SMPK 1 BPK Penabur English Writing Task

129 Sesame Street

Texas, America

Dear Eugene,

  

  Do you know the importance of food? Food have lots of use and one of which is that food is the main source of nutrients for living things to survive.

  Not only do food helps you survive, they also keep your body in a good shape.Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for living things. They are mostly found in rice, bread, noodles, etc. Foods which contain fats provides us with backup energy for our body. Too much fat will cause you to overweigh, though. Proteins found in milk and fish also helps to build new cells and strengthen our muscles.

  The most important is breakfast. Breakfast that are high in carbohydrates are highly recommended as they will make your day, feeling all energized. The next meal after breakfast is lunch. I dislike lunch as they have the least benefits from all the meals of a day. Next up is dinner. Dinner is a meal we usually take during the evening with lots of vegetables to keep you healthy.

  The preparation and cooking of food is also important as they help to increase the taste of food and stabilizes the amount of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. For example, oil is used to fry and cook delicious foods but they contain lots of fats. They are most suitable for frying food with low fat to maximize their taste and keep a healthy diet.

  Many countries have their own cultural food. They are usually served in special events and festivals as it is a tradition, also because they are proud of their own culture.

  See? Foods have lots of importance and uses. Hope you will put more thought on food considering their importance after reading this!

Your friend,

Darren

  

International Workers' Day

What is International Worker's Day?

International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries, and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year on May Day (1 May), an ancient European spring festival.

The date was chosen by a pan-national organization of socialist and communist political parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886. The 1904 Sixth Conference of the Second International, called on "all Social Democratic Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First of May for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace."

The first of May is a national public holiday in many countries worldwide, in most cases as "Labour Day", "International Workers' Day" or some similar name - although some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States, which celebrates Labour Day on the first Monday of September.

History of International Worker's Day

Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labour movements grew, a variety of days were chosen by trade unionists as a day to celebrate labour. In the United States and Canada, a September holiday, called Labor or Labour Day, was first proposed in the 1880s. In 1882, Matthew Maguire, a machinist, first proposed a Labor Day holiday on the first Monday of September while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union (CLU) of New York. Others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire of the American Federation of Labor in May 1882, after witnessing the annual labour festival held in Toronto, Canada. In 1887, Oregon was the first state of the United States to make it an official public holiday. By the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty U.S. states officially celebrated Labor Day. Thus by 1887 in North America, Labor Day was an established, official holiday but in September, not on 1 May.

Gamers! TV Anime's July Premiere, 12-Episode Run, Visual Revealed

A flyer from this year's AnimeJapan 2017 revealed on Thursday that the television anime of Sekina Aoi and illustrator Saboten's Gamers! light novel series will premiere in July and run for 12 episodes. The flyer also announced that the light novel series has more than 400,000 copies in print.

The anime's official website also opened on Saturday and revealed the key visual for the anime.

Manabu Okamoto (The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- storyboards and episode director) is directing the anime at PINE JAM. Hiroki Uchida (Ultraman X, UltramanOrb) is handling the series composition, and Tensho Sato (Fafner, The Devil is a Part-Timer! key animator) is drawing the character designs for animation.

The romantic comedy light novel series centers on the gaming lives of various high school students who play video games, including: Keita Amano, a lonely young man who loves video games; Karen Tendō, the beautiful president of the video game club; Chiaki Hoshinomori, who constantly fights with Keita; and Tasuku Uehara, who puts on a facade of being satisfied with his life in the real world, but he in truth loves video games.

Aoi and Saboten launched the novel series in 2014, and Kadokawareleased the seventh novel on Saturday. Tsubasa Takahashi launched a manga adaptation in Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine on October 26.

Aoi's previous Seitokai no Ichizon light novel series inspired The Student Council's Discretion television anime series in 2009, and the Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2 television anime series in 2012. Sentai Filmworks released the first anime on home video in March 2015, and released the second anime in May 2015.

Noragami Aragoto Season 3 Set for Winter Release [Rumor]

"Noragami Aragoto," the anime treatment of the popular Japanese manga series "Noragami," is one of the sleeper hits in the community since its release. So far, only two seasons of the series was produced and fans are demanding for a third season.

It has been more than one year since the "Noragami Aragoto" season 2 was released, and since then no word has been heard from the show's producers whether a third season is in the works. Nevertheless, fans are still hoping that "Noragami Aragoto" Season 3 will be released, and be released soon.

Quite a handful of rumors have circulated over the anime community these past few months regarding the existence of "Noragami Aragoto" Season 3. While these rumors spark excitement to dedicated fans, it is important to take these rumors with a grain of salt as the show's producers have kept mum about it. Hence, the integrity of these rumors are murky to say the least.

One particular rumor claims that "Noragami Aragoto" Season 3 will be released this winter. The "Aragoto" manga is still released on a weekly basis, something that kept rumors about the anime version alive throughout these years.

According to OppTrends, fans believe that the producer of the anime series have decided to go on hiatus in order for the manga series to grow and therefore provide enough material to work on. "Noragami Aragoto" Season 3 is expected to be impressive than its predecessors, given the source material the series' producer can use. It has been a couple of years since the last "Noragami Aragato" anime episode was released, yet the show's fan base continue to grow. Surely, the show's producers will see this potential moneymaker and will be persuaded to continue the series.

Source: http://www.autoworldnews.com/articles/35058/20170317/noragami-aragoto-season-3-set-winter-release-rumor.htm

Easter

What is Easter?

Easter, which celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, is Christianity’s most important holiday. It has been called a moveable feast because it doesn’t fall on a set date every year, as most holidays do. Instead, Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21. Therefore, Easter is observed anywhere between March 22 and April 25 every year. Orthodox Christians use the Julian calendar to calculate when Easter will occur and typically celebrate the holiday a week or two after the Western churches, which follow the Gregorian calendar.


