Reflection On Romeo and Juliet Soliloquy

Today in class we did this Soliloquy on Romeo and Juliet. I felt that I did not do too well on it but I have some reasons why. First off, it is old English and I have problems with it since I am not familiar with it. It is harder to memorize due to many words not ever being used in today's world. I was sick that weekend and I had added pressure from musical. I have to perfect and mantain my lines. I have quite a big role because I am the great and powful wizard of Oz. He has many lines when he is found out and I have to keep memorizing it. If I had  a bit more time or did not have musical, I think I could have done better. Oh well.

Make the Connection - Odyssey, Part Two

Someone that has been away for many years would most often lead to tears and hugging when they see a loved one again. Majority of the time, the person returning would have the thoughts of not ever leaving again and staying forever.

Possible reactions:
Hugging, kiss
Love
Over-excitment
Faint
Even disbelif

Though, sometimes after not seeing a person for a long time might lead to mixed feelings. Due to the person changing too much and not as like before. Odysseus is lucky to have a wife that still loves him even after 20 years. 20 years is a long time, im not even 20 years old!

The Odyessy Comparison of the Cyclops Scene

Both the movie and story are very similar in many ways but  both have distinctive differences. First off, in the story, it talks about how they were in the cave of the Cyclops. Apparntly, the plan to stab the Cyclops took another day and more men were eaten. After stabing the Cyclops, the men escaped. They would grab the undersides of the sheep (they are bigger than normal) and they were purple too. This is so the Cyclops would think that he was just grabbing his own sheep. The men escaped and they left. In the movie however, after offering the Cyclops wine and fell asleep, they stabbed him right away. Instead of grabbing the undersides of the sheep and clinging on, they just put on sheep fur and crawl out. The music player was eaten in the movie while he was not mentioned in the story. These are about all the comparrisons.

Quickwrite - Make the Connection

What makes a hero? A hero could be anyone just doing things for others. A list of heroes that I could come up would be:

The Chosen One (Patapon 2/3)
Jedis in Starwars
Master Chief (Halo)
The Dragon Born (Skyrim)
SuperMan
Batman
Spiderman
Hulk
Ironman
etc,etc

Techincally anyone could be a hero just as long they are fighting for someone or something. Even if someone was doing evil deeds, techinically he or she is a hero too because that person is fighting for something. Heroes do not only have to be people with magnifacent powers and abilities, they could just be everyday normal people. Police officers, firemen, doctors are all people who just know knowledge in thier profession and can save many lives. They are risking themselves for others. Some traits a hero would have would be:

Kindness
Will to fight
Brave

These are the most universal and common traits a hero would have. Heroes appear everywhere in normal daily life.

Hoax - Packaged Frozen Foods

Very often, the common shopper is often decieved by the colourful packaging and the serious amounts of detail into frozen food. For example, Totino's is a brand of frozen pizza with a cover of a delicious lookin pizza with every hint of deliciousness. Companies decieve shoppers by adding various colourful pictures and colours, or use lighting when they take photos. It is a way to lure shopppers into thinking, "Oh this frozen food looks so fresh and delicious looking, I have to buy it." Shoppers often picture a warm, delicious, and fresh-tasting dinner until when they open it. It ends up as a frozen brick. For example in my experiences, I found a package of microwavable Macaroni and Cheese and it looked delicious on the cover. So I got lured in and bought a package. However I was decieved by the lighting and colourful background that when I prepared it, instead of a golden rich sauce with pasta, it ended up as a white mush covered in this white and unappetizing sauce. From then on, I did not trust frozen food too often unless I had previous good experienes with it. There are few frozen foods that taste very nice such as Pilsbury's mini pizzas, Pogos, and a few others but they do not live up to the cover on the package. In my experiences I find that Taiwan has even worse frozen food, maybe most likely that people eat fresh everyday or eat outside because of the convience. In Canada and the United States, there aren't 7-11's and shops every street like in Taiwan or Asia in general.

Beware of the Dog - Quickwrite

There's an old saying, "Appearances can be deceiving." I have heard of of this quote and I do agree that it can happen in many situations. For example, a innocent person might have some deep and vicious thoughts deep inside but on the oustide is all happy. Another example is that a video game character named Kirby looks like a pink marshmellow. I used to think he was really cute and all and he still is but when I learned out his power, I was a bit shocked. Kirby may look cute on the outside, but in reality, he devours livings things or objects and uses the power of the object. A real life person would be Susan Boyle. She is not beautiful woman but in reality, she is one of the best opera singers. Looks can be deciving as you know. People are often misled by the outside like juding a book from its front cover.

American History - Make the Connection

Three moments in my life that I would always remember would be the first time going to Taiwan, first time going to school, and first time eating a toasted marshemllow. The first time visting Taiwan is quite important because that is where my blood was originally from and the rest of my extended family. I went there pretty young like about grade 1 and I was in such a strange hostile territory. It was quite an experience seeing so many of my relatives. Another experience was the first day of school. As a kid, I always have thought that I could live my life non-busy everday untill I learned about this thing called school. I wasn't happay about it at first however I was really happy after going. I made so many new friends. The first time eating a toasted marshmellow was quite unique. I've eaten plenty of nontoasted ones but never a toasted one. So on a semi snowing day, my brother went outside and lit a fire. We had marshmellows and toasted em. It was soo good. I felt like Nyan Cat flying through the sky. Even to this day whenever I have the chance to toast a marshmellow and eat it, I feel like Nyan Cat.