Week 5 Review

I backed up my files. I missed about three deadlines this week again, including writing this week's story. I was busy with a festival I had this week and an exam. I will try to work ahead in the coming weeks so that I don't have the same problem again. 

The daily announcements are always fun. The one I found to be the most interesting is the cat image found on today's announcements! The face of the cat makes the meme really great! 

Cat meme!!

Source: Monday, September 28 announcement

Thoughts about Comments

The kinds of posts that are the most helpful are the ones that point out the mistakes in the story. Those corrections enables me to do better on the next one. Pointing out the mistakes make a comment really helpful. It's also nice to read good things about the story after working on it for some time.

I don't think I have been doing a good job on some of them because I don't always leave comments telling others what to fix. I need to change this in order to help others make their future stories better.

Reading Diary A: Indian Fairy Tales

My favorite stories from the Indian Fairy Tales unit by Joseph Jacobs are:

The Cruel Crane Outwitted. I like this story because of its ending. The characters include a crane, some fishes, and a crab. The cranes lies to the fishes and takes them to another pond and eats them. He gets greedy and plans to eat the crab. This is where the story gets interesting. The title gave it away, but it was still interesting to see how the crab deceive the crane at its own game. The crane dies at the end, making the story better. It provides an important lesson of greed.

The Cruel Crane Outwitted picture 
from Indian Fairy Tales. Illustrations done by
John D. Batten. 

The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal. This was a great story. I was reading and halfway through I understood what the jackal was up to. A tiger, a brahman, a jackal, and some others are the characters. The tiger should've left with his new freedom, but couldn't mend his ways. Instead, it tried to bit the hand that freed him. The jackal was the smartest one by pretending to be dumb. That was the best part, the tiger thinking the jackal is dumb, but instead, it was all a plan. This was a very nice story to read. 

Harisarman. This was another great story. I am glad I decided to read this unit as all the stories were interesting. This was one of my favorite because it was so different from other stories. Other stories tend to give lessons or just provide sad endings. This was a story about a poor man who lies to feed himself and his family. He deceits a lot of people, but he doesn't get caught. That is why it was not a sad ending. Just the pure luck he had was very interesting to read.

Tech Tip: Website

I just created a website for my storybook using the tech tips. The tips helped a lot!

Here's the link: https://sites.google.com/site/ghoststories4you/

Tech Tip: Template

I just changed the template of my blog. I customized the image and the colors. I think it looks better now as it was really plain before.

Week 4 Review

I backed up my files. I missed about three deadlines this week, including writing this week's story. I was busy with the Career Fair, hence, I didn't have a chance to do those assignments. I am hoping to make up for it by doing some extra credit assignments. I like the daily announcements as it is both informative and funny.

The one I found to be the most interesting is the video found on today's announcements! I saw the video before, and it is awesome as it is very emotional.

Screenshot I took when the two friends meet in the video.

Reading Diary A: Bengali Folktales

My favorite stories from the Bengali Folktales unit by Lal Behari Day are:

A Ghostly Wife. A family of 3 and a ghost are the characters of this story. This is my favorite because I can relate to this story with my grandmother's story. A ghost had gotten inside her and was controlling her. I might just write my grandmother's story using this story so that the similarities can be seen. In Bangladesh or India, these ghost stories actually occur often. Another reason this was my favorite is because it is about a ghost. I love ghost stories or horror movies.

Illustration by Warwick Goble.

Source: A Ghostly Wife

The Ghost who was Afraid of being Bagged. Once again, ghost story = favorite. The characters are a husband and a wife and two ghosts. The ghost thought about teaching the man a lesson, but instead received a lesson himself. The man cunningly used the ghost to do things for him. And through the ghost, he became rich. This was certainly an enjoyable story. 

The Bald Wife. A man and his two wives are the main characters of this story. Some plants along with a sage are the others. I read a similar story before, that's why this caught my attention and is one of my favorite. The elder wife is mistreated by the younger because of her looks. She is made to leave. On her way, she helps the plants and a bull, who gave their blessing to her. After visiting the sage, she becomes very beautiful. The younger wife gets greedy and tries it herself, but becomes uglier. I got two lesson from this story: greed is bad and treat others as you would treat yourself.