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What is my metaphor of life? I guess tree is the best thing to explain me. Just like a tree, I take a really long time to grow into a big, sturdy tree. But, if you water and fertilize me every day, I won’t disappoint you and grow into a really big tree, a really big one that can give lots of benefits to everyone around me.

As we can see, the leaves of a tree are not only green in color. It might be yellow, orange, brown and sometimes red.  It changes color as time passes by and after a while, it will fall. But, new leaves will grow and the tree will look prettier than how it used to look like. Just like the leaves, I have multiple personalities and it changes from time to time. You are lucky if you meet me when I am as bright as the green leaves, but you will face the biggest crisis in your life if you meet me when I turn into a red-colored leaf. I might be really mad at that moment, but after a while, I changes into a brown-colored leaf and fall. I become lost and break into pieces once you step on me. I start to regret for being mad and blame myself even though I am not the one who was wrong. Despite that, I never fail to stand up again and grow, just like a new leaf.

When we look at a tree, the things that come in our mind are rough and strong. That is exactly how people that meet me for the first time explain how I look like. They say I look like a rough and strong person, they say I look intimidating. But once they get to know me, they say I am totally different from what they think I am. They say I am actually a cool person who is full of humor and they say they feel comfortable hanging out with me. Try to go and stand under a big tree. Don’t you feel it has some kind of a cooling feeling? Yes, that is how I am. Cool and comfortable, even though I look rough and strong.

Tree depends a lot on its roots as it transports water and nutrients from the ground to other parts of the tree. Before my little sister was born, I was the only child in my family. I depend a lot on my parents almost on everything. This is not because I was raised like a princess; this is because I am scared that I might make a mistake when I decide on something on my own. Just like water and nutrients transported from the roots to other parts of the tree, my parents love have been flowing in me; helping me to grow up to be who I am now. I never forget my roots no matter where I go and some people might think that I am weird because I am always in contact with my parents no matter where I go. I also never know how to lie to my parents no matter how hard I try to.

Trees provide oxygen to all living things and none of us can live without trees. So, live your life like a tree where everyone needs you just like they need oxygen.

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IFFAH HANNANI BINTI MAT YAKI @ MOHD ZAKI 

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IFFAH HANNANI BINTI MAT YAKI @ MOHD ZAKI 

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My metaphor of life is emoji. It may sounds weird but yeah, i think it is the most suitable that can be relate about. I more often use that laughing emoji as i describe it the emoji when i'm with my friends ain,una,sofia and ummu they are my happy pills ofcourse. At first i came upsi, we began to be friend. As now, we shared happines, sadnes, other stupid gossip and jokes together. I frequently use that annoying emoji face also because that emoji was really suitable for my every situation in my life. This because i feel that some situation quite annoyed me. No often . Maybe im just the one that can't handle situation. Some others emoji also are relate to me such as that sad emoji, monkey emoji and others. Here, a little bit of my metaphor of life.. Sorry for the miss amreet 😅

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QURRATU'AIN BINTI MOHD HAMIDEE (E20161014790)

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Have you ever fallen in love with someone that you think they can bring endless happiness into your life,can cheer up your gloomy day after you have been through a rough day, and also someone that can protect you well even single word or action won't hurt you? I'm experiencing those things now. Love is like a battlefield. Once you entered this battlefield, you have to fight till the end because if you stop in the middle, miserable will come across. As for me being in a relationship is good because you will learn how to understand other's feeling and also you can have someone special in your life that you can share your happiness together, do things together and will always be with you during ups and downs. But you have to bear in your mind that in a relationship you have to be strong as many unexpected circumstances will happen and probably could lead your relationship into a destruction. On the other words, love is like a battleship brings meaning that when people love one another, he or she sacrifices their own rituals, routines, etc. for the other one. Then there's always the tug-of-war between the two. You want him or her to do things the way you like to do them, but they want always want their way. And you act the same way to the other one without really knowing. You're always doing something for the other person to make them happy, but you also want them to do the same for you. Love is a battlefield, and it means sacrifice and compromise.

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Wise man once said, life is temporary. Therefore, enjoy it while you can. I often portrayed my life as a camera. Not the dirt cheap one but the ones that often displayed in the smooth shiny see through glass container. The one thats not easily touched by random strangers and needs to get permission so that the glass container could be opened and with the price tag of unlimited zeros. This is because in my life, I have my very own simple principle. You just have to focus on whats important because it is the fundamental of life. Next, you need to capture the good times and develop from the negatives. This is essential as they always said, experience is the best teacher. But after everything you've done yet things don't work out like you expected, don't worry. You just need to take another shot.

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Life can be pictured in many ways. For some, life can be as exciting as an amusement park or calm as the breeze blowing in the trees. Life on the other hand for me, is like rain. Rain can come at any moment and at anytime.  Just like the things that happen in my life, you can never expect when they would happen, what would happen and how it would happen. For example, one day you are in charge of planning a surprise birthday party for someone you really care about and have plan everything to perfection from A to Z. Although everything seems perfect at that moment, you would never know whether the cake will come out alright or whether the person would find out about the surprise beforehand or someone spill the beans to them and ruin the whole surprise party. These unexpected events can occur to everyone, which is as common as rain and can never be avoided. Usually when rain starts pouring, people would usually take out their umbrella to shelter themselves from it. Just like the saying ‘save for a rainy day’ which means that to prepare ahead for anything which is portrayed by the people who prepare an umbrella just in case it will rain even if the weather forecast say that it would be a sunny day ahead. The rain portrays the events or problems in life that will occur and the umbrella represents the solution for the problem which can be prepared beforehand so the problem will never occur. But what happens when you forget your umbrella. What if something bad happens and you have no way to solve it. Most people would run away from it or find another way to overcome the problem but this usually takes time. Just like those who have financial problems, family problems, relationship problems and the list goes on. These problems can be solved but they need time and all this time you feel you are stuck at one corner, feeling cold and hoping for the rain to stop so you can go on with your life. This is how most people feel whenever they are stuck with a problem. What if the problem is something you can never solve? This is the hardest one to overcome. You have to learn to dance with the rain if this happens to you. In other words, make peace with it and think of it in a positive light. This is the hardest because you rarely see people do it. Think back, how many people have you seen dance in the rain and not caring what others think while still smiling with a bright smile. Not many right? This is because not many people have the strength to live with their problem and still live as if nothing happened. Life can throw anything at you, you can either prepare with it, deal with it or live with it.

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A dog. How can I wish to be a dog? Yes, to Chinese people, they have their own meaning when someone mentioned dog, it means that you are useless or loves to follow someone without any reasons. I know that being a dog may be tortured by human example maybe by hitting or killing it, I know that actually dogs suffer a lot in one kind. Every time when I see dogs passing by, walking by the street, how do I actually wished to get them back to my house and I will definitely take good care of them, but actually I can't make it yet. Dogs are loyal to its owner, that's why I admire them. No matter how and what, dogs will not bite to the owner who fed them and take cares of them. When I'm typing this, it actually reminds me of my puppy, Coco that passed away on the 8th of November 2014 because of kidney failure and that's the day which I was really busy with my girl guide's activity and I couldn't make it to see Coco's last look. I really miss her actually, but I have to feel positive for this because since she's sick, so just let her go and hope everything will be good for its new life later on. Coco is the only puppy I had and she is the only puppy I really loved the most. Coco is just an animal, a dog. But, to me, she is always my closest friend and family I ever had. She's the one who always accompany me when I am down, accompanied me when I am angry, play with me when I am boring and the most important thing is she's the only puppy I ever had that always sat beside me when I am studying or sitting alone. I really miss her so much, how could I ever forget about that day she left me when I am not around.
Dogs are loyal to its owner,
Dogs are the one who cares you the most even though they couldn't speak but they could understand,
Dogs are the one who knows when you are upset, when you are happy, when you are lonely,
Dogs are the one who love you most and protects you during difficulties,
Dogs are the one who leaves and can't say goodbye but you will always remain in their heart.
Maybe being a dog may suffer a lot, but to them, it is actually something that will happen in their life. It same goes to humans, when we are young, we have to get punished or scolded so that we can improve. So everything is just part of life. No matter how, life still goes on till the end with a shining bright life.

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** GUYS, THIS IS THE BEST METAPHOR HERE. TRUST ME. OKAY NOT. **

My name is dhivyan and my life metaphor is a fish in an aquarium. I say so because i believe my whole life is in a box, i never get to explore as much as i do. I never get to experience things i wished i did. Other than that, i also picked this metaphor because i believe i am a type of person who needs extra attention. just like the fish who cant change the dirty water by itself, i need extra love from people. Although i am a guy, i fail to live without extra care and love. Other than that, i think my life is related to a fish because i always feel like one way or another i will be the center of attention. Doesn't matter if its because of my stupidity or my intelligence , i will find my way to stand out. I want people to see me, see me and feel me. Just like the fish. Finally, i feel like my whole life is similar to a fish in an aquarium because, i always wander around somewhere without any legit reasons. Therefore, I am a fish.

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SITI SUMAYYA BT MOHD MEHBOOB (E20161014794)

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SITI SUMAYYA BT MOHD MEHBOOB (E20161014794)

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Life is  a river. Change is an ever present condition of life, but it's still your life--that is, until you die.

This is based on observation that "you can never step into the same river twice."It is formulated the philosophical idea of flux. Because a river constantly changed it's flow, even in minute ways, and that particles of the river are constantly changing, and you are constantly changing yourself, you can never step into the same river twice. This leads to problems of identity. People often think that our identities are stable -- stable enough that they can call us by our names throughout our life. My name is Sumayya today, but why still call me Sumayya as if I were the same person seven years ago when that person is different?

Well, I'm still Sumayya even though I've changed because change is a necessary part of being a person. My sense of me and other people's sense of me is based on past experience and pattern. After all, I don't wake up in the morning and suddenly act like my brother or neighbor. People don't just suddenly call me "Izzati" From repeated personal habits, quirks, features, and a sort of steady flow of experiential patterns about me, people determine that I am me.

Likewise, we name a river a certain name because even though it might change particulates and atoms of water, it generally has a consistent pattern of behavior as "being there." The Nile river might change so slightly, but its pathway, size, and flow is the same, as far as we can tell.

