Character Profile – When Dogs Cry
Steven Wolfe

Physical description

“Steven Wolfe is what you’d call a hard bastard”. A fit, tall, short-wiry haired, tough-looking, intimidating, tall and abrupt man that never gives up on anything. He repetitively wears an old pair of jeans, a flanno shirt and athletics shoes.

Personality traits

Steven Wolfe can be considered as a determined, successful, smart, confident and tough man of very few words.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Steve can almost be considered as “the perfect character” however he still has a few weaknesses. In the story, Steve is genuinely isolated, anti-social and disconnected from his family. He rarely notices the situations of others, as he immensely focuses on his future and career. On the other hand, he never gives up, believes in himself, and is very wise for a man of his age. These are only very few strengths of what he is competent to do.

His or her defining moment in the story

This characters most defining moment occurs when he finally realises and confesses to Cameron about his (Cameron) true abilities and capabilities after underestimating and insulting him for many years.

How Steve changed throughout the book

Steve started out underestimating and insulting Cameron in his bad days of depression. Until Octavia came into the picture, Cameron changed into a really great person, a person who Steve never thought he’d become. Because of this, Steve regrets calling him all these bad things and to make it up to him, he started by reconnecting with the family and noticing every achievement and congratulating them (mainly Cameron) on their efforts.

One quote that sums him or her up (include pg reference)

“Steven Wolfe is what you’d call a hard bastard” (Chapter 2, Page 17).

Explain why you believe your chosen images represent the character from When Dogs Cry.Solid, strong and isolated, in other words “as solid as a rock”, this is one object that really resembles Steve in the book. He is tough, determined, and wise. Having lost connection from his closest mates in the river, he is thrown back into his place, He starts regaining connection and starts flowing along with them to the end of the journey.

5 Songs That Paint My Life

The Following songs aren't my top favorite tunes, however they do have some meaning in my life. Some I listen to regularly (On Top Of The World, You Shook Me All Night Long) and others I listen to rarely (Hall Of Fame, Summer Of 69, Me And My Monkey). The reason why they are here is because they all bring back some really cool memories that have happened in my life which will be further explained in the paragraphs ahead.

On Top Of The World – Imagine Dragons

This song is significant to me as it constantly reminds me of all the good times I’ve had in my life. Whether it’s playing good golf, going to the beach with my family, having a great laugh with close friends and or family, awesome holidays and many more. It seems to refresh my memory of how lucky I am and remind me of how precious those good times are and that’s what life is about.

 Hall Of Fame – The Script

 As a golfer, this song is significant to me because  it gives hope, determination, courage, confidence  and self-belief that I will achieve my dream of  becoming a legendary golfer one day. I stumbled  across it during a Gale dinner up on stage holding  my trophy award after winning my first ever  tournament outside of Bali. My mind instantly  thinks of speeches I should say in my future  victories to come when I grow older and join the  PGA tour.

Summer Of 69 – Bryan Adams

This song is significant to me as it reminds me of all the great and adventurous memories with my closest friends and my family in Borneo. Over there, I used to cycle everyday with one of my best friends for the whole afternoon after school. We’d race each other, pretending to be Moto GP rivals, crashing and burning. We also had to make hiking courses through the vast jungle as a fundraiser for the school every month. Having hardly any technology, traffic, buildings, malls and social media, it felt like I was living in another era compared to my lifestyle nowadays, and this song reminds me of my previous ways if living.

You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC

 This song brings back a really awesome memory  of when we met the 10x Moto GP world  Champion Valentino Rossi. This particular song  was being played in the Hard Rock Café Malaysia  at the time. He didn’t want to accept any requests  of taking pictures with any of his fans until he  lifted his head and saw us 5. We were all in our  Rossi shirts and finally took a couple pictures with  him after 5 years of trying. He seemed more  excited than us.  He then signed Our I-pad casing  and shook all our hands while I walked away. He  suddenly turned me around and shook my hand as  well. It was just a legendary moment I’ll never  forget. We go to the Sepang GP every year and  take over 100 photos everyday with several strangers using our shirts. It’s an awesome but a peculiar feeling and now we are widely referred as “The Rossi Family” every time we go to the race.

Me and My Monkey – Robbie Williams

This is a song my dad keeps requesting in a somewhat gentlemen’s bar we frequently go to called “Red Carpet”.  It’s located in Bali, and when it plays, the whole bar sings along. It’s just a pretty cool tune and every time I hear it, it reminds me of that particular bar. Every new year, my family and I would celebrate at the bar after letting off almost 800 dollars wort
h of fireworks, entertaining our neighbors and others who live in the area.

