Some Tips on Oral Presentations

1. Enunciate
2. Speak up- good volume
3. Eye contact with audience
4. Good Posture- stand still
5. Use hands for emphasis and Nothing more! Don't go using ur hands too often or it'll be too catchy, so before you know it, the audience is paying attention to your hands and not your words!!!
6. Know your material- practice
7. Use inflection- avoid monotone delivers
8. Slow down so the audience can catch up

The Last Poetry Lesson! Poetry Reflections (when the teacher puts me to do this, I scribble things down, to be honest: I HATE THIS!)

1. Structural Elements- see the previous post :)
2. Type of Poem- narrative poem, lyric poem, ode, formula poem (haiku, diamond, limerick, acrostic, etc.)
3. Feeling
4. Words and/or phrases that you notice and/or like (use the " " thingys so u don't get points off!!!)

Another Little Poetry Lesson! Structural Elements of Poems

• Length- number of lines or pages or stanzas
• Stanzas- yes or no
• Words per line- really short poems
• Sillables per line- only for extra short poems
• Shape- diamond, animal. etc.
• Rhyme- rhyming pattern: AABA CCDD
• Rhythm- beats per line
• Sounds- onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, etc.

A Little Poetry Lesson! Voices in Poetry

1. Mask: a poem whose author speaks throught an object or animal that cannot normally speak.
2. Apostrophe: a poem where the author is speaking to an object or animal who cannot respond.
3. Conversation or dialogue: two or more voices speaking to each other in a poem.

Author's Post

Hey, everyone! Have you seen the tabs up there where it says HOME, MANGA&ANIME TIME, MUSIC&LYRICS TIME,  and POETRY TIME? If you do, then I encourage you to go see sometimes. If you already did, then, comment if you like any or want any or want to aknowledge any through mi blog here. And if you didn't and don't wanna, then its alright, you lose the fun!!! See ya on the next Author's Post!

By the way, I'll be giving an Author's Post once in a while so I can clarify questions or speak up a bit, okay?

Strange/Silly/Crazy/RANDOM Questions to Ask Your Boyfriend

Hey, girlz, check this out, if you're bored.
Hey, guys, skip this one and read the next post, would ya?

The questions start right over here... wait...

So let's show how random we girls can be...

And a recommendation: they might be random question that will be fun or serious to discuss with your boyfriend, the thing is that if you think of them interesting, feel free to use them...

But as a reminder, don't ask too much...

It will be uncomfortable for the guys if you insist on asking and asking...

Don't scare them away...

And if they ask why...

Tell them that you just feel good for RaNdOmNeSs! ... or that sort of thing...

Hey, no guys reading until here right?

Okay, I'll not drag it anymore, so here they are...

1. How do you remember your “first love”?
2. How do you remember my first impression?
3. At what age do you plan to get married?
4. Have you ever had the feeling you were being watched?
5. What would you do if you were the last person on this earth?
6. Do you think the past matters in a relationship?
7. Do you agree with: were there was fire, ashes remain?
8. What is your favorite book? (OnLy If YoUr GuY ReAdS a LoT)
9. How would you describe yourself in 3 words? And how about me?
10. How would you describe the perfect life?
11. What has been your most embarrassing moment?
12. What do you do when you are bored?
13. What experiences have marked you the most?
14. If you had a time machine, what would you change from your life?
15. Do you believe in 'Love at First Sight'?
16. Where do you think is the most reasonable place to go visit with a lover?
17. What are your opinions about the people getting concubines?
18. Do you believe there is one soul mate out there for you?
19. How important is religion/ethics to you?
20. Have you ever said " I love you ", but you didn't mean it ? (This question might be better not to ask, but if you're persistent enough... I have no idea what you'll get.)
21. What is your biggest dream that you ever had? Are you up to reaching it or have you gave up already?
22. Which do you prefer: money, power or fame?
23. According to you, does size matter?
24. If I cried, would you console me or would you leave me crying thinking "leave her alone so she could feel better"?
25. Would you be my knight in shining armor if I were a damsel in distress?

Haha, only got to think out 25 questions... how lame... sigh...
However, go read more on other's blogs or pages... it will entertain enough...
If you didn't like it... well... I've got nothing to say...
Feel free to leave a comment down there... if you want me to add anything... or if you want to know anything for future posts...

