Leaning method

Academic Writing
Chapter 2

On my honestly view, the content - base approach method is a good way to learn Chinese language. According to Jensen, the human brain needs to solve challenging problems. In a content base - approach class, students have the challenge because they spend a lot of time in group discussions including problem solving. Students learn the language by using academic materials to read or listen to passages on content. Besides, they also learn the vocabulary and grammar which is necessarily to the content. They will learn new words by seeing them in readings, practising and using them in discussions. Furthermore, they learn strategies on how to identify new words, note taking, reading and writing. As a conclusion, the aims of this approach are to ensure the learning of Chinese language will be an effectifve and comprehensive method to students.

Academic Writing
Chapter 1

My grandmother was an important influence on me when I was child. She had a great passion in cooking. Furthermore, she loved to cook and to try new recipies that she found from magazines and other reading materials. I also helped her to prepare the meal as soon as possible because we were very excited and hungry to have our lunch. At the same time, I took this oppurtunity to learn how to cook well in a proper way because of my grandmother looked like a professional chef who worked in a five star hotel. Moreover, she would also make some confectionary or cupcakes in the evenings. Sometimes, she surprised us with western desserts such as triffles and blueberry pies. We had enjoyed her mouth-watering desserts. Whenever we felt bored eating ordinary such as malay cuisines menu, my grandmother would make many types of bread like mexico buns, cheese twist, chicken floss buns and so on. Therefore, we did not have to go to a bakery in order to buy those kinds of bread. Perhaps, I will have my own restaurant and bakery because I really interested on food serving business.

Chapter 5
Academic Writing

The lesson that I learned during played activity as a child.

When I was eight years old, I learned about skills that related on problem solving, mental strategies, and mind challenging. I learned all of these by playing scrabble with my mother and relatives. Actually, my mother bought the scrabble as a gift for my birthday. The first step to start the game is turn all the tiles face down on a table and shuffle. Next, each player has to draw a tile. The one who draws ‘A’ or nearest to ‘A’ starts the game. Redraw if there is a tie or an unlettered tile is drawn. Then arrange the tiles in stacks of two and place them surrounding the board. Alternatively, put them in a bag or box. After that, the starter will draws 9 tiles and the other 8 each. Finally, turn the tiles by following clockwise direction. It was really fun, but sometimes I felt so depressed because I have to think the word by using the limited tiles that I have. I tried to give my best and put all my effort while played the game. Luckily, any player may challenge a word by referring to a dictionary. Therefore, I grabbed this opportunity to be a winner in this game. At the end of the game, an unexpected moment happened because my tiles have been drawn and my mother included my relatives are unable to create anymore words with their remaining tiles. From this experience, I learned the importance of thinking and focusing. From this game, I have always tried the best while play it which can generate my intellectual and emotion quality.

Academic Writing

Chapter 4
Online Commercial Advertisement

The online commercial advertisement is about the branded and well-known Puma and Paolo Nutini shoes. At the beginning of this advertisement, we can see a boy teenager singing with his band that plays some music instruments. Then a one girl appears suddenly towards the stage with an acrobatic action. The girl looks very energetic when she acts. After that, the girl line up in her own way. Honestly, I am impressed when saw her performance because the action seem too extreme to me. Other group of teenagers does the same action like the girl did before. There are a group of boys and girls with their sport casual gather together. Instead of an amazing action that I see, they wear a new pattern of Puma and Paolo Nutini shoes. In addition, the shoes are designed for indoor and outdoor activities. The teenager’s performance is such as an acrobatic action. At the end of the advertisement, all of them are line up together and they dismiss when the boy finishes his singing.

Academic Writing
Chapter 6
Malay Wedding Ceremony

On my honestly view, Malay wedding ceremony is the best ceremony that I had attended. During the ceremony, I can notify and know about Malay culture that is my own culture. In addition, I can gain my general knowledge and increase my life experience when I'm as a guest. At the beginning of malay wedding ceremony starting with akad nikah ceremony which is a verbal contract between bride's father, his representative called "khadi" and the groom. Then the contract seals by "mas kahwin" which means a small sum of money. The second day of ceremony, the groom is accompanied by family, friends, relatives; including "bunga manggar" (palm blossom) went to the bride’s house. They are usually greeted with the sprinkling of water and scented water. Sometimes, the traditional Malay sword dance is performed. During the "bersanding" ceremony, the bridal couple will be seated on the dais. Both of them will be sprinkled with yellow rice and scented water by their family member's, relatives, and guests as a sign of blessing. Furthermore, each guest will receive a "bunga telur" which indicates a symbol of fertile union. After that, the bridal couple and their guest will attend a celebratory feast called makan beradab. The groom and bride feeding each other sweetened rice at that moment of "makan beradab". The celebrations are later included with poses of family members, relatives, and close friends. As a conclusion, Malay wedding ceremony is a tremendous and attracted because it has a unique and own characteristic than other ceremony.

