Thơ: CUỘC ĐỜI LÀ CHUYẾN TÀU MỘT CHIỀU/Poem: LIFE IS A ONE-WAY TRAIN

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Write a fantasy story about the adventure of Number zero through various math fields and ocean, meeting shapes and visiting different planes, etc.

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a number named Zero. Zero was unique in that it was neither positive nor negative, and represented a neutral point between numbers. Zero always felt left out among the other numbers, who were constantly adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. Zero longed for adventure, to explore the world and discover its purpose.

One day, Zero decided to embark on a journey through the world of mathematics. It began its journey by travelling through the field of arithmetic, where it met addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They welcomed Zero with open arms and taught it their ways. Zero learned that addition brought numbers closer together, while subtraction pushed them apart. Multiplication made numbers grow, while division made them shrink. Zero was fascinated by the way these operations could change the value of numbers.

Next, Zero travelled through the world of geometry, where it met shapes of all kinds. Triangles, squares, circles, and more greeted Zero, and they all seemed to have personalities of their own. Triangles were sharp and pointed, squares were sturdy and reliable, and circles were perfect and smooth. They showed Zero how to calculate their areas and perimeters, and Zero felt more knowledgeable than ever before.

Zero's journey then took it through the ocean of trigonometry, where it met waves of sine, cosine, and tangent. They taught Zero how to measure angles and calculate the lengths of sides in right triangles. Zero was amazed at the complexity of trigonometry, and it felt like it was finally understanding the world of math.

Finally, Zero travelled through the planes of calculus, where it met derivatives, integrals, and limits. They showed Zero how to find slopes, areas under curves, and how to determine the behavior of functions. Zero felt like it had reached the pinnacle of mathematical knowledge.

But then, as Zero looked out into the vast expanse of the universe, it realized that there was still so much it didn't know. Zero longed to explore beyond the world of math, to venture into the unknown and discover new horizons.

So Zero set out once again, this time on a journey through the planes of reality. It travelled through dimensions and met beings of all shapes and sizes. It encountered worlds made entirely of shapes, and others where math didn't exist at all. Zero was awestruck by the diversity and wonder of the universe.

Finally, after a long and wondrous journey, Zero returned home, to the world of math. It had learned so much, seen so much, and experienced so much. It realized that it didn't need to be positive or negative to be important. Zero was the center of everything, the pivot point around which everything revolved. It was then that Zero understood its true purpose, to be a neutral point from which everything could be measured and understood. Zero was content and happy, and it knew that it had found its place in the world.

500 DAYS OF SUMMER (A MOVIE REVIEW BY MEW)

Foreword: This is a home assignment of Grade 8 English class - to write about your favourite movie. I watched this movie with Mew last year and honestly felt it rather boring ... until I happened to read her review. She really opened my eyes to how shallow I’d been and how mature our kids have become nowadays. I could not even recall if I ever gave a thought about these topics when I was at the university, let alone in my teenage.

500 Days of Summer

(Synopsis:) “Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t. This post-modern love story is never what we expect it to be — it’s thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn’t quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days “together” to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.”

This is hands down my favorite movie ever—which is saying a lot since I’m usually so critical towards TV and film. Just like all great movies out there, both the synopsis and trailer doesn’t do it justice. The synopsis gives us an impression of yet another “special” love story that ends in a happily-ever-after setting, where the guy gets the girl and meanwhile, discovers his true self or gets the job of his dreams or some crap like that. The trailer, unfortunately, wasn’t any better. Its verdict of this movie comes off as fluffy and light-hearted with no underlying message to be learned from; when in truth, it is anything but that. There are lessons upon lessons tied up in this spectacular 95 minutes long film.

Spanning across the 500 days that Tom and Summer spent together, we jump between past and present along with the heart-broken Tom who is re-evaluating how he saw both Summer as a person and Summer in their relationship. The more he indulges himself into the past, it is as if a whole different light has been casted on their time spent together making him realize little by little, why Summer had so abruptly broken off their relationship when he thought it was going so well. (quote worth mentioning here, Rachel [Tom’s little sister] to Tom: “Look, I know you think she was the one, but I don't. Now, I think you're just remembering the good stuff. Next time you look back, I, uh, I really think you should look again.”)

