Word of the Day
Rollicking (adjective)
Rollick (verb)
(from Dictionary.com)
1. Joe Wan: We want to have a rollicking good time. - Joe Wan
2. Ashish: We're going to rollick today! That's more rollicking!
3. Roann: We were running and rollicking in our undies
4. Kin Fung: ...rollicking in your underwear
BRICKBATS
Grammar
Toastmaster --> Toastmasters
Guest --> Guests (watch the consonant cluster 'sts')
How many of you have book a hotel stay before? --> How many of you have booked a hotel stay before? (note: booked is pronounced as bookt)
How many of you likes to travel? --> How many of you like to travel?
Everybody have feelings. --> Everybody has feelings.
Vocabulary
Guys --> people, ladies and gentlemen, everyone
next day morning --> next morning
Who's in sales career? --> Who's in sales?
proceed on --> proceed
What is in the package you're doing? --> What is in the package you're offering?
Sentence structure
What am I driving this point?
--> What am I driving at?
--> What is the point I am making?
BOUQUETS
Alliteration
1. running and rollicking
2. appreciate and accept
3. aced two aspects
4. rhythm and rhyme
5. succeeded in spades
6. stand and stare
Similes
1. Love grew, stretched like a trampoline
2. Love vanished like an amateur magician
3. Love disappeared, slowly, like baby teeth
4. Sweating like a pig
Metaphors
1. Thank you for bringing a slice of Murali into our lives.
2. Neutralise the monsters (referring to kids clamouring for ang pows)
3. We can have immunisation by having a baby
Contrast
1. He goes from the top of the pyramid right to the bottom.
2. Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to,
And love leaves exactly when love must.
3. A perfect marriage isn't the union of 2 perfect people, but of two imperfect people who learn when to overlook imperfections.
Anaphora
(repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses)
Love is not who you were expecting,
Love is not who you can predict.
When you first wake up...
When you've just been crying...
Maybe love is always in the wrong time zone
Maybe love is not ready for you
Maybe you are not ready for love
Triads
1. murmur, complain and justify your actions
2. cycles of love, stages of love, unpredictability of love
3. fresh, homemade, chocolate chip cookies
4. epitome of a perfect son, father and husband
5. keen loyalty, stoicism and strength