Experience of interesting event

Journal Writing.


Which one of my classmates had the most interesting or unusual event when I ask them? I think Muazzah had the most interesting event. I am so excited during heard her story. Perhaps the rest of my friend probably did not agree with me because we were in different opinion. Muazzah told me that she had involved in “khatam Al Quran ceremony. Everyone who attend and involve in this ceremony, they have to wear traditional and Islamic costume. For example, “baju melayu” or “sarong” for men and baju kurung for women. Moreover, the entire guest will have delicious and authentic meal such as Briyani Rice and Penang Laksa. They are in groups while joined this ceremony. Most of them are adult including oldfoks.The entire guest will have their special activities which they will “marhaban and berzanji” together. This event is focused on part of religion activities. In my opinion, who one involved in this ceremony will had advantages for themselves either in their personal life or social environment.

Sweet and painful memory

A sweet or painful memory that I had when my parent taught something in my life.
When I was 10 years old, my mother taught me on how to cook fried chicken. Actually, I do not like to cook because it seems a complicated work to do.Futhermore, I also did not like to do housework. My mother said,” I have to teach you now because as a girl, you have a responsibility to learn and practice it. All of this is a part of your life my dear”. At the afternoon, I was at kitchen with my mother to prepare a meal for lunch. My mother cut off a chicken and at that time I want to cut the vegetable. Unfortunately, my right finger was hurt when I cut the vegetable. A blood flow out and I felt want to collapse and vomit because I am the one who afraid of blood. Why? As I look at the color of blood, I become panic and did not know what is supposed to do. My nerves and muscles will weak automatically. My mother almost to shout and she ran quickly to take the “gamat oil” as remedy to cure injured at my right finger. Actually, my mother just asked for my helped to wash the vegetable with salted water, but I ignored her instruction. My mother said, “You have to follow my instruction because today is your first time at home kitchen and assume what had happened as lesson”. Since an unforgettable moment that I had, I become a hardworking person as my parent eldest daughter’s. Now, I like to do housework and I also can help my mother because she worked as teacher at secondary school and went home at 3 o’clock. This is my responsibility as the eldest daughter and role-model of my sibling. The most housework that I like to do is cooking and sweeping. I want to thank very much to my beloved mother who taught me in order to be a useful person. It was a sweet including painful memory that I had with my mother.

Journal writing

Something I learned on the importance of toy.

On my opinion, the toys bring many vitally important reasons why toys are so necessary to the development and well-being of children. This statement was endorsed by the members of the International Council of Toy Industries at their Annual Meeting in June 2006. Providing they comply with all the conditions necessary to ensure children’s safety, toys are an integral part of their development the new awareness of self opens some fascinating new dimensions of the toddler mind. The discovery of "me" versus "not-me" leads to such tantalizing concepts as "mine" versus "not-mine" as well as the individuality of other people. So we start dealing with such issues as possession and sharing. We also get to a new level of awareness about whom and what other people are, especially other children. Toys and other objects are important extensions of a young child. They can be played with and learned from, and they can be used to achieve other goals — a pail and shovel are a big help in building a sand castle. But possession or ownership has more than practical applications. It becomes another means by which a child exerts independence and autonomy. This carries over into play with other children. For children who are not in a child care setting on a regular basis, territorial disputes are more the rule than the exception in playgroups of kids this age. That is why it usually works better to have a mix of ages rather than a group of age clones.

Making a sentence

Make a sentence by using word 'avant- grade'.

i) United States has a lot of avant-garde artist.
ii) Rolex wriswatches and accessories are the one of Swiss avant-garde since 1915.

WRITING ON SOMETHING ABOUT ADVERTISEMENT

JOURNAL WRITING

Advertisements at games or movies.


The expansion of the video and computer game industry has made advertisers aware of the potential of video and computer games as an advertising vehicle (Kelly 2003). The placement of brands in games is called "in-game advertising." It is reported that one game company alone Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) recorded $9 billion in annual sales, which is almost the equivalent of yearly box-office revenues for the movie industry in the United States (Young 2004). In addition to the sales of the games, the increasing numbers of game users make video and computer games an attractive format for brand placements. According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA 2005), computer and video game sales grew to $7.3 billion in 2004, with over 248 million computer and video games sold in the United States. Indeed, 50% of Americans play video games, and video game players are found among people of all ages, with 35% of video game players under the age of 18, 43% between the ages of 18 and 50, and 19% over 50 years old. There were 108 million video game players in 2004. This number is projected to grow to over 126 million players by 2008 (e-Marketer 2004). In 2000, the average person played 70 hours of video games, and this was projected to grow to 115 hours by 2005 (Census Bureau 2002). Today, more and more brand names are appearing in games, although the placement of brand names in games can be traced back to the late 1980s (Reuters 2002). For the video and computer game industry, the placements of brands in games can mean additional revenue and enhanced realism of the games. In 2003, $79 million was spent on in-game advertising, and it is estimated that by 2008 this will increase to over $250 million (e-Marketer 2004). Advertisements were often found to contribute to the perceived realism of the games, particularly in sports games (Nelson 2002; Nelson, Keum, and Yaros 2004).




