Chapter 3: Smiling & Laughing

Hey peeps! So today we’re going to talk about the power of smiling and laughing.

Smile?

Smiling is defined as “a facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision,” (American Heritage Dictionary, 2011).

So, according to psychologist, Dr Michael Lewis, whenever we smile

, we put ourselves to a happy mood. Plus, when we smile, we would seem friendlier that it would make easy for us to communicate and mingle around with strangers.

Laughter?

Laughing is defined as “the experience or manifestation of mirth, amusement, scorn, or joy,” (Collins English Dictionary, 2011).

Don’t you feel infectious whenever you hear laughter nearby? Aren’t you envy of those people, laughing their lungs out? What’s stopping you? Laughing really is the best medicine because of the benefits it channels to our mind and body.

The Benefits?

Firstly, laughter reduces the level of stress hormones

thus it increases the number of antibody-producing cells and grows our immune system stronger (Scott, 2011). Secondly, it provides a physical and emotional release. Third, we get to exercise our diaphragm. Fourth, it can divert us from all the negative emotions (About.com, 2011).

How is it possible?

Go catch that humorous movie on the cinema with your friends or

google for jokes online. Then spread the glee of your heart to others so they would be affected by the positive aura as well.

How do we actually smile? By stretching our cheeks to the extent of our oral cavity? Not really. We just have to curve our lips upward (or whichever direc

tion they go to). What’s the limit of it? There’s not limit AT ALL!

Just smile the way you want to smile and to the extent you want to smile. No one can tell you the right or wrong for to smile. So what’s the reason you’re hiding your beauty after all? There’s no harm in smiling or laughing. You get to exercise, keep yourself healthy and be happy. Isn’t that enough of a reason to smile and laugh?

So remember, whenever you see a friend who is in a bad mood or just plain boring, crack a joke. And even if you’re sad or PMS, try to smile. When you do that boring facial expression, you also give out a dark aura that will affect the people around you to feel the same way. Just smile all day long!

No one is smiling? Take out a piece of paper and a pen. Write ‘SMILE’ on the paper and show it around them. Oh, don’t forget to smile too okay! Coz that’s all a part of the plan, remember? Keep smiling! ;D

Lesson 2: Depressed Much?

Hey ya!

The world has started its new beginning.

Have you started yours?

What? You're feeling down like the person

on the left? Feeling stressed,

depressed and lonely?

SNAP OUT OF IT!

What better way to start your day then to MOVE ON?

Go out and celebrate because it is going to be blast! The streaks

of bad lucks are over. Yes, 2010 sucks but come on! Pick up your

lazy bones and start enjoying your life.

Hey you, yes you, the one stuck in the room, sitting in front of the

monitor all day? Don't you have anything better to do? This isn't

the Victorian era you know! People of all ages,

races and genders are free to do everything they want to do!

WHAT? TOO MUCH WORK??

Have you ever heard of the term

'take a break' or seen the Kit Kat commercial lately? Change your attitude!

You've just lost someone? What better way to honour

that person other than to start appreciating life more?

How about that?

FEELING LOW AND DOWN?

You don't need anyone to push you except for yourself. Go out there and do something f.u.n.

Do something crazy, something out of the ordinary, something that's adrenaline rush! Ride that

crazy roller coaster, or scream like a crazy person in the middle of the crowd or go for a run! It

might not totally cure yourself but it's a start. Trust me. It will drive you insane!

As a start, look in the mirror and say this to yourself repeatedly:

I am AWESOME! I feel AWESOME and I am the NEW DEFINITION OF AWESOMENESS!

*you may replace awesome with other positive word like

beautiful, confident and such.

Just go out there and be free! You know you want to!

It's time to change! Look forward to everything

in your life! And you will end up like these people here...

FYI: Change that awfully sad songs on your IPod. Try listening some cool grooves from the

90's or something that will pump you out! It will work like a charm!

Lesson 1: Adverbs

The topic of the day would be about ADVERBS!!! (The image above is from http://img.mappio.com/gillianmarie/adverbs-Pixel600.jpg. I don't own it)

What is adverb?
-Adverbs is a word that modifies VERBS, ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS!

How to detect an adverb?
- It depends on the sentence. Look at the word. If it complements (or explain more) a verb, an adjective or another adverb, then it is an ADVERB!

Examples:

1. She ran fast.
*Note that the word ran is a verb. Since fast complements/modifies the verb 'ran', therefore it is an ADVERB!

2. The hat is totally expensive.
* Notice that hat is a noun and the word 'expensive' describes the noun, 'hat'. So, expensive is an adjective. BUT, the word 'totally' modifies the adjective 'pretty', hence, totally is an ADVERB!

3. They walk very slowly.
* Know that the verb 'walk' is referring to 'they'. 'slowly' is an adverb because it complements the verb 'walk'. Meanwhile, the word 'very' modifies the adverb 'slowly' to show the degree of manner so 'very' is considered as an ADVERB too!


How to distinguish an adverb?
-It all depends on the sentence. If you are unsure to which group the word belongs to, just check what the word modifies or is referring to. If it refers to a noun or a pronoun, then it is an adjective BUT if it modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb, then it is an ADVERB.