my personal recount

Some thinhs change our lives drastically.The one thing that changed my life and perception about animals was my first pet-a terrapin.Although we never gave it a name,we wre very attached to it and my whole family was very sad when we had to release him into a pond because he was growing exceptionally fast and his tank was getting too small for him.I never really thought that animals had actual feelings.One day when i returned from school,i was feeling very bored so i decided o play with it.Little did i know that it did not like to be human-handled and i tried to control it but it was constantly trying to squirm away.Finally,it reached the limit of frustration and did its business on me.That was one of my most disgusting encounters but at least i understood that animals have feelings too and that we must treat them the way we want to be treated.

When i think of "dog", it will remind me of the first time i gave away my dog. She was given to my mother's colleague who lives in a condominium. The adults were talking near the swimming pool when suddenly, my dog dove into the swimming pool! :O But she was paddling near the edge so i quickly pulled her back by her leash...At that time, my emotions were all jumbled up. A mixture of fear, shock and amusement.
MY DOG ROCKS TO THE MAX! IT IS AWESOME. LIKE ME. HAHAHA:D

♥Stacey

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I can't really remember the scariest moment of my life...But as long as I remember, there's one I can say...
I was on the DHL balloon with my family. (in Singapore, they have closed it down a couple of years ago...) I used to be super scared of heights. So, I was rising up in the balloon, then i looked down...IT WAS SO DAMN SCARY! I was young then, only 9 or 10 years old. I was super duper scared! I was afraid that I would fall down. I was 150 metres above ground you know? Okay, this sounds very boring...How about this...

Well, AT LAST I REMEMBER! One day, I was dreaming away in my bedroom, and everyone else had slept. Then, a weird noise interrupted my thoughts and I looked around to find the most horrifying thing...A GHOST! There was movement...and I was SUPER SCARED and I screamed hysterically! Everyone in my house woke up, and then they turned on the lights, to find NOTHING AT ALL! I was so super scared! Now still...

WOW. I LOVED IT:D
MAYBE ANOTHER DAY MIGHT HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN...
BUT I'M NOT AFRAID NOW...
BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS ANYMORE...
I BELIEVE WE CREATE 'GHOSTS' DUE TO OUR FEAR...

SO BYEZ,
MOMO<3

Personal Recount

When I think of the word 'pet', the day I got my pet dog comes to mind. I was doing a math test at home and my parents were out. I was halfway through my test when my parents came back and rang the doorbell. My sister opened the door and shouted, "Dog!" I thought that my parents had just bought some soft toy for us but when my mother opened the door of my room, I realised she was really holding a real, live dog! My first reaction was a shout of "Dog!" in astonishment (and I had thought that my sister was squealing over some soft toy). My test was completely forgotten for the rest of the afternoon. Therefore I was not surprised later that I did not do well for it. My dog is two years old now.

Shrida Sailli (Poodle)

The first time I drank NEWater, it was so tasteless! I spitted the water out of my mouth! It was the worst water I could have tasted! Even the school water, which is not very nice either, is much better than NEWater!
There can be many other liquids that tastes much better than normal water, but of course, we need to drink water or else we will not survive. No matter how horrible it might taste, all of us still need to drink water. The three important things essential for life includes air, water and food. So, definitely, we must drink water!

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YAY!
DONE WITH THE less-than-100-WORD ARTICLE![or is it 100 words? anyway it is near 100, so almost the same(: ]ABOUT WATER!
(:

BYE,
MONISHA(aka MOMO<3)

THE Scariest Moment of my life

The scariest moment of my life was when my mom recommended me to watch a horror movie in which a car was evil. The car looked almost like the new black BMW cars on the streets these days, with the bright yellow and white lights against the dark background. It was really scary because the car only attacked at night. On top of that, I watched the movie at night. In the end, the hero of the movie blew up the car. Despite the happy ending, I had nightmares at night and feared my own black Mitsubishi car for about two days.

Shrida(Poodle)

Blog Review

I would give this blog a ‘2’ for presentation and layout because its layout is usable however not very attractive. The blogger has used a very normal and common background and the blog is full of words and stories, there is a shortage of pictures, captions, etc. The layout is neat and organised, the recount is written in short paragraphs and each of the paragraphs is given headings making it easier for the reader to know what each paragraph is talking about. Maybe the blogger could have made his blog more colourful instead of using the standard colour black. I would give the blog a ‘2’ for graphics because there are not very many pictures but a lot of words and it is an eyesore to read so many words without any interesting pictures. However it can be seen that the blogger has put in some effort to include pictures in his blog. I would rate the blog a ‘4’ for graphic and design because it can be seen that the pictures were chosen carefully. Each of the pictures was related to a different paragraph. The blogger’s recount was about his holiday in Paris so the pictures which were chosen implied something about Paris. I would rate this blog a ‘4’ in terms of interest because the blogger has obviously showed that he wrote general things that most people may be interested in for example when the author wrote about how he had to choose a hotel, he did not go so much into detail as what kind of hotel he liked but the general procedure of what choosing a hotel is like. The topic the blogger has chosen to write on is a suitable topic because many people are interested on going for holidays not only him. Therefore the writer has done a good job by choosing a subject that people generally have interest in.
Total Marks
Presentation and layout:2
Graphics:2
Graphics and design:4
Interest:4

* The link to the blog is http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/01/29/paris-breaks*

The End
-Nediva^^

One minute recount

Nediva's Recount
The scariest thing happened to me on 4 April 2004.I was only primary 1!Well,that day my friend sent me a chain email about some ghost and i did not heed it and just deledted it but who knows,something really scary happened.At about 1am in the morning i was getting ready to go to sleep and just as i entered my room, i heard banging noises as if something heavy was banging against another solid item.My first reaction was to run out of my room.However,i decided to muster up my courage and i walked into my room.To my horror,i saw my desk chair vibrating very violently gainst my table.As all Primary ones would do,i let out a loud screan that woke up the whole house.That night and the following three nights i did not dare sleep in my own room so i slept in my brother's room.However,what puzzles me most was te fact that the chain email said that i would face the most horrifying thing in my life if i deleted it.So,was it really because of the chain email or my hallucination?Till today i still wonder.

Stacey's saddest moments

One of my saddest moments was when i gave away my Jack Russel Terrior. My dog is a breed of really active dogs but she's not allowed to roam aound in my HDB flat because she might break something. So we had to keep her in the balcony. My family figured it would not be fair not to give her freedom. Moreover, the neighbours even complaint because of her constant howling and barking. In the end we had to give her away to a man who lives with his family in a condominium in Jurong. I know she should be even happier there(they have another dog to keep her company=P) but i still miss her badly...

STACEY=(

2nd blog review

blog:http://www.kikokumi-lurvesx3.blogspot.com//

I feel that the writer's blog's layout and design is wonderful as the blog skin is very appealing. Moreover, it is easy to locate all the important elements as the blog can be navigated easily. Unfortunately, there is not much graphics on the blog, hence, making it not that interesting. The writer tries to make the content interesting as possible to the readers. There are not that many grammar errors aside from the misuse of broken english and vulgarities. Her stories are somewhat related to the topic to give a sense of understandment to her readers. Her sentences are fragmented and her paragraphing is not that good. She does not use a very wide variety of vocabulary either. Her sentence structures when read aloud, may not be understood by non-Singaporeans as alot of Singlish is present. Lastly, she does not make that much spelling and grammar mistakes.


PRESENTATION & LAYOUT— 4
THEME— 3
DESIGNS AND GRAPHICS— 2
INTEREST + TEAMWORK—2
FOCUS—2
SENTENCE AND PARAGRAPH—31
LANGUAGE & VOCABULARY+SENTENCE FLUENCY+SPELLING & GRAMMAR—2


Stacey

Blog rating

I think this blog is not very interesting as there are no pictures and the theme has no relation to the personal recount. However, the owner makes the her recount interesting by using certain words that can capture the reader's attention to her blog.
Presentation: 2
Layout: 3
Theme: 2
Design: 2
Graphics: 2
Interest: 3
http://stacy.blogspot.com

SHRIDA SAILLI

blog review for english

blog: http://valariee.blogspot.com/
I feel that the blog has a very nice and attractive skin that is both meaningful and adorable. The graphics are somewhat related to the skin’s theme and it is of good quality. The writer has included a comment box, music player to beautify her blog. She also has pictures to illustrate her posts and give the reader’s a sense of understanding through being able to see what happened. There are not much spelling errors aside from the frequent informal words like the addition of unnecessary letters, misspelled words, abbreviations, etc. Her entire story is related to her title to allow her readers to understand and connect. Her sentences are mostly complete and the paragraphing is just fine. Her language is excellent. However, her choice of vocabulary is not all that great. Most of her sentences sound perfectly normal and easy-on-the-ear when read out. The writer also makes very few grammar mistakes but several spelling errors could be seen.
PRESENTATION & LAYOUT— 4
THEME— 3
DESIGNS AND GRAPHICS— 3
INTEREST + TEAMWORK—4
FOCUS—3
SENTENCE AND PARAGRAPH—3
LANGUAGE & VOCABULARY+SENTENCE FLUENCY+SPELLING & GRAMMAR—2

ehh..is this how you do the review? meh.

STACEY♥

HELLO(:

HELLO PEOPLE! THIS IS OUR GROUP BLOG(:
WE'RE DOING THIS FOR OUR ENGLISH PROJECT TO RATE BLOGS.
BUT WE ARE ALSO USING IT FOR PERSONAL USE(:
PLEASE VISIT US MORE OFTEN! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE:D
♥STACEY & MOMO