Dozing off while reading a book

Some of us, while reading a book, can bear reading for a long time at a constant rate of speed and concentration. However, I often doze off while reading a book, especially when it's in a cool environment and I always ended up only reading a few pages of the book before dozing off. Not that the book content is dreary, but it's more on the side of the surroundings.

One of the worst places to read a book is a place that is too cold and quiet that we, though living in tropical countries where it's hot and wet throughout the year, would gradually see the words printed on the book as unsteady as a flickering candle that you can only read but not know what is it talking about. The reason why I chose to write about this topic of dozing off while reading a book is to , hopefully, gather opinions from the public and share it with those that are facing the same problems as me. I am writing this blog after nearly dozing off while reading the first book that I intended to read and the second after feeling sleepy and unable to focus while reading the former.

I have came up with a few solutions to this issue and I shall start with the one that I deem most effective. I usually do this in class , especially in the morning, while reading a book, unless I do not have water nearby. I would pour some water onto my palm while trying not to attract attention from others by acting naturally like nothing has ever happened. Then, I take off my spectacles and bury my eyes into the palm filled with clean water and I would be as fresh as a dew once more.

The second method is by looking around you to clear the drowsiness off. You may look around you and observe things that might interest you. This is to avoid yourself from further reading the book that is causing you the drowsiness and letting your mind to think of some other things instead of just reading the words of the book aloud without knowing what is it about.

It's good to have an alternative book with you, just in case the first book that you are reading is too boring and you have no water or anything interesting around you to observe. The book you choose should be ideally a completely different book as the previous. You may also bring a third or more books along with you just in case the second does not help, except that it is a little bulky and inconvenient . You may also lose them if you are not careful.

If you really have nothing to do about ,look or read at, perhaps some slight entertainment or rest would be suitable. You may play a few games or watch a few short videos to energise yourself up for a while, or you can just close your eyelids.

These are not the only methods but these are what I used to do in the event of dozing off while reading a book. Many face this problem and they might not be able to keep up with the pace of their peers. To be able to concentrate while reading a book depends largely on your ability to understand the book and be enticed to it. To read a book just to read it without understanding would bring these kinds of problems, especially when it's a thick book with many difficult words on each page.

I hope this would help those who are facing this problem.

300 words in less than 5 minutes

Today, I am going to attempt my personal record of a post consisting of three hundred words to be typed out in less than five minutes for one last post which I hope that this final effort would help raise my marks as high as possible as I pray hard for my marks to be well.

Time is running out and I am trying as hard as I can by typing as fast I can to finish this post by midnight as when midnight comes I would not have time to post anything anymore. This shall have a great effect on my Language Arts grade and I must try as hard as I can, strive as far as I can manage to achieve for the best. But judging from the time away from minute, which is less than three minutes, I might not be able to make it. Besides, perhaps due to my anxiety and excitement regarding this record of mine , I am typing many words wrongly and ignoring as many grammar mistakes, if there is, as I can possibly commit and ignore. But this does not indicate it is not possible to achieve the record as every time counts and as long as these is time, there is hope to be thought of and as long as there is hope, I shall still type as fast as I can while gearing my brain up as as quick as possible to think of ideas.

It is very sad to say that I did not make it. I did not achieve the record. My grades would be greatly affected. Time is the one behind all this, Time travels really quick and there is no anticipation that can be made to predict the outcome that would be produced because of it. Thus, we have to treasure down to every second we have.

I learnt an important lesson today. We should treasure time whenever possible. Time is running out and I have to end this post now. That's it.

A hectic night and other unimportant excessive events

At this moment while writing this post, every one is busy managing their blogs and comments on other's. These people include me as great marks are what great men are after and great men have to put in great effort in doing things so as to achieve those great marks. The main purpose that everyone is frantic about their blogs management is because our Language Arts teacher is going to grade our blogs and our status in other's blogs besides our own blogs. Thus, we have to make every possible changes and add every possible posts or remarks to confirm our active status in ours and others' blogs to be awarded good marks for our ACE grade. Many people are simultaneously busy managing their blogs in the very last minute at this point of time which is getting very near midnight is because Language Arts is a compulsory subject for this term ACE and we have no other option. Due to that, I am now typing this post as fast as I can so that I am able to finish typing a long post, as our Language Arts teacher requires our every post to consist of at least three hundred words to be deemed as a post and be evaluated by her, as the Internet connection cut-off time is at midnight and I have to finish this post before that.

Everyone has started composing themselves but some of them are beseeching one another for their generous comments on their postings to gain possible extra marks for them. They are anxiously providing their blog URL to every person they are able to meet. Some of them were not as nervous as some of the others mentioned and described before. They were even playing games, listening to musics or wandering about the cluster looking at things different people are working at.

