10 new words (Second Week)

1. askance adv
(IDM) look askance (at sb/sth)
(written) to look at or react to sb/sth with suspicion or doubt, or in a critical way

2. assemblage noun
A collection of things; a group of people
: Tropical rainforests have the most varied and abundant assemblage of plants in the world.

3. douse verb
(1)to stop a fire from burning by putting water over it ; to put out a light
: He doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.
(2)to pour a lot of liquid over sb/sth ; to soak sb/sth in liquid
: The car was doused in petrol and set alight.

4. doula noun
A woman whose role is to provide emotional support to a woman who is giving birth.

5. hedonist noun
A person who believes that pleasure is the most important thing in life

6. transmigration noun
The passing of a person's soul after their death into another body

7. ramification noun (usually plural)
One of the large number of complicated and unexpected results that follow an action or a decision
: These changes are bound to have widespread social ramifications.

8. marauding adj.
(of people or animals) going around a place I search of things to steal or people to attack
:marauding wolves

9. extrude verb
(1)To push or force something out of something ; to be forced or pushed in this way
: Lava I'd extruded from the volcano.
(2)to shape metal or plastic by forcing it through a hole

10. mawkish adj.
(disapproving) expressing or sharing emotion in a way that is exaggerated or embarrassing
: a mawkish poem

ECS Day 2

Today is the second day of ECS. The activity for today is "Film Review". We watched a film, "Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame." I am going to update my blog about the film soon. Stay tuned. I knew many new friends in the class today. They are my group members in the debate which is held on this Thursday (12 July 2012). So, this is the end of the day.

10 new words (First week)

1.Swizzle
noun
a mixed alcoholic drink, especially a frothy one of rum or gin and bitters:
a rum swizzle
verb
[with object]
stir (a drink) with a swizzle stick:
he would swizzle it into a froth and pour it out for us

2.Calends
plural noun
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar.

3.Guerdon
noun
a reward or recompense.
verb
[with object]
give a reward to (someone).

4.subjacent
adjective
technical
situated below something else.

5.replicant
noun
(in science fiction) a genetically engineered or artificial being created as an exact replica of a particular human being.

6.tristesse
noun
[mass noun] literary
a state of melancholy sadness:
lamenting a lost love, he leaves us poised at the lip of a chasm of tristesse
post-coital tristesse


7.Personalty
noun
[mass noun] Law
a person’s personal property. Compare with realty.

8.Flibbertigibbet
noun
a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person.

9.Piffle
noun
[mass noun] informal
nonsense:
it’s absolute piffle to say that violence is ok

10.Piety
noun (plural pieties)
[mass noun]
the quality of being religious or reverent:
acts of piety and charity
[count noun] a belief which is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence:
the accepted pieties of our time

ECS Day 1 in IMU

Hello!

Today is the first class of English Composition Skills class (ECS). So, I am in Group C. Mr. Zaid is teaching us how to share the link from a particular website to our own blog.

Here it is,
Mr.Bean

Next, we are going to embed a video. (I'm hungry now as I didn't take my breakfast this morning, so I choose Mr.Bean-cooking spaghetti , this episode is funny. LOL)

Sadly to say, the line in too slow, I am unable to get the HTML from youtube. Nevermind, here ends this blog entry and ECS class.

Lunch time!

Saturday

A lovely Saturday! I was watching 乐龄歌艺大赛 with parents at night. There was an very old uncle singing a song and I don't know what happened to my mum, she just laughed non-stop with dad when she listened to that song. Both of them laughed for so long, I was just sitting there and got stunned by my cute parents. I feel warm with their laughs. They are so cute. Again, I love them. I'm smiling now. The relationship between my parents getting better each day. So tomorrow is Sunday, dad gonna cook Hakka Mee for us. First try on dad's Hakka Mee. Well, is he really going cook it? Not sure thou..haha..but he will surely cook breakfast for us, coz it is sunday! =D Happy weekends with family! =D

Simple day

I'm so happy now because everyday is just so simple. My parents are with me everyday, my dog is staying at home with me when parents are working. Yes, I'm excited for June to come because my degree starts in June, yet sometimes I wish June comes slower because I enjoy to be at home with my parents. What did I do at home? Haha well, every morning I wake up at 8am something ( without alarm!) and I sweep the floor, clean the house, cook dinner for family, everyday is just so simple. Life is so good to be like this. =D

Mother's Day!

So today is Mother's day! I love my mummy very very very much! She is my dearest in this world! Don't forget my dad is y dearest too! :*) This morning my dad cooked breakfast for four of us, dad, mum, youngest bro and me. Yes, my eldest bro and sis are studying outside, they aren't at home for this special day. =( What did my dad cook? Well, he cooks 面粉茶果,again. Haha, dad actually cooks this "misn fen cha guo" every Sunday. The difference for today is, mum isn't helping him any. He cooks for us, washes all the plates and bowls, clean table, cut papaya and mangos for us, mum just sitting at the living room and read newspaper after she eats. I love Sunday because I feel warm from my family! I love them so much! And for dinner, we didn't book any table in any restaurant for this celebration. We just had a simple dinner. Dad brought us to Mentaksb, Princess Cafee for steaks and chops, too bad the Cafe was full! So we change to another Chinese restaurant, and it was full with people too! At last, we ate chicken rice at Sin Sek Kee. Haha, who asked mummy herself said no need to book at all last few days ago. =p Than, we went to Starmall, just for a short walk. Great Sunday and great Mother's Day 2012! It would be best if my eldest bro and sis are here with us too. =*)))) thanks mum, thanks dad, thanks my parents. I love you all! =D