Blog Entry: Week 6 (Week 7 of the semester)

It's already half of the semester and guess what? This is the final blog entry that you have to make. With half more semester to go, let me ask you a million dollar question:

Do you think you can achieve Dean's List for this semester? Tell us why and why not.

Good luck for the rest of the semester.

Blog Entry: Week 5 (Week 6 of the semester)

Hei, Welcome back to campus!

All of you must be refreshed, fatten up and in good spirit to restart the journey of a student’s life. Read the line below:

‘I want to ___ but I’m afraid I’m not good at it & I might fail. Since I would fail anyway, why bother trying!’

Sounds familiar? You might had heard it or even used this line before. Yes, the road to success and self-improvement is not always easy but would you give up before trying?

Tell us what would you do or how far would you go in the quest to be successful and to be a better person:

 What I would do to be a better student/human being?

Blog Entry: Week 4 (Week 5 of the semester)

In the spirit of Balik Kampung, here is the topic for you to write:

A Positive Thing that I'm Going to do during the Mid-Semester Break is......

(other than the usual raya stuff like filling in your tummy with lemang and rendang, that is)



I'd like to remind you that by the end of this week, you should have at least 8 blog entries.

Two more topics coming after the break, Happy Eid!!

Blog Entry: Week 3 (Week 4 of the semester)

I'm sure most of you have been frequenting the Bazaar Ramadhan this fasting month. I know I have!

While we are  spending or should I say over-spending on food, let's take a while and ponder on the lifes of those less fortunate. While we are throwing away the left-overs that we couldn't finish, think about those who are dying of famine, like what is happening in Somalia today.

These pictures are painful to see. How different their life is compared to ours. Will we just look at the pictures and do nothing? You want to do something to help but you don't know what to do? Well, it is time to find out. Here's the topic for this week's entry:

What we can do to help ease world hunger. 



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Blog Entry: Week 2 (Week 3 of the semester)

It's the second week of Blogging assignment, that means, you should have 2 entries already!

The assigned topic for Week 2 is a tribute to Ramadhan (since we are in the fasting month):

How I overcame challenges during Ramadhan.

You may interpret this topic in the way you deem suitable - spiritually, physically etc, as this month poses various challenges to both muslims & non-muslim.

A reminder: Before you post your entry, get your group members to edit for grammar and vocabulary errors. Don't forget to post another entry of your own choice.

Have fun writing! (Hope it's not in an empty stomach ;) )

Blog entry: Week 1 (Week 2 of the semester)

These two weeks have been quite eventful right? You can pour your heart out in the 1st week's blog entry under the title:

The beginning of life as a Bachelor student in UniKL MICET

Remember that you have to submit 2 blog entries? The other entry is a topic of your choice. So make sure you have 2 blog entries for Week 1.

Happy writing!

Banned Books

What is it about banned books that  instead of driving its readers away, get to be in the "best-seller's" list and wins the author a prize? The books listed above among the many great "banned" books that many of us, I'm quite certain, have heard of. To learn more about who, when, and why certain books got banned, read: 

http://www.banned-books.com/ and, http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Lifestyle/Banned-Books.aspx?cp-documentid=27932689&imageindex=1. Which brings us to a debatable quest: do the authorities ban the books out of moral superiority of fear of the ideas presented?

These books, nonetheless, are pretty much understandable for being in the "banned" list:

Or, should they not? 2-cents for your thoughts. ;) TGIF, people!

Melatah

I found myself saying (which I am incredibly ashamed of) "muka kau terbalik" right at the face of the 7Eleven cashier last night when my V-Soy Soya drink spilled on the counter. I apologized furiously to the poor boy who seemed rather taken aback with my mean, harsh words. His friend burst out laughing almost immediately. He followed suit. Phew, thank God he took it lightly! When my husband asked what was I thinking when I said those things, I defended myself saying it wasn't my choice to make. It just happens. Melatah just happens.

And with plenty of time in my hands, I decided to frolic aroud the web for this incurable disease. What did I find? Google translates "melatah" (Malay) to "melatah" (English). That is enough to convince me that 'melatah' is a uniquely Malaysian habit. And so to the 7Eleven cashier whom I met last night, I'm here to convince you that your face is perfectly fine, it isn't "terbalik" as I claimed it to be. And to my Opah, I now understand why you used to sing "Isabella" whenever I poke you (not FB poke) while you had your mind wandering off.

Happy 1Malaysia, folks.

Just Follow Law

Here is a clip taken from the Singaporean comedy film, Just Follow Law. If your internet connection permits you to watch the video, do take the time to watch it. It's entertaining yet at the same time asks you to ponder on: a) the bureaucracy system praticed in our country and, b) why do we abide the society's laws blindly.

Laughter IS (capitals intended) the Best Medicine

From Reader's Digest (Jan, 2011)

" I was in a restaurant yesterday when I realised I desperately need to break wind. The sound system was really, really loud, so I timed it to coincide with the beat of the music. I finished my coffee and noticed that everybody was staring at me. Then I remembered. I was listening to my iPod." (Don't quit get it? Google 'break-wind' that you'll understand the joke)

From Groffer.com 

Really funny Out-Of-Office Auto Reply:

• I'm not really out of the office. I'm just ignoring you.
• Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.
• The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again.
• Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.

Writing Project

Dear WEB 10302 students,

For those who have been assigned 'blogging' as your writing project (15%), you and your team should:

• create a blog- authorize three authors
• write TWO entries each week. The first entry must be posted by next week's class.Followed with your second entry by the end of next week.
• Each entry should be more than 100 words
• Comment on your friend's entry

Remember, no copying & pasting!

Topics for the entries will be posted on weekly basis, so do check from time to time.

Have fun!