Advertisements in the movies (product placement)

Product placement presents consumer products, brand names and locations to film and television production teams for inclusion in their projects. The goal is the one of raising brand awareness while selling the idea to movie production houses as a "clever" way to reduce their costs while providing greater "authenticity" to the environments and characters shown."Product placement appears in plays, film, television series, music videos, video games and books, and is a relatively new idea (first appearing in the 1980's). Product placement occurs with the inclusion of a brand's logo, or a favorable mention or appearance of a product. This is done without disclosure, and under the premise that it is a natural part of the work. Most major movie releases today contain product placements." may seem a bit confusing, but really, it's quite simple. The majority of us are getting tired of ads. Today's consumer is inundated with advertising everywhere: television,radio, billboards, magazines, buses, newspapers,and the internet These are just the usual suspects. More and more ad-space is popping up every day. From people walking down the street wearing signs, to flyers on our cars and in our mailboxes, to ads on the ATM screen as we wait for it to dispense our cash, we see ads all day, every day. Even television networks that depend on advertising dollars to stay in business know that it can be useful to ditch the interruptions and present a show without ads from time to time.

Colgate History

History of Colgate

Colgate & Company had been a pioneer in establishing international operations, creating a Canadian subsidiary in 1913 and one in France in 1920. In the early 1920, the firm expanded into Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Mexico. Colgate firm next created subsidiaries in the Philippines, Brazil, Argentina, and South Africa in the late 1920. In 1937 the company moved into India and by the end of the 1940 had operations in most of South America. In the 1940 and 1950 the company also built upon its strategy of growth by acquisition, buying up a number of smaller consumer product companies. Organic growth remained on the agenda as well, and in 1947 the company introduced two best-known products, Fab detergent and Ajax cleanser. These acquisitions and new products, however, did little to close the gap between Colgate and its arch-rival, the Procter & Gamble Company, a firm that had been formed in the 1830 and had by now assumed a commanding lead over Colgate in selling detergent products in the United States. Meanwhile, the firm adopted its present name in 1953 and moved its offices for domestic and international operations to New York City in 1956.

Academic Writing

Chapter 3

My idea of the perfect career is in administration and management. I am going to become a Chief Executive Officer or a vice president in an established corporate sector for three reasons. First, I am fascinated by working in a big office with many people or in a small office with only a few people. Second, I am able to impose with critical and analytical thinking because I had an experience when I join debate club. Third, when I working in this field, the environment will enhance my intrapersonal skills such as leadership, self-improvement, and self-confident. One possible problem that may I have when I going into this career is I always busy until do not have proper time to spend time with family and friends. However, I am willingly to face it as challenge in my life in order to achieve my goal and make my future dream come true.

My experience with flow
Most of us have experience with flow. Flow can define as well as times when an activity goes very smoothly and brings great happiness. Furthermore, flow does not last long. My experience with flow is when I was at primary and secondary school. I am the one who always join public speaking competition when I studied in standard five. I participated in elocution contest but, I am not the winner because I disable to memorize the whole text prepared by my teacher at the moment. I also felt anxious and nervous in front of the audience. My parents always are a booster to increase my self- confident at the high rate. I am really thankful because they were always supported in everything I did. Before I started the performance, I would practice in front of mirror to ensure I will give the best during my performance. In addition, I also took part in poem competition during independent day grand festival at my school. I tried as well as I can and luckily, I got the third place. My teacher said, ‘it is a good trial for you and you have to make the judges passionate with your performance’. The word always bare in my mind until now because it seemed has a power to generate my emotion and spirit together in order to make my dream become reality. However, I felt very satisfied and glad because I able to perform well beyond my expectation. After that, I join debate club when I studied in standard six. Although I have to sit for my UPSR examination, I am able to manage time properly without forgetting my responsibility as a student. Ultimately, I got ‘the best speaker when debate competition. The opponents are my friend. I put all my attentions while the competition because I do not want to let the opportunity and chance goes away. The great happiness appeared in the deep of my heart at the moment. My parent also excited when knows I am the best speaker because it was my first time to experience it and it was complicated to describe through words. Other experience of mine with flow is when I received SPM result. It seemed only a beautiful dream because my result better than I expected. It was an unpredictable moment that I ever had! My mom said,’ you are deserved to got that because you put all your effort in order to achieve excellent result.

