Saturday, January 23, 2016

Richest Youtuber

The 25-year-old Swede is the top-earning YouTube star on the planet, pulling in $12 million pretax over the past year, all for providing expletive-heavy commentary as he plays videogames. Thanks to the millions of fans who make up his “bro army,” advertisers are willing to pay a pretty penny to have their products featured in his videos.


In our first-ever ranking of the top-paid YouTube stars, we have uncovered the 10 channels that have managed to earn the most from their Internet aspirations. The minimum to make the list? $2.5 million in pretax earnings in the year ending June 1, 2015.




Credit : Forbes 

Managing Long hair

Your long hair looks dishevelled and entangled when your wake up in the morning. So you should never comb out your hair in a hurry to disentangle it , otherwise ,it will lead to hair breakage. Try to disentangle your hair with the help of your fingers slowly .See how you hair disentangles in no time. Remove all the knots before combing your hair.

Use long hair brush for combing out your long hair keeping in mind that brush should be made of woods and bristles should be soft. Use a wide toothed comb for long and thick hair.


Source:

http://nutankumarisinha.expertscolumn.com/article/21-tips-managing-long-hair-how-take-care-long-hair

Based on true story movie

The Blind Side is one of the based on true story movie. Michael grew up in the inner city housing projects with his mother in Memphis, Tennessee aptly named "Hurt Village." Michael's story begins with his being homeless and coming from a broken home with a drug-addicted mother, and an absentee father. Because of his family circumstances, Family Services took control of his life as he was growing up. Unfortunately, he was being bounced around in and out of foster homes, and now as a teenager he finds himself discarded by the people he has been living with. By a stroke of luck, and the coach's wish for a player the size of Michael, he ends up being enrolled in a private Christian school where the Tuohy kids go. Michael is a quiet person. He is shown to have a kind of childlike personality, because he tries to play with kindergarten children (Rachel St. Gelais) who reject or ignore him. Michael is befriended by S.J. Tuohy (Jae Head), the youngest Tuohy, whose connection to Michael starts the ball rolling.


Cr: imdb 

Aldepos Villa

If you want to find a place that quiet and mesmerizing, you can go aldepos. Now days, it's kinda hard to find that kind of place. That's why my family love to spend our holiday in this place. Usually we go to aldepos in Eid's holiday for 3 days and two nights. Only few people know about this place, because they do not promote their place like any other villa. 

Every time I'm here with my family, I feel so calm and relax. The view simply beautiful and in here all of the villas surrounded by a tree and big stone. And for the price it is reasonable start from 600k - 2 million depend on what size of villa. Also, you can enjoy eat your lunch in the middle of lake with your family. You can eat traditional food right there. If you want to go there, you better book the place two weeks or even a month before.

Trans Studio Bandung Trip


Trans studio is very popular amusement park in Bandung, they have so many different attractions. And for me to tried all those attraction, it was such a great experience. Even tho some people might find Trans studio ticket expensive, for me it was worth it. You wouldn't regret it trust me, not only the attraction that interesting  but also the environment very good. 

You didn't have to worry about getting tan from the sun, because Trans studio is indoor amusement park. For the attraction, they named some of the attraction from their own variety show for example Bolang. And in the end of the day, they would present you with a parade and the character they used in the parade mostly well known character. Just like any other famous amusement park they did the parade twice a day ( if I'm not wrong).


Friday, January 8, 2016

REPORTED SPEECH

Direct Speech
Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in writing, we place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words. We may be reporting something that's being said NOW (for example a telephone conversation), or telling someone later about a previous conversation.
Examples :
She said, "What time will you be home?" and I said, "I don't know! "
"There's a fly in my soup!" screamed Simone.
John said, "There's an elephant outside the window."

Inderect Speech (Report Speech)
Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used.
Examples :
He said that you're angry with me.
The teacher told me to go to the office.
She asked if you were feeling better.

Report Speech (Indirect Speech)
·         Statements
When transforming statements, check whether you have to change:
pronouns
present tense verbs (3rd person singular)
place and time expressions
tenses (backshift)
·         Questions
When transforming questions, check whether you have to change:
pronouns
present tense verbs (3rd person singular)
place and time expressions
tenses (backshift)
Also note that you have to:
transform the question into an indirect question
use the interrogative or if / whether
·         Requests
When transforming questions, check whether you have to change:
pronouns
place and time expressions

Tenses
·         No backshift
Do not change the tense if the introductory clause is in Simple Present (e. g. He says). Note, however, that you might have to change the form of the present tense verb (3rd person singular).
Example :
He says, “I speak English.” – He says that he speaks English.
·         Backshift
You must change the tense if the introductory clause is in Simple Past (e. g. He said). This is called backshift.
Example :
He said, “I am happy.” – He said that he was happy.

