Movie review on 13 going on 30

Have you ever thought of skipping adolescence and straight to be an adult? Well, 13-year-old Jenna did. She had always hated being a 13-year-old child, and find herself ugly. But when her wish was fulfilled by some magical powder on her birthday, she "time travels" to the world 17 years later only to find herself in her 30-year-old adult body. What lies in wait for the 30-year-old Jenna with a mentality of 13-years-old? Watch to find out!

Personally, I find this movie interesting and similar to the movie "17 again", and is a must-watch for those who enjoyed the movie "17 again". I find this movie hilarious at some points when Jenna acts childishly in her 30-year-old body. In the movie, Jenna's unexpected actions will cause the audience to wonder what she would do next since she thinks simple-mindedly, like a 13-year-old, but dealing with 30-year-old things.

Jenna's unexpected travel to the future practically changed her life and her relationships with the people around her, for the better, so what happened to her? Find it out yourself!

Character development- Prisoner(LA ACE)

The Prisoner

“ One more week to my release…” Somehow, I was locked here so long, I practically lost all track of time, and did not realize it had been eleven months since my imprisonment until the prison guard told me so. Life in prison was so mundane. Sleeping, waking up to eat , sleeping… and the cycle goes on and on. A day here was like a week. It was only now which I begin to question myself, “How did I even manage to live this kind of life for a whole eleven months?”

There was nothing but the four walls, and a blanket in this small room. I had been repenting in this “torture chamber” for a whole eleven months, and it has certainly caused me to regret and repent what I had done that day… Thinking back, it was really foolish. I guess one can only think the best when they are in the “special” chamber. The only thing to look forward for was only meal time.

No, no. Not the meal I’m referring to of course. I was referring to the fresh air one can enjoy only when out of the jail cell, and the little bit of freedom we get to enjoy outside the dark gloomy cell. The food today was plain rice with potatoes, and turkey. You might think it’s a spread, but I think that plain bread tastes better. The rice was so soggy, it was like porridge. The potatoes, on the other hand, were hard like rocks. Guess they do not know something called “balance”. Turkey meat was even more unappetizing than raw meat. Well, that’s the “spread” we get here, so don’t ever think that if you don’t have money, you can commit petty crimes and get jailed, receiving free food and lodging. I think you would be better off sleeping on the streets and living off plain bread.

When I get out, the first thing I do is to breathe in plentiful of fresh air, and the second thing is to, of course, eat something humane for the first time in a year.

On board a crowded train (LA ACE)

Dashing to the platform, I heaved a sigh of relief seeing that I had not missed the train. As the door slowly opened, the few passengers alighted while the rest streamed into the train carriage. When I entered the carriage, what greeted me was the typical scene of people rushing to fill up the seats. I did not bother myself to vie for the seats, and stood for the whole of the journey. When more passengers entered, there were occasional pushes and I lost my balance, knocking into the people around me. It was really awkward, especially since there were so many people whom I knocked into. Every time the train stopped at a station, more people would enter and make it so packed that the air-conditioners in the train had little effect in providing relief. As I looked outside of the train, I wondered how long more before I would reach my destination….

Character development- Dissatisfied with own looks(LA ACE)

Her hair was a rich shade of mahogany. It flowed in waves to adorn her glowing, porcelain-like skin. Her eyes, framed by long lashes, were a bright, emerald-green and seemed to brighten the world. Her luscious lips were so inviting, one could hardly resist the urge to kiss it. Her body was a nice curve of figure. Her beauty was simply ineffable. But through the mirror, what she saw was a hideous monster that would be shunned by people if it ever got out. It was a monster which had medusa’s hair, the skin of a zombie, that of dry and wrinkled ones. The lashes did nothing but make it more monstrous than it seemed. The lips were worse. They seemed so flabby and thick, they looked as though they were two inches thick. The body was no much better. It was a short figure comparable to a dwarf, and to top it off, the layers of chunks of excess meat were so distinct, it was practically unbearable. Its face was the worst. It was that of a typical ugly witch. There was no combination as bad as this. Even Dracula and Frankenstein would be made to polish their looks. It was the thousandth time she had seen this monster, each time worse than the previous. She dragged her feet and continued thinking of what changes would seem better…