Have You Ever Heard of a Band Named Within Tempation?

   Within Temptation is a Dutch metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a symphonic rock genre with various influences. In a later interview with 3VOOR12, Sharon stated that "we consider ourselves more a symphonic rock band ... we are in my opinion no gothic band".

   After the release of their first album Enter, the band became prominent in the Dutch underground scene. It was not until 2001 that they became known to the general public, with the single "Ice Queen" from the album Mother Earth, which reached #2 on the Dutch charts. Since then, the band won the Conamus Exportprijs four years in a row. Their next albums The Silent Force and The Heart of Everything debuted at #1 on the Dutch charts. In 2008, they released a live DVD and CD, Black Symphony, recorded with the Metropole Orchestra. This collection was followed in 2009 with An Acoustic Night at the Theatre.

   The band's fifth studio album The Unforgiving, was released in March 2011, alongside both a comic book series and a series of short films that together encompass a story. The first single, "Faster", was released on January 21, and the first short film, Mother Maiden, was released on January 31. The second short film, Sinéad, was released on March 21.

More pages related to Within Tempation: Wikipedia, here, here if you want music (this phrase has two links because its the same page but one is in spanish and the other in english), Myspace, and maybe this one (but this last one is in spanish).

*Visit my page of Music & Lyrics page located at the top where there are tabs. You might find some Within Tempation songs.

*Find some in http://www.youtube.com/ as well!!! And if you want lyrics or names of their songs, go to http://www.musica.com/!!!

Barbie- Barbara Millicent Roberts

Barbie has a fun fictional biography that has developed over time. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Over the years Barbie has developed a family, made lots of friends, and had numerous careers.

Barbie's birthday is March 9th and her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. She went to High School at the Manhattan International High School in New York City and also high school in Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie started out as a teenage fashion model. She enjoyed the designer clothes and the stylish hairdo's that came along with the career. Later Barbie would get more involved in activities such as swimming, gymnastics, and horse riding.

Read more in this page or Wikipedia or this other page I found.

Interesting Random Facts!!!

1. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
2. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
3. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
4. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
5. Butterflies taste with their feet.
6. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
7. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
8. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
9. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
10. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

Find out more curios and funnay facts in this page.

ourworld.com- a multiplayer socializing game

It is a game where you can create your own avatar, and with it, you can go chatting and knowing other people as well. You can personalize your avatar's clothes and design, your condo, and go playing around on several games as well.

Join up today!

<a href="http://web2.ourworld.com/ow/tracking?source=assoc_widget&user_id=22584546"><img src="http://s3-www.ourworld.com/shared/i3/players/g225/group22584/user22584546/promo.png?v=479"/></a>

Vocaloid

Ever heard of Vocaloid?

It is a singing synthesizer application, with its signal processing part developed through a joint research project between the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and Yamaha Corporation, who backed the development financially—and later developed the software into the commercial product "Vocaloid".The software enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody. It uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers. To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics. A piano roll type interface is used to input the melody and the lyrics can be entered on each note. The software can change the stress of the pronunciations, add effects such as vibrato, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice. Each Vocaloid is sold as "a singer in a box" designed to act as a replacement for an actual singer. The software is available in English and Japanese- mainly, although a Chinese version was produced for Sonika.

9 Dangerous Words Used By a Woman

 

Here's my first post and I hope you like it. It's not entirely true, nor it's entirely false.

To guys: you better read this out.

To girls: this will be fun, try read it.

I own no credit of this. (One of my friends might)

1) Fine

This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

2) Five Minutes

If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3) Nothing

This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

4) Go Ahead

This is a dare, not permission. Don’t Do It!

5) Loud Sigh

This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)

6) That’s Okay

This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That’s okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7) Thanks

A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you’re welcome. (I want to add in a clause here – This is true, unless she says ‘Thanks a lot’ – that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say ‘you’re welcome’ . that will bring on a ‘whatever’).

8 ) Whatever

Is a woman’s way of saying F– YOU!

9) Don’t worry about it, I got it

Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking ‘What’s wrong?’ For the woman’s response refer to #3.

If you read this, it means that you read the post through. What do you think? Is it true or false in your point of view? This is just fun, so take a laugh.