Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Missing Halloween


Today I want to share a video with you all. It is a Halloween video full of happiness, with a slight sad and shocking ending. Perfect topic for the upcoming (whoops I mean already over) Halloween.

The animation is about a boy who only had one friend. On the day of Halloween, he would go out and ask candy like every other kid does with his friend. The interaction between the boy and the girl was heartwarming and sweet, like he shared his candy with the girl who had none even though he only have two.

Although the ending of the story is shocking and unbelievably spooking, again, perfect theme for Halloween, the story was amazing. Not only just that, the animation of this story was so smooth! Much handwork is appreciated to the one who animated this!

Anyways, I knew something was up by the end of this animation that start off as heartwarming scene, many people likes plot twist don't they? But what I didn't expect was the outcome of the story. I simply could not explain my emotions after I finish the animation. So what do you guys think? Is this animation spooky to you? Sweet? Or shocking? Tell me what you think about it!

Spirual: The mansion

Spirual
Prologue
The Mansion

I woke up on a bed. It took me seconds, but I was able to remember where was I, and why am I here. I sat up and looked around my room, still felt uncomfortable with this place. Looking to my right, the window reveals the big round moon hanging up high in the dark sky. Looking to my left, beside me was a study table with a noticeable note placed on. 

It was written:

I gave you a present, it is in the cupboard. 
In addition, I had placed the key of your room along with your present.
Hope you like it.

-Xonia

I decide to check the present first. Opening a giant cupboard is a bit hard, the handle is too high, but I could manage it. Inside was nothing but an orange and white stripped jacket, it feels very comfy when I wear it on, although it is slightly big for my size. The weather is cold anyways, night gets cold easily in this house, I think is a good idea to keep it on.

I went for the door, it is locked. I wonder why would they locked the door when I was asleep. Hearing the clicked sound of the unlocked door made me felt accomplished. I looked outside my room. The corridor is empty, there was light downstairs. I walked down in curious. Have they not slept yet?

"Do you think they would like the jacket I gave it to them?" Asks feminine voice from the living room.

"I bet they will love it, it was VERY comfy." A masculism voice replies, "Didn't you said people won't stop hugging you because of the jacket?"

"... don't even remind me those hugs." She sounded as if she hated it. "Anyways, the jacket is big for their size, some kids prefer clothes in their own size." She answered.

"Hm... you do have a point." He agrees.

As if on cue, the last step of the stairs I stepped on made a small creek sound. Loud enough for the two adults to hear it. They turned around and greeted me in surprise, "Hello there, did you sleep well?" One of my caretakers, Ms. Xonia asked.

"...I did. Thanks for taking me in." I replied, hoping to sound as polite as I could.

"You don't have to be that polite around us. Just act like your usual self." She smiles, "Do you want some cake? I believe there are some leftovers in the fridge. I'll take it out for you." She headed to the kitchen as she finished her sentence, there was no way I could say no.

I noticed there was a vase of beautiful glass flowers on the coffee table. There are total of ten different types of flowers in each different colours of stained glasses. "You like it?" Mr. Xenix asked, "Too bad you can't be find them on the market, those are handmade."

"How did you made that?" I asked, admired by the beauty of the peice of art in front of me.

"I didn't made it. It was a gift to Xonia. Her old friends made those I believed." Mr. Xenix shrugs. Ms. Xonia came back just in time with a slice of chocolate cake.

"Talking about the flowers? Real 'glassy' now aren't they?" Her words took me off guard. Mr. Xenix roar in laughter as he hears this, "Nice one Xonia!" 

"Now now, let's not get to focus on the flowers, they were suppose to be more 'transparent'-like to be notice. Have a cake instead." She grins from the pun jokes she had made as she hand the slice of cake to me. Yummy, it tasted delicious.

I chatted with Mr. Xenix and Ms. Xonia for a bit. We talked from the interior designs in the house to the paintings that were hanging on the walls around this mansion. "Amazing right? Xonia design the place herself. From the furnitures to the paintings on the wall, all materials was specifically design and made from her orders." Mr. Xenix explains.

"You draw these paintings too?" I pointed at one of the biggest painting that consist eleven kids all sitting together smiling happily as if they were taking a blessed family photo. Ms. Xonia nods, she seemed a bit embarassed but proud at the same time. "Wow," was all the words I could say. 

Ms. Xonia glance at the gigantic old grandfather clock in the room. It was 12 a.m. "It's getting late, I think you should head to bed. Do you mind walk back to your room alone? Xenix and I would like to discuss about something important." I nod.

I was heading up the stairs, which was close to the entrance door of this mansion, but I notice something odd. There was a long oval shape mirror hanging on the door. I did not saw that when I first entered the mansion, it caught my attention. I walked up to the mirror hoping for a closer look. The mirror was well design, beautiful patterns was curved beside the holder. What caught my eyes was a blue diamond shape crystal at the bottom. It reminds me of something.

I remembered both my caretakers, Mr. Xenix and Ms. Xonia had this printed picture of a blue diamond shape crystal with wings on their shirts. I think blue diamond shape crystal resembled as their family symbol seeing as I do noticed a few of those shapes in the house, the vase of the glass flowers and the giant painting in the living room.

As I was silently thinking all this to myself, I failed to noticed the mirror was slowly glowing. By the time I do noticed, the light has became ultimately bright and before I know anything, everything has turned white. 

Monday, 24 October 2016

What is Transition words???

