Thursday, February 26, 2009

finishing strong

what i've learnt from watchng the video
-i've learnt that we should always be motivated no matter our condition. we have to strive with our imperfections, and it is those very imperfectoins, which make us perfect. in the words of the great, late Abraham Lincoln, we are not perfect, but we are perfectable.

give your personal opinions why those people featured have finished strong
-i think why those people featured have finished strong is due to the fact that not only faced tragedies in their life, but they have also triumphantly overcome it.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

examples of haiku:

what a wonderful
day! no one in the village
doing anything
-shiki

how cool cut hay smells
when carried through the farm gate
as the sun comes up
-boncho

a mountain village
deep in snow...under the drifts
a sound of water
- shiki

Thursday, February 12, 2009

WHAT IS HAIKU?
haiku, is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 Japanese words on , in three metrical phrases with the number of syllables of 5 (first line), 7 (second line), and 5 (third or last line) or on respectively, and typically containing a kigo, or seasonal reference. In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to equate to the Japanese haiku's three metrical phrases. Previously called hokku, it was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century.
-wikipedia.org

examples of haikus
- What a wonderful
day! no one in the village
doing anything

- When my canary
Flew away, that was the end
of spring in my house