The frantic atmosphere has started receding and in a short while it shall become peaceful as usual, though it is not always peaceful , not until at least midnight when few of my roommates, including myself, would start feeling a lack of energy and concentration and resort to sleep.

At least, it's just this night that we are all hectic about the management of our blogs which is something very urgent , especially for those who are living in the boarding school as the internet shall not be accessible at the strike of midnight.Hope this post is sufficient in elevating me to a higher grade and changing the readers', which would possibly include my teacher in marking our blogs, impression on me.

I hope my Language Arts teacher would like my blog even though I received complaints from my roommate just now that my blog is very disorganised to which I to a certain extent agree.I hope the teacher would understand the hard work undergone by the owner of this blog in trying to make this blog as lively and attracting as possible by modifying this blog comprehensively.

There's not much things left to talk about now. Therefore, I would have be obliged to stop here and hope for the best of grades by Mrs Anu.

The clock is ticking towards midnight......

Pride and Prejudice summary and book review

Summary

The story began with the Bennet family receiving news that the Bingleys have moved in Netherfield Park. Mrs Bennet was excited that she wanted to acquaint her eldest daughter, Jane , with Mr Bingley , hoping that Jane would be married to a nice man like Mr Bingley. Not long afterwards, the Bennet family was invited to a ball at the Bingley’s. As Mrs Bennet had hope, Mr Bingley had a good impression of Jane. Everyone in the ball found a partner and kept on danced with one another except for Elizabeth and Mr Darcy, a friend of Mr Bingley who only danced once with Mrs Hurst and another with Miss Bingley, the sister of Mr Bingley. From his reluctance to dance, it gave the Bennets a notion that Mr Darcy was so proud of his possessions and rank that he did not feel he was worth dancing with anyone. But then, while Jane was already taken by Mr Bingley, he introduced Elizabeth Bennet, the second eldest daughter after Jane , to Mr Darcy, where he had a first glance at the lady whom he would later have misunderstandings with.The next event was the acquaintance of a clergyman, Mr Collins, who initially admired Jane but later prefer the second daughter ,Elizabeth, since Jane was already engaged with Mr Bingley, eventually making a proposal to her which she declined. Though unable to fulfil his wish, he stilled admired Elizabeth. However, his love was drawn towards Charlotte Lucases when she attempted to draw away his love of Elizabeth but, though succeeded, ended up being his wife and moving to Hertfordshire where he and his patron Lady Catherine de Bourgh lived.One day, Elizabeth, her sisters and Mr Collins adhered to Lydia’s intention by taking a walk to Meryton where on their journey there they met with one of the officers the younger sisters of Elizabeth were fond of , Mr Denny , accompanied by a stranger which was later introduced as Mr Wickham. Then, Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley came down from the street but when Mr Darcy looked at Mr Wickham, both countenances changed colour. They quickly parted. Elizabeth became curious on the men’s actions towards each other. Elizabeth’s questions were answered a few days later when Mr Wickham was invited to Meryton for an evening by Mr Collins. According to him, Mr Darcy revered Mr Wickham’s father very much and promised before his death that he promised to provide for the welfare of Mr Wickham. But eventually he abandoned him. Elizabeth’s anger and despise of Mr Darcy was stoked when her sister Jane received a letter from Mr Bingley one day stating that he was moving elsewhere from Netherfield Park and might not be able to return to meet up with Jane for a long time and was later told that it was connected with the persuasion of Mr Darcy, who Mr Bingley esteemed and trusted very much, that he, Mr Bingley, and Jane were not an ideal match of a couple therefore suggesting to Mr Bingley that he leaves the neighbourhood where the Bennets lived. Jane was as expected to be astonished that their relationship would suddenly break and she and grieved for losing a possible mate which she really loved. Not long after, Elizabeth along with her neighbours the Gardiners were invited to stay at the home of Mr Collins, near the dwelling of his patron. There she unexpectedly met Mr Darcy and expressed her wrath on him. Mr Darcy was angered and after subtly justifying his actions and intentions of abandoning Mr Wickham and alienating Mr Bingley from Jane, which he later confessed as being mistaken by him and apologised for it, left the house, after which Elizabeth received a letter from Mr Darcy explaining the intention of his actions. Elizabeth read it while she was taking a walk at the park where she again met up with Mr Darcy. It was then that she started repenting her treatment towards Mr Darcy. Their relationship during Elizabeth’s stay there changed greatly from hatred and disparagement to a certain degree of affection. Elizabeth was very astonished when she one day received news that Lydia was engaged in an elopement of Mr Wickham and were heading somewhere else. A few days later, they were spotted with the help of Mr Darcy .Lydia was married to Mr Wickham. As for Elizabeth and Mr Darcy, as their relationship developed, they were finally engaged and in love with each other.

