Vision and mission

So much can be said for the person who has a plan and is able to stay on track with their plan as they usually end up getting to their destination!  If you were to just set out on a trip not knowing where you were going, you would have no idea if you ever got there!  This may sound silly, but it is the sad reality of a great many people, they have no idea where they are going!  There is a quote that goes, “if you shoot at nothing, you are sure to hit it!”  But there is no satisfaction in that at all!

It may sound “too predictable” to some and even “boring”, but the fact is, if you have a goal, a vision or plan, it can actually add a lot of excitement to your life.  It is always best to have short-term and long-term plans so that you can see if you are making progress towards arriving at the completion of your goal or not.  If you plan out your day by making a “to do” list, and you check off this list as the days goes on, it can be a source of inspiration!  I know that for myself, as I get things taken care of  throughout the day, I feel alive and as though I am accomplishing something!  Especially when I can check off the things on my “to do” list that are particularly unpleasant!  In fact, it is usually those things that are unpleasant that are best to take care of right off the bat, as they tend to be the what leads to procrastination!

When I get those difficult things tackled at the beginning of the day, the other things that remain on the list, that are not as difficult, are so easy to tend to!  I feel really good after I get things done and don’t feel so guilty at the end of the day to get that much-needed “chill time”!  I even feel as though I deserve it!  There is just something stimulating about getting things taken care of, but the trick is usually the getting started part. But once you get started you are pretty much half done and you begin to feel more alive and on top of the world!

It is a daily fight to keep the vision since there are so many distractions in the course of the day.  Things will come up that seem to be so important, and you can get side-tracked by them and… boom, once again you end up off track and behind on your plan!  It takes a concerted effort to stay focused, but it is absolutely necessary if you want to make it to your destination.  Not only is
it reinvigorating, it will also be financially rewarding as you will see that by doing so it will lead to greater success!

Do you plan your work and work your plan?

Are we perfect?

I have made so many mistakes throughout my lifetime because I tend to be a person who has acted on inspiration rather than being logical.  Inspiration is a wonderful thing and it is important!  When you are inspired you have enthusiasm which can push you forward through difficult times, but it is not the all-in-all and cannot be depended upon when making decisions.

I have learned (and am still learning) the importance of taking a good long look at any new projects in order to count the cost.  When you do take a leap without looking, you are certain to learn lessons through potential mistakes, but you can be miles ahead if you are to go slow and consider all the angles and potential scenarios or ramifications.  There is a quote that often has spoken to me and it goes, “if you go slow you get there quicker or at least you get there!”  Another little saying is in regards to the fable of the hare and the tortoise which goes “the hare never made it but the tortoise did”.

You can think that you will get somewhere quicker if you rush in full speed ahead, but the fact is you may never reach your goal if you don’t study the road first and plan you trip.  I guess when I was younger, it didn’t seem so important to me to take the time and consider everything, I just wanted to get started and get going.  But now that I am mature…ahem, I cannot afford to make too many hurried mistakes, time could run out and leave me in a real fix.

This may seem pretty elementary to most of you, but unfortunately may problems, and in particular, financial problems are caused due to improper investigation.  These then cause trains on relationships with spouses and partners which then lead to even greater difficulties which may have not been taken into account.  So it pays to learn early on to look before leaping!

Life as there's no tomrrow

“Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.”  Stephen VincentBenét

I guess we really don’t appreciate things until they are long gone!  We live our lives as if we will be here forever, and then such as in Italy recently, an earthquake strikes or a natural disaster and it your whole life has changed, or in some cases it has ended!  As long as you read about news from a far land you can get a false sense of security, but when it happens in your back yard, reality strikes! This could be you!

A time of reflection is healthy and often occurs when something devastating happens just around the corner.  But it would be wise to have this “reflection” each and every day!  Just think, what if you didn’t show just how much you appreciated your wife/husband/child or friend yesterday, and you wake up to find that they are missing through an accident or disaster? We often think of where we have failed so miserably in times such as these, but in the hustle and bustle of the day, we can tend to largely ignore or take for granted those we live and work with.

We would be better off living as though today was our last.  Be there for others, show appreciation, give a hug, be kind because tomorrow may never come for them, or even for you.  This is a reality that we often choose to ignore since it is an unpleasant thought, but the world would be a better place if we all had this mindset!

Is gadget fulfillment of our happiness?

We live in a pretty demanding world full of a million distractions and things to keep us pretty busy. Some of the things are important and demand our attention, others are less important, and then there are the time wasters that worsen the life out of you should you allow them to.

This gadget happy, materialistic environment that calls out to us continually to occupy our minds with thoughts and things that are “nice” and “handy” can tend to distract us from the pure simple and natural joys of living, that for some have gone all but lost in the shuffle.  All of these great, new and wonderful commodities are useful tools that can help us accomplish more.  They can bring us temporary fulfillment and happiness because they make our life easier.  But they will never bring us the lasting happiness that  feeds our inner soul and brings us back to the simple childlike joys of yesteryear.

I was thinking about this the other day as I took some off-time from the frantic busy life-style that I now call my “normal”.  This day  I took the time to enjoy the beauty of a flower, watch the sunset and gaze at the stars in the sky brought me feelings of appreciation for my family and loved ones as I remembered moments that I had spent with each one.  That is a joy that lasts on forever.

If you hope to have a great time, put aside all of the distractions, be it work, play gadgets or toys and take the time to feel that inner-peace and joy you experienced as a child. Learn to be happy with the moment, don’t
allow yourself to be dependent on “things”.  They are but tools that we can use, just don’t allow them to use you!

Do you take the time?

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

Life is a great teacher as we never really ever stop learning from our experiences in life.  There is a quote that goes: “A wise man learns from the mistakes of others, a fool learns from his own mistakes”  I had heard a paraphrased version of this same quote and so I went looking for it online as I actually thought that it went like this: “A wise man learns from his own mistakes, but an even wiser man learns from the mistakes of others”  For the longest time this is how I would quote this and I would add that the world is full of simply “wise people” and not so many “wiser ones”, as we tend to have to learn things through our own experience.

