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		<title>Persuasive Essay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 05:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Should dancing be allowed at Dalat International School?  The school administrations believe that dance is not an activity that benefits the students time. However research shows that dancing is encouraged and taught in most of the schools. Not only that dance is an art that is used as a form of expression and is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=112&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>    Should dancing be allowed at Dalat International School?  The school administrations believe that dance is not an activity that benefits the students time. However research shows that dancing is encouraged and taught in most of the schools. Not only that dance is an art that is used as a form of expression and is also regarded as a form of nonverbal communication. There are two reasons why dance should be allowed at Dalat International School. Firstly is, dance can be used as a tool for social interaction and secondly, it is also a form of exercise.</p>
<p>        Dalat International School is a school where different group of ethnic and culture go to school together. Most of the times we are all sited in a classroom doing school assessments and being quite in the classroom. We do not get the chance to mix or mingle among ourselves or even talk. If dance is introduced in school, students will all be a part of an activity where we will be able to talk, dance and mingle amongst ourselves. Furthermore, dancing can help us to know ourselves and the people we are dancing with. Thus social integration is promoted and the bonds between the students are strengthened.</p>
<p>          The second reason is, dancing is also a form of exercise. In support of this, most of us are well aware that dancing requires a lot of stamina and strength. Not only that, when we are dancing, we use a lot of our muscles and mind. We memorise dance steps and we project it in our dances. In a way we are exercising because we sweat and not only that we give work to our muscles. Many believe that dancing is easy but the truth is, it’s a lot of work.  Making dance as a part of our exercise routine can be the most east way to bring dance to our school.</p>
<p>        There a lot more other reasons that can be discussed to allow dancing in our school. The school administrations and board must try to promote dance in our school and what best way to do it then by putting it as part of school extracurricular activities. Take another step to promote diversity in the school education system by asking this question, should dancing be allowed in Dalat International School?</p>
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		<title>Reflective Essay: My Lovable one</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 05:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[memorable incident]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[                     It was some time ago when this particular incident happened, but it was an incident that changed how I see life. It thought me a lot about the things that are important in my life. Our whole family was shocked to hear that my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. It was a blow to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=107&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>                     It was some time ago when this particular incident happened, but it was an incident that changed how I see life. It thought me a lot about the things that are important in my life. Our whole family was shocked to hear that my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. It was a blow to our family. She was the only grandmother in our entire family since my father’s mother past away and was very important to all.</p>
<p>After the diagnosis, we knew that she will go through a lot of treatments and surgery to be cured. It was even a question mark to all of us whether she would survive or not. After listening to the doctor’s diagnosis, my entire family went to meet my grandmother in the hospital ward. All of us put a smile on our faces because we did not want to affect her with our worries and show that we are sad. Keeping our hopes and faith was essential to her, well that’s what we thought and spoke about, but to our amazement, when we went to the ward, we saw her already sitting and sipping away some juice. It shocked us about the way she responded disease. </p>
<p>Since the diagnosis, she went through a set of treatment. She grew weaker through the process but remained strong. I never got the opportunity to sit and talk with her personally about how she felt but then on a day, my mother asked me to accompany my grandmother in the hospital. I was scared to accompany her but then I knew that I have to do it since no one can. That night as we were in our room, my grandmother was reading her book and praying, I did not bother her and just sat quietly as she did it</p>
<p>A long moment of silence was between us, and then I got the nerves to ask her how she felt. At first, I could notice that she had tears in her eyes but later she told me something very important. She never saw the sickness as a withdrawal to her life but actually a way to learn the best things in life. I was confused to hear that, but she explained that all her loved ones came not because that she is going to die and live behind money and possessions since she was quite wealthy, but they came utterly because they loved her and valued her as a mother. At the end of the day she realized that relationships matter the most compared to other material things in life. She also told that she learned to have faith in God and learnt that all the turbulence made her a stronger person.</p>