Where I am in life now

I recently celebrated my birthday on 23 of July ago. Now, I am 20 years old. In my opinion, a lot of idea and transformation pointed out at this age. That situation also happened to me and I will tell as well as I can in a chronology order. When I studied at primary school, I always imagine that when I grow up, I want to be a doctor. Why I am just dream to be a doctor? The answer is I really want to help the people who need a treatment and remedy in order to cure their disease. I will give my expertise to ensure all my patients receive a high quality service because they have to pay all the treatment that they get. My entire obsession of future is only about that. However, all of it totally changes after I got a PMR result. My result did not qualify to enter science stream class. My tears drop off when I received examination slip at school. My entire ambitious career had goes away in second. It was an unforgettable moment that I really hard to forget until now. My parent try as well as they can to persuade me and they motivated me with some advises. My mom said, ‘what happened now is not your fault my dear. Maybe your effort not enough in order to attain excellent result, you have to grab all the opportunities that come to you after this’. I further my study in accounting class. When I entered a class during the first day, I felt so sad and it seemed my whole life will be gloomy.
I know that it is a situation that I have to face bravely either the challenges come in physically or mentally. I strive hard to make myself able to handle it. I am really thankful to all my friends because they were help me a lot in studying and finally I succeed to interact and communicate with all the teachers who taught me without doubtful. All of them always supported and encouraged me in my studying. I also feel lucky because I am the one who selected to join debate club. I delegate for my school as a first debater until state competition level. Moreover, I also involved myself in sport activity such as netball. Through this activity, I will enhance my intrapersonal skill like leadership and management of time. I really enjoyed joining this activity with moral support given by parent, friends, and teachers. I want to challenge myself to achieve an excellent result in SPM examination even though I am the hectic person whether to focus on studying or participated in co-curriculum activities. In order to attain excellent result, I need to sacrifice wisely. So, I decided to enter an extra class at night. I will ask and discuss with my teacher about the lessons that I not really understand and we did many passed question. Finally, I passed SPM examination with flying colors. It was an
Unpredictable moment! Now, I further my study at Islamic Science University of Malaysia under Economy and Muamalat Faculty major in corporate administration and relation. I will give all my effort to attain an excellent result and the priority is I want to be the one of dean list. When I wake up early every morning, I will imagine automatically that if my entire future dream becomes reality because it can integrate my emotion and spirit to make myself concentrate and focus on studying and facing all challenges optimist. Hopefully my entire future dream will come true soon. “Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it”. –James Matthew Barrie.

JOURNAL WRITING

Something I learned about the secrets of happiness in work.

My father goes to work every morning almost at 7.15 a.m early in the morning. Sometimes, I am very curious to know about his feeling because I saw a tiredness reaction upon his face. However, he still smiles and had a breakfast with us while doing some kidding. A very cheerful morning we had went sat for breakfast with him. When he worked at office, he become a seriously and workaholic man because I had followed him to the office and saw how he worked. He paid full of attention and focusing on his work. An office hour end at 5.00 p.m as usually, but he will go for home at 6.30 p.m. What did he do at office while all of the staff already arrive their home? I had an opportunity to ask him about it because my mother always mumbling,’ your dad coffee already served, but did not drink yet’. My father said,’ I want to tell you what the reason why I work hard and diligently on my job’. I am the one who really enjoyed doing my work every second. Moreover, I never feel bored at office when complete all works. The main reason I able to create joy and bring happiness in to my work is I have a great passion about my job and fascinated by which field I worked now. Then, my father said, he always friendly to all the staff even he is employer of them whereby give an instructions and make sure the staff will complete his order in the nick of time commonly. “Friendship is one of life’s main joys,” says David Niven, PhD, author of The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People. “Spending time with people who really know you affords you the freedom to be yourself, which increases contentment.” I was very surprised when heard quotation from his because I assumed he did not read any kind of book because always busy. Besides, my father was an adventurer when he worked. “People assume that doing the right thing leads to happiness, but actually taking risks does,” he said. Next, a balance of busy and dead time is key. Although my father busy with his work, he still has time to do meditation in order to release all the stress out either physically or mentally. Start by sitting upright with your hands on your thighs, palms up. Close eyes and take a deep breath. Hold it for a two second count, then release, letting your breath ease into its natural rhythm. Focus on keeping this concentration for the eight-minute span and you’ll feel lighter instantly. My father also advises me to do meditation frequently, at least twice a week. Lastly, my father tell me, once start to work, you must stop mentally browsing. If you have to impose a decision whenever the decision is in doubt, the solution is you have to pick two important characteristics that are important to you. Ultimately, my entire questions are already answered. I fell really satisfied and I learned a secret of happiness in work from my beloved father. Hopefully I will be like my father when I working in the future.