Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year

In the month of February this year, the two most celebrated events are Valentines Day and Chinese New Year.

The one thing that I disagree about Valentines day is that almost everyone has the mindset that it is that special day to treat their 'other half' to dinner, buying them flowers or giving them special treatment. For me, I think that Valentines day shouldn't be the only day where you make your partner feel special because they are not your partner only on February 14th. It should be an everyday thing. Everyday is Valentines day.

I always look forward to Chinese New Year as it is one of the times where I get to spend with my extended family which I get to see once in a blue moon because of the distance. The present younger generation now are always so caught up with their electronics like their phones, tablets and computers that even during reunion dinners on the eve of Chinese New Year, they spend more time on them rather than talking to other family members. That is the only thing I dislike about Chinese New Year. Not being able to have my cousin's time as they'ed rather use their phones.

August 12

I was born on August 12 1998 but there many other events that took place on that day in different years but the invention of the phonograph is one of the event that caught my attention.

August 12 1877, is the day when Thomas Alva Edison completed the first phonograph,a device that recorded sound onto tinfoil cylinders. It is more likely, however, that work on the model was not finished until November or December of that year, since Edison did not file for the patent until December 24, 1877.

While working to improve the efficiency of a telegraph transmitter, Edison noted that the tape of the machine gave off a noise resembling spoken words when played at a high speed. This caused him to wonder if he could record a telephone message. Edison began experimenting with the diaphragm of a telephone receiver by attaching a needle to it. He reasoned that the needle could prick paper tape to record a message. His experiments led him to try a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, which, to his great surprise, played back the short message he recorded, "Mary had a little lamb."

Mood

Mood is defined as a state or quality of feeling at a particular time. In literature, mood is a literary component that brings out a certain feeling or expression through words and descriptions to provide the readers with a wider picture of the writer's message. There are various methods where the mood can be developed. It can be developed through setting, theme, tone and diction.

 

Without mood in a story, it is like a painting without colors and a statement without emotions. It becomes monotonous and makes it dry for the reader. This makes it loose its purpose as literature is suppose to introduce us to new worlds of experience. 

In a nutshell, mood makes a story come alive.