I would agree that if we are really smart, we will the word of those who have had certain experiences and learn to avoid the same mistakes through their testimony.  But unfortunately it just doesn’t seem to go this way most of the time.This why it is said that experience is the best teacher, in fact, if you run into a brick wall you usually try to go a different way the next time around. ( Notice that I said usually.)

While growing up it seems to be innate to not take people’s word for things and to have a buying desire to prove other’s wrong, especially if they assert authority over us. But then, as time goes on, you start to figure that it might have been a lot better if you had paid attention to the teacher who had “been there and done that” in order to save yourself a lot of time and sometimes grief.  There can tend to linger on a certain pride that battles with having to give in and finally say “uncle” and accept that someone else just might know what they are saying. Weird, but we more often than not want to be right, sometimes even when we are wrong.

I believe that wisdom shines its light on us when we finally realize that we are not actually the “all-in-all” and that we need to pay attention to others on certain topics.  It is wonderful that we can have such a vast array of talent and intelligence around us from whom to draw.  We just need to use this and allow wisdom to “kick in”.

The Babadook?

This movie quite interesting and mind blowing. One of the 'smartest' stories I've seen about the Shadow archetype.

So the Babadook is the shadow archetype. Quick rundown, for those who aren’t familiar is, the shadow is a part of the ‘self’ (a persons mind) that we refuse to accept as part of ourselves. Aspects of ourselves that are so vile, repulsive, or contradict to how we view ourselves that it is utterly ignored and unacknowledged. So, the shadow is named as such because it is the darkness of our mind, and by nature largely unconscious. Amelia has a great deal of hate for her child. It’s difficult to face such feelings when you believe yourself to be an unconditionally loving mother. Her child is a burden, abnormally difficult to raise, and worst of all is to blame for her husbands death. The beginning of the story shows Amelia tackle this difficulty with a great deal of compassion, and endless patience. But of course, all of that hate is hidden inside and as the story progresses we see it unleash.

This process is well documented in Analytical Psychology. Allowing a part of the mind to remain fully unconscious lets it grow unchecked. It allows it power it doesn’t rightly deserve. If you ignore it, it will grow stronger. Sometimes this results in an eruption, causing those unsavory aspects to overtake all other aspects of a person. Psychosis, fits of anger, etc. And so it does, rapidly and with little warning.

This has purpose though, to the mental health of the individual. Becoming a more consciously whole person can be of great benefit. When you can ‘let in’ parts of yourself that were being denied you can gain power over impulses and behavior being caused by them. So this eruption of the Shadow to the surface is a violent way of aspects of ‘self’ merging. We see at the end how Amelia has learned to have a pressure valve for her mind, and to handle this in a more healthy fashion. There is no getting rid of the shadow (babadook), it’s rightfully a part of each of us.

One thing that I loved so much is the portrayal of the ‘realness’ of the babadook. We might not be able to set them on a shelf, or take pictures, but they’re as real as gravity. At no point did the film say, ‘oh this was all just in her head’ or ‘she’s just crazy’. Many other films with a ‘monster in the mind’ scenario do take the route of showing how ‘none of it was real’.

About the babadooks unmasking, of course the surprise is that she sees herself (I think that’s first made clear from the popup book?). I also notice the bright light, perhaps this is the gems I referenced earlier.

I do wonder, why worms in earth as food? I see how important the scene is of her keeping and feeding the babadook, but I have a hunch I’m missing exactly why that offering was chosen.

Why babadook? I found interesting information about it.I saw someone translated this to 'chuckling father'. I'm mostly struck by the primitive sound of the word (which is why baba is often the word for father, children can say it). The Shadow is primitive, the definition being- denoting the character of an early stage in the evolutionary development of something. Archetypes (which include the shadow among others) are the building blocks of modern mind.

Overall, it quite a different horrow movie compare to others. But some may view it different because of it's literally meaning. Last but not least, I would recommend you guys to watch it because the element in the story can challege our mind where at first i dont get what the movie was about.  

Movie review (21 Jump Street)

Movie review:

This movie quite a awesome. In other words, "21 Jump Street" is pretty good. There seemed to be little demand for a movie spinoff of the crime drama that ran on Fox from 1987 to 1991, and which had an early starring role for Johnny Depp. Perhaps realizing that, the filmmakers have abandoned any pretense of being faithful to the series, and turned to a mashup of screwball comedy, action and "The Odd Couple" formula.

The couple here are Schmidt and Jenko (Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum), who were opposites in high school and still are eight years later. In high school, Schmidt was a pudgy nerd who wore braces and couldn't get his mouth to work while trying to ask a girl to the prom. Jenko was a good-looking jock to whom all things came easily; unfortunately, he was the dim bulb in the chandelier.

In a brief prologue, the movie spares us the tiresome routine where the jock makes life miserable for the nerd; all he does is snicker with everyone else when poor Schmidt gets tongue-tied. They have no reason to be enemies, because they're from different planets. When we meet them again, they're both in the police academy, where Schmidt aces all the exams and fails everything physical, and Jenko does the opposite. That makes them both misfits, and they feel a growing camaraderie.

After an unpromising start as bicycle-riding cops on park patrol, they're exiled to an undercover unit investigating a dangerous new drug infiltrating a local high school. The captain in charge (Ice Cube) is the typical police veteran who can't believe the incompetence of these losers. I should mention that his name is Dickson.

But back to the story. It often strikes me that the actors in high school movies look too old. But Schmidt and Jenko look really too old, and the movie isn't shy about pointing that out. Indeed, one of the pleasures of "21 Jump Street" is that the screenplay by Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill is happy to point out all of its improbabilities; the premise is preposterous to begin with, and they run with that.

