UFS 211 10th Task

THAILAND FOLKLORE SHORT STORY: DOI NANG NON - ‘MOUNTAIN OF THE SLEEPING LADY’

'Mountain of The Sleeping Lady' or well known as Doi Nang Non was once a very famous folklore story in Thai. The main legend of this Thai folklore says that there was once a very beautiful young princess who lived happily in her kingdom. One day while she was playing around with her maidens near a river, her handkerchief, a gift from her father fell down the river. She was very upset. Coincidently, there's a huntsman who stopped by the river and take his rest after a long hunt suddenly saw the handkerchief and returned it back to the princess. Both of them falling in love for the first sight and they started to date. After dating for a long period, the huntsman then proposed the princess to marry him and the princess has agreed. Two weeks after the wedding, the queen gets pregnant and the king was so happy to hear the news. He then quickly asked the maidens to spread the news so that his kingdom could celebrate it. One evening while the queen was knitting and accompanied by her dearest husband, she had expressed to the king that she was craving for Aruana fish. The king thought that it was impossible to find Aruana fish in the kingdom but in order to fulfill his beloved wife's wish, he then agreed to hunt for Aruana fish. Before the king left, he had gave a beautiful ring to the queen as a promise that he will be returning back with the Aruana fish. During the hunting, the king has accidently fell down the river and died tragically. At the same time, the queen got injured while doing her sewing and she had bad feelings about it. After several days, the queen still waited patiently for her husband to come back. She become anxious. Suddenly the queen thought that her husband might be lost and went out of the castle to search for him. She wandered anxiously for days through fields and forests all across the region, but couldn't find him. However, the queen didn't give up and walked and walked until she could walk no more. Then she realized that her husband had abandoned her. She was very upset. She took off her ring and threw it far away, so that it landed at Nong Waen. At that point the queen was so exhausted. She fell down on her back with her head towards Doi Tung and her feet pointing at Doi Mae Salong. Looking at the sky she cried bitterly, finally dying of despair and a broken heart. After her death the queen's ghost grew to a huge size and was covered by the surrounding earth, taking the shape of a sleeping lady (Nang Non; นางนอน) with her face looking skywards. Her belly with her unborn baby inside became separated from her body and was turned into the mountain of Doi Tung.

UFS 211 9th Task

Summary Writing

The various ways in which this device can be used including for the pre-employment interviews. It helps to prevents a manager from setting his own pace to investigate possibly suspicious behavior. With the permission of the unsuspecting claimant, his response can, apparently, be analysed to show if he is, likely to eventually accept, But, this device was the most serious problem in its primary application where people may not object in the situations such as pre-employment. This device also not foolproof but depends on the skills of the investigator.

UFS 211 8th Task

This week task was to retell the movie that we have watched. So, 'Cast Away' was a great movie starred by Tom Hanks (Chuck Noland). He was a FedEx systems engineer. During his plane trip to Malaysia to delivery the FedEx packages, the plane then caught in a horrendous storm and crashes into the Pacific. Chuck was the only survivor from the plane crash and he finds out himself alone on the shores of a tropical island. Initially, frustration gets to him and realizes how little his chances are to ever get back to civilization. But after 4 years being alone in an isolated island away from his beloved girlfriend, Kelly, he then realize he had learned very well how to survive on his own: mending his dental health, catching fish with a spear, predicting the weather with a self-made calendar. When Chuck finally sees his chance he rafts out on the ocean and fortunately is spotted. After a bittersweet welcome-back reception, Chuck finds Kelly has married another man and has children. But he is missing more than her. For all his life his objective was work. For four years, it was survival. Now Chuck is compelled to live. If you asked me if I were the main character and experiencing the same situation like him, most of the time I will cry because I was afraid to be alone. I think I may not be as tough as him to survive in an isolated island. Or maybe will die alone in that island. I do respect his character in that movie. The courage that he own has lead him back to where he belongs. The movie has also taught us nothing is impossible in this life as long as you work hard on it.

UFS 211 7th Task

Topic

• My Unforgettable Childhood Memory

Topic Sentence

• Everyone has their own unforgettable childhood memory.

Supporting Details

• I've been blown by 1 set of color pencils in my entire childhood life.
• I've been keeping it for about 15 years.
• It may look old but for me, it was the most precious gift that I'd ever had in my entire childhood life.

Conclusion

• I was truly happy because my dad had taught me a lot of things and it really made me what I am today.

Linkers/ Sequence Connectors used

• Since, Once Again

Everyone has their own unforgettable childhood memory. So do I. You might think it was a little bit lame but to be honest, my entire childhood memory have been blown by this 1 set of color pencils. Yes, I've been keeping it for about 15 years. It may look a little bit old but for me, it was the most precious gift that I'd ever had in my entire childhood life. I really wanted to have these type of color pencils since I was a little girl but I didn't have the chance to have one until one day, I've been selected to participate a coloring contest. Most of my opponents they own these kind of color pencils and as for me, my dad can only afford me the small size Luna color pencils which only has 12 colors inside. Seriously, how am I going to compete with only those 12 colors inside? Once again, my confident level decrease because I didn't manage to complete my coloring but I did some coloring skills that my dad had taught me before the competition. With my parents blessing, I won the 1st place in junior category and these 1 set of color pencils was one of the prize. I felt really happy at the moment and when I reached home, I cried when I saw my dad walked out from the kitchen. I was truly happy because my dad had taught me a lot of things and it really made me what I am today.

UFS 211 6th Task

The common mistakes that I found out I always did in writing mostly more to English grammatical stuff. Sometimes, I find out that the used of English grammar in a sentence is very confusing while writing an essay. Initially, I did think that writing in English was a very difficult task for me since I'm haven't mastered the English language but then after doing more practice in writing English essay and read more people's writing skills, it is not a big problem for me to write an English essay anymore. I used to face problems like the lack of using vocabularies, unable to generate ideas because of the lack of general knowledge or finds out that too much ideas that came across and don't know what to write first while writing essay. So, how do I overcome these problem? Well, I started to read more English source such as reading the English online news and English newspapers in order to increase my general knowledge. Moreover, I also started a new habit which is reading more English books such as novels and story books to improve the used of vocabularies. If you have generate too much ideas while writing essay and didn't know where to start, try to organize them by listing down all the ideas. It really works!

UFS 211 5th Task

TOPIC SENTENCE:

• Water pollution has become an issue of great concern in our society nowadays.

SUPPORTING SENTENCES:

• Many of today’s water ecosystems and drinking water are being polluted and destroyed as we speak.
• There are overwhelming factors that contribute to the problems of water pollution.

CONCLUDING SENTENCE:

• Few methods of controlling this pollution were introduced.

LINKER USED:

• Nowadays, As a result, Therefore

Water pollution has become an issue of great concern in our society nowadays. Many of today's water ecosystems and drinking water are being polluted and destroyed as we speak. There are many types of water ecosystems such as ocean, rivers, lakes, and ponds witch provide homes to many different organisms. As a result, few types of overwhelming factors such as sewage, radioactive wastes, improper disposal of trash on land, and careless beach goers has contribute to the problems of water pollution. These are all significant problems that people do not realize until all of the damage is done. Therefore, few methods of controlling this pollution were introduced and need more to be developed in order to try and control these problems immediately.

UFS 211 4th Task

There are few stages of 'Writing Process' such as getting ideas, organizing ideas, writing draft, revising, editing, and completing the paragraph. Besides including the stages of 'Writing Process' in your essay, you also have to recognize what are your topic sentences, supporting sentences and concluding sentences.

Usually, most of the topic sentences are ideas for making a point. For example, this text:

Eun Hee and I met in high school. When I left Korea, she cried. Eun Hee works at General Hospital, and she is never absent from work. She likes to take care of the patients, but she doesn’t like the doctors. She says they don’t respect the nurses. One doctor always shouts at the nurses. On the weekends, she goes to the mountains or visits an interesting place. Eun Hee is very active. If there is something that she wants to do, she does it. She is cheerful and talkative. When I had a long face and was sad, she talked cheerfully to me. Eun Hee is tall and very thin. She has small, brown eyes and long, curly dark brown hair. She looks like Olive Oyl in the Popeye cartoons. Olive Oyl is Popeye’s girlfriend. Sometimes, when my friends and I were serious , she told jokes to us. I love her, and I want to see her again soon.

The topic sentence or point for this text is Eun Hee and I met in high school. 

It is to decide what you want to say to support your topic based on your reaction to the text.

Every topic sentence must have supporting sentence in order to support your main topic or give more information about your main topic. So, the supporting sentence or information for this text are When I left Korea, she cried. Eun Hee works at General Hospital, and she is never absent from work. She likes to take care of the patients, but she doesn’t like the doctors. She says they don’t respect the nurses. One doctor always shouts at the nurses. On the weekends, she goes to the mountains or visits an interesting place. Eun Hee is very active. If there is something that she wants to do, she does it. She is cheerful and talkative. When I had a long face and was sad, she talked cheerfully to me. Eun Hee is tall and very thin. She has small, brown eyes and long, curly dark brown hair. She looks like Olive Oyl in the Popeye cartoons. Olive Oyl is Popeye’s girlfriend. Sometimes, when my friends and I were serious , she told jokes to us.

Last but not least, every paragraph must have a concluding sentence. A concluding sentence is to explain the readers about the main ideas and enable them to understand more clearly. The concluding sentence for this text is I love her, and I want to see her again soon.

UFS 211 3rd Task

Most of the students nowadays have no effective technique to produce good quality essay writing. A good essay can be produced if they do follow these few stages of writing process. Well, there are six stages of writing a good essay such as getting ideas, organizing ideas, writing draft, revising, editing and completing the paragraph.

The 1st stage of writing process is getting ideas. Getting or gaining ideas can be done by doing some prewriting activities, free writing, listing, mind mapping and bubbling in order to get the main idea of your essay. The 2nd stage of writing process is organizing ideas. After listing all the ideas that you’ve collected, do arrange them so that it will be easier for you to decide which ideas to use in writing your essay. The 3rd stage is writing. You then can start writing your first draft after choosing which ideas you would like to put in. Try to write your first ideas in an interesting way and do not be afraid to make mistake. The next stage is revising. In this stage, you have to check on your ideas and discard all the irrelevant sentences. Then, you can proceed to the next stages which is editing. Please check on your grammar in every paragraph that you write. It is important to revise your first ideas and then edit your grammar.

Finally, complete your paragraph by rewrite the first draft and give the title of your essay’s topic.

UFS 211 2nd Task

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Simple Sentence:

1. My neighbour bought a new car.

2. Sally is reading a book.

Compound Sentence:

1. She likes pop music, but she doesn't like Michael Jackson.

2. He works a lot, so he deserves to take a long rest.

Complex Sentence:

1.  After I came home, I made dinner.

2. We visited the museum before it closed.

Compound-Complex Sentence:

1. Although I like to go camping, I haven't had the time to go lately, and I haven't found anyone to go with.
2. We decided that the movie was too violent, but our children, who like to watch scary movies, thought that we were wrong.

UFS 211 1st Task

Today's topic is about what is love to you? Some people might say that love is killing. Some of them might think that love is blind. But for me, love is universe. Love is a kind of emotion and it's a gift from God to every living thing in this world. Yes, people might say that love is killing or love is blind because they may have experienced it themselves. But for my opinion, love is a special gift from God and a wonderful thing if they know how to appreciate it. When we talked about love, most of the people will automatically think that it is about the feelings that rise among human being towards their opposite sex. No. That is not true. Like I mention just now, love is universe. It could be rise between you and your girlfriend or boyfriend or it could be rise between you and your friends or even between you and your family members! Love is not completely refers to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love or sexual love of Eros, but it is also to express the emotional closeness of familial love and platonic love that defines friendship.  So, do appreciate this lovely feeling as it may bring peaceful to all of us.

UFS 201 - 5th Reflection

It's been the 7th week of English class. Almost comes to the end of English class for this semester. Well, there were still no Grammar test for today's class due to some technician problem according to Madam Atee so we just proceed to the ghost story telling presentation. As the lucky number 1 group, we all had planned on how to present the ghost story telling smoothly but when it comes to the real one, things went not that smooth according to what we've planned earlier. It's a normal thing when you started to get panic and nervous when you're in front of the audience, same goes to me and my group members. We did a little mistake during the presentation but still we manage to cover it up. Well done to all of my group members ( Mary Jane-the group leader, Latiah, Aileen & Dzulnisham ) Proud to have you guys as a team :) So, 1 heavy presentation has down, 2 more to go- the Awareness Commercial and Twisted Fairy Tales Musical Comedy. Hopefully we can still maintain our good cooperation in order to achieve the best result. All the best guys! Well, I guess this will be my last reflection so, I hope I can score good marks for this subject same like my previous English subjects. :) Bye for now!

UFS 201 - 5th Vocabulary Entry

1. Piracy
    Meaning: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own.


2. Draw and quarter
    Meaning: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him.


3. Letter of marque
    Meaning: a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation.


4. Stereotypical
    Meaning: lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality.


5. Jolly Roger
    Meaning: a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship.


6. Piece of eight
    Meaning: an old silver Spanish coin; worth 8 reales.


7. Raiding
    Meaning: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding.


8. High sea
    Meaning: the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation.


9. Corsair
    Meaning: a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction).


10. Body of water
      Meaning: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).

UFS 201 - 4th Reflection

It's been the 6th week I entered the English class. So, for this 6th class that I've joined in, it was totally differ from the previous classes. This week class, we were only copying notes, notes and notes from our lecturer. No classroom activity. Only copying notes. To be honest, I don't like copying notes because it makes me feel sleepy. But still, I understand the reason why our lecturer told us to do so. Since we all didn't have much time to finish all the chapters, so our lecturer, Madam Atee has to speed up in order to cover all the chapters as soon as possible and Alhamdulilah, we did manage to finish it. Next week classes will only be the grammar test and our ghost story telling presentation. I better get ready from now. Till then.

UFS 201 - 4th Vocabulary Entry

1. Auxiliary
    Meaning: providing extra help and support.


2. Temporal
    Meaning: having to do with the material or physical world.


3. Spatial
    Meaning: having to do with space.


4. Logical
   Meaning: following the rules of logic.


5. Omitted
     Meaning: leave out out or exclude.


6. Possessive
    Meaning: demanding someone's total attention and love.


7. Affirmative
    Meaning: agreeing with a statement, or consenting to a request.


8. Ought to
    Meaning: used to indicated duty or correctness.


9. Apple of my eye
    Meaning: someone who is cherished above all others.


10. Bite your tongue
      Meaning: to avoid talking.

UFS 201 - 3rd Reflection

Another English class to attend. Hello guys! It's been the 5th week of English class. Actually today we were going to present our ghost story telling since our lecturer had postponed it to other days. But again Madam Atee had an urgent leave that she cannot avoid from. So, since she was not around, our class was so lucky because been chosen to do the ' Gotong-royong ' activity near the college. To be honest, I was hoping that we can do the ghost story telling as soon as possible because I was full of guts at that moment but the gotong-royong stuff spoiled my mood. There were many participate had joined the activity including our fashion lecturer, Madam Yana and Madam Aishah and also our seniors. Well, it was quite tiring but we enjoyed spending time together cleaning the college areas. ( As if :/ ) Haha! Never the least, the college areas were cleaned and we all felt comfortable and enjoy studying with that kind of condition. That's all I can shared for today's reflection. See you in my upcoming reflection. :)

UFS 201 - 3rd Vocabulary Entry

1. Media planner
    Meaning: a job title in an advertising agency or media planning and buying agency, responsible for selecting media for advertisement placement on behalf of their clients.