In the first paragraph, I stated that there were many lessons to be learned from this movie on which I will dive deeper in now. To be completely honest with you, I didn’t love this movie the first time I saw it. I was so focused on the general plot I didn’t catch the foreshadowing or symbolism or even, lessons that Marc Webb, the director, had cunningly placed in there. 500 Days of Summer proves to be one of those few rewatchable movies that only gets better and better the more times you watch it. Also, what’s so interesting about this movie is that it can be seen by two perspectives. One is Tom’s and the other is Summer’s.

The controversy surrounding this movie was that so many people hated the character Summer the first time they watched the movie (me included). *Spoiler (so you can understand my point better): Tom and Summer do not end up together. Summer ends up marrying another guy some months after the break-up. * I was left just as Tom was: bitter and confused. Tom gave his all to her, and Summer ends up marrying some other guy? I finally realized, after re-watching the movie, that that was not the point nor the lesson of the movie at all.

The dawning realization hit me when I realized what Tom thought was love wasn’t love at all. Of course, you can’t outright blame him, since his character was considered the hopeless romantic, but that is no way to uncondemn him completely. Also, I just realized the reason for why Summer was such a hated character must be because the directors were amazing at really helping you sympathize with Tom’s character. That being said, once you closely pay attention, you actually begin to see the selfishness of his character. He developed a mildly delusional obsession over a girl onto whom he projected all these fantasies. He thinks she’ll give his life meaning because he doesn’t care about much else going on in his life. Tom thinks that Summer is the key to his happiness: to find a partner who’s solely focused on them. But that’s not healthy. That’s falling in love with the idea of a person, not the actual person. Tom idolized Summer Finn. He fell in love with the idea of Summer, not Summer herself, and got his heart broken. This is why I love this movie so much. This is not a love story, this is a story about love.

This movie also introduced me to the popularized term in films and books, the cliché ‘manic-pixie-dream girl’ syndrome. I can get deeper in this topic as well, but then we would be here ‘till Christmas, so I’ll spare you by giving you the Urban Dictionary definition: “A Manic Pixie Dream Girl or MPDG, is a term coined by film critic Nathan Rabin after seeing Elizabethtown. It refers to "that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures." A pretty, outgoing, whacky female romantic lead whose sole purpose is to help broody male characters lighten up and enjoy their lives.” This movie, not only is anti-manic-pixie-dream girl, it even parodies that cliché! It shows Summer as her own person with her own life along with all the dreams and goals and troubles she must take care of. She is in no way, shape or form, existing solely to cater Tom’s ego.

Not guilty at all, I am proud to say that I’ve watched this movie at least 7 times already. Not only with a jarring and eye-opening denouement, this movie has one of the best soundtracks I’ve ever heard along with one of the most pleasing and stunning visuals in cinematography I’ve ever seen. I give major respect to the brilliant director, Marc Webb to have created this breath-taking masterpiece. It is so incredibly well thought-out and painstakingly detailed in such length that Webb made sure to have the color blue only appear in shots that included Summer, and discarded any traces of blue when she wasn’t present.

Finally, for the ending of this movie, I thought it was absolutely perfect. Hopeful yet realistic, promising yet bittersweet; it was the perfect conclusion for such an impactful story in such a short amount of time.

I REMEMBER

She always says that she does not enjoy reading or writing poems. But her in-class 20-minute writing assignment is surprisingly impressive and she is undoubtedly endowed with great creative writing potentials. Her teacher gave her a 10/10 score for this work. So proud of my daughter!

I REMEMBER

by YA

I remember coming home and smelling the spices bouncing in the pan. 

And looking at my bedroom wall, watching how my father`s fingers dance in the hollow light, casting stories upon us in the late, dark night.

I remember hearing the silent footsteps of my brother trying to sneak out to catch the last glimpse of the Disney Channel.

I remember biking in the park with my best friend, remembering the dreams and plans we made that melted way, to something different and new.

And my grandpa sneaking books to me when I was two, even if I would tear the presents after, even if I didn`t mean to.

I remember drawing all over the walls because we ran out of paper, remembering the huge yellow elephant in the living room and how mad my mom was.

And every summer I would go on the balcony and use our 10-year-old telescope trying to find a constellation - I never did, but my dad would join me and that was worth it.

And I remember my grandma yelling at my dad and I to get in from the balcony because of the cold weather.