Because Of You

The first time I grabbed a golf club, I genuinely knew I'd be doing it for the rest of my life. The sport has taught me perfection is unattainable and that life is full of choices. These are the most beautiful challenges of golf and life. Golf is one major aspect that has contributed to who I am today. It has taught me discipline, patience, honesty and several more. However this post is dedicated to my beloved mum and dad who have been guiding me since the very beginning.

“As long as you have fun and try your best, nothing else matters”. This is a quote my mum and dad repetitively recite every time I play my passion of golf. I am who I am because of you two. Without you two I wouldn't be the person I am today. I may have misled you two sometimes but I now realise that all the gifts, orders, lessons, wisdom and words you two have given me are for the welfare of my life. Discipline, trust, honesty, happiness, strength, patience and confidence are just a few characteristics of what you two have made me become today. With your motivation and my determination, I have overcome several challenges, both physically and mentally throughout my life. I believe your guidance will shape me into a really great man as I grow older and I thank you for putting in so much effort. 

Top 3 Speed Demons

The following supercars are currently the fastest and most powerful racing machines ever produced in the world. Although one of them maybe a concept, this blog post will elucidate how and why each power loaded speed demon has the ability to reach outstanding speeds of over 200mp/h.

Hennesey Venom F5

We must start with the very best and yet the fastest speed demon known as the Hennesey Venom F5. Although the carbon bodied car still remains a concept, Hennesey have previously stated that the production of this 1400bhp supercar will be starting very soon, possibly in 2015. Targeting a top speed of 290mph, The first test car has already managed to beat the Bugatti Veyron holding the Guinness World Record for the fastest production car and the Koenigsegg Agera R holding the Guinness World Record of reaching 300km/h in the fastest time. The price still remains unknown but I’m anticipating it will cost over 1.2 million US Dollars.

                                                                                             

Bugatti Veyron SS

The Bugatti Veyron is famously known as the "world's fastest car". Defeated by the Venom F5, it still keeps its crown of being "the worlds fastest car" as the Venom F5 has not started their production. This speed demon spits out 1200bhp from its mighty engine.  With a top speed of 267mph and a huge V16 engine, it costs just under 1.5 million US Dollars.

Koenigsegg Agera R

With a top speed just 3mph slower than the Veyron, the Koenigsegg Agera R roars with a 1140bhp engine. It currently holds the Guinness World Record of reaching 186mph (300km/h) in a staggeringly fast time of 14.53 seconds. However, the Venom F5 has already demolished Koenigsegg by executing 200mph in just 14.51 seconds. Again, Koenigsegg get to keep their crown as Hennesey has not yet started their production. This speed demon comes with a stupid price tag of 2.5 million US dollars.

Work Experience

Tee Up Golf is Bali's only Golf Simulator venue where you can virtually play the most famous courses around the world. These courses are basically projected onto a screen, allowing you to play golf indoors and providing a solution to playing in the hot sweaty weather and or the perilous stormy rains that regularly come along in Bali.  It’s located at JL. Raya Anyar, Kerobokan, South Bali. I was excited and interested to find a job that ties in with my passion for golf but didn’t really know what to expect.

After completing my placement, I aimed to be more confident, able to lead a group efficiently, be more decisive and most of all get a grasp on the responsibilities of having to work for someone in the real world. My future work opportunities would obviously have to be something to do with golf, as it is my passion and a sport I’ll be playing for the rest of my life as long as I can afford it.

I was given a couple tasks each day, mainly designing the Nirwana project, monitoring the computer, helping customers and instructing. I was most nervous with instructing. However, each session was very successful as all customers and my employer, which was kind of funny managed to hit the ball much straighter, further and better with the help of my golfing knowledge. I really enjoy challenges and also hate them at the same time. Examples of challenges I normally dislike requires a good level of confidence and being able to handle pressure. During my experience, all employees were on Ramadhan holidays thus leaving only my employer and I to get some work done. However my employer slightly lacked in time management and organization skills but was strong in the skills I wanted to learn including confidence. Therefore I was influenced by him while he also was influenced by me.

During my placement at Tee Up Golf I have achieved quite a lot, especially confidence, which I still kind of lack in. I have accomplished this goal by performing tasks that require this key life skill. Examples include instructing, helping customers and replying to questions quickly and efficiently.  However, I am still willing to further improve on these weaknesses in the future.

In the end, I felt pretty good about choosing this placement as it requires skills that I do find challenging (weaknesses) and dislike such as confidence. For a while now, my dream career idea has been to become a PGA golfer. As determined as I am, if I do not achieve that dream, I would probably choose a job that has something to do with golf or possibly graphic design/photography. Anyway, the goals and ideas I have stated previously have already been on my mind for the past couple years but has become more thorough after this work placement. Overall it was a great experience and I had some fun.