<p>That night, I realized a lot of things; even I thought that owning a car and other material things in life will bring people closer to us but at times people, who truly love us, only are there for us for what we are. We are not going to bring this with us when we die; we only go into the six foot ground with the coffin and our body. This made me really value the people who surrounded me especially my family. It also made me realize that it’s not always a bad thing when something unexpected happens in our life but a way for us to build ourselves into stronger person and a person who believes in miracles.</p>
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		<title>Compare and Contrast Essay: Compare and Contrast Between World War1 and World War 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 05:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[World History]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[War has always been a part of human life and the growth of every country in the world. It was either war between two or more countries or war within the country. Some fought to gain independence, some fought to expand its power and some just fought because they were allies to the country at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=105&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>War has always been a part of human life and the growth of every country in the world. It was either war between two or more countries or war within the country. Some fought to gain independence, some fought to expand its power and some just fought because they were allies to the country at war. No matter what the reason was, war has left a great impact to how things are today. Two of most brutal wars in the world were World War 1 and World War 2. Both of this war has some similarities and difference in why it occurred and what was the affect of the aftermath.</p>
<p>World War 1 occurred because of a web of alliances that the strong countries like Austria, Hungary and Germany formed. When one of these countries declared war on the other, countries that supported tier allies jumped in and caused more damage, making the matter worse. Nations that joined the war was far enthusiastic compared to World War 2. World War 2 on the other hand occurred because German was very unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles. German invaded Poland and this triggered the start of World War 2.</p>
<p>Not only that, the way both of these war was fought is also an important difference in measuring the damage that these war caused. In World War 1, soldiers fought in trenches which were very horrible for the soldiers to withstand. It was also the first time, soldiers used machine guns, tanks and flamethrowers thus it took time for them to adapt to it. In contrast to these ways, World War 2 soldiers used radar and other machineries that were far more advanced in that particular time. The most memorable was the use of atom bomb.</p>
<p>World War 1 left much less damage to the world compared to World War 2. World War 1 only caused 24 million deaths compared to World War 2 that caused 60 million deaths worldwide. So are the differences in people who were injured and the size of the war itself. But World War 1 had a good outcome which was the establishment of The League of Nations that helped to promote peace among the nations. It also formed new countries that hold on together through the war. On the contrary, World War 2 ended with much more countries dissolving and more people executed for their war crimes.</p>
<p>Both of the wars did leave their own mark on history, but both had their similarities. When we look at it, both war were post- industrial wars involving the whole wealth, human and economic resources of the nations involved in it. Not only that, both huge countries like United States and Europe had their gains in terms of wealth especially United States when Europe transferred their wealth to US companies. The biggest similarity between these two wars is that Germany was the country that first started it. It was because of their military ways. German militarism was one of similarities in cause in both of these wars.</p>
<p>Wars have definitely changed through time and how it takes place. Even though that now countries prevent to go to war against each other because it causes devastation to both nation and its people, World War1 and World War 2 shaped a lot of things that is now. The leaders that came out of it and the ideology behind it, was definitely remarkable.</p>
