Vocabulareee!

Instead of carrying along a new novel to school today, I brought one of the many TIME Magazines from home. To expand my vocabulary, I read the articles in the October (2011) issue of Time Magazine during the mini breaks we took during study time today. I noticed so many words I've never seen before used in the articles, such as:

indefatigable: Persisting tirelessly; untiring.
Synonym: tireless
(This adjective (very new to me) was used to describe the popular comic-strip hero, Tin-Tin.)

pomp: 1) a ceremonial or festival display, 2)a show of magnificence
(I found this word in an article about a Royal Wedding in Bhutan, it was a big celebration that ended before a stadium of 50,000 onlookers!)

repatriation: to restore or return to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship

I learned more binomials too! And 2 new extra words from a riddle.
See if you can figure this one out...
What word has 5 vowels in alphabetical sequence?
The answer is...Facetious and Abstemious
Did you get it correct? I didn't when we were asked to solve it this morning.
Facetious, pronounced pha-see-cious, means not serious. And abstemious, which means not indulgent.

I learned SO MUCH today but unfortunately, I won't be writing much because I have a test to revise over and over again. I'm aiming for a full mark so I'd better buck up and read more! So time to put Lady Antebellum on pause, plug out my earphones, grab my book and start reading~

Goodbye! I shall update on the result! :)

English Test Results!

I got a 9/10 for my English Test!

Honestly, I could've got a 1o/1o if I had just read more :( I panicked when I reached the last question. I blanked out when I tried to search my brain for the right binomial. Win, lose, or draw was the right answer...

Oh well, lesson learned. I was over confident and being too lazy. It's gonna be more intense note reading for the next test (which is next week! Gotta read up soon!).

Book Report: Princess Diaries Sixsational

Last week I finished the third book of my 2012 reading list, The PRINCESS DIARIES Sixsational by Meg Cabot. I am a fan of the Princess Diaries films, I grew up watching them along with my Mom and my older sister, Rachel. The film was made by one of my all time favorite directors, Gary Marshall, he has made so many witty and enjoyable films. The main characters were played by my favorite actresses too, such as Anne Hathaway who played Mia the Princess of Genovia and Julie Andrews (the one actress I absolutely adore, the most elegant actress of all time) as Grandma a.k.a the Queen of Genovia.

But enough about the movie, I decided that I should start reading the Princess Diaries book version :P I've never touched a Princess Diary book before, so I picked up a few when I went to the book fair last year (I posted about the book fair at my other blog, here's the post)

What I thought about the book:
I was surprised to notice that the book and the movie has so much differences. For instance, there's no Joe (the cool bodyguard in the movie, I would love to have a bodyguard like Joe!) in the book, Mia's bodyguard is named Lars which does not exist in the movie, at least that's what I can recall. Another example, Mia's father (who is acknowledge as the late prince in the movie) is still alive.

What I like about the book is that it's written in a journal format. I have an interest in reading books that I written in the form of a journal or a letter, somehow it makes it more interesting and fascinating for me to read :) The book is filled with Mia's journal entries during the time when she goes back to school after summer break.

There were a lot of additional characters in the book than in the movie. Mia had more friends at school whereas in the movie she is mostly shown only with her best friend Lilly. Lana, Mia's fabulous cheerleader nemesis at school, and her boyfriend Josh are also in the book, although very few parts about Josh is written inside the story.

Overall, the book was very fun to read, I found it very amusing. It's like reading through a teen flick. There are some parts in the book that made me giggle. My favorite character in the book was Lilly, Mia's best friend. She's the same in the book and in the movie, her obnoxious, brave, carefree character amuses me.

This book is fun, exciting, and easy to read. I'd read it again. My rating is...4 stars! :)

Idioms not Idiots

Right now I have to study for my English test tomorrow. And so far we've learn about Binomials and Idioms. Teacher Michael (My very awesome English teacher from Georgia) advised us to revise and study though the list of idioms and binomials he taught us over the last couple of weeks.

So I thought it would be excellent and helpful if I wrote a small paragraph or passage using the binomials and idioms I have learned over the last few classes. This small exercise could help me understand how to make use of the idioms and binomials. If you happen to stumble upon my blog and read this blog post, and if you're better or good in English, please do correct me :)

"Today my Dad brought back a huge blender like the ones you see at Starbucks. My Mom couldn't make heads or tails on how to use the bells and whistles this new blender had to offer. My Dad hadn't consider the pro's and con's of the new blender but he was so eager and excited to use the new blender win, lose, or draw. My Dad was starting to make my Mom's blood boil by pestering her to try out the new blender quickly. He was clearly barking up the wrong tree. I decided to help my frustrated and annoyed Mom out by reading the manual for this blender.

Lost in the manual, I hadn't notice that my Mom had gone into the kitchen where the blender was. Although she wasn't ready, willing, and able, she got so sick of hearing my Dad's whines so she turned on the blender and went ahead to make him juice. Apparently, my Dad was proud of his choice of blender and went blowing his own trumpet about how smart he is when picking electronics out while Mom rolled her eyes."

blue italics= binomials and trinomials

red italics= idioms

A Second Beginning

The Very First post of my very new blog :)

Hi there! I'm an experienced blogger, I don't know if you've viewed my other blog before but I am the author behind the blog 'A Little Bit of Pixie Dust'. I've started quite a few blogs a few years ago but the only successful one was A Little Bit of Pixie Dust, I was loyal and faithful to continue writing in that blog. I won't stop blogging in A Little Bit of Pixie Dust, in fact, I will try my very best to blog in it for as long as possible :)

The reason why I'm starting this new blog, is because I've focused more on beauty and fashion in A Little Bit of Pixie Dust. My blogposts are more on fashion and beauty. So this brand new blog that I have named 'She Shall Write' will be more towards blogposts about my days and happenings in my life. I think it'll help me improve my writing.