The interesting part was:

There might have been a temptation to write Schmidt and Jenko as rivals, but it's more effective here to develop them as friends who screw up together. They were pre-enrolled by Capt. Dickson in hand-picked classes, but trouble starts when they can't remember their undercover names and are assigned to each other's classes. That means Schmidt ends up playing Peter Pan in drama class, and Jenko is in advanced chemistry.

Apparently the conviction that we got high school all wrong is universal. Now Schmidt and Jenko get a fresh start, and Schmidt even gets another chance to ask a girl (sweet Brie Larson) to the prom. Meanwhile, they're seeking the source of drugs in the high school, which inevitably involves chase scenes and a motorcycle gang including a fat bald guy with high-rider handlebars. As usual, the chases and explosions are boring.

A disastrous party with abuse is funny, as the movie uses bizarre graphics to illustrate the various stages users go through while using the new mystery drug. What it all comes down to is a funnier and sweeter movie than I had any way of expecting. Therefore, i would recommend you guys to watch this movie where it taught the importance between friendship. Schmidt and Jenko showed the value of friendship even though they fought during the climax of the story. They taught us don't always heliitle your friend whever they need your help. Last but not least, don't forget to watch this movie and enjoy it.

Inspiration of the day

Gandhi’s life is a road map to peaceful resistance, a map that has been used since then in several countries, and with great success.  In countries with brutal, repressive dictatorships, it has been less successful.

Where can I apply this in my life?
At your local school board level, are your childresn getting the education you think they should be getting?  Is there a proper balance between school work and homework, recess and class time?  Are your children getting the subject matters that are important to you, possibly including foreign languages, music, art, physical education, health education, etc…

If not, do the same thing – talk to the board members and ask why.  If you can’t get what you feel you children should be getting, you will have to find other like-minded parents and start sitting in the board meetings.  Perhaps you will have to run for the board yourself.  But yelling and screaming, violence and anger will not get you what you want.

You can see the pattern of the quote in the actions that transpire within the situation.  If you’ve never been to a school board meeting or anything else like that, it can be a real eye opener.

You should probably do that a few times to familiarize yourself with the procedures and processes before you dive in. If you can keep it up, they will eventually fail and you will win.  Popular opinion and a smart media strategy can also work wonders.  All that is left is to outlast them, to turn the public in your favor, and victory will be yours.

This technique of peaceful resistance can be used in most situations, although you will have to admit that there are external forces at work.  There might not be enough money, there might be a lack of qualified people, or a lack of resources in general.

To these things you must yield, as the grass must yield to the wind.  A peaceful protest of a flood will only get you wet.  As always, logic and reason must prevail, but there is room for creativity.

You can fight city hall, and it won’t be easy.  But it can be done, with the highest of ethical standards and yield the best of results, if a proper path is followed.

Words of the day (4/7/2015)

VOCABULARY

FLOURISH (noun)
Definition:
grow well, prosper
Example:
The apple tree in the garden is really flourish.

ZENITH (noun)
Definition:
a highest point or state, culmination.
Example:
When he is on the zenith he can see the full view of the city.

KILLJOY (noun)
Definition:
grouch; spoilsport.
Example:
The killjoy brother of me is the one who destroy the party because he threaten me about telling mother about the party.

SAGE (noun)                       
Definition:
people celebrated for wisdom; wise man; smart; clever.
Example:
Mahathma Ghandi is one of the most popular sage in the world.

QUEASY (adjective)
Definition:
inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person etc. Nauseous, nauseated, squeamish
Example:
After riding the extreme roller coaster for 5 minute i felt very indistint queasy in me.

Words of the day (3/7/2015)

VOCABULARY

THROB (verb)

Definition:

to vibrate; pulsate; or sound with a steady pronounced rhythm

Example:

As i get out of the roller coaster my heart start go throb, throb, throb and i fainted.

TRANSACT (verb)

Definition:

to do, carry on, or conduct: transact business over phone; transacting trade agreement.

Example:

His job is to transact a deal with every country around Malaysia.

                                     

CEASE (verb)

Definition:

to come to an end; stop.

Example:

We must cease the problem.

ABHOR (verb)

Definition:

loathe; abominate; detest regard with disgust and hatred.

Example:

Sarah always abhor homosexual in her life.

ABIDE (verb)

Definition:

endure; stay; resident live; dwell.

Example:

The memory between us will abide in my heart untill the end of time.

Words of the day (2/7/2015)

VOCABULARY

WITHHOLD (verb):
Definition:
refuse to give; hold back.
Example:
The tenants decided to withhold the rent payment untill the landlord fullfill his promise to tenovate the apartment.

KINDLE (verb):                               
Defintion:
start a fire; inspire; to arouse.
Example:
Her teacher praise kindled her motivation to study harder.

BLATANT (adjective):
Defintion:
extremely obvious; loudly offensive.
Example:
He was caught in a blatant lie as he say he doesn't go to the mall but the CCTV show he does.

GALLEON (noun):                   
Definition:
large sailing sail.
Example:
The great galleon of princess elizabeth 2 had been attack by black beard pirate on the way to London.

MALIGNANT (adjective):
Definition:
having an evil influence; virulent; pernicious.
Example:
This is maglinant desease, we must stop it before it spread to others.

Movie review - 跑吧孩子 (Home Run)

Movie review:

In 1965, two poor Singaporean children, Chew Kiat Kun (Shawn Lee) and his younger sister Seow Fang (Megan Zheng) live with their mother (Xiang Yun) who is late in her third pregnancy and their father (Huang Wenyong) who is in debt to a local rice merchant. The children make the best of what little they have, while their father works long hours doing odd jobs.

The family's problems are compounded when Kiat Kun accidentally loses Seow Fang's only pair of shoes after taking them to be repaired. The children conduct a frantic search but find nothing; a karung guni man had claimed the shoes as unwanted rubbish. The Chew siblings are frustrated and rendered helpless by the situation until their father inspires Kiat Kun to share his shoes with his sister, trading off between classes so they can both attend school. Unfortunately, this plan brings additional problems: Seow Fang is chastised for wearing oversized shoes to school, while Kiat Kun is repeatedly late as he must wait for his sister to exchange shoes with him.

