Stephanie's+Reading+Journal


 * Journal #6**

July 18th 2011

Topic:Two truths and a lie

1) I have a small scar on my knees

2) a few moles on my back

3) I have weird eye lids **Journal #5**

**July 14th 2011**


 * Topic: Getting to know more about Gatsby characters. **

1)By logging in to Daisy's account, I have made a couple of changes, such as adding a profile picture, changing relationship status from single to married to Tom. I logged out and then changed the About me section in jordan baker's profile. I've also chatted with the other characters online and I don't even know who is logging in and who is talking...but its fun.

2) I did some wall to wall post to other characters by using various characters too, but I'm not sticking and tagging along with Jordan Baker. I find that Jordan Baker has a similar personality to me and that she is caring in a way that she's being sarcastic sometimes. I tried to act as Jordan Baker herself in facebook, but most of the replies that I get from other students does not represent the characters and the flow of the conversation can go out of track.

3) I find the character Jay Gatsby very interesting as he is the most mysterious character out of the lot as he is really mysterious.

"he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone — he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling" (Fitzgerald Chapter 1)

It makes me to ask a question of why he was trembling? and what is he doing standing and staring outwards towards the green light that stretches out on sea.

**Journal #4**

**July 13th 2011**


 * Topic: Gastbv, job practice **

2) __**Jordan Baker**__

i) Jordan Baker is a professional Golfer, a liar and very competitive person. I should say that I share many similar qualities with her. I am in fact, a very competitive person and I hate losing. I am the worst judge of myself as I always have this mindset that my only enemy is myself and that I'm trying to overcome my own boundaries and set my own goals. Moreover, I am a perfectionist and seek none less than perfect in everything I do. However, I'm not a very good liar. I do not say that I'm a very honest person, but I'm just somewhere in the middle. when there is a situation in which I suppose to lie, I'll lie and vice-versa. That is one quality that separates us apart.

ii) Jordan Baker is a very competitive young women. These videos are going to show you the spirit of one or two of the many competitive people in the world. Below are some videos about competitiveness. Enjoy!

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iii) I could relate myself to Rose Byrne, an actress who has a strong sense in competition. She always think herself is better than others or that nobody can surpass her. I emphasize a lot of competitiveness as it is an important aspect in today's society.

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**Journal #3**

** ﻿ July 12th 2011 ﻿ **

** Topic: Olden days~ 1920's and recalling past scars **

Fashion in the 1920's are much less flaterring as during that particular era, men and women are looking more for comfort rather than looking good.For men, their clothing was less revealing compared to today's fashion which is more sleek and that men today do care about appearing good in public as it represents who they are.

Music back in the 1920's are also called a Jazz era, or so called "the devil's music". Ballads too are equally popular and it is infact, selling like hot cakes as it generates more profit than any other music genres. In today's world, pop music are more commonly heard, rather than slow songs, more upbeat and fun songs are played in order to show the listeners that this is the modern era and that audio editing has become more advanced than before.

Money in the 1920's are somewhat like today, coins and paper. On the 1920's the paper money are much more of a square shape than it is today. Nowadays coins is made out of printed paper with fine, rectangular shape with some marks in order to identify whether the money is an original or not. The paper then was just printed and therefore, lacking of a modern touch that we do have today.

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Who are you?

"I am a little shy I love watching films My hair is very long I love the sun I love lavender I love smile"

"When I was a little girl, I always fight with my sister. One day. I beat her. She grip my shoulders and nails make me hirt. Blood was out on my body."

I'm guessing that this person might be Donna. Her hair is one of the longest and i'm making a deduction from that. From her text above, I could say that she and her sister are having a fight. Sibling fights are normal, especially when we are kids. From her description, her sister grabbed her with long nails and that hurts her. Blood ooze out of ther body.

My scar

It is about around when I was 4 years old. I went to this train station in Singapore. I was happyly playing near the train rail when my right foot was stuck to the gap between the rail. I was frantically pulling my leg and my mother too was helping me. Meanwhile, the train was approaching the station. My mother was sobbing and keep on tugging my leg so that it would come out. just at the last second, my leg was pulled out. I was saved from the incident that would lost one of my leg forever.

New york song~ by John lennon

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Enjoy~

**Journal Entry #2**


 * July 7th 2011 **


 * Topic: Friend's recommendation website review **


 * Evelyn's website recommendation **

Weibo.com is the website that Evelyn recommends. The website is written entirely in Chinese language in which most of the english speaking country would not understand and I apparently am included in the cluster. As she mentioned, the website appears that it is similar to Facebook and that it is full of news that circulates only in china. I think that this website is not really good for those who do not understand Chinese, and that the website could improve by putting some translating bar on top or at the bottom of the page so that the website could be easily read by web surfers around the world.


 * Dennis's website recommendation**

Renren.com is Dennis's website recommendation. 'Ren' in Chinese means 'people' and as you may guess, it means 'people people' or 'peoples'.Dennis mentioned that this website is used for socializing and to be specific, a video sharing website. So I assumed that this website works very similarly to Youtube but what is different from Youtube is that you could also play some games in it as well as to chat with your friends. In my opinion, from the review that I read from his journal, this is one fun website to be in, and the bad news is that the website is written in Chinese language so English native speakers would not understand.


 * Vicky's website recommendation**

[|Youtube.com] is a website that Vicky strongly recommends. Youtube is a popular video sharing website in which users could upload videos that they recorded up onto the site to be shared by millions of people across the world. I too, am fond of this website. In this website, wide variety of genres are provided such as beauty, news, entertainment and a lot more. This website features some of the latest or the most popular videos ever created and that attracts the viewers to watch them. I find this website really interesting and it is a great website to spend your time with.


 * Universe's website recommendation**

Google.com.hk is Universe's favorite website. This search engine, Google has been popular since its first release back in 2003. Ever since then, Google currently has a branch all over the world and that its website supports a wide variety of different languages so that internet users all over the world could enjoy the facilities that google provides. In my opinion. google is the most visited search engine and that I could find myriad of information as well as games to amuse myself. Goole is not only a search engine but it also provides email services to its users which has just been introduced a few years ago.

**Journal Entry #1**


 * July 6th 2011 **


 * Topic: Frequently visited website review **

I visit various websites everyday, ranging from music to sports. One in particular, caught my attention when I read about it for the very first time. Mr Reddy's short stories. This author has written six of short stories that he has created himself to be enjoyed by readers all over the world. His stories made the readers moved to tears and I too, felt the same way. Unique and inspirational are just two ways that I describe his work. Unique as his stories are not partially copied or that he has taken any ideas from other stories and inspirational as it acts as a trigger for me to be a writer as well as he do. I would strongly suggest this website to individuals who are looking for touching stories and moves one's heart, as it will indeed moves one to tears.

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