PEARL HARBOUR 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan).

In early 1923, two young boys from Tennessee, Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker, pretending to fight the Germans, climb into Rafe's father's biplane crop duster and accidentally start it, giving them their first taste of flying. Soon after, Danny's father comes to drag him home, berating him for playing with Rafe and beating him. Rafe attacks Danny's father calling him a "dirty German"; Danny's father counters by explaining that he fought the Germans in World War I and wishes that they never witness the horrors of war.

By January 1941, Rafe and Danny are still best friends. They are both First Lieutenants in the United States Army Air Corps under the command of Major Jimmy Doolittle (Alec Baldwin). 4 weeks earlier Rafe had met Evelyn a United States Navy Nurse who passes him for his physical examination even though he has dyslexia. They begin a relationship, but prior to meeting Evelyn, Rafe had volunteered to join the Royal Air Force's Eagle Squadron. He tells Evelyn he has volunteered the night before he leaves, and asks her not to see him off at the train station the next morning. He lies to Danny, telling him that Doolittle had assigned him to the Eagle Squadron. The next day, Danny and Rafe say goodbye. At first, it seems that Evelyn will not come, but as Rafe takes his seat on the train, he sees her through the window, and says the bemused man next to him that he knows she loves him. Evelyn and Danny are transferred with their respective squadrons to Pearl Harbor. Rafe fights in The Battle Of Britain over the English Channel and is shot down. His plane crashes into the Channel and is presumed to have been killed in action. Danny receives a letter telling him Rafe has been killed, and imparts the news to the others, including Evelyn.

Three months later, Evelyn and Danny bond over their mourning of Rafe and unexpectedly develop feelings for each other. They soon begin their own relationship.

On the night of December 6, 1941, Rafe unexpectedly returns to Pearl Harbor. After crashing his plane into the Channel, he floated on the wreckage of the plane until he was picked up by a French fishing boat and taken to Occupied France. After many months he has made it back to America, and was granted permission to go to Pearl Harbour, where he thought his girlfriend and best friend were. He quickly realizes that Evelyn and Danny are now together, and feeling hurt and betrayed, the two friends soon get into a fight at the local hula bar. The next morning, on December 7, they are interrupted by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour by Zero fighters, Val dive bombers and Kate torpedo bombers.

The surprise Japanese air raid sinks the battleships USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma and many other ships. Back at the hospital, Evelyn helps tend to the dozens of wounded who come in and must help decide who can and cannot be saved. Meanwhile, Rafe and Danny are the only two who manage to get airborne and shoot down seven Japanese aircraft with P-40s using their reckless tactics, including an old game of theirs called chicken. The two men then go to the hospital, where Evelyn takes blood from them for the hundreds of injured soldiers, and later aid in trying to rescue the many men still in the harbor. In the aftermath, the survivors attend a memorial service for the fallen victims after the U.S. declaration of war on Japan.

Rafe and Danny are both promoted to Captain, awarded the Silver Star and assigned to now-Colonel Doolittle for a dangerous and top-secret mission. Before their departure, Evelyn meets Rafe and reveals that she is pregnant with Danny's child, although she doesn't want Danny to know so he can focus on the upcoming mission. She says that she is going to remain with Danny, though deep down she will always love Rafe just as much. Rafe accepts this.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jon Voight) wants to send a message that the Japanese homeland is not immune from bombing. Danny, Rafe and others are to fly North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, bomb Tokyo and then land in friendly Chinese territory. The two men succeed in their bombing but crash-land into a rice field in a Japanese-held area when their bombers run out of fuel. Just as Rafe is about to be shot, Danny flies over head and shoots the attacking Japanese soldiers. Danny's plane then crashes and he is wounded. Japanese come in and attack Rafe and start to hold the others captive. They tie Danny to a cattle holder. Rafe picks up a gun and kills several Japanese. Danny acts as human shield for Rafe and is fatally wounded. Rafe holds a dying Danny in his arms, tearfully telling him he can't die because he's going to be a father. With his dying words, Danny tells Rafe to raise his child for him. The crew arrives back in Hawaii and a hopeful Evelyn awaits. She sees Rafe and is excited, but then sees him carrying Danny's coffin.

Dorie Miller becomes the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross. Rafe is discharged from the Army. He and Evelyn, who are together again, and Danny's son, also called Danny, who Rafe is bringing up as his own, are back at the farm in Tennessee visiting Danny's grave. Rafe then takes his son flying, and the two fly off into the sunset in the old biplane.