At school, a wealthy schoolmate of Kiat Kun's named Tan Beng Soon (Joshua Ang) runs an amateur football team with his friends. Kiat Kun and his friends strike a bargain with Beng Soon to play on the team using the other boys' football shoes, in exchange for helping them cheat on their homework. However, the boys quarrel, causing an angry Beng Soon to renege on the deal and remove Kiat Kun and his friends from the team.

Without their assistance, Beng Soon and his friends are punished for producing substandard homework. Although the boys try to resolve their differences, they eventually give up on reaching an agreement. Beng Soon's grades continue to fall, and his parents decide to send him away to study in England.

Meanwhile, Seow Fang sees her classmate wearing her lost shoes to school. She and Kiat Kun follow the girl home, but after realising her father is blind and that her family was in a more dire situation than theirs, they decide not to reclaim the shoes. However, a few days later, Seow Fang notices that her classmate is wearing a new pair; upon confronting her, she discovers that the girl has discarded the old pair at the kampung rubbish dump. The Chew siblings frantically search the rubbish dump for her shoes, but only discover them as they are destroyed during a trade unionist riot against a policeman (Wakin Chau).

The interesting part was during the climax of the film, in which Kiat Kun is pushed to the limit but trips and finishes first — a parallel to Singapore's political history.

Kiat Kun is dejected until he learns that the third prize in the 1965 National Primary School Cross Country Competition is a pair of shoes. Because he was sick on the day his school selected representatives for the race, he pleads with his P.E. teacher to let him enter. The teacher, initially reluctant, relents when Kiat Kun rushes to get his cough medicine, demonstrating his running ability. As the competition begins, Kiat Kun notices that Beng Soon is also participating.

Once the starting gun fires, Kiat Kun pushes himself to the limit and eventually establishes himself among the lead runners. Kiat Kun appears assured of third place, but unexpectedly trips over a stone and thus finishes first. Beng Soon ends the race in third place. While Kiat Kun is running, Mrs Chew goes into labour, forcing Seow Fang to run across a long path littered with broken glass to find a midwife. Finally, Mrs Chew gives birth to a baby boy and Beng Soon gives Kiat Kun and Seow Fang new pairs of shoes before departing.

This movie was shown to me during my primary school and one of my favorite movie. Even thought the movie was shown to me long time ago, but I still literally can remember that plot of the story were it teaches us alot of moral values. You guys really should watch this movie where it teaches us determination, endurance and few more The maral values should be implemented in our self so that we are grateful of ourself. Even some people who are unfortunate know how to appreciate thier lives. In conclusion, be yourself and be grateful of what you had.

The secret of happiness

What's is the secret recipe for happiness? The term “recipe for happiness” is interesting… as if you can put in certain ingredients; throw it in the oven and out pops happiness. Sort of like those cooking shows we’ve all seen where they put the dish in the oven and pull the finished product out of the one below it. Could finding happiness really be that easy?

How to make your happiness cake?
Well it starts with great ingredients; what are the ingredients you think we need in our happiness cake? Here are my suggestions:
•1 Cup Inner Peace
•1 Cup of a Realistic Perspective of Yourself
•1 Cup of Gratitude
•A Sprinkle of Service Work
Initially I struggled with the amount of each ingredient we need in our happiness cake, but think they are all equally important; at least for total long-lasting happiness. As for the sprinkle of service work, well, when we’re really happy with our lives and full of gratitude, there’s no better way to hold on to that happiness and gratitude then by giving it away. There really is no other feeling like helping out someone else. But don’t confuse service work with taking care of others at the expense of your own happiness and serenity. As the saying goes, “you can’t give away something you don’t have.



So is the recipe for happiness really as easy as simply finding these ingredients and incorporating them into our lives? Honestly, I really think it is. We obviously can’t buy any of these… or at least all the years I spent trying never seemed to work.

Happiness is really important in our daily lives in order to enjoy our lives. Without happness in our life, we can be consider lifeless where we live in this world without feel and gain anything from what we experienced. With the ingredients i gave you, i hope you guys have some ideas how to 'create' your own happiness. Not everybody ha the same ingredients in doing something. Some people tend to spice up in order to make it better. But at least with the basic ingredient, we may get the happiness that we need. Last but not least, once we manage to  create happiness, it is better to share it with others. One will never know, we may change others lives with our happiness. Sharing is caring. Okay, i think that's all for now, I hope you guys get some ideas how to create happiness. Live up you life!

Inspiration for today

I use this statement often in my studies. It helps me to understand the meaning of solving. Einstein's statement on simplicity is elegant in itself. Certainly, Einstein's ideas or theories could get quite complex, as was his theory of relativity of which, at least initially, he was the only one able to understand the math at that time. But if one is to understand its essences, then that understanding must be conveyed as simply as possible for greatest communication and comprehention. And making it too simple might not only be an impossibility but impracticable in helping the learning comprehend greatest meaning. For example, in learning how to write a essay, there are a few elements, that must be written simply in order for the initiate to gain meaning. If you try to write too simple, it means nothing, your essay is like a burger with bun but without the spices inside.To understad some problems too, we need to make it simple so that we can understand and able to solve it. But it happens when someone tries to make the problem simplier till there's no endfor the conflict. You've got to see the forest before you can see the trees: the simple before the complexity of the details.

Words of the day (1/7/2015)

VOCABULARY

DELECTABLE (adjective):
Definition:
greatly enjoyable, delicious.
Example:
Mom bakes a very delectable cake for us to celebrate Thyrone fifth birthday.

KILN (noun):
Definition:
an oven or furnace that used for baking sustances like bricks and ceramics.
EXample:
She trying to learn how to use the kiln from his brother so he can make her own bricks to build a dog house for her dog, Marie.

