DRAGON RIDER (Continuing)

In this chapter, The silver dragon and his companions(boy and brownies) escaped from the dessert area in Egypt. They met with a professor Greenbloom then he said that a basilisk, the darkest nightmare on earth stay around here. However, he promised that if they allow him to go with them, he will help them escape from a basilisk (Dark dragon).

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At first the dragon(Firedrake) and his companions felt more comfortable when they escaped from a group of archaeologists. Unfortunately, they found the professor and he said that there was a basilisk, the monster around here. Its always killed all living thing, but this professor knew how to escape. Its remind me when I read in the text book. Its said that if you got in to dangerous situation, you need to find someone who have experience to help you. As same as professor Greenbloom. This is the smart decision from the Firedrake.

the Friends Chapter 8

When I was 12 years old, I had a friend named James. He's bad-tempered, rude, and hyper. He did the most terrible thing with his mother. It's happened in one day at school, James' mom came to get some advisement from counselor. After his mom finished, she walked to see James how was he doing in school. Then she saw James hit girl students who walked pass though him, and he spitted his saliva to everyone even his teachers. That's very bad behavior. Moreover, he abused all of his friends by using rude words. I watched at his mom started to cry out quietly. She knew that how bad his son did in this school and she couldn't do anything to stop him. I could understand that his mom got lots of torture. His mom spend lots of time to consult for his studying program. She sacrifice everything for her son, but James requited his mom like this. That was terrible and sad.

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All cram school was canceled because there was typhoon, so Kiyama need to stay in his own house. However, Kiyama decided to escape his parent and then he went to the old man house. At the old man house, all the boys lived inside the house, then the old man told the boys that he murdered the pregnant woman cause he needed food to survive.

The boys must felt shocked and sad about the old man's story because the old man murdered pregnant woman. They didn't want to say anything more about it. However, I think the boy learned a lot about death. They knew that death can happen all the time and sometime we need to sacrifice one living thing for other.

The Friends Chapter 7

Thinking about garden, it's seemed to me that in the garden must contained lots of trees and flowers. For me garden must be colorful and has animals for instance butterflies. Many people plant garden because its make their place look more attractive and beautiful. When they're looking in their own garden, they would feel relax and comfortable. Some people can stay in the garden all they, it's special place!

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The boys go to the seed store to buy some seed for planting and the old woman, the owner, sell them a cosmos seeds with special prices. After that, the boys immediately go to scatter cosmos seed over the old man's yard and then they help together to fix the old man house. While they watch the reborn house, Kawabe asks the old man about his family but the old man knows nothing, therefore Kawabe is angry because he's think it the old man fault that his father married twice.

In my opinion, the boys help the old man because they want to know more about him, in another word, spying the old man. Moreover, the boys know that the old man can't bent his knees ,so it's better to help him. For the old man, I think he try to teach something for the boys. He also want to observe about these boys. While they're observation each other, their relationship continue to grow better and better.

The Friends Chapter 6

The old man house had massy garbages of rotten smell. I realize that the old man life must be busy and trouble. In my thought, the old man is disappointed, so he spends lot of time in his house. He doesn't like to clean his front house. For this reason, the old man lived alone and no one take care of him. I think he's poor and gonna died soon.

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The old man uses the boys to take out the garbages and weed his garden because he has bad knees. After they finish weeding garden, the old man gives the watermelon and then Yamashita shows his skill to cut watermelon into pieces. While they are eating, rain start to fall then they decide to plant seeds in the fall by tomorrow.

Now, the relationship between the old man and the boys begin to grow step by step. They start to talk with each other more than before. The old man shows his kindness by giving the watermelon to the boys. Its show a good relationship like a friendship. Helping each other and caring one another. That's great.

DraGON RIDER (Continuing)

The human, Ben, helped the brownie(cat) form a group of archaeologists and he got helped form the tiny creature named Twigleg. They escaped form the camp of archaeologist then Ben, Sorrel, and tiny creature talked with each other. Sorrel was selfish, she didn't acceptable the tiny creature to come along with her, however Ben was kind so he allow tiny creature to travel with him.

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Twigleg is not a living thing, but he's some kind of machine that create by the greatest alchemists of the Middle Ages. Tiny creature was very intelligent, so Ben thought it is better to keep this creature with his group. That's good idea for Ben to allow Twigleg comes along with him. It's reminded me when I was grade 5. I was in soccer team, but in my team didn't have any skillful player. I saw the student who is short and thin, but he's skillful player and moving fast. He's the VIP player in our team even he's too small than other player. As same as Ben, he may thought that this tiny creature was clever, thus he can use Twigleg to decode some secret things.