A fight in public(LA ACE)

Fight in public

“Is it finally going to start?” “Do it!” while the crowd spurred on the fight. There it stood two boys, each at one end of the court. It was the prospective captains-to-be of the Taekwondo club, Tom and Jason. Ever since two boys joined, the Taekwondo club won every single competition, and one day, people started speculating who was better. Even before all those, they have been well-known to be archenemies and the rumors have done nothing but deepen their feud. The crowd stayed a safe distance of two meters from the two boys, and the match began with a right roundhouse kick from Jason, with Tom effecting dodging it by ducking and doing a swipe using his leg. Jason was on the ground, but got up like nothing happened. They began sending kicks and punches at each other for five minutes, before Jason starting to show signs of fatigue. Tom, noticing it, gave Jason a straight palm thrust to put him out of commission for good, but before it could happen, Mr Tan, the Taekwondo coach, blocked it. The two boys looked at each other in shock, realizing the trouble they were in this time.

Robinson Crusoe Extract

Had I now had the sense to have gone back to Hull, and have gone home, I had been happy, and my father, as in our blessed Saviour’s parable, had even killed the fatted calf for me; for hearing the ship I went away in was cast away in Yarmouth Roads, it was a great while before he had any assurances that I was not drowned.

But my ill fate pushed me on now with an obstinacy that nothing could resist; and though I had several times loud calls from my reason and my more composed judgment to go home, yet I had no power to do it. I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a secret overruling decree, that hurries us on to be the instruments of our own destruction, even though it be before us, and that we rush upon it with our eyes open. Certainly, nothing but some such decreed unavoidable misery, which it was impossible for me to escape, could have pushed me forward against the calm reasonings and persuasions of my most retired thoughts, and against two such visible instructions as I had met with in my first attempt.

Questions:
Why does he not have the courage to return home?
Why does continuing his journey is deemed as well as going for his doom?

Ebook link: http://www.planetpdf.com/planetpdf/pdfs/free_ebooks/Robinson_Crusoe_BT.pdf

(line 15 pg 19 - line 9 pg 20)

Comic strips on the 3 short stories

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Black History

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Reflections on today's lesson and Prejudice

The reason why I chose to write this for Prejudice was because I had gotten an inspiration from to kill a mocking bird, whereby the Blacks were discriminated against by the Whites.

I feel that racial discrimination is not very nice and is something that one should not do as we should put ourselves in their shoes. How would you feel, if people around you always talks bad about you even though you have done no wrong? How would you feel, if you were accused of a crime, just because you are born a Black? Being ignored by people is already bad enough, and discriminated against is probably ten times worse.

I also think that discrimination reflects poorly on oneself as it just shows how rude and poor upbringing one has. I do not understand why people will want to discriminate against others, even though we are all the same beings on Earth, with the same rights and be left out and scorned at just because of the skin color. Also, adults who show acts of discrimination also inculcate the wrong value that it is alright to discriminate against others in the children.

All in all, racial discrimination is undesirable as it inflicts emotional pain against others, and sets a bad example to the children of the next generation.


Today's LAP lesson was quite fun, as we get to pool in our prejudices against a certain group of people, regardless of them being offensive. Even though Mrs Raj, the teacher was an Indian, and knew for sure that there would be stereotypes regarding Indians, she told the class not to omit anything listed on the cards. For example the most common stereotypes are that 'Blondes are dumb', and many others unjust stereotypes. I feel that the lesson was very lively and not a single moment of class was boring. I look forward to more of such lessons whereby we are free to voice out what is on our mind and not restricted as it might inadvertently constrain our original thoughts. I know that the class have the same sentiments as me when they were very enthusiastically volunteering their presentation.