Oral Blog Entry - Film Review

The loss of the Titanic was one of the worst maritime tragedies of the twentieth century. To understand what happened in that disaster, many books, short stories, and television documentaries have been published to explain what occured on the most luxurious, safest, and largest vessel of that time. The movie, "Titanic" is the latest of many of these which describe this disaster. The director, James Camron, has endeavored to create a romance which is fictional, it serves as a guide that will walk us through one of the most memorable events of the twentieth century. The movie costs well over $200m.


In my review of this film, "Titanic" is a good historical fiction and also a love story. The strength of the movie is the wonderful array of sets and special effects. However, there are some problems which are concerned with characterisation.

Last but not least, the movie "Titanic" is good entertainment especially for those who are interested in this great ship.

Text Blog Entry Eight- An article about my country in the international newspaper.

The Police claimed that two people died in a fire in a 13 storey building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh on February 27, 2007. 'The Telegraph' published this by its article. The first person died from jumping out of the building and the other from burning. The fires swept through the building very quickly as it had limited fire protection according to a fire chief.

Hundreds of people could not get out of the building. 2000 people usually work in the building, as it housed a number of media companies such as- ntv, Rtv (electronic media), The Amar Desh ( a leading newspaper in Bangladesh) .

Samaia Rahman, an ntv broadcaster, who was trapped inside the building claimed that several people had died for the fire engulfing the building. She added that dozens were injured as the fire spread through the electric lines within minutes. Many injured were being treated in local hospitals.

Text Blog- Summary of a Book "Jude the Obscure"

This book is written by Thomas Hardy in 1896. He was born in 1840, in upper Bockhampton, a village near Dorchester in the south-west of England.

In Summary, young Jude Fawley comes to Mrygreen from Wessex a year ago after his father had died. He lives with his great-aunt who is a baker in Marygreen. He often looks across the fields to the roofs and spires of the city of Christminister. He promises himself that one day he will leave his obscure life in Marygreen and go there. He will study at the university, enter the Church and become a great man. But it is not easy for a poor boy to follow the path Jude has chosen, and life has many surprises for him. First, there is Arabella Donn, the beautiful country girl who is looking for a husband. And then there is Sue Bridehead, whom Jude loves. Jude Fawley and Sue Bridehead have both had unhappy first marriages. Then they fall in love, and on the way their past returns, bringing them hope, then sadness.

Oral Blog Portfolio Post Entry - Seven Diploma Lecture 2

Emergencies can happen at any time and in any place, and a delay in treatment a few minutes can mean death when the heart has stopped. When an emergency situation arises we need to know what to do and the appropriate procedures to follow. On may 8, 2007, Dave Griffiths gave us a lecture about how can we provide initial assistance to a suddenly sick or injured person?He called it as 'First Aid'.


There is no doubt that first aid has a significant role on our daily life. I am able to know more deeply about it from the lecture given by him. Dave told us what we should do when a sick or injured person needs our help?He told us some measures that are taken before the ambulance arrives. First- we should stop at affected people because they need our help. Second-we should think of our own safety. Because sometimes we don't know whether there are healthy or not. That's why, it is necessary to have some barriers such as gloves, plastic bags etc. After confirming that we should go to the injured person as soon as possible and try to talk to him softly. Besides, if needed, we should give him breath to continue his heart. Then we should dial 111 to require emmergency help. He also taught us some practical experiences how we can adjust ourselves with this kind of emergency. For example, for children bleeding , we should use red things or red bandage to cover the wound of them. Because they are afraid of blood and scared to death. Moreover, all age groups need 30 pushes to do 'CPR' and 2 breaths when they are not able to breath by themselves.


I learnt after his lecture, first aid is an important part of everyday life both at home and at work. For this reason, I think everybody should learn about first aid and be willing to administer basic care until emergency assistance arrive.

Oral Blog Entry Six - Picture Comparison 2

There are two pictures. Both of those show a classroom of a primary school. In picture 1 - the students are studying in groups. They are able to share their views and ideas with each other. In the second picture - the students are learning with their teachers. The students are not allowed to talk with others. They can not share their ideas with each other without getting permission from the teacher.

I think the second picture is more effective than another. The students are not able to understand clearly what they will have to do with their study materials without being helped by the teacher. He/She makes them easier to understand appropriately. In addition students can get more information from the teacher by asking questions about their interest. After gathering information, students can talk to each other more deeply about it and are able to expand their knowledge.

Text Blog Entry Seven - Diploma trip

I went to Titirangi village on April 30, 2007 for a Diploma trip with our classmates. The weather was nice on that day. I enjoyed it very much because as an international student that trip was my first international experience. I got there by a car with my teachers Ron and Mark and three of my classmates Hani, Aman and Carsten. First we went to a Cafe La Vinci and had a cup of coffee with other classmates and refreshed ourselves. the environment of the Cafe was quiet and the lake view was so beautiful that I can not express by one word.

Afterthat, we started for Huia Point which was totally filled-up by natural beautification. We stayed there for an hour and took some photographs. Then we went to Cornwallis bech where I had walk for a while by the beach with Carsten and Aman. We were too tired to walk. Then Ron invited us for having our shared lunch. Actually, there was too much food to had. We could not be able to try every items of food. Afterthat we returned to Unitec which is our Campus. Although some of our classmates stayed there for fishing.

Text Based Blog Entry 6

The article on the Dominion Post, April 30, talked about the growing estimated cost of building Transmission Gully. Graham Taylor, Transit wellington regional manager, said now it will cost $984 million to build this project. But the estimated amount was $210 million 10 years ago. Now some people are not satisfied with the progresses of the proposed inland motorway.They think it is not necessary to take long time for doing design and investigation work of this project. They feel the cost of this construction work is growing by $2 million every week due to these kinds of delays. Noel Robinson, Auckland developer and Paraparaumu Airport owner, has accused the government and roading authorities for spending lavishly the taxpayers' money. He added there is no doubt that Transmission Gully will strengthen the wellington region's economic growth. For this reason, the Mayors should work together for the greater interest of the entire region. However, regional land transport committee chairman Terry McDavitt opposed the criticism of delaying the construction work. He made a comment on it-"As you are deleaing with billion dollars, you should go through the proper process and the proper process takes time". In addition, he conceded that New Zealand's major works process was slow.This construction is about to start in three to five years and will be completed within eight years.


I counted 25 active and 6 passive forms in the article.

The passive forms:

1. "the estimated building cost" - present simple passive

2. "is being squandered" - present continuous passive

3. "was a broad figure related to" - past simple passive

4. "could be substantially built" - modal passive

5. "to be bridged" - infinitive with to passive

6. "to be completed" - infinitive with to passive