Reflection about this Whole Project

This project has helped me appreciate the book, Stowaway, a lot. It helped me get further into the story, characters, setting, and all of that. By doing each task, I learn new things about the book instead of reading it for fun. Let me rephrase that again: if I'd read this for fun or not for a project or stuff, I would've got less out of this book. But with the help of this project, I've surely gotten more out of the book.

You know, this project seems boring at first. But when you finish each assigned task, you start to get used to it and actually enjoy doing these kinds of stuff. And it kinda sparked interesting with the whole book-reading thing. Did it encourage me to read more books? Well, kinda. But on a serious note, this project was one of the best I've had this year. It helped me gain so much from a book whereas I would've gained so little by reading it in my own spare time. Oh by the way, a tip of advice from me is that I'd appreciate more time given to work on each entry (longer deadlines).

Anyways, this post marks the end of the mash-up, writing book kagit. Maybe you guys have enjoyed this, maybe you guys were like "why this boring piece of fruityloops?". I don't know what you guys think about this series of writing mash-ups, but I've surely enjoyed doing this. Oh well, back to normal English writings again. Oh by the way, happy holidays in advance. 

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The Dreams of Nicholas Young: The 11-year old stowaway

Quitting school or trying to get away from home seems best for children with mental problems. But the fact that an 11-year old stowed away aboard a ship for three years?

Nicholas Young didn't thought much about what would happen next. All he wanted was to escape from the clutches of the evil butcher (who beats Nick everyday). Basically, all he wanted was to escape from his previous life and start a new one. Well that seems reasonable. If you have a real harsh life, you might be prompted to get away from it and start a new one from scratch. Thinking about that sounds easy, but in fact it requires a lot of thinking about it. But that was not the case for Nick. After escaping from the butcher, he basically wanted to get as far as possible from the place. And that came with an idea of being stowed away aboard the Endeavour without much thinking at all.

Nick's dream was to get out of the pit he was stuck in and explore the world. He knew about England, but not about distant lands occupied with cannibals and friendly natives (not). So for an 11-year old who was no one to tell him what to do, exploring the world for free sounds adventurous and exciting. But that doesn't sound flowery anymore after encountering countless of deaths on Batavia.  

As for his goals in life, well, not quite shabby about that. He's just a kid, after all. He might become anything he wants in the future, but for now, his main objective is to get the h*ll out of England as soon as possible, as long as possible, and as far as possible. Oh and later on in his life he went along with Joseph Banks on an expedition to Iceland.

Podcast: A Mini Interview with an English Teacher

Me having a short talk with another English Teacher, Sir Manh, about the book Stowaway (in podcast!)

P.s. My accent here is Tinglish, which sucks a lot (usually I'd have a way better accent than this)