I remember going to a fair with my family with tickets in my pockets and ice cream in my hands.

Absorbing the beautiful summer sun, and racing my brother to the bumper cars, waiting in the long, painful line, both of us betting on who`ll win, but that was yesterday.

BIRTHDAY WISH

A letter to Mom to ask for desired birthday presents :). Unedited version with all grammar and spelling mistakes.

Dear mom,

Hi. I'm gonna try something new. I'm gonna write a 'letter', and not a usual list.

If you're my real mom and not a clone or alien from Mars, you know what I want most. Books, of course.

I really want The Mortal Instruments series, wich includes the book City of Bones. I guess, I wasn't paying attention while reading, since I tried the first chapter again, and I really enjoyed it. There's also: The Infernal Devices, a series, a 'spin-off' from the Mortal Instruments (also known as 'Shadowhunters'). The author, Cassandra Clare, actually said that if I read all the Shadowhunters series first, it will spoil the ending for the Internal Devices. Cool, huh?! Also, The Mortal Instruments (Shadowhunters has 6 books. The Infernal Devices has 3. Another series I need is Cinder. (actually it's the Lunar Chronicles)

And do you remember The Selection series? Yes? Good. The last book: The Crown.

Any of these books are fine in paperback (hard-cover is to expensive. What are they thinking?!)

And, can you please pick a book for me? I want YA Fiction. I enjoy it more. Shure, J Fiction can be a fun read but it's just that for me. Just a fun or good read. I might change my mind later on, in the future, but right now, in the present, I'm into YA Fiction. So, yeah.

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

This is one of the first picture books authored by Mew and published in PDF format as a gift to you: Love is in the air. Enjoy!
LOVE IS IN THE AIR

MEW'S MASTERPIECE OF ARTS

Mew has recently been passionately inspired by arcrylic painting and replicated some beautiful pictures from the Internet. She presented one of them to her classmates in her oral presentation on the theme "Commercials" and a lot of them were interested in buying it. She randomly picked one lucky buyer and sold the painting for $10. Wow, she earned her first dollars with love of arts. Now she could decide how to spend her own money without asking for our permission. How cool it is:) We encouraged her to continue painting and selling her works but she seemed to be satisfied with $10 so far. Just hope that she would continue finding a creative and fun way to earn money as such. It's great when you get money for doing something you are passionate about, isn't it?

IF I WERE ...

If I were an animal, can you guess which animal I would be? I could be a cute kitten or a peacock with brilliant plumage, but I would choose to be a playful dolphin instead. I would ride through the huge waves and explore the mysterious underwater world. I would jump high in the air, and dive deep into the water with a big splash! I would enjoy the companion of my family and friends and live a life of freedom to have the whole ocean as my lovely, dear home.

April 2014
(written by Mew as a writing assignment)

A SHORT SHORT STORY WRITTEN BY MEW

Hi! My name is Francine, a French dictionary. My cover is old and nasty. Clumbsy dumb kids spill water, hot cofee, snacks on me. I mean, don't they know I'm useful? Very useful?

"Hi, Frances!", Sharpey squicks. Sometimes my friends call me Frances. Sharpey is a little purple sharpener. I feel really sorry for Sharpey. Why? Imagine every minute of your life carrying the pencil crumbs, and kids spinning you round and round. Really? But I'm most sorry for Ella, the eraser. Ella is so tiny. She's those fun eraser. She was a piano eraser, but now Harlt (her owner) makes her like a piano who has been step on. Can you imagine Ella's life? You know what I mean, don't you? Then there's Penny a pencil. Don't tell this to anyone, but Penny and Sharpey don't really like each other. It's true! Penny's sister, Clara - a red crayon, is artistic. Also very pretty, too. For me, I have a sister, too! Gess who she is? She's Eglentine an English dictionary! My cousin, a thesauraus is Tori! Tori is a true poet. Tori is even like a twin sister to me. "Hi Sharpey!", I said back. It was reading time at the class, but humans can't here us. "Class! Please put away your books and write please! I want you to hand me a poem about kites ...", the teacher said. I cut her off because it's boring. She can go on and on and on, till the earth comes to a final end: Blah, blah, blah! Who cares?