Transition words are like road signs. They help the reader understand the direction of your thought.
Examples:

Actually, most of his classmates were awake by 8:30 AM.
As a matter of fact, those who were present really enjoyed the debate.
First and foremost, she is an artist.

Here is a chart of example transition words you can use to guide your reader through your essays.


Above all
Finally
Meanwhile
Actually
First, Second, Third
Moreover
Afterward
First and foremost
Next
All things considered
For this reason
No doubt
Accordingly
From here on
Of course
Another
For instance For example
On the other hand
Arguably

Saturday, 1 October 2016

Arrangement of story

Once there lived a rich farmer, his name is Mr. Lee. Later years on, he had two sons. The older son named Joshua whilst the younger son named Steven. Since young, they had been living together happily and free. 

But years went by, until they reach their age of adulthood. Mr. Lee decides to split his shares into two,giving it to his both sons. Joshua was glad with his share, which is half of the land and he began to earn money by improving the land and hiring more workers to work at the farm. Steven, however, is not really happy with  his share. Slowly, he began to get restless because he was unhappy with his lot. He sees that his older brother is earning a lot of money while he is  earning nothing besides his small business in the city. 

One day, Steven decided to talk to his father about the share that he was unhappy about. 

“Father, I want to talk to you about the shares that you gave us.” Steven said. 

“What's wrong with it son? Aren't you happy about it?” Mr. Lee questioned his son with a weak tone.

“I don't feel that the share is fair,we had the shares but  Joshua is earning more than I, I think Joshua’s land is better than mine, therefore I need a bigger shares rather than a piece of land in the farm.”Steven said. 

“Son, you know I'm a fair guy. Besides, Joshua knows who to manage his land, why can't you follow his steps to success? This decision had been made for quite a long time, I advise you to just stick to your own share and manage it wisely.”his father advised him. 

“No means no, I can wait and see my money flow being so slow. Besides, you're old and ignorant. Of course you won't listen to me, you only listen to your precious Joshua, aren't you!?I'm going back to my room.”Joshua shouted in a stern voice and left the room, leaving his father in shocked. 

The next day his father decided to meet his younger son and decided to tell him that he is giving a third of his property. 

But later then, Steven decided to sell his share of the property and left for another country. He began to led a luxurious life, he then decided to spent a lot of his money on gambling. Bit by bit, he then spend all of his money on casinos and betting. He later became a pauper and regret that he did not listen to his father's advise.

Saturday, 27 August 2016

Choices of your path

At the starting point of the road stood a child. Five adults, all with same looks but in different age, are standing beside the child. Each of them stood patiently, waiting for the child to make a choice. In front of the child are many different paths; some narrow, some wide. Some beautiful, some dark. They all leads to different destination, and the challenge within those paths are different. However one thing was certain, that no matter which you choose, passion is the main thing to get through the journey.

Or at least, that's what the child thinks.

Despite the adults gave the child a chance to choose their path, the clever child knew their family wants them to walk on the path of fortune. The child glance at the dark pathway, and was immediately stared by one of the adults. The child quickly turn their eyes to another side, but the stare doesn't stop.

Before the time to choose a path came, the child had learn many things. Some unwillingly, some secretly. The child soon found some interest, and their passion on some specific things. The child was at first worried of the path that should choose, but they soon learned not to ignore those burning passion of theirs, they had finally made up their mind.

The child looked at the road full of artistic style. The hope to walk on that paths burns them more than anything. Sadly before they could take a step, another adult pulled their hand. The adults warned them not to walked on that path, "the path is pretty, I can see why you love it," the adults compliment, "However, that path is too narrow, you will suffer more than you imagine. How about choosing another path? You can return anytime soon." As they speak, they bring the child to the other side of the pathway. A path full of numbers.

The child was stubborn, they refuse to leave. The adults raise their eyebrow in anger. They pulled them away from the path, decide it would be the best if they give them education about the danger of the paths. The child pretend to agree, while they silently prepare for the dangers of the paths. They are no idiots, they knew the risk in each paths, but they will wait, they will wait until they are well prepare.

Their plan was figured out by the adults. Now they are banned from everything they like. It was like a zombie life, had they not secretly draw behind their backs, they would have started to loose themselves. The stares are getting stronger, they can't take it anymore. Yet for the sake of those friends that they aren't even sure if they are with them. They lived.

The world may never know though, that the kid is silently killing themselves. Starting point? Their physical health. Not like anyone notices the pain in their stomach or the sharp inhale of their lungs, the dizziness in their head and their constant blind eye situation. No one cares, neither do they care. However, the food has started to look disgusting in their eyes.

The Eevee journey











A story of a special Eevee












 The one who'll understands and value you will be always there for you, even family doesn't makes them the most important person in your life.

You are special. Don't forget about that.

His Theme

Deep, deep down, I believed
I could bring you back to me 
In this game I found fun 
Can the damage be undone?

Even if I'm no longer really me
There's still a part that lives inside my heart that hopes to be
By your side until you reach the end
No matter what I am by then, I'll always be your friend

Don't leave me behind
Wont you let me win this time?
I don't want to let go
But I'll be okay alone

(Art and Lyrics not by me.)




A trip down to the lane. A trip down to the alley.

A trip down to the lane,
All I see are people chatting with a laugh.
A trip down to the alley,
All I see are people with sorrow faces.

I had been to the brightest place where happiness belongs,
But because of something I lack,
I slowly fell to the swirl of darkness,
Where light was swallowed by dark.

People always believe they are the saddest in the world,
I wonder who tells them that.
People always thinks their action doesn't matter to others,
I wonder if they have other person's point of view,

A trip down to the lane,
A trip down to the alley,
All I see are people chatting with a laugh.
All I see are people with sorrow faces.

