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(#5)  TWO FRIENDS (COMPARE AND CONTRAST)

            I have a lot of friends. Since I was small, I like to make friends wherever I go. And after I moved here in Tanjong Malim to make a diploma, I get friends to be with me. They are all different members. They have different personalities and characteristics. Some of them are funny, and some of them are quite serious and strict. I love to be with them as they can accept me as myself and they do not ask me to change my behavior or else. It is neither them nor me. Friends who have different character always argue due to very small problems or misunderstanding of jokes. But, I have two friends that really contrast to each other. They are my best friends, Aman and Ali.

            They came from very different backgrounds. It is such one comes from hill and another one comes from the ocean. Aman, who is a son to a rich man, Datuk Zahid Hamidun, is really lucky, according to my sight. He is pleased and pleasured with money and comfort. He has his own car. He even gets his monthly pocket money as much as RM 1k. But still, he never feels too proud of his luxury life. He also shares his comfort with us. Meanwhile, Ali comes from an ordinary family, just like me. Not rich, and not the poor one. He just gets his monthly pocket money even less than mine. Hu just has a usual motorcycle that he uses to go to class every day. Therefore, he knows how to control his money from unimportant wasting things.

            Next, they are totally different from personalities, their appearances and the way they dress. Aman, suitable with his background, he is absolutely looks like a rich man. Every time he goes out, he will use his expensive snickers that he will change every time he goes out. Fit to his body, he uses his long sleeve shirt with skinny pants. Unlike him, Ali just dresses as a usual guy. Always with t-shirts, and sometime even just with pagoda shirt, he is a very col man. He will not get ready for ours before going out with us. And I never see him wearing a long sleeve shirt even when we are going to the city.  Besides, he only has a pair of shoes that he usually uses if he wants to go out. His appearance is really stating that he is just a usual and normal guy like others.

            Other than that, they also have differences in their attitude and behavior. Aman is likely to have a rough attitude. He uses rude words more than kind words. Scolding, bad temper is always the best way to define him. He rarely asks permission from us to use our stuffs. Moreover, he likes to hit us and makes things with us. On the other hand, Ali is someone who loves peace and always makes peace with everyone. He really respects our lecturer, and even to the cleaner that cleans the side walk. He is a very soft-spoken guy. He always smiles even though he has been bullied by us. Plus, he never uses high tone of voices or scolding us when he talks to us.

            For the conclusion, they are just like a dog and a cat, fire and water and whatever things that are contrast. However, I still feel like those differences as differences make things complete. Those two friends are the one who are completing our group. We will have a big laugh when Aman bullies Ali. But, we will have a bigger laugh if Ali makes sarcasm on Aman’s behavior. 

REFLECTION (WEEK 6)

            Week 6, I got a little problem this week. This week, we had a holiday on Tuesday for Nuzul Al-Quran day and our class was on Monday. So I decided to take leave for the class as I did not attend the class.

            Miss Amreet asked us to prepare an MC letter for excuse. 

(#4)  Why Social Networks Become So Popular

(Causes and Effects)

            Nowadays, people do not connect to each other and keep in contact by using mails anymore. Even e-mail is rarely used these days. So, what makes these things forgotten? Humans, as they become smarter and smarter every day, some geniuses in technology had invented some joyful and useful social networks to be used by the others. Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and many other more become popular day by day. People, regardless their positions, are using these social networks most of their time. The question is why social networks become so popular? This is because of a few reasons.

            First, with social networks, we have the opportunity to know and to meet new people. Social networks give people the chance to meet new people and friends regardless their geographical positions, ages, racial status, and even culture and religions. Users can see others’ profile either pictures or other information. If the user is interested on other users, he or she can add them as friends. After been friends, we as the users can have an online conversation with any person that we want. It is private as nobody can see the messages except you and him or her. And if you want to have a group chat, you can do so in Facebook, or else you can make a group conversation in Whatsapp and WeChat. Thus, people, teenagers especially use this to gossip on someone after they have finished their phone credit or even they purposely do so.

            Other reason is these social networks help users to make business. If a businessman or businesswoman gets 50% profit from their usual business by selling their product, they can get even three times more profit if they use social networks to promote their products. In Facebook, for example, users can create their own page to promote something or give whatever information about their business. People can look on and survey your products on your page. What makes things better is you can discuss with other business partner or people or ask people for advice to improve your performance in business. While in other social networks, you can promote your products by posting pictures and so on. And customers can send their requests by posting pictures and so on. And customers can send their request by contacting you using Whatsapp or on Twitter and others.

            The Last reason is, social networks also provide us knowledge just the same as another search engine like Google. How? We can like or follow any pages or group or even personal character which has common interests with you. You can follow them whom provide some specific knowledge about something. In certain group or pages, the administrators will update statuses or tweet about things that you would like to know. You can like science pages, fiction pages, or even comedy and so on. If you notice that the contents are abusive or inappropriate, you can report it as spam and that social networks which is in responsible will take action to that page.

            For the conclusion, these social networks had become very popular by few factors. They are all not bad factors, so users can use all type of social networks safely and freely and confidently. One day, I believe that more social networks will appear and made and also used by human kinds. 

REFLECTION (WEEK 5)

             This is the second week that we were asked to do presentation. This week was a little bit sharper and clearer as Miss Amreet had guided us in the previous week. This week, Miss Amreet had put the time limit to each presenter, which it was 10 minutes. So, the presenter will just present sharper, more discipline and clearer. The presenter would not waste our time and more presentation could be done.

            This week was just like a mysterious presentation week. It may sound funny but that is it. Starting from Sharafuddin, he presented on the mysterious serious killer. Then, Halim also presented about another mysterious killer that until now, nobody knows what was the purposes and who was the killer. Apart from that, another mysterious presentation was given by DzulHaniff, talking about the Oak Island, an islang with mystery. But, those presentations were very cool and awesome as they stated that too many speculation and prediction and also investigation given and done just to solve the mystery.

            From this week’s class, I have learnt a lot of thing. I have learnt to be punctual, as we moved on time from Miss Maria’s Translation’s class to attend this Writing for Multimedia and Web Purposes class. I also learnt to be clever as all the presentations this week taught me to investigate, do research to solve problems and mystery. I hope all all the presenters were given a very suitable mark for their efforts. 

REFLECTION (WEEK 4)

            We already made it until this week, week 4, as the time runs so fast. This week, our class is as usual, at E-Learning 12. But, some changes were made by Miss Amreet for us. As the Ramadhan had come, we had our class earlier and we would finish it earlier also. We had our class from 4 to 6 as we had Miss Maria’s class before that. We also finished earlier as Miss Amreet kindly gave us time to take bus back to hostel and to break fast for the Muslim students.

            This week, we started our presentation by using Prezi presentation. Before, Miss Amreet had told us that we need to use Prezi to do presentation. We need to make it the best that we can do as it will be consumed as our marks. So, we needed to use all our skills in Prezi to do the best. This week, some of us presented first as it will not fit to present all.

            Mimiwahida, for example, she presented on how to know a liar. She described it very detailed to us. After every presentation, we had a Q&A session which we can ask the presenter on his or her topic. Other than Mimiwahida, our friends such as Sue Chin and Jayson also presented very well. I hope I can use all the information presented well, and I also hope that I can present my topic in a proper way.

            For me, I presented the Shiite and Sunni topic. I changed my topic at the very last minute as the Illuminati topic that I wanted to present earlier was very complicating. And, that topic was also involving some religious sentiment that I could not touch. At the end, I finished my presentation a little bit harsh as my video contained a little violence.

(#3)  The Memoir (Narrative Essay)

            Aiman was so happy. His smile was wide smiling. As the school will reopen in three-day time, he was so busy selecting and choosing his new school uniforms and other needs. I also felt the happiness as I also got new shirts and other college needs. Suddenly, I saw father and mother smiled to us. Their smiles were really heart-cooling and made me felt so glad to have them. I smiled back, but later I realized that they were not my parents. It was impossible for dead people to come alive and smile to us. My eyes started to produce crystal-clear tears. It all happened when we were going back to our hometown to celebrate Eid two years ago. The incident took their lives.

            Two weeks before the incident that I cannot forget, the changes has been seen. I noticed that they were really different. Mom cooked really delicious dishes for week, not as usual, she usually cooked just normal dishes. Then, she also made us a pair of Baju Melayu that she sewed on her own. She sewed until late night. She told us that she really hope we could wear them in the morning of Eid. Dad, he stopped yelling to us and beating us, not as usual. We really felt his love to us before the incident. I noticed all those changes, but I never knew that God had a better plan for them. God plans the best, and that what made me strong every time I wanted to cry.

            Early in the morning, on the day my parents took a leave to go to hometown, my father woke us up to perform the Subuh prayer. He woke us up with his warm and lovely voice, just soft, not the hard voice anymore. After the car was ready, we started to begin our journey, using the North- South Highway. We were really happy in the car. Mom played hide and seek with Aiman. The car seats saw everything happened. Daddy told us his childhood story while I kept playing my PSP. Suddenly a lorry with ton of logs overtook our red Avanza, made my father hit the break-pedal out of the blue. In a blik of an eye, it all happened. A log felt from the lorry and hit our car from in front. We were all screaming.

            When I opened my eyes, I saw everything around me in white. I thought I was dead but actually I was in the hospital. The doctor asked me to be patient and told me that I lost my right leg as it stuck in the crashed car. Aiman, just had a little injuries. I was so worry. I asked the doctor about my parents. The doctor was just silent, his reaction changed. I knew it. We lost our parents. The log smashed into the front mirror and hit our parents terribly. Due to serious injuries and too much blood lost, God invited them to meet Him there. I cried as too much until I fainted. We were just had the chance to see them before the funeral.

            After five weeks staying with our grandmother, someone came and met our granny. That couple with my parents’ ages wanted to adopt us. Granny agreed as she wanted the best for us. She wanted someone to take care of us better than her. She saw a bright future for us if we stay with that couple. Then, we followed my grandmother’s wish. The couple whom we call as Papa and Mama, give us all our needs, until now as they do not have any own child. Aiman, he is just so small to understand all these matter. He just feels heaven-sent but me, I will always feel star-crossed. But, I hope everything that happened in this instant world will give good impact to him as all what I want is just to see him happy.