"Aaah!", I shriek suddenly. A stinky boy, Nicolas, just pushed me. Clear something? I FELL OFF THE SHELF! To you, it wouldn't be higher then your shoulder's, but to little guys like me, it's like were's standing on the tower Eifel! I landed on my head. "Are you all right?", Rebecca the ruler asks. Oops! My apologie! Rebecca is so quiet, we usally forget about her. "Fine!", I said we anoyance.

"Dring!". It's recess! Moo-ha-ha-ha! My revenge! I'm like this, when someone does mean things to me, I get even! So you probably don't want me as your enemy. "Gather around!", I shouted. "Ella, erase his work! Penny, draw scribbles! Sharpey will help you. Savanah (Sorry, I forgot about her too!) cut the paper to pieces (and if you're smart, Savanah is a pear of swissors!)! Clara, you can also draw scribbles! Rebecca, you can help us get down and get up the desk! After we're done we will carry 11 pieces of paper and throw in the trash! Got it?", I scream. "Got it!", they shout in replie. So that's my revenge. "That was nice!", a small voice said. It's Garnet! She's glue. She hardly show herself. She's the shyest person I know. So shy! "Garnet! You could've help!", I said. She shruggs. "I'll help other time," she replie.

"Dring!". Class time is back. "Holy smocks!", cried Nicolas when he saw what we did. Sharpey was on his desk (still) and Nicolas threw her across the room! "Another revenge!", she screams. "Let's huddle up!" I look at Garnet. "You coming?" To my surprise she gladly came.

My life as a dictionary is tuff (but not as tuff as Ella's! Sorry for her!), but with friends, I feel happy (and evil sometimes)

April 2014

Author: Mew

(all spelling errors are kept as they are originally written by Mew)

A HOT-AIR BALLOON ADVENTURE STORY

Here is the writing instructions in a Grade 3 test that we asked Mew to complete yesterday:
"You see a hot-air balloon and you climb aboard. Write an adventure story telling where you go and what you see in the hot-air balloon."

And our young writer created a quite interesting story below (I kept all of her spelling, grammar and vocabulary mistakes as they were).

"The wind blowed me far away from home. I was to scaird to look down. Finally I peeked down. Not bad! It was beautiful! It was a forest with blue lake going by. It was all zigzag. Then a terrible storm sweped me away. I was terrified but told myself not to panick. I crounched down and hold on tight. I don't dare to open my eyes. It was cold and stormy. Oh no! I didn't know how to land this thing! I looked around the tiny hot-air balloon. I found a pink blanked. I wraped it around me and close my eyes and sleep ... Something warm was on me. Morning! The sun shone bright in the sky. The storm was over - and I knew it. I saw a dot - not far away. A beautiful dove!! "No!" I shouted. Too late. The dove popped my hot-air balloon. Then I went flying off the hot-air balloon!! Boom! I was not dead! I land on my trampoline - wait a minute! I land write in front of my house! What a good adventure I had!"

Nice work done, Mew! You are very creative and good at writing. However, remember to double check your work next time to avoid making silly mistakes. And do not forget to look up the dictionary when you are unsure about a word. You also need to improve your spelling skills - the first step should be to read your books aloud. It would help you pronounce words correctly and memorize frequently used words better.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

I am the happiest Mother in the world! Take a look at the special Mother's Day gift Mew made by herself for me. So impressive, so lovely and so thoughtful! We are all amazed at the notes she writes in French because they are not only very well-versed but also perfect in grammar and spelling. I am so proud of my daughter!

She knows that I am "smart" and good at Word Search game so she makes a word puzzle for me:

Mew is learning about Haiku poems at school so she attempts to make one for me:

These notes will definitely make all mothers' hearts melt:

And the last gift, one-of-a kind, very personalized and touching. Mew has seen Mommy clipping coupons for years and now it's her turn to hand me the most invaluable coupons ever:

Ma cherie, ma cocotte, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! Mommy has never been a wonderful maman but Mommy just wants you to know that EVERYTHING I DO, I DO IT FOR YOU! Love you xxx!

MEW'S GALLERY OF ART WORKS

Mew has been creating lots of artworks and all of them are beautiful. We decide to convert our home into an "art gallery" so that her fruits of art passion could be displayed prominently all over the walls. Most are drawings or paintings. Some are paper collages. Others are creations shaped by Bendaroos building sticks.

Check out some of her works: