journal3 - mom vs steroids

MOM VS STEROIDS
REFLECTION

This was an inspiring story which had told me about a regular mother, Lori Lewis who had never doubt on his son's trustworthy and honesty, who had eventually found out her son using steroid, as her son, Bryan was a football player. How I wonder a mother would feel to found that news out of her beloved trustful son.If I was about to face the same situation, I would be perfectly mad , disappointed, and might be lost control of myself.After all, it's not just her son who involved , but she found out that majority of the team had consumed this 'poison' too! But what Lori Lewis did was totally noble.She didn't try to hide things out to safe her son. She act to report the stand to the principle. However, the feedback that she received was a big disappointment from an ignorant irresponsible authorized leader. What I adore much was her spirit and sincere soul of a savior, as she concern that steroid was not only illegal but also hazardous for health. Her second step was to proclaimed the steroid case to the mass media, particularly to the newspapers. She dare to risk her own son's pride , the school, the team. The whole world was against her and blame her for what she had done. Her son Bryan was sad, giving up his life in the school and moved to a private school. Only a couple had stood up upon her back. Could you actually imagine how brave she is? I think this wonderful mother is a warrior upon herself. She believe in what she did, to stop those young sports player from using steroid, not being selfish to save her own son alone. Her action revealed the involvement of many other high schools in consuming steroids in sport. We aware that international sports players also do consumed steroids, as many cases appears in mass media and etc, but still, do you want it to continue, especially when it comes to your very own beloved teenagers? Lori Lewis has made me think about the purity of the school system right now. But still, it's not fair to blame disapproval fact. However, her story had built awareness in me to be more concern and a sharp mother in future. Who knows what would happened in future. Might be worst ! Therefore, all mothers should do what Lori Lewis had done, to vanish the negative stimuli to the youngsters.


SUMMARY

This article is about Lori Lewis who had eventually found out that her son, Bryan had involved in consuming steroid. The inspiring story which will definitely be beneficial for mothers around the world. This article shows her effort to reveal the case despite her own son's involvement or the school which he studied. The article also shows how the principle being irresponsible towards this case. However, the end of this article, where Bryan at last admitted that his mom was doing the right thing will actually persuade you to do the same!

In class assignment-critical reading

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT-CRITICAL READING


What I've learn so far in the reading class a few topics;Tone,purpose,bias,figurative language,connotative language,fact or opinion, inferring main idea and pattern of organization.

For me the most difficult skill are; inferring main idea, tone and purpose because it is confusing.But what I did to overcome my confusion is by doing revision and go through the exercises.I also did some discussion with friends about it.

I think all the skills that I have learned from reading class are essential and related to each other. Therefore there's no priority of which one is the most important.All skills are probably applied because I can see, from the skills, they will help me understand any reading materials critically. It's fun to know the right method to read and It'll make it easier for me to under stand and gin more knowledge without being bored and fatigue. the information that I acquire from also will be more clear and understandable.

What I understand about critical reading is reading with full concentration to understand the gist of the writing and analyse the information with accurate methods. Without the methods learnt in my reading class, the reading will be just for the sake of having fun.

I believe critical reading will be very beneficial in my future study because what I've learnt from my seniors, the subjects in degree programme will required the students to memorize lengthy complex information. I believe that with the help of my knowledge in critical reading, I'll be able to understand and memorize much faster and have fun while learning. I'll get to know my objective of reading, understand the purpose of the writer , and summarize my lesson to enhance my understanding about the subject.

By reading the articles of my journal, I applied all skills. Mostly is tone and purpose.Not to forget ,inferring main ideas because these two elements help me to analyse the contents.Fact or opinion is also important in order to understand the journals.

In class assignment-blogging

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT-REFLECTING-BLOGGING

I have never used or owned a blog before and I admit that I'm quite weak in IT (Information technology). Thanks to Mr.Izaham, our lecturer for TSL012 for giving me the cognition to the world of technology.It might looks simple to others but for me it's a very fundamental knowledge that I acquire.First of all I found that my first cognition to blog had build my interest towards IT. Instead of having a blog for TSL012, I create a blog of my own, a private blog to share my feelings and opinion with others. I was motivated to enhance the contents of my blog and I enjoy learning new things about blogs and the initials.

Secondly, with blog, all the assignments could be done in handy.I can save much time, energy and cost for every submission of my assignment.I can do my assignment maybe in college or at home at just post it.Easy right! Instead, I can also receive comments online from Mr.Izaham and my friends which are truly beneficial for me to improve my writing .In normal situation maybe we have to spend more time waiting for lecturers or friends on their free time to give constructive advice for us. With blog, The knowledge can be obtained anytime and anywhere we need it.

In my opinion, it is highly recommended for all lecturers to use blog as a medium to communicate and discuss with students. as I said earlier, first, the lecturer can post their notes and any information required easily to cover the situation where there might be students who had missed the information given during the lecture. the lecturer can also give assignment without having much hassle to gather the students and waste their energy and time.Secondly, an online discussion could be done where the lecturers can receive comments, problems and suggestion from the students and the students themselves can discuss each other.For English teachers and lecturers ,I think it's good if they could have a specific blog where they can post journals for the students to read, questions and exercises and etc.It is very important in language learning to en culture the usage of the language.

Features of the blog that I found most helpful is the comments features.It's fun to received comments from lecturers and friends without having myself to go to them because I'm a bit shy and passive. it helps me to improve a lot and i can actually discuss with them about everything related to the subject.I haven't found any part of features which was troublesome.

Compare to the classroom session, I found that it's fun to learn from blog. I can chat and do my work at the same time. I can also listen to the songs and receive lots of academic visual instead of listening to the lecture alone. I found myself intersted more on visual teaching aids rather than listening to the lecture. Therefore , by having a blog, it may enhance my interest and keep me focus to the subject.

i will continue to use blog after this.

Purpose and tone

WHEN THE FAMILY REUNION IS VIA REMOTE

Red-clue words


-South Korean Kim Yong-hun, 71, left, and a family member wipe their tears as they talk to their North Korean relatives through a screen during a video family reunion session at the video conferencing room of Red Cross in Daejeon, south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March ,27

Purpose: To describe the sorrow mood.
Tone: Sad
Reason: the writer describe how the family members wipetheir tears, showing the feeling of sadness or sentimental moment.

-The gray, bare-walled room, the size of a prison cell, is more funereal than celebratory considering three people in it were there for a family reunion. Byun Kiljae, 53, runs his hands up and down his face as if he were trying to remove grime from his already clean skin. He's flanked by two relatives — his wife and younger brother, who has just rested a large black wooden framed photo of their late father on an empty chair. All three family members gaze at a 60-inch flat screen four feet in front of them. In a few minutes, the brothers will meet their half-sister and nephew for the first time ever — or more accurately, lay eyes on and speak to their kin in North Korea for the first time, via a fiber optic video cable, installed as part of a video family reunion program between the two Koreas this week.

Purpose: To inform and describe the moment and its surrounding.
Tone:Relax yet formal.
Reason: The words in red is the clues of informative and descriptive phrase. The writer describe the room, people in the room, things that they were doing or holding in hands. The writer also describe the emotion and anxiety of the family members while they were waiting.

-Byun rises from his seat when the video feed begins and when his half sister and nephew suddenly appear on the screen. He introduces his side of the family, who take deep bows, then reaches to his left for the photo of his recently departed 88-year-old father.

Purpose: To describe
Tone:Somber but still relax and formal.
Reason: The writer had used descriptive words to describe the situation (words in red).But he had instill the somber mood from the beginning of the article and continuously effective in this paragraph too. I can feel the nervous, anxiety, and sadness.


-"Our father died only ten days ago," he says, holding up the frame in front a camera perched on top of the screen. "When he learned he was finally going to meet you, his heart and mind couldn't handle the excitement."

Purpose: To inform
Tone: Sad and mournful.
Reason: The writer inform by using the dialogue telling readers that the father died ten days ago after he had learnt that he was finally going to meet the other family members.The tone is sad because Byun was telling that his father had past away and he regret that his father didn't get the chance to meet the other family members.


-Fighting back tears, his half sister dabs her eyes with a white handkerchief while her nephew's eyes redden after hearing the heart-rending news.

Purpose:To describe
Tone:sad and full of sorrow
Reason:All the words in red shows how the writer actually describe the sadness of the family members. The writer also describe the news as heart-rending.


-For the next two hours, the Byun clan hold up photos to each other, chat about the family tree and promise to work toward unification so they can meet again.

Purpose: To describe and inform.
Tone:Relax,formal and with sense of hope for good things in future.
Reason:There's a bit description when Byun clan hold up photos to each other. Than the author just inform how Byun promise to work towards unification so they'll meet again.

-"It will take at least ten years for everyone to see their relatives at this rate," predicts Young Woon Choi, head of the Inter-Korean Cooperation Team

Purpose: to inform and persuade.
Tone: Informative blend with persuasive.
Reason: They'll never no the accurate time for them to gather again.The dialogue sounds more as an opinion and stand.so it could be informative but more to persuasive.

-Other family encounters don't go off without a hitch. "Why did you leave my mother in the North when you went to the South?" a young North Korean man asks his obviously frail 93-year-old South Korean grandmother.

Purpose: To inform points that may lead readers to be curious about cause and effects.
Tone:Curious
Reason:Because the question itself shows curiosity.

Joutrnal 2-Creativity is Ghazi's forte

Creativity is Ghazi's forte

If you read carefully trough the article, you'll found fascinating journey of this wonderful man with his unquenchable thirst for knowledge.As a former senate, he was well known as 'The Man in ICT'. But you'll get to know that he had involved in many fields; business, education, and currently, art.What i found about him is, he is full with passion and determination in whatever he wanted to do. He push himself to the maximum level and try to make himself an expert in every fields he had gone trough .He always wanted to be different. Currently, he was inspired to involve in art field, educate and instill himself with creativity and innovation. He continue his study in Art Education and right now on his way to widen his wings to educate people, giving training, trading Art Instrument and in the meantime continuing his business as CEO of Berita Publishing, Berjaya Group and Indah Water. In one of his statement that had inspired me the most is when he said in no matter what you involved in ,there's a promise for you to earn profits, as long as you're creative and realize about the importance of customer service and customer relationship management.Creativity and innovation is a magical tools. That's how he achieved though in art field as well. This idol make me realize one thing, no matter how far we go, no matter what field we choose in life, never forget you roots, your birthplace. Dato' Sheikh Ghazi realize himself where he was too busy in past till he forgot about his roots. It's the time for him to pay back to his birthplace, which had inspired him for years.Currently, he had built ' Pusat Ilmu Ishaqiah'-a knowledge center named after his great grandfather. He brought ICT to the rural areas education. He spread the knowledge about Gambus and many other instruments which he got from his late father. He's know a teacher and a successful businessman. He is a perfect idol to tell everyone to follow their intuition and desire in anything, and the key for success is passion to earn knowledge.

Bias (In Class Assignment )

Nepalese Porters May Be World's Most Efficient Haulers

About the article

This article is about The Nepalese Porters.The writer describe the Nepalese porters as a strong human being with superhuman strenght compared to other human beings.The writer try to tell the reader about the Nepalese Porter's life and how they actually work to support their necessities.The Nepalese can carry heavy loads in long distance .The writer believe that they gain this superhuman strenght by using less energy for the same work compared to other human beings.For example, they run down the mountain to get home in their journey, therefore they can safe time and more energy to do other works.


Red: bias for
Blue:Bias phrase
Purple: bias against


-"If you've ever watched Nepalese porters in action, you might think they have superhuman strength."

Reason:Inclined to favor the Nepalese Porters by saying "...they have superhuman strenght"


-"His latest study, which appears tomorrow in the journal Science, now suggests that the porters of Nepal are even more efficient at their tasks."

Reason:Inclined to favor porters of Nepal at their tasks.

-That remarkable ability helps porters to earn a living carting goods great distances between markets in the Himalayan nation.

Reason: The phrase describe the Porter's ability as remarkable.It shows the writer inclined to favor the Nepalese Porters.

-"they're [generally] not very well equipped [and] have very bad shoes."

Reason:the writer describe the shoes as very bad .The statement shows his emotion of dislike.

- "It's amazing how universal carrying loads on the head is—except in Western Europe and North America," he said.

Reason:The word 'except' indicate emotion of the writer by excluding people in Western European and North America.

-"It's quite impressive to see those guys walking with such heavy loads,"

Reason:the word impressive shows that the author tend to favor their Porter's ability to walk with heavy loads.

-A porter's gear is simple but effective

Reason:At first the writer said the porter's gear is simple but he tend to favor them more by saying it is effective.

POSSESSED BY LOVE

THE GHOSTLY SHADOW

-Munger grew up in Evansville, Indiana, the youngest of three and "the star" of the family

Figurative phrase: The star
Figure of speech:Metaphor
Reason:Munger,whom is the youngest indirectly symbolized as the star.

-The Ghostly Shadow

Figurative phrase: ghostly shadow
Figure of speech: Metaphor
Reason: The shadow was indirectly compared with the ghost.
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FALLING SILENT

- "She'd wake up scared to death.... "

Figurative phrase: Scared to death
Figure of speech: Metaphor
Reason: the scared feeling has been compared to death indirectly in the phrase.

- "And I cried out of relief, because I was finally free. My hell was finally over."

Figurative phrase: relief..My hell was finally over.
Figure of speech : Metaphor and allusion
Reason:The phrase is metaphor because the cried out ofrelief was indirectly compared to hell.The phrase can also be allusion because hell is a well known ikon that symbolizes sadness, suffer and including the relief.