Review

The storyline is not pure romance,though large part of it is, but with the occasional eventful inclusion of humour and rare naiveness such as the capricious affection of Mr Collins. Learnt a number of matrimonial terms.

Book summary and review of 20,000 Leagues under the sea

Summary

20,000 Leagues under the sea

Professor Monseiur, a French, his servant Conseil , who was an expert at the classification of animals and plants,and Ned Land, a harpooner, set sail in the Pacific Ocean in a quest to find a monster that had sunk ships recently and kill it if possible. One night, Ned Land spotted the monster which they suspected as a huge whale. Ned Land fired his harpoon towards the creature which was phosphorescent but was surprised when his metal hit it with a metallic sound instead of sinking into flesh. Then, the creature came and attacked the ship when Monseiur was flung into the dark sea when the ship was attacked. He called for help but could not be heard as the ship moved away. Fortunately, his servant Conseil, who was faithful towards his master, came with him, and then they met Ned Land who was standing right on top of the creature ,which was actually a submarine , and they managed to find a hatch to enter the submarine before it submerged. Inside they were kept in a cell where a few moments later were introduced to the creator, engineer and designer of that marvellous invention, Captain Nemo. Captain Nemo did not intend to take them as prisoners on board the submarine. He granted them freedom in the submarine, however, since they have already discovered his invention, they must remain in the submarine forever so that its secret would not be revealed to Men on land. Captain Nemo led Monseiur into a kitchen, a library and a museum that showcased marine organism that Monseiur had never seen before. Then, he showed him the control room and explained in a detailed way. Captain Nemo said that the secret to this submarine was “electricity” which enabled the submarine to dive at depths more than ten miles, surface to the water to replenish its oxygen supplies, travel at speeds faster than the fastest ship at that time or move in any direction. Besides those, Captain Nemo told him how he was able to navigate while submerged, how he was able to see through the darkness underwater and showed him guns that could be used in water terrains which consisted of electric bullets. Time and again he marvelled at the great invention he was standing in. The submarine started its journey towards the Indian Ocean, their submarine once ran aground a reef en route, then to the Red Sea where the Suez canal were to be built and there they found an underwater and underground tunnel that linked the Red Sea to the Mediterranean discovered by Captain Nemo. Having stayed in the submarine for months and prevented from returning to inhabited lands, Ned Land could bear no more and planned in vain for an escape at that night while they were in the waters of Europe. One of the most mysterious legends was uncovered! They arrived at the lost continent of Atlantis. They headed south to the South Pole which at that time no one had ever reached and met the Great Ice Barrier which was impassable and the reason many did not make it to the South Pole. Thus, the Nautilus, as that was the name for the Submarine, plunged into the great depths and emerged to find a land inhabited by flora and fauna with an active volcano. By looking at the shape of the disc of the sun, they confirmed that they were in the South Pole.After a few days, the Nautilus dove back into the waters but this time there was an accident. The Nautilus arrived into a tunnel with thick layers of ice on all sides except the entrance which was later accidentally closed by ice , causing the Nautilus to be immobile as the ice got narrower and narrower each day. The whole crew on board the submarine had to dig manually a trench beside the submarine for thirty feet where at the end they would find water as detected by the use of sounding and the submarine would be able to dive,surface and replenish their oxygen supply which was at a dangerous level while the diggings went on and more oxygen was used up again. Luckily, Captain Nemo thought of using heat to melt the ice and so they were saved.

Then they continued on towards the southern tip of South America and turned back towards the Atlantic Ocean, came across the Gulf Stream and met up with giant squids which were horrifying enough to take away one of Captain Nemo’s crew while they sliced off their tentacles. Captain Nemo was extremely sad after that. The Nautilus was then attacked by a ship with cannons. Captain Nemo was infuriated and sunk the ship by piercing through its bottom with the submarine spur. Monseuir was terrified at such a scene but could do nothing to save the drowning people. The Nautilus then headed north and it was there where Monseuir, Conseil and Ned Land finally escape with the dinghy of the submarine, which was covered and floated up to the surface of the sea and then opened, while the submarine was amidst a maelstrom which was so strong that it overcame the Nautilus. None was known about the fate of the submarine.

Review

Even though it may seem absurd for the machines to appear at the era this book was written, the author is able to elaborate logically and sensibly rather than just justifying the machines and the way they work in a way with which science fictions usually employ. Thus, this is a genuinely interesting and thoughtful book. The storyline is clear and simple but I face a lot of difficulties as there were innumerable scientific jargon used, making me hard to feel the beauty of the underwater world that the author is trying to create. Its an intriguing book that caught my attention very much.