I see holidays, happy families and brilliant peoples,
Where kind, love and honor lives.
I see stress, family abuse and untalented trash,
Where suffering, pain and cuts lives.

Please don't blame me for all those pricks,
That my coat of sharp spines gave.
You turned me into this,
When you had pushed too far.

But maybe just one changed,
for the world to change,
From a different point of view,
I see different things.

A trip down to the lane,
All I see are people with sorrow faces.
A trip down to the alley,
All I see are people chatting with a laugh.

Saturday, 20 August 2016

Mirror

A Creepypasta Story

Today teacher taught us about mirror reflection. At one point she mentioned about 'two-way mirror', she said each mirror is a one way mirror, put your hand on the mirror and there will be a gap between both your hands and your reflection hands. And if both hands touch each other, meaning bad things will happen. I want to testify if it is true or not.

I have a mirror at my room, inside my cupboard. I never use that mirror, and I'm pretty sure all the others mirrors in my house are one-way mirror. So I touch it, but I didn't find out whether if it is a one-way mirror or not, because mom suddenly called for me and we went out for the whole day.

It was a two-way mirror.

I came back at night. As tiring as a koala bear could be, I return to my room and immediately jumped on my bed and fell asleep. I have completely forgotten about the mirror, and I didn't notice I haven't closed the cupboard doors. Now that I'm reminded, why didn't I notice the tidiness in my room? I'm always the messy one.

Anyways, I woke up beside a mirror. Not just any mirror, it was the mirror on my cupboard door. Then, weird things started to happen. Why do I always felt like, I don't belong to this world? Everything about this place is weird. Even my families looks slightly weird to me. For example, I had this conversation with my brother before:

"Sis? Why did you bought light blue colour?" I bought some strings for my art and craft, "Didn't you like dark blue?"

"No, I like light blue. Didn't you know that?"

"But I thought you like dark blue, everyone knows you like dark blue." My brother left after saying these words. It got me confuse, "But I hate dark blue...."

There's also some weird things that has been going in my life, people kept saying these words like: "I thought you hated that." "Didn't you used to love these things?" Which is totally the opposite about me. 

According to my mother, I loved the mirror in my cupboard a lot. When I heard this, I was reminded of that two-way mirror, I went to check the mirror again.
A hand to the mirror, there's a gap between us. It's a one-way mirror. But why is my reflection self smiling? I don't usual smile, do I?

The Twins in my mind

I do not have much to talk, so today I am going to introduce to you a twin that lives in my mind. They are named after my my name, since they are a part of me. Their names are Kai and Lynn, and they both have quite the different characteristic.

The oldest would be Kai, the noisiest between the two, now you will know who to blame when I am shouting or laughing loudly. Kai would the leader of my mind, most of my action comes from them. Hence, the natural talkative sign you always see in me, because Kai can't stand quiet.

Kai loves having fun and hate being serious. 'Do whatever you want whenever you like', follow your heart is their principle. It doesn't matter what you are doing is wrong or not, breaking the rules doesn't concern them, nor the consequences of their actions bothers them either. Even your feelings never bother them. When they are task with jobs, if they do not have the heart to carry out their work, expect them to hand up an empty work to you. One word to describe Kai: irresponsible.

Of course, we can't be that irresponsible in our lives like Kai, that will be where Lynn jumps in. Lynn is responsible, (not saying that I'm a responsible person, but there is a reason behind this, have I mention Kai is the one in charge?) she always keep her words and is very good at multitask. Unlike Kai, Lynn is more of a quiet person.

If you noticed I was being quiet all of the sudden, that would be Lynn taking over. Two reason for this situation: Is either Kai are having a rest (which rarely happens once you activate them), or Kai has stop functioning and Lynn have to take over (meaning something is not right with me). Lynn loves to be alone, that's the only way to activate her.

Kai and Lynn tend to argue over small things, I guess it is the only fun they share together. However, that causes me to suffer because I will be in a conflicted situation. Thankfully, the conflict always end faster than you can say, 'pepperoni cheeseballs on top of a pizzaroni chaseballs'.

Kai and Lynn is part of my mind, and they are my favorite twins among all of my minds. Even though I hope one day they can be more harmony to each other.... That's all for now, hopefully we get to introduce more of our 'minds'.


Friday, 19 August 2016

Life and Death (Part 3)

"You...!" He could felt her anger slowly building up.

"What's wrong? You seem like you had just met 'death'..." He did not expect a life of fire coming to his way. "Woah! Lady, calm down. Don't you know how to greet a pal?" Oddly, the fire did not spread, nor did it actually burn off anything. Huh, she really must be life.

"Why are you here?" She asked.

He did not directly answer the question, however, "They said life is full of surprises, and what is more surprising than having death's visiting?" Another fireball came to his way. Seriously, could she not randomly throw a fireball at him when he was trying to talk?

"Leave this place at once!" They had a battle. It did not take really long for it to end. Sure, Death knew that both he and Life's power are evenly match, perhaps Life had isolated herself for too long, she had a hard time fighting with him. Maybe he should had shown some mercy to her. She, after all, was still his queen.

"Don't you know it is rude to just barge into someone's place without an invitation?" The queen gave him glare daggers. He decided to take that as a moment of peace between them and lower down his scythe.

"I'm sorry, death was never invited to any else where, so he just couldn't stop being rude," he shrugged.

