Friday, December 11, 2009
message inbox on phone for past 2 weeks. arranged with earliest message first.
here goes:
Zheng Wei: wan go gym tonight?
Masai: tmr wan go lan?
Daniel: wan go lan today? meet at hougang mrt at 11am, reply asap
ZW: faster tell me which restaurant you working at
Benjamin: tues lan. 11am at hg mrt
Masai: why don't go hg play
ZW: hey good morning ppl! hope this makes your day when u wake up to see it! :) have a great day ahead! (the most random)
SH: I stepped on someone feet just now. literally.lol
SH: said. but he stared at me. haha. long time no talk! so wad wish you making? haha.
SH: No i always read. dumb. haha. ok la. don't force you. mayb its just to get into vjc haha
YX: =( e guy havent call
Mum: hi
and a whole lot more that consists mainly of one or two words
employer havent called me for job today... sigh. shipment havent arrive -.-
mum bought a blackberry type of phone, with those really small buttons and keypad that are too tiny to use...
i've finished Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more
it includes 6 stories, including the story of henry sugar and roald dahl's first written story about his accounts of world war 2
did you know that he was not a really good in writing essays when he was in prep school or when he was studying in a private school?
he describes his highs and lows in school vividly, with such wit and humour, i could almost imagine the scene when he got caned by his headmaster!
roald dahl only started to write after his encounter with writer C.S. Forester. only when he heard from him that a publisher had so readily accepted his written account of his war experiences did he have to confidence to write all the marvellous tales we enjoy in the present.
if i could only meet him and tell him how much i enjoy his story of Charlie & the chocolate factory and James and the giant peach or the BFG.
these are what he thinks that are qualities a person must have or acquire to become a fiction writer:
1) lively imagination
2)able to write well. by which he means that a person is able to make a scene come alive in a reader's mind using words.
3) have the stamina to stick to what you're doing. even after months
4) be a perfectionist. one must never be satisfied and rewrite a story till its as good as it possibly can be.
5) strong self discipline
6)keen sense of humour, vital for writing books for children.
7) possess a degree of humility. a writer who thinks his works are marvellous is heading for trouble.
signing off
Call Of The Wild at 10:54 PM