Reading Log Meeting 5 (Biography)
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Day 1
Wednesday
Date: 26th
February 2020
Time:
19.00 – 19.15
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First Person
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Taylor
Swift
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His/Her biography
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Taylor Swift was born with the
name Taylor Alison Swift. In daily life, she commonly called Swift. She was
born on December 13th, 1989. She is the daughter of Andrea Gardner
Swift a housewife, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a stockbroker. Swift has a
younger brother, Austin. Her
musicality blood flowed from her grandmother, Majorie Finlay, which was an
opera singer. Taylor
Swift has been started singing since she was small.
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His/her photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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777 words
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What makes you interested in
this person
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Her voice
is very good, even some of her albums have brought her success. I also liked her since I was in elementary
school. The songs she brought were
mostly in accordance with the true stories she passed so that we as music lovers can also feel her feelings.
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Comment after reading
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I have never heard that her relationship with Joe Jonas
ended tragically when Joe decided to leave her via telephone.
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New Vocabularies found
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Stockbroker, flagship, blasphemous.
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Time
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19.25 –
19.40
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Second Person
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BJ Habibie
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His/Her biography
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Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie is
the third President of Indonesia. He was born on June 25, 1936 in Pare-Pare,
South Sulawesi. He is the fourth of eight children in his family. His parents
are Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie and RA. Tuti Marini Puspowardojo. In 1954, after Habibie
graduated from senior high school in Bandung, he continued his study to
Bandung Institute of Technology. He did not finish his study at ITB because
at the same time he got a scholarship from The Ministry of education and
Culture of Indonesia to study in Germany. In 1960, he graduated with great
score, almost perfect (9.5). After that, he continued his doctoral
degree at Technische Hochschule Die Facultaet Fuer Maschinenwesen Aachean. In
1962, he got married with Hasri Ainun. She was a doctor and she followed his
husband to Germany. He
finished his doctoral degree in 1965 with perfect score (10). When the crisis happened in
1998 and President Soeharto was insisted to step down from his position,
Habibie was assigned to replace President Soeharto to be the third President
of Indonesia.
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His/her photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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571 words
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What makes you interested in
this person
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Because there is one of my
friends who has the same birth date as BJ Habibie and he really wants to be
like BJ Habibie.
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Comment after reading
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reading this biography make me inspired by his figure. His
intelligence, especially his love for Ainun. For BJ Habibie, Ainun is
everything. She
is a great partner of life who had accompanied him to go through good and bad
times in life. It’s so
sweet.
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New Vocabularies found
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Afford, aerospace, fulfilled.
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Day 2
Thursday
Date: 27th
February 2020
Time:
19.00 – 19.15
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First Person
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Zayn Malik
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His/Her biography
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Zayn Malik was born in
Bradford, England. He
had an early love for singing and performing, and at the age of 17 he
competed in the television competition The X Factor. After judges Nicole
Scherzinger and Simon Cowell grouped him with fellow competitors Harry
Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to form a new act, One
Direction became one of the most popular finalists in their season of The X
Factor.
Following the band's massive success, Malik left the group in 2015 to pursue a solo career. ZAYN signed with RCA Records and moved to Los Angeles, where he began working on his solo effort with James "Malay" Ho (Frank Ocean, Big Boi). ZAYN entered the fashion world in 2016 with his shoe collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti and began working on his Versus Versace link In late 2016, ZAYN re-entered the music world with the Taylor Swift assisted single, "I Don't Want To Live Forever" from the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack. |
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His/her photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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1.626
words
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What makes you interested in
this person
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I really
like Zayn songs and Zayn sounds very good. especially his efforts to achieve
success, deserves thumbs up.
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Comment after reading
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I am impressed by achievements
of his songs and albums. Moreover, he has both luck and talent.
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New Vocabularies found
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Descent, pursue, full-length.
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Time
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19.25 –
19.40
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Second Person
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Shawn
Mendes
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His/Her biography
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Shawn Peter Raul Mendes was
born on August 8, 1998 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Karen. His father is
of Portuguese descent (from Lagos) and his mother is English (with deep roots
in Dorset). He has a sister, Aaliyah. Shawn was raised in Pickering. He first
started posting cover videos on the social video app Vine in 2013 and picked
up millions of followers in a matter of months, becoming well known for his
six-second snippets of renditions of many popular songs. Andrew Gertler
discovered Shawn online in January 2014, bringing him to Island Records where
he eventually signed and released his first single "Life of the
Party" in June 2014. He is the youngest artist to compose his own debut
album in the top 25 with a debut song on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at
number 24 for the week ending July 12, 2014 at 15 years of age.
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His/her photo
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Sources
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The amount of words on text
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473 words
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What makes you interested in
this person
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He is my favourite singer and I
love all of his songs. Moreover, he is handsome
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Comment after reading
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Oh My God, I really like his personal quotes “Sometimes I feel like giving
up, no medicine is strong enough but i just can't It isn't in my blood.”
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New Vocabularies found
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Renditions.
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Day 3
Friday
Date: 28th
February 2020
Time:
19.00 – 19.15
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First Person
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Anne Marie
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His/Her biography
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Anne-Marie Duff is an English
actress, born on 8 October 1970 in Southall, London. Her parents, Brendan and
Mary (née Doherty), are from Donegal, Ireland. Her father worked as a painter
and decorator and her mother worked in a shoe shop.