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Suraya Al-Attas on Saturday: Our veterans deserve more respect

In theory, IKON Malaysia sounded like a good idea

-Opinion: Because The word "idea itself shows opinion.Not everybody would agree with this statement

The idea was, presumably, to boost the music industry by taking our music out of Malaysia

-Opinion:The word presumably shows that this statement is an opinion.There's no item to conduct accurate measure to prove that the idea can boost the music industry by taking your music out of Malaysia.This statement is also arguable which shows definitely that it is an opinion.

Until, that is, Zainal Abidin’s outburst (and subsequent withdrawal from the competition) just before a media event to announce the contestants recently.

-Fact:Because this statement can be proved by evidence and resources like newspapers and magazines.

can also be.....

-Opinion: the statement saying that Zainal Abidin was outburst is very subjective because it was written in mass media .Interpretation of journalist ,reader,witness and Zainal Abidin himself could be different.It can be arguable for those who witnessed zainal at the moment of his action.

Although an official announcement has yet to be made, it is learned that the new system would see a panel of professional judges responsible for 70 per cent of the score, while 30 per cent would be from SMS voting.

-Fact: the percentage of scores can be verified by authorized body of the show like Mentor,Academy Fantasia currently, Malaysian Idol and etc.

can also be.....

-Opinion:the phrase"an official announcement has yet to be made " shows that the announcement will be in future.Therefore it could not be a fact.

While Zainal might have been a tad harsh in his criticism of the young stars ......

-Opinion:The phrase"might have been a tad harsh" shows that the statement is an opinion because there's no accurate references to refer to,arguable and cant be measured.

If you ask me what was the best thing that happened to the industry, I would say it was Mawi. But he was also the worst thing that happened to the industry."

-Opinion:there's no accurate reference to refer to,arguable and cant be measured.Some people might say that Mawi is the best thing not the worst, some people might say he is the worst only and the others would probably think he was both like the writer herself.

Another industry player said having established artistes compete with the reality stars meant only one thing. That the organisers have blatant disrespect for "older’ artistes who have paid their dues in the industry.

-Opinion:There's no name stated therefore this statement is possibly a made up statement.There's no reference to prove to verify the accuracy of this statement.This statement is also arguable for those who actually involved in the authorized body of the show.They might have their own mission to established this programme

"It’s bad enough that the young stars have no respect for their seniors . This will only perpetuate the problem.

-Opinion:There's no prove to say that the young stars disrespect their seniors.The phrase"bad enough"is unmeasurable .

If, say, Bono (of U2), a huge name in the music world, competed for a Grammy with (Sir) Paul McCartney and won, he would probably be humbled because the former Beatle is a legend in the industry.

-Fact:The facts can be varified in mass media resources and

can also be....

-Opinion:The phrase"he would probably shows that the statement is an opinion.

In our industry, some young artistes — particularly those created by reality shows — who win awards actually think they are the best thing to happen to the industry. I didn’t think the music industry could sink any lower. Guess I was wrong.

-Opinion:Comments and arguments of the writer themselves show that the statement is an opinion.

From the graph of " Motor Vehicle Deaths By gender ",what i can see is that there were more deaths involving males rather than females from 1975 -2005.From 1975-1980,the number of deaths by male is increasing while the number of deaths involving females remains constantly arose.The graph also obviously shown that the number of deaths among females remain constant from the year 1975-2005.

In my opinion ,motor vehicle deaths among males are more likely to occur because more males are using motor vehicles to work.Especially for married males where the wives stayed at home.As what we may see in our community,the bachelor males prefer to use motorcycle to work before getting married to safe life cost.It was prevalent that accidents and deaths involving motorcyclist are at the highest ranking among other vehicles.Contrast to the females where they prefer to ride on public transportation or their own cars which these transportation are more promising for safety.I think the number of motor vehicle deaths will never decrease among males because despite the accidents and deaths of using unsafe vehicles like motorcycle,they will still chose to ride on it ,firstly because it is low budget and secondly,it have become a culture for males,bachelor males in particular.

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What I can see from the table " Motor vehicle crash deaths by type and gender " is the highest number of deaths were held by males,type:passenger vehicle-driver deaths the lowest number of deaths were held by females,type:bicyclist deaths.For all motor vehicle crash deaths,males held higher number of deaths than females.