2. Peak time
    Meaning: time period of greatest demand on the carrier's system. Generally corresponds to all periods except late nights and weekends.


3. Neon sign
    Meaning: glass tube lighting in which a gas and phosphors are used in combination to create a colored light.


4. Tabloid
    Meaning: a newspaper having pages half the size of those of a standard newspaper, typically popular in style and dominated by headlines, photographs, and sensational stories.


5. Trade journal
    Meaning: a periodical, magazine or publication printed with the intention of target marketing to a specific industry or type of trade/business. The collective term for this area of publishing is the trade press.


6. Window dresser
    Meaning: someone who decorates shop windows.


7. Zapping
    Meaning: to kill or destroy as if by shooting.


8. Press agent
    Meaning: a person employed to organize advertising and publicity in the press on behalf of an organization or well-known person.


9. Effective reach
   Meaning: the number of people who will see an ad the most effective number of times. The most effective frequency.


10. Gate fold
      Meaning: an oversized page in a book or magazine folded to the same size as the other pages but intended to be opened out for reading.

UFS 201 - 2nd Vocabulary Entry

1. Occasionally
    Meaning: a particular event or the time at which it happens.


2. Peeling back
    Meaning: remove a thin covering or layer from.


3. Hot press
    Meaning: a device in which paper or cloth is pressed between glazed boards and hot metal plates in order to produce a smooth or glossy surface.


4. Slumbering
    Meaning: sleeping.


5. Banshee:
    Meaning: a wailing spirit or “death omen” that will appear to be in two different places at the same time.


6. Crisis apparition
    Meaning: an apparition that is seen when a person is seriously ill, seriously injured or at the point of death. 


7. Dice test:
    Meaning: an experimental test in which a subject attempts to influence the fall of dice. This study is used for the investigation of psycho kinesis.


8. Frank's box:
    Meaning:  a device used for contacting spirits through the use of radio frequency. These devices or so called Ghost box also known as Spirit box or Frank's box are used as an electronic medium for the purpose of direct communication with a spirit.


9. Harbinger
    Meaning: a ghost of the future that brings warning of impending events.


10. Lucid dreaming
      Meaning: a dream state in which one is conscious enough to recognize that one is in the dream state and is then able to control dream events.

UFS 201 - 2nd Reflection

Today was the 4th week of English class, supposed to be the ghost story telling week but I didn't make it to join the class because on that same day we were having our fashion show rehearsal. Since Madam Atee has given me the permission to write about our fashion show rehearsal things, so, let's get started, shall we? :) Well, the fashion show rehearsal was supposed to start at 10 o'clock in the morning but since most of the models were not around, we then have to wait for another 20 minutes. We couldn't make the full rehearsal due to some of the models were not around so we just make the simple one. I was in charge to be the deejay on the fashion show day. I felt lucky because I wasn't been chosen to be one of those backstage crews because I've been that place before. I bet during the rehearsal, the backstage crews were very murky to dress up the models. Well, all I can say is good luck for them for this coming fashion show. Haha! I guess that's all I can shared for today's reflection. Till then.

UFS 201 - 1st Reflection

Hello again. So, this is the first reflection that we have to do for our first English for Specific Purpose class. Once again, our dearest English lecturer, Madam Atee had taken over the 3rd semester English classes. Congrats to you, Madam Atee and all the best in teaching us! :) Today, our class had covered the first chapter, A picture paints a thousand words. I've learned some new idioms from today's lesson such as caught red-handed, it is raining cats and dogs, my lips are sealed and many more. How do I feel about the lesson today? Let's see. I was quite enjoyed with today's lesson because there are some class activities that been held in today's class so it makes me feel more interesting to participate in today's lesson instead of copying all the notes that screened. Our lecturer also told us to write the ending of  'A thousand words ' after watching this short movie. So, my opinion will be the women probably will not received her cameras back but both of them will meet again someday in that same place.

UFS 201- 1st Vocabulary Entry

1. A picture paints a thousand words.
    Meaning: describe how much one picture can capture the details of a moment in time more than words ever can.


2. Caught red-handed.
    Meaning: in the act of committing an action or criminal act.


3. My lips are sealed.
   Meaning: refuse to say anything on a specific topic.


4. Butterflies in my stomach.
    Meaning: to feel very nervous, usually about something you are going to do.


5. A wolf in a sheep's clothing.
    Meaning: someone who seems to be pleasant and friendly but is in fact dangerous or evil.


6. It is raining cats and dogs.
    Meaning: rain very heavily.


7. At the eleventh hour.
    Meaning: at the last minute; almost too late.


8. Action speaks louder than words.
    Meaning: what a person actually does is more important than what they say they will do.


9. Beat one's brains out.
    Meaning: try very hard to understand or do something.


10. Break a leg.
      Meaning: good luck. 

10th Reflection

If you ask me what was my worst luck that ever happened in my whole life, I would probably answer you that my worst luck is not being selected to enter any of the local university. Well, to be honest, one of my biggest dream is to enter a local university to further my study. I've tried my best applying any of the local university since I graduate form 5 but I didn't make it. Although I can't make through it, I still wanted to fight in order to achieve my dream so I went to form 6. My STPM's result was not bad but still I can't make it to enter any of the local university. I was very frustrated and almost giving up in achieving my dream. Until now, I still have this phobia while filling a form. Filling a University applying form makes me stress out because I am still afraid that I cannot make through it. :(

10th Vocabulary Entry

1. Beliefs
    Meaning: a feeling that something exists or is true.


2. Contrary
    Meaning: opposed to one another (of two or more statements, beliefs, etc)


3. Incidents
    Meaning: something that happens.


4. Theft
    Meaning: the action or crime of stealing.


5. Reduction
    Meaning: the action of reducing.


6. Cautious
    Meaning: taking care to avoid possible problems or dangers.


7. Significant
    Meaning: having a particular or secret meaning.


8. Associational
    Meaning: of or relating to associations or associationism.


9. Superstitions
    Meaning: a belief in the the supernatural, especially that particular things bring good or bad luck.


10. Inauspicious
      Meaning: not likely to lead to success.

9th Reflection

In this 9th reflection, our lecturer had given us a task which is to choose the best picture of ourselves and post it. So, this is the best picture of me :)

Why I choose this picture as the best picture of me? Well, to be honest, I'm not a photogenic type of person but this photo looks really nice. Credit for the photographer :) He had successfully captured a first class photo. I think this was the best one because of the scenery looks match. I've got nothing to comment about this picture  but for me, this was the best photo that I ever had. :)

9th Vocabulary Entry

1. Prediction
    Meaning: a statement saying that something will happen.


2. Sticky
    Meaning: tending or designed to stick.


3. Lithography
    Meaning: printing from a flat metal surface which has been prepared so that ink sticks only where it is required.


4. Experimenting
    Meaning: perform a scientific experiment.


5. Etchings
    Meaning: the process of etching.


6. Inexpensive
    Meaning: not costing a lot of money.


7. Portraiture
    Meaning: the art of making portraits.


8. Portrait
    Meaning: a painting, drawing, or photography of a particular person..


9. Bizarre
    Meaning: very strange or unusual.

10. Imitating
      Meaning: follow as a model; copy.

8th Reflection

Based on a paper given, our lecturer had told us to decide which type of learners we are and give advice to ourselves on how to improve our learning. After reading the paper, I would probably think that I am 'The Boffin' type of learner. So, the advice that I could give to myself is don't just rely on the facts and figures too much. Sometimes, there are question that provides no facts or figures. For example like solving Mathematics question. We can't find any good facts or figures while solving Mathematics question. We have to learn and remember the formula of solving it. Although 'The Boffin' learners are the Mastermind winners but still they have to use their logically thinking while answering or even solving questions. So, I should be a bit more like 'The Builder' whereas I should learn things step by step and a little bit like 'The Bakers' whereas sometimes I have to use my logical thinking to solve any question instead of collecting facts and figures. :)

8th Vocabulary Entry

1. Anxious
    Meaning: experiencing worry or unease; very eager.


2. Integrate
    Meaning: make someone accepted within a social group.


3. Accepted
    Meaning: agree to receive or do something that is offered or proposed.


4. Imperative
    Meaning: of vital importance.


5. Advancement
    Meaning: a development or improvement.


6. Commitments
    Meaning: dedication to a cause or policy.


7. Interactive
    Meaning: influencing each other.


8. Resources
    Meaning: personal qualities that help you to cope with difficult circumstances.


9. Struggling
    Meaning: try hard to do something.


10. Pace
      Meaning: do something at a controlled and steady rate.


11. Flexibility
      Meaning: able to adapt to different circumstances.


12. Alter
      Meaning: make or become different; change.


13. Routine
      Meaning: the order and way in which you regularly do things.


14. Accommodate
      Meaning: provide lodging or space for.


15. Potential
      Meaning: capable of becoming or developing into something.


16. User- friendly
      Meaning: easy for people to use or understand.


17. Valuable
      Meaning: extremely useful or important.


18. Utilized
      Meaning: make practical and effective use of.


19. Expanding
      Meaning: make or become larger or more extensive.

20. Method
      Meaning: the quality of being well planned and organized.




   

7th Reflection

So, as a conclusion we should be awake and aware with these kind of situation. Do not get confused with natural disaster and man-made disaster. Stop blaming the Mother Nature and start protecting our Earth by cutting down all those poor planning in order to decrease any disaster that might occur.

7th Vocabulary Entry

1. Convenient
    Meaning: involving little trouble of effort.


2.Scapegoat
   Meaning: a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.


