The Story of Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle was born in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, to Patrick Boyle, a miner, World War II veteran and singer at the Bishop's Blaize, and Bridget, a shorthand typist, who were both immigrants from Country Donegal, Ireland. She was the youngest of four brothers and six sisters. Born when her mother was 47, Boyle was briefly deprived of oxygen during the difficult birth and was later diagnosed as having learning difficulties. Boyle says she was bullied as a child and was nicknamed "Susie Simple" at school.

I know what they were thinking, but why should it matter as long as I can sing? It's not a beauty contest. ”-Susan Boyle, The Sunday Times.

Boyle was "absolutely gob smacked" by the strength of this reaction. Boyle is aware that the audience on Britain's Got Talent was initially hostile to her because of her appearance, but she has refused to change her image. Since the appearance, Paige has expressed interest in singing a duet with Boyle, and has called her "a role model for everyone who has a dream"

I Dreamed a Dream~ Les Miserables

There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

MEGACITIES : ANGKOR WAT


Hello to all blog reader.. how are you? I hope everything is fine.. Theme that I want to share this week is about Megacities.A megacity is usually defined as a metropolitan area with a total popultion in excess of 10 million people. Some definitions also set a minimum level for population density (at least 2,000 persons/square km). Megacities can be distinguished from global cities by their rapid growth, new forms of spatial population density, and both formal and informal economies, as well as poverty, crime, and high levels of social fragmentation. A megacity can be a single metropolitan area or two or more metropolitan areas that converge.

So,megacities topic that i want to share is about Angkor Wat. Actually,En Fakhzan already asked us to answer several question. So here is the question..


1)What mean with Angkor Wat?
Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor,Cambodia. History of Angkor Wat name came from 2 word. ‘angkor’ and ‘wat’. Angkor mean city and wat mean temple..

2)Who built Angkor Wat?
Angkor wat was built by the great king that is King Suryavarnam II who also built Angkor thom.

3) How did Angkor Wat survive ?
Angkor Wat survive by collecting water from nearest river for agriculture as well as draining reserving water from the monsoon seasoon.


4) Who was Chou Ta Kuan
He was a Chinese diplomat under the Temur Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan. He is most well known for his accounts of the customs of Cambodia and the Angkor temple complexes.

5) What is the 'Bayon'?

Bayon is well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple of Angkor Wat and was the 2nd biggest temple after Angkor Wat.

6) What is the 'Bayon' famous for ?
Bayon famous for multiple of serene and massive stone faces on the many towers which jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak.

7) Who were the Khmer enemis?
Khmer enemis are Ayutthaya empire, Champa, Yasodharapura,and Khieu Samphan.


8) What is the main reason for the fall of the Khmer empire ?
The main reason for the fall of the Khmer empire is loss of water control. Khmer seen unwilling to work wholeheartely for the king as a holy service as they had previously did.

9)What contributed to the fall of Angkor?
Contribute falls of Angkor, is because introduction of Theravada Buddahism to Khmer people on 13th century which has challenged Angkorian monarchy as a “god-king” and loss of water control.This happen when Khmer people loss their devotion to 'god-king' and they are not willingly work for their king.Thus,weaken the rice productivity and strength of Angkor empire.

10) How did the Khmer people cultivate rice?
Seasonal rise and fall in the water level allowed local farmers to harvest a variety of 'floating rice'in the lake. It is a fast growing variety that germinates in deep water and grows as much 4 inches in a single day.The rice always stays on the surface because its rate of growth is the same as the rate of which the lake rises.

Okey, all of this is a part of Angkor Wat history. Hope all of you will gain some input from topic for this week..Enjoy your day.. Till then.. Bye..