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		<title>The Good Earth: Man’s Relationship to the Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 05:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earth has been man’s habitant for thousands of years now but we have only established this soil as a place for living, constructing and building our lives. Man has never considered the welfare of the earth or what is his relationship to Earth. Man rise and fall while living his life on Earth but Earth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=103&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earth has been man’s habitant for thousands of years now but we have only established this soil as a place for living, constructing and building our lives. Man has never considered the welfare of the earth or what is his relationship to Earth. Man rise and fall while living his life on Earth but Earth till then and now has remained the same. It did not sink the lands into the oceans or refuse to give out it’s loins to the generation that is living on Earth. It has been true to man even if man did not. It is time for man to realize that we are here on Earth for a purpose and the mother Earth has a deep relationship with its inhabitants. There are three reasons why man should honor the Earth are that Earth gives to us abundantly, we are responsible towards Earth and we are a part of Earth.</p>
<p>            In the book The Good Earth, we can see the protagonist character Wang Lung who holds a dear relationship to the land that he owned. Although he was first driven out of the land because of his uncle who exploited Wang’s money, Wang manages to get back the money that he lost to buy back the land. Even though, the way that he chooses to get the money was not right, we can applaud him for his sincerity towards the land he once owned. Wang did not forget the land that gave him what he needed and never let him down even if he did. Earth did its duty and so will we in gratitude to earth. Man has to honor Earth for what it has been giving. </p>
<p>            Furthermore, we as inhabitants in Earth, we are responsible towards Earth. The story The Good Earth is a great example of this duty of mankind. Wang Lung always paid respect to the land he owned and he was responsible towards the place he owned. When the land he owned slipped away from him, he did not decide to leave and carry on, but he came back to retrieve the land because he held himself responsible for the land he owned. We too must exhibit this very trait as Earth has been our home for generations. Living in this world we must be responsible to how the Earth’s condition is and how well we are keeping it for the coming generations as Wang Lung did for his family.</p>
<p>           Not only that, Wang Lung also considered that the land he owned brought out the best in him. The good traits he displayed and the way he was in live was because of the land he owned. He believed that the better he treated the land he owned the more he grew in character. We too must believe that the place we live in brings out the best in us. We grew as the earth grew thus making the best out of it is what we must do. Our characters portray what the earth is actually, for example resistance and hard working. We must believe that earth is a living thing that has a soul and not just a planet that we are living in. Thus it is important for us to embrace that we are a part of the earth and we rely on each other to bring out the best from each other.</p>
<p>          Now that we knew why we should honor earth, it is important that we show it in actions. Taking steps in making this a reality is important, as a start we could try to respect the place we are living in, our own neighborhood and the land that we own. Earth is a gift given to men thus it is only right that we preserve and honor it for the better of us and the coming generation.</p>
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		<title>Descriptive Essay: All Sounds Weird</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[   It might sound crazy that this boy is someone that I find interesting. He is a boy in my school. He is the top scorer in the class and in the entire school. He is smart, extremely smart, maybe the brain of Einstein I perhaps. Probably everyone may think that it’s his smartness that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=99&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>   It might sound crazy that this boy is someone that I find<br />
interesting. He is a boy in my school. He is the top scorer in the<br />
class and in the entire school. He is smart, extremely smart, maybe<br />
the brain of Einstein I perhaps. Probably everyone may think that it’s<br />
his smartness that I find interesting but actually not. Besides, being<br />
the Einstein in school; he is the also the Frankenstein in school. He<br />
was such a weirdo; he has the walk of a drunken man and talks like<br />
one. Not only that, he looks messy and acts like in outer space.<br />
Sometimes he talks to himself and doesn’t really do what the teacher<br />
tells but he manages to score all the time!<br />
         I met him a few months after being in the school. Walking<br />
down the long corridor and being excited about the upcoming for Stuco<br />
voting for public speaking which has been a part of my school’s<br />
activity. I was talking to my friend and out of nowhere this alien<br />
came; meaning the boy. He was smiling on his own, and talking to us as<br />
if he known us for years. For moment, I thought he was crazy, his<br />
shirt was hanging out, he was all sweaty and smelly but he looked like<br />
he had found Alice in Wonderland. He was so excited about the voting<br />
and was talking to us about it. After a few minutes of craziness, he<br />
handed out a pamphlet that says almost everything about him and asks<br />
us to vote. At that moment the only thing that went through my blur,<br />
confused and skeptical mind is how in the first place he became a<br />
person who speaks in the public.<br />
        That was his first strong impression on me. No one can ever<br />
forget a person, who is like Mr. William on his few months in school.<br />