The Friends Chapter 5

I think I have a lot of nice friends in my old school and new school. Mostly my friends are friendly and trustful, so we have good relationship. Actually I meet my friends when I play soccer and basketball. However, I also get lots of friends while we talk together. When I want to know someone, I always decide to step forward first and then talk politely to them. In grade 7, The first signs of friendship started to grow better and better. I will noticed my relationship with her/him and we will begin to know our secrets. For 1 year passed, we became a close friend ,therefore sometime we can consult and give advice with each other.

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The old man invited 3 boys (Kiyama, Kawabe, Yamashita) into his garden and then he told the 3 boys to help him tight the rope. After tight the rope, its strung in a V shape around the garden and they start to hang up laundry together. Finally, the old man gave the boys a shopping bag that is filled of garbages, he's been saving garbages.

I think it's the beginning of a friendship because the old man invited the boys into his garden and talked to the boys. Kiyama and Yamashita start to be friend with the old man and two of them feel surprise when they knew the old man had saving lots of garbages. On the other hand, Kawabe still untruthful with the old man, he thinks the old man is not his friend. However, I believe that it possible for an old man to be the friend of 3 boys because they begin to talk and look with each other.

The Friends Chapter 4

I saw a lot of things during my observation people.

For example,

While observation, People ate lunch at RIS and RIST canteen

Some people practiced soccer, basketball, swimming, and badminton

Some people walk together with his girl friend/her boy friend.

Some people read their textbook and do some assignments.

Some went to soccer fields or basketball court for relaxing.

Some people always called with someone on the phone.

Almost everyday, people were behaving in an ordinary way. They do the same activities as they did, nothing changed.

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The people I were watching noticed that they're being watched. I knew this because they watched back to me. At that moment, they came toward me and asked me why I need to watch them all the time. I told them I spy them and then they just walked away normally.

The old man knows he's being watched because he realizes someone tail him and spy him in front of his house. The old man behave differently after he saw the 3 boys for example he has started eating so much, he goes shopping every day, and he buys vegetables at the grocer's and some sashimi at the fish shop.

Yes, I understand people who increases from watching. As same as the boys have learned to understand the old man. They needed to be more careful because the old man knew they're spying him. Kawabe thought he said lots of bad wrong to the old man and he wanted to apologies. However, they're continued spying the old man.

The Friends Chapter 5

I think I have a lot of nice friends in my old school and new school. Mostly my friends are friendly and trustful, so we have good relationship. Actually I meet my friends when I play soccer and basketball. However, I also get lots of friends while we talk together. When I want to know someone, I always decide to step forward first and then talk politely to them. In grade 7, The first signs of friendship started to grow better and better. I will noticed my relationship with her/him and we will begin to know our secrets. For 1 year passed, we became a close friend ,therefore sometime we can consult and give advice with each other.

After reading: Summary

The old man invited 3 boys (Kiyama, Kawabe, Yamashita) into his garden and then he told the 3 boys to help him tight the rope. After tight the rope, its strung in a V shape around the garden and they start to hang up laundry together. Finally, the old man gave the boys a shopping bag that is filled of garbages, he's been saving garbages.

I think it's the beginning of a friendship because the old man invited the boys into his garden and talked to the boys. Kiyama and Yamashita start to be friend with the old man and two of them feel surprise when they knew the old man had saving lots of garbages. On the other hand, Kawabe still untruthful with the old man, he thinks the old man is not his friend. However, I believe that it possible for an old man to be the friend of 3 boys because they begin to talk and look with each other.

DraGON RIDER (Continuing chapter 11, The Storm)

In this chapter, the silver dragon and his companions, Ben and Sorrel had spent hours studying the rat's map, memorizing every detail for journey. While Firedrake was flying, Ben saw a large bird in the darkness, with a tiny figure sitting on its back then he told Sorrel that there's raven behind them with an elf and the rat warned them against ravens. They're grounding on the desert and hiding for a group of archaeologists. Unfortunately, Ben looked back to Sorrel, but he couldn't find Sorrel anymore. Finally, he saw tracks of Sorrel on the route of the archaeologist camp, so Ben began to follow the tracks of Sorrel.

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Ben was a smart boy because he uses his knowledge to find Sorrel. He thinks that if he follow the tracks of Sorrel, he will find Sorrel some where near archaeologists camp. Its seem to me when I watched the Nation Geography Channel on television. On this channel taught me how to find a person on the desert area by following tracks. Therefore I think Ben also uses same technique. It's important to perceive the environment and to have sagacity for emergency. For example Ben realized that he lived in the desert so he needed to find tracks of Sorrel.