3. Buffer
    Meaning: a person or thing that lessens the impact of harmful effects.


4. Paved
    Meaning: cover a piece of ground with flat stones.


5. Grasslands
    Meaning: an area, such as a prairie or meadow, of grass or grass like vegetation.


6. Gullies
    Meaning: a ravine formed by the action of water.


7. Drainage
    Meaning: a system of drains.


8. Mother
   Meaning: the head of a convent.


9. Nature
    Meaning: the physical world, including plants, animals, and all things that are not made by people.


10. Widespread
      Meaning: spread among a large number or over a large area.


11. Destruction
      Meaning: the destroying of something.


12. Foreseen
      Meaning: be aware of something before it happens; predict.


13. Legitimate
      Meaning: able to be defended; reasonable.


14. Meteorite
      Meaning: a piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth from space.


15. Wiped
      Meaning: remove something from a surface in this way.


16. Out
      Meaning: away from a place.


17. Man
      Meaning: human being in general.


18. Made
      Meaning: form something by putting parts together or mixing substances.


19. Accurately
      Meaning: correct in all details.


20. Short
      Meaning: not having enough of.


21. Sighted
      Meaning: having the ability to see; not blind.

6th Vocabulary Entry

1. Actor
   Meaning: a person whose profession is acting.


2. Director
    Meaning: a person responsible for directing a film or play.


3. Animation
    Meaning: the process or result of making animated movies or cartoons.


4. Filming
    Meaning: the activity of making a movie or working as an actor in a movie.


5. Production
    Meaning: the job or process of organizing the work and money involved in making a movie, play, television program, CD, etc.


6. Track
    Meaning: to move a movie camera along on a track.


7. Set
    Meaning: to write or produce a play, book, or movie  that happens in a particular time or place.


8. Stage
    Meaning: the theater, rather then movies, books or other form of art.


9. Shoot
    Meaning: an occasion when someone takes a series of photographs or makes a movie.


10. Behind the scenes
      Meaning: not seen or heard by the audience of a movie or play. 

6th Reflection

Hello again! Okay, in this 6th reflection, our lecturer had given us a topic about giving comments about the latest movie that we have watched. So, the latest movie I have watched recently was Alice in The Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton. Well, honestly I love that movie a lot. Although it was some kind of fairy tale story or even a bed time story but seriously you can't even imagine it when these kind of story came to live. I become more excited when the casting of the movie been reveal whereas Johnny Depp, that is my favourite actor was also selected to act in this movie. This movie was all about fantasy whereas you'll see so many unusual things like there's cake when you eat it, you're size will suddenly grown become bigger than you're usual size, animals can talk, cat can fly, and even get to meet so many weird people in the place called Wonderland. To me, this movie was totally awesome! The director has successfully bring this bed time story comes to live. I hope that next time, there will be more movies that has the same level like this movie will be screened in local cinema. :D

5th Vocabulary Entry

1. Draw
    Meaning: produce a picture or diagram by making lines and marks on paper.


2. Cut
    Meaning: make an opening or wound with something sharp.


3. Deal
    Meaning: trade in a commodity commercially.


4. Do
    Meaning: carry out or complete an action , duty, or task.


5. Feel
    Meaning: be aware of, examine, or search by touch.


6. Fight
    Meaning: take part in a violent struggle involving physical force.


7. Find
    Meaning: discover by chance or by searching.


8. Grow
    Meaning: develop and get bigger.


9. Hurt
    Meaning: make someone feel physical pain.


10. Keep
      Meaning: have or retain possession.


11. Know
      Meaning: be aware of something as a result of observing, asking, or being told.


12. Leave
      Meaning: go away from.


13. Lie
      Meaning: a false statement made deliberately by someone who knows it is not true.


14. Meet
      Meaning: come together with someone at the same place and time.


15. Read
      Meaning: understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols.


16. Seek
      Meaning: try to find or obtain.


17. Shoot
      Meaning: kill or wound someone with a bullet, arrow, etc.


18. Shut
      Meaning: move something into position to block an opening.


19. Slay
      Meaning: violently kill.


20. Sow
      Meaning: spread or introduced something unwelcome.

5th Reflection

If you ask me who would I choose as my best comedian, I would choose Rowan Atkinson as my best comedian. As we all know, Rowan Atkinson was well-known as Mr. Bean because of his sense of humor. The character of Mr. Bean was developed while Atkinson was studying for his master's degree at Oxford University. Why do I prefer him as my best comedian? It's because of his sense of humor. He doesn't have to talk much to make people laugh. His expression and the silent character's physical comedy was enough to make people who watch his series shriek. Besides, I was already familiar with every of his series since I was a kid. He never felt ashamed of making fun of himself in front of people besides, he had invented a quote that said ' the best medicine is to laugh '. Although he was taking master's degree in a well-known university but he never feels proud and willing to make people around him laugh and feel happy. That's why I prefer him as my best international comedian.

4th Vocabulary Entry

1. Take
    a) Take up
         Meaning: to begin or start a new hobby.


     b) Take out
          Meaning: to remove something to outside.


2. Break

    a) Break away
        Meaning: to leave something


     b) Break down
         Meaning: to become upset.


3. Make

    a) Make off
        Meaning: to hurry away, especially in order to escape.


    b) Make off with
        Meaning: to steal something and ( quickly ) take it away.


4. Laugh
 
    a) Laugh at
        Meaning: to treat lightly, scoff at.


    b) Laugh off
        Meaning: to dismiss as ridiculously or laughably trivial.


5. Breath

    a) Breath in
         Meaning: to take air into your lungs.


    b) Breath out
        Meaning: to send air out from your lungs.


6. Blow

    a) Blow out
        Meaning: to extinguish a fire or flame.


    b) Blow over
        Meaning: an argument or some trouble has come to an end.


7. Dig

     a) Dig in
         Meaning: to mix something into soil by digging.


      b) Dig into something
          Meaning: to start using a supply of something, especially money ; to try to find out about something unknown or secret.