"..." He can't tell what is going on inside the queen's mind. Her highness won't stop staring at her. He decided to say something else.

"It seems that what I am looking for isn't here. Well then, we will meet again." The goddess of Life hears this in shocked, "Looking for someone? How dare you hunt my-" The goddess of Death has disappeared in front of her eyes before she could finished her sentences. The queen stare at where Death once stood in silence.

Death return to their home, the underground, and would not stop thinking about his new found information.

If Death is curious of Life, then the same goes to the opposite.

Life and Death (Part 2)

It was a strange encounter, and he did not plan this at all,as if he would intend to do so. It has been decades since the queen has been seen again, and he had not even met the queen before. Yet there she stood, beautiful than anything he had seen before, so elegant, so fragile. Oh but how irony it is;-

-That Life hates Death, and Death knows that too.

Death may not have met the Goddess of Life personally before this, he know of her of course, but the closest he had with life was only under certain occasions when life and death are both present. For example, when a birth of a child and a soul of a mother that needed to be reap was occurred in the same room. The pulse of her magic, the sensation of 'life'. It was all too familiar.

How did he not realise it earlier? Why had he not notice the barrier's magic when he destroyed it? Why did it only come into hi sense, after he saw 'her' standing in front of his eyes? He wondered if it was fate or just incredibly ironic, that after an age of hiding, it was Death who comes knocking.

Their first encounter was not quite pleasant,or you could say it was not quite heart 'warming' either. He remembers that moment when he walked through the barrier when he saw the Goddess of Life, they were both stunned. He did not expect her and he believes she thought so too. When they both had finally come to realization of each other's identity, she struck first.

(To be continue)

Life and Death (Part 1)

It was a strange encounter, and until this day he still remembers it as clear as a pure soul could have get. It was just as if it happened yesterday, but in reality they had met a few weeks ago- according to the overworld's time anyway. It was just a few weeks ago;-

-When Death met Life itself.

Long ago, when Death wasn't created yet, when living creatures of Earth had still kept their immortality, Earth was a peaceful place. It's a beautiful day outside, birds are singing, flowers were blooming, a perfect day for a cup of tea, until the humans ruined everything.

Goddess Life has always loved her creations, her children. However, when her children started to turn against the gods, everything changed.The intelligent humans foolishly thought they could survive without the gods, they thought they could abandon their parents. In the end tragedy happened,the gods lost their only child and their beloved Acolyte of Faith, the only god child and the first created human child the gods adored dearly.

The Father Ruler, God of the Skies, Painfully announced the creation of Death in order to restore the world's balance. However the queen did not take her husband's decisions lightly, she could not accept having the thought of seeing her children die in front of her eyes. She blamed her husband for creating death, she blamed Death for the cause of the destruction of her children.

So she left, disappeared and was never to be found again. Rumours said she was hiding in the overworld, secretly creating life, but none had found her. Who knows that after years later, she would be found again? And that out of any other person that it could be, it would be him, Death itself that knock upon Life's door?

It was as if fate have planned it all out.

(To be continue)


Thursday, 28 July 2016

To the one in my group

I saw your blog post and... I know this is late, but is better than nothing. I know if non of us speak something, or even reply to you, our friendship will be over, because I can tell that you are slowly drifting away from us. I've seen these situation over and over again. At the same time, I know non of us will walk up to you, because we are not the type who will talk to you face by face. So I guess is time for me to step up and speak for the rest of us, while I'm behind this screen.

There is nothing to be sorry with being yourself. I can't say for the others, but as your friend and part of the study group member, I can assure you that I (and everyone else in the study group too) don't hate you. Sure you are weird, but aren't all of us weird? Everyone is unique in their own way, an individual of a whole. That's what got us together in the first place, don't you agree?Yes, you drag us down, horribly, but it is our job to pull you up. This is a study group after all, that's what friends are for. We all know you are trying hard to change yourself, but lets be honest here, in our eyes, we see no effort from you. There's a lot of place you could have improve, and we wanted to help you. We did hint you, but you never get the idea, because you are too caught up with your own self that you IGNORE us. Could you at the very least, listen to us?

You don't feel sorry for being yourself, you don't feel sorry for not able to appease those around you, because all those sorry you'd said? Is meaningless. Words do nothing, only action does. I'm not the type who keep remembering your mistakes, you are the one who keep giving me the idea of your mistakes, where it comes to the point that it gets stronger and stronger in my memories. All those good things about you? I remember them, but please, do not abuse the good within you. Use them wisely, not blindly. Nobody seems to care? Well we do, you know the one who hated you the most in the group? She actually cares you more than me, than anyone else in the group, but seeing you not progressing at all, it pricks her more than anything. Eventually the pricks became too annoying, and it slowly turned into hatred.

You've came to terms with yourself and acknowledged the fact that you can't change entirely? I'll use Integrity's words for this: Bullsh*t. It takes a lot of willpower to fight yourself for a better change? Well I'll transfer Kindness' words to you: the problem is you don't want to learn. You always think that it's basically not your fault. Remember the time when you said your parents scolded you for wasting your time? You said that your parents is too much. But think about it, you are the one who did not use your time wisely. All you did is to sleep, and talks about Jesus in class, no offence. Have you seen how Bravery has been acting when you are not beside him? He is tired of waking you up every 5 seconds, he is not me, he don't have the perseverance to wake you like how I wake you up in Physics Lab. What was the word my perseverance buddy and Patience said in Chinese? They don't have the eyes to look at you anymore.


