Rusty at german

My german is unfortunately  quite rusty at the moment. It's not too big of  a problem because I generally like the german lanuage and pick it up easyly but I still am quite rusty at speaking it. Also I am bad at writing it...So I decided I would do something about it- Since my new year's Resolution happens to be -pro-activeness...Anyway, I got a Teach Yourself German audio CD with a book and I am going over the basics. 

I have learned some new things already:

How to ask someone his/her name - Wie ist Ihr Name?...I already knew how to ask the other way to ask someone's name-What are you called? - Wie heissen Sie? (It is just better to know the two ways anyway)

Mr- Herr, Mrs- Frau and Miss- Fräulin( apparently people in Germany generally call women over the age of 18 Frau instead of  Fräulin even if she is not married)

Great Britain- Grossbritannien(My keyboard is incapable of doing a scharfes S so I have to use 'ss' instead.

Excuse (me)- Entschuldigen Sie

One- man(not the number but referring to a person)

Passerby- Passant

Which answer fits?- Welche Antwort passt?

Which words are missing?- Welche Worte fehlen?

There are 23 units in the book along with the audio tape.I plan to listen to a unit a day. I have listened to  unit 01 Mein Name ist(My name is) today.So if I keep interested and on schedule, I should have all of the 23 units done in 23 days. I may add that this estimate may vary due to length of each particular unit, amount of time I have to do the unit and difficulty of the unit. 

So I guess this is me being proactive and learning useful information...Sorry for the somewhat boring post but sometimes the things that are most beneficial are the most boring.

Which Career?

Interests
Firstly what are you interested in? What are your hobbies?
-I love reading YA books.
-I like playing the keyboard occasionally.
-I like watching documentaries on a wide range of things: Animals, geography,science etc.
-I like blogging some bit.
-My favourite subjects are: Art, history and english.
-I like playing sport.
-I like getting involved in musicals.
-I like spending time with animals.
 Secondly- What are your anti- interests so to speak-what do you hate doing?What do you hate?
-I hate school...
-I dislike rude, loud, condescending, selfish people...
-I don't particularly like maths...
-I hate early mornings...
-Business theory and accounting is not my thing...
Analysis
What can be determined (in one sentence) from the above information?
This person is generally an open-minded person but doesn't particularly like maths and does not have any preferences between indoor and outdoor activities...Also this person does not like business or accounting.
Career Paths
What jobs have you considered for your future career?
-Actress
-Primary school teacher
-Secondary school teacher
-Vet
-Astrophysicist
-Psychotherapist
-Social worker
-Councillor
-Artist
-Animation designer
-Fashion designer
-Narrator
-Author

Aptitude Testing
Have you taken an aptitude test? If so which aspects did you score best in/worst in?
My abstract reasoning was the highest.
My mechanical reasoning was quite high.
The mathematical part was somewhat low.

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It is frustrating to not know what career path to choose!I feel constricted by time and the curse of not making the right choices...(pressure)I'm continually thinking about my career choices and frankly I'm stressed over the whole thing. Why? I do not want to end up in a collage course which, is too difficult or that I'm not interested in...Not to mention, a collage course which does not offer much easily attainable jobs after qualifications are obtained! I would love it if the world was operated by elders picking a job that suits me(The Giver by Lois Lowry)

 Conclusion =I'm in a bit of a predicament -Confused...

Winnie-the-Pooh (The Winnie-the-Pooh Series #1) by A.A.Milne

Winnie-the-Pooh (The Winnie-the-Pooh Series #1) by A.A.Milne

The Bear of Very Little Brain and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood have delighted generations of readers since Winnie-the-Pooh was first published in 1926.

Back by popular demand, the four full-color gift editions of the original Pooh classics are available again. These elegant books, larger in format than the classic editions, include all of Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations, each meticulously hand-painted in delicate watercolors.

Here are the two great storybooks chronicling the adventures of Christopher Robin and all the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood, as well as the two charming volumes of poems. Bright in color and true in spirit, these are books for giving--To Pooh fans of all ages.

What can I say or more literally type? I expected the book to be good but not to the extent where I sat transfixed by A.A.Milne's brilliance and I read all one hundred and twenty five pages in one go. Why? The characters are so lovable, the journeys they go on are exciting and humorous. Also  the writing style is simple yet brilliant and the illustrations are phenomenal!

The characters consist of : Winnie the Pooh the bear of little brain who's weakness is honey, Christopher Robin the boy who all the animals are associated with, Piglet the nervous and cautious one, Rabbit the plan maker, Eeyore- a  gloomy donkey with a nailed on tail , Owl the wise owl who lives in the Hundred Acre woods, Kanga a protective mother kangaroo, Roo- Kanga's adventurous little son and not to mention all of Rabbit's relations...Winnie the Pooh is an appropriate main character. He is silly, obsessed with honey- which in turn causes a lot of sticky situations for Pooh. Not to mention, he sings the wonderful insightful songs/poems and he is a generally good natured bear. It is truly hard to not like these well established characters that A.A.Milne has created. They interact together superbly and are just plain-simple-but effective-characters.

It was completely enriching to read the amusing, eventful adventures Pooh and his friends went on. One such adventure is, when Pooh and Piglet decide to give Eeyore a gift each for his birthday as he had got none and in turn was more depressed than usual. Piglet decided to give Eeyore a bright, red balloon, while Pooh choose a pot of honey to give to Eeyore. Piglet ran eagerly- too early in fact- he wanted to give Eeyore his present first but he fell and as a result the balloon popped. Meanwhile Pooh had already devoured the honey, then realised his mistake but uncharacteristically thought up a brilliant plan. He resolved the issue by deciding to give Eeyore the empty pot instead to put things into- It is rather a nice pot - he thought. He got owl to write 'Happy Birthday' on it but Owl ironically can't spell so it was just a big scrawl of misspelt birthday wishes from Pooh. Surprisingly, Eeyore was absolutely delighted with his deflated balloon and empty pot of honey to Pooh and Piglet's relief.

The writing style is quite effective. It is descriptive but not too descriptive to bore the reader. Since it was published in 1926, the writing style is somewhat fancy. It even makes Pooh seem more sophisticated than he is. In co-ordinance with the vivid illustrations, the story is really brought to life. This helps to shorten the description, to appeal to a younger target audience primarily for children but now enjoyed by all ages(as specified already in the third paragraph). Winnie -the- Pooh is full of heart warming tales that could warm one up after a lousy day, better than any cup of tea could ever do.

My Cat Catch Book Rating Scale above- It was absolutely amazing(5/5 cats)

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