KNAVE (noun):
Definition:
a person who is dishonest and crafty.
EXample:
Richard is a knave person as he always go to church with reason just to act good as he trying to tackle Marie.

INQUISITIVE (adjective):
Definition:
having or showing an interest in learning things, curious or unduly about the affairs of others.
Example:
I don't like to seem inquisitive.

LANGUID (adjective):
Definition:
Lacking vitality or energy, showing little or no spirit.
Example:
The young soldier was being knock out as he shows languid character in training session. 

The 'Great' of Mumbastilskin

Once upon a time, but not so long ago, there was a poor pimp, who had a diligent son named Torakba. He approached the Mayor to make him more important and to make something of his life. He told him, “I have a son, who can change plastic into gold.”

The greedy Mayor was pleased to hear this, and summoned his son to arrive at his mansion tomorrow morning. So the next day, the Mayor brought his son to a small, dark room, and inside it, there were piles of shopping plastics and an industrial machine. He warned him, “You must change these plastics into gold bling. If you do not want to be abused, you must do this task by the time tomorrow morning. The Mayor then locked the door behind him, leaving the boy behind all alone in the room.

Torakba did not know how to turn the machine on, let alone change plastics into gold. Torakba was afraid because he could do nothing. Torakba could only cry. Suddenly, he heard a croaky groan coming from behind the plastics. He walked curiously across the room towards the strange noise. He saw a half dressed man, who was lying there in a few beers. The man said to him in a sleepy voice, “Why are you crying so loud, mate? Are a girl?! You woke me up! ”

“I’m crying,” Torakba sobbed, “because I have to change these plastics into gold bling for the Mayor.”

“I see, so what’s the big problem with that?” The man asked, “Why are you crying like a girl because of such a thing? It’s not as if you have lost the most precious one.

“But nobody can change plastic into gold!” Cried Torakba tearfully, “It can’t happen! It’s impossible, isn’t it?”

“I can do the task for you, but you have to give me something.” He said, while taking a swig of beer. 

“I have my green watch, which I can give to you!” And then the drunkard slumped onto the chair got to work. The plastics were put into the machine, and it spun and spun and spun so fast, that the appliance was bouncing all over the room. And after countless loads during the day, the room was full of gold and no sign of any plastics.

After tomorrow, the Mayor stepped into the room to inspect the gold. He was happy, but wanted more. The Mayor led Torakba into another larger room. “Make gold with these two machines, the plastics are over by there.” The boss explained, “I want gold before tomorrow! You don’t want to get abuse, isn’t?

Helpless and alone, Torakba cried again. But the same drunken man fell out and for some drunken reason, he was wearing woman’s clothes and half naked. He belched, “Don’t be so girlish, deal it like a man. What would you give me, if I make gold?”

“You can have my shirt unwashed for a year!” he said. The man stumbled over to the machines, and got to work. And the two machines spun and spun and spun all day. By the time the Mayor came, there was nothing left, apart from obnoxious gold jewellery. The gold pleased him, but he still wanted more. Torakba was led to another and larger room, which had more machines and more shopping plastic bag.

“If you give me gold jewellery from this plastic, I will reward you. Now work!” He commanded, as he slammed the door. Torakba, who was more and more upset, sat on the chair and cried. He could do nothing but cry even harder.

The drunk man, who wore nothing but a piece of plastic, appeared and slurred, “Ohh damn !! What will you give me, if I change plastic to gold?”

“But I have nothing for you! You bled me dry!” Torakba replied. But they came to an agreement, that the man would get her first wife. The man began work once again, and when done, there was a room full of gold. Wholly pleased with this gold, the Mayor released him and have him Fair and lovely so that his skin could be fairer.

A year later, Torakba was finally fair and found his dream girl, Angelina Jolie. They got marry and live happily. Torakba totally forgot about the drunken man. But he mysteriously appeared in front of his council house, wearing only a loincloth, and he said, “Now give me what you promised.” Torakba cried, and Torakba offered him anything in this world except for his wife.

He took pity on Torakba, and said, “If you can guess my name in three days, Your wife is yours.” But how could Torakba find out his name in three days? Torakba thought of every name in mind, and asked the regulars in the nearby old folk homes for ideas, but none were his name. Therefore, Torakba decided to send a spy.

After having many adventures and meeting many different creatures within the village, his spy came back.He told Torakba that he saw the drunkard in the gutter, where he fell and he mumbled a poem.

            Today I brew; tomorrow I bake,

            I sing a song for me.

            I am so happy, happy like a monkey,

            Only I know, I’m called Mumbastilskin.

Torakba was happy that he knew the name, and when the man visited his house on the third day, he asked, “What is my name?”

“Samivelu?” he replied.

“No, obiviously. Try again!”

“How about Aaron aziz ?”

“I’m not called that, but if you wanted to, I don’t mind”

“Are you not Mumbastilskin?”

“How did you know that?”  

Mumbalstilskin was so angry, he didn’t see the rake on the garden path, and he stamped his foot down so hard, that the rake impaled it. He was then send to psychiatric hospital and enjoying his life tricking with the people there.

Words of the Month (June)

VOCABULARY

GROUSE
Definition: 
complain; grumble; grouch; fuss.
Example: 
The grouse of the citizen is about the water that supplied to their house was dirty.

NAVIGABLE
Definition:
(of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; ( of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered.
Example:
Lake is not navigable as it is not deep enough to allow ships to pass through.                     
COMPOST
Definition:
mixture or decaying organic matter used as fertellizer.
Example: 
They buried some compost to seedling field to provide nutrien for the plant to grow.

PHELGMATIC
Definition:
calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed.
Example:
The phelgmatic man doesn't even scare when he saw a tiger outside of his house.

BIFURCATED
Definition:
divided into two branches; forked.
Example:
We will bifurcated the cash, so we can get much more profit.