Your ignorance has cause most of us to give up on you. Your self-centre issue has ignite our annoyance. But if you would change a little bit more... at least listen to our advise, maybe everyone will treat you the same like before. Please, do not turn your back against us, we just want to help.

Sunday, 17 July 2016

Where have my creativity gone to?

Today I open up my laptop, hoping to write something. However, when I put my fingers on the keyboard I realise my mind is blank. I have nothing to write at all, no inspirations, no stories, nothing. Where have my creativity gone to?

I search for my trusty blue book. Its an old notebook that I had for how long? Probably 3 or 4 years, it has been with me ever since I have fallen into the world of words. Inside is full of my handwriting, notes and more notes on every page, filled with my creativeness.

I flip the pages, nothing in the book satisfied me. I want something new, not stories that I had thought before! I read every page carefully, hoping something new will pop up in my mind. Nothing still. Frustrated, I throw the book on the table.

Heads on the keyboard and mind on the other side, searching for my inspiration. Anything works, something, just anything. Hours pass by and not a single word is on the screen. I surrender. Miss Inspiration is so hard to pleased. Maybe I should take some rest.

I went on to my social media and start chatting with one of my group chats. I'd joined too much group chats for the past few days, most of them are Roleplay group chats. Where you act with others as a certain character. Someone is role-playing something about a dream, that reminds me of a dream I had dreamt few days ago. Perhaps I could use those...

Finally having an idea, i immediately switch to my work and starts to type.

Saturday, 16 July 2016

10 facts about colours

1. Do you know that blue is the most common favorite color
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Blue is the most favored color in the world, with purple being a distant second. A whopping 40% of people worldwide would choose blue as their favorite color in playtime poll booth, with purple-lovers lagging way behind at 14%. Though some researchers also suggest that red and green are a close second and third respectively. White, orange, and yellow are some of the least favorite colors.

2. Do you know that red is the first colour that baby recognise? Recent studies have shown that infants as young as 2 weeks of age can already distinguish the color red. Probably because red has the longest wavelength among colors making it the easiest color to process by the developing receptors and nerves in the baby’s eyes.

3. Do you know that Pink soothes the nerves? Pink is the palliative color, commonly used to splash the walls in prisons and mental health care facilities to assist in subduing those who are out-of-control. Apparently, it suppresses anger and anxiety due to its calming effect.  So pink definitely has a useful place and a purpose, other than decorating a prom dress or Barbie’s dream house.

4. Do you know that Yellow + Red = Hunger? No wonder fast food giants like McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King, and many other restaurants wear this color scheme. Researchers says that red and yellow are the most appetizing colors. Having said that, they advice not to paint your kitchen yellow if you’re on a diet, as they are known appetite stimulators. You’ll just end up frustrating yourself after giving in to the temptation. On the other hand, the color blue is the least appetizing color.

5. Do you know that there was a law prohibiting the use of a color? Early use of blue paint was so highly prized that laws existed as to what artists were allowed to paint blue. Jesus and Mary’s robes were usually the only accepted uses of the precious color.

6. Do you know that Chromophobia (also known as Chromatophobia) is the rare, persistent, irrational fear of colors? Some people who have this disorder will react strongly to certain shades or tones, while others will try to avoid color altogether. Some signs and symptoms are: nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, feelings of panic, elevated heart rate and blood pressure, anxiety, light headedness, headache, and trembling. Effective treatment involves methods and techniques that include systematic desensitization and exposure therapy.



7. Do you know that the color yellow can cause nausea? That's why is avoided in airplanes. Also, pure bright yellow is believed to be the most irritating color due to its excessive stimulation to the eye. 

8. Do you know that Mosquitoes love blue? When planning to go on a camping adventure, better leave your dark-colored shirts at home unless you’re a mosquito lover. Research shows that mosquitoes are attracted to dark colors especially blue. So instead, wear light colored shirts and  loose fitting long sleeves.

9. Do you know that colours effect beards? It is believed that blonde beards tend to grow much faster than dark beards.

10. Do you know that colour doesn't exist? Yep, you heard it right! Colours is something created by our brains as a side-effect, they are just results when our brain desperately tries to make sense of the overwhelming amount of information it receives from the outer world. So, should you ever find yourself in a heated debate over color combinations with someone you are certain has an IQ below your car’s maximum speed or is just simply colorblind, keep in mind that it is a pointless argument and you should drop it immediately. You’re both wrong. Can you imagine if our brains are not functioning that way? Chances are, our world would probably look like a scene from The Matrix. So hooray for brains!

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

The Wow Factors

Wow Factors : A set of properties belonging to an object that pleasantly surprise a watcher. From commercials to cool electronics, the wow factor is an important thing to consider when designing it.

-Sources from Urban Dictionary

Truth to be told, everything could be a wow factor to everyone. From a good book to an awesome movie. From a fun fact of something you like to a chaotic situation in your life. Everything could make you go all 'WOW' mode. Sometimes it doesn't have to be a big thing that surprises you, like how when Iphone was first introduce to the world. It could be when you are imagining things like cars can fly like birds and such (which by the way, flying cars are real), or when you found a great scenery from the nature. To me everything is a surprise, the world is big, you may never know the world completely, because the world itself IS unknown. Why don't you try and find your own 'wow' factors?

Freedom Writers #2 : How does writing help us?

Describe how writing in journals (In the movie Freedom Writers) helps transform the lives of the students. How does writing 'free' the students from their pain.

