet.

It was definitely an enthralling and exciting performance, and one i would definitely attend again in the future.

Earthquake in Hati

Today i will be blogging about the earthquake that struck Haiti. Just talking about it scares the living daylight out of me.

On January 12th, the worst earthquake in 200 years - 7.0 in magnitude - struck less than ten miles from the Caribbean city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

On that fateful day, all hell broke loose.

The initial quake was later followed by twelve aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.0. Structures of all kinds were damaged or collapsed, from shantytown homes to national landmarks. It is still very early in the recovery effort, but millions are likely displaced, and thousands are feared dead as rescue teams from all over the world are now descending on Haiti to help where they are able.

There was great damage to the infrastructure, roads, houses and most importantly, the lives of the people.

Those who were unfortunate enough to have their houses destroyed had to relocate to other places to sleep such as on the streets, roads, etc.

The situation there is terrible.

People are even fighting for a simple cup of water, places to sleep, and some even go to the extent of taking off clothes of dead bodies to wear as they have nothing to wear.

People have been seen queuing up with pails to collect water to use.

Most people have been left under the rubble to suffocate and die.

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I feel that the earthquake in haiti was really a bad disaster.

However, things like this cannot be prevented.

The people there are really unfortunate that an earthquake like this has happened to them.

I hope that more aid would go to them,and help them with all their necessities, such as the building of their houses, roads, and more importantly, help them recover from the physical shock they face.

To Kill A MockingBird

today i will give a brief summary of the novel, To Kill A MockingBird.

in the next few blog posts, i will give more details such as characters, themes and so on.

it is lengthy, but it is the whole story in detail.

To Kill A MockingBird.

S cout Finch ( Jean Louise Finch ) lives with her brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression, but Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society. One summer, Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer, and the trio acts out stories together. Eventually, Dill becomes fascinated with the spooky house on their street called the Radley Place. The house is owned by Mr. Nathan Radley, whose brother, Arthur (nicknamed Boo), has lived there for years without venturing outside.

To the consternation of Maycomb’s racist white community, Atticus agrees to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping a white woman. Because of Atticus’s decision, Jem and Scout are subjected to abuse from other children, even when they celebrate Christmas at the family compound on Finch’s Landing. Calpurnia, the Finches’ black cook, takes them to the local black church, where the warm and close-knit community largely embraces the children.Scout goes to school for the first time that fall and detests it. She and Jem find gifts apparently left for them in a knothole of a tree on the Radley property. Dill returns the following summer, and he, Scout, and Jem begin to act out the story of Boo Radley. Atticus puts a stop to their antics, urging the children to try to see life from another person’s perspective before making judgments. But, on Dill’s last night in Maycomb for the summer, the three sneak onto the Radley property, where Nathan Radley shoots at them. Jem loses his pants in the ensuing escape. When he returns for them, he finds them mended and hung over the fence. The next winter, Jem and Scout find more presents in the tree, presumably left by the mysterious Boo. Nathan Radley eventually plugs the knothole with cement. Shortly thereafter, a fire breaks out in another neighbor’s house, and during the fire someone slips a blanket on Scout’s shoulders as she watches the blaze. Convinced that Boo did it, Jem tells Atticus about the mended pants and the presents.

Atticus’s sister, Alexandra, comes to live with the Finches the next summer. Dill, who is supposed to live with his “new father” in another town, runs away and comes to Maycomb. Tom Robinson’s trial begins, and when the accused man is placed in the local jail, a mob gathers to lynch him. Atticus faces the mob down the night before the trial. Jem and Scout, who have sneaked out of the house, soon join him. Scout recognizes one of the men, and her polite questioning about his son shames him into dispersing the mob.

At the trial itself, the children sit in the “colored balcony” with the town’s black citizens. Atticus provides clear evidence that the accusers, Mayella Ewell and her father, Bob, are lying: in fact, Mayella propositioned Tom Robinson, was caught by her father, and then accused Tom of rape to cover her shame and guilt. Atticus provides impressive evidence that the marks on Mayella’s face are from wounds that her father inflicted; upon discovering her with Tom, he called her a whore and beat her. Yet, despite the significant evidence pointing to Tom’s innocence, the all-white jury convicts him. The innocent Tom later tries to escape from prison and is shot to death. In the aftermath of the trial, Jem’s faith in justice is badly shaken, and he lapses into despondency and doubt.

Despite the verdict, Bob Ewell feels that Atticus and the judge have made a fool out of him, and he vows revenge. He menaces Tom Robinson’s widow, tries to break into the judge’s house, and finally attacks Jem and Scout as they walk home from a Halloween party. Boo Radley intervenes, however, saving the children and stabbing Ewell fatally during the struggle. Boo carries the wounded Jem back to Atticus’s house, where the sheriff, in order to protect Boo, insists that Ewell tripped over a tree root and fell on his own knife. After sitting with Scout for a while, Boo disappears once more into the Radley house.

Later, Scout feels as though she can finally imagine what life is like for Boo. He has become a human being to her at last. With this realization, Scout embraces her father’s advice to practice sympathy and understanding and demonstrates that her experiences with hatred and prejudice will not sully her faith in human goodness.