The origin of the word 'Easter'

The modern English term Easter, cognate with modern Dutch ooster and German Ostern, developed from an Old English word that usually appears in the form Ēastrun, -on, or-an; but also as Ēastru, -o; and Ēastre or Ēostre. The most widely accepted theory of the origin of the term is that it is derived from the name of an Old English goddess mentioned by the 7th to 8th-century English monk Bede, who wrote that Ēosturmōnaþ (Old English 'Month of Ēostre', translated in Bede's time as "Paschal month") was an English month, corresponding to April, which he says "was once called after a goddess of theirs named Ēostre, in whose honour feasts were celebrated in that month".


Easter Egg

Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are decorated eggs that are usually used as gifts on the occasion of Easter or spring time celebration. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide (Easter season). The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs wrapped in colourful foil, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as chocolate. Although eggs, in general, were a traditional symbol of fertility and rebirth, in Christianity, for the celebration of Eastertide, Easter eggs symbolize the empty tomb of Jesus, from which Jesus resurrected. In addition, one ancient tradition was the staining of Easter eggs with the colour red "in memory of the blood of Christ, shed as at that time of his crucifixion."This custom of the Easter egg can be traced to early Christians of Mesopotamia, and from there it spread into Russia and Siberia through the Orthodox Churches, and later into Europe through the Catholic and Protestant Churches. This Christian use of eggs may have been influenced by practices in "pre-dynastic period in Egypt, as well as amid the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete".

ReLife "Season 2"

The official website of the anime adaptation of Sou Yayoi’s ReLIFE web manga has announced that there will be an epilogue to the anime in the form of ReLIFE: Final Chapter. The Final Chapter will be 4 episodes long and won’t be out until March 2018.

The Final Chapter of the ReLIFE anime will be released on Blu-ray and DVD release of the 2016 TV anime. It will be 4 episodes long, though details on the length of the episodes have yet to be revealed. The episodes, however, will indeed continue on where the series left off.

The production staff  includes:

• Director: Tomo Kosaka (Detective Conan Key Animator)
• Series Composers: Kazuho Hyodo (Himegoto, Robot Girls Z), Michiko Yokote (Prison School, Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!)
• Anime Character Designer: Junko Yamanaka (Detective Conan, Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi)
• Music Composer: Masayasu Tsuboguchi (Debut Role)
• Sound Director: Shoji Hata (Fairy Tail, Log Horizon)
• Animation Studio: TMS Entertainment (Yowamushi Pedal, Detective Conan)

ReLIFE is a romance slice of life web manga written and illustrated by Sou Yayoi. The series began in late 2013 being released on NHN PlayArt’s comico web application. The series has a total of 6 compiled volumes, with the latest volume releasing on February 12. The first two volumes of the manga has more than 450,000 copies in circulation. The series was adapted into a live action stage play and a TV anime series in Summer 2017.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old and to become a subject in an experiment for one year. Thus, he begins his life as a high school student once more.

Source: http://www.otakutale.com/2017/relife-anime-final-chapter-announced-4-episode-epilogue-releasing-march-2018/ 

Kimi no Na wa. Tops $4 Million in North America – Worldwide Gross over $350 Million

Kimi no Na wa. has broken numerous records where it has now been crowned the highest grossing anime film of all time. It has currently grossed over ¥33.93 Billion (~ US$290 Million) at the international box office, overtaking Spirited Away which ended its international run at ¥32.96 Billion (~ US$289 Million). The large bulk of the gross was domestically in Japan where, since the film’s debut on August 26, it has earned over ¥22.4 Billion (~ US$192.5 Million). In Japan, it is the 4th highest grossing film of all time.

The production staff of the movie consists of:

• Director and Series Composer: Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, The Garden of Words)
• Animation Director: Masashi Ando (Spirited Away, Paprika)
• Anime Character Designer: Masayoshi Tanaka (AnoHana, Toradora!)
• Music Composer: Sayoko Narukawa (Debut Production)
• Animation Studio: CoMix Wave Inc. (Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken)

Makoto Shinkai is a well known anime director who got his start in the industry in 1997 directing the short film Other Worlds. His first major breakthrough in the industry was 2002’s Voices of a Distant Star, which won various awards including the Animation Kobe award and the Seiun Award. Since his debut 20 years ago, his films have received acclaim and recognition for the films’ plot, use of mature themes and breathtaking visuals. One of his more recent hits is 2007’s 5 Centimeters Per Second, which won the award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Shinkai’s most recent feature film is 2013’s The Garden of Words.

Kimi no Na wa. synopsis:

The story is set one month after a comet has fallen for the first time in a thousand years in Japan. Mitsuha is a female high school student who lives in a rural town nestled deep in the mountains. Her father is the mayor and isn’t at home much, and she lives with her elementary school-aged little sister and her grandmother. Mitsuha has an honest personality, but she doesn’t like the customs of her family’s Shinto shrine, nor does she like her father participating in an election campaign. She laments that she lives in a confined rural town, and yearns for the wonderful lifestyle of living in Tokyo.

Taki is a male high school student who lives in central Tokyo. He spends time with his friends, works part-time at an Italian restaurant, and is interested in architecture and fine arts. One day, Mitsuha has a dream where she is a young man. Taki also has a dream where he is a female high school student in a town in the mountains that he has never been to. What is the secret to their dreams of personal experience?

Source: http://www.otakutale.com/2017/kimi-no-na-wa-tops-4-million-north-america-worldwide-gross-350-million/