Ahoy, matey! The Cow, the Fish and the Riceball are back with our favorite topic-- Harry Potter! YAY! There are so many things to discuss about Harry Potter but we're only going to be talking about ''The Deadly Hallows'.
What indeed is 'The Deadly Hallows?'
❝The Elder Wand, he said, and he drew a straight vertical line on the parchment. "The Resurrection Stone," he said, and he added a circle on top of the line. "The Cloak of Invisibility," he finished, enclosing both line and circle in a triangle, to make the symbol that so intrigued Hermione. "Together," he said, "the Deathly Hallows.❞
The symbol of the Deathly Hallows.
Basically the Deathly Hallows revolve around a myth of three
brothers known as the Peverells, who all at once crossed Death (that’s right,
in capital) and managed to escape it by defeating a deadly obstacle with their
magic. So Death pretended to congratulate them by awarding them with a desired
gift. And we all know the saying “be careful what you wish for”, which leads us
to wonder whether the brothers did indeed take heed to this warning?
❝The eldest brother asked for the Elder Wand, the most
powerful wand in existence which is able to perform extraordinary acts of
magic. It is said that the owner of this wand would have to master Death in
order to utilize the extreme power of this wand.
The second brother asked for the Resurrection Stone, which
brings back shadows (and ONLY shadows) of the holder’s loved ones. However,
these shadows are mere ghosts and do not possess any living thing. They will
appear as long as the user holds the stone.
Lastly, the youngest brother asked for the Cloak of
Invisibility, which would hide the user (yes, even from Death itself) and not
fade in age and provide everlasting protection to the wearer, something that no
normal invisibility cloak could perform.
Obviously, the youngest was the wisest (aren't they always?) and so when Death claimed the lives of the first and second brother, he/she could not find the third. When the youngest brother grew old, he took off the cloak and handed it to his son and welcomed Death.❞
What a nice story. And now, for the topic for today:
"Which Deathly Hallow would you choose if given the choice and why?"
Thomas Lee Jian, 12
Lots of lame answers at first... but he managed it.
Sai Lin Rou, 14
Sticking with invisibility seems to be the safest.
Trina Yong, 12
For causes bad and good... interesting.
Trinity Chua, 14
And in case you're reading this, Tri, the font's Georgia-- just like your middle name!
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After some intensive stalking for pictures and running around, we managed to fish out (get it? FISH out?) some very interesting and intriguing answers from each of our participants. Although they might have got the concepts of the Deathly Hallows a little wrong, it's alright all the same. As we can see here, out of 4 teens between the age of 12 and 14, only 1 out of 4 would go for the Elder Wand. Very modest, aren't we?
Anyway, we'd like to thank all the participants for taking part in our last minute vox pox(es), and sorry if the pictures embarrass you. Thank you for reading, readers, and until next time, au revoir!
Greetings from the Cow, the Fish and the Riceball! Riceball here (nearly always) and today we'd like to talk about... FOOD!
Random, I know. What's with the sudden topic? Recently, our class has been rushed off our feet with the Merdeka decorations (Merdeka is the Independence Day in Malaysia) and we decided to give out small squares of paper to the class and ask them to draw what makes Malaysia significant to them. There were lots of things, such as buildings, flora and fauna, and of course, food. I myself drew an unappetizing nasi lemak, but at least it was better than the one with the oversized anchovies.
We were also having an English letter-writing session with the writer(s) residing in a place other than Malaysia and describing that place to a friend back in Malaysia. Louisa (from LouBriTri!) and I chose Sweden, and I learnt that there were indeed many differences in these two countries. For instance, potatoes are the 'rice' in Sweden. I'm surprised that some people never get bored of them.
Anyway, The Cow, the Fish and the Riceball present... the Top 3 Foods You Must Try Around The World!
Well, not really. It's basically the top 3 foods WE wants to try around the world. Very opinion-based. Back to the topic...!
● Top 3 Foods We'd All Like To Try When We Travel The World (Soon) ●
❀ Riceball-san ❀
I know I've said that I LOVE eating Riceballs, but just so you know, I won't be munching on them all the time when THESE foods exist.
"Freak-Shakes" !
Pretty sure I'm gonna have to work out a ton after I have one of these.
In a café by the name of Pâtissez in Canberra, everyone is losing their minds over these whimsical creations consisting of hot chocolate fudge, honey, pretzels (interesting!), Nutella, toasted marshmallows and loads of cream. Kindly leave your diet at the doorstep.