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For me , life is like a diamond. It is hard but if you work for it, it becomes valuable. A diamond does not start out polished and shining. It once was nothing special back then but with enough pressure and time, becomes spectacular.  Actually, you can choose which type of diamond that you wanted to be. The highest quality diamond or the lowest quality diamond. You can choose and only you can decide the way of your life. All you can do is be independence, ignore what other stones talk about you. Just stay still with your mission and the only mission that you need , must and have to be the highest quality diamond. Everything is under your control, not everybody else. Only you can decide which type of owner that you will stick with. What country you will travel with your owner? How many country you will explore with your owner? How do you look like when you had transformed into the jewellery. How much you will be sold? What background is your owner? How you will be treated? How many owner do you will have  , is it until the last descendant of their family or you will be thrown into the dustbin by your owner since she already has the new diamond?  What challenge you will face in the future. These are the questions that only you have the answers and the rest of it you only have to pray to God and just accept the destiny. The most important things are keep going and never give up to the best !

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To me, my life is like a mirror. It has always been in that way for me.  Whenever I do something good, something even better happens to me. On the other hand, whenever I do something unpleasant I am punished in ways that I can't begin to imagine. For instance, I help my friend who had financial problem and after a few years, I faced a similar situation where I lost my purse which had almost RM 500 in it. This time, I was helped by my friend. Isn't this karma? You reap what you sow. Now that I've personally experienced it; I truly believe it. My mother used to say, the universe is always fair. You get what you ask for. At first, I ridiculed that woman. That woman who taught me all the precious life lessons. But in my case, it was true. I was really hoping to get enrolled in UPSI. My mother said "Ask and it'll be given to you," I started asking AKA praying, and it did happen. Although mostly it's because of my performance and qualification. But still, you need God's blessings right?

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ALYA SABRINA MERICAN BINTI MUSTAQUEN HAMID MERICAN (E20161014814

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ALYA SABRINA MERICAN BINTI MUSTAQUEN HAMID MERICAN (E20161014814

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Life is like a playlist of 1000 songs on shuffle.  Songs of different genres, categories and classifications. You have your happy, upbeat songs which represents your good days and sad, instrumental songs which represents your bad ones.  Different genres to represent different occasions in your life.

Days of adventures, days of anxiousness, days of love, days of heartbreaks and days of death. There's a song, a genre for every situation.

The main point is that, you never know what song you're going to get. You could be listening to Sara Bareillis' Love Song on one day, and Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton on the next. You can have 10 happy songs in a row before a sad song suddenly pops up. Every one experiences bad days from time to time.

Contrariwise however,  when you're continuously listening to sad songs and you feel like you're never going to get an upbeat song again, just know that you will. Your bad days won't last forever, happy days are on their way.

That's my metaphor of life.

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YASMINE SORAYA BINTI RUFFEHE (E20161014779)

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YASMINE SORAYA BINTI RUFFEHE (E20161014779)

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My life is like a cherry blossom, only bloom at a certain time. Start from a simple plain tree which is so mainstream to a beautiful flower that blooms when the right times will come. Just like how I am now, just another simple person but one day I will succeed in life and make everyone around me proud of who I am just like a blooming cherry blossom that give a joy and happiness to everyone that see it. But of course, life is so short just like how cherry blossom which only bloom in a short amount of time and that’s why I feel like I need to work as hard as I can so that one day when I succeed I will look back at my life and says ‘I did it’. I guess that is my metaphor of life, a cherry blossom that is soft yet so fragile.

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FATIN AISYAH BINTI SUHAIMI

(E 2016 101 4809)                      I’d like
to flatter myself and think of myself as a wolf. I’ve always been fascinated by
wolf. They are such a fascinating creature. I like to relate the characteristic
of the wolf with myself. Wolves always treasure their packs. They are loyal
towards each other and always protects each other. They stick together and
trust each other. The packs are their family. I see that traits in myself. I treasure
my friends and my family. To me, they are the most important things for me. I am
quite satisfied and grateful with I have right now. I have someone to lean on
and a shoulders to cry on when I am feeling down and sad. I have friends to
laugh together and have fun with each other. I want to treasure them and
protects them. One thing that I would never do is I will never betray them. To me,
trust are the most important thing and the most precious thing that I will ever
gain. When I earned their trust, I will never betray them like a pack of wolf
that will always stays in pack.

Wolf always
trust in their instinct, when they sense any danger, they always stays in pack
and they will fight together.      Well, I always trust always my instinct. My instinct
are by far, never wrong in making judgement. I guess that is why I can still
survive in my life. My instinct are never wrong in making judgement. You can
call it as my sixth sense also.

One more
thing that I always loves about wolf is that they have their own soulmate. I know,
I read too many novel about werewolf and their soulmate. But then, I respect
them for waiting their other half. They are loyal and they love each other to
no end. I wish that I can also find my own soulmate, the one that I can rely on
and the one that always support my decision in life. You can say that I am
waiting for my soulmate.

Other than
that, I apply this rule in my life:
                 
CELTIC
CODE OF THE WOLF:

Protect
your family
          
Honor the
elders               

Teach the
young
                    
Be loyal
to your friends    

Voice your
opinions
         
Stand your
ground              

Take charge
when other show weakness                              

Play when
you can            

Work when
you must           

And always
leave your mark!

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FATIN AISYAH BINTI SUHAIMI

(E 2016 101 4809)                      I’d like
to flatter myself and think of myself as a wolf. I’ve always been fascinated by
wolf. They are such a fascinating creature. I like to relate the characteristic
of the wolf with myself. Wolves always treasure their packs. They are loyal
towards each other and always protects each other. They stick together and
trust each other. The packs are their family. I see that traits in myself. I treasure
my friends and my family. To me, they are the most important things for me. I am
quite satisfied and grateful with I have right now. I have someone to lean on
and a shoulders to cry on when I am feeling down and sad. I have friends to
laugh together and have fun with each other. I want to treasure them and
protects them. One thing that I would never do is I will never betray them. To me,
trust are the most important thing and the most precious thing that I will ever
gain. When I earned their trust, I will never betray them like a pack of wolf
that will always stays in pack.

Wolf always
trust in their instinct, when they sense any danger, they always stays in pack
and they will fight together.      Well, I always trust always my instinct. My instinct
are by far, never wrong in making judgement. I guess that is why I can still
survive in my life. My instinct are never wrong in making judgement. You can
call it as my sixth sense also.

One more
thing that I always loves about wolf is that they have their own soulmate. I know,
I read too many novel about werewolf and their soulmate. But then, I respect
them for waiting their other half. They are loyal and they love each other to
no end. I wish that I can also find my own soulmate, the one that I can rely on
and the one that always support my decision in life. You can say that I am
waiting for my soulmate.

Other than
that, I apply this rule in my life:
                 
CELTIC
CODE OF THE WOLF:

Protect
your family
          
Honor the
elders               

Teach the
young
                    
Be loyal
to your friends    

Voice your
opinions
         
Stand your
ground              

Take charge
when other show weakness                              

Play when
you can            

Work when
you must           

And always
leave your mark!

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Cooking is a metaphor of my life. I love cooking. I spend almost half a day cooking. Therefore i could easily relate my life with cooking. The more time i spen in cooking the more i think about my life. I have convinced myself that the kitchen and how we approach cooking, ingredients and recipes can be the perfect metaphor for life. If you follow recipe, you know exactly what you are having for dinner. Its the same. I am a person I don't follow exactly what's on the recipe. I tend to change ingredients. Yet the results would be either same or more better. This teaches me that we don't have to follow something exactly the same. Changes can make things even colourful. Moreover a food's appearance my look good but the taste may turn out bad. This s teaches me that something may look easy but we would only understand the hardness when we discover it more. Not only that sometimes the dish that we do doesn't out right. I have runed many my dishes before. Apart from getting tensed and sad i also learn that things don't always go as are planned and we certainly don't always get what we want. But if you never had an inedible piece of fish then you would never truly know how would the delicious one will taste like. The the desirable meals,allow us to appreciate the ones we most enjoy and the phemonenon happens in life. It's not sunny always but if it was it would get pretty damn boring.

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I see my life like a yin and yang concept. Theres always the good and theres always the bad but its the good and bad that complements each other. Just like my life, I've went across many times where there was a presence of good and evil omen but that didn't stop me from continuing to live life just as I am now. I look at things in a positive way and always had a perception of harmony and balance. For instance, stepping into university life, I've come across many types of people with different personalities, went through many

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For me the most important thing in this whole world is to enjoy my life to the maximum without failure. I love to enjoy my life because in my future I will not remember the days I lived but only the moments I lived in the past. For me my life is always like a flute. Basically we can't really immediately get everything in life without any effort. Same goes to a flute, I have to keep on practising to receive sweet melody from it. For example, practise makes perfect. The more  I practise, the more I get to achieve in life. Same goes to a flute. The more I practise, the more better flutist I will be. Then, life has to be faced with many problems. Nobody's life is perfect. Everybody has its own problems and holes in life. Even in my life I do have a lots of problem to face. For example, a flute have many holes on it. Although it has many holes on it, but still it produce a sweet melody.  So, although I have many problems in life but still I have to face every single thing and overcome it. Then, in life we should have a best companion to bring us up successfully. For example, a flute always need someone to blow it in order to produce sound. Without anyone there is no way for a flute to produce sound all by its own. My best companion in life is my best friend. He always cheer me up when I am sad and advice me when I need one. In my life I always need interest in doing something. Because doing without interest will not help you succeed in life. same goes to a flute, we always need interest in playing a flute. If not good melody will not be produced. So, I always make my own interest in doing something so that I could finish it successfully. A flute also always motivates me about stages of life we have to pass through to success. A flute have many holes in it. When it is blown, the air have to pass by every single whole which is either closed by the fingers or open to reach the end of the flute which produce the sound. So, I realise that I have to pass through one by one in life to achieve big in the end. So, this is how a flute inspire me in life. That is why my metaphor of life is a flute. A flute may have many holes and emptiness but when if you work on it carefully it can play magical melodies.