When I thought I won’t see him again, there he is in my class, sitting<br />
right in front of me and smiling away. As I shared the classroom with<br />
him, I begin to take notice on him. He becomes weirder every single<br />
day. He has strange microphone stuff on his ear during break time and<br />
talks through it most of the time. He eats only organic food and says<br />
we must preserve the earth, which was the truth to be honest. He calls<br />
the person on the other end of the microphone, Captain Zorn. He has<br />
fun laughing alone and being alone. He even chants something in the<br />
class when teacher is teaching.  For the slightest moment, he might<br />
have gotten me to think that he is a wizard or an alien.<br />
      He drew me closer to his inhuman behavior. I never approached<br />
him in my time in school I only saw him from a distance. One thing for<br />
sure, he kept up with his work, he did well, and he did not bother<br />
what people thought of him. As weird as he was, he was one of the<br />
person who had the best personality. He smiles all day, showing his<br />
snow white teeth. He greets everyone even if you don’t even say a<br />
simple “Hi”; he helps you in the most complicated, mind boggling<br />
things and says that it easy. He was one of the people that I found<br />
very interesting. Not only because he had the brains, but also the<br />
guts to be a different person. He is someone that you and I won’t<br />
think of becoming a friend just to secure our ever rising popularity.<br />
One day I might talk to him and become friends but right now I enjoy<br />
having him as my interest.</p>
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		<title>Analytical Response to Literature:Response to Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Poetry came from the Greek culture. Back then it was known as the Dithyramb where a chorus of fifty men sang a poem. From that point, poetry has developed and changes according to time. One type of poem is a sonnet; there are two types of sonnets which are the Petrarch and the Shakespearean. Sonnet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=93&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://smurugan.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/imagescahzd18x.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-97" title="imagesCAHZD18X" src="http://smurugan.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/imagescahzd18x.jpg?w=120&#038;h=120" alt="" width="120" height="120" /></a>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Poetry came from the Greek culture. Back then it was known as the Dithyramb where a chorus of fifty men sang a poem. From that point, poetry has developed and changes according to time. One type of poem is a sonnet; there are two types of sonnets which are the Petrarch and the Shakespearean. Sonnet 18 is Shakespeare’s most priced work. It was well known for his work and for how he compared the beauty of the person he love with nature.</p>
<p>This sonnet only has one main character which is the lady that he is one that he is comparing in the sonnet. In the first line itself we can see what Shakespeare is going to talk about, “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” has said it all. He is comparing how beautiful his love is to the summer’s day. As the lines two and three develops, it shows how he is answering the first line. By the way these lines are written we know that the poem is about love and lovers. The questions that he asks are to purposely question his love but to answer in favor of his love.</p>
<p>As the sonnet continues, Shakespeare talks about how sometimes summer can be affected and that is how the beauty of his love may also will not stay. It was about aging and about decay. It was also about the poem itself. In line such as 6 and 7 we can see how Shakespeare describes the way of summer and nature. But as the poem he also says that the beauty of his love will always be the same in this line “But thy eternal summer shall not fade”.</p>
<p> He continues talking about his love beauty in line 9 where he says “Nor shall lose possession of that fair thou owest;” In this line, we can see that Shakespeare is talking about the price that his love should pay for her beauty. This is clear with the use of the words “lose possession of that fair thou owes”. His love definitely ages but he is convincing that she will lose her beauty that easily. Line 11 continues with Shakespeare talking about death. Death is used here because, his love will not stay alive forever and her beauty will have to go with her when death comes.</p>
<p>But, the sonnet ends with a twist in the end. Shakespeare’s idea was far more brilliant than what we could think of. In all the lines, starting from the first to the eleventh line, Shakespeare either compares his love to summer or talk about how her beauty can decay like how summer will not stay forever. Nevertheless in the twelve and so on he says that “when in eternal lines to time thou growl’s, so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee”. The sonnet ends beautifully with Shakespeare telling that the beauty of his love will remain forever as long as we men are reading it. By this her beauty stays because we are reading about it and cherishing her beauty.</p>
