comm 1 assignment o8-o4-11

1. Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.

Samuel L. Clemens - the real name of Mark Twain and had lived in Hartford for several years - wrote Huckleberry Finn, a classic American novel.




2. Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. 

Mark Twain had an elaborate and elegant house on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm, and was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin.



3. Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. 

A balcony and windows, which currently remind people of a steamboat - which was piloted by young Twain on the Mississippi - overlook Mark Twain's large side porch.




4. Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget. 

Although Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone - which was first used commercially in nearby New Haven - he never really liked this newfangled gadget because there was practically no one to talk to.



5. Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.

Mark Twain loved industrial inventions, to which he lost a fortune investing in them, such as the elaborate Paige typesetter, which unfortunately for Twain, was developed at the same time as the simpler and less expensive Linotype machine.



6. Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in the Hartford home, which caused him to leave the place since he never felt the same about the house again, returning only once for the funeral of Charles Dudley Warner, his friend.

comm 1 assignment o5-o7-11

CALORIES IN FILIPINO FOODS

The writer jotted down similar occurrences on describing how people are interested to know how much calories  are contained in a given amount of food items we choose to take. He provided definition of certain words in his article. He also gave the proper ways on how to measure one's ideal body weight (IBW), total calorie requirement (TCR), and gave examples on calculating the said measures. He stated facts about the calories of food and its effect on a person's body weight. He wrote some specific activities with its corresponding average burnt calories. There were also foods given with its equivalent retained calories based on its amount taken. A variety of concrete foods and drinks were sited, which are in fact the eatables and beverages that are mostly partaken by Filipinos.

INDIAN FOOD

In this article, the writer describes the food in India according to specific places. He/she wrote down how food is prepared in every part of the country. By just reading the description of the food and on how it is cooked, it can be imagined clearly since he/she sited distinct examples and ways on how it is set. In every region of India, the writer also provided known foods with definite depictions of each. He/she did not give general or broad examples of the foods so the readers can distinguish what the comestibles are like.

Comm 1 assignment

Nostalgia for Kerala (and its food) by Pete Cherches

POSITIVE:

1. As Cochin is a coastal city, seafood is bountiful, and the Sealord does it up well.
2. Jewtown is a fascinating place.
3. Jewtown is full of curio and spice shops, and the smells are wonderful.
4. It was a lovely, idyllic place, and I felt a bit like Gauguin arriving in Tahiti. 
5. Fortunately the ticket seller realized we were just going along for a pleasure ride and advised us that the boat gets to Varapuzha at 4:30, but that the last one back to Cochin leaves there at 4:25, so we'd have to get off a stop or two earlier.

Turn out the lite by Anderson Digby

NEGATIVE:

1. The mildest thing one would want to say about this horrid dry pink innovation, which sweated under the grill and fell to bits under the knife, was that it was less than a sausage.
2. Which is precisely what has been happening to food and much else on a grand or rather a pathetic scale.
3. There is a word that usefully captures this trend to the insipid and denatured, and it is "Lite." 
4. Our morality is Lite, childish, and diluted.
5. The entertainment industry is fluffy and flimsy.

story of appreciation

This is a powerful message in our modern society. We seemed to have lost our bearing & our sense of direction.

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.

He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.

The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" 

The youth answered "none".

The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" 

The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees."

The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" 

The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner."

The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"

The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."

The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.

The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes."

The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings."

The youth said," Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship."

The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager. </span>I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired."

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead? You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done. 

You would have forwarded many mails to many and many of them would have back mailed you too...but try and forward this story to as many as possible...this may change somebody's fate...

- dad

how touching ... especially that Dad sent it to me. aaaaaww :')

now i understand why he's doing such things to me. 

THANKS DAD! :)

I LOVE YOU! <3