Monday, 30 July 2012

UFS201 5th Vocabulary Entry

1. Galaxy.
    ~ group of brilliantly talented people.

2. Scintilla.
    ~ a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling.

3. Hindrance.
    ~ thing or person that hinders.

4. Hiatus.
    ~ gap in a series or sequence, making it incomplete; 
      break in continuity.

5. Wheedle.
    ~ obtain something by being pleasant to or flattering 
      with something.

6. Fatalism.
    ~ belief that events are decided by fate; acceptance of 
      all that happens as inevitable.

7. Xenophobia.
    ~ intense dislike or fear of foreigner or strangers.

8. Besmear.
    ~ make something dirty; smear something with greasy or 
      sticky stuff.

9. Yarrow.
    ~ plant with feathery leaves and small strong-smelling 
      white or pinkish flowers in flat clusters.

 10. Illicit.
      ~ not allowed by law; illegal.
  

UFS201 5th Reflection

Our class start at 9.30a.m. because our lecture said that she is hungry, so she have to eat first. As usual, we start our class after she took our attendance. Today we cover 3 chapter, yet luckily I can catch up a bit, not all. We learn about Modal Verb, Reported Speech and Preposition of Direction. I only focus on copying notes today, so I don't actually know what I get in the class. I feel guilty to Ms. Atee when she asked us what is the modal verb, but we all just keep quiet and wait for the answers. Ms. Atee give us some advice and I promise to try my best to improve myself

UFS201 4th Vocabulary Entry

1. Chimerical.
    ~ unreal; fanciful.

2. Dexterity.
    ~ skill, especially in using one's hands.

3. Febrile.
    ~ caused by a fever.

4. Quintessence.
    ~ essential part of a theory, speech and condition or 
      perfect example of a quality.

5. Nondescript.
    ~ person or thing without a distinctive character and so 
      not easily classified.

6. Posthumous.
    ~ happening or given after death.

7. Abscond.
    ~ go away suddenly and secretly, especially in order to 
      avoid arrest.

8. Erudite.
    ~ having or showing great learning; scholarly.

9. Cajole.
    ~ persuade to do something by flattery or deceit; coax 
      into or out of something.

 10. Smirk.
      ~ silly or self-satisfied smile.
  

UFS201 4th Reflection

On 4th July 2012, we have learn about conditional sentences. Conditional sentences are composed by 2 parts. One that expresses the condition and one that expresses the consequence. There are 3 main types of conditional sentences. I don't really get to know it. After that we are asked to make a promotion of instant noodle by using the 3 types of conditional sentences. I make up the 3 sentences and to be fair I let my friend Yasran present it . Our group made ​​a little mistake. I forgot to use some words that must be used in conditional sentences but we managed to solve it well.

UFS201 3rd Vocabulary Entry

1. Poltergeist.
    ~ a spirit that throws objects around and makes 
      loud noises.

2. Phantom.
    ~ the spirit of a dead person that someone 
      believes they can see.

3. Incubus.
    ~ a male evil spirit that people used to think had 
      sex with sleeping women.

4. Doppelganger.
    ~ a spirit that some people believe looks like 
      someone who is alive.

5. Wicked.
    ~ of a person or his actions morally bad; sinful or 
      evil.

6. Eerie.
    ~ inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and 
      frightening.

7. Paranormal.
    ~ unable to be explained scientifically or rationally.

8. Exorcism.
    ~ the ceremony that seeks to expel an evil spirit 
      from a person or place.

9. Chime.
    ~ a percussion instrument consisting of a set of 
      turned bells that are struck with a hammer.

 10. Deja-vu.
      ~ an impression or dull familiarity of having seen 
        or experienced something before.
  

UFS201 3rd Reflection

To be honest, I did not attend English For Specific Purpose class which is on 27th of June 2012 because I have severe menstrual problem that caused me to faint. It will happen at a certain time. I have to take medicine to prevent the menstrual pain. All day I could only lay on the bed. My mother wants to take me to the hospital but I refused because I hate seeing the doctor and the medication . Although I know that on that day, each group should present their own ghost stories but I am thankful that my group members can present it well even without me. 

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

UFS201 2nd Reflection

2nd reflection is about the song that Ms.Atee played in the class, "Break Away". She ask us to find phrasal verb from the song. My listening doesn't that good so I only able to find 5 out of 10. Yet, Ms.Atee show us the answer at last. After that, we had been ask to make 2 phrase of lyrics with some phrasal verb inside it. Me and arefiq make the lyrics and to be fair in group, we let our friend Sobri present it. We enjoy making the song and that is the first time we made ​​it even less appealing.

UFS201 2nd Vocabulary Entry

1. Indignation.
    ~ anger aroused by something unjust, mean or unworthy.

2. Zealot.
    ~ person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, 
      especially religion or politics; fanatic.

3. Stupefy. 
    ~ dull the mind or senses of with something.

4. Quibble.
    ~ objection or criticism, especially a trivial one.

5. Ubiquitous.
    ~ seeming to be present everywhere or in several places 
      at the same time.

6. Parity.
    ~ state of being equal; equality.

7. Debauch.
    ~ make with something act immorally by using bad 
      influence.

8. Abysmal.
    ~ extremely bad.

9. Amalgam.
    ~ alloy of mercury with other metal.

 10. Irreverent.
      ~ feeling or showing no respect for sacred things.
  

Monday, 16 July 2012

UFS201 1st Vocabulary Entry

1. Southpaw.
    ~ someone who is left-handed.

2. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
    ~ don't assume that something will happen until it has   
       happened.

3. Not playing with a full deck.
    ~ someone who lacks intelligence.

4. Fuddy-duddy.
    ~ an old-fashioned and foolish type of person.

5. Loose cannon.
    ~ someone who is unpredictable and can cause damage if
      not kept in check.

6. Flash in the pan.
    ~ something that shows potential or looks promising in the
      beginning but fails to deliver anything in the end.

7. Idle hands are the devil's tools.
    ~ you are more likely to get in trouble if you have
      nothing to do.

8. Queer the pitch.
    ~ destroy or ruin a plan.

9. Wear your heart on your sleeve.
    ~ to openly and freely express your emotions.

10. Rome was not built in one day.
    ~ if you want something to be completely properly, then
      its going to take time. 

Sunday, 15 July 2012

UFS201 1st Reflection.

Before entering class, I still wondering who will be our lecturer for this semester. I came late and I see our lecturer haven't come in yet . So I went back to class to find a seat . I saw Ms.Maryati pass by and didn't come in our class. Just a few second later, Ms.Maryati came in from back door, well, I didn't felt surprise. Class was about to start, but there are a lot of classmate still haven't show up including my friends who missed the bus.Without wasting time, class still go on with a common idiom, "A picture paints a thousand words", means a picture can represent a lot of words.We continue by guessing idioms from pictures and some alphabets given and I am the first person to select letters.We had "butterflies in my stomach","caught red-handed", "it's is raining cats and dogs" and "A wolf with a sheep's clothing". After the game, we given watch a video clip and been ask to create an ending for it. My ending would be, the man have been searching the woman for a couple years without tired. The man realized if he didn't do anything he can lost the woman forever. After a couple years, they finally met again in the train. In the same place as the first place the met, exactly the same seat the woman sitting with a man and they seem warm it means that the woman had been married. Just a few second later, the man and the woman saw each other and felt familiar with one another yet they can't remember why. The woman smiled to him and the man was upset because too late to find her. The man struggle with his feeling until the woman reach her station then the feeling ends he finally believe there could be no marriage between them. Fate of a person has been determined by God.