Hey,Hey !
What's up? Have you ever wondered what is your most indispensable possession and why? Well,for me,I have a whole collection of Manchester United's posters from different countries and continents.
My uncle is a Manchester United's fan and he travels all around the world for business purposes and he often buy me stuffs. Rare things are posters are hard to get and I think it is impossible to get in Singapore.
My room is also full of wallpapers from New Zealand which were bought by me in Malaysia during the holidays.Sometimes,I also persuade my mother to bring me to other parts of the world just to collect some posters.XD
~Sza
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
What is sports?
Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors.
In British English, sporting activities are commonly denoted by the collective noun "sport". In American English, "sports" is more used. In all English dialects, "sports" is the term used for more than one specific sport. For example, "football and swimming are my favourite sports", would sound natural to all English speakers, whereas "I enjoy sport" would sound less natural than "I enjoy sports" to North Americans.
In British English, sporting activities are commonly denoted by the collective noun "sport". In American English, "sports" is more used. In all English dialects, "sports" is the term used for more than one specific sport. For example, "football and swimming are my favourite sports", would sound natural to all English speakers, whereas "I enjoy sport" would sound less natural than "I enjoy sports" to North Americans.
The term "sport" is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities, regardless of the level of physical activity. Both games of skill and motor sport exhibit many of the characteristics of physical sports, such as skill, sportsmanship, and at the highest levels, even professional sponsorship associated with physical sports. Air sports, billiards, bridge, chess, motorcycle racing, and powerboating are all recognized as sports by the International Olympic Committee with their world governing bodies represented in the Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations.[7]
What is vocabulary?
The vocabulary of a person is defined either as the set of all words that are understood by that person or the set of all words likely to be used by that person when constructing new sentences. Even though the two words are synonymous, "curse" is a regular part of the vocabulary of most native English speakers while "imprecate" is not.
The richness of a person's vocabulary is popularly thought to be a reflection of either intelligence or level of education. Accordingly, many standardised tests, such as the SAT, have questions that test vocabulary.
English Vocabulary
It is widely circulated that the English language has the largest vocabulary of any language, but this claim is difficult to formulate precisely, and essentially impossible to prove.[1]
The Oxford English Dictionary lists a total of 171,476 words with an additional 47,156 obsolete and 9,500 derivative words as subentries, giving almost a quarter of a million words in the English language, even when technical terms, place names and multiple word senses are excluded.[2] Clearly, therefore, any individual's vocabulary must necessarily consist of only a small subset of the total possible vocabulary of the language. One estimate, by David Crystal, is that the average college graduate has an active vocabulary of 60,000 words and an additional passive vocabulary of 75,000 words.[3]
Increasing the size of one's vocabulary, also called vocabulary building, is an important part of both learning a language and improving one's skills in a language in which one is already proficient.
Vocabulary Acquisition and games
There are many ways to improve vocabulary, one however seems to stand above the rest, it is called Motor Imaging.(Casale, 1985, Casale & Manzo, 1983) See also reading skills acquisition. Many adults find vocabulary building to be a fun and educational activity, as evidenced by the popularity of "word-a-day" services. This is also reflected in the popularity of the charity website FreeRice, which employs a donation model based upon a vocabulary-building word game.
The nights I spent in my car >> Reader's Digest
Hey,hey
What's up?Did you subscribe to Reader's Digest?If you did,you probably have read an article about a woman spending almost 9 months in her car.That was one of the most interesting article that I read in the magazine.
The article was about this woman who became bankrupt spending 9 months sleeping in her car.Sometimes,she would get out and buy snacks to refresh herself.She won't spend two nights in exactly the same spot because she knew people would be very suspicious.
This charming woman then made a blog and posted some posts about her life.She though that blogs were useless because there are millions of blogs and if she was selected,then it would be a miracle.However,the next day,when she checked in her blog,she was surprised to see a lot of response and comments to her posts.She then got a job with big pays.Now she's one of the most richest woman in the world !
For updates,log on to this blog : www.wanderingscribe.com
Thx !
What's up?Did you subscribe to Reader's Digest?If you did,you probably have read an article about a woman spending almost 9 months in her car.That was one of the most interesting article that I read in the magazine.
The article was about this woman who became bankrupt spending 9 months sleeping in her car.Sometimes,she would get out and buy snacks to refresh herself.She won't spend two nights in exactly the same spot because she knew people would be very suspicious.
This charming woman then made a blog and posted some posts about her life.She though that blogs were useless because there are millions of blogs and if she was selected,then it would be a miracle.However,the next day,when she checked in her blog,she was surprised to see a lot of response and comments to her posts.She then got a job with big pays.Now she's one of the most richest woman in the world !
For updates,log on to this blog : www.wanderingscribe.com
Thx !
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
What is Science?
Science (from the Latin scientia, 'knowledge'), in a historical sense, refers to any systematic knowledge or practice.[1] The modern use of the term refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research;[2][3] the more general meaning continues to be common in European usage, however.[4]
Fields of science are commonly classified along two major lines:
Natural sciences, which study natural phenomena (including biological life), and
Social sciences, which study human behavior and societies.
These groupings are empirical sciences, which means the knowledge must be based on observable phenomena and capable of being experimented for its validity by other researchers working under the same conditions.[5]
Mathematics, which is sometimes classified within a third group of science called formal science, has both similarities and differences with the natural and social sciences.[3] It is similar to empirical sciences in that it involves an objective, careful and systematic study of an area of knowledge; it is different because of its method of verifying its knowledge, using a priori rather than empirical methods.[6] Formal science, which also includes statistics and logic, is vital to the empirical sciences. Major advances in formal science have often led to major advances in the physical and biological sciences. The formal sciences are essential in the formation of hypotheses, theories, and laws,[7] both in discovering and describing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences).
The history of science is marked by a chain of advances in technology and knowledge that have always complemented each other. Technological innovations bring about new discoveries and are bred by other discoveries which inspire new possibilities and approaches to longstanding science issues. Investing in science and technology is critical to ensuring prosperity and a high quality of life. Scientists are at the forefront of the development of scientific and technological innovations. The primary objectives of these professionals are to create and develop novel research that can be used to solve problems for both the states' populations, as well as individual entities like companies.
Science as discussed in this article is sometimes termed experimental science to differentiate it from applied science, which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs, though the two are often interconnected.
Fields of science are commonly classified along two major lines:
Natural sciences, which study natural phenomena (including biological life), and
Social sciences, which study human behavior and societies.
These groupings are empirical sciences, which means the knowledge must be based on observable phenomena and capable of being experimented for its validity by other researchers working under the same conditions.[5]
Mathematics, which is sometimes classified within a third group of science called formal science, has both similarities and differences with the natural and social sciences.[3] It is similar to empirical sciences in that it involves an objective, careful and systematic study of an area of knowledge; it is different because of its method of verifying its knowledge, using a priori rather than empirical methods.[6] Formal science, which also includes statistics and logic, is vital to the empirical sciences. Major advances in formal science have often led to major advances in the physical and biological sciences. The formal sciences are essential in the formation of hypotheses, theories, and laws,[7] both in discovering and describing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences).
The history of science is marked by a chain of advances in technology and knowledge that have always complemented each other. Technological innovations bring about new discoveries and are bred by other discoveries which inspire new possibilities and approaches to longstanding science issues. Investing in science and technology is critical to ensuring prosperity and a high quality of life. Scientists are at the forefront of the development of scientific and technological innovations. The primary objectives of these professionals are to create and develop novel research that can be used to solve problems for both the states' populations, as well as individual entities like companies.
Science as discussed in this article is sometimes termed experimental science to differentiate it from applied science, which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs, though the two are often interconnected.
The "F" word-Friends
True,trust and tolerance plays the most important part in friendships. Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever.Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you!
If we have tolerance and no trust,our friendship won't be peaceful because there'll be definately a lot of misunderstanding and that will cause friendships to break.The same goes if we only have trust and no tolerance.
We have to somehow treasure friendships because that is something we cannot buy !!
Signing off,
Forza
If we have tolerance and no trust,our friendship won't be peaceful because there'll be definately a lot of misunderstanding and that will cause friendships to break.The same goes if we only have trust and no tolerance.
We have to somehow treasure friendships because that is something we cannot buy !!
Signing off,
Forza
Revision Plan$
Revision plans
What are my revision plans?Hmm..I'm not so sure but maybe I can plan on it now..For Monday and Wednesday,I plan to do 5-10 Grammar and Vocabulary excercises and read up on the 1st topic of Grammar Book.I would also read a topic on Science Revision Guide.
On Tuesday,I will do 10 excersises and 2 topics on Science Rev Guide.Maybe another topic of Grammar book.For Wednesday to Friday,I would repeat the same routine as Monday.For Saturday,I won't do any revision as that's the only day that I can relax.On Sunday,I'll complete all of my assignments and 10 grammar and Vocabs..
So,what are your revision plans?
Signing off,
Forza
What are my revision plans?Hmm..I'm not so sure but maybe I can plan on it now..For Monday and Wednesday,I plan to do 5-10 Grammar and Vocabulary excercises and read up on the 1st topic of Grammar Book.I would also read a topic on Science Revision Guide.
On Tuesday,I will do 10 excersises and 2 topics on Science Rev Guide.Maybe another topic of Grammar book.For Wednesday to Friday,I would repeat the same routine as Monday.For Saturday,I won't do any revision as that's the only day that I can relax.On Sunday,I'll complete all of my assignments and 10 grammar and Vocabs..
So,what are your revision plans?
Signing off,
Forza
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