Literature.: Term 3 Week 5

Monday: Mr Chua came in again, as usual, and settled down. But we had wasted a lot of time as he had to scream and chase after the assignment assigned to us last week. There were many students who did not submit their homework - the usual ones. I would start stoning away whenever Mr Chua starts screaming and shouting for the assignments. After spending around 15 minutes of scolding, we finally settled down. Mr Chua gave out the theatric production worksheet that we did and went through. I'm not going to announce my results here. Honestly I don't have very good thinking skills but it just take effort. Then, Mr Chua continued by showing us last year 2 Dynamic Literature play on Romeo and Juliet. The members were soft spoken though, but Mr Chua expected more from us as we attended the Debate oral program while the last year Sec 2s have not. I watched the play and noted some points on their performance. They have little expressions and tone in their speech and actions. They are very soft spoken. But overall, I think they did pretty well. Literature lesson ended after much discussion.

Thursday: Surprisingly, Mr Chua did not scold any of us today. It's not like I expected him to scold us, but it's like a weekly basis. He gave us another short quiz and moved on to scene 3 of "Are You Lonesome tonight?" he ran through the scene thoroughly and i noted some notes and definitions in the text: Cape Canaveral: HQ of National Anatomic Space Association of USA (ASA). The sentence," An' the Cadillac blew up a week later, doin' a hundred and five - Cape Canaveral sent out an alert! The meaning of blew up means that the engine was spoiled.
Doing a hundred and five represents the speed in miles/hr. In this sentence, Elvis is exaggerating his words by using a metaphor, comparing the speed of his Cadillac to a Space shuttle. Cold Turkey - Loses control and suffer from symptoms when one did not touch a drug that he/she was addicted to for a long period of time. Elvis then talked about his death of his mother. He act as though she had just passed away recently on her death anniversary. He recalled that he was performing in the US army on the day of her death. I can understand how this feels like, as I have personal experience. So, the word,"FAMILY" also has a great impact on me. If I had a him, I would rather abandon the concert and rush to accompany Gladys during her last moments. I believe that this would allow Gladys to pass away with no regrets. Elvis would also not feel guilty for not being at her side. After all, family support has greater impact rather than fan's support isn't it?
I was bored, so I was doing some research on the Presley family background. I found out that Elvis Grandfather, Jessie D Presley wad an actor in the late 1950s. He was almost as famous as Elvis was at that time. There are many more information to share, but i'm just going to put the link here. Do look up for it! http://www.elvisinfonet.com/spotlight_JesseDPresley.html