WORDS & MEANINGS

WORD & MEANING

WORD	SYNONYM	ANTONYM
Happy	Joyful, glad, pleased	Sad, unhappy, depressed, down, heartbroken ,miserable, blue
shout	Scream, yell, shriek	Whisper
Clever	Smart, intelligent, brilliant, bright	Dull, stupid, idiotic dumb, dim, thick, cloddish
exciting	Interesting, thrilling	Boring, dull, uninteresting,
furious	Angry, mad, irate, enraged	Calm, mild, pleased,

Johnny Depp Biography

Johnny Depp Biography

Johnny Depp who is one of the top Hollywood actors nowadays. He was born in Kentucky on June 9th 1963. Born John Christopher Depp ll, young Depp was interested in pursuing a music career. Following a move to Florida, his parents divorced when he was 16. Depp was such a lonely guy who lived his life within drugs and alcohol. He dropped out of high school to become a rock star and joined a band called The Kids and he gained popularity from the Kids. Next, the band went to Los Angeles and Depp married at age 20 Lori Allison. After that, Depp decided to try acting under suggestion from his wife and she introduced him to Nicolas Cage to test him. Depp’s first film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) was by Wes Craven. Soon after the movie’s release The Kids split-up and Depp followed a life of acting. Unwilling at first, Depp has been a star in a new series entitled 21, Jump Street. Although he wasn’t convinced about the role it actually turned him into a teenybopper idol. His next show was Edward Scissorhands (1990); the success of this movie established his well known choice for odd and unusual roles and he always surprises audiences with his odd choices of roles. His divorce from Lori catalyzed engagements to multiple love interests including Sherilyn Fenn and Jennifer Gray. Then he had a relationship with Winona Ryder and he described her as the one despite their break up three years later. Within five years starting in 1993, Depp starred in movies including: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Benny and Joon, Arizona Dreaming, Nick of Time, and Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man. Again, an unhappy Depp began using drugs and alcohol to escape from reality. Later, Depp started an on-off relationship with supermodel Kate Moss (1996). Depp continued to establish himself as an incredible actor despite his chaotic life. In 1998 Depp split with Kate and started a relationship with French singer Venessa Paradis, relocating to Paris with his two children Lily-Rose and Jack in hope to pursue a more normal life. Work opportunities continued and Depp continued acting, starring in such films as: The Source, The 9^th Gate, Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow, and The Oscar Nominated Chocolate; Depp managed to continue his musical interests by appearing in an array of music with his band P, and directing several videos for his wife (2001).

Hedley's trip to the Niah Caves

Thirty years ago, in 1980, Hedley went on a trip with his wife and elder daughter Kate to the Niah caves in Sarawak, Malaysia .

They started their trip from Brunei early in the morning by car; they had a very interesting, exciting and hard trip and they saw a lot of rare things during their trip; they faced a lot of problems during the trip; they didn't find any place to sleep or to eat because there were no restaurants and hotels those days so they took their food with them. They drove to the border of Sarawak, then they crossed two large rivers by a big ferry and had their lunch in Miri and continued to Niah. They hired a small boat and sailed to a government house to rest and spend the night there. They had their dinner with a small group of scientists. It was a remote and terrible place deep in the jungle so they acquired an experience. In the morning, they continued their trip on foot until they reached the Niah caves. Inside the caves they saw birds nests and some men climbing to scrape birds nests off the roof, collecting them and selling them to the Chinese because the Chinese were making bird's nest soup.

In the afternoon, they prepared their things and said goodbye to their new friends in the house and drove back home. They had a very hard adventure but at the same time it was very interesting and exciting; it was amazing; they would never forget those moments.