Writing gives us a freedom of our mind. Which in the caes of the movie 'Freedom Writers', it helps free the students mind. It gives them a place to express their feelings without getting judge by others or having a gun being point at their head. It lets them have a place for a rest from the pressure, sadness, pain and depression they had been through. It also reminds them of their true self. The students in the movie write about their past sad lives in the journals, This is also a way for them to mourn for their sad past, and another way to show that it is time to move on. Writing in journals truly helped the students transform their lives in one way or another. 

Freedom Writers

On the April of 12, 2016, my English teacher had introduce us a movie that I was suppose to write about it. But I guess I had forgotten, or maybe I was lazy to write. Anyways, it doesn't matter because this wasn't the point of the post.

Freedom Writers was a movie film made in 2007. It was based on a book called 'Freedom Writers' written by a teacher named Erin Gruwell who wrote the story based on a real life situation in a school named Woodrow Wilson Classical High. 

The story starts with Erin Gruwell, an enthusiastic new teacher with the passion in teaching. Her enthusiastic was soon challenge when she finds her student are not the 'average college student you meet everyday', fights always breaks out in the classroom and students tends to skip class. However, Teacher Gruwell never gives up on them. In the end she gained her student trust and respect.

Teacher Gruwell is truly a great teacher. She care for her students deeply and was able to create a strong bond with them like no other teachers could. She taught her students to stay true with their heart, thus creating a family the students could ever have. 

There are so many thing in this movie that touches my heart. I love this movie and the unable express feeling that it gives me. This is a heart warming movie that I recommend everyone to watch.



Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Diary #3 : Entry No. 1

To the survivor who will find this book:

My name is Shirley, One of the survivors in this zombie apocalypse. I came travelling here from far away in order to find a cure and fix this.... mess.

Few months ago, the government had confirm the disease was spread throughout the world. There aren't any safe place left for us, everywhere is infected, the human race will soon be over. To prevent this from happening, the world shall unite and create a cure to save the remain survivors. Each government shall send their best scientists to a place and meet up. The place will be somewhere in America, the reason I'm here.

We had boat trip before we arrived, we made it to the mainland without a single soul lost. However, due to the large amount of people we have with us, we were forced to split up. But that's okay, is all for the cure. Minx and I traveled from cities to cities, each time we would camp in the hospital and use the equipment that was not destroyed yet. We wanted to collect as many substances as we could, who knows when will those come in handy one day.

Sadly, the worst came. During a zombie attack I was separated from my group. Being alone is quite scary, because you got no one to watch your back for dangers. But I'm still traveling, I will continue my journey as far as possible. I trust my fellow friends will make it to the meeting spot and I'm planning to meet them there. Although I wish to meet them sooner but this is for the best, I've wasted too much time being a coward. I should at least try and make it to my destination.

I didn't know why I wrote this. Maybe because I was lonely. Maybe I was hoping that my friends will find this and find me. Or maybe I wanted to let other survivors who is reading this know that you are not alone, there's someone trying their best to survive other than you. But no matter what happens I will keep writing these dairies. This is the third dairy I had written, hope it does good to any of you who have find this.

If you are traveling like me, expect to find more of this dairies left in the hospital, or probably at the library. I will continue my search for the cure and get to the meeting point. I just hope I'll be doing fine alone. Yeah, I think I'll be fine. I hope you do to. Stay safe.

A New Friend

He heard sobbing coming from the end of the hallway. At first he was curious of the voice, but he soon find a little girl hiding under the stairs all alone. She looked very much different than any of the girls he ever seen, instead of having black hair like his classmates, she have a long blonde hair. He look at her with questions.

"Are you... crying?" The girl heard him and quickly wiped her tears away.  "N-no! I wasn't!" But the boy could tell from her puffy red eyes, she was lying. The boy thought for a second and decided to sit beside the girl, "Did someone stole your candy?"

"Huh?" The girl didn't catch what he had said. He repeat, "did someone stole your candy and ate it?" She went silence, long later she shook her head. "No? Then why are you crying?"

"No one wants to talk to me..." The girl slowly says, eyes staring on the ground. "They all think I'm strange and they laugh at me because of my hair."

"Why is your hair yellow?" The boy asked in curious, feeling bad for the girl.

"Because my mummy's hair are yellow, so my hair is yellow too." The girl looks at her braid angrily, "I don't like my hair, why must it be yellow like my mummy? Why can't it be black like my daddy?"

"But I like your hair," the boy's comment made the girl look at him in the eye for the first time. "Really?" The boy nodded, "I like yellow and your hair is yellow. I think your hair is pretty!" She looked down, "no one has ever said that to me..." The boy smile brightly, "well now you do!" The bell suddenly rang.

The boy look at the other end of the hallway where lots of kids are running around and is in completely mess, "oh, the class is going to start. Come on, lets get back to our class, what class are you in?"

"K2 Green..."

"That's next to my class, I'm K2 Red! We can walk back to our class together, lets go!" The boy waited for the girl to stand up and immediately pulls her with him. The girl nearly stumble, "H-hey! Slow down!" The boy laughs a little and says, "Nope, we are getting late for class!" Soon the end of the hallway is filled with laughter, a seed of friendship has been planted between the two little children.

Colours

He can't remember how long has he been staying in this room. There's nothing wrong with this place, it's just... he felt empty. As if he is missing something in this place, but what is it? He don't need protection, this room keeps him away from everything. He don't need food nor drinks either, apparently it just appear out of thin air whenever he is hungry. He don't need anyone in here, because being lonely has always been his thing. He sees how other people lives pass on, they share laughs, sadness, and anger no matter where they are. He may not have experience these emotions in first hand, but sharing the atmosphere of other people's life when being alone is good enough for him. He doesn't want to ask for more, but something is still missing. Something.... physically. Or was it metal?