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THANUSCHA DEVY A/P KESAVAN  (E20161014769)

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I still remember this long journey from my grandparent's house to my house on the day when I was having some sort of arguments with my parents.In order to avoid my parents nag I just focus on the road and that is when noticed that every car is  traveling on the same road but their destinations and paths varies as we travel further.Some travel on a road full of hurdles while some travels on a fine road and most importantly they did not choose the road for themselves but they were left with no choice other than to ride on it in order to reach their destination. At that point, I realize that our lives or more specifically my life are just like the road trip. I said so because until now I never choose the path that I had crossed for myself but it chooses me and all along I manage to pass through all of them. There has been a lot of bumps,turns, and meanders all along the path that I cross. Despite that, i patiently waits till I get used to the road because rather than hoping for it to be better I should just boost my willpower since my journey is not going to end in mid-way but there is still a very long way to go. And most probably I might take the hills or the rock bottom because we can never expect the road to be smooth always but can only add more fuels in or make the driver more skillful.Not only that but I do constantly remind myself that smooth roads will never make a skillful driver. On the road trips, we do pass through tunnels but there is always light illuminating at the end of the tunnel. That is how my life had been so far no matter how many hard times I had gone through I will always view the positive side of it. I will always create a ray of hope for myself by creating a solution or the alternative ways for my problems . When you enjoy your road journey you are going to laugh and make each bump your memorable ones but if you are afraid  to continue the journey you will most probably take a u-turn. This relates to me very much because every stumbling blocks I went through I will just take a glimpse of it and remind myself to never repeat it again but never once I had the thought of turning my life over. In this beautiful journey called life I will and still enjoying every bit of it and I am looking forward to all the corners and stops in the future.Thank you. :D

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Life is like a sponge. It could be full of plain or soapy water; red or purple kool aid. It could be anything.  How to know what is inside? You have to squeeze it. No one can know what is truly inside us. We can’t simply judge by looking on the outside. Our true character is revealed when we are “squeeze”. For the negativity you’ve absorbed, squeeze it to make a room for something good. Don’t let those negativities affect you. Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean You absorb what is around you. If you are around people who are supportive and positive, that is how you look at the world.

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Personally, I have always considered my life as a dream. I do not know why. I just do.  Many things have happen in my life. Unexpected things and events actually to be honest. There are sweet dreams, and there are nightmares. It is the same as there are good times and there are bad times life.

I have been through nightmares before. Scary ones, heartbreaks, and certainly dramas. I have also been through good times in  life. The memories I have with my friends and family are all happy times. I would not trade anything in the world for them. Surprising moments have also occur in my life. Passing the interview and getting in this university are surprising enough. Getting the chance to travel to other countries is unbelievable, and that certainly felt like a dream.

I appreciate the good and memorable times and will certainly cherish them in my memories forever. Just like a dream; I cherish and always remember the good ones. However, that does not mean that I simply forgot the bad moments in life. No. I will certainly never forget them. Instead, I took them as a challenge to become a better person for the people around me and of course, for myself.

Sometimes, I think life is like a dream because nothing makes sense. Life itself, is a beautiful journey. There are good times and bad times in life, and they exists for a reason. Take the good, and learn from the bad. Thus, never ever forget to appreciate all the times you have been through in life, before it all ends.

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My metaphor for my life is just a simple candle. I do not know why, but I feel like it. Whenever someone needs something to be done, regardless if it is an assignment or a simple favor, they always consult me. While I burn my midnight oil serving them to do things, they would just simply do not thank or even appreciate my effort. Sometimes, just like a candle, my light that illuminates within would just simply be put off by some. Little do they realize that I have burned my efforts and energy to serve them, yet i do not get an appreciation or even a simple thanks. But, there are also some who brings back my light within me. Though these list is short, I am very positive that they are loyal and humble. They also have a mutual respect which i crave a lot in one's presence. They are the one that illuminates the light within me back whenever a storm (a metaphor for problems), set a rampage on me. In short, though I am a candle, I will still serve people and will never anticipate anything in return. Just because I am burning my oil does not mean another would also do the same to me. In the end, I will still give light to those in need of it and save them from the deep darkness that they go through. I am, indeed, a simple candle.

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NUR-ILEANA HANI BINTI ROSLIDALI (E20161014807)

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NUR-ILEANA HANI BINTI ROSLIDALI (E20161014807)

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Well, when I got this assignment, I thought to myself “What am I exactly?”.  So, I asked my mom. “Mummy!! What do you think I am? Am I a potato? Am I a trash can?”. And she asked me why. I told her that it is for an assignment. Her answer to me was hilarious. She said, “Think of what you are…”. I kept thinking the whole day until I asked my friends in a “Whatsapp” group chat. Someone did say I am like cotton candy because I am fluffy and sweet. I actually feel honoured about that, though.

And a friend, or known as a twin of mine from different parents, said “You are like a strawberry. Looks good from the outside, looks just fine, but sour inside. You look happy, but there is a lot of things in your mind, you are facing so many obstacles. But you kept it to yourself and hide it with a smile.”. As he typed that, I reflected on myself about it. And you know what, he was right. I had a lot in my mind, but I rarely tell people about it and just kept it to myself, which is unhealthy actually.

But I guess I got a great family and great friends, that is why I could go through life happily ever after like in fairy tales. Even though I have a lot of problems and worries, with the special people around me, I feel like I am on top of the world! And while I was typing this, I might actually relate to a chocolate-coated strawberry. Sour inside but with chocolate, it becomes sweet.

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One crystal flower swelled in a garden ,standing with pride and beauty all day,bees tried to steal her nectar and taste.But,this beautiful crystal flower stood up for her and believe on her.Many of you'll were describing about food,bicycle ,butterfly and etc.Well I will describe myself as a crystal flower.I have gone through tonnes of hard times dealing with many problems and    difficulity to adapt with new enivornment and friends.Why,am I relating myself as a crystal flower is because when the  time passes by the true colour of some people will reveal.Being a crystal flower, it has  faith in, itself and doesnt give up,no matter how hard the situation is.

Therefore,no matter how hard the situation is I keep it to myself and hide with a lovely smile.I use the crystal flower as a life symbol because its like an expression and celebration of  the interconnectedness of all things.May I never forget the immeasurable power of creation that I have in this glorious web of life that my whole life is a part of .

In addition ,crystal flower is faceted into a stunning flower of life.Once side of the crystal flower is faceted with a six petal flower with an indentical flower juxtaposed on the back side.It is actually creating a beautiful,powerful 12 pointed star.Its energy that is being surrounded by life's abundance and joy.Just like those 12 pointed stars,I do have those 12 pointed stars in my life.Joy,Happiness,Braveness,Sadness,Jealousy,Hatred,Sour,A little bit of sweetness and a little bit of romance ;). All of this definied me as a crystal flower.

Being unique from others is also something that I could relate to my life just like a crystal flower.In a conclusion,I potray myself as a crystal flower because I believe in this particular quote that live your life as a pretty crystal flower with full of happiness.

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What life has got me like ? To say I'm litrerally clueless about it though I've gone through tonnes of hard times and sweetest memories that I would cherish till I'm alive.When it comes to relate my life with a metaphor ,it would obviously be the cartoon character which  is Stitch from the Disney animated film, Lilo & Stitch.You people might ask me that how I relate a alien character from a cartoon with my life , being a die hard fan of Stitch has affect me in the sense that I literally behave like Stitch sometimes and people who are close to me notice that too.For me personally,I take life as a challenge and just go on the flow with whatever comes on my way.I don't really take simple things seriously and get tired of thinking and doing it.Same goes to Stitch,which is 626th experiment of a mad scientist.The is a main reason why I relate myself with Stitch is that it was created to destruct the world but then the encounter with Lilo has made it realise the meaning of love and it buried the the eager to destroy people and decided to be a good natured

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ANUSIADEWI THEESMAS             E20161014803

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ANUSIADEWI THEESMAS             E20161014803

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I have learned a lot actually in life.Trying not to be so dramatic and well I'm not a saint. I mean who is? Every single person has flaws and everyone do mistakes in life. I have done tons of mistake in my life but every time a mistake is a lesson to me.I am person with full imagination and so called fairy tale. Music has been playing a major role in my life. I have learned music for sometime until I did realise I am nothing but like a song. Yes, I am relating my life to a song. No specific genre but I know my life is like a list of songs. I could relate it with a sad song,happy song, hyper song and also a song that can deeply touch my soul. I have went through a lot in my life. Ups and well mostly downs but at times my story goes like "Baby I am gonna hold you close and drop you like I don't care." Life basically sang that line to me. Day by day my life is like"Do Re Mi" chords. I can be three different songs at the same time. This might sound crazy but whatever I do must start with a song. It might irritate some of them but excuse me? Do I look like I even care? Everyone has their own way of adapting life and everything and well singing,listening to songs and creating my own songs is my life. When a song plays no matter if its just a background song of a movie, I would relate it to my life. I am such a weirdo when it comes to music. The time where my grandma taught me how to sing and now here I am writing my own songs has proved the growth of my life. I don't need anyone in  my life to complete it. Just my handphone, my songs in it and me, it just gives me life. It started from "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to "Love Story" by Taylor Swift and now to "Firework" by Katy Perry, it just keeps on going and giving me life. No matter what , a song always will define me. I am waiting for that specific song to be created or one day I will create a song that will define my life. At that particular moment,I would want people to know, life is neither easy nor hard, its just the way how we play the right  chord with the perfect lyrics and not forgetting the spectacular voice that is going to sing in your whole life. To be honest. while I am pouring my words here, I did listen to song that I am not going to say! What I am trying to say is, my metaphor is music. Good luck in life and do bear in mind, there is always a song behind every life story and there is one in my life that I am still searching.Do find what is your life song. Have a great life ahead ! Thank you :)

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Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Life is like a braid,

And this is my diary.

Life is not a life,

Life is a challenge,

There are north and south,

There are west and east,

Every day I will have to move,

Walk here and there with my friends,

Without my parents by my side.

Life is like a braid,

It is indeed hard to be miles and miles away from my parents, my elder brother and vice versa;

Because being the youngest and the only daughter to them,

It is just not easy, not at all.

Life is like a braid,

My dad, my hero,

He has always been so protective to me,

through thick and thin,
I feel very safe and secure whenever he is with me,

He will treat me like a little princess,

Provided me  with everything and I never feel less.

Life is indeed a braid,

One day, my dad gave me a book,

An inspirational book, The Rules.

He told me not to read it until I am 18,

It is a book about how the life of a girl will be now, tomorrow and in future,

I am so touched and I don’t feel like turning 18 yet.

Life is like a braid,

The queen of my life, my mum,

The one who always nag and nag and nag,

But she is the most wonderful lady in my entire

life,

She inspired me in every aspects,

Guided me through all the obstacles, through all the braids I faced in life,

She cooks very well, you will never regret eating her food every day,

I am so close to her, and that is why I felt so sad being away from her,

And again, life is like braid.

Life is like braid,

Undeniable, unconditional, braids,

Winding like the snake-like road,

Endlessly making me feel sad for being so far from my family,

However, life is not a life,

Life is still a challenge,

I am here, in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris,

For one main reason,

For my future,

To accept challenges and face it fearlessly,

I am going to prove to everybody that I am capable to be someone, someday,

To make my parents proud of me,

and to find my future and career.

Remember, life is like a braid,

Twisting around and again,

But life is a challenge to each and every one of us in this cruel world.
Thank you!