INTREPID
Definition:
fearless.
Example:
He show an interpid face even though his enemy was very huge.

HARASS
Definition:
annoy by repeated attack.
Example:
Sarah was being harass by the haters because of the rumours that told she tried to stole John's husband.        

RANCID
Definition:
having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank.
Example:
He smell a rancid smell from the the box, the smell maybe because the fat from the meat inside the box is decomposing.

OOZE
Definition:
(of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly.
Example:
The ketchup ooze slowly on the burger as Syahirah pour it down.     

RECOUNT
Definition:
narrate or tell (a story); count over again.
Example:
Amy trying to skip the recount story from Mamba by told him that she has to go to the toilet.

GARRULOUS
Definition:
loquacious; wordy; talkative.
Example:
Aida is a garrulous girl as when she started to talk, she will talk a lot.

CONTRAVENE
Definition:
contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom).
Example:
The condition require to live in that city contravene basic right of human.

TACITURN:
Definition:
habitually silent; talking little.
Example:
The lady is very taciturn in the group conversation.    

UNIFORMITY
Definition:
sameness; monotomy.
Example:
The company only consider uniformity in their products.

PERDITION
Definition:
damnation; complete ruin; hell.
Example:
All the sins you do in your life become the road of your perdition.

AMNESTY
Definition:
pardon (allowed by the goverment to political criminal).
Example:
The government finally give the criminal an amnesty after 10 months.

PROGNOSTICATE
Definition:
predict (according to present indication).
Example:
He prognosticate that he will return to the hometown in 8 months instead of living in a inhabitual and inhygenic country.

RECESS
Definition: 
pause; temporary cressation; alcove; secret inner place.
Example:
After this lesson ends, we are given 30 minutes recess.

PANDER
Definition:
cater to (the low desires of others).
Example: 
Some of them pander to play football but most of it prefer basketball.

AMOK
Definition: 
in a state of rage.
Example: 
She seemed in amok as she is sweating and her face seem in anger and her face started to turn red.                                   

INDUBITABLE
Definition:
unable to be doubted, which cannot be doubted, unquestionable.
Example:
The indubitable issue give lots of wrong perspection from the citizen.

MICROCOSM
Definition:
small representative world; world in miniature.
Example:
He think he live in a microcosm which everything that he had done doesn't effect the world.           

CONSCIENTIOUS
Definition:
scrupulous; through and carefully.
Example:
Everybody needs to care to the nature as its need conscientious to keep it to the next generation.

VEER
Definition:
change in direction; swerve.
Example: 
The car need to veer  their route as their route was closed.

MAT
Definition:
not shiny; matte; having a dull finish.
Example:
He tried to kill that bull but the outcome is pretty mat make the bull still can attack him and he died on spot.

FUSION:
Definition:
union; coalition.
Example:
He learn some fusion martial art which is consist of many types of martial art.

BAFFLE:
Definition: 
frustrate; perplex.
Example:
She become baffle for a while after receiving the news about her mother being slaughtered.

DEMUR
Definition:
object (because of doubt, scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms)
Example:
The lawyer demur the complaint of the opponent side.

AURORAL:
Definition:
pertaining to the aurora borealis.
Example:
James painting has some auroral design on its.

HOLOCAUST:
Definition:
distruction by fire.
Example:
A huge holocaust seem to be happen at the east of syria.

AVUNCULAR
Definition:
of or like an uncle.
Example:
People view him like an avuncular of king Stephens, but unfortunately he isn't.       
RANSACK                  
Definition:
search throughly, pillage (going through a piece).
Example: 
The buccaneers were ordered to randsack the emperial galleon.

FLEECE
Definition:
wool coat of a sheep.
Example:
He bought a piece of fleece for the house decoration.

MARRED
Definition:
damaged; disfigured.
Example:
The marred soldiers had been left behind to divert more problem.

CALLOW
Definition:
youthful; immature; inexperienced.
Example:
He acting so callow when deciding his projects.

INSIDIOUS:
Definition: 
working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner.
Example: 
The action is very insidious as they didn't realize its bad for the health.

NUBILE:
Definition: 
marriageable; of marriageable age.
Example: 
The nubile girl want to marry a man as soon as possible.

DINT:
Definition: 
means; effort.
Example: 
He puts a lots of dint for his work to accomplish.

SOPHIST:
Definition:
teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning.
Example:
The sophist is a kind person.

FILCH:
Definition:
steal (things of small value).
Example:
Sam flinch some eraser of Lindsay.

ABSCOND:
Definition:
depart secretly and hide.
Example: 
Many Palestinians abscond from the country to secure their safety.                                   
DERIVATION:
Definition:
deriving; origin or source of something.
Example:
Some of the Indian tradition is derivation of Malay tradition.

TOSS:
Definition:
throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion, flip (a coin) to decide something.
Example: 
He toss a coin to decide who will start first.           

IMPERMEABLE:
Definition:
impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to penetrate.
Example: 
The security of the laboratory was declared impermeable by the government.

BRIDLE:
Definition: 
harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; repress.
Example:
He use a bridle to handle the horse.                    

DOSSIER:
Definition: 
file of documents on a subject or person, file.
Example: 
Please move the pile of dossier according to its place.

ARROYO
Definition:
gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater.
Example:
There was been many arroyo located at the east of the forest but now days, all of it half diminished.

VINTNER
Definition:
wine merchant, wine maker, seller of wine.
Example:
The vintner had sold his business to the aristocrat.

VYING
Definition:
contending.
Example:
Grilled chicken and roasted chicken are among of the footlist that vying in the menu list.

VESTIGATE
Definition:
trace, remains.
Example:
Some vestigate that was still remained helps the investigator to locate the location of the slaughtering.                     

EPHEMERAL
Definition:
short-lived; fleeting.
Example:
The ephermeral creatures like butterfly just live a few days.