He walk around in his white empty room, bored as usual. Still trying to figure out what is he missing. As he was too focus onto his thoughts, he failed to realise a puddle of black ink slowly forms behind him. The puddle of black ink started to turn from a small puddle to a big puddle, and now is starting to become as big as a small size pond could get. When he finally realise the strange event that has occurred in his room, it was too late.

"What the..." He said to no one in particular, there's no one but him anyways. He was filled with shocked. "How did the-" The middle part of the pond of black ink slowly changes to many different colours, there's red, purple, green and many more mixing together. He look at the black ink with surprise as the colourful part of the ink slowly forms into a shape much alike him.

"Hello!" The 'person' talks. 

He stood there dumbfound, "W-Who are you?" He had never seen anyone with that many colors, there's brown in many forms of shades, a cyan jacket tied onto his waist, and a big paintbrush behind him. He look down to himself, the only thing he have was a piece of white clothing.

"My name is Ink, Ink Sans to be exact, Nice to meet you!" Colourful ink suddenly vomits out from Ink's mouth, shocking the other even more, "I'm sorry, I get too excited at times. Here, let me-" Ink stopped his sentence. Ink notice the place is empty, a bit too empty. There's nothing here but white emptiness. He look at the person who is standing in front him, "Have you.... been living here? Alone?"

He nod, "Ever feel lonely? He shake his head at first, but he soon hesitate, "I feel... empty. Something is missing in this place."

Ink thought for awhile, soon smiling at his idea, "Hm... Maybe I could help with that." Ink lift his extra large paintbrush and starts to paint on the wall.

He panic, "Wait, what are you-" A stoke of rainbow appears on the white empty wall. He stare at it with surprise. Ink smile at his reaction, "Like it?" He look at him, "How did you do it? How can you paint without anything?" 

Ink grin proudly, "It's my specialty." Ink sees how he stares at the colours with wonder and pass him the paintbrush, "Would you like to try?"

He look at the paintbrush with temptation, "I can?" Ink just smiles. He took the paintbrush with hesitation, but is soon filled with excitement. A blue rabbit was painted, it soon became true and starts hopping around. He was shocked at first, but it became a laugh very quickly. More and more colours are filled in the room, pink, peach, orange, yellow. Bright colours mixing together, jokes between the two were shared.

For once in his life, he was filled with colours.

"Thank you..." He look at Ink, "Thank you for bringing colours to my world." 

Ink chuckled, "Of course, that's what I do."

A Short Story

The Synonym of Walk 

She hurriedly shuffle through the hallway. Walking pass an army of soldiers that are marching and a general who strutted in front of the soldiers. She accidentally tread on a maid's shoes and tripped. "Oh my goodness, are you alright madam?" She quickly got up and continue her way, "I'm so sorry but I'm in a hurry right now. I promise I will buy a new pair of shoes for you!" The maid watch in confuse as she slowly disappears from her eyes. She stumble upon a large door with two guards standing side by side, greeting each other before she plods wearily in the room. Inside was a huge room with a pretty lady pacing in circles with a worry look on her face. She stroll across the room and towards the lady. She bows, "My lady, I have answer your call." The lady look at her, finally broke into a smile.

The Cipher

The moon shines brightly on the dark sky, underneath the moon was a huge forest that seems to be enjoying every second of the peaceful moonlight. Everything was quiet in the forest. However...

Ta, ta, ta, ta

A small, faint footsteps could be heard. The rushing footsteps seems to have awake the excitement within the forest. Somewhere through the forest, far away from the footsteps, a figure was woken up.

The footsteps finally stopped. Showering underneath the bright moonlight was a girl in the appearence of 10. She wears a yellow brick pattern jacket with a black bow tie around her neck messily, underneath her yellow hood was a short black hair with gold almond eyes glimmering in the dark. She look around her surrounding and listens carefully in alert, but when she heard more than a pair of footsteps come running towards her way, her face immediately turned pale.

"Where is she!?" A deep voice asks.

"She ran this way, I'm sure of it!" Another voice answers.

The girl panic and accidentally break a twig, making a small yet clear crack noise.

"She's there!"

The girl quickly run away. An arrow fly pass her shoulder by an inch but she kept running, more and more arrows coming towards her way. Until...

"Argh!" An arrow shot her shoulders, blood triggers down from her arm. The archers who chased her suddenly seems to be better in aiming. She was shot with two more arrows, one was shot at her back and the other was on her left leg.

She collapse. Her heart turns cold and her mind is blank. This is it, this is where she will die. She refuse to accept her fate, but she knew very well she couldn't do anything about it. She have used up all her energy, she was left with no strength in her.

She hear footsteps getting closer, visions are starting to becoming blur. She could see black dots in the distance. Are those the people that has been chasing her this whole time? They are getting closer, eyes getting blurrier in every second. Sudden her eyes was focus to a small pair of barefoot in front of her, blocking her view of the group of dangers that are getting closer.

Huh? Her eyes widen in shocked. Next thing she knew, everything turns black.

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Friday 22 April, Earth Day.

Earth Day


Oh hey, look! Another Earth day! Yay~

Seriously, stop it.

Earth day was suppose to be the day where we appreciate our mother Earth by doing an activity that helps with the environment, and how do we do that? By shutting the lights off at 10.00 p.m until the next day or plant a tree or something. Like, really? Does that even help at all?

