THRE-EME

Hunted by PC Cast and Kristin Cast

2009-12-19T06:26:00.000-08:00

With power comes more responsibility and this is truly displayed by Zoey Redbird in the book. In this 5th book Hunted, fear sets in when the supposed High Priestess of House of Night have turned from their Goddess, towards Kalona who represents evil. Zoey Redbird being gifted with the ability to control all 5 elements (earth, fire, water, wind and spirit), is now entrusted with the task to get rid of this evil. At least to send it away since Kalona is immortal and it’s impossible to kill it. Yet Zoey Redbird is subjected to temptation of Kalona and the problems of relationships which make it more difficult for her to focus on her task. But nonetheless, Zoey Redbird completes and saves the House of Night temporarily.

This is an intriguing story that captures your attention once you’ve started. Though it talks in the context of vampires, but it relates to what we teenagers are going through: temptation, relationship problems, leadership as well as trust.

;Daphne

Needful Things by Stephen King

2009-12-10T06:35:00.000-08:00

Needful Things is set in the town of Castle Rock (a fictitious town that has been the setting for a number of Stephen King's previous novels) where a new shop - Needful Things, has just opened. At first glance, the shop seems like any other trinket shop but as the citizens of Castle Rock enter the shop out of curiosity, they soon realize that the shop holds an item that they want more than anything else.

The sign hanging at the shop window - "Caveat emptor" ("Let the buyer beware"), gives a subtle hint about the events that are about to unfold as each buyer purchases an item that the old shopkeeper has in stock, most of the time paying surprisingly low prices in addition to performing small 'favors' at the shopkeeper's request. As the plot develops, the number of townspeople that fall prey to the shopkeeper's influence increases and it becomes clear that these 'favors' worsen existing grudges between the townspeople, causing them to turn against each other. The story has somewhat of a happy ending - that is if you like at least 80% of the main and supporting characters wiped out.

The narrative constantly shifts between one character's point of view to another, allowing the reader to understand multiple character's actions, background and paranoia. And as always, Stephen King's details regarding the numerous acts of violence in the book are all too grisly. Truly a Stephen classic, the book shows the selfish side of people as well as the things that one will do when driven to desperation. It might be a bit too exaggerated but the book still leaves an uncomfortable notion that such things are possible. Really, if you've never read a Stephen King novel (where have you been), Needful Things would be a great starter. x)

Yihao

The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

2009-11-20T00:14:00.000-08:00

I read The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. The book is about this guy, Caelum Quirk, and his wife, Maureen, moving from Connecticut to Colorado to work in Columbine High School, and when Caelum goes back to Connecticut to attend to some family emergency, his wife was stuck in the library during the Columbine High School Massacre. Maureen then suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and she took this Xanax drug to calm herself down and soon she got addicted. When she was high on her drug, she killed this kid while driving and she got jailed…

The story itself is pretty long and naggy at times, and there are tons of characters and their names to remember. But the author will attempt to refresh your memory and most of the time it works for me (: The book is quite interesting in the sense that the author uses the real names of the victims and killers of the massacre but other than that all the other stuffs are fictitious. So it’s actually a mix of fiction and non-fiction.

I would say that it is quite a worthwhile book to read other than the ending which I feel is quite abrupt such that the impact you are supposed to feel (I think) doesn’t get felt. But other than that it’s a nice book but it’s a bit too long.

Oh, if you like animals, you should read jz’s A Friend Like Henry. The dog is so cute! :D

BY VIVIEN

Book Review on 'A friend like Henry'

2009-11-19T16:40:00.000-08:00

'A friend like Henry' is a true recount of what the writer, Nuala Gardner, had experienced with her children which has autism- Dale and Amy. Dale's autism is more severe that his sister's.Since the time that he was born, he would not interact with people, preferring to stay in the enclosed world of his own. His autism was so severe that his behaviour could veer from silence to shrieking banshee in just a few seconds. Violent behaviour accompanied when his parents tried to pacify him, and this would result in them suffering scratch marks and cuts from Dale's screaming episodes.

However, as not much treatment and diagnosis were available for autistic patients, Dale's autism could not get diagnosed until much later. This caused his condition to deteriorate further. Luckily, everything changed after Nuala and her husband chose a Golden Retriever (named Henry- after one of Thomas Trains which Dale was obsessed about) for their son, Dale. Henry was able to break into Dale's autistic world, and together with Dale's parents, Dale was eventually able to overcome most difficulties and was able to merge together with the society.

'A friend like Henry' is certainly an interesting and heart-warming read!

-Jia Zhen :D

LORD OF THE FLIES, by yingteng :D

2009-11-07T07:03:00.000-08:00

Book title: Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is a story about a group of young British boys stuck on a deserted island after crash landing into it during the thick of the Cold War. The theme of survival is well expressed in the novel as the schoolboys try to govern themselves, setting rules and maintaining order, until some no longer obeys. Death, committed incidentally in the middle of the novel, becomes increasingly brutal and savage towards the end, threatening those who are against the boys in power.

Done by Yew Ying Teng

Book Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

2009-11-03T05:39:00.000-08:00

By Su Gi Chandran (08)

A fantasy novel that explores themes and issues affecting America and, to a larger extent, the modern world, its premise is this: Shadow, a convict, is released from prison just as his wife, Laura, dies. Heartbroken, he begins to work for a mysterious man who calls himself Wednesday, in actual fact an ancient god from a distant land. Throughout the novel, Wednesday and the other old gods prepare for a war with the new gods - gods of the technological age; of television, the Internet, what have you.

