Thursday, December 11, 2008

NEW RULE in Taiwan...no smoking in in door places

On January 11, the rule of no smoking in in door places will be held. It's not only just no smoking inside, there are also limit for smoking outside. The rule will be held on January, they won't punish or fined, they will just warn people first, but if it still happens, then they will fine people. The price that the person that smoke indoor is around 50,000 or something. The government just want to give us a better environment, and healthy body.

Woolworth starts closing down?


A few weeks after it announced that it ran out of money, 813 Woolworths around UK are starting their closing down sales. Now, the workers that works in has to leave and lose their job because of the country and of course world economy, around 30,000 people work for Woolworth. If there are some big supermarkets that are interested buying Woolworth's things, if possible there might be few of the Woolworths can stay on. Good luck to Woolworth, hope they can still stay on instead off closing it down.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Hanging Fire(main idea, elements)

The poem "Hanging Fire" is showing a loneliness and a boy has been left behind or neglected. I can tell the poet really want to express the feeling of how the boy had been neglected, because the poet always has repeat this line more than once, "and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed".
The form of this poem is stanzas, because this poem is all in little paragraphs. The speaker of this poem is a boy who feels left behind, and his feeling is like he had done so well, but he just didn't get the things that he expect or wanted.
I don't think this poem rhymes, maybe a little bit of it rhymes, the line where it says "and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed" might rhyme, but that will be the only thing that rhymes in the poem.
There are quite a lot imagery in the poem, and it's like the entire poem is filled with imagery. For example, "how come my knees are always so ashy" is a great imagery too. The most popular line, "and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed" is also a big imagery too.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Schools closed after snow storms


There are more than four hundred of schools in England and Scotland, because there are strong and heavy snowfalls. In Yorkshire, it seems to be hit the hardest by the snow. Reporter said that it should get warmer later, but there is still warnings that tells people across England and Scotland. The weather seems like it's going to be colder and colder, and the snow seems like it won't stop. I am kind of jealous if them not having school, it like a long winter break, and they get to watch TV, eat, relax, sleep, and do stuff they want to do at home. For us, we have to get on to school bus early in the morning, and then the weather is cold too, it's just not snowing. Anyways, hope the weather will be not too cold, or else it's really dangerous for old people and babies.

Monday, December 1, 2008

India attacks are over..?


Last Thursday, November 27. armed groups had attacked seven places in India, and there were hundreds of people been held as hostages. By last Friday, Indian soldiers helped free a lot of hostages, and the India government said they have regained their control or power of controlling all the buildings that's target by the gunmen. There were at least 195 people or more died in this war, including the gunmen. The police said they had arrested a suspected attacker. The police are still investigating about who was behind the attacks. The luxury Taj Mahal Palace hotel is the only building that the India government need to regain power from. Hope that peace will be soon happening in India.

Bombers killed dozen of people in Iraq

On Monday, which is today, December 1st. Bombers struck military and government targets in Iraq. Authority said that there were 19 people died in two attacks in Baghdad, and at least 16 people died in the northern city of Mosul. There are sixteen people die as bombers target Baghdad police academy. There are so much like bumpers and stuff going on these days, and especially this entire year there are bombers in places that has religion issues. I hope it could stop, I personally think that it's not worth it to just give your life and to kill someone that's not in your religion, it's just my idea, maybe they think it's important.