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		<title>Descriptive Essay: My Obsessed One</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Obsessed One I was up in my bedroom, thinking about my school; some of my lame friends and the humiliating incident happened to me at school. Deep down, I just felt like screaming, shouting and probably chopping of the heads of the boys who bullied me. I felt like running away, away from the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=91&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">My Obsessed One</p>
<p>I was up in my bedroom, thinking about my school; some of my lame friends and the humiliating incident happened to me at school. Deep down, I just felt like screaming, shouting and probably chopping of the heads of the boys who bullied me. I felt like running away, away from the dreaded school. Nothing could possibly cool me down I thought. Thinking all this I felt so sad and begin to sleep when I could feel cool wet saliva on the palm of my hand. It was my pet dog, Peddi. Peddi is my dog. He is a toy poodle and right now the cure to my sorrows.</p>
<p>I bought Peddi on my trip to a pet store. He was a show stopper. I immediately bought him and took him home. Peddi stayed in our house since that. He is only about five inches tall and has beautiful curly fur. Its fur is that color of an almond. Dark rich brown with a dash of milk color in it, that’s the color of Peddi. He is very fragile because he is so small but he blends well into our house since my mother loves brown furniture. Often we accidently sit on him, when he is on the couch, and we could hear him yelp.</p>
<p>When I bought him home for the first time, he was so small, maybe the size of my palm. Two months old, that’s how old he was. My family quickly fell in love with him. He has huge puppy eyes that no one could say no to.  He looked like a stuffed toy because of his size and fluffiness.  Ever since he was a baby, he would sleep with me in my bedroom, and on my bed. At times, he would push me away and have the bed all for himself.</p>
<p>Not only that, this doggy dog is a fast learner. He is intelligent and smart. Every time I thought him a trick; he would learn it quickly but only if there is food. Yes, he loves to eat, anything, anytime and anywhere. He would show you his charming eyes, roll over, wag his tai, bark at you and anything else that he could possibly imagine at that time to have what you are eating ; that is my champ.</p>
<p>I love Peddi so much and I always will. He is not just a dog to me and my family but one of our family members as well. I do not know what I will do without him; he was my best friend and still is. I do not have a friend that would come running when I am sad or in trouble but I do have this sincere friend, Peddi. I think men has as always know that dog is men’s best friend and to me Peddi definitely is.</p>
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		<title>Fahrenheit_451_Assignment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[                    The video clip shows that in the beginning of the movie, Montag believed that books were also dead and it did not contain anything useful, but after this scene, Montag became very curious about books and it bothered him why people read books. I believe that books are the source of a lot of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=87&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>                    The video clip shows that in the beginning of the movie, Montag believed that books were also dead and it did not contain anything useful, but after this scene, Montag became very curious about books and it bothered him why people read books. I believe that books are the source of a lot of things, for example not only it gives information but also helps us to be imaginative and generate ideas. Books are also a way for us to look into history and appreciate the work of literature of others. The story has a lot of interesting characters but the character I have chosen is Guy Montag. He is the lead character in this book. The internal conflict in him is man against man. This is because, at first Guy Montag was a person who did not question authority or the work he was doing. He kept doing his work as a fireman and burning books without even knowing why he is doing that. But, after an incident one night he became curious of what is in the books and whether what he is doing is right or wrong. The external conflict in this character is man against man. When Guy Montag meets his seventeen years old neighbor Clarisse who asks the question &#8216;why&#8217; for everything and even questions him about his life, Guy Montag changed. He started to think and question himself about being happy or in-love. He had conflict with himself and the girl because he was not really convinced with what she said until a certain point in the story. The character I have chosen to link her to a contemporary song is Clarisse; she is the neighbor to Guy Montag. Clarisse is a seventeen years old girl with a very different thinking and had a whole new idea about life. She did not take anything complicated and enjoyed the nature. She liked to question things and observe things. She always felt lonely and empty because she was the only person in her age group having a different thought. She preferred to ask the question &#8216;why&#8217;. I think the song &#8216;I Walk Alone&#8217; by Greenday is a good song and suitable song for her. 3In this song the singer tells how he walks alone and sometimes hopes to find a person like him. The line in the song goes like this 1&#8242;My shadow&#8217;s the only one that walks beside me,My shallow heart&#8217;s the only thing that&#8217;s beating, Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me, Till then I