This movie was based on a movie called Pearl Harbour in 2001 by Micheal Bay

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My dream is to be a famous fashion designer. Ever since I was twelve years old I have an obsession about fashion. I would take up pictures from the internet and put it all together. Here are some of the old pictures I have:

If I were to be a designer I would love to design one of a kind clothing line. From shoes to jewelries, clothes to handbags. The reason behind it, why I really want to be a designer is because I used to watch this movie called “That’s so raven” on Disney channel. Raven loves to design her own clothes and therefore this has influenced me into wanting to be a designer. I also took home science during form 4 because I wanted to learn how to sew properly. This then had became an obsession to me and eventually it made me analyze clothes and mix and match then in my head.

It is hard to be a famous designer but nothing is impossible. A good inspiration for me to not give up on my dreams would be the movie “Soul Surfer” which is based on a true story of a young surfer Bethany Meilani Hamilton. She overcame her fears of surfing after losing her left arm because of a shark attack; instead she became a famous professional surfer.

Television

Television have been commercially available since the late 1920s, the television set has become commonplace in homes, businesses and institutions, particularly as a vehicle for advertising, a source of entertainment, and news. Since the 1950s, television has been the main medium for molding public opinion. Since the 1970s the availability of video cassettes, laserdiscs, DVDs and now Blu-ray Discs, have resulted in the television set frequently being used for viewing recorded as well as broadcast material. 

In recent years Internet television has seen the rise of television available via the Internet, e.g. iPlayer and Hulu. Almost everyone in this world depends on TV to keep them updated with the news and latest trends or products. This is why TV is a good example of advertisements. TV is also a good source of entertainment, without it people cannot watch movie, play games. And by owning it, it gives alot of incentives. One of my favourite TV would be the Apple TV, it is really nice and it has good functions.

MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE BOOK

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made  of paper, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. Books are divided into two parts which is fiction vs. non-fiction and hardcover vs. paperback. 

Yes I am sure that everyone has read a book before. I would love to share about my all-time favorite book called “the notebook” by Nicholas Sparks. The book is about a love story and there was a movie made out of this book. The story was based on a notebook that belonged to an old man and he was reading it to her wife that had Alzheimer. The story line of that notebook is about a poor guy named “Noah” who comes from the village falling in love with a rich city girl named “Allie”. They met through a funfair event in the village where “Allie” was there because she was on her summer break. Allie stayed in the village with her parents during the whole summer break. She came to the funfair with her best friend and her best friend boyfriend happens to be “Noah” and this how they met. During this funfair event, Noah could not get his eyes off Allie because he was struck by her beauty.  He then did everything just to try to impress her where eventually it worked. Allie finds Noah one of a kind because he was so weird and she cannot help but falling in love with him. And this is where their love story begins. They did everything together during the summers and spent time together each and every day. As they grew closer everyday Allie parents then found about it and her mother was not really fond of it because of the status differences. The fact that Noah comes from a poor family, Allie’s mother disapproves their relationship and made Allie go back to city earlier than she should. Allie then went back to the city and lived her normal life. Noah wrote her a letter 365 times in a year but there was no reply from Allie where eventually he gave up. Both of them lost contact but after seven years Allie saw Noah’s picture in the newspaper with Allie’s dream house. Allie then decided to pay him a visit, hoping that he still remembers her. Then they met and the feelings that they had for each other was still there, they chemistry between them were still strong. Then they end up being together and the old man reading the notebook is actually they guy in the character Noah and the woman with Alzheimer was Allie. It was them when they were old and they ended up dying together in the hospital. It was fate that brought them together. This book is very romantic because it shows that true love exists. It is a must read!

FEMALE MAGAZINE

Among other magazines, I love this magazine called “Female”. It is Malaysian based but I sometimes get it even if I am in my home country which is Brunei. 

This is only because this magazine I have chosen has contributed to me the latest trends; it makes me copy the style of the models as it is my dream to be a fashion designer. There is a feature section where they teach us how to change our looks.  It gives tips on how to improve your style and look in order to make you look more attractive. Some of the tips are from spectacles to lenses, from over sized shopper to mini handbag, from flats to heels and from skinnies to dresses. There are also sections where they tell you what type of coffee you love define your personality. It is basically not all about fashion, it also give tips on life and love, teaches us how to cook, how to self-check for breast cancer, travel tips. They also give out free ingredients for free and discount coupons in Sephora. Yes, this is reason why this magazine is my favorite. I find the content inside is complete.

ATTITUDE CHANGE THEORY

Attitudes are our predisposition towards things. It means whether or not we like something. On the other hand, attitude change means that something that can affect the way we see things because it has an impact towards us or our life. For example, I could relate this to this movie I love to watch called “The Sopranos”.

The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. The series also features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and storylines, most notably his wife Carmela (Edie Falco) and cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). A central theme is his professional relationship with his psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).

This movie is explicit but I could relate it to the”Attitude Change Theory” because Tony is a mobster. Anyone will listen to his decision or they will get killed.