She first came to the attention of the British public for her role as Margaret in The Magdalene Sisters (2002) and as Fiona Gallagher in the successful TV series Shameless (2004), where she met her future husband, James McAvoy. She went on to play Queen Elizabeth I opposite Tom Hardy's Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester in the four-part miniseries The Virgin Queen (2005). She has been married to McAvoy since 11 November 2006. They have one child, a son named Brendan after Duff's father. On 13 May 2016, Duff and McAvoy announced their decision to divorce. |
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His/her photo
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The amount of words on text
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2.174
words
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What makes you interested in
this person
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I really
like the song titled "2002" it feels like to shake when I hear the
song and it makes me want to know more about the biography.
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Comment after reading
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She
was different from what I imagined that he was older than I thought
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New Vocabularies found
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a council, descent
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Time
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19.25 –
19.40
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Second Person
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Harry
Styles
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His/Her biography
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Harry Edward Styles was born on
February 1, 1994 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, the son of Anne
Twist and Desmond "Des" Styles, who worked in finance. Harry makes
his acting debut in "Dunkirk." The critically acclaimed film topped
the US box office in its first weekend and was one of the top grossing films
of the summer. Styles
also made his solo music debut with his self-titled debut album, released in
May 2017. Styles found fame as the star of the global phenomenon One
Direction, a group that was assembled by Simon Cowell in the boot camp stage
of The X Factor UK 2010 and made it all the way to the final before finishing
3rd. One Direction was the first band in history to have its first four
albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200 charts, with the fifth album
topping UK charts selling 3.5 million copies worldwide. On December 13, 2015
the band performed "Infinity" and "History" on The X
Factor UK Finale before embarking on a hiatus in 2016.
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His/her photo
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The amount of words on text
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1.620
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What makes you interested in
this person
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I had
liked One Direction a few years ago. Besides Zayn Malik, one of the members I
know is Harry Styles, so I want to know about his biography.
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Comment after reading
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I was
surprised that I was too late to know that Harry Styles had been an actor in
several films
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New Vocabularies found
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Grossing, featured, residency, embarked, venues.
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Day 4
Saturday
Date: 29th
February 2020
Time:
19.00 – 19.15
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First Person
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Maudy
Ayunda
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His/Her biography
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Faza Ayunda Maudia is an artist
born in Jakarta, December 19, 1994. Maudy Ayunda classified children who
excel in academics. He had been a runner in her school speech competition. In
addition to fluent English, he also mastered Mandarin and Spanish.
She also has hobbies include swimming, singing, writing, and playing piano. From hobby to write Maudy has launched a book "A of Fables" in 2005. Maudy after graduating from the British International School, she continued her studies at Columbia University majoring in Economics. However, because the concentration of a career in Indonesia, she decided to transform postpone college. Ayunda Maudy name is not exactly new in the world of Indonesian cinema. Until the year 2010 also, she has three films Untuk Rena, Sang Pemimpi serta Rumah Tanpa Jendela. |
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His/her photo
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The amount of words on text
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395 words
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What makes you interested in
this person
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She is
very clever so he can get an overseas scholarship, that's what makes me
interested in her figure.
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Comment after reading
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I have never heard that Maudy
Ayunda has also released a book with a genre of children.
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New Vocabularies found
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Eldest, re-appear, turns out.
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Time
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19.25 –
19.40
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Second Person
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Isyana
Sarasvati
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His/Her biography
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Isyana Sarasvati was born in
Bandung in 1993. At the age of 16 years Isyana get scholarship from the
Government of Singapore to study Music Performance at the Nanyang Academy of
Fine Arts (NAFA), Singapore, and by 2013 had managed to achieve the Diploma
in Music Performance (2013) & On September 2015, Isyana graduated from NAFA
with "Bachelor of Music" (B.Mus) title and received the Best
Graduate Award Embassy of Peru Award.
Isyana's debut album
"Explore!" was released on November 25, 2015, by Sony Music
Entertainment Indonesia. Her first single "Keep Being You" (2014)
was included in this album, along with "Tetap Dalam Jiwa" and
"Kau Adalah", her collaboration with RAN's member Rayi Putra. Her
second album "Paradox" was released on September 1, 2017. Featuring
her duet with Raisa, "Anganku Anganmu", "Sekali Lagi",
"Terpesona" a collaboration with Gamaliel from GAC, and her latest
single "Lembaran Buku". Isyana also collaborates with Afgan and
Rendy Pandugo on their latest single "Heaven", released on February
14, 2018. And the project continues with release an EP in 2019.
Isyana released a new single
"untuk hati yang terluka" on August 30, 2019. and on October 16,
Isyana release "ragu Semesta", the single is more pure-classical
music.
LEXICON is the third Isyana
Sarasvati's album, released in November 2019. The sound and musical style is
different than "EXPLORE!" and "Paradox". LEXICON is more
musical, classical and opera, the lead single from the album is "Sikap
Duniawi".
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His/her photo
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The amount of words on text
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270 words
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What makes you interested in
this person
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She is a
very beautiful singer, I liked her from the first time she was the first
release song.
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Comment after reading
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Oh my god,
she's also the same as maudy ayyunda smart since childhood, she even got a
scholarship in singapore when he was 16 years old.
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New Vocabularies found
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Achieve.
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