Monday, August 23, 2010

What are Parodies

A parody is (LOOK OUT! CHIM DEFINATION INCOMING!) an imitation of a serious product that is not supposed to be taken seriously and is usually made to provide entertainment. There are many examples and I shall not list them but two prominent examples are Weird Al and mrbrown. The 1st video below is the original song while the next is the parody made by mrbrown. Enjoy!!!



Haiku

Haiku is a form of poetry which originates from Japan(Duh) and has a fixed format. The poem can only have 3 lines. The 1st and 3rd line can have only 5 syllabus and the 2nd can have only 7 syllabus. Here's an example by me:

The artist sits, draws
The Turtle, so old, so wise
The brush dashes and...

P.S. I do realise that it is not a very good poem but this is only my 1st time composing a Haiku so please bear with my lameness :D

Different Types of Poems

Hi everyone. I learnt about some new types of poems a few weeks ago but I was too busy to post it until now(sorry). They are limricks, Haikus and one which I'm not sure what it's called. The unknown one is the one below by E.E.Cumings :
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

My June Holidays

Hi, everyone. I'm back and I'm bigger and better!!! :) In this post, I will be talking about what I did during my June Holidays. On the 2nd - 3rd week of the holidays, I went back to China to visit my relatives. It was really fun! I slept at my Aunt's house during my stay there. Life at the countryside is really relaxed. We woke up at 7am in the morning (no choice, the sun rose at 6) and had breakfast till 8. Then, we went to look at popular tourists spots or just go shopping. We saw two HUGE rocks balancing on each other and according to legend, the rock on top will rock when the wind blows in a certain way. After that we have lunch and then it's NAP TIME until we want to wake up . So basically it was eat, sleep and (surprisingly) NOT grow fat. Honestly, I lost 3kg in China! We also went fishing. I caught a HUGE fish! It is as long as my arm from the wrist to the elbow. It was great fun! The rod I used was the one without a reel so the pulling-up of the fish was really, really FUN! Much more than computer games. LOL!