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Life is a very precious thing that every individual has experienced something new.And so do me.My life is like a piano,every single tune which comes from the keys is depends on how you play it.The reason why I'm relating my story with a piano is because at one point all my close friend's have abandoned me after their college life started.They start to say things which hurt my feelings and made me  feel bad.But hearing all those condemns doesn't put me down.Because as I said every single tune that comes from the key  depends on how I play it.Not only that,my friends also played a double role in my life,where they act nice in front of me but actually they backstabbed me.Yet I always put myself in a calm situation because I know my limits and the position I stand.This is because I have a strong principle in me and I don't follow any other people's principle .The principle which I always tell  myself is I always follow my tune that goes on flow and not what others say to brainwash me.I'm saying this because when u play to your tunes , never mind who listens to it..! just go on flow because it's your life and you rule it!

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SREE AGNANACHIYA A/P GNANA SEKHREN (E20161014785)

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SREE AGNANACHIYA A/P GNANA SEKHREN (E20161014785)

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For me, life is like a novel. I am the author and everyday is a new page. It's blank, under my creative direction, and there's a finite amount of pages. It's a record of me and what I've learnt, so others can benefit from it. It's a source of information and memories, not always accurate and it may get harder to write in the older I become. Life is also meant to be shared with others like a novel. It has to either inspire someone or leave them with a message but first of all, it has to inspire me and keep me going although there will be many obstacles coming my way. I believe that i'm bold and that I'll make a statement. I'm powerful and I don't just survive but I conquer. If I fall, i get back up. I am confident and I believe that I'll make heads turn and I do it for me and for my satisfaction. Therefore, since I'm the author of my life which is described as a novel, I got to be positive and bold with every page I begin every single day. There's no substitute for perseverance, hard work, determination and passion for what I do. If I love what I do, nothing else matters. Everything will disappear and what remains is the real world. I've learnt that I can't always win in life and that everything I want might not come my way. Therefore, to win some, I have to lose some. Our life is in our hands so, we have to design our life in such a way that when we look back, it will be filled with experiences and a great story.

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If I were given to choose a metaphor which can be related to my life,what would it be?In my opinion,I would agree with Forrest Gump's mother that life is a 'box of chocolates'.I believe that I can be anything I want in my life.This is possible if I work hard,stay focused and follow all the guidelines of my life.Like a box of chocolates,I never know what I'm going to get.My life is similar.A box implies mystery ,as do the pieces of chocolate inside.We don't know what is in a closed box,and we don't know what is in a covered chocolate.Life hands me different opportunities.I have the option to either turn them down or take the chance to see where that opportunity the "chocolate" gives me.

When I was in middle school, my mother always told me that hard work will pay off in the end. At the time I somewhat understood what she was talking about, I know exactly what she was talking about.I need to always put my best foot forward and work my hardest.Working hard totally pays off.

Everything in life has guidelines. All guidelines should be followed. I know that I make mistakes everyday, but then again I remember that I need to learn from them and make myself a better person. Life is all about making mistakes and learning from them. I need to be aware of all expectations of those around me and follow all the rules in order to succeed in life. Life handed me so many different opportunities, and I had the option to take those opportunities or ignore them. When I had different opportunities I needed to see which of them would benefit me in positive ways and not in negative ways. Life has handed me more positive than negative opportunities. All of these opportunities are steps closer to becoming anything I want in life.

As I told above,life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you’re going to get. Life handed me the opportunity to go to school and get a great education. I took it, this was just another step closer to becoming anything and everything I want in life. Life is a sweet and enjoyable piece of chocolate that I have chosen from the box of life.

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MINHALINA BINTI MOHD RIZAL (E20161014810)

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MINHALINA BINTI MOHD RIZAL (E20161014810)

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personally, i can say that life is like a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't have the picture on the front of the box to know what it's supposed to look like. Sometimes, you're not even sure if you've got all the pieces. life seems simple and easy at first, but however as we tend to grow older, we learn that life is more than that. there are obviously the good and the bad memories that happen throughout life.whether you like it or not, you have to deal with a tad of both. jigsaw puzzle are sometimes confusing, so does our life. but at the end, i am pretty sure we can work it all out and finally get to put the lovely puzzle pieces all together. sometimes it's okay to cry over the confusion and the misery, but you cannot forever be in that situation. you have to keep going! You have to suck things up, be strong for the sake of living. because, life; at the end, will give us love, brings us joy and let us have the satisfaction that we have been longing for just like the feeling we have after we finish doing the jigsaw puzzle. So do not worry, good things do happen. Maybe not now, but maybe later, so wait and have faith in life. When things get tough, hang in there buddy! The hard part won't last forever, the easy part is just around the corner. Never give up no matter what life brings. because at the end of the day,  the life we live is what makes us. just like the jigsaw puzzle :-)

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If I have to pick one life metaphor , then I would choose food. Why food ? Basically there are numerous numbers of foods with different kind , taste , colors , size , price , flavors and so on. Now people LOVE FOOD and who doesn't ? I mean literally , children or adult , we are all food lover.  When life goes wrong , nothing can replace food as the remedy for our problems . Life as a girl is quite complicated and hard , since we have that particular period in every month , and not to say all the problem that we will have before our period really comes. When the period moment arrives , food is the second things that creep into the mind , as the first thing will be ... you know what i mean. There are no mankind that will reject food as it will be a fools move. ' YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT ' . Now this does not mean that if we eat fried chicken a lot , we will turn into a chicken. NO! FRIED CHICKEN IS LIFE . That phrase is showing that if we eat healthy , then we will become a healthy person , eat the other way round , then we might as well become the opposite. Food brings people together , from those who are around you or even those from across the country. It does not really matter on what is your taste when it comes to food , or what is your dislike because in the end , you and your food that matters. You see , food is the only thing that i can easily agree to everyone when i was back in high school. There were so many things that I used to argue with them , and I even face conflict with my friends at that time. If we want to make up with each other , then we will sit and eat together , sometimes we had a heavy meal inside the classroom , and even snacks outside our class. People show their true side when it comes to eating food. There are the quite types when eating , there are the loud ones , there are those who finish their plate and those who eat so little , some eat with manners and some don't even care. Each of this personality actually tells us something ,and it is up to us to interpret it ourselves. Whether we guess it right or wrong , no one will know because we keep it to ourselves. There are times when we have so many things going on inside our head and it cause us to lose our appetite , guess what ? it will only brings us into a deeper trouble. Food is like our own parents , they will always call us when we are in trouble , they will sooth us and they will make us feel better. So do not be stubborn and just listen to your parents.

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I would describe my life as an ocean. It can be calm and still or rough and rigid.  In my life the roughest time I faced when I was younger. At that time I was 8 when I got to know my father was diagnosed with cancer. I had to see my father go through a hard time because of that deadly sickness, this made my life and also my family to face the roughest part of our whole life. It can be described as a tsunami empowering a whole country. Even if it was a rough journey for me and my family, we faced it bravely till the end of my father's life. After all those rough and rigid time of life, things started to calm down. After taking quite a number of time to get over the fact that he was no more, life became calmer with my family as the years past .Even if we are happy and have continued with our life after that trauma, his memories will still hit us like small waves but we can overcome it with the support we give each other.

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SOFIYA QISTINA YIN BINTI IZHAR (E20161014801)

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SOFIYA QISTINA YIN BINTI IZHAR (E20161014801)

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Life is really a bed of roses, others are just lucky to have friends to help them pick the thorns off. When you are feeling happy, there must be reasons behind it. As for me, my friends are my happiness, because at the end of the day, they are the one who stayed. They are the one who will actually be there for you whenever you need them. They will literally lend you their shoulder for you to cry on, they will make those stupid jokes, or make fun of themselves, just to see you smile again. And that are the reasons why, I appreciate every single one of them. Friends are like family to me. To me, they are the closest. As for instance, you are quarreling with your partner, you will definitely find your friends to comfort you. You will tell them everything about what had happened, and also, sometimes, they are the ones who actually be your life saver. They give you advises, and they also gives you a positive vibes. All those reasons will never be enough for me to explain how much I appreciate and love them. Thank you (:

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When I received the task from Miss Amreet, I texted my mother. I asked her “Mama, my lecturer give a task to complete and it’s about metaphor. Miss Amreet asked us to write about what is our metaphor of life.” What surprised me was my mother replied that I’m a burden to her. After that, I didn’t replied her text because I didn’t know how to react towards her words. 40 minutes later, she texted me again and she explained to me how that I’m a burden to her. She said I’m always being nice to other people no matter how hurt I’m and she felt sorry for that. She said I’m a rainbow because I never show my sorrow to other and she felt sorry for that too. She asked me to stop felt sorry and do good thing to people because she can see how unhappy I’m. I guess that’s life. You have to sacrifice your own happiness to make this world a better place to live, right? Be a rainbow. The one that showed up after rain. We hated rain but then God created rainbow to repel your sorrow.

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A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky. The rainbow takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the Sun. Rainbows can be caused by many forms of airborne water. These include not only rain, but also mist, spray, and airborne dew.

In a primary rainbow, the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted when entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it.

In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, with red on the inner side of the arc. This is caused by the light being reflected twice on the inside of the droplet before leaving it.

Visibility

Rainbows can be observed whenever there are water drops in the air and sunlight shining from behind the observer at a low altitude angle. Because of this, rainbows are usually seen in the western sky during the morning and in the eastern sky during the early evening. The most spectacular rainbow displays happen when half the sky is still dark with raining clouds and the observer is at a spot with clear sky in the direction of the Sun. The result is a luminous rainbow that contrasts with the darkened background. During such good visibility conditions, the larger but fainter secondary rainbow is often visible. It appears about 10° outside of the primary rainbow, with inverse order of colours.

The rainbow effect is also commonly seen near waterfalls or fountains. In addition, the effect can be artificially created by dispersing water droplets into the air during a sunny day. Rarely, a moonbow, lunar rainbow or nighttime rainbow, can be seen on strongly moonlit nights. As human visual perception for colour is poor in low light, moonbows are often perceived to be white.

It is difficult to photograph the complete semicircle of a rainbow in one frame, as this would require an angle of view of 84°. For a 35 mm camera, a wide-angle lens with a focal length of 19 mm or less would be required. Now that software for stitching several images into a panorama is available, images of the entire arc and even secondary arcs can be created fairly easily from a series of overlapping frames.

From above the Earth such as in an aeroplane, it is sometimes possible to see a rainbow as a full circle. This phenomenon can be confused with the glory phenomenon, but a glory is usually much smaller, covering only 5-20°.

The light of a primary rainbow arc is 96% polarised tangential to the arc. The light of the second arc is 90% polarised.