LAYMAN:
Definition:
man who is not a cleric, man who is nonprofessional.
Example:
As a layman in the society, he never talk too much or giving his own opinion.

PERUSE:
Definition:
read through with care.
Example:
He peruse the bible to make sure he does not missed a single meaning of it.

DEPRAVITY:
Definition:
extreme corruption; wickedness.
Example:
Max company is facing a huge depravity and the loss a lots of income.

CONFIDANT
Definition:
trusted friend (to whom one tell one's secret)
Example:
John is Ahmad confidant as he always share his secret with him.           

DISMANTLE:
Definition:
take apart; disassemble.
Example:
The government dismantle all the government based company as its give to many problems to the government.

EFFEMINATE:
Definition:
having womanly traits.
Example:
Kenny is really effeminate, mostly people used to see he wears lipstick and blushing.

MATRIMONY:
Definition:
state of being married.
Example:
He is matrimony as he married Julies 2 years ago.

SPORTIVE: 
Definition:
playful; frolicsome; merry.
Example:
Marry is a sportive person as doctor say she has hyperactive genes in her body.

MOUNTEBANK:
Definition:
charlatan; boastful pretender.
Example:
He always become a successful mountebank as he always has pretty words to say.

RETROACTIVE:
Definition:
taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future.
Example:
I'm sure that this law will give a retroactive effect for the citizen if this nation.

BURGEON:
Definition:
grow rapidly, grow forth; send out buds.
Example:
The belief of alien existence started to burgeon among the villagers.

HURL:
Definition:
throw forcefully, shout out violently.
Example:
You have to hurl the boat from land into the river to use it.           

COMPLECENCY:
Definition:
satisfaction, smugness.
Example:
He always used to complecency herself to get rid of thinking her ex boyfriend.

REVERENT:
Definition:
respectful, worship.
Example:
He talk in reverent tone to their leader.

BEATIFIC (adjective)
Definition:
giving or showing bliss; blissful.
Example:
How is the feel of beatific in heaven.

FREEBOOTER (noun):
Definition:
pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich.
Example:
The freebooter always attack galleon ship that carry golds

QUASH:
Definition:
crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul.
Example:
Normal citizen cannot quash the judge decision.

EXHUME:
Definition:
dig out of the ground; remove from a grave.
Example:
The forensic exhume zahrin body from the grave to check the cause of his dead.

AMICABLE:
Definition:
peacefully; politely friendly; not quarrelsome.
Example:
He always talk in amicable voice.

CONJURE (verb):
Definition:
implore (someone) to do something.
Example:
He conjured the piece of paper on the floor and throw it in the dustbin.      
                  
MUSE (verb):
Definition:
reflect deeply on a subject.
Example:
He always muse about how much his love towards her.

SHEEN (noun):
Definition:
a soft luster on a surface.
Example:
The shampoo make his hair become darker and sheen.

RENOWN (noun):
Definition:
the condition of being known or talked about by many people.
Example:
He really suprise to know that his name has became renown in that city.

ALTER (verb):
Definition:
make different; cause a transformation.
Example:
It's hard to alter Hassan as he is extremely a stubborn guy.

PROCURE (verb):
Definition:
get by special effort.
Example:
The food procure by the rebellition.    
                     
AWE (noun):
Definition:
a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.
Example:
As children, we are awe with our grandfather.

GAINFUL (adjective):
Definition:
yielding a fair profit.
Example:
After year of study, finally he achieve a gainful employment.

ASCRIBE (verb):
Definition:
attribute (a text, quotation, or work of art) to a particular person or period.
Example:
He use a good ascribe to describe his personal success.

HABITUAL (adjective):
Definition: 
commonly used or practiced.
Example:
His habitual of daily life is easy to be predicted.

MERIT (noun):
Definition: 
any admirable quality.
Example:
He has merit of being a helpful student in the teachers view.

RESEARCH (verb):
Definition:
investigate systematically.
Example:
He is doing research about the frog digestion system.

PREOCCUPATION (noun):
Definition:
the mental state of being preoccupied by something.
Example:
My main preoccupation is to keep my life normal even I have many problem in life.

NIGLIGIBLE (adjective):
Definition:
so small as to be meaningless.
Example:
His weakness of the boss is almost negligible.

UNTTINGLY (adjective):
Definition:
without knowledge or intention.
Example:
He try to find Lee's house unttingly without any guide.

ENTITY (noun):
Definition:
existance; being.
Example:
That church is the only church entity in the town.

ASSIGN (verb):     
Definition:
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). 
Example:
He assign the task to Fuad as he is the oldest among us.

HUE (noun):
Definition:
a color or shade.
Example:
The water is deepest hue of aquamarine.

CAPTION (noun):
Defintion:
a brief explaination appended to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster.
Example:
He design his blog with caption 'don't waste your time' to motivate himself.

INHERET (adjective):
Definition:
existing in something as a permanent.
Example:
There are dangers inheret in every sport.

DIMINUTIVE (adjective):
Definition:
very small.
Example:
He is a diminitive figure as he just 5 inches tall.

NOURISH (verb):
Definition:
provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health and good condition.
Example:
This lotion help to nourish your skin.

RUIN (verb):
Definition:
cause great and usually irreparable damage or harm to.
Example:
His new rules has ruined the villagers life.

FIRM (noun):
Definition:
Example:
He would like to join the firm.

SHABBY (adjective):
Definition:
in poor condition through long or hard use or lack of care.
Example:
The survivors were shabby and hungry.        

RECALCITRANT (adjective):
Definition:
obstinately stubborn; determine to resist authority; unruly.
Example:
Ahmad is the most recalcitrant student in this college ad we know he likes to do the things that against the rule.

OBSEQUIOUS (adjective):
Definition:
slavishly attentive; serville; sychophantic.
Example:
The excessively obsequious waiter irritated her very much.