Place and Time expressions
For place and time expressions you have to check whether place and time are the same in direct and reported speech or not.
Direct Speech  : today, now, yesterday, ....days ago, last week, next year, tomorrow, here, this & these
Cindy: “I worked in the coffee shop yesterday.”
Reported Speech (Inderect Speech) : that day, then, the day before, .....days before, the week before, the following year, the next day, there, that & those
Cindy said (that) she had worked in the coffee shop the day before.

Introductory Verbs
to add / to admit / to announce / to declare / to deny / to explain / to insist / to mention / to promise / to propose / to remind / to say / to suggest / to tell someone / to ask someone / oneself / to doubt / to wonder / to ask / to inquire / to answer / to reply / to explain / to advise someone / to tell / to forbid / to order        

Tense in "Direct Speech" and Reported Speech
·         Simple Present ( Direct Speech)
Cindy asked: "Do you like watching TV?"
Giles said: "I don't mind watching TV, but there are things I like better
·         Simple Past ( Report Speech)
Cindy asked Giles if he liked watching tV
Giles answered he didn't mind watching TV, but there were things he liked better.
·         Present be-ing ( Direct Speech)
Frank declared: " I am thinking about moving"
·         Past be-ing (Report Speech)
Frank declared he was thinking about moving
·         Past be-ing ( Direct Speech)
He told them: "I wasn't expecting your visit"
·         Past Perfect be-ing (Report Speech)
He told them he hadn't been expecting their visit
·         Present Perfect (Direct Speech)
She said: " I have just seen an old friend of mine"    
·         Past Perfect (Report Speech)
She said she had just seen an old friend of hers.
·         Present Perfect be-ing (Direct Speech)
He asked: "Paul, how long have you been studying English?"
·         Past Perfect be-ing (Report Speech)
He asked Paul how long he had been studying English
·         Past Perfect (Direct Speech)
They said: "If we had arrived two minutes later, there would have been no cake left"      
·         Past Perfect (Report Speech)
They said that if they had arrived two minutes later, there would have been no cake left.
·         Past Perfect be-ing (Direct Speech)
He declared: " You had been telling me you wanted to see her"     
·         Past Perfect be-ing (Report Speech)
He declared they had been telling him they wanted to see her.
·         Future (Will) (Direct Speech)
I asked: " Where will you spend your holiday ?"       
·         Conditional (Would) (Report Speech)
I asked where they would spend their holiday.
·         Will + be-ing (Direct Speech)
Anna declared:" I will be announcing my engagement next month"           
·         Would + be-ing (Report Speech)
Anna declared she would be announcing her engagement the following month
·         Would (Direct Speech)
Tony said: "I would like something to eat. I wouldn't mind a drink either." 
·         Would (Report Speech)
Tony said he would like something to drink and wouldn't mind a drink either.

When You Use Report Speech
·         Demands or Requests
When turning demands and requests into indirect speech, we only need to change the pronouns and the time and place information. We don’t have to pay attention to the tenses – we simply use to + the basic form of the verb.
Example:
She said, “Watch the TV presenter’s show tonight.”
She told me to watch the TV presenter’s show that evening.
If it is a negative demand, then in indirect speech we use not to + the basic form of the verb.
Example:
She said, “Don’t watch the TV presenter’s show tonight.”
She told me not to watch the TV presenter’s show that evening.
Expressions with who/what/how + infinitive
·         Question Sentences
When turning questions into indirect speech, we have to pay attention to the following points:
As in a declarative sentence, we have to change the pronouns and the time and place information, and set back the tense (backshift).
Instead of that (as in a declarative sentence), we use a question word. If there is no question word, we use whether/if instead.
Example:
She asked him, “How often do you work?”
She asked him how often he worked.
He asked me, “Do you know any famous people?”
He asked me if/whether I knew any famous people.
We put the subject before the verb in question sentences. (The subject goes after the auxiliary verb in normal questions.)
Example:
I asked him, “Have you met any famous people before?”
I asked him if/whether he had met any famous people before.
We don’t use the auxiliary verb do for questions in indirect speech. Therefore, we sometimes have to conjugate the main verb (for third person singular or in the simple past).
Example:
I asked him, “What do you want to tell me?”
I asked him what he wanted to tell me.
We put the verb directly after who or what in subject questions.
Example:
I asked him, “Who is sitting here?”
I asked him who was sitting there.
·         Declarative Sentences
When turning declarative sentences into indirect speech, we need to pay attention to the following points:
changing the pronouns
Example:
He said, “I saw a famous TV presenter.”
He said (that) he had seen a famous TV presenter.
changing the information about time and place (see the table at the end of this page)
Example:
He said, “I saw a famous TV presenter here yesterday.”
He said (that) he had seen a famous TV presenter there the day before.
changing the tense (backshift)
Example:
He said, “She was eating an ice-cream at the table where you are sitting.”
He said (that) she had been eating an ice-cream at the table where I was sitting.




Sources :
https://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/sentences/indirect-speech
http://absolutenglish-972.pagesperso-orange.fr/notes/grammar/reportedspeech.htm