Number of colours in a spectrum or a rainbow

For colours seen by the human eye, the most commonly cited and remembered sequence is Isaac Newton's sevenfold red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, remembered by the mnemonic Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain, or as the name of a fictional person ( Roy G. Biv). The initialism is sometimes referred to in reverse order, as VIBGYOR. More modernly, the rainbow is often divided into red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and violet. The apparent discreteness of main colours is an artefact of human perception and the exact number of main colours is a somewhat arbitrary choice.

Newton, who admitted his eyes were not very critical in distinguishing colours, originally (1672) divided the spectrum into five main colours: red, yellow, green, blue and violet. Later he included orange and indigo, giving seven main colours by analogy to the number of notes in a musical scale. Newton chose to divide the visible spectrum into seven colours out of a belief derived from the beliefs of the ancient Greek sophists, who thought there was a connection between the colours, the musical notes, the known objects in the Solar System, and the days of the week. Scholars have noted that what Newton regarded at the time as "blue" would today be regarded as cyan, and what Newton called "indigo" would today be considered blue.

The colour pattern of a rainbow is different from a spectrum, and the colours are less saturated. There is spectral smearing in a rainbow since, for any particular wavelength, there is a distribution of exit angles, rather than a single unvarying angle. In addition, a rainbow is a blurred version of the bow obtained from a point source, because the disk diameter of the sun (0.533°) cannot be neglected compared to the width of a rainbow (2.36°). Further red of the first supplementary rainbow overlaps the violet of the primary rainbow, so rather than the final colour being a variant of spectral violet, it is actually a purple. The number of colour bands of a rainbow may therefore be different from the number of bands in a spectrum, especially if the droplets are particularly large or small. Therefore, the number of colours of a rainbow is variable. If, however, the word rainbow is used inaccurately to mean spectrum, it is the number of main colours in the spectrum.

Moreover, rainbows have bands beyond red and violet in the respective near infrared and ultraviolet regions, however, these bands are not visible to humans. Only near frequencies of these regions to the visible spectrum are included in rainbows, since water and air become increasingly opaque to these frequencies, scattering the light. The UV band is sometimes visible to cameras using black and white film.

The question of whether everyone sees seven colours in a rainbow is related to the idea of linguistic relativity. Suggestions have been made that there is universality in the way that a rainbow is perceived. However, more recent research suggests that the number of distinct colours observed and what these are called depend on the language that one uses, with people whose language has fewer colour words seeing fewer discrete colour bands.

Explanation

When sunlight encounters a raindrop, part of the light is reflected and the rest enters the raindrop. The light is refracted at the surface of the raindrop. When this light hits the back of the raindrop, some of it is reflected off the back. When the internally reflected light reaches the surface again, once more some is internally reflected and some is refracted as it exits the drop. (The light that reflects off the drop, exits from the back, or continues to bounce around inside the drop after the second encounter with the surface, is not relevant to the formation of the primary rainbow.) The overall effect is that part of the incoming light is reflected back over the range of 0° to 42°, with the most intense light at 42°. This angle is independent of the size of the drop, but does depend on its refractive index. Seawater has a higher refractive index than rain water, so the radius of a "rainbow" in sea spray is smaller than that of a true rainbow. This is visible to the naked eye by a misalignment of these bows.

The reason the returning light is most intense at about 42° is that this is a turning point - light hitting the outermost ring of the drop gets returned at less than 42°, as does the light hitting the drop nearer to its centre. There is a circular band of light that all gets returned right around 42°. If the Sun were a laser emitting parallel, monochromatic rays, then the luminance (brightness) of the bow would tend toward infinity at this angle if interference effects are ignored . But since the Sun's luminance is finite and its rays are not all parallel (it covers about half a degree of the sky) the luminance does not go to infinity. Furthermore, the amount by which light is refracted depends upon its wavelength, and hence its colour. This effect is called dispersion. Blue light (shorter wavelength) is refracted at a greater angle than red light, but due to the reflection of light rays from the back of the droplet, the blue light emerges from the droplet at a smaller angle to the original incident white light ray than the red light. Due to this angle, blue is seen on the inside of the arc of the primary rainbow, and red on the outside. The result of this is not only to give different colours to different parts of the rainbow, but also to diminish the brightness. (A "rainbow" formed by droplets of a liquid with no dispersion would be white, but brighter than a normal rainbow.)

The light at the back of the raindrop does not undergo total internal reflection, and most of the light emerges from the back. However, light coming out the back of the raindrop does not create a rainbow between the observer and the Sun because spectra emitted from the back of the raindrop do not have a maximum of intensity, as the other visible rainbows do, and thus the colours blend together rather than forming a rainbow.

A rainbow does not exist at one particular location. Many rainbows exist; however, only one can be seen depending on the particular observer's viewpoint as droplets of light illuminated by the sun. All raindrops refract and reflect the sunlight in the same way, but only the light from some raindrops reaches the observer's eye. This light is what constitutes the rainbow for that observer. The whole system composed by the Sun's rays, the observer's head, and the (spherical) water drops has an axial symmetry around the axis through the observer's head and parallel to the Sun's rays. The rainbow is curved because the set of all the raindrops that have the right angle between the observer, the drop, and the Sun, lie on a cone pointing at the sun with the observer at the tip. The base of the cone forms a circle at an angle of 40-42° to the line between the observer's head and their shadow but 50% or more of the circle is below the horizon, unless the observer is sufficiently far above the earth's surface to see it all, for example in an aeroplane (see below). Alternatively, an observer with the right vantage point may see the full circle in a fountain or waterfall spray. Conversely, at lower latitudes near midday (specifically, when the sun's elevation exceeds 42 degrees) a rainbow will not be visible against the sky.[better source needed ]

Mathematical derivation

Given a spherical raindrop, and defining the perceived angle of the rainbow as 22 φ, and the angle of the internal reflection as β, then the angle of incidence of the Sun's rays with respect to the drop's surface normal is . Since the angle of refraction is β, Snell's law gives us

where n = 1.333 is the refractive index of water. Solving for φ, we get

The rainbow will occur where the angle φ is maximum with respect to the angle β. Therefore, from calculus, we can set , and solve for β, which yields

Substituting back into the earlier equation for φ yields ≈ 42° as the radius angle of the rainbow.

For red light (wavelength 750nm, n = 1.330 based on the dispersion relation of water), the radius angle is 42.5°; for blue light (wavelength 350nm, n = 1.343), the radius angle is 40.6°.

Variations

Double rainbows

Double rainbow with Alexander's band visible between the primary and secondary bows. Also note the pronounced supernumerary bows inside the primary bow.

A secondary rainbow, at a greater angle than the primary rainbow, is often visible. The term double rainbow is used when both the primary and secondary rainbows are visible. In theory, all rainbows are double rainbows, but since the secondary bow is always fainter than the primary, it may be too weak to spot in practice.

Secondary rainbows are caused by a double reflection of sunlight inside the water droplets. Technically the secondary bow is centred on the sun itself, but since its angular size is more than 90° (about 127° for violet to 130° for red), it is seen on the same side of the sky as the primary rainbow, about 10° outside it at an apparent angle of 50-53°. As a result of the "inside" of the secondary bow being "up" to the observer, the colours appear reversed compared to those of the primary bow.

The secondary rainbow is fainter than the primary because more light escapes from two reflections compared to one and because the rainbow itself is spread over a greater area of the sky. Each rainbow reflects white light inside its coloured bands, but that is "down" for the primary and "up" for the secondary. The dark area of unlit sky lying between the primary and secondary bows is called Alexander's band, after Alexander of Aphrodisias, who first described it.

Twinned rainbow

Unlike a double rainbow that consists of two separate and concentric rainbow arcs, the very rare twinned rainbow appears as two rainbow arcs that split from a single base. The colours in the second bow, rather than reversing as in a secondary rainbow, appear in the same order as the primary rainbow. A "normal" secondary rainbow may be present as well. Twinned rainbows can look similar to, but should not be confused with supernumerary bands. The two phenomena may be told apart by their difference in colour profile: supernumerary bands consist of subdued pastel hues (mainly pink, purple and green), while the twinned rainbow shows the same spectrum as a regular rainbow. The cause of a twinned rainbow is believed to be the combination of different sizes of water drops falling from the sky. Due to air resistance, raindrops flatten as they fall, and flattening is more prominent in larger water drops. When two rain showers with different-sized raindrops combine, they each produce slightly different rainbows which may combine and form a twinned rainbow. A numerical ray tracing study showed that a twinned rainbow on a photo could be explained by a mixture of 0.40 and 0.45 mm droplets. That small difference in droplet size resulted in a small difference in flattening of the droplet shape, and a large difference in flattening of the rainbow top.

Full-circle rainbow

In theory, every rainbow is a circle, but from the ground, usually only its upper half can be seen. Since the rainbow's centre is diametrically opposed to the Sun's position in the sky, more of the circle comes into view as the sun approaches the horizon, meaning that the largest section of the circle normally seen is about 50% during sunset or sunrise. Viewing the rainbow's lower half requires the presence of water droplets below the observer's horizon, as well as sunlight that is able to reach them. These requirements are not usually met when the viewer is at ground level, either because droplets are absent in the required position, or because the sunlight is obstructed by the landscape behind the observer. From a high viewpoint such as a high building or an aircraft, however, the requirements can be met and the full-circle rainbow can be seen. Like a partial rainbow, the circular rainbow can have a secondary bow or supernumerary bows as well. It is possible to produce the full circle when standing on the ground, for example by spraying a water mist from a garden hose while facing away from the sun.

A circular rainbow should not be confused with the glory, which is much smaller in diameter and is created by different optical processes. In the right circumstances, a glory and a (circular) rainbow or fog bow can occur together. Another atmospheric phenomenon that may be mistaken for a "circular rainbow" is the 22° halo, which is caused by ice crystals rather than liquid water droplets, and is located around the Sun (or Moon), not opposite it.

Supernumerary rainbows

In certain circumstances, one or several narrow, faintly coloured bands can be seen bordering the violet edge of a rainbow; i.e., inside the primary bow or, much more rarely, outside the secondary. These extra bands are called supernumerary rainbows or supernumerary bands; together with the rainbow itself the phenomenon is also known as a stacker rainbow. The supernumerary bows are slightly detached from the main bow, become successively fainter along with their distance from it, and have pastel colours (consisting mainly of pink, purple and green hues) rather than the usual spectrum pattern. The effect becomes apparent when water droplets are involved that have a diameter of about 1 mm or less; the smaller the droplets are, the broader the supernumerary bands become, and the less saturated their colours. Due to their origin in small droplets, supernumerary bands tend to be particularly prominent in fogbows.