walk alone,&#8217;. This line in the song explains the loneliness she felt and how was it being different. One of the books that I would like to save and write a plea for it is the book that is written by Marcus Aurelius. He was one of the Roman Empire&#8217;s emperor and one of the 2last of &#8216;Five Good Emperors&#8217;. He was also considered to be one of the most important Stoic philosophers. His work &#8216;Meditations&#8217; is 2a literary monument of government of service and duty. In this book, he has written the government strategies that he used and some of the secrets of Roman Empire. This book should be saved from the flames because it is an important literature content and as well as a historical book. If the book is not burnt, people will always have a way to look back and know a part of history and how exactly the structure of government began.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Me:      Good evening guys. Thanks for coming for dinner to my house, let’s get started shall we? So, tell me, how you guys felt when you were shot down and stranded in an island? Ralph:  At first it was scary, because we did not know whether we would be able to survive or not and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=82&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Me:      Good evening guys. Thanks for coming for dinner to my house, let’s get started shall we?</p>
<p>So, tell me, how you guys felt when you were shot down and stranded in an island?</p>
<p>Ralph:  At first it was scary, because we did not know whether we would be able to survive or not and plus our captain was injured. We did not have a person to guide or lead us.</p>
<p>Jack:    On top of that we were hungry and thirsty. We did not know if there was water or food. But I was sure that we could survive. I knew I could.</p>
<p>Me:      So, how did all you get started in order to survive?</p>
<p>Piggy:   We found water in the island and at that moment we know we can do something and survive. Some of the boys even spotted a creature and said it was a pig. But actually it was a wild boar.</p>
<p>Jack:    Yes, then we elected a leader, which was Ralph. He was not the oldest but he had the colonel rank in our cadets group so the boys voted him instead of me.</p>
<p>Ralph:  You don’t deserve to be a leader.</p>
<p>Me:      Why did you all break into groups?</p>
<p>Piggy:   Ralph assigned all of us to do something. Jack was assigned to hunt for food and it was the hunters’ job to look for food and to keep the fire going. We somehow ignited fire using Piggy’s glasses but the hunters let it go off because they were too busy having fun on the island.</p>
<p>Ralph:  We even missed an airplane that flew right by us because the fire was gone. So, I called for a meeting but it did not go well and Jack decides to go his separate way, taking along those who wanted to have fun.</p>
<p>Me:      On the island, the little ones were afraid of monsters and Jack used this to his advantage. How exactly did he use the beast to control the other boys?</p>
<p>Ralph:  Jack expertly used the beast to manipulate the other boys by establishing the beast as his tribe’s common enemy, common idol, and common system of beliefs all in one. Actually there was no beast but to make it look like all real Jack and his tribe boys cuts off the wild boar’s head after catching it then sticking it’s head on a spear. They did this only because Jack asked them to do it as an offering to the beast. The more he did all this, the more all the boys believed there was a beast and they all must turn into wild, blood thirsting creature in order to beat the beast. The boys became more and more violent and did not hesitate to kill.</p>
<p>Me:      What did the crouch symbolize?</p>
<p>Piggy:   The crouch symbolizes leadership. At first it was Ralph who had it and then Jack took it away. Every time a person sounds the crouch, we would gather for a meeting and respect those holding the crouch and listen what they have got to say.</p>
<p>Me:      At the night after catching the wild boar, Jack had a feast but also you and your tribe killed Simon. How did you mistake a boy for a beast?</p>
<p>Jack:    After being stranded in an island for so many days I thought it was the beast running towards us. The only thing that my focus was on was the green light. Since neither of us had any access to light I guessed it has to be the beast and we attacked it and killed it. Only after when we moved back and the light came in, I realized it was Simon.</p>
<p>Me:      Ralph, how you and Piggy felt about this?</p>
<p>Ralph:  We were scared and upset. We were there when the boys did that but we did not do anything to stop it from happening. We cried and tried to talk to some of the boys but no one listened. We were afraid that they were turning into savages.</p>
<p>Me:      Why did you and Piggy decide to go and talk to Jack and his tribe?</p>
<p>Ralph:  Well, that night after we discussed about Simon’s death, we went to sleep. But, Jack and his tribe attacked us and took Piggy’s specks. The next morning, we had no choice but to go and talk to Jack because Piggy wanted his glasses and we had to talk some sense into the boys.</p>
<p>Me:      Then, what happen to Piggy?</p>
<p>Ralph:  We went to Jack’s place and try to talk to the guys. But Jack and I got into a fight and we started punching each other and threw ourselves on the ground. At that moment, Piggy made a sound and all of us turned at Piggy. When Piggy was talking, all of the other boys was shouting and did not want to listen to him. Then, suddenly a boy named Roger pushed a big boulder and it fell on top of Piggy’s head. Piggy died on the spot. I could not do anything. It was too late before I could do anything. I lost a good friend. Piggy was my best friend and a good adviser.</p>