LACONIC (adjective):
Definition:
brief and to the point; terse or concise.   
Example:
He potrayed the man with laconic type.

ENCLOSE (verb):
Definition:
surround or close off on all sides.
Example:
The entire farm was enclose by fence.

SCARCE (adjective):
Definition:
hard to find; not enough.
Example:
Food and water are scarce in Somalia.

INVECTIVE (noun)
Definition:
abusive language; violent denunciation.
Example:
He used to the invective comment from the commenter.

BENEDICTION (noun):
Definition:
blessing.        
Example:
The clear day after a few rainy day feel like benediction.

UNFEIGNED (adjective):
Definition:
genuine, real.
Example:
I'm sure her frightness to cat is unfeigned.

APPROBATION (noun):
Definition:
approval. 
Example:
The teacher won't let his student go to the trip untill they receive approbation from the principal.

ATTENUATE (adjective):
Definition:
make thin; weaken.
Example:
The alcoholic lifestyle 7 his body. (Adjective)

QUIBBLE (noun):
Definition:
a minor objection or complaint; to equivocate; to carp.
Example:
If you still talking quibble things, I will extremely slap you!                                           
CASTIGATION (noun):
Definition:
punishment; severe critism.
Example:
The violence mother always castigate her children.

QUOTIDIAN (adjective):
Definition:
found in the ordinary course of events; usual or customary.
Example:
They found that the movie is really quodation which is really boring.

PARTISAN (noun)
Definition:
one-sided; prejudicated; committed to a party.
Example:
He is being saved by partisan Malaysian. 

YOKEL (noun):
Definition:
country bumpkin; a rustic.
Example:
Everyone regarded him as a yokel boy because of his rustic manners.

TRAVAIL (noun):
Definition:
painful physical or mental labor; torment; agony.
Example:
How a man can stand so much travail in his life without doing any rebellion.

JOLLITY (noun):
Definition:
gaiety; cheerfulness.
Example:
Christmas is one of the general jollity of every year.

NADIR (noun):
Definition:
lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair.
Example:
The Victory company had reach theirs nadir income last month, the company probably will be close soon.

HISTRIONIC (adjective):
Definition:
theatrical; over dramatic.
Example:
He is a very histrionic person, almost every girl that couple with him will hate him after the breakup.

NARCISSIST (noun):
Definition:
conceited person; a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
Example:
Narcissist in a school will always be the teachers favourite student while other students probably will hate him.

PARAGON (noun):
Definition:
model of perfection; a peerless example.
Example:
The teacher always pointing Rahim as paragon of the class.     
                             
SOLICITOUS (adjective):
Definition:
worried; concerned; anxious.
Example:
He is very solicitous about the college enviroment.

FRENETIC (adjective):
Definition:
frenzied; frantic; mad.
Example:
His frenetic plan has brought the laboratory full of slimy slime.

VIRTUOSO (noun)
Definition:
highly skilled artist.
Example:
He grow into virtuoso as his father had train hom to draw potret since age 6.

STIGMA (noun):
Definition:
token of disgrace; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation; a mark of infamy.
Example:
Raising some sort of stigma to smoking habit will help to give awarness to smokers about smoking badness.

QUIXOTIC (adjective):
Definition:
extravagantly chivalrous or romantic.
Example:
He faced an quixotic journey throughout the jungle.

ZEALOT (noun):
Definition:
a person who shows zeal; an excessively zealous person; fanatic.
Example:
The zealot very love animes.

WONT (noun):
Definition:
custom; habitual procedure.
Example:
It was his wont to wake up at 11 a.m. in the morning and play Dota first.

VULPINE (adjective):
Definition:
like a fox; cunning or crafty.
Example:
His vulpine intelligent has helped her a lot to survive in US.

UNWIELDY (adjective):
Definition:
awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable.
Example:
The party was so unwieldy because most of the guest were strangers for me.

EBULLIENT (adjective):
Definition:showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm.
Example:
Samuel ebullient nature will doesn't change untill the end.

OBVIATE (verb):
Definition:
make unnecessary; get rid of.
Example:
I hope we can obviate to paint the wall again after this painting finished.

KNELL (noun):
Definition:
rolling of a bell; especially to indicate a funeral or disaster.
Example:
We can hear the sound of the kneel from this playground.

WIZENED (adjective):
Definition:
withered; shriveled.
Example:
The wizened old man is still healthy he is 95 years old.

TEMPORIZE (verb):
Definition:
avoid committing oneself; gain time; to be indecesive; prolong; delay.
Example:
You are temporize too long in completing your job, so i make a decision to fire you for a good reason.

ECLECTIC (adjective):
Definition:
selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources.
Example:
His style of drawing is very eclectic because he combine many genre of drawing style.

JOCOSE (adjective):
Definition:
given to joking; humouruos.
Example:
Pearl is very jocose lady, that makes a lots of man interested with her.

DIGRESSION (noun):
Definition:
wandering away from the subject.
Example:
Rodger digression had change the topic of the conversation from woman that you love to sexy woman.

MAUDLIN (adjective):
Definition:
effusively sentimental.
Example:
I don't like maudlin song because its make me feel uneasy when hearing it.

GIBBERISH (noun):
Definition:
nonsense talk; babbling.
Example:
I don't even cared about her gibberish story about aliens and extraordinary creatures. 

OUTSTRIP (verb):
Definition:
be or do something to a greater degree.
Example:
His performance outstrip the field after scored double hattrick when fighting QPR in Premier League match.

DISSEMINATE (verb):
Definition:
cause to become widely known.
Example:
The organization aim is to disseminate information about the desease to the community.
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CRACK (verb):
Definition:
break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.
Example:
The phone cracked badly after it slipping from Johnny

Outlive (verb):
Definition:
Live longer than.
Example:
male lion usually outlive the female ones.    
                 
ERRONEOUS (adjective):
Definition:
containing or characterized by error.
Example:
She judged the man with erroneous judgement.