Supernumerary rainbows cannot be explained using classical geometric optics. The alternating faint bands are caused by interference between rays of light following slightly different paths with slightly varying lengths within the raindrops. Some rays are in phase, reinforcing each other through constructive interference, creating a bright band; others are out of phase by up to half a wavelength, cancelling each other out through destructive interference, and creating a gap. Given the different angles of refraction for rays of different colours, the patterns of interference are slightly different for rays of different colours, so each bright band is differentiated in colour, creating a miniature rainbow. Supernumerary rainbows are clearest when raindrops are small and of uniform size. The very existence of supernumerary rainbows was historically a first indication of the wave nature of light, and the first explanation was provided by Thomas Young in 1804.

Reflected rainbow, reflection rainbow

When a rainbow appears above a body of water, two complementary mirror bows may be seen below and above the horizon, originating from different light paths. Their names are slightly different.

A reflected rainbow may appear in the water surface below the horizon. The sunlight is first deflected by the raindrops, and then reflected off the body of water, before reaching the observer. The reflected rainbow is frequently visible, at least partially, even in small puddles.

A reflection rainbow may be produced where sunlight reflects off a body of water before reaching the raindrops, if the water body is large, quiet over its entire surface, and close to the rain curtain. The reflection rainbow appears above the horizon. It intersects the normal rainbow at the horizon, and its arc reaches higher in the sky, with its centre as high above the horizon as the normal rainbow's centre is below it. Reflection bows are usually brightest when the sun is low because at that time its light is most strongly reflected from water surfaces. As the sun gets lower the normal and reflection bows are drawn closer together. Due to the combination of requirements, a reflection rainbow is rarely visible.

Up to eight separate bows may be distinguished if the reflected and reflection rainbows happen to occur simultaneously: the normal (non-reflection) primary and secondary bows above the horizon (1, 2) with their reflected counterparts below it (3, 4), and the reflection primary and secondary bows above the horizon (5, 6) with their reflected counterparts below it (7, 8).

Monochrome rainbow

Occasionally a shower may happen at sunrise or sunset, where the shorter wavelengths like blue and green have been scattered and essentially removed from the spectrum. Further scattering may occur due to the rain, and the result can be the rare and dramatic monochrome or red rainbow.

Higher-order rainbows

In addition to the common primary and secondary rainbows, it is also possible for rainbows of higher orders to form. The order of a rainbow is determined by the number of light reflections inside the water droplets that create it: One reflection results in the first-order or primary rainbow; two reflections create the second-order or secondary rainbow. More internal reflections cause bows of higher orders-theoretically unto infinity. As more and more light is lost with each internal reflection, however, each subsequent bow becomes progressively dimmer and therefore increasingly difficult to spot. An additional challenge in observing the third-order (or tertiary) and fourth-order ( quaternary) rainbows is their location in the direction of the sun (about 40° and 45° from the sun, respectively), causing them to become drowned in its glare.

For these reasons, naturally occurring rainbows of an order higher than 2 are rarely visible to the naked eye. Nevertheless, sightings of the third-order bow in nature have been reported, and in 2011 it was photographed definitively for the first time. Shortly after, the fourth-order rainbow was photographed as well, and in 2014 the first ever pictures of the fifth-order (or quinary) rainbow were published. The quinary rainbow lies partially in the gap between the primary and secondary rainbows and is far fainter than even the secondary. In a laboratory setting, it is possible to create bows of much higher orders. Felix Billet (1808-1882) depicted angular positions up to the 19th-order rainbow, a pattern he called a "rose of rainbows". In the laboratory, it is possible to observe higher-order rainbows by using extremely bright and well collimated light produced by lasers. Up to the 200th-order rainbow was reported by Ng et al. in 1998 using a similar method but an argon ion laser beam.

Tertiary and quaternary rainbows should not be confused with "triple" and "quadruple" rainbows-terms sometimes erroneously used to refer to the (much more common) supernumerary bows and reflection rainbows.

Rainbows under moonlight

Like most atmospheric optical phenomena, rainbows can be caused by light from the Sun, but also from the Moon. In case of the latter, the rainbow is referred to as a lunar rainbow or . They are much dimmer and rarer than solar rainbows, requiring the Moon to be near-full in order for them to be seen. For the same reason, moonbows are often perceived as white and may be thought of as monochrome. The full spectrum is present, however, but the human eye is not normally sensitive enough to see the colours. Long exposure photographs will sometimes show the colour in this type of rainbow.

Fogbows form in the same way as rainbows, but they are formed by much smaller cloud and fog droplets that diffract light extensively. They are almost white with faint reds on the outside and blues inside; often one or more broad supernumerary bands can be discerned inside the inner edge. The colours are dim because the bow in each colour is very broad and the colours overlap. Fogbows are commonly seen over water when air in contact with the cooler water is chilled, but they can be found anywhere if the fog is thin enough for the sun to shine through and the sun is fairly bright. They are very large-almost as big as a rainbow and much broader. They sometimes appear with a glory at the bow's centre.

Fog bows should not be confused with ice halos, which are very common around the world and visible much more often than rainbows (of any order), yet are unrelated to rainbows.

A sleetbow forms in the same way as a typical rainbow, with the exception that it occurs when light passes through falling sleet (ice pellets) instead of liquid water. As light passes through the sleet, the light is refracted causing the rare phenomena. These have been documented across United States with the earliest publicly documented and photographed sleetbow being seen in Richmond, Virginia on 21 December 2012. Just like regular rainbows, these can also come in various forms, with a monochrome sleetbow being documented on 7 January 2016 in Valparaiso, Indiana.[citation needed ]

Circumhorizontal and circumzenithal arcs

The circumzenithal and circumhorizontal arcs are two related optical phenomena similar in appearance to a rainbow, but unlike the latter, their origin lies in light refraction through hexagonal ice crystals rather than liquid water droplets. This means that they are not rainbows, but members of the large family of halos.

Both arcs are brightly coloured ring segments centred on the zenith, but in different positions in the sky: The circumzenithal arc is notably curved and located high above the Sun (or Moon) with its convex side pointing downwards (creating the impression of an "upside down rainbow"); the circumhorizontal arc runs much closer to the horizon, is more straight and located at a significant distance below the Sun (or Moon). Both arcs have their red side pointing towards the Sun and their violet part away from it, meaning the circumzenithal arc is red on the bottom, while the circumhorizontal arc is red on top.

The circumhorizontal arc is sometimes referred to by the misnomer "fire rainbow". In order to view it, the Sun or Moon must be at least 58° above the horizon, making it a rare occurrence at higher latitudes. The circumzenithal arc, visible only at a solar or lunar elevation of less than 32°, is much more common, but often missed since it occurs almost directly overhead.

Extraterrestrial rainbows

It has been suggested that rainbows might exist on Saturn's moon Titan, as it has a wet surface and humid clouds. The radius of a Titan rainbow would be about 49° instead of 42°, because the fluid in that cold environment is methane instead of water. Although visible rainbows may be rare due to Titan's hazy skies, infrared rainbows may be more common, but an observer would need infrared night vision goggles to see them.

Rainbows with different materials

Droplets (or spheres) composed of materials with different refractive indices than plain water produce rainbows with different radius angles. Since salt water has a higher refractive index, a sea spray bow does not perfectly align with the ordinary rainbow, if seen at the same spot. Tiny plastic or glass marbles may be used in road marking as a reflectors to enhance its visibility by drivers at night. Due to a much higher refractive index, rainbows observed on such marbles have a noticeably smaller radius. One can easily reproduce such phenomena by sprinkling liquids of different refractive indices in the air, as illustrated in the photo.

The displacement of the rainbow due to different refractive indices can be pushed to a peculiar limit. For a material with a refractive index larger than 2, there is no angle fulfilling the requirements for the first order rainbow. For example, the index of refraction of diamond is about 2.4, so diamond spheres would produce rainbows starting from the second order, omitting the first order. In general, as the refractive index exceeds a number n + 1, where n is a natural number, the critical incidence angle for n times internally reflected rays escapes the domain . This results in a rainbow of the n-th order shrinking to the antisolar point and vanishing.

Scientific history

The classical Greek scholar Aristotle (384-322 BC) was first to devote serious attention to the rainbow. According to Raymond L. Lee and Alistair B. Fraser, "Despite its many flaws and its appeal to Pythagorean numerology, Aristotle's qualitative explanation showed an inventiveness and relative consistency that was unmatched for centuries. After Aristotle's death, much rainbow theory consisted of reaction to his work, although not all of this was uncritical."

In Book I of Naturales Quaestiones ( c. 65 AD), the Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger discusses various theories of the formation of rainbows extensively, including those of Aristotle. He notices that rainbows appear always opposite to the Sun, that they appear in water sprayed by a rower, in the water spat by a fuller on clothes stretched on pegs or by water sprayed through a small hole in a burst pipe. He even speaks of rainbows produced by small rods (virgulae) of glass, anticipating Newton's experiences with prisms. He takes into account two theories: one, that the rainbow is produced by the Sun reflecting in each water drop, the other, that it is produced by the Sun reflected in a cloud shaped like a concave mirror; he favours the latter. He also discusses other phenomena related to rainbows: the mysterious "virgae" (rods), halos and parhelia.

According to Hüseyin Gazi Topdemir, the Arab physicist and polymath Ibn al-Haytham (965-1039 AD) attempted to provide a scientific explanation for the rainbow phenomenon. In his Maqala fi al-Hala wa Qaws Quzah ( On the Rainbow and Halo), al-Haytham "explained the formation of rainbow as an image, which forms at a concave mirror. If the rays of light coming from a farther light source reflect to any point on axis of the concave mirror, they form concentric circles in that point. When it is supposed that the sun as a farther light source, the eye of viewer as a point on the axis of mirror and a cloud as a reflecting surface, then it can be observed the concentric circles are forming on the axis."[citation needed ] He was not able to verify this because his theory that "light from the sun is reflected by a cloud before reaching the eye" did not allow for a possible experimental verification. This explanation was repeated by Averroes,[citation needed ] and, though incorrect, provided the groundwork for the correct explanations later given by Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī in 1309 and, independently, by Theodoric of Freiberg (c. 1250-c. 1311)[citation needed ]-both having studied al-Haytham's Book of Optics.

In Song dynasty China (960-1279), a polymath scholar-official named Shen Kuo (1031-1095) hypothesised-as a certain Sun Sikong (1015-1076) did before him-that rainbows were formed by a phenomenon of sunlight encountering droplets of rain in the air. Paul Dong writes that Shen's explanation of the rainbow as a phenomenon of atmospheric refraction "is basically in accord with modern scientific principles."