<p>Me:      Jack, why did you decide to hunt down Ralph as well?</p>
<p>Jack:    He was only a threat to me and he was against me. He would have never joined my tribe or what I wanted to do.</p>
<p>Me:      Ralph, were you relieved to see the soldier when you were running for your life?</p>
<p>Ralph:  I was glad. I could not be happier. I knew I was saved but deep down I felt sorry and sad for my friends who have lost their lives in vain. When the officer asked me what happened. I could not do anything but cry. I thought of Piggy and Simon. In fact all of the boys cried. They threw down their spears and thought for a second what they have done. The officer knew that something went bad so I told him about the two boys who were killed.</p>
<p>Me:      Having leadership and good friends are important. Hopefully this has been a good adventure and a learning time. Thanks for coming and sharing your stories with me.</p>
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		<title>Short Story : Life Ends Shortly</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[            Dr. Patrick was one of the most famous and intelligent scientist of his time. All day we could hear him shouting and scolding his assistants. He was working on his biggest project that he put his heart and soul into for the past decade. He struggled to get all the parts and components right. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smurugan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9927427&amp;post=80&amp;subd=smurugan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>            Dr. Patrick was one of the most famous and intelligent scientist of his time. All day we could hear him shouting and scolding his assistants. He was working on his biggest project that he put his heart and soul into for the past decade. He struggled to get all the parts and components right. Finally, he said “Walk” and the robot walked, then he said “Speak” and the robot spoke. He was overjoyed about his creation and realized his creation was really working. He took the robot home and showed it to his family. His robot amazed everyone and Dr. Patrick’s mum named the robot ‘Charlie’ and it was welcomed in the house.</p>
<p>     The next day, Dr. Patrick prepares to introduce his creation at the International Robotic Conference. Everyone at the conference did not know that Charlie was a robot because it looked like Dr. Patrick. It was his turn to go up the stage; he walked up the stage and brought Charlie with him. “This is my newest creation Charlie the robot, I have inserted him with a blue microchip that can understand a thousand different minds,” he says. All the scientists at the conference looked in amazement. Charlie does a few tricks on the stage and answers a few question proving that he indeed can do everything. One of scientist asked Charlie “Is God true.” Then Charlie answered, “Dr. Patrick created me and; so he is my god, so is my god Dr. Patrick? So there is was holy spirit God who created everyone.” Charlie is an android humanoid robot, the very first in the world. Dr. Patrick’s girlfriend, Sana was shocked at the conversation, knowing Charlie is a robot.</p>
<p>     After the conference, Sana brings back Charlie to her house to help her with her studies. Charlie has the capability to scan books and know its contents. “Could you please help me with my studies?” asks Sana. Immediately Charlie says “Yes, I would be glad to”. During this time Sana bonds with the robot and becomes good friends with him.”I am so glad that you are with me Charlie. I don’t know how I would have done it without you”. When she finished saying this, she kissed him on the cheeks. After letting Charlie experience the outside world, Dr. Patrick prepares Charlie to make a presentation in front of the German army. At the presentation, Charlie again proves itself being capable of doing a lot of things except one; and Charlie was unable to recognize who were its allies and who was not. Dr. Boora, who headed the team, convinces everyone in the team to dismantle Charlie as it could be a possible threat during war.</p>
<p>     Dr. Patrick became very upset with Charlie “I thought you would be able to handle anything, can’t you recognize me as your inventor? He asked Charlie. Charlie seemed to be confused, but he asked the team for another opportunity to try to teach Charlie about human emotions and how they work. Dr. Boora challenges Dr. Patrick and said “I will give you one month to prove that you are capable of teaching this lifeless thing about humans” and gives him a month to improve Charlie’s understanding of human emotions. Right after the presentation, Dr. Patrick starts to teach Charlie about human emotions and how they work. Slowly, Charlie learns and understands human emotions. Sana who was a part of the project helps Charlie learn but Charlie secretly falls in love with Sana. At the moment, Charlie was curious about love and how it brings two humans closer.” I love Sana and I want Sana” this was the only things he could say. Dr. Patrick would not know all this except for the fact that Charlie has and knows what human emotions are. Later in the week, Sana’s birthday comes, Charlie and Dr. Patrick both get ready to go to the party. At the party, Charlie shows emotion for Sana and this causes chaos and discomfort between Charlie and Dr. Patrick Sana explains to Charlie, “In the human nature is unnatural for a human and a robot to be together Charlie, so we must just be friends.” Charlie finds it hard to understand and insist that he still does love Sana and wants her. With no other way and rage, Dr. Patrick dismantles Charlie and throws the dismantled body into the garbage.</p>
