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Very Interesting Stuff

catcatsee — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:12:31 +0000

In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have ‘the rule of thumb’

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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled ‘Gentlemen Only…Ladies Forbidden…’ and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S . Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this…)
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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $16,400
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The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades – King David
Hearts – Charlemagne
Clubs – Alexander, the Great
Diamonds – Julius Caesar
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter ‘A’?
A. One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

A. All were invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?
A. Honey
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Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father’s Day
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In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase……… ‘goodnight, sleep tight.’
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts… So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them ‘Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.’
It’s where we get the phrase ‘mind your P’s and Q’s’
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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. ‘Wet your whistle’ is the phrase inspired by this practice.
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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!

The Puzzle

catcatsee — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:51:02 +0000

This puzzle is called Lateral Thinking . . .
Just Check This Out ! ! !!

Scroll down slowly and be honest to yourself.

Think like a wizard . . .

man
1. ————
board

Ans. = man overboard

Okay, let’s see if you’ve got the hang of it.

stand
2. ————
i

Ans. = I understand

OK . . .

Got the drift ?

Let’s try a few now and see

how you fare ?

3. /r/e/a/d/i/n/ g/

Ans. = reading between the lines

4. r
road
a
d

Ans. = cross road

Not having a good day now, are you ?

Redeem yourself.

5. cycle
cycle
cycle

Ans. = tricycle

Not easy to figure out ha!

0
6. ————
M.D.
Ph.D.

Ans. = two degrees below zero

C’mon give it a little thought ! !

knee
7. ————
light

Ans. = neon light

( knee – on – light )

U can prove u r smart by getting this one.

ground
8. ———————————–
feet feet feet feet feet feet

Ans. = six feet underground

Oh no, not again ! !

9. he’s X himself

Ans. = he’s by himself

Now u messing up big time.

10. ecnalg

Ans. = backward glance

Not even close ! !

11. death ….. life

Ans. = life after death

Okay last chance ………………

12. THINK

Ans. = think big ! !

And the last one is real fundoo – - -

13. ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb…

Ans. = long time no ‘C’

Happy Holiday

catcatsee — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:33:09 +0000

After going through 3 weeks final exam, i can enjoy my 6 weeks holiday now, so happy~

Last weekend my coursemates went to Cameron Highland but i’m not joining them as i already planning to go home on last Friday with my hometown friend. Never mind, next time la ya~

I think my holiday would be fun because i do plan something to do as stated below:

First and foremost, i’ll finish watching the video that borrowed from friends.

Then, joining some scout’s activity which introduced by my previous secondary schoolmate.

Ask hometown friends to hang out.

Next, organizing a class gathering to gather my previous secondary classmates.

Waiting for final exam results.

Then, preparing to be facilitator during MMP (Minggu Mesra Pelajar)

How’s your holiday? Hopefully the holiday not wasted, haha…

Well, wish you all happy holiday ya~

ExAm

catcatsee — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:00:51 +0000

It’s about 3rd week of the exam already, and i had finished 5 papers, still have 2 papers to go on.

7th May will be testing thinking skill in education paper, and i don’t know what should i focus until now, just look through the notes. Hopefully i am able to fill in the answer although it is not the exact answer, at least i’m not passing up an empty paper, hehehe…

i was failed to online for a week, so suffering. Today can access internet, so happy. Look like my happiness is easily to fulfill, haha! :-p

Now, i miss my home very much! So many people finish their exam and start packing the luggage preparing to go home, so jealous with them… However, i know that i will be like them too in 3 days later, so i have to wait patiently… Time passing fast, hehe…

ya, time passing fast, i’ll be a 3rd year student by next semester. Unbelieveable! 2 more years to go on and i’ll graduate, my feeling… can’t explain in words…

study week

catcatsee — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:15:59 +0000

Yup, study week coming… indicates that the final exam is around the corner…

the time passing too fast!

without knowing what is happening, the second semester will finish soon. And, i’m going to be a 3rd year student, how can i believe it??? I still can remember the time during MMM, it was just like happening yesterday!

well, two more years to go on, not short and not long, its half of my uni life.

ok, not talking too much here, need to study (although i’m always watch dvd and online all the time, hehe…)

wishing all my friends who are going to sit for final exam in one more week all the best ya~~~

–gOoD luCk–

My group’s Team Teaching

catcatsee — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:38:59 +0000

At last, we finish our team teaching today. Yeah!

We have started to prepare this team teaching two weeks ago, we scratch our head hardly so that the idea could pop out, do you really believe in my words? I’m just joking, haha…

First and foremost, we choose the topic that we want to teach, then we try to figure out which thinking skills could be applied in the lesson, as to fulfill the requirement, teach students about thinking skills. We decide to teach Form 4 Additional Mathematics on Chapter 3: Quadratic Equations. The subtopic is about how to plot a graph.