Sure,shutting the lights off is a good idea, but does anyone even follow the rules? From my relatives to friends, they all held the same idea, well SOME of them, think that it is a waste for time, and that they can't live without any electricity. Uh HELLO, HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOUR ANCESTOR SURVIVE WITHOUT ANY TECHNOLOGY BACK IN THE OLD AGE? HOW DARE YOU SAID YOU CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT IT, EXCUSE ME!?

Also, about the plant a tree activity, where do you even buy a tree!? Or even have a place to plant in the first place!? People keep cutting down tree here and there, building structures left and right. Even if we did manage to plant a tree, the construction still goes, everyday there would always be a tree died by the hands of us, which leads to more deaths, ALL THANKS TO YOU HUMANS! CAN'T YOU GUYS STOP KILLING NATURE FOR A TRILLION YEARS? We have tablet, we have internet, we DON'T NEED PAPERS ANYMORE!

Earth day was popular, yet no one ever did what they were suppose to do at this day. There are some people out there trying to save the green, yet there are more people doing NOTHING but destroying the green. Don't you all have any common sense? Have you ever thought of what happened if all the green were ACTUALLY gone? Do you really want a real life "Fallout" series to happened? Why can't the world be like "Ori and The Blind Forest" and tries to save nature? Do you really want a "The End of The World"? 

That is selfish of you, mother Earth had done nothing wrong except for having us, selfish humans, to be born under her embrace, only to lead her to the path of doom.

Seriously, we should all go out and save our mother, you may not have you birth mother with you, but we still have our Earth mother staying by our side throughout our whole life. No matter death or life, she deserve more than us do. Just sacrifice for our beloved mother here, can you?

Wednesday, 9 March 2016

The Mafia Card Game

Town of Salem

(Town of Salem, The internet version of The Mafia Card Game)

(The Mafia Card Game)


Last year, I had found a fun game from my Wattpad pals. Actually, I have heard them chatting about it for a long time, but I never bother to look up what was it until one day, one of my friends decided to write a game book about it and asked me to be a part. This finally spark my curiosity, so I decide to do some research.

Basically, there are two teams, The Mafia and The Townsfolk. The Town have to search for the Mafias that are hiding among them and lynch them, before The Mafia kills the whole town. Is a game where you trust no one and only believe in your deductions. Or it could be about teamwork too, if you are able to find your true town mates and combine your roles together. It was originally a card game, but there is an internet version, which was the one my friends were talking about. I give it a go, and I instantly fell in love with the game.

Before the last year end holidays, I'd tried making a few cards of my own and introduce to my classmates, there weren't many of us and we were having problems with the number of players, but we still have fun nonetheless. This year, I pulled some of my new friends to tryout the internet version. Looks like I've made the right choice, all my friends love it.

I mean, who doesn't? This game is full of twist and turns. Maybe the one who was teaming up with you the whole time was actually a mafia, or maybe the one who everyone suspect is actually a Town who is a threat to the Mafias, you will never know. This is where the beauty of the game is, where instead of mindless shooting zombies and bad guys, we have to use our brains and words to talk ourselves out from getting lynch innocently.

I'm very glad to be introduce to this game. It is by far, my most favourite card game of all times (with second being The Uno card game). I just wish that this game was more popular to where I came from, perhaps I would get introduce to the game earlier. Maybe now is not too late to get introduce to it either, I could make it more popular, then we all can share the fun!

Emotions

Emotions


By: XoniaRainforest


La la la~
Happiness, Sadness, Fear, and Anger,
What are these, that you called, emotions?
What are the, uses, of them anyways?
They are useless, very useless, super useless.

Friendship, Kindness, Love and Pity,
People tend to, use this things to, hurt others.
Hurt, hurt!
So, what's the point of having them?
They just, bite you, nothing else useful.

lala, la, feelings are so weird~
People always get hurt because of them yet,
Forgiveness, Acceptance, always come to them,
What a weird, reaction.

La la la~
Depression, Aggression, Envy and Despair,
See how those, emotions, hurts a lot?
People always, grief, from those negative feels,
They all suffer, keep on suffer, suffer for their whole life.

Remorseful, Shameful, Guilty and Regret.
People tends to, thought of this, when things couldn't
Mend! Mend!
So, what's the use, of this, after what you've done?
They just, hate you, nothing could be repair.

Lala, la, emotions are so fun~
People always does weird things yet,
Amusement, Amazement, always come to me,
What a fun, to watch.

Sunday, 28 February 2016

The Glowing Flower

A Love Poem

By: Xonia Rainforest



The Glowing Flower
Under the sun, 
Flowers bloom as colours were paint,
So fragile,
Under that night sky I saw you,

Flowers Bloom as colours were paint,
Red and Green,
Blue and Yellow.
Do you know of a legendary flower,
That glows in dark,
No matter what?

you may not the prettiest,
But in the dark, 
you've shown me your brightest.
Unbeknown to me,
I have fallen to your beauty.

Red and Green,
Blue and Yellow.
Amongst the gardens you went unnoticed,
Yet under the night sky,
You glow the brightest.

So beautiful.

I pledge to you, my liege,
I shall protect you with my might.
No matter what it takes,
I won't let anyone,
Destroy your hopes and dreams.


Edit: I got this poem written with a help of a friend's edit, this was suppose to be my school group work, but I decide to post my original poem with a mix of my friend's edit. While my other friend here has post the full edit version - http://superhao01.blogspot.my/2016/02/valentines-day-poem-tze-hao-bloom-as.html