<p>      Finding out about the problem, Dr. Boora with his evil plans, gets hold of Charlie’s dismantled body and puts Charlie back together. Dr. Boora was always envious of his student Dr. Patrick. Initially he was the one who taught everything to Dr. Patrick but he himself is not able to create a robot like what his student did. After getting hold of Charlie’s body he said “I will give you life and another chance to get Sana”. Dr. Boora had his own plans for humanoid robots. His plans were to make the robots and sell it to terrorists, so having this in mind Dr. Boora inserts a red chip into Charlie’s neural schema to turn him into a destructive robot. After working a several hours on Charlie, Dr. Boora turns on Charlie button and to his favor the robot works. Charlie comes to life “I want Sana and I am going to destroy Dr. Patrick” he says. He plans to kidnap Sana and to take over the world.</p>
<p>     At this time, Sana and Dr. Patrick were already engaged and were preparing for their wedding. Charlie tries to find Sana using his intelligence and finally finds her. Sana was in her mother’s house preparing for her wedding; Charlie flies to India and kidnaps Sana. Holding her in his hands he says “I finally have you for me”. Not only that, back at the lab, Charlie kills Dr. Boora and builds thousands of other robots that look just like him for his dark plan. Charlie takes Sana by force and brings her back to the lab, revealing his plan and how he wants her and the world. Putting together everything that he needed, Charlie sends out his army of robots to carry out his evil plan.”Go out there and carry out our plan. Don’t fail me or you will be the next one to go” says Charlie. Back at his own lab, Dr. Patrick thinks of a way to destroy Charlie and finds a way to enter into Charlie’s army.</p>
<p>    Dr. Patrick initially made himself look like Charlie dresses up like a robot and had a chip on his clothing to allow himself to pass through the Charlie’s place.”Only with this chip I can get in there” he says to a police officer. Meanwhile back at the city, Charlie’s army of robots hijacks a military truck and takes everything back to Dr. Bora’s lab. Using soma help from the authority, Dr. Patrick sneaks into Charlie’s lab and finds Sana. In the room where Sana was kept, Dr. Patrick tells Sana to pretend as she was in love with the robot and tells her his plans to destroy Charlie and his army.”Please do as I say so that I can get you out of here” says Dr. Patrick. After leaving the place, Dr. Patrick together with his team turns off the city’s main power line so that the robots will not be able to charge themselves and will finally drop down because of no power. But using his intelligence again, Charlie and the robots used the car batteries in the city to recharge themselves. Without any other options left, the army gets prepared to battle with the robots. Inside the robots army, Charlie finds out that Dr. Patrick was inside his lair disguised as a robot “ There is a black sheep among us and when I get my hands on you, I am not going to let you live” says Charlie. Using Sana as bait and threatening to kill her, he brought Dr. Patrick out of hiding.</p>
<p>   Realizing he was been tricked, Charlie reaches out to kill Dr. Patrick but at the right moment the army breaks into the lab firing their guns. Taking that as an opportunity, Dr. Patrick escapes with Sana and goes into his armed vehicle. “Sit down while I get this over with” tells Dr. Patrick to Sana. Inside, Dr. Patrick has already told his team to set up the computers.  As the battle was going on between the robots and the army force, Dr. Patrick pulled in one of the injured robot and tries to control the army of robot using the injured robot’s neural schema.”It is not working” said Dr. Patrick. Having failed that, Dr. Patrick launched a large magnetizing in front of his bus to get Charlie to stick to it. Somehow the plan worked and Charlie got pulled in front of the bus. Dr. Patrick reaches out to Charlie’s body and pulls out the red chip that was installed in his body. Slowly, Charlie calms down.</p>
<p>     After the chaotic incident, the court announces that they are punishing Dr. Patrick for all the causalities that were caused by the robots because it was his creation.”We hereby sentence you for a lifetime in jail for all the crimes you have done” said the head judge. Charlie who was in the court room projects an image through his eyes showing how Dr. Boora inserted the chip into his body and it was not Dr. Patrick’s fault. Seeing the evidence, the court drops charges against Dr. Patrick but orders that Charlie be dismantle for safety and not to cause unwanted problems in the future. Later in the evening, the officials and all others gather at Dr. Patrick’s lab to see Charlie being dismantle. Before Dr. Patrick dismantles him, Charlie said, “All people have a red chip in their body and live with hate, jealousy, malice and anger in their heart and this is what caused an innocent robot like me to turn into an evil creation.” Having said this, Dr. Patrick dismantled Charlie forever.</p>
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