8. Switch

    a) Switch on
        Meaning: to turn on something.


    b) Switch off
        Meaning: to turn off something.


9. Put

    a) Put away
        Meaning: to consume.


     b) Put on
         Meaning: to dress oneself with ; to wear ; to don.


10. Work

      a) Work against
          Meaning: to cause problems for someone or something, make it harder to achieve.


      b) Work off
          Meaning: to overcome the effects of something by doing something energetic or different.


Based on ' Adventures Growing Up ' article. 


1 Growing up
   Meaning: become larger or greater over a period of time.


2. Made up
    Meaning: invented, fictional.


3. Acted out
    Meaning: to perform in or as if in a play; represent dramatically.


4. Came up
    Meaning: occur.


5. Made out
    Meaning: to represent as being.


6. Picked up
    Meaning: to collect or gather.


7. Put together
    Meaning: to construct; create.


8. Set off
    Meaning: to direct attention to by contrast; accentuate.


9. Dropping off
    Meaning: set down or unload a passenger or goods.


10. Got into
      Meaning: to enter.


11. Turned down
      Meaning: to diminish the speed, volume, intensity, or flow of.


12. Switching on
      Meaning: turn an electrical device on.


13. Getting away
      Meaning: to leave or go away.


14. Making off
     Meaning: to depart in haste; run away.


15. Broke out
      Meaning: to emerge or escape.


16. Driving down
      Meaning: an organized effort to achieve something.


17. Got out
      Meaning: to leave or escape.


18. Took off
      Meaning: to go off; leave.

4th Reflection

The message in the ' Life Without Limitation ' clip by Nick Vujicic is about how disability people can also live like normal people did. Nick Vujicic was born without arms and legs but it doesn't inhibited him doing things that he likes. What makes him different from us? Is it because of he doesn't own any arms and legs and that is why he looks different from us? NO! What makes him different or should I said special is because of the strong spirit that he own. We lived as a normal people always complain and unappreciated about what we have. Although Nick Vujicic was born abnormal but still he manage to live happily like normal people did. The clip actually had inspired me a lot. What makes me inspired him a lot is because of the strong spirit that he own. He never gives up easily although he had failed for so many time. So, if he can do things and live happily like normal people did, then why can't we? Change the way that we think and always think positively instead of saying ' I can't '. Be thankful for what we had now. :)

3rd Vocabulary Entry

1. Stone architecture
    Meaning: the design and construction of buildings that was made by rock.


2. Abandoned
    Meaning: leave a place or person permanently.


3. Long time
    Meaning: a prolonged period of time.


4. Single-minded ruler
    Meaning: an authority person that has determined to pursue a goal without being distracted.


5. Civilization
    Meaning: the society, culture and the way of life of a particular area or period.


6. Temple
    Meaning: a building for the worship of a god or gods.


7. Cities
    Meaning: a large town.


8. Mountain
    Meaning: A raise part of the earth's surface, mush larger than a hill.


9. Location
    Meaning: a place where something is located.


10. Survived
      Meaning: continue to live or exist.


11. Sacrifice
      Meaning: the killing of an animal or person or giving up of a possession as an offering to a god or goddess.


12. Vast land
       Meaning: unusual large size of a land.


13. Fine carving
      Meaning: a satisfactory of cutting material such as stone or wood to form a figure or design.


14. Emperor
      Meaning: a male ruler of an empire.


15. Empire
      Meaning: a group of countries ruled by a single person, government or country.


16. Build
      Meaning: to make something by putting bricks or other materials together.


17. Extreme
      Meaning: highly unusual.


18. Ritual
      Meaning: a ceremony that involves a series of actions performed in a set order.


19. Powerful
      Meaning: having power.


20. Water distribution
       Meaning: the source and delivery system of such water, water supply. 

3rd Reflection

After watching the short clips on 2 famous lost world ( Machu Picchu and Chichen Itza ), there are 3 similarities that I had noticed in these two lost world. The first one is both cities are ancient stone architecture.  But in Chichen Itza, there were fine carvings on the stone unlike in Machu Picchu wheres there only stack of stone. The second similarities between the two lost world is both cities were abandoned for a long time. This is because of a theory that both cities were ruled by single- minded ruler- ruthless and became too powerful. Machu Picchu and Chichen Itza were two-made wonders of the world. Both were made by the Mayans civilization. The third similarities that I also noticed is that both cities has been colonized by Spanish and both cities also have temple wheres in Chichen Itza, the temple of Sun is still exist and same goes to Machu Picchu.


Things that have pros will always have cons that followed up. Same goes in this case. There were also differences between these two lost world. The first differences between these two lost world is the location. Machu Picchu settled high up on the mountains, while Chichen Itza is located in a vast land a midst lush greenery. The second differences between these two lost world is the way they distribute their water. In Machu Picchu, water were supplied through systematic drain-like water channels while in Chichen Itza, the residents have to get water from a large well that was present near their city. The third differences is sacrifices were practiced in Chichen Itza, but not in Machu Picchu. This can be proven by the presence of a temple-like sacrificing site in Chichen Itza.

2nd Vocabulary Entry

1. Journey
    Meaning: an occasion when you travel from one place to another, especially when there is a long distance between the places.