According to Nader El-Bizri, the Persian astronomer, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236-1311), gave a fairly accurate explanation for the rainbow phenomenon. This was elaborated on by his student, Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1267-1319), who gave a more mathematically satisfactory explanation of the rainbow. He "proposed a model where the ray of light from the sun was refracted twice by a water droplet, one or more reflections occurring between the two refractions." An experiment with a water-filled glass sphere was conducted and al-Farisi showed the additional refractions due to the glass could be ignored in his model. As he noted in his Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir ( The Revision of the Optics), al-Farisi used a large clear vessel of glass in the shape of a sphere, which was filled with water, in order to have an experimental large-scale model of a rain drop. He then placed this model within a camera obscura that has a controlled aperture for the introduction of light. He projected light unto the sphere and ultimately deduced through several trials and detailed observations of reflections and refractions of light that the colours of the rainbow are phenomena of the decomposition of light.

In Europe, Ibn al-Haytham's Book of Optics was translated into Latin and studied by Robert Grosseteste. His work on light was continued by Roger Bacon, who wrote in his Opus Majus of 1268 about experiments with light shining through crystals and water droplets showing the colours of the rainbow. In addition, Bacon was the first to calculate the angular size of the rainbow. He stated that the rainbow summit can not appear higher than 42° above the horizon. Theodoric of Freiberg is known to have given an accurate theoretical explanation of both the primary and secondary rainbows in 1307. He explained the primary rainbow, noting that "when sunlight falls on individual drops of moisture, the rays undergo two refractions (upon ingress and egress) and one reflection (at the back of the drop) before transmission into the eye of the observer." He explained the secondary rainbow through a similar analysis involving two refractions and two reflections.

Descartes' 1637 treatise, Discourse on Method, further advanced this explanation. Knowing that the size of raindrops did not appear to affect the observed rainbow, he experimented with passing rays of light through a large glass sphere filled with water. By measuring the angles that the rays emerged, he concluded that the primary bow was caused by a single internal reflection inside the raindrop and that a secondary bow could be caused by two internal reflections. He supported this conclusion with a derivation of the law of refraction (subsequently to, but independently of, Snell) and correctly calculated the angles for both bows. His explanation of the colours, however, was based on a mechanical version of the traditional theory that colours were produced by a modification of white light.

Isaac Newton demonstrated that white light was composed of the light of all the colours of the rainbow, which a glass prism could separate into the full spectrum of colours, rejecting the theory that the colours were produced by a modification of white light. He also showed that red light is refracted less than blue light, which led to the first scientific explanation of the major features of the rainbow. Newton's corpuscular theory of light was unable to explain supernumerary rainbows, and a satisfactory explanation was not found until Thomas Young realised that light behaves as a wave under certain conditions, and can interfere with itself.

Young's work was refined in the 1820s by George Biddell Airy, who explained the dependence of the strength of the colours of the rainbow on the size of the water droplets. Modern physical descriptions of the rainbow are based on Mie scattering, work published by Gustav Mie in 1908. Advances in computational methods and optical theory continue to lead to a fuller understanding of rainbows. For example, Nussenzveig provides a modern overview.

Experiments

Experiments on the rainbow phenomenon using artificial raindrops, i.e. water-filled spherical flasks, go back at least to Theodoric of Freiberg in the 14th century. Later, also Descartes studied the phenomenon using a Florence flask. A flask experiment known as Florence's rainbow is still often used today as an imposing and intuitively accessible demonstration experiment of the rainbow phenomenon. It consists in illuminating (with parallel white light) a water-filled spherical flask through a hole in a screen. A rainbow will then appear thrown back / projected on the screen, provided the screen is large enough. Due to the finite wall thickness and the macroscopic character of the artificial raindrop, several subtle differences exist as compared to the natural phenomenon, including slightly changed rainbow angles and a splitting of the rainbow orders.

A very similar experiment consists in using a cylindrical glass vessel filled with water or a solid transparent cylinder and illuminated either parallel to the circular base (i.e. light rays remaining at a fixed height while they transit the cylinder) or under an angle to the base. Under these latter conditions the rainbow angles change relative to the natural phenomenon since the effective index of refraction of water changes (Bravais' index of refraction for inclined rays applies).

Other experiments use small liquid drops (see text above).

Culture and mythology

1803 depiction by Joseph Anton Koch of the rainbow in the Book of Genesis

Niagara, by Frederic Edwin Church (1857), depicts a rainbow at the Horseshoe Falls section of Niagara Falls.

Rainbows occur frequently in mythology, and have been used in the arts. The first literary occurrence of a rainbow is in the Book of Genesis chapter 9, as part of the flood story of Noah, where it is a sign of God's covenant to never destroy all life on Earth with a global flood again. In Norse mythology, the rainbow bridge Bifröst connects the world of men ( Midgard) and the realm of the gods ( Asgard). Cuchavira was the god of the rainbow for the Muisca in present-day Colombia and when the regular rains on the Bogotá savanna were over the people thanked him, offering gold, snails and small emeralds. Some forms of Tibetan Buddhism or Dzogchen reference a rainbow body. The Irish leprechaun's secret hiding place for his pot of gold is usually said to be at the end of the rainbow. This place is appropriately impossible to reach, because the rainbow is an optical effect which cannot be approached. In Greek mythology, the goddess Iris is the personification of the rainbow, a messenger goddess who, like the rainbow, connects the mortal world with the gods through messages. In Albanian folk beliefs the rainbow is regarded as the belt of the goddess Prende, and oral legend has it that anyone who jumps over the rainbow changes their sex.

In heraldry, the rainbow proper consists of 4 bands of colour ( argent, gules, or, and vert) with the ends resting on clouds. Generalised examples in coat of arms include those of the towns of Regen and Pfreimd, both in Bavaria, Germany; of Bouffémont, France; and of the 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) of the United States Army National Guard.

Rainbow flags have been used for centuries. It was a symbol of the Cooperative movement in the German Peasants' War in the 16th century, of peace in Italy, and of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements; the rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBT pride and the June pride month since it was designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978. In 1994, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President Nelson Mandela described newly democratic post- apartheid South Africa as the rainbow nation. The rainbow has also been used in technology product logos, including the Apple computer logo. Many political alliances spanning multiple political parties have called themselves a " Rainbow Coalition".

References

Further reading

Boyer, Carl B. (1987). The Rainbow, From Myth to Mathematics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-08457-2.

Graham, Lanier F., ed. (1976). The Rainbow Book. Berkeley, California: Shambhala Publications and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. (Large format handbook for the Summer 1976 exhibition The Rainbow Art Show which took place primarily at the De Young Museum but also at other museums. The book is divided into seven sections, each coloured a different colour of the rainbow.)

Greenler, Robert (1980). Rainbows, Halos, and Glories. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-521833-6.

Lee, Raymond L. & Alastair B. Fraser (2001). The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth and Science. New York: Pennsylvania State University Press and SPIE Press. ISBN 978-0-271-01977-2.

Lynch, David K.; Livingston, William (2001). Color and Light in Nature (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77504-5.

Minnaert, Marcel G.J.; Lynch, David K.; Livingston, William (1993). Light and Color in the Outdoors. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0-387-97935-9.

Minnaert, Marcel G.J.; Lynch, David K.; Livingston, William (1973). The Nature of Light and Color in the Open Air. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-20196-2.

Naylor, John; Lynch, David K.; Livingston, William (2002). Out of the Blue: A 24-Hour Skywatcher's Guide. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80925-2.

The Mathematics of Rainbows, article from the American mathematical society

Interactive simulation of light refraction in a drop (java applet)

Rainbow seen through infrared filter and through ultraviolet filter

Atmospheric Optics website by Les Cowley - Description of multiple types of bows, including: "bows that cross, red bows, twinned bows, coloured fringes, dark bands, spokes", etc.

Merrifield, Michael. "Rainbows". Sixty Symbols. Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham.

Creating Circular and Double Rainbows! - video explanation of basics, shown artificial rainbow at night, second rainbow and circular one.

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Life is like a mirror reflecting your feelings, your actions and your thoughts. The idea is that everything you experience in life is a reflection of yourself. Simple as what you give you will get back. If you are kind with them, they will be kind with you, if you care about them, they will care about you and so on. But on the contrary, if you are negative, if you hate, if you are angry, if you are tense and so on, all these feelings will lead to undesirable behaviours. People react to your words and actions. People will echo your mood and feelings. In other words, they will treat you in the way you treat them.

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Life is like a boomerang.You see,when we throw a boomerang,it will always come back to us.The same concept is applied to our life.For an example,if we do something good to other people,for sure we will be rewarded.It does not matter what kind of reward we receive.Even the word 'thank you' is considered as a reward to us.But,of course do not expect to get rewarded if we treat other people badly.Other people won't hesitate to treat us badly if we do the same to them.So,always remember what comes around goes around.

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My life is like an elevator. On my way up, sometimes, I have to stop and let some people off. This situation will occur to all at some point. It had happened to me since I was at a young age. I lost my beloved grandfather and older siblings. Though they are gone now, the memories will never fade and I will cherish it my whole life. It is also a normal occurrence that you will lose contact with the people you are most close to such as friends and close relatives. . Sometimes we will let people in too. This is because no matter where you are or what you do; you will meet new people every day. It only depends if he or she is important enough to be in your journey in life.

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In life we meet different types of people. The one who stays no matter how rough the situation gets and the one who leaves as soon as the situation becomes  worst. To be very honest, I have met these type of people in my life before and  until now. If I were to relate my life with something, I think it would be a vending machine. There are some reasons why I am comparing my life with a vending machine. As I said previously, we meet varies kinds of people. I thought I  kept  those “good people” in my circle of friends but as weeks pass by, they have proven me that I was wrong and I get to realize that I was surrounded with lies. In  short words, 7 billion people with 14 billion faces. You start off good with those people around you but at the end of the day you get to see their true colours. Just like the vending machine;  when we are thirsty we find for it but when we don’t,  we tend to ignore it. I can strongly say that this is legit because I have experience the same situation in my life. I’m not saying that those people around me the one who are fault. I do agree that I myself have done mistakes because no humans are perfect. But that is when you get to see those people whether they will stay or leave. I bet you hate when people leave you when they no longer need you. Tell me who like it. The weirdest part is they look for you when actually they need something from you. As you know that people need cold drinks from the vending machine but when it’s not they get angry. Just like humans. People leave you out in the cold and get mad when you learn how to get warm by yourself. I get to realize that now. The thing is those people that I lose now doesn’t matter anymore to me because I wake up everyday not to impress them but to be a better person. Just like the vending machine, it needs it’s refiller in order to make it function. Couldn’t stress on how grateful am I to get my parents and my friends. They are the one who stay with me even when things get tough. There are some people in life that makes you laugh a little louder, smile a little bigger and live just a little bit better. I thank God for giving me such beautiful souls and I’ll forever be thankful.  All you need to know is when the wrong people leave your life, the right things starts to get on track.

