maanantai 3. helmikuuta 2014

Re-generating a fairy tale - Red Riding Hood

red riding hood........

There once was a girl 
who loved to play, dance and twirl
she lived near the forest
on the east side, not the west
'cause on the west side of the forest lived her grandma. 

  her grandma was sweet but she didn't eat meat
so red riding hood, who was misunderstood
she was told to be bold
and take some juice for the old
'cause her grandma was sick and lived all by herself.

  Red Riding Hood took a trip to the woods
the forest was foggy and she met a big doggy
who advised her to go wrong,
take route that was long
then he ran for the cottage of the grandma.

  the girl found her way
with a bottle of Earl Grey
she arrived at the house
with a tiny little mouse
and then went inside to greet her grandma.

  her grandma looked odd
but much healthier "thank God !"
she had big teeth and she was hairy,
she looked nothing like an elf or a fairy
and she ate little Red Riding Hood at one piece.

  in the tummy of the beast
the ladies had a feast
they were both quite alright
but there was no saving knight
so they must have been thinking of dying.

   the wolf fell asleep
snoring loud like Uriah Heep
it was heard by a huntsman
who came up with a plan
to save the girls from the stomach of the wolf, hurray !


















sunnuntai 2. helmikuuta 2014

Write a script or a dialogue

*phone rings*
Andy: (picks up the phone) It's Andy.
Max: Hey Andy, It's me, what's up?!
A: Oh, hey! Not much... I was actually just about to call you..
M: Oh, really? About what exactly?
A: Not much, I was just thinking that if you had any plans this weekend.. I thought that on saturday we could go see that movie you were so interested about. Are you in?
M: REALLY ?! That would be so cool, sure I'm in! I already asked Marissa to go with me but she had some plans with Eric I guess, so yeah, let's go!
A: Oh yeah, he told me that Marissa had asked him to go to that cabin trip with her family. I guess that she just wanted some company. Soo... would you tell me something about the movie we're going to see? And should I book us some tickets?
M: It's kinda hard to describe but I can explain it to you today after school if you really want to know. I'm actually on my laptop right now so I can check if we can get the tickets on time..
A: Awesome!
M: Oh no, it's completely booked... crap. But we could still hang out here at my place if you want to?
A: Yeah sure, I'll come over and bring something to eat. I actually just bought some new DVDs if you would like to watch something. And we can go to the cinema some other day.
M: Yeah, sounds great. I'll see you on saturday then! I don't have any plans for the whole day so come whenever you like.
A: Sure, I'll be there! Bye.
M: Great! Bye.


Poetry workshop


Limerick:
there was a man
that came from Japan
he ate really much
and then couldn't touch 
his toes or his new shoes from Anne.

Diamond poem:
day
stressful, hasty
listening, studying, eating
books, food, drinks, friends
talking, partying, sleeping
awesome, comfy
night


THE RULES

The assignment was to write down some unspoken rules or tips to a situation. These rules are about lying.

  • First of all: only lie if you have absolutely no other choice. Most of the time you probably do.
  • If you have to lie, don't get caught doing it.
  • Try not to look straight in the other persons eyes.. your look might give you away !
  • Little white lies are acceptable in some situations.. just avoid creating a snowball-effect with several of them.
  • Do your best to avoid lying to your friends and family. If the truth gets out you might risk your relationships and we don't want that to happen, do we ?

Translate a script or a dialogue

linkki videoon

*phone rings*
Pöysti: where are you?
Neponen: we got lost.. where are you?
P: in some forest.. what do you mean you got lost?
Repomies: the navigator told us to take a longer route and i didn't venture to brake her orders because she spoke in such a pleasent voice..
The navigator voice: turn left on the next crossing.
R: We came from there! what do you want from me woman?!
N: what's the situation there?
P: it (he) took off..
N: okey...




lauantai 1. helmikuuta 2014

Lecture Notes

these notes are from a philosphy class (course 4) and they are about justice and rectitude. 

the conditions of justics and rectitude:
1) people are somewhat selfish
2) a relative materialistic paucity is dominating in the society

- If people weren't selfish, everyone would get what they each needed.
- If there would be unlimited amount of materia, no-one would need anything.
- But, if there would be enough materia for everyone, nobody would care about what's right.

COMMENTARY: The notes are quite short, but this is actually the lection in a nutshell. Philosophy is cool. :3

maanantai 20. tammikuuta 2014

a Speech.

A speech to be given at my brothers graduation party:

Dear friends and family. Welcome here, to our home to celebrate my big brothers big day. It's the day of his graduation from vocational school. Again.
 Me and my brother have always been a little lazy workers at school and studying hasn't been the first thing in our minds. Friends, hobbies, and other freetime has. School has become as the second or the third thing to think about. But under a little pressure we can do the same or maybe even better than everyone else. Though, sometimes it might be at the last minute and sometimes the project might take a few hours out of that night's sleep. Point is, that the work mostly gets done anyways. 
 A few years ago, about this time, my big brother graduated from the Porvoo International College. After getting his studies done and serving his time at the military, my brother started to look for a job. He had a couple of workplaces for about half a year, but the days were long and tiring and there wasn't always enough work for him. I asked him if he was going to apply for any kind of school to continue his studies at fall. He told me that he already had a job and that he didn't want to go back to school yet. He also told me that he didn't actually know where he would apply even if he did want to go back to school.
 Then, suddenly, in the end of that summer my brother announced that he has figured out what he thinks he wants to do. He applied for school to become a laborant and got in. I was super proud of him. It was really funny, he was really excited about studying chemistry and mathematics and oddly, so was I, Even though I hated those subjects myself, for I had always been the artistic and creative one, who had played music since elementary school and done some projects at a local theater. You know, math or chemistry just weren't my things. But despite our disagreements I was just genuinely happy for him for founding the right school for and himself and being excited for his studies, since it had been a long time he really had enjoyed school that much.
 And two years later, here we are. Celebrating my brother for now having the skills and knowledge for another profession. And though the first one didn't seem to be the one for him, he has now found something to really enjoy about and I, his little sister, couldn't be more proud. Even though we have our differences and we might not like the same subjects at school, I hope that someday I could become more like him and find that thing that could make me as happy and interested about my profession and future studies as he is. I hope that a few years forward I would be at the same point, celebrating my day.
 But today, let us celebrate and have a toast for this great laborant ! Congratulations.


Commentary: I really don't know how this came into my mind, but it was nice to write. (: Truth be told, my brother actually just started his studies last fall. But his enthusiasm for his studies has inspired me and I hope that I get to give this speech on his big day when it does arrive. (: