ENGLISH CLUB

LONGEST NAMES

2011-10-16T16:09:00.000+05:30

Names can be very interesting. Being arbitrary, they can be funny, weird, strange and meaningful too. Here is a collection of longest names of people, places, animal, and the world of science:
Longest name given at birth of an individual that is recorded belongs to a German immigrant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His first and middle names consist of one name for each letter of the alphabet plus his surname (which cannot be said short for that matter). However, he was commonly known as Mr. Hubert Wolfe and officially, he was known as Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr.
First and Middle Names – Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy Zeus

Longest scientific name for an animal is ‘Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides’, commonly known as Stratiomyid Fly.

The original name of Los Angeles, California in the United States was ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula’. It translated in English to ‘The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Little Portion.’

The longest place name was held for a long time by Wales that was known as ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch’. It translated to ‘The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave.’

The hill near Porangahau in New Zealand is known as ‘Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu’. It translates to ‘The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as the land-eater, played his flute for his loved one.’

How is it?

LONGEST NAMES

2011-10-08T09:49:00.003+05:30

Names can be very interesting. Being arbitrary, they can be funny, weird, strange and meaningful too. Here is a collection of longest names of people, places, animal, and the world of science:

Longest name given at birth of an individual that is recorded belongs to a German immigrant to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His first and middle names consist of one name for each letter of the alphabet plus his surname (which cannot be said short for that matter). However, he was commonly known as Mr. Hubert Wolfe and officially, he was known as Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, Sr.
First and Middle Names – Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvim John Kenneth Loyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor Willian Xerxes Yancy Zeus

Longest scientific name for an animal is ‘Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides’, commonly known as Stratiomyid Fly.

The original name of Los Angeles, California in the United States was ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula’. It translated in English to ‘The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Little Portion.’

The longest place name was held for a long time by Wales that was known as ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch’. It translated to ‘The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave.’

The hill near Porangahau in New Zealand is known as ‘Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu’. It translates to ‘The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as the land-eater, played his flute for his loved one.’

How is it?

Navajivana photo stream

2011-09-03T07:35:00.000+05:30

Hello, this slideshow contains images of our headmaster, teachers and school surroundings. I hope this will give an idea of our school.

Feelings-Poem

2010-02-13T18:07:00.001+05:30

I think again and again about my feelings. It changes in seconds. It has some kind of mystery. Just wrote a micro sized poem today and here it is :)

I'm fed up of these feelings
They are once happy, once sad
This just rotates like a tornado!
I can't bear this anymore!

Yesterday I was confident
Today I am super diffident
I can't figure why it changes so fast
Really, I'm hopeless and helpless

I try to control these things
But got no success in any sense
Feeling is so close to feel
but so far to control!

Thus, I said to myself
Feelings are just feelings
Leave it as it is
Just do what you've to do!

Shrijith

You may have noticed many poems in this blog. To view all those poems of English Club, click here

Oh my mango tree-Poem

2010-02-09T18:14:00.001+05:30

Hey mango tree...
Oh my mango tree...
Please give some mango fruit
Otherwise we will throw stone to you

If you give me fruit
I will give you water
Please give me , please
I know how sweet it is!

Sukesh B
IX A

Your comments are welcome :)

The bengal tiger

2010-02-08T19:48:00.000+05:30

Dear friends from different parts of the world,

Let me introduce myself. I'm a Royal Bengal Tiger. In India I'm also called Sher or Baag. I'm three metres in length and my tail is about 35 inches long. I weigh about 240 kilos.

Dear, friends, we are the largest of the big cats and we need about 40 kilos of meat at every feeding. We are really strong. Our striped coats are much like human fingerprints -no two tigers have the same stripe pattern. They help us hide in the shadows of tall grass. Our roar can be heard as far as two miles away. Our sense of sight and hearing are also very keen. We have powerful jaws, sharp pointed teeth and claws. We usually travel alone or sometimes in groups of three or four.

Our home is being destroyed by humans. They kill us for our skin, bones, claws, and teeth. We are also killed for preparing certain medicines. Why don't human beings realise that we are also very useful to them and to the earth? We help balance the ecosystem of the forest.

So, let us organize ourselves and march towards the Parliament to call attention to our right to live in peace. We don't want to fight humans. We only want them to be kind to us. Come friends, come.

Source:English Course book
Shrijith

THE TIGER, nearing THE EXIT!

2010-02-07T19:00:00.007+05:30

Wake up! Only 1411 tigers left in India!

Tiger is a beautiful animal to look at and strong to be loved. Probably, you already know that it is our national animal. Once, long ago, there were more than 40,000 tigers in India. But now, there are only around 1400 left. So, now we have pushed ourselves to a situation where we should try our best to save our National animal itself!

Where Does THE TIGER live?

Hot or cold jungles
All wild tigers live in Asia
They also live in the snowy forests of Siberia
In humid jungles of Sumatra
In dry grasslands of India

What does THE TIGER like?

To sleep
To run and jump(Tigers could run at 35kmph and jump up to 10 feet!)
To hunt from the hide
When tigers are sick, they like to kill humans because they are much easier to catch than the usual preys

Why THE TIGER is nearing THE EXIT?
Mainly there are two reasons why tigers are endangered:

Habitat Loss:People cut forests where tigers live, to do farming, build houses & buildings. This leads to tiger becoming homeless and foodless. Animals which the tiger eats also die when forests are cut. This leads to tigers becoming weak and ultimately they die.
Illegal Killing:Tigers are killed to make rugs and coats out of their skins, and also because in many Asian cultures medicines made from tiger parts are believed to cure diseases. Tigers and many other endangered species are killed illegally for their skins and body parts. Products made from rare wild animals such as spotted cats, tigers, rhinos, and elephants are still sold illegally.

How to save THE TIGER?
If we have to save tigers, then we should save the prey animals which tiger eats(Deers, antelopes, etc.). Or else tigers will have nothing to eat! If prey animals should exist, then we should save all the trees and green land. Thus, saving tigers will also save our most valuable forests and other animals.
Our government should wake up and try to save tigers from hunters by giving them essential protection.

How can you help THE TIGER?
As foretold by our ancestors, every problem has a solution. Likewise there are some steps to be taken to help tigers.

Start a Tiger Club in your school.
Talk about tigers with your friends and alert them about the current situation of tigers.
Make a donation to a tiger conservation organization

I feel pity for not only these endangered tigers but also many other animals who are equally in threat of getting destroyed by humans. I swear I'll try my best to stop this. The aim of this article is also the same. Now what I have to ask is, What will you do for these animals?

Shrijith

I'd like to hear from you :)

Road safety week

2010-02-05T19:00:00.003+05:30

Why is this so important?
Everyday we read about road accidents; watch in tv; talk with others. It's a very serious matter to think about because the majority of the deaths by these accidents are of youngsters. It takes 20 years to build up a personality and it takes only 20 seconds to destroy them.

Global Road safety week from February 7.

Who becomes the victim?
In India, where the road is considerably narrow, these accidents increases day by day. Pedestrians, cycle, motor cycle, lorry, scooter, moped, rickshaw, bus and cars are the vehicles which get into these accidents most likely. At most times the driver gets killed or handicapped.

How to stop?
Stopping road accidents is very important. Everyone should be in control of his vehicle. They should always follow the traffic signals. Police should not forget to conduct the Alcohol test regularly, so that they never drive zig-zag and invite danger to both themselves and others. Using mobile while driving is very incorrect. Two-wheel drivers should wear helmets for safety. But even if we do our best, there are still chances of accidents. So when any accidents happens no one should hesitate to give first aid. If the condition is serious, then they should instantly take the wounded person to hospital.

Think about yourself!
If you drive, then just think for a second. How do I drive? Am I following the traffic rules? Is my speed is passing the speed limit? Just judge yourself and if you found anything incorrect try to correct it in the next ride itself. If everyone minds these things, numbers of road accidents will decrease soon.

Shrijith

I hope you got something useful :)

Inspiration

2010-02-04T20:23:00.004+05:30

Hello, This is a new presentation named "Inspiration" It is a collection of great sayings and words which will inspire you to do good things or wake up. I've collected these through internet and some books. I'll update it constantly. You should get some inspiration from this slide-show/presentation for sure.

Coconut tree-Poem

2010-02-04T19:07:00.001+05:30

Our English teacher, Hareesha SK sir told to write a poem about our favorite trees. As for me, I love the coconut tree. There are plenty of coconut trees in our surroundings and they are very useful to us. That's why I like coconut tree and here is little poem I wrote about it.

It's blended in my culture

Placed in my ground structure

Moves left right with the air

Like a boy's hair in a car

Standing up in the river bank

Trying to touch the sun in the high

Drops many coconuts which I love

That's why I like the coconut tree

I get rich shade down the tree

I feel happy and very very free

My eyes catch its leaves on the fly

That's why I love the coconut tree

Shrijith

Your comments are the most welcome :)

Natural Selection-Poem

2010-02-03T18:29:00.001+05:30

Another piece of poem from our biology sir. Hope you like it.

Every creature gives birth

To many creatures on the earth

Creature's future becomes bleak

As they got little features

Many happened to starve

Struggle began to start

Food and shelter becomes scarce

Lack of space is another cause

Some began to pop

Others began to drop.

Healthy, stealthy guys

Stretched the organs far and wide

Reached the vital source they want

Sipped the water

Looked the light

Got the space

And hence they survived

Thus they won the

"Struggle for existence"

As they could adopt

With more and more organs

Took themselves diverges

Evolved into new ones

While they involved and evolved

Rest of them failed and vanished

They happened to extinct

As if the result of Natural selection

Extinction is the penalty

Evolution is the reward

That's the law in Nature's regime

Same is the law by Charles Darvin

'Samson'
S Gopalakrishna Bhat

Hurt not your heart-Poem

2010-02-03T17:51:00.000+05:30

This is a small poem by our Biology sir. Has a very good message. I recommend you to read it.

Walk a mile
Smile a while
Think a little
Play a shuttle

Obey the cult
Forget the guilt
Use the pulse
Keep the pulse

Salt is nasty
Sugar is tasty
Bite a bit
Slim and fit

Take some rest
Give some just
Now is the time to start
Nor you hurt your heart

'Samson'

S Gopalakrishna Bhat

Abuses of smoking-Article

2010-02-02T18:37:00.009+05:30

Today, I saw a young student(may be of +2) smoking near the college campus. I felt sad as I saw him smoking. Suddenly my mind rolled towards the biology slide-show which described the abuses of smoking. So I wrote an article on this topic itself for today's post.

Smoking is a bad habit which ruins our healthiness. It can cause Emphysema, bronchitis, cancer and heart diseases. By smoking, the smoker, normally gets effected both mentally and physically. That's why smoking is so dangerous!

Some interesting facts

Fewer than 10% of lung cancer patients survive five years after diagnosis.
Smokers who smoke between 1 and 14 cigarettes a day have eight times the risk of dying from lung cancer compared to non-smokers. Smokers who smoke more than 25 cigarettes a day have 25 times this risk compared to non-smokers.
Smoking leads to an earlier menopause: on average women smokers go through the menopause up to 2 years earlier than non-smokers and are at a greater risk of developing osteoporosis. Smoking has been associated with increased sperm abnormalities and with impotence in men.
Giving up smoking can reduce the risk of developing many of these problems. Within 10-15 years of giving up smoking, an ex-smoker's risk of developing lung cancer is only slightly greater than that of a non-smoker. A young smoker suffering from bronchitis or emphysema who gives up may see some improvement in lung function as a result: damage to lungs caused by years of smoking is permanent but quitting smoking prevents it worsening.
It is estimated that several hundred cases of lung cancer and several thousand cases of heart disease in non-smokers in the UK every year are caused by passive smoking.
Tobacco use kills around 120,000 people in the UK every year, about 330 every day - as if a plane crashed every day and killed all its passengers, around 20% of all deaths.
Smoking causes at least 80% of all deaths from lung cancer, around 80% of all deaths from bronchitis and emphysema and around 17% of all deaths from heart disease. About half of all regular cigarette smokers will eventually be killed by their habit.

Diseases from smoking

Following are the main diseases which you can get from smoking:

Bronchitis
Emphysema
Lung cancer
Heart disease
Cancer

What is chronic Bronchitis?
Chronic bronchitis is a chronic inflammatory condition in the lungs that causes the respiratory passages to be swollen and irritated, increases the mucus production and may damage the lungs. The symptoms are coughing and breathlessness, which will get worse over the years.

The definition of chronic bronchitis is chronic cough or mucus reproduction for at least three months in two successive years when other causes have been excluded.

What does Emphysema do?

Effects alveoli
The smokers cough weakens the walls of alvioli, therefore the lungs can not take in enough oxygen which leads to breathlessness.

Lung Cancer

Lung cancer kills more people than any other type of cancer and at least 80% of these deaths are caused by smoking. In 1999, 29,406 people in England and Wales died of lung cancer.

It is the tar in the `cigarettes which contain the carcinogenic “cancer causing” substances

Not only are you susceptible to lung cancer, but also: mouth, throat, stomach cancer. Cigarette tars contain some of the most carcinogenic chemicals known to man. Consider this when watching people smoking and exhaling only 10% of the tars they actually take in. Not only are these chemicals being painted into the lung, but smoker are also constantly painting them up on their lips, tongue, larynx, swallowing some and thus painting it in the esophagus and throughout the digestive tract. Smokers have increased incidents of cancer in all of these exposed sites.

Heart disease

Inhaling tobacco smoke causes several immediate responses within the heart and its blood vessels. Within one minute of starting to smoke, the heart rate begins to rise: it may increase by as much as 30 percent during the first 10 minutes of smoking.

Nicotine raises blood pressure: blood vessels constrict which forces the heart to work harder to deliver oxygen to the rest of the body. Meanwhile,

Carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke exerts a negative effect on the heart by reducing the blood’s ability to carry oxygen.

The difference

The following picture shows the difference between a healthy lung and a smoker's lung

Note the black specks in the healthy heart; indicative of carbon deposit from pollution. The white are on the top of smoker's lung is cancer. That is what killed the person. The black part is painted by every puff of cigarette they inhale.

New year-Poem

2010-02-01T17:05:00.001+05:30

Ring out, wild bells to the wild sky

The flying cloud, the frosty light

The year is dying in the might

Ring out, wild bells, and let him die

Ring out the old, ring in the new

Ring happy bells across the snow

The year is going, let him go

Ring out the false, ring in the true

Adarsha Krishna B

IX A

Chimpanzee

2010-01-31T18:07:00.014+05:30

Chimpanzees are well known for their intelligence and behaviours. They are the closest living things to humans. They almost act as humans. Usually they are called as Chimps. Full-grown Chimpanzees are up to 5ft and weigh about 68kg. Their arms spreads up to 9ft and much stronger than humans. They are covered with long, black hair over most of the body and have naked faces with any color from white to black.

Chimps spend most of their time in ground. Usually, they use their four legs but sometimes they even stand in two legs. They climb trees for food and nesting. They also hunt from very small animals up to monkeys. They use, prepare tools for works such as collecting termites(using twigs), cracking nuts(using stones) etc.

Chimpanzees move about the forest in bands, usually numbering six to ten individuals. The males of a group engage in dominance contests involving much screaming and stamping. Family groups consist of mothers and offspring; females mate with many males during their fertile periods. A single infant is born every three to eight years; young chimpanzees ride on their mothers' backs. Under ideal circumstances chimpanzees may live 50 years. Chimps become aggressive in certain situations and never hesitate to fight in that time. They are highly territorial and are known to kill other chimps.

So, even if they are fun to watch, people should be careful while interaction. There are incidents in which chimps have become dangerous. However, we can watch them in zoos safely.

For more information visit wikipedia
I was not going to write this article if I hadn't read the passage Chumley in my English Course book. That passage, written by Gerald M Durrell inspired me to study more about chimps. Click Read more if you are interested in reading the passage Chumley.

Chumley was a full-grown chimpanzee; his owner, a District officer, wanted to send him to London Zoo as a present, so that he could visit the animal when he was back in England on leave. He wrote asking us if we would mind taking Chumley back with us when we left, and depositing him at his new home in London, and we replied that we would not mind at all. I don't think that either John or myself had the least idea how big Chumley was; I know that I visualised a small young ape of about three years old. I got a rude shock when Chumley moved in.

He arrived in the back of a small van, seated sedately in a huge crate. When the doors of his crate were opened and Chumley stepped out with all the ease and self-confidence of a film star, I was considerably shocked because, standing on his bow legs in a normal slouching chimp position, he came up to my waist. And if he had straightened up, his head would have been on a level with my chest. He had huge arms, and must have measured at least twice my measurements round his hairy chest. Owing to bad tooth growth both sides of his face were swollen out of all proportion. His eyes were small, deep set and intelligent; the top of his head was nearly bald owing to his habit of sitting and rubbing the palms of his hands backwards across his head. This was no young chimp as I had expected, but a veteran of about eight or nine years old, fully mature, strong as a powerful man and, to judge by his expression, with considerable experience of life. Although he was not exactly a nice chimp to look at, he certainly had a terrific personality; it hit you as soon as you set eyes on him. His little eyes looked at you with a great intelligence, and there seemed to be a glitter of ironic laughter in their depths.

He stood on the ground and surveyed his surroundings with a shrewd glance, and then he turned to me and held out one of his soft hands to be shaken. Round his neck was a thick chain, and its length drooped over the tail-board of the lorry and disappeared into the depths of his crate. He wore the chain with the superb air of a Lord Mayor. After shaking my hand he turned and proceeded to pull the chain, which measured some fifteen feet, out of his crate. He gathered it up carefully into loops, hung it over one hand and proceeded to walk into the hut as if he owned it.

He seated himself in chair, dropped his chain on the floor and then looked hopefully at me. It was quite obvious that he expected some sort of refreshment after his tiring journey. I roared out to the kitchen to make a cup of tea, for I had been warned that Chumley had a great liking for the cup that cheers. Leaving him sitting in the chair, I went out to his crate, and in it I found a tin plate and a big battered tin mug. When I returned to the hut bearing these, Chumley brightened considerably, and even went so far as to praise me for my intelligence.

'Oooooooo, umph!' he said, and then crossed his legs and continued inspection of the hut. I sat down opposite him and took a packet of cigarettes from my pocket. As I was selecting one, a long black arm was stretched across the table, and Chumley grunted in delight. Wondering what he would do, I handed him a cigarette, and to my astonishment he put it carefully in the corner of his mouth. I lit my cigarette and handed Chumley the matches thinking that this would fool him. He opened the box, took out a match, struck it, lit his cigarette, threw the matches down on the table, crossed his legs again and lay back in his chair inhaling thankfully, and blowing clouds of smoke our of his nose.

Just at that moment Pious entered bearing the tray of tea. The effect on him when he saw me sitting at the table with the chimp, smoking and seemingly engaged in a conversation, was considerable.

'Eh....eahh!' he gasped, backing away.

'Whar...hooooo,' said Chumley, sighting the tea and waving one hand madly.

'This is Chumley,' I explained. 'he won't hurt you. Put the tea on the table.'

Pious did as he was told and then retreated to the door again. As I poured the tea and milk into Chumley's mug, and added three tablespoons of sugar, he watched me with a glittering eye and made a soft 'ooooing' noise to himself. I handed him the mug and he took it carefully in both hands. There was a moment's confusion when he tried to rid himself of the cigarette, which he found he could not hold as well as the mug; he solved the problem by placing the cigarette on the table. Then he tested the tea carefully with one lip stuck out, to see if it was too hot. As it was, he sat there and blew on it until it was the right temperature, and then he drank it down. When he had finished the liquid there still remained the residue of syrupy sugar at the bottom, and as Chumley's motto was obviously 'waste not want not', he balanced the mug on his nose and kept it there until the last of the sugar had trickled down into his mouth. Then he held it out for a refill.

That night, when I carried Chumley's food and drink of tea out to him, he greeted me with loud 'hoohoos' of delight, and jogged up and down beating his knuckles on the ground. Before he touched the dinner, however, he seized one of my hands in his and carried it to his mouth. With some fear I watched as he carefully put one of my fingers between his great teeth and very gently bit it. Then I understood: in the chimpanzee world to place your finger between another ape's teeth and to do the same with his, is a greeting and sign of trust, for to place a finger in such a vulnerable position is a sure display of your belief in the other's friendliness. So Chumley was flattering me by treating me as he would with another chimp. Then he set to and soon polished off his meal. When he had finished I sat beside him on the ground, and he went carefully through my pockets and examined everything I had on me.

When I decided that it was time he went to bed he refused to give me back a handkerchief which he had removed. He held it behind his back and passed it from one hand to the other as I tried to get it. Then, thinking that the action would settle the matter, he stuffed it hurriedly into his mouth. I realised that if I gave if I gave in and let him keep the handkerchief he would think that he could get away with anything, so for an half an hour I sat there pleading and cajoling with him, until eventually, very reluctantly, he disgorged it, now very sodden and crimpled. After this I had no trouble with him: if he was playing with something that I wanted, would simply hold out my hand and ask him for it, and he would give it to me without any fuss.

One day London Zoo's official collector arrived in the Cameroons, and with great regret I handed Chumley over to be transported back to England. I did not see him again for over four months; and then I went to visit him in the sanatorium at Regent's Park. He had a great straw-filled room to live in and was immensely popular with the sanatorium staff. I did not think that he would recognise me, for there was great change in my dress and appearance. But recognise me he did, for he walked restlessly around in his room when he saw me and then came rushing across to give me his old greeting, gently biting my finger. We sat in the straw and I gave him some sugar I had brought for him, and then we smoked a cigarette together. Then he took his cigarette- butt and carefully put it out in one corner of his room, well away from his straw. When the time came to go, he shook hands with me formally and watched my departure through the crack in the door. Shortly after he was moved to the monkey-house, and so he could receive no more visitors in his private room.

I never saw Chumley again, but I know his history: he became a great television star. Then his teeth started to worry him, and so he was moved from the monkey-house back to the sanatorium to have an opereation. One day day, feeling bored with life, he went out into the streets. When he reached the main road he saw a bus conveniently at hand, so he swung himself aboard; but his presence caused such horror among the passengers that he got excited and bit someone. Leaving the bus and its bloodstained passengers, Chumley walked down the road, attacked a lady(who nearly fainted) and was wandering about to see what else he could do to liven up life for Londoners, when a member of the sanatorium staff arrived on the scene. By now, I expect, Chumley had realised that civilised people were no decent companions for a well brought up chimp, so he took his keeper's hand and walked back home. After this he was considered not safe and sent back to the monkey-house.

-From the Overloaded Ark

-Gerald M. Durrell

Best drawings of English Club

2010-01-30T18:12:00.011+05:30

This slide-show contains the best drawings by NHS perdala students. I hope you will get pleased by seeing all the best ones in the same place. I'll update this slide-show whenever new nice pictures comes to my hand. Additionally I've place a link in the site itself so that you can locate this post and watch it quickly later on. As always, Your comments are most welcome :) Click on the play button to start the slide-show

Can you guess?-Riddles

2010-01-30T14:23:00.003+05:30

1. Which ink is a colour?

Ans: Pink

2. What is the middle of you?

Ans: Letter ‘o’

3. Which angle is round in shape?

Ans: Bangle

4. Which tiles crawl?

Ans: Reptiles

5.What is that we swallow to live but we die if it swallows us?

Ans: Water

6. ‘He’ is between two mats.His degree is ICS.Then what is he?

Ans: Mathematics

7. How can you make seven even?

Ans: Remove the letter ‘s’ from seven

8. What is the end of the world?

Ans: The letter ‘d’

9. Which is a vegetable letter?

Ans: P (pea)

10. Which is an exclamator letter?

Ans: O (Oh!)

Angel Anna Roby
VIII E

Life-Poem

2010-01-29T18:10:00.003+05:30

Life is a test, pass it and proceed further

Life is a challenge, meet it with boldness

Life is a gift, accept it and enjoy

Life is a song, sing it with pleasure

Life is an adventure, dare it with confidence

Life is a promise, fulfill it most honestly

Life is a duty, perform it faithfully

Life is a struggle, fight it with vigour

Life is a mystery, unfold it diligently

Life is a journey, complete it and reach your

goal of health, happiness and prosperity

Krishna Prasad M

IX A standard

About me:I'm 14 years old. I don't write poems often. I like my mother tongue Kannada and also English.

More drawings

2010-01-28T17:23:00.003+05:30

Drawings by shrijith SV of IX A

Click on the images for a higher resolution. Click read more>> to see more pictures. More pictures to get published. Will be published in the next posts.

The following Monkey "Chumley" is by Udaya Kumar CH

Drawings

2010-01-24T11:22:00.018+05:30

Landscape drawings by shrijith sv of IX A:

Note:Click on the images for a higher resolution. Click read more to view more drawings in this post.

Cute Rabbit by Gagandeep of IX A:

Pencil Drawing

2010-01-23T18:53:00.003+05:30

Hope you like my pictures......more to come from me and my friends....

Art by,

SHRIJITH SV

IX A

Hooray Rabbit-Drawing

2010-01-22T18:29:00.001+05:30

Rabbit in a winning moment!

by,

Gagandeep

IX A

Eternity of smile-Poem

2010-01-21T19:08:00.000+05:30

His eyes were wide and small
My mind was wishing for his call
Staring he was on my eyes
Still he said nothing else.

His hands were about 15 inches
Legs, a bit more than the hand clinches
Had the best face a baby could have
Still he did nothing he may have

The bus was shaking a little
And he shivered a trittle
His dad's leg bent a slight
And he slipped down a light

His dad tapped on his cheeks
I was looking at those beaks
Now, staring I was on his eyes
Still I got none of his great smiles

I was closing to my stop
I wanted to touch him with a hop
Stood I far from his very reach
Still needed to touch his face

I reached to my stop after some time
Glanced at him for the final time
He pulled a smile similar to a treasure
My mind rested with full pleasure!

Shrijith SV
IX A

What I think is that.....

2010-01-19T19:30:00.004+05:30

Yatch is no more than a piece of wood and canvas if there is no wind.
If the gun is in your hand, then it'll protect you. If it's with a robber, it'll kill you.
Enjoying is the best way to learn.
Keeping a knife in showcase is useless. It's created to work with.
Respect others' words or else they will never respect yours.
TV is useless when there is no electricity. Likewise remember to find your electricity in life.
Clues are needed for those people who don't have complete knowledge.
Brain is harder than rock if it is with the right person.
Don't think that great ideas starts only from intelligent persons. But the thing is that, it gets revealed by intelligent persons.

Shrijith SV
IX A

DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM-Profile

2010-01-18T20:27:00.001+05:30

Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, popularly known as Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He studied at Schwartz High School in Ramanathapuram. After graduating in science from St. Joseph's College in Tiruchi, he did his DMIT in Aeronautical Engineering at the MIT, Madras, during 1954-57.During 1963-82, he served the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) in various capacities. Project Director for SLV-3. As Project Director, he was responsible for carrying out the design, development, qualification and flight testing of 44 major sub systems. The project managed to put Rohini, a scientific satellite, into orbit in July 1980. He was honoured with a Padma Bhushan in 1981. In 1982, Kalam worked as the director of DRDO. On 25th November 1997, in appreciation of his contributions to Indian defence and science, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was awarded India's highest civilian honour- the "Bharat Ratna". In October 1998, he got the prestigious Indira Gandhi award for national integration(for 1997). On July 25, 2002, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam became the 11th president of India

Things You Didn't Know About Kalam...

That Dr. Abdul Kalam is a bachelor and a teetotaler?
That he recites the Holy Quran and the Bhagvad Gita daily and is equally at home with both Holy Scriptures?
That as a young boy, he sold newspapers to enhance his family's income?
That he is so modest about his achievements that at every felicitation ceremony he gives full credit for India's success to his colleagues?

For more inormation, visit this page in Wikipedia

Shrijith SV
IX A

Alarm-Joke

2010-01-17T17:18:00.002+05:30

Rahul was Manoj's best friend. Both were helping each other in tough situations. They wished each other on their birthdays. They played together. Those two were one! One day, suddenly, Rahul didn't came to school. Manoj got disturbed by this because Rahul always informed when he was not attending the school. The next day also Rahul was not there. Manoj was getting mad. One day, Manoj got a news that Rahul was no more with him. He had been a victim of blood cancer. Manoj didn't visit Rahul's funeral for he said he can't baer to see Rahul dead. Though, Manoj cried and cried. Days passed slowly for Manoj. A week, a month and so on.

"tring, tring"

Manoj's mobile alarmed at 6. He grumbled to himself and got up. That day, it was Rahul's birthday. Manoj hadn't missed to wish Rahul on his birthday until that year. Rahul was dead. Still, Manoj wanted to call him. So, he called Rahul's mobile. It was ringing! Ringing stopped and voice came through.

"Hello"

Rahul said, "Hello, I'm Rahul. Who is this?"

"I'm Rahul's mother."

"Aunty, As every year: Happy Birthday to Rahul" said Manoj

"Son, Even if Rahul is passed, you remember his birthday?" Asked Rahul's mother with great amazement.

"Aunty, I had set an alarm in my mobile for Rahul's birthday. I just called now"

Shrijith SV
IX A

Importance of English education in India-Article

2010-01-16T11:47:00.000+05:30

There are thousands of languages in the world. Most of the languages have scripts except a few. Commonly people consider their regional languages as rich languages. But the fact is that all languages have their own importance. Many poets and writers have enriched their own languages through their literary works.

English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Italian, Persian and many other languages have achieved national importance. Among these languages, English has become a global language. English being a link language, connects all the people of the world with each other. The people who are well versed in English are found in almost all corners of the world. All other languages are spoken by people only in their respective provinces. It is a fact that English is the only language which is being used all over the world.

In a federal system of Government like India, conflict on the basis of language is quite common. In south India, the people of Tamilnadu hate kannadigas, people of Karnataka do not like the company of Marathis, Keralians are ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of their own language. People who are fanatic about their languages opine that only their language is supreme and all others are worst.

We are in the 21st century. The Britishers who ruled India for many years have firmly established the impact of their language in India. They ruled several other countries also. During their time of administration, English grew as a global language. The scientist of the time recorded their inventions in English language. Most of the historians, literatures, novelists, autobiographers, used English. So learning English has become inevitable. So, we students must learn English compulsorily right from primary level. India is a developing country. It stands next to China in world population. Most of the students of our country study for the sake of livelihood. The income we gain from natural resources, agricultural products, industrial products, labour, etc. are not sufficient to fulfill even the basic needs of our people. So it is necessary to study the global language to improve economically. For this purpose one should be ready to work in any corner of the world. English should be taught right from the primary school level.

Some of our political leaders oppose the study of English from primary level. But it is a fact that thier children and grandchildren study in convents. But we must be aware that their words are not sincere. We should select our own right path. What we gain, is important which supports to improve the standard of our life.

The people who force us to study only mother tongue may not help us at any cost; may not provide employment opportunities; may not provide any shelter. These people are self-centered, they think only about themselves but not about others.

Our education system fails in framing the future of students. To overcome this problem, English education should be introduced from lower classes. By studying this language, one should try to get hold of this abundant knowledge. Today, English as a medium of instruction, is introduced only at P.U level. Students coming from other mediums face severe difficulty 90% of students feel like walking alone amidst the forest like a blind. Some of them give up their education because of their helplessness. This is really a tragedy.

Totally what we can conclude is that if our mother tongue is bread, global language English is milk. Only bread cannot provide us complete nourishment, but milk is complete food. Similary mother tongue cannot provide us complete knowledge but global language does. We should love our mother tongue; at the same time we must accept the global language Enlgish. Then only we can succeed in our life.

Shiva Prasad
IX A

Solar eclipse-a wonder

2010-01-15T21:32:00.000+05:30

The first solar eclipse of 2010 was witnessed by thousands of people this friday. This is going to be a gateway for many inventions by astronomers and amateur astronomers.

Feel the new look!

2010-01-15T20:33:00.000+05:30

Hello,

Change is needed when new year arrives. Isn' it? Well, yes. We've changed our blog design completely for this new year. This new blog design loads much quickly than the older design and also it's real easier to browse. We hope you enjoy the new design. If you have something to tell don't hesitate to drop a comment.

Prayer-Poem

2010-01-13T19:08:00.000+05:30

Oh my God lead me well,

Thy mercy showers, bless me well

Thy mercy is so cod,

Thy blessings are so sweet.

Eternal bliss is the only goal

That’s the longing of a soul

We bow our heads on thy feet

Pray to make our lives over sweet.

‘Samson’

Shenthar Gopalakrishna Bhat

HSA-Natural Science

Little Boy-Poem

2010-01-12T17:34:00.001+05:30

Here is a little boy
Looking fine with joy
Waiting for a sweet
And got it late
Laughing a lot
Had the fine chocolate
Jumped jumped on a lawn
Holding his stomach with pain

VK Kishora
IX A

Uncle, uncle-Poem

2010-01-11T17:42:00.003+05:30

Uncle, uncle, better bar
How I wonder what they are.
Up above the rack so high
Like a almond in the pie.

‘Samson’

Shenthar Gopalakrishna Bhat

HSA-Natural Science

A CALL FOR ALROUND DEVELOPMENT-Poem

2010-01-08T18:10:00.001+05:30

Oh! Dear God,
Come along with glad,
Join the club to get the joy.
Churn the words
And pen the verse
Site the rhythm
Recite the poem
Tell a tale and
Sing a song
Exhibit the talents
Expose the ability.
Now is the time to start
Nor you loose the chance.

‘Samson’
Shenthar Gopalakrishna Bhat

HSA-Natural Science

Explore of the secret

2010-01-06T14:38:00.001+05:30

That evening passed 5 o' clock when Nikhitha completed her office works. The clock rang seven times when she reached home. She pressed the calling bell with very tire. She pressed the bell many times but did not get any response. Then she knocked the door. Then also she didn't hear any sounds from the house. She called out many times. No... She did not get any response. It was twilight. Then she called her brother from mobile with anger. She alarmed from her brothers law sound talk. But she neglected his voice and asked him, "Where are you? What are you doing? Nobody is here, when I came house. What are you doing there? Come fast." But... she got only the afraid crying sound as an answer from her brother. Now she really got afraid. “What happened Akhil? Why are you crying? First you tell me what happened?” She questioned with very frantic. She experienced as if the earth is trembling under her foot when she heard the breaking news. Her brother disconnected the all. “Mother’s murder!” amazed Nikhitha. She sat down with shock on verandah.

“Today morning my mother was doing her daily activities as usual. That ma no more! In this day! My mother never goes to office works. She was talking with everyone happily and with love. But who was the enemy for my mom? What violence she did to that person?” Nikhitha thought slowly. Cold wind of the night, kissed her face. She closed her eyes.

That was a small family. Gangadhar was a retired lecturer. Shashikala’s his wife. These couples loving children were Akhil and Nikhitha. Nikhitha was an engineer and Akhil was studying second PUC.
Because of many thoughts, Nikhitha slept on the verandah itself. She wake up, when her father and brother called her with weeping eyes. The time was 10 o’ clock. They entered house with silence Nikhitha questioned them with very eagerness. Father was depicted the incident very clearly.

As usual Nikhil went to college at 9 o’ clock. Nikhitha reached her office at 10.30 in the morning. Gangadhar was watching TV. Shashikala went to market. At the same time she returned with fear. Then, time passed. After noon there was a phone call. Shashikala attended that call. She told that, it was her friend’s call. At 4 o’ clock Gangadhar went for a walk.
When Gangadhar returned home, he observed a moaning sound. He entered his house curiously. He looked Shashikala staggering under the steps of floor. Gangadhar worried a little and burst in to the house. A big wound on her head. Suddenly Akhil also came there. Both went to hospital with Shashikala in a car. In the middle of the road Gangadhar asked Shashikala, “What happened Shashi? Did you fall from the floor?” Shashikala mumbled “No! This is a murder attempt”, “What! Who did this cruel work?” shocked Gangadhar. Then Shashikala wept. And she beckoned something. But Akhil and Gangadhar did not know that. Shashikala died in the car itself.
Because of murder, Gangadhar and Akhil went to the police station and gave the complaint. It was late when they returned home. Suddenly Nikhitha asked “Did you go to the floor?” Both gave negative answer. Nikhitha stepped up the stairs.

Nikhitha and Akhil looked everywhere on the floor. They observed one of the corners. Something was burning. They watched that corner; some sheets of paper and pen were lying there. Something was written in that sheet. But it was not clear. Nikhitha gave some instructions to them for what to do.
After some days, Nikhitha went to her mother’s funeral function. Then she gave the sheets of paper, which he had got from the floor to the forensic department. “A male’s finger print is there in the sheet”, they said. She determined her mind and returned home.
After a few days Nikhitha was sitting in veranda thinking about her mother’s murder. Phone rang, Akhil received the call. She heard a strange voice. Akhil asked that who he was. He responded curiously and told him to hand over the call to his mother. He answered, “Mother went to have bath. Please call up after half hour.” The stranger disconnected the phone. Then Akhil informed about strangers call to his sister and father. Nikhitha told him to make a drama.
After on hour that stranger called again. Now also Akhil received the phone. The person scolded again to give the phone to mother. Akhil said “Yes and gave the phone to Nikhitha. She talked with him in mother’s voice. Akhil recorded the conversation and gave it to the police.

Nikhitha decided something and went her mother’s room with brother. They searched everywhere. They got small diary to their father He opened it. He got some registered paper records. That was the documents of mother property given by her parents. A will letter was also there with it. In will it was written like this. “After my death, my all properties will be shared equally to my two children. They were very surprised. Then they started to read that dairy.

Rajaram and Sathyavathi were very rich couple, but they had no children. So they took an Adopted daughter. They named the baby Shashikala. After some years, they had got a son. They were very happy and named him Chandraraj. But Chandraraj became a criminal. For this reason his parents they write their properties to Shashikala. So Chandraraj was very angry and went out from the house. Never had he come again to house. Shashikala grown up and got married to Gangadhar.

Now, Gangadhar, Nikhitha and Akhil knew all incidents. And also the stranger who was called that time, he is Chandraraj, they knew. Nikhitha gave all witness to police. They arrested him. Police said “his finger prints were in those papers.” Court called him as a culprit. Chandraraj told all the incidents.

That day morning Chandraraj went to market. There Shashikala looked at him and talked with him very happily. At first he acted like a good man and took the phone number and address. Then he told, “You give all properties to m name. Otherwise, I will destroy your family.” Shashikala was frightened. She went back house. After then he phoned her. But she did not respond clearly. So he came in the evening to her house. Gangadhar was not their in house. At that time, Chandraraj gave the papers and pen to her and compelled to sign on them. He gave five minutes time to sign on them. She took those papers. Went to the floor and thought very much.

At last in fourth minute, she signed only one paper. Chandraraj was very happy seeing. That evening passed 5 o' clock when Nikhitha completed her office works. The clock rang seven times when she reached home. She pressed the calling bell with very tire. She pressed the bell many times but did not get any response. Then she knocked the door. Then also she didn't hear any sounds from the house. She called out many times. No... She did not get any response. It was twilight. Then she called her brother from mobile with anger. She alarmed from her brothers law sound talk. But she neglected his voice and asked him, "Where are you? What are you doing? Nobody is here, when I came house. What are you doing there? Come fast." But... She got only the afraid crying sound as an answer from her brother. Now she really got afraid. “What happened Akhil? Why are you crying? First you tell me what happened?” She questioned with very frantic. She experienced as if the earth is trembling under her foot when she heard the breaking news. Her brother disconnected the all. “Mother’s murder!” amazed Nikhitha. She sat down with shock on verandah.

“Today morning my mother was doing her daily activities as usual. That ma no more! In this day! My mother never goes to office works. She was talking with everyone happily and with love. But who was the enemy for my mom? What violence she did to that person?” Nikhitha thought slowly. Cold wind of the night, kissed her face. She closed her eyes.

That was a small family. Gangadhar was a retired lecturer. Shashikala was his wife. These couples loving children were Akhil and Nikhitha. Nikhitha was an engineer and Akhil was studying second PUC.

Because of many thoughts, Nikhitha slept on the verandah itself. She wake up, when her father and brother called her with weeping eyes. The time was 10 o’ clock. They entered house with silence Nikhitha questioned them with very eagerness. Father was depicted the incident very clearly.

As usual Nikhil went to college at 9 o’ clock. Nikhitha reached her office at 10.30 in the morning. Gangadhar was watching TV. Shashikala went to market. At the same time she returned with fear. Then, time passed. After noon there was a phone call. Shashikala attended that call. She told that, it was her friend’s call. At 4 o’ clock Gangadhar went for a walk.

When Gangadhar returned home, he observed a moaning sound. He entered his house curiously. He looked Shashikala staggering under the steps of floor. Gangadhar worried a little and burst in to the house. A big wound on her head. Suddenly Akhil also came there. Both went to hospital with Shashikala in a car. In the middle of the road Gangadhar asked Shashikala, “What happened Shashi? Did you fall from the floor?” Shashikala mumbled “No! This is a murder attempt”, “What! Who did this cruel work?” shocked Gangadhar. Then Shashikala wept. And she beckoned something. But Akhil and Gangadhar did not know that. Shashikala died in the car itself.

Because of murder, Gangadhar and Akhil went to the police station and gave the complaint. It was late when they returned home. Suddenly Nikhitha asked “Did you go to the floor?” Both gave negative answer. Nikhitha stepped up the stairs.

Nikhitha and Akhil looked everywhere on the floor. They observed one of the corners. Something was burning. They watched that corner; some sheets of paper and pen were lying there. Something was written in that sheet. But it was not clear. Nikhitha gave some instructions to them for what to do.

After some days, Nikhitha went to her mother’s funeral function. Then she gave the sheets of paper, which he had got from the floor to the forensic department. “A male’s finger print is there in the sheet”, they said. She determined her mind and returned home.

After a few days Nikhitha was sitting in veranda thinking about her mother’s murder. Phone rang, Akhil received the call. She heard a strange voice. Akhil asked that who he was? That stranger “First you give the phone to your mother said. Akhil started to tell the mother, “she…” But stranger said in loud voice “Stop it I say. Give the phone call first.” Then Akhil had suspicious on this. He started to step the stairs. That time, Shashikala became angry and burned that paper with a match box. Chandraraj was very angry. He came and pushed her to stairs. He didn’t control himself. When he looked at Shashikala, she scolded him very much with stagger. Now, Chandraraj pressed her neck. Ran from the back door. But he didn’t know that, Shashikala was dead. So, he called again and got arrested by police.

The court gave the judgment saying 25 years of prison with 5 lakhs penalty. Nikhitha, Akhil and Gangadhar returned back with very exterior from court. They knew many secrets about Shashikala. Then they lived happily.

Swathi K

IX A STD.

Honey bee...-Poem

2010-01-05T17:55:00.001+05:30

Honey bee, honey bee
Where have you been?
I’ve been to garden
To make the pollen bean.

‘Samson’

Shenthar Gopalakrishna Bhat

HSA-Natural Science

Happy new year!

2009-12-31T17:05:00.000+05:30

Happy new year! May this new year bring you limitless happiness, peace, health

and everything you could ever hope for. Hearty wishes from English club...

The merry adventures of Robin Hood-Ebook

2009-12-30T19:32:00.002+05:30

The merry adventures of Robin Hood is a wonderful novel written by Howard Pyle. The story is about an outlaw named Robin Hood and his merry band. The story flows like stream while reading because of Pyle's writing style, and the colourfulness the story has. It is written in old English. But, fortunately I got a slightly adopted version in new English. By the way, I've read the old English one and also the newer one, both are very similar. The newer version is easier to understand. So, here it is, The merry adventures of Robin Hood for all of you.

Download(PDF version-198KB)

Download(TXT version-84KB)

Keep reading!!

Shrijith
IX A

Olympic Games-Article

2009-12-28T18:24:00.004+05:30

All of us love Games and sports. We play, run, jump, throw and swim. These are the activities we have in sports meet. We have our school sports. Then we have sports meets at the taluk, district and state levels followed by the national level sports.

The best men and the women meet in the world sports meet. One such world sports meets is Olympic Games. It’s the symbol of unity of youth all over the world

Five rings in blue, black, green, red and yellow from the Olympic Symbol represents five continents of the world. They also stand for friendship. One of the best examples of such friendship was shown by the German long jumper Luz Long. He helped Jessee Owens, the American Negro athlete to win long jump gold at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

Olympic Games started in 776 B.C in Greece. The motto of the Games is "Swifter, higher and stronger". Running, jumping, throwing, swimming, horse racing are some of the athletic events. Hockey, football, tennis are some of the games in Olympics.

The winner gets a gold medal. The runner gets a silver medal and the person who comes third gets a bronze medal. India with 1/6 of world population is yet to get a medal in athletic events. We have a one and only gold medal in shooting in 2008 Olympics. Additionally, we can proudly say that we had won 8 gold medals in hockey. Let’s hope that India performs well in the coming Olympic meets.

Adarsha Krishna B
IX A

Baby-Rhyme

2009-12-22T20:45:00.001+05:30

Baby spreads smell of smile

Able to catch your sight

Beauty and cute together slight

Yahoo... try to spread our site!

Shrijith SV
IX A

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-21T11:33:00.004+05:30

Students of our school are enjoying the Christmas holidays. A ten day's FREE time. So I thought to use a little part of that free time to study some facts about Christmas. What I knew all about Christmas was that it is celebrated as a major festival. It's celebrated in most countries of the world. It is celebrated to remember the birth of Jesus. Students get a long holiday. That was all! So I did a little research and obtained a little knowledge on Christmas. I'm going to write those things in a short and sweet manner so that all my friends also get a chance to know all these things about Christmas.

Christmas is celebrated on December 25. Although, this date is not known as Jesus' actual birthday. This festival gets celebrated by both Christians and non-Christians. The most famous figure of Christmas is Santa Claus. He is a mythical gift bringer, dressed in red. He is as popular as Christmas festival. In 1822 Clement C. Moore composed the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas, in which he portrays Santa Claus:

He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly,
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

People stump Christmas trees, decorated with apples, roses, candles and coloured paper. Christmas stars, colourful electric lights are also popular now-a-days. There are many stories written about Christmas and in relation with it. A Christmas Carol authored Charles Dickens is one of the most famous Christmas stories. These stories are called as Christmas Stories.

Christmas means a rush of fun-filled activities. From shopping in crowded malls to eating out with friends and families, people do a lot to celebrate their Christmas holidays. Kids do not miss out on the chance of getting the things they wish for from their parents.

Christmas Day is celebrated as a major festival and public holiday in most countries of the world, even in many whose populations are not majority Christian. Even in India, where Hindu being the major religion, the government has announced public holiday for Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

For more detailed information about Christmas visit Wikipedia's Christmas Page

Shrijith SV
IX A

Match teaches a motto-Story

2009-12-15T15:29:00.007+05:30

"It's wonderful." I thought as I peeped through the car window towards the green hills of my own village. "We try to find wonderful things but never look around us." I spoke to myself. I started rubbing my hands each other for it was very cold. Time passed.

"What's the time now?" I asked my father.

"5.00" He said.

And again I continued my look outside. Outside, the scene was just getting better. White clouds gathered around the hills. The sky was half visible by those clouds. Suddenly, I thought of my brother, who was to arrive this morning from Bangalore. And we were going to meet him and bring him home from the nearest town.

"When will he arrive?" asked I.

"How could I say?" answered my father.

I learned that my father was not interested to talk in that early morning. I kept quiet.

Soon, we reached the town. Father asked, "Son, let's eat neeru dosa until your brother arrives. What you say?"

I was just waiting for those words. I thought to myself, "What a coincidence!!"

We entered Hotel Akshaya and started to eat. My father was eating fast and he finished it. I was just looking outside and slowly started to adjust the plate, glass and the stool. Then, as I chewed my first piece of dosa, Bangalore KSRTC arrived. My father sprang towards the bus and welcomed my brother. They got into the car. I hurriedly finished eating and paid the bill. Instantly, I bounced into the car. Father and brother were talking something with huge interest. Their topics were somewhat like "Where do you get the bus-stop in basavan Gudi? “. And for me, the poor fellow, those topics were out of reach.

Anyhow we reached home. For many months, I didn't have him for a talk. So that day we kept talking. Time passed and it was evening 4.00. As I was talking, I told to him, "Hey, how many months passed since we played cricket last time?" "It was back in my boyhood," he told with a smile. "What if we play one game now itself?” He agreed. I was with full spirit. I started collecting the things needed for a match. I got a wooden bat from my rotted cardboard box, two wickets from my neighbour ganesha. I made the third wicket myself. When I was finished with this setup it was already 5.00. And my brother’s return bus to Bangalore was at 8.00. Even if we were ready to start the cricket match, I did not have a cricket ball. But I was so interested to collect a ball and play that I ran to Murali's home, Ashith's house, Sathisha's place in just 15 minutes but what I got was nothing."It's okay. We'll play the next time." said my brother. “ Hm..” I just sat with sad. It was 7.30 and he started off to the nearest town to catch the bus. I was feeling very bad, and sad. I went with him to the town.

