Magic for reading: Harry Potter!

The very first thing that came up in my mind when I heard the word “magic” is Harry Potter. I was in the first year of my secondary when the vast popularity of this fiction burst out. I read it just like most children did that day, and thanks to J.K. Rowling! my reading habit has begun since when I finished the first book of Harry Potter. Before that, I had never picked up any book except cartoons (and of course, texts, too!) but this fiction fascinated me so much that I immediately continued on the second and the third, and though I had to wait for a long time before the others were released, my enthusiasm for reading remains in high degree. After finished some of HP novels, I started to read other Thai novels such as White Road, The Thief of Baramos, which I like so much too, for the writer’s eloquence and reflection to society nowadays, and some other short stories of Prabda's. But still, the most favorite book for me is Harry Potter because of its imagination: the existence of magic, Hogwarts School with many mysterious, intriguing things, and magical creatures.

After a long period of reading Thai novels, I started reading English ones, and if there’re no Harry Potters, I would not be interested in any books and keep my reading proficiency poor and far more slowly as it is now.

Thanks for casting a spell on me! J.K. Rowling!!

(As you may notice, I really have no idea to talk about magic so thanks to Pach’s strategy, changing the topic!! ;P)

Lucky and Unlucky signs

Hi everyone :D

like John said, I and some others in the class have already have our own blogs, and I'm happy to continue on this one. Here, I've posted some articles and put some links in. Please do not hesitate to comment on any of my postings, including this one which I'm going to add a paragraph John assigned this morning.

Today, in my AEP Reading/Writing five class, John assigned us homework to write one paragraph about our partner’s answer to the question, “What are some lucky and unlucky signs?” My partner was Joon who told me that he himself had no lucky or unlucky sign. However, he told me about some unfortunate signs in which Koreans believe. The first thing is the number “4” which means of death, and in Korean hospitals, they use “F floor” instead of the fourth floor. Another thing is about the 13th Friday of every month; Joon think it is like a fad which Koreans received from western culture. The last thing he mentioned is “Law of Murphy” which, in my understanding, is a period of time that a person encounters lots of continuously unfortunate events. As I have mentioned, Joon does not really believe in such things and I also agree that we should not be so serious about them.

solution to corruption

What is one possible solution to the problem of corruption?

For the efficiency of coping with the problem of corruption, the law restricting corrupt matters should be intensified. Excluding many cases of corruption which were brought up to the court and were judged free from guilt because of the inadequacy of evidence, there was a scandalous case in which the secretary of Prachatipat party, Mr. Sanan Kachornprasart, was convicted of falsifying his asset statement which describes his non-existent 45million baht debt. In this case, he was merely sentenced to be uninvolved in political matters for five years. As his corruption is obviously shown, he should not be allowed to engage in politics again. Although this may sounds uncharitable, it is rather important to show Thais that corruption is not that ordinary or easily forgivable. Moreover, the accomplices who were involved with this falsification were not prosecuted because two officers of the NCCC (The Office of The National Counter Corruption Commission) who were responsible for this case decided not to do so. It should not be an individual who holds the judgment whether or not to sue people who took part in a crime, but it should be written in the law that everyone who connives with the corruption must be punished. In this way, if the corrupt politician and his accomplices were punished and eliminated from politics, this would make others to think twice before being corrupt or involved, and due to the less seen of the example, the intention of the next generation of politicians would be more clean and incorruptible. Therefore, the punishment for corruption should be more severe, and include those who are involved to show that corruption is a serious violation.