READING LOG:
SHORT STORY (MEETING 12)
PRE-READING
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No
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Day
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Title
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Why I am interesting to read
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Question(s) before I read
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1.
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Friday
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What Life is All About
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Because I want to read something that not just entertaining but also
give an inspiration to me about what life is all about.
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Is this story going to give me another perspective about life?
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2.
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Saturday
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Where We Can Go When We Feel Lost and Alone
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Because of the title. I hope after I read this, I would know where to
go when I feel lost and alone.
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Is this story has a same plot with my life?
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3.
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Monday
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When Our Old Stories Hold Us Back
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Because I’m interested with the first two sentences which is same as
my experience.
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Is this story same as my experience?
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4.
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Tuesday
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The Weight of the Glass
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Because of the title. I’ve never found something like this before.
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What kind of story it is?
Is this the other inspirational story?
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AFTER READING
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Day 1
Friday, April 26th, 2019
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Time
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10:17-10:22
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Title
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What Life is All About (Story #1)
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Source
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Character(s)
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The girl
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Main point of the story
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One day, an artist girl, who could do
anything in the world she wanted by painting it, started to think everything
she could see and do in the world instead of panting here. So, she stood up
and walked out of the door. After 25 years she left, she finally realized
that life isn’t about possibility-everything is possible-but it’s about
making a decision that moves you. So, she became an artist again as before,
because painting is something that moves her.
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New vocabularies found
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Stroke, gracefully, converging,
eventually, anxious, ultimately, glanced, preoccupied, utterly, stumped,
enamored, array, and revel.
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Comment(s)
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After I read this, I started to rethink
what life is all about for me. I started to ask myself, “Am I already make a
decision that moves me?” I like this story for that.
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What I can get from the story (moral value)
Life isn’t about possibility-everything
is possible-but it’s about making a decision, deciding to do something that
moves you.
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Day 2
Saturday, April 27th, 2019
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Time
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13:10-13:15
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Title
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Where We Can Go When We Feel Lost and
Alone (Story #5)
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Source
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Character(s)
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The young women, her fiancé, and people
around her
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Main point of the story
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The young women always notices people
around her and wanted to connect with them. But, she never did that because
she had no courage to do it and prefer to be alone. Actually, a few months
ago when she still have a fiancé, she have a good social life, but soon she realized
it because of her status not her. One day she walked around the park and
found a spiritual sanctuary and finally found what she was looking for;
spiritual growth, deep connection and love. Finally she realized that when
she felt lost and alone, all she need to do is not to try to connect with
people, but try to connect with God at spiritual sanctuary.
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New vocabularies found
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Subtle, sanctuary, breezy, sufficient,
grasping, fleeting, interfere, strapping, deepening, split, monetary, consciously,
rapid, unsustainable, revolve, mounting, steered, steep, paved, outskirt,
calf, dwell, marches, quaint, cottage, huddled, strumming, eternity, heritage,
procure, and nerve.
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Comment(s)
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I like this story for its similarity with
my story, even this is a bit worse. Also, I like the message of the story.
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What I can get from the story (moral value)
If you feel lost and alone, the first
place that you need to visit is spiritual sanctuary. Because there you can
pray to God, and trust me there is no one in the world who can do the same
thing as God in solving your problems.
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Day 3
Monday, April 29th, 2019
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Time
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21:10-21:14
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Title
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When Our Old Stories Hold Us Back (Story
#2)
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Source
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Character(s)
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Author and an introvert women
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Main point of the story
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I (Author) met an introvert women, who
never makes eye contact to other and only look at the ground, at a bar and
she sit next to me. She told me why she did that was because she doesn’t want
to people knew about her past. Then, we go out of the bar in a breezy night
and she told me her past. After that, I asked her to put her right hand on
her chest then her hands on her face and asked to feel those. She felt her
heartbeat and her face, then she me why I asked her to do that. I told her
that stories, I mean her past, doesn’t have heartbeat and face not like her,
it just a story that we live through and learn from.
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New vocabularies found
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Chilly, downward, gaze vapor, smirks,
nod, interject, assimilate, raw, and prolonged.
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Comment(s)
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I really like this story because it just
like mine, even mine isn’t worse than this. Also, this story told me that I
need to move on and not to stuck in my past to reach a better future.
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What I can get from the story (moral value)
It is okay if you have many mistakes in
the past or a bad past, but you need to move on and try to continue your life
by learning from your past in order to get a better future.
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Day 4
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
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Time
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09:37-09:39
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Title
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The Weight of the Glass
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Source
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Character(s)
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Author, Angel, and their
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Main point of the story
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20 years ago, Angel and I were undergrads
and attend our last class of our psychology professor. She taught us
unforgotten lesson “The Weight of the Glass”. She showed us a half full glass
of water and asked us to guess the weight. After we answered it, she told us
that the weight is irrelevant. It depends on how long you hold it; the longer
you hold it, the heavier it would be. It just same as our worries, frustrations,
disappointments, and stressful thoughts, the more you think it, the more it
hurt you. So, you can having those feelings, but remember keep it just for a
while then tries to move on and learn from it.
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New vocabularies found
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Metaphor, fielding, fairly light, numb,
paralyzed, and noticeable.
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Comment(s)
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I like this story, because this story
teaches me something very important, but feels like it is not. Also, This
story has a good way in delivering its message to the reader.
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What I can get from the story (moral value)
If I feel worry, frustration, disappointed,
and stressful because of something or problem, I should not thinking about it
too much. Just think it for a while to find my mistakes and then drop it and
try to find the way out.
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Thanks for coming and happy reading J
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