The bus was supposed to come at 8.00. We waited and waited. The bus never arrived. Then we come to know that the bus was terrorized by some people and it was crushed. I was feeling happy not only that my brother was not going to leave today, but also that he was safe from those dangerous terrorists. We decided to return back to home. Before we returned home, I did not forget to purchase a cricket ball for the next day purchased one and left to home.

The next day it was playtime. Our neighbours came to our play ground, and we played cricket for the entire day. Everyone enjoyed a lot. And again the sun started to drown into the depths. We left the playground. My brother started the preparations for his journey. Today, there were no problems with the bus and he reached Bangalore safely.

I felt a little sad when he was leaving. Yet there was a small peace for my mind because I got a chance to play with him and stay with him. From then, I started to keep a reserve ball.

Then, I sat thinking about all these things. Suddenly, I came up with a thought and sent a SMS to my brother:

“Think of your future and prepare well for it, or else you might not get a second chance"

"Are you coming to play cricket?" said my neighbour ganesh, interrupting all my thoughts.

"Yes," I said. I thought that I might not get a second chance as I got with my brother.

Shrijith SV

IX A

Sweet Memories-Poem

2009-12-15T15:23:00.000+05:30

When I was small and cute

I play with my sweet cat

It wears beautiful hat

And cat ran beside the gate

Everyday cat lie on the grass

That was always it's big class

I teached it A...B...C...D...!

But she said mew mew mew.

Like this many times I was sad

And said to her, "you are bad"

So cat was moving slowly slowly

But I don't laugh loudly loudly

One day she drank a glass of milk

About this class she always get rank

My little cat queen very very smooth

And it has a big red cloth.

Archana I

IX A

About me: Studying in 9th standard. My favourite subject is English. Poem writing, reading books, story writing etc. are my hobbies.

The moon-Article

2009-12-15T14:34:00.006+05:30

Moon is our nearest neighbour in space. It looks large, bright and beautiful in the night. If we compare the moon to the earth it is very small. It is about a quarter of the earth.

The sun and the moon looks similar to our eyes. But in reality they are not. The earth is 81 times heavier than the moon. But sun is 27 million times heavier than the moon. The moon looks big because it is near to us.

After the moon, the nearest planet for us is venus. But it is 100 times farther away from earth. Moon has no light of it's own. It shines by the light of the sun. The sun's light is brighter than moon. So we could not see moon during the day.

The next question comes to us is, how was the moon formed? The answer is simple. The moon was once a part of the earth. The earth turned very fast and a piece of it broke off. This formed the moon. Many people believe that it left a hole on the earth and that hole formed the pacific ocean. The moon has many craters, mountains and deep valleys like the earth. Astronauts have brought back rocks and dust from the moon and scientists are examining it very carefully.

The time between dawn and sunrise and the time between sunset and dusk is called as twilight. In the moon, when the sun sets, it gets pitch dark. When the sun rises it gets bright sunlight. Therefore, there is no dawn or dusk on the moon.

About me: Studying in 9th. I like to write articles, stories. My favourite subject is English.

Adarsha Krishna B
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Little Cat-Poem

2009-12-14T13:44:00.000+05:30

Here's a little cat
Looking fine and fat
Mewing on a cot
walking a lot
Waiting for a treat
Took the heat milk
Holding the tongue tight
Jumping like a knight

VK Kishora
IX A

About Me: I like to write poems, stories.That'all.

Inauguration by Dr.Soorya N Shasthri

2009-12-11T16:32:00.002+05:30

The blog http://englishperdala.blogspot.com is preapared by the English club of Navajivana High School Perdala released on 11-12-2009. The function was started with prayer by the students of N.H.S. Dr.Soorya.N.Shastri, the manager of the school inaugurated the function, and Sri.Subraya Ramachandra shet the HM of the school presided over the function. Sri.E.Ramachandran welcomed the gathering. Sri M Narayana Bhat, Sri AC Raveendran and Sri Shankaranarayana Bhat addressed the function. vote of thanks was from Sri Kumar Prasad. The blog is designed by master Shrijith SV (9th A)and he gave the information of the importance and its benifits of the blog. Sri.Hareesh SK was the master of the ceremony.

Jawaharlal Nehru-Profile

2009-12-08T18:09:00.000+05:30

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14.11.1889 in Allahabad. He was educated in England. Then, in 1912, he returned to India and joined the freedom struggle. On 1947 August 15, he became the first Prime Minister of free India. He was not only a freedom fighter but also a writer. As a writer, he wrote famous books such as An autobiography, Glimpses of world history, The discovery of India etc. He died on 27 May 1964.

For extra information, visit Wikipedia

Shrijith SV

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Albert Einstein-Profile

2009-12-08T17:29:00.000+05:30

Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, Germany in 1879. His father was Einstein and mother was Pauline. At first he worked as the Director of the KWPI in Germany. Later he worked in the institute for Advanced study at Princeton, NJ. He discovered the Theory of the relativity and also the famous formula, E = mc². As a result for these amazing achievements he was awarded with the Nobel Prize & many other honorary degrees by the famous universities of the world. Unfortunately in April 1955 Albert passed away from us.

For more information visit wikipedia

Shrijith SV

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English story book(9th standard)-Ebook

2009-12-07T18:00:00.003+05:30

I really think reading stories is a great habit and it improves your language a lot. Honestly speaking, I learned a lot from stories. It gives you pleasure and knowledge. Now let's come to the point. The English story book of 9th std. has some good stories which are very much enjoyable. I think it's not available on the web for downloads. So, I created an e-book which contains all the stories which is available in the 9th std.'s English story book. You may download it and read it. It contains the following stories:

The girl on the train
The same law for the rich and the poor
The diamond necklace
The shepherd's daughter
The judgement seat of Vikramaditya
The model millionaire
The hot stone

Download(PDF, 131 KB)

Download text version(TXT, 42 KB)

Keep reading!!

Shrijith SV

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Learn English using Internet

2009-12-07T12:18:00.000+05:30

Learning in English as a foreign language is not an easy thing but it is easier nowadays then it was only a few years ago. In this article I will try to explain you this idea and how you can use modern channels of communication in your everyday studies which will help you to master your language skills.

So let’s start. First of all it is Internet which is everywhere now and it influences our lives greatly but it is also a very powerful tool to learn English as a foreign language. There is tons of various information in Internet and you can find almost everything there starting from porn up to scientific researches.If you learn English good educational materials are of vital importance for you and you spend hours looking for new books, audio lessons, video lessons or just films in English etc.Nowadays it is very easy if you have access to Internet. You can buy books online and search for the reviews which will help you to save your time and money as not all English textbooks are useful and some of them are even harmful or useless. First of all it is Youtube where you can find lots of educational video lessons with English grammar materials or lessons on English pronunciation or just some funny videos with slang and colloquial English. As for me Youtube is the greatest educational site for students who try to improve their English every day. When you are fed up with English video lessons you can listen to English songs and sing them with singers if you have its words. So don't waste time:):) Learn English

Hareesha S.K
HSA- English