Next, what we are going to do? We planning how the team teaching will be conducted first. Now, what should we start with? Graph…ya, we can show the real “graph” in real life by using balls. Balls…what kind of balls we have to use? Scratch, scratch, scratch again… Oh ya, ping pong ball! What else? Basketball? Too big we think…not suitable because the mikro room too small. Hmm…At last, we get our various kind of balls! Guess, what balls we will use? The answer is: ping pong, tennis ball, hockey ball and takraw ball. Weird? hehe…

After showing the motion of the balls, what is the next step? Surely relate the demo with the topic we want to teach. How about the lesson content? We prepare 4 type of graphs, let them observe the differences between the graphs and get more understanding and try to analysis themselves. We will show them how to plot a graph on a grid paper before letting them do the discussion. So, the teaching aids we are going to use: OHP and whiteboard. Looks like boring? Not attractive? Then you are totally wrong…Actually those teaching aids is the best in teaching mathematics subject. If not, students will find hard to understand how the solution coming out.

Yes, after discussion part finish, we invite 4 groups send a volunteer to present their answer. Seems like they can learn very well, ha… Then, the end of lesson around the corner, the students will be asked to reflect what they have learned in whole lesson, by using Venn Diagram and Sequence Map to guide them. Yup, well done, they make it!

Hmm…After the team teaching finished, my group will be evaluated by tutor, Dr. Sharifah. As we wish, our team teaching successful and she likes it very much! Yes! Feel so good! haha…

[ Priscilla, Catherine, Hui Shi, Dr. Sharifah, Flora, Caleb ]

Thinking about my weakness

catcatsee — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:28:14 +0000

Have you ever face this situation too?

I notice that, most of the time, when I was given a question, I could not give a proper answer. However, after the session finish, I will suddenly get reasonable answer in my mind which I think it must be a very good answer. Unfortunately, I miss the chance to perform well. Sincerely, I will feel a bit regret…

I always think…

Why this happen to me? Why I cannot react spontaneously? Why? Why? …

Am I not good enough? Am I slow in mind? Am I lack of knowledge? Am I lack of experience? …

Team Teaching

catcatsee — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:35:19 +0000

Next week is my group turn to present a team teaching. What are we worrying about is our team teaching does not satisfy tutor’s requirement. Furthermore, we have to face more pressure as there are 2 groups have gave their team teaching and tutor like their ways. So, we have to be creative as our tutor expect us to do so.

Sometimes, I am asking myself “Do thinking skills in education important?” Indeed, this course is very important; if not, the faculty will not introduce this course to us, haha… In my opinion, the difficult part is the way of a teacher applying these skills in teaching and learning process.

Last semester, in the course “curricular and pedagogy”, the most popular thinking model is the Bloom’s Taxonomy:

Knowledge < Comprehension < Application < Analysis < Synthesis < Evaluate

In this semester, the course “thinking skills in education” introduces thinking models more than that.

So, the purpose of the team teaching is to practice us as future teacher, teach our future students how to think. Anyway, the real situation would not be similar as what we are practicing now because we cannot expect students’ behavior.

Hmm…nothing I can say here unless I have gone through the team teaching on my own.

Share with you next week.

Mother Language vs International Language

catcatsee — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:43:27 +0000

Yesterday, Pn Rosseni came to give a lecture for second time. She mentioned about the blogging task and some of us were reluctant to do the task as it was not considered in syllabus. I felt pity at her because this was not her fault and she just gave the task as the another lecturer required her to do so.

Well, in my opinion, since I had started the blogging, I still can continue when I have a new idea about thinking.

Now, return to the title “Mother language vs International language“. Why I’m saying so?

Actually I love blogging, but most of the posts were in Mandarin. I’m using the blog in friendster.

By using my mother language — Mandarin, I can express my feeling and thinking precisely, the reader can feel the exact feeling that I want to mention about. The posts were melted by various of feeling, such as happiness, anger, sadness, excitement, disappointment, etc. In addition, I like to add my weird opinions and ideas so that I can share with others.

That’s my goal ~Sharing is Caring~, haha…

English language was recognized as international language since British time, please correct me if I’m wrong. Furthermore, Vision 2020 was developed in order to achieve global world standard, am I right? Again, please correct me if I’m wrong, hehe…

However, I have to admit that my English language level not very good. I cannot speak English as fluently as Mandarin, or even Bahasa Melayu. As a result, I fail to give my view or idea exactly as the vocabulary used does not match with it. So, I think I should blame myself because I never pay any effort on English language subject during my primary and secondary schooling time.

Hmm…what I’m trying to say is I cannot write in English as good as Mandarin. Hopefully you all understand what I’m trying to say, hehe…Anyway, I’ll try to improve myself.

Thanks for your cooperation~

Last but not least, when we are using a language which is not familiar with us, we are in the process of thinking too! How? We have to translate the words into another language which everyone can understand the meaning of it. Just like what I’m doing now, I’m thinking in Mandarin words first then translate it into English words when I write it out.

Language is a magic I think.

Metacognitive Reflection

catcatsee — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:51:12 +0000

“Metacognitive reflection involves thinking about one’s own thinking after having engaged in that thinking.”

At last, I finished my individual assignment!

The assignment required me to find an article related to teaching of thinking skill, summarize it and write a metacognitive reflection.

The task quite challenging as I have to recall back what I am thinking while doing the summary of the article.

Besides, to satisfy my lecturer’s expectation, I spend a lot of time and energy on my assignment. I try to explain each step clearly, arrange it properly and make it attractive (or what my lecturer want — creative).

I use a lot of thinking skills and thinking tools, such as, Bloom’s Taxonomy, De Bono six thinking hats, mind mapping, graphic organizer, and CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust).

Hopefully, the assignment fulfill my lecturer expectation.