Mr Generous

Who is this Mr. Generous that I am talking about and why is he so generous?

Okay readers, I call this man generous because he was willingly share his knowledge with me and my classmates. During an hour session, he had deliver the lesson on effective argumentation. He explain precisely o argumentative writing, the elements of good arguments and how to argue effectively. After he finished explaining the lesson, he asked us to do some exercises. Through the exercises, i am able to identify the claim, data, warrant, backing, rebuttal and qualifier. Other than that, this generous man also provides an argumentative checklist so that we can grade a passage accordingly. Lastly, he treats us with KFC snack box!

Thank you Mr. Vahid Nimehchisalem (T_T)

Merry Maid

My classmates and I have discussed the issue in one of the short story in order to give us the gist on the position paper.

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The title of the story is

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Merry Maid by Dr. Jayakaran Mukundan

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During the discussion, Dr.Jaya distributes the handout on quotes. These quotes is related to the themes that can be found in the story. The following quotes are the most suitable quotes that I think directly related to the story.

1. Jealousy

"Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own" -Harold Coffin

2. Possession

"A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor" -Alexander Smith

3. Time

"Man talk of killing time, while time quietly kills him" -Dion Boucicault

4. Superiority

"Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seem to be altogether peculiar to ma, and speech is the great instrument of ambition" -Adam Smith

5. Vanity

"Vanity is so secure in the heart of a man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this or you who read this. -Blaise Pascal.

Project Paper

"Writing Style in two novels by Cecelia Ahern"

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Greetings. I am half way through my project paper. I choose to work on the novels by Cecelia Ahern because I like her works. Her works is really inspiring and suitable for the teenagers to read on.

Cecelia Ahern is an Irish writer who has successfully gains special place in the reader’s heart through her series of interesting novels. Her first novels “P/s I Love You” was published when she was 21 years old, is a great success to her career. The novel was being sold to over forty countries and had become the bestseller novel throughout Europe, USA and Germany. Her second novel “Where Rainbows End” was also successful when it has been listed as one of the international bestseller novel.

In every pieces of creative writing, the writing styles of an author play a major role. The appropriateness and different set of writing styles that the author posses is the reason for successful in her writing. Through it, the author will be able to express the theme of her works to the reader clearly in the interesting way.

Lets get married~

Which one do you prefer?

A marriage from a lovey-dovey relationship?

or

a marriage that have been arranged for you?

The issue of arranged marriage has been the topic of discussion in my class. My lecturer had asked us to find the information related to this topic. During the discussion session, i had gain lots of info regarding this topic. Some of my classmates relate this issue to women's oppression because arranged marriage did put women at the disadvantages.

What say you?

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As for me, the arranged marriage is a real nightmare if it ever happens to me. I really pray that my parents will not do this kind of arrangement for me. But if they do, they do it out of love. Sometimes, the parents can't get over the feeling of over protective towards their daughter. And as for the daughter, it is the matter of believing in your parents because you know who loves you the best.

Mc J-9

For the 4th week tutorial, my friends (Cik Dida, MunCun, Cutie) and I were instructed to create our own fables. The fables must be connected to our society and modernized in order to fit current situation. We were so exited to complete this task so we started brainstorming at once.

First of all, we have listed the famous fables or folks tare in Malay society. Through the brainstorming, i have found out that I have a really dense knowledge regarding the folks tare. So, I am happy because this activity enriched my knowledge on this matter.

Then, we have decided to use one of the famous folk tare, which is;

To modernized this story, we have changed the name of the main character to Mc J-9. Other than that, we have changed the setting and also some of the story line. However, the story still revolves around the main theme in Mat Jenin which is ;the importance of being focus, the consequences of day-dreaming and over-confident.

What is the relevance of this activity?

Well, the stories that we have produced during the tutorial is really interesting. It can be use as the material in teaching English in certain topic. Furthermore, the folks tare usually contain the theme related to real life situation, which later educates the students on moral values. In short, the materials can be used as a vehicle to teach language in more interesting manner.

Unconventional

Caution: By the time you read this entry, you will envy me because I have an interesting lecturer who asked us to listen to the song, watch the movie and play the Games!

Now, what game do I play? If you are really interested to know, try this link

http://drowgames.com/

For this session, my classmates and I spent our time in Resources Center. We were instructed to log in and start to play the games. In my opinion, the game helps to enrich students' vocabulary in the exciting way. The approach of this game is more to drills and practice, so that the player knows the word by repeatedly playing the game. This is so very different from the approach of teaching vocabulary when I was in school.

What makes this games so interesting?

First of all, the game is good for the students with competitive streaks. During the session, we challenge our friends to the game and play well in order to gain the highest score. We know that our opponent is someone out there instead of merely programmed machine.

Second, the prizes for the top scorer is really worth it. Yes! He really knows how to motivate his dear students.

Something worth drooling over ;p

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A Lady

When the word "Lady" entered my mind, I always imagine a very compose woman of superior social status, with a beautiful gown and her chin high up.

(Lady Catherine in Vampire Diaries)

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However, these images never fit my expectation towards a lady;

(Lady Antelope)

(Face-less Lady)

(The Frog Lady)

(Blown Up Lady)

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Well, this lady has her own way to dress up. A weird way. It took a lot of confidence and courage to be different and to stands out. Lady Gaga is the one with the packages.

In the 1st class for "Readings and Project Work for Teaching Literature in ESL", My lecturer, Dr. Jayakaran Mukundan had introduced himself as Alejandro. Then, he made us listen to the song Alejandro by Lady Gaga. During that period, I am really exited to know the reason behind Dr.Jaya's interest towards this lady.

Later on, my brilliant lecturer views Lady Gaga as a genius, according to the creative choreography on each of her videos. it never occurs to me that she is a genius till the very day. Usually, I saw her as an attention seeker, who fights her way in a very challenging words.

Then, Dr. Jaya made us think about the reason behind this Lady's action. Everything has its reaso. From the way this Lady portrayed her songs, we came out with the reason of abuse history. It made me think about some authors like Emily Dickinson, who her background very much influence her work.

The lesson for that day has been interesting yet educative.