This book is remarkable in a number of ways. Firstly, it mixes outright fantasy with the modern world in a way that seems completely believable. Thunderbirds swoop from the skies and leprechauns get drunk in bars - the way Gaiman writes about them, one thinks that they are not entirely out of the ordinary, and they could actually happen to someone. But more impressively, Gaiman skillfully dissects various themes while keeping the reader entertained: the fickleness and superficiality of the modern age and humans in general; cultural clashes; and how the strength of ideas lies in belief, to name just a few.

Certainly a worthwhile read that will set you thinking.

2009-01-05T22:41:00.000-08:00

Hello,

it's a long time since this blog has been updated.

But anw, Merry Chrismas and a Happy New Year (extremely belated). Maybe Happy CNY will be slightly better? :D

Our 3 days of orientation is over, and a long year lies ahead of us. DHS homecoming, DHSchase and Sandcastle building were rather fun activities, although it might be quite tiring. Hope you all enjoyed orientation and really got to know each other even better! :D

And to all the SCs, hope you all had a great time too!

So lessons begin tmr, less time to slack and do nonsense, so JIAYOU everybody :D

Good Luck!

2008-10-01T02:34:00.000-07:00

hello.

happy children's day to all young at heart! (:

and have fun mugging!

cupping!

bowling!

2008-09-11T07:36:00.000-07:00

edit

the pictures are not very clear, so sorry.. =(

anw click to enlarge haha xD

/edit

formal class shot
notice the guys sitting while the girls' standing! hahahhaa
personally, it's like my first time standing LOL (=

people say that 3M are such muggers, so we'll just show them how much of it we are yea (:

the nicest shot i feel, hearts!

3M <3!

'eh people, shoot mrs bok!'

as we go on, we rmb, all the times we, had together..

okay this pose just makes me think of this song..

the rather failed attempt to make a 'M' with our CHEM CHEM CHEM files! hahaha!
eh and sengwai and ct didnt bring -.-

and our formal class shot (2)

okay i shall go back mug haha. (=

JIAYOU PEOPLE! <3

2008-08-22T07:01:00.001-07:00

HELLO! =D

teachers' day coming up soon! woo haha rmb to give our teachers sthg ya? =D

2008-08-08T01:24:00.000-07:00

WELCOME TO CHANGI BEACH!

kristal and zoe, =)

zoe and jiazhen

3/4 of the competitive girls' runners

3/4 of the competitive girls' runners, again. =)

illegal gathering!

kewei yasi jiazhen xD

kewei yasi jiazhen vivien =D

yasi!

kewei yasi jiazhen vivien =D

hey ys look here!
=)

samuel with his imba shoe, =D

SHAMO JIAYOU!

aww, so sweet.

introducing: Mr Lim.

sam, mr lim and ct. sam with his imba shoe once again :D

brothers! haha

mr lim and ct

4 competitive girl runners haha =) seeing the others RUN/ WALK while we tempt them with our ices!

=D

sugi with her trophy. CONGRATS SUGI!

nah, its mine -.-

OUR MINI CLASS OUTING

kristal looking sad cos her 'horfun' has nt been served..

the girls from table 1!

jiazhen and jane

yasi and sugi

table 1 =D

table 2 =D SMILE!

yasi flashing!

her ezlink card haha xD

class photo: take 1

class photo: take 2

mrs bok and mdm sau! hahah was stoning at the side waiting for kris and zoe to come out of the toilet.. haha then saw them =D

hahahaha mrs bok and mdm sau again!

haha okay i hope you all had a fun and great day today :D haha i certainly enjoyed myself haha! =DDD

cya all!

have a nice break!

Jia Zhen

Class outing

2008-08-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

Hi! I went to Leisurepark yesterday to check about the skating thing. Total per person will be around twenty dollars. Skate admission for student with student pass will be 13 dollars for 2 hours, overtime charge will be 4 dollars per hour, skate rental fee for figure is 3.5 dollars per pair and for hockey will be 5 per pair, gloves are 2 dollars and socks are 2 dollars. So sad it is a bit expensive, but I think is will be very fun. For movie, it is 9.8 dollars for Mummy 3. I don't know about other movies. I think it will be around this prize. And both said there is no discount for going as a group. Sad....
We can think about it and discuss about what we are going to do later when we have time. Thanks!
Tong

2008-08-03T02:37:00.001-07:00

HENG GUANG, GET WELL SOON

COS 3M MISSES YOU RLLY A LOT!

<3 THRE-EME

2008-08-01T09:04:00.000-07:00

First post~

Looking forward to the movie marathon :D Pity there aren't more people going...maybe next time, ne? Watching DeathNote2 at 3am will be <33

Oh, jiayou for cross-country! I recommend bringing along your camera; the scenery at the park is really nice. (Though that won't do anything for having to run on sand in the hot sun -.-)

Yeah...so if you're reading this and you're from 3M, do post! Keep the blog alive! :)

- sugi

homework

2008-08-01T08:59:00.001-07:00

logarithm assignments 1 and 2
chem mini ass (for those with it)
bio mini ass (for those with it, too)
HCL 演讲词
LA poster/ bk cover (Mr Harris's class)
LA FILM! (due week 8)

yup, 加油people! must sleep at least 8 hr everyday! =D haha!

2008-08-01T08:58:00.001-07:00

oh yay, we are done with this hectic test week =D

strike off BIO CHEM MATHS! =D

sense of fulfillment!

haha even though i screwed all of them up but ya..

HCL and LA TEST next week!

JIAYOU PEOPLE!

welcome!

2008-08-01T08:37:00.001-07:00

hello,

decided that 3m should have a blog after being so inactive for so long =D

haha, anyway you all can get the password from me and yep you can blog! haha

try to liven up this blog okay.

change blogskin too!

haha, love ya all!

Jia Zhen <3

2008-08-01T08:09:00.001-07:00

test!