BASIC Knowledge College Ota

15/07/2024

10/07/2024

Three stories to boot:

1. Nokia refused Android
2. yahoo rejected google
3. Kodak refused digital cameras

Lessons:
1. Take chances
2. Embrace the Change
3. If you refuse to change with time, you'll become outdated

Two more stories:
1. Facebook takes over whatsapp and instagram
2. Grab takes over Uber in Southeast Asia
Lessons:
1. Become so powerful that your competitors become your allies
2. Reach the top and eliminate the competition.
3. Keep on innovating

Two more stories:
1. Colonel Sanders founded KFC at 65
2. Jack Ma, who couldn't get a job at KFC, founded Alibaba and retired at the age of 55.

Lessons:
1. Age is merely a number
2. Only those who keep trying will succeed

Last but not least:
Lamborghini was founded as a result of revenge from a tractor manufacturer who was insulted by Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari.

Lessons:
Never underestimate anyone, Ever!
✔️ Just keep working hard
✔️ Invest your time wisely
✔️ Don't be afraid to fail
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25/06/2024

BASIC KNOWLEDGE SCHOOL - ONGOING ADMISSIONS ✨

07/03/2024

Phrasal Verbs for Travel
Read the last dialog 4.

Pamela: I wanted to hit the Guggenheim Museum, but it turns out they’re closed on Thursdays. So I ended up going to 5th Avenue and trying on a whole bunch of expensive clothes just for kicks.
Heather: Did you buy anything?
Pamela: I wish!
Heather: Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m starving. There’s this upscale Italian restaurant I’ve been wanting to try – let’s go there for dinner. My treat.
Pamela: OK. Do I need to dress up or anything? Maybe I should have bought one of those designer outfits after all.
Heather: No, no, what you’re wearing is fine.

Explanation
She wanted to visit a museum, but it turned out to be closed – so she ended up going to 5th Avenue.
Both turn out and end up refer to the final result of plans or situations that changed and had a different result from what was expected. The difference is that end up is typically used when the subject is a person:
“We had planned to stay for just a week, but we ended up staying for a month.”
Turn out is typically used when the subject is not a person:
“New York turned out to be too expensive for me to live there, so I moved to New Jersey.”
In the shops on 5th Avenue, Pamela tried on expensive clothes, but didn’t buy any. The phrasal verb try on means to put on clothing temporarily in a store to see if you like it and if it’s the right size. The place in the store where you do this is called the try-on room.
Heather and Pamela decide to go out for dinner at an upscale (expensive, for rich people) restaurant. Pamela asks if she needs to dress up – that means wear formal or fancy clothes, clothing that is nicer than what you normally wear in day to day life. But Heather tells her she looks just fine.

02/01/2024

Amen

06/12/2023