Term 3 Week 4

Monday: It's time for Literature again. Mr Chua gave us a quiz every Literature lesson. It takes about 10 to 15 mins to recap on everything we learnt. But, many classmates still do not know or understand the play. This is very crucial, as we need thinking skills to think during the exams. I think that many of us do not think much, that's why we need more thinking practice. He quickly ran through scene 1 after that, and went on to scene 2. In this scene, we will see two characters, younger Presley and his mother. There we will imagine younger Presley staring out the window at his new Cadillac, as said in the script. His mother would then enter and laugh at his silliness. Younger Presley would then promise to get a mansion in Memphis and make her life happy. They had a good laugh after that. His mother, Gladys requested him to buy a chandelier for her. Elvis was willing to get chandeliers for her, in every part of the mansion. The scene twisted into a very dramatic moment after that. Gladys then talks about her dead child, Elvis's dead brother, Jesse. This moment tells us that they were poor, as Jesse was buried by the Welfare in the cheapest baby box that they could find. They didn't live in a Cadillac country either, which means that they were poor. Literature lesson ended just in time when we've finished going through the text. 

                                                                            Thinking

To see what you is not in front of you
To be blind to what you are suppose to see
To challenge yourself to what you don't understand
To hold on to what you never knew you had

Not Going where everybody else leads you to
Not searching where you know it will be found
Not accepting the fact that you know all the answers
Never limit yourself to ideas you already had before

Here is one for thinking outside the box  - Deviantart artist

            Thursday: Since Mr Chua did not came today, here's my reflection for the week - filial piety. Filial piety means being obedient, respectful to their elders, like how younger Presley treats her mother. Filial piety has a huge impact on me. Ever since i went through Adam Khoo's workshop during my Primary six PSLE year, they finally made me understand what it meant. Everything was planned of course, and many people cried on the last day of the course. The trainer off all the lights and told us to close our eyes and imagine if we were in a situation when it was your birthday, your parents came home late to give you a surprise celebration, but you did not know and shouted at them. They got into an accident because they rushed home. I would not continue the story, as it is going to be very twisted. But after imagining the situation, most of the people cried, including the guys. The instructor made us feel that our parents are very heroic. It makes us feel guilty. After that, some people went up to make a speech to their parents to say that their sorry, and so on. Here's a better explanation to it: http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/filial-sutra.htm

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