2. Adventure
    Meaning: an unusual, exciting and daring experience.


3. Cruise:
    Meaning: a journey on a ship for pleasure, especially one that involves visiting a series of places.


4. Crossing
    Meaning: a journey by boat across a river or sea.


5. Expedition
    Meaning: a long journey organized for a particular purpose, especially to a dangerous or distant place.


6. Outing
    Meaning: a short journey that you take for enjoyment.


7. Mystery tour
    Meaning: a short journey, usually in a bus that people make for pleasure without knowing where they are going.


8. Ride
    Meaning: a journey on a horse or other animal, on a bicycle or motorcycle or in a vehicle.


9. Voyage
    Meaning: a long journey, especially by boat or into space.


10. Mariner
      Meaning: seaman or sailor.  


11. Ptolemy
      Meaning: an astronomer, mathematician and geographer whose maps were considered the best there was.


12. Black death
      Meaning: a disease carried by rat fleas. 


13. Aztecs
      Meaning: North American tribe with a high level of civilization. 


14. Codex
      Meaning: a colorfully illustrated by Aztecs book


15. Atahualpa
      Meaning: ruler of the Incan Empire when the Spanish conquered them.


16. Circumnavigate
      Meaning: to sail completely around the world.


17. Conquistadors
      Meaning: Spanish conquerors.


18. Caravel
      Meaning: a small fast sailing ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese explorer.


19. San Salvador
      Meaning: the name Columbus gave to the islands and now called the Bahamas.


20. Astrolabe
     Meaning: a navigational instrument to find the altitude of stars created by the Arabs and was later replaced by the sextant.

2nd Reflection

In this second reflection, our madam had told us to choose an explorer and why did we choose him or her. In this case, I had choose Christopher Columbus as an explorer. As we all know, he was not just only an explorer but also a colonizer and a navigator. He had completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. Why did I choose him as an explorer? This is because he had shown his effort in order to achieve his aim that is to establish permanent settlements in the island of Hispaniola, initiated the process of Spanish colonization, which foreshadowed the general European colonization of the "New World". Although Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas, but still his voyages led to the first lasting European contact with America, inaugurating a period of European exploration and colonization of foreign lands that lasted for several centuries. His bravery to explore has inspired me a lot. That is why I choose him as an explorer.

1st Vocabulary Entry

1. Attracted to
    Meaning: to feel a physical or emotional attraction to someone.


2. Blind date
    Meaning: a date where the two people have never met before.


3. Break up
    Meaning: to end a relationship.


4. Crazy about
    Meaning: to think that another person is wonderful.


5. Date
    Meaning: to go on a date with someone, to have a date with someone.


6. Dig (someone)
    Meaning: to like someone a lot.


7. Double date
    Meaning: a date where two couples do something together.


8. Dump (someone)
    Meaning: to end a relationship by telling someone that you do not want to see him or her.


9. Fall for (someone)
    Meaning: to begin to feel love for someone.


10. Fall in love (with someone)
      Meaning: to begin to experience feelings of love for someone.


11. Find Mr. Right
      Meaning: to find the right or perfect person.


12. Find the right girl/guy
      Meaning: to find the right partner, to find the person you want to marry.


13. First love
      Meaning:  the first person that one falls in love with.


14. Get along with (someone)
      Meaning:  to have a good friendly relationship with someone.


15. Get back together
      Meaning: to return to a relationship or marriage after separating.


16. Get engaged
      Meaning: to decide to marry someone.


17. Get hitched
      Meaning: to get married.


18. Get serious (with someone)
      Meaning: to become more serious with someone (used for a relationship).


19. Give (someone or something) a second chance
      Meaning: to try to save a relationship by forgiving and welcoming the other person back, to give a        person or a relationship a second chance.


20. Have a crush (on someone)
      Meaning: to have strong feelings of love for someone (often for a short time and with no results).

1st Reflection

Handsome, Okay, Boring, Serious, Intelligent, Sweet, Sexy, Extroverted, Funny, Friendly.

1. Create a profile using the above words to introduce yourself.

- Hye! My name is Arnnie Salim. If you asked me how do I do? I'm okay. I'm quite friendly but sometime could be a very boring person. I am not an extroverted type of person because I love spending my time staying at home. I would like to be friend with those who are funny. That's all. Thank you. :)

2. Create another profile of a man/woman you want as a partner.

- I choose Adam Levine as my partner because he is very handsome and I like his sexy voice. I also like him because of his intelligent looks and at the same time he is a sweet person too. He becomes a very serious person when it comes to work. That's all about my partner and thank you. :)

3. After listening to the song and reading the lyrics together with the love quotes, write on how do you feel about LOVE.

* Must not less than 100 words and not more than 200.

- After listening to the song and reading the lyrics together with the love quotes, I think that the thing that they called LOVE is a wonderful feeling that God has given to every human being in this world. Love is not just about strong feeling of affection toward opposite sex but it's also a broaden feeling that rise in every human being's heart. It's a normal thing to have this feeling whether you're in love or being loved with someone else. Sometimes, love also could be a very fragile thing whereas it could break or hurt someones feeling. Some people would rather die for someone they love. Some people might think that love needs many scarify. Now you can see how powerful love is.