Positive these milkshakes were made for Instagram.
Next up, we have...
"Elotes"!
Worth having a CORNY smile on for ;)
Corn on the cob. We've all tried it. But what about your average corn on the cob-- Mexicano style?
This godsend begins with a roasted, grilled or boiled corn on the cob which is then coated with butter and mayo, then rolled through a motherload of crumbled cotija cheese, topped with chili sauce or powder to give it that extra kick, and finally drizzled in tangy lime juice. It's literally making my mouth water.
Cow...
Jeez, Riceball is so corny sometimes. For me, all food is FABULOUS but I can't list all the food I want here so I'm just gonna name a few.
I came across this picture and since then, I am OBSESSED with this food.
THE PIZZA CAKE/PAKE
This chewy goodness is a self-created recipe by Pillsbury. Consisting of only 5 ingredients, this cake is made of FIVE layers of pepperoni pizza. How can one resist this holy cake? ALL BOW DOWN TO SENPAI PAKE!
There really is nothing to say about this delicacy except that it is MAGNIFICENT. Sorry for the caps. The waffles are cinnamon flavored, filled in between with creamy mint ice-cream. Drools.
This is the real senpai sandwich. SANDWICH-KUN!!!
THAT'S IT FROM ME! BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
P.s. I just realised I didn't mention where these foods come from. I'll tell you now. "They're EVERYWHERE." DUN DUN DUN!
The Fish :3 -
Gah! Looking at all these pictures of food is making me HUNGRY! As you can see Cow is not a very picky person. She eats everything, and when I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING. However, I am very picky on certain things especially food. But of course, I still have some favourite foods, and most of them are Italian. I just can't help it when it comes to Italian food! Here's a few of my favourites:
Caesar Salad
I know this dish isn't Italian, but hey, I can eat what I want to. This healthy choice is my favourite. It may not seem really exciting or delicious but I guess I just love it this way. This recipe contains croutons, chicken and lettuce of course. It's a really simple dish, and its perfect that way.
Next up...(drumroll)...
Chocolate -Strawberry CrumbleBall!!!
Look at that dessert, and say that it doesn't look finger-lickin' good. This is an Italian dessert, it's really famous in Italy and you are able to find at any coffee shop. Well, maybe not all but I'm sure the majority of the coffee shops there sell this FABULOUS dessert.
This Chocolate-Strawberry Crumble Ball is made up of a few desserts like chocolate, strawberry and as you can see there's a piece of chocolate-chip cookie at the bottom. Also, there's also crumbled peanuts and coconut pudding inside the chocolate bowl.
And that's all for now. If you guys haven't checked out our other blog post... well, you should. Hasta la vista!
Welcome back to the Cow, the Fish and the Riceball once again! Riceball here, and first I'd like to start off with a sincere apology to eager readers of our blog (though I doubt there's many). As you have noticed we haven't been updating recently, plainly because there wasn't really anything interesting going on at school... okay, so maybe there was. But none of us were able to find to update anything. We didn't have enough resources to fuel the post, so we scrapped it.
Maybe our classmates have been updating their blogs but it's because they have TIME. And maybe we don't. We had a very hectic weekend (which was like, two WEEKS ago) and we still haven't got over it. Well, I still haven't gotten over it. Partly.
But anyway, we'd like to say sorry to anyone who has been sitting in front of their computer for days waiting for yet another post from us. You've wasted your time.
And that's about it! And onto our music video review...
P.S We had two birthdays this week! *cue confetti* Happy belated birthdays to both Bridget and Yon Ern! Thank you for making our lives full of laughter and more laughter!
|| music video review ||
The judges will be reviewing the following music video below by:
Plot (according to the video)
Lyrics
Music
Overall thoughts
WARNING: Haters gonna hate man.
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Okay, okay, so this was another project from our English teacher (shoutout to Miss Daphne!) to review a specific music video of our choice. After days of suggestions, we've finally decided on the one and only... Little Mix!
A little background information on Little Mix:
❝Little Mix is an English group formed in 2011, consisting of (from left) Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall, Jesy Nelson and Leigh-Anne Pinnock. They were formed exclusively for the X Factor and became the first group to win the competition. Later they signed Simon Cowell's contract to work with his recording label Syco Music.❞
And now, ladies and gentlemen, we present to you... "Black Magic"!
Cow.
Honestly, I was paying more attention on the video then on the music. HMMM. I think the whole music video's content is quite clear, there's not much to explain further. But I will still point out a few things I noticed in both the lyrics and the video.