The Friends, chapter 1

When I was in grade 6 me and my friends were friendly and trustful with each other. I felt very happy and enjoyable in 6th grade. In my old school, there're 2 separate section. First section is middle school, 1st-6th grade and second section is high school, grade 7-12. Therefore, student who studies in grade 6 is a leader of middle school and a lot of student in grade 1-5 is acceptable 6th grade student as a brother or sister. In grade 6, I regard as a sport man because I always participated in every sports for instance soccer, basketball, badminton, and swimming. More over, I also joined all the activity in my old school like singing contest, fitness contest and all kinds of sport competitions. All teacher love and be kind me because they knew that I was the one of student who can helps and respects them all the time. However, I liked to tell my friends answers in the quizzes and tests, that's no good. Because I helped them but in the wrong way. When I think back about it, I will not tell them anymore but I will help them in other way before the quiz or test. So that they would know how to answer without asking someone.

DraGON RIDER (Continuing chapter 10)

I was continuing reading a book called "Dragon Rider" which was written by Cornelia Funke.

In this chapter, it's the discovering of Twigleg. The manikin and black bird could find the silver dragon easily because the silver dragon's armor was shiny. Its gave the manikin and clack bird where they're located. The manikin observed everything about the silver dragon, Firedrake. He noticed that this silver dragon was a lot smaller than Nettlebrand. Twigleg tried to spy everything about Firedrake. Unfortunately, Sorrel was careful, she made sure the dragon didn't say anything about where he came from. While Twigleg observed, he heard that dragon and his companions were looking for The Rim of Heaven. After that, Twigleg and black bird(raven) quickly flied back to the castle and reported for Nettlebrand. Nettlebrand felt happy that he's gonna hunt the silver dragon. But Nettlebrand told Twigleg to follow the dragon, so that he will find out other dragons. Nettlebrand prepared for his hunting.

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Nettlebrand knew the aim of silver dragon is to finding The Rem of Heaven. Nevertheless, Nettlebrand didn't get anything about where the dragon came from because of the brownie, Sorrel. Sorrel was also a smart brownie, she made sure that no one will recognize their secret. This event remind me when I watched the movie about the big fighting between Thailand and Burma. Their were some spy from Burma in Thai solider. They observed everything form Thai people for example the formating of solider in Thailand, so that Burmese solider could beat the That solider. Its seem as the Firedrake and his companions. It's extremely important to keep your secret in your mine, don't give any information like Sorrel.

DRAGON RIDER (Continuing chapter 9)

I was continuing reading a book called "Dragon Rider" which was written by Cornelia Funke.
Firedrake had landed by mistake was a sinister spot. There was the golden dragon named Nettlebrand. He's mightier than other living creature. His scales still shone like pure gold, claws were sharper than splinters of glass, and teeth had a keen cutting edge. Nettlebrand lived in the castle near the spot of Firedrake. He waited silver dragon to hunt for a long time. He had a spindly little manikin called Twigleg for polishing armor, cleaning teeth, and sharpening claws. Nettlebrand order his servant, black birds, to find silver dragon on his mountain. Nettlebrand's purpose was to remove all of dragons from the face of the earth. He's the most dangerous creature.

One day, one of the big bird came to give a big news for Nettlebrand. Its said that there was a silver dragon stayed with human and the brownie on his mountain. Therefore, Nettlebrand commanded Twigleg (manikin) to ride on the back bird and find out where was the silver dragon, why he's alone, where he comes from, and what the human and the brownie are doing with him. After that, Twigleg and black bird immediately started finding out the silver dragon.

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According to the story, Firedrake was unfortunate because he's on the target with the golden dragon who was smart and strong than other creature. Nettlebrand, the golden dragon, was careful to find out the silver dragon. He find out the information about silver dragon first such as where the silver dragon comes from? If it's other creature, they're directly hunt the silver dragon with careless. Its seemed to me as the famous soccer, Jose Maurinho. He's intelligent manager. Every single competition match, Jose always learned and studied about his opponent. He knew what techniques he needed to use or how was his opponent doing. Jose knew everything about his opponent, so he can beat them easily. This is why Jose Maurinho is one of the most successful manager in the world.

Composition 1 and 2 (Three kinds of cooks)

I read a classify essay which is about three kinds of cooks. The author considered the terrible cooks, the coping cooks, and the good cooks that he/she had experience about it with his/her aunt, sister, and cousin.

There are first composition, and second composition. After I read them, I think composition 2 is better than composition 1. The reason why I choose composition 2 because its have more specific example and good supporting detail. For instance a terrible cook of Aunt Betty, the author demonstrated that his aunt cooked sweet and sour pork which is so sweet that it reminds him of candy, and the potatoes have been cooked too long, so they taste like powder! On the other hand, in composition1 writer didn't give any example of terrible cooks, but writer just tell the feeling of terrible cooks such as "I've even decided to stay home and study because I know how terrible the food will taste" . As the result, I make a decision that composition2 is easy to read and understand.