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Many of you described your life metaphor as casino, boomerang, bicycle and etc. I would describe myself as champagne. I describe me as champagne because it will spray or spill out when we open it and will calm down after awhile. Me myself also kind of like that. I will overreact when something happens then I will adapt the situation or matter slowly. Other than that, I love the mesmerising shape of the champagne bottle. Currently, I'm  not in the shape but I would like to be in that shape one day. I'm not sure when that will happen because my life is too busy and hectic. I even can relate champagne's taste with my mood swings because champagne tastes a bit sour, sweet,  gassy. I also will be moody sometimes, be sweet sometimes, sad sometimes. In conclusion, we can relate our life with various metaphor.

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My life is like Lego blocks. At first, the blocks just scattered around as nobody helps me to build anything out of it. Whenever I try to make something out of the blocks, there is a “monster” that always knock the blocks down and makes me feel sad. Then, comes good people lending their hands to help me build it back piece by piece. What am I trying to convey is that good people in my life such as family and friends always support me in my life and I am very thankful to God for having them. The “monster” that I mentioned is actually my own self. I am that kind of person that always doubt myself on everything I try to do. “Can I do that?”“Other people are better than me.”“Nah, I am just going to sit back and let other people do it”. These are the examples of me doubting myself even though i have not even tried. I am afraid to be in such a crowded place because I am afraid that people will not accept me for who I am but thankfully, my family and my friends always there to help me build my life piece by piece. Just like the Lego blocks.

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My life is like riding a bicycle. A bicycle can't move by itself; it needs someone to ride it. That describes me perfectly. I am the bicycle, while my parents are the one who rode it. They're my beginning; I learnt so many things from them. They taught me how to walk, talk and count blocks. They're the rider that keeps paddling to make sure that I keep moving forward.

A bicycle as well needs tires, to move. The front tire that will guide my way to the right path is my faith, my religion. Meanwhile, the back tire is the one who pushes me to move forward, carefully pushing me from the back so that I'll never stray from the true path. They're my family and friends who keep giving me the motivation to keep paddling my way to my destination, my future.

Nothing will ever make me stop moving as long as I have all these treasured things in my life. In order to reach my destination, I'll have to keep paddling so I won't lose my balance. And I will never fall off unless I stop paddling.

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Speaking about my life and who I am as a person, I'd say, anime would describe me best.. and my life.

People might say anime are for kids, but they are wrong. Just like me, I always seem to appear as this cheerful childish kid who seems to be happy all the time, laughing, as if I were to be the happiest human alive. But I'm not. I'm more than just a bright happy sun. Deep down, I also have my own insecurities and problems at times. People just needs time and patience to actually know who I really am.. They just haven't seen that side of me.

Like anime itself, unless you haven't watched the whole series, you will never know the pain that particular character had been through. Anime is more than just entertainment and cuteness. Anime has meanings in between in. They have moral values in between the storylines. They portray the importance of friendship, family love, loyalty and so forth. My life is filled with deep meanings as well. I see the world more than just what it is. Reading through this makes you realize how much of a deep person I can be ( #deep )
well yeah, I am deep, and so is anime. In conclusion, anime is not for kids, and not childish at all. Same goes for me.

Other than that, like anime itself, my life at the same time is filled with joy and fun! I have friends who can be a little crazy and funny at times, doing random stuff, going on adventures, stuff like that. I have my happiest moments and even sad moments with my dearest ones throughout my life. In any anime, it goes the same way as well.

My life as a whole is as bright and beautiful as anime itself! :D

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INTAN NOOR ASHIKIN BT MOHAMAD JAILANI (E20161014766)

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INTAN NOOR ASHIKIN BT MOHAMAD JAILANI (E20161014766)

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To me, life is like a Ferris wheel. Sometimes, it brings you up to the top, and some other time, it will bring you to the bottom.

I have been in both situations.

I have felt the moment when one is on top of the world, and then tragically drop to the deepest depth.

I have felt when one feels everything can go his or her way, but then it vanishes in a blink of an eye.

In the end, it is how you deal with the situations that life gives you.

I was at my peak when I was 17, freshly graduated with beyond-expectation achievements in hand. I had so many choices to choose from, so many great ambitions to achieve, yet so clueless on where to start and settle down. I felt like the world was in the grasp of my hand, and most probably, because I thought of it that way, I overestimated my ability. I chose thing that I knew from the very beginning would not bring me any happiness. I chose it because I wanted people to value my capability; a capability that was not there in the first place. I chose it because I did not want people to look down on me; something that I, myself, did in the process.

Then, everything was taken from me. I looked at my friends, those who managed to get average results, go to different type of universities. I looked at them doing what they wanted to do most, and in the end, it became their strengths. They achieved something even better than me. I realised that I had been stupid, that I had been a fool, to look down on them, just because I managed to achieve something better first.

Hence, to me, life is like a Ferris wheel. Just because you’re on the top of the world now, does not mean you will stay up forever. It will keep rotating. You will be on the bottom anytime life wants you to. My advice is to stay humble.

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ERICSON GARY ANAK JOSEPH MELAYU
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My life is like a casino,i never know what im going to get,what i'm going to win and what im going to lose.I say this because my whole life everything is a gamble.For instance,since i got here i never knew that i would found such happiness and that reflects back to when i said i don't know what i'm going to get in life.For the part of not sure of what i'm going to lose,when i was really young i never expect that i will lose my grandfather,me and my grandfather wasn't that close but before he went to a better place,i spent so much beautiful and meaningful time with him,i miss you "Akik".This taught me that we must appreciate of what we have before they're gone forever.In life,we will find happiness and sadness,so we need to be prepared for what will happen because we can't predict the future.This will make us who we are.

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" I have to tell you , everyday is a roller coaster " . My late grandfather used to tell me this phrase frequently . Back then , I had no idea on what he meant . Questions like " Do we need to go on a roller coaster everyday ? What is he trying to say ? " were going merry-go-round in my mind . Day by day , I actually understood  what he really meant . Life can truly relate to a roller coaster because  just when you think you had enough  , you are ready to get off the ride and take the calm , you change your mind  , throw your hands in the air and ride the roller coaster all over again . Just like my life , it always have it's up's and down's . It is up to us on how we are going to deal with them .  I believe that we , humans would really appreciate the 'up's' when we go through the down's .  Also , a roller coaster can be equivalent to my life because roller coasters does not move consistently . Meaning that , it goes up , down , around and at a high speed .  Just like my life cycle , from being a young toodler and getting to my teen years , I have experience  so many moments that I myself can never predict . The ride in a roller coaster  can start off being really scary and then it becomes fun . In life , sometimes things get worst before it gets better . I am a strong believer on the saying of ' every problem has it's own solutions '. Sometimes , all we need is time . Just like  the coaster ride , life is so unpredictable so always be prepared for everything , even if those are the things that may seem very hard to you or something that you are not fond of as the saying goes , prepare the umbrella before the storm .  You struggle , you have good times and bad times but at the end of the day , you will make it through . Alls well that ends well .

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My life is like a cotton candy, people found me cute and attractive but in fact when they actually know me, i am just a plain , an average and a boring little girl. Like how cotton candy is so fluffy and beautiful in colour but when it melts in your tongue the taste is tasteless, the texture makes your mouth feels uncomfortable. That is how i feel when i am with the people around me, i am scared that my appearance makes them feel uncomfortable. If you eat cotton candy, you feel nauseous with it. Within minutes, you will be like "i am done eating this thing", that is how i think people about me, when they get used to me, they will get tired . How i feel does not matter to them anymore, they only need me to pour the colour of rainbow in their life, to cover their sorrowness  but not mine. Somehow, i feel like it is okay, it is absolutely fine as long as they are happy like how kids are so happy when their bought cotton candy for them.

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E20161014770
My life is like an ice cream.  Sometimes I freeze whenever people ask me hard questions. But sometimes I melt when someone cute,handsome and charming walks next to me. I have a lot of personality just like the ice cream flavours. I can be as sweet a chocolate ice cream, and sometimes I can be as sour as a lemon ice cream. Most of the people love me but I guess some people don&apos;t like me. Well, people who like me better enjoy being with me before I melt and become boring just like a melted ice cream,not fun and enjoyable anymore. But anyways, I always try to make people happy and excited being around me.

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Sky. Vast blue sky.

Everyone needs sky. Why? Because without sky, when we turn up all we could see is just gloomy, dark space. Sky is blue. Why is it blue? Because if sky are black, our day will be full of sorrow and we couldn’t see any slight of sunshine that will make our day brighter again. Sky makes us feel protected as it protects our day. Without sky, comets or anything from the universe might attack us. Sky makes us feel more secure than ever. Sky is beautiful and interesting to look at. However, we might hate sky. We thought sky is giving us too much sun in day and too much darkness at night.  We might hate sky because it keeps on raining for a few days or the weather might be hotter for a week. We will have reasons to hate on sky. But, no matter how we hate it, the sky will still remain the same. Every day, we wake up, we see the vast blue sky and we smile. Again today, the sky remains the same even human keep on blaming the sky for anything that stops their daily activities. Everywhere we go, sky is there with us. Everything we did, sky is there shielding yourself. Every single feeling we had, the sky will spread its blueness that is calming to us. Sky will remains as sky. I couldn’t hate the vast blue sky because the sky reminds me to those people I love. Wherever I go, I know, all of the people I love will look at the same sky as I do. The sky is telling them how much I miss the people I love so dearly.

I choose sky as my metaphor of life. No matter how badly I do, I know I have myself I could lean on. No matter how much some people will try to turn me down, I know I will not hate them because I will remain the same as my old self because I have myself with me. Wherever I go, I know I will be able to make people who are far away from me feels safer because my du’a are with them, always. I know I will be able to make those I love smile, one fine day. I reflect myself as sky. Though I barely can’t be with them everywhere I go, my prayer are with them, always. As the sky is changing as it will be raining, as it will be hotter, I too have changing in emotions. But at the end of the day, the sadness will try to make escape from myself, the anger will try to run away from me, because I chose happiness to stay with me. Sky is so pretty, so do me. Though every day I go through the phase of being someone who is not pretty, I believe in me, I love and accept myself with all of my heart. I want to be someone who can protect me because we will be alone one day. Everyone will leave us. Some might hate us. We need to able to accept who ourselves is because if we don’t love ourselves more, how do we accept everyone will love “the you” other than our family? Look through your souls. Find the inner self of yourselves. Start believing that you could fly higher until you reach the sky.