The video starts with showing the four nerd friends and how they're loathing over a girl who is stealing their crushes. And then it proceeds to the scene in the library where Jade finds a magical book. Then they use the magic (with no hesitation or thought) and apparently gave each of them powers. All of a sudden, they became very attractive and beautiful. I wish I had that book.
Then, they made fun of the girl they disliked, made a boy who was being bullied very attractive to the girls and jinxed a teacher to dance.
The beginning verses basically talk about how boys don't find them appealing and they wished that they knew how to be more attractive. The chorus is about how they magically obtained love potions and unbreakable spells that can bewitch boys to 'belong' to them. The next verse is about how magic can turn Mr.Wrong to Mr.Right and how magic can get your boy on his knees.
And that is all about this music video. Not a lot interpretation to make but I think this song is very catchy and interesting and of course... MAGICAL!
Fish
To be honest, I kept on telling my friends to check out this song when I found out about it, that one of my friends asked me how the song goes. I blacked out for a second because I realized that the whole time, I was only concentrating on the video and not the song. Anyways, I think that this song is a really, really nice song.
It's basically about a group of four girls liking a boy, but the girls are nerds so yeah. HOWEVER, in the next scene, a book dropped on Jade's head, and she found out that is about Black Magic, she then brought the book to her friends and showed them, while they were looking through the book, they found a spell that will make them look bea-u-ti-ful.
Of course the next thing they do, is the spell to make them beautiful and attractive. The next day, the perfect couple broke up because the boy found Little Mix attractive (Pshh, I wouldn't want a boy friend like that) and the four girls made a nerdy boy to be liked by a few girls.
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I find this MV great. Besides, I wish that a book would drop on my head. -_- If I had a book like that, the first thing I would do is, to make myself invisible, I've always wished that nobody can see me sometimes and so I can play some tricks in front of their eyes. :)
○ Riceball ○
To be honest, I was scrolling through the comment section at 2:00 (in the music video) and I saw this girl voice my thoughts exactly.
Oh well.
Anyway, what I understand form the plot is that there are four nerdy girls that are probably fangirling over a popular guy, and when they assume he is waving to them, they get excited and wave back. Unfortunately for them, he is actually waving to his attractive girlfriend behind them, and she walks through, shoving them aside like trash-- a high school cliché.
The next scene is in the library, where Jade gets up to find a book when one magically drops from its shelf and falls onto her head. Sounds like something that would probably happen to me. The four come over to inspect it, and, what do you know-- they gain super cool magical powers: Perrie can turn her hair purple, Leigh-Anne and Jesy have yellow and blue powers, and Jade can levitate her glasses. I'd want to be able to levitate someone's glasses off their nose. *evil laughter*
They return to school the next day as the real Little Mix, where heads are once again turning and the popular girl is pissed. They then get their revenge on her by causing her to fart break wind. Continuously. She then runs away.
The girls then see yet another group of popular girls laughing at a nerdy kid who's just dropped his books. Out of sympathy and with style, they fire their spells to make them fall in love with him. The scene then switches to a boring study hall when the girls turn into an extreme dance party where the students (and teacher!) all dance on tables and chairs. Then they all move down the hall, papers flying.
I personally think that this plot was good and well-versed; although most people might mistake that girls make themselves pretty in order to be accepted. It's the confidence they find in looking good, not being pretty, because if it was for that, that's jut vanity.
As for the lyrics...
All the girls on the block knocking at my door! Wanna know what it is make the boys want more!
The words the song starts off with tells us that other nerdy girls (like them before) want to learn the Secret of all secrets-- just kidding, the secret of their beauty, or should I say, confidence. Moving on, the lyrics somehow give off a advertisement vibe (or is it just me?)
Black magic, also known as dark magic, is a type of magic (THREE times now) which is used for selfish and evil purposes. And so it is! All girls want to be beautiful for their selfish purposes. They'd want to look beautiful for the boy they like.
Personally I think that the way they portrayed their message to watchers was slightly wrong because they would think that this video would be exploiting vanity. The real message is, in my opinion, to have confidence even without being beautiful and such.
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The Cow, the Fish and the Riceball have concluded the morals of this song:
1) Don't mess with black magic.
2) Don't mess with Little Mix.
P.S It's ok to fart. After all, they are just butt sneezes. But just in case, learn how to hide them NOW... from the one and only Ryan Higa. Enjoy!