In my opinion,the biggest number of deaths go to type of passenger vehicle :driver deaths because some drivers like to use the phone while driving.They'll lose their focus and this condition may lead to accidents.Why male?As we know,many of working drivers,businessman in particular,they took for granted of their own life for the sake of businesses and money matters,even during their journey on the road.Bicyclist held the smallest number of deaths because usually people will use bicycle as their main transport in rural areas.In Urban areas ,people use bicycle just for fun .as usual,females will held the lowest number because mostly males are going to work ,and maybe females in rural areas prefer to be pedestrians.While in urban areas,rarely to see people using bicycle on the road.As a whole,male held the biggest number of deaths in every type of motor vehicle crash because females drivers are more focus ,patient ,and aware of their safety on the road.

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What I can see from the table"number and percent of motor vehicle crash deaths by type and gender, 2005 is that all motor vehicle deaths shows a gap of number between male and female except passenger vehicle,passenger deaths which shows a gap of only 452 victims in between.The most accurate inference to be made is gender of passengers are not in certain.It could be members of family mixing together males and females,friends or etc.therefore the number of deaths due to this type is almost similar to each other.

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From the graph"Passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100 000 people by gender,1975-2005",it was obvious that the deaths of males occupant were decreasing drastically contrast to the deaths of females occupant but still,looking back to the number of deaths ,the male group of gender is still leading.Though the decreasing among females is only 9 percent but still,it remains constant and stable from 1975-2005.for instance on 2005,deaths of males occupants are more than 15% but the females are less than 10%.It shows that the accidents and deaths are still the biggest risk for males as it had never change to be constant or lower than females.most probably occupants are mostly males.

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The table"fatal passenger vehicle crash involvement per 100 million miles,2001-2002",males drive more miles than females no matter what age they are.It was shown on the table for instance people of age 70 and above that males drive more miles which is 76 billion+ but the females are 39 billion+.The conclusion that I can make here is that males like to drive much faster and dangerously compare to females where they are much more aware on the road safety.the crash involvements are the highest on the age of 30-59 most probably because at this age people are more sophisticated and busy working or travelling on the road.They might be in rush for some important meetings or appointments.
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From the table "Age differences", the facts that we can see clearly is ,vehicle occupants from age 16-24, regardless mare or female are the most huge group whom involved in death.I infer this fact will possibly increase in future and the probability is realy high because in this rank of age, death cases arose most probably because of vehicle occupants who drove without driving license, ignoring the speed limit on the road, ignoring road safety and etc.What may be conclude here is that the authorized body of road safety should strengthen the policy of getting driving license and upgrade the system to capture the occupants who drive over the speed limit on the road.The other initial that we can see here is that the male occupants age >85 were also among the huge group who involved in accidents .I infer this fact arose,especially among the males, most probably because they are not focus anymore in this age.Their ability to be focus is no longer acurate and wont give them an eduquate condition to drive.Secondly, it involves most of males in this age most probably because the wives or females are already dead.

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Journal 1-Let spoiled kids do manual labour

Let Spoiled Kids Do Manual Labour

REFLECTION

This article has caught my attention on the first scheme tremendously.You know why?Because the contents actually had answered a tough problematic question that evolve among undergraduate students in Malaysia in particular which is unemployed undergraduate students.This article will actually tell us that the strategy should started by the parents themselves.Parents are the basis of human development regardless of mentality,emotion and integrity.The problem that evolve among our youth nowadays is ,the are actually "spoiled".what I mean is they are too pampered.They only know how to earn but not to give.The writer had actually revealed how the parents in Beijing educate their spoiled kids to be a better person.The element that they take in risk is by letting their children to involve in manual labour.Challenging task and tedious chores will be a definite promise once you had volunteered yourself in such programmes ,work,or any labour task.I agree with their style in educating their children because it was proven psychologically when a person was put in tense,naturally they'll try to adapt with the diversity around them.Therefore,by letting these spoiled kids to experienced the challenges and live away from luxurious life ,it will actually help them to survive.As a Malaysian citizen,there's nothing much you can do rather then surviving with skills and expertise that you have in hand,which requires you to be creative and let yourself out of the shell.Maybe some people will say that these method will be quite harsh but believe me,a few years in future,they'll actually admit the truth that challenges in life is the best education.What parents and all of us can do to change this situation is by exposure and encouragement to the young students to face more challenging task.they need to be more creative to explore.Take a risk to explore the rural areas and be the most successful entrepreneurs in future.


SUMMARY

This article actually tell us about how parents in Beijing had actually comes up with a better idea to educate their spoiled children.The writer,Liu Shinan had interestingly reveal how creative the parents are in Beijing where they have the courage to let their children involve in manual labour.The strong intention is to educate their kids to adapt with their surrounding and be ready to face the diversity of life.This article had actually open the readers eyes that there's nothing impossible in this life.We need to banned the mentality of Malays"Melentur buluh biarlah dari rebungnya" to "never give up if you want to be a successful human on earth"