tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170005462024-03-21T18:27:35.969-07:00Be mad:) as in be making a diff:Phmmm...i wonder whether you would call me an Achiever or a Disachiever:)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-37609237994755045752010-01-14T07:22:00.000-08:002010-01-14T07:32:58.685-08:00Selecting and Reporting the News<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaWjlU4XfX9QXHn5CoJtFCnLKYvh4ZBVv9Pf9XrMSDMbZjGQAH3ll5Na5PngsN8CXCPHFOg2W7IpoeOw2HtN8VwFbLvn_xwPqH3Uqe7ZXDpIZS3W1rNT9UqHDl3mx8FWXKaje/s1600-h/Iraq-loading-1006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTaWjlU4XfX9QXHn5CoJtFCnLKYvh4ZBVv9Pf9XrMSDMbZjGQAH3ll5Na5PngsN8CXCPHFOg2W7IpoeOw2HtN8VwFbLvn_xwPqH3Uqe7ZXDpIZS3W1rNT9UqHDl3mx8FWXKaje/s400/Iraq-loading-1006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426618684842774770" border="0" /></a>Timeliness<br /><br />Impact<br /><br />Prominence<br /><br />Proximity<br /><br />Singularity<br /><br />Conflict or ControversyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-2779200576878772402009-08-20T07:55:00.001-07:002009-08-20T07:59:43.106-07:00It is time...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">So, now that i'm officially an english major (a.k.a. creative writer), here's my pilot poem:)</span><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">It is time</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>It was the first time that they met,</div><div>They didn't have a clue,</div><div>The future that would await them,</div><div>The feelings they never knew.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was the guy's eyes that she had seen,</div><div>They were brown and dark as night,</div><div>It was the girl's friendly smile,</div><div>And their love at first sight.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was the first time that they spoke,</div><div>And no, it was no myth,</div><div>That while she stared into his eyes,</div><div>He was the one she wanted to be with.</div><div><br /></div><div>Even though he felt the same,</div><div>But this girl, she did not know,</div><div>That he regrets with all his heart,</div><div>But his feelings he did not show.</div><div><br /></div><div>So after many hopeless days,</div><div>The girl no more believed in fate,</div><div>That was when the guy realized,</div><div>That he had made a huge mistake.</div><div><br /></div><div>He came back just in time,</div><div>To steal that poor girl's heart away,</div><div>She forgave and she forgot,</div><div>All the nights she layed awake.</div><div><br /></div><div>He told her that he was sorry,</div><div>And if he could have a second chance,</div><div>If only he could fix the past,</div><div>In time to have their first dance,</div><div><br /></div><div>He always tells her that he is sorry,</div><div>And how much he really cares,</div><div>He hopes she believes him and forgives,</div><div>In hopes of future feelings to share.</div><div><br /></div><div>So every night he tells her,</div><div>Before she turns out her light,</div><div>Those three little famous words,</div><div>I love you and goodnight. </div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-53699301666557476252009-08-14T12:50:00.001-07:002009-08-14T12:56:11.002-07:00ahh....the year begins:)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKEMrPYpF0S6BZ_xPXfR9bj4nJeugVLcYi-id5-Nr-0jd9Ivc4bi0NGVCwEGc6KpXreJQdcNzxXRnpHlAAugUM73vjMwXBETabLkg1BvE1qjVAkNruhHptafsXdvbL5s-Cyet/s1600-h/spring.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKEMrPYpF0S6BZ_xPXfR9bj4nJeugVLcYi-id5-Nr-0jd9Ivc4bi0NGVCwEGc6KpXreJQdcNzxXRnpHlAAugUM73vjMwXBETabLkg1BvE1qjVAkNruhHptafsXdvbL5s-Cyet/s400/spring.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369909344769260690" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">p</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">g</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">b</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">e</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">g</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> at TCU!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">S</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">r</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">n</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">g</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">e</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">i</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">n</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">i</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">h</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">w</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">i</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">m</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">e</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">e</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">l</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">u</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">d</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">e</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">u</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">P</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">1</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Orientation - 160 new internationals comin!@ aka. lots of work for me;)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">2. A malaysian is coming! Finally, not the only one here;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">3. Wow, i could graduate after this sem;)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">4. Football!!!! Gofrogs;)lol</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">EF: missin u...good luck with PMR!lol</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">JA: where are all the songs you composed hah??:P</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">mum: miss you and your cookin!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">dad: how's research going with the airplane thingy?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">JW: lol dude, answer my email...we need to settle our NYC plans, bro;)...***</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">James: glad that your dreams of creating a shetler for youth has come to plan...hope youR top secret BIG plan (the one that you told me) is going well and will soon come to fruition?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Es: esther! you didn't answer my emails!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Naz: yeah...i know i still owe you my side of the script:P....see you in dec?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">wow, does this sound like a rant?</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-87403740609368998782009-05-11T12:17:00.001-07:002009-05-11T12:18:35.725-07:00The Official Start of the Summer - Happy Mother's Day, Mum!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w3tQvkv4qwZqOtXP1PGQ0cQxnIn9iu4G805rTrHlVExdA3Z7Iftk3Suk6HAqqW0Ur2jSHDuNmTkvBfFDwzl-YBiao9apPkhyiOW4sH0s7nKKDYFTTI9OFvCUT5LU0IUuzweR/s1600-h/globe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334647681386275874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w3tQvkv4qwZqOtXP1PGQ0cQxnIn9iu4G805rTrHlVExdA3Z7Iftk3Suk6HAqqW0Ur2jSHDuNmTkvBfFDwzl-YBiao9apPkhyiOW4sH0s7nKKDYFTTI9OFvCUT5LU0IUuzweR/s400/globe.jpg" border="0" /></a> Today, I want to bless my mum:)<br /><br />Mum you are the apple of my heart:)<br />And you have taught me many valuable lessons throughout my life*<br />I wish you a wonderful day at home,<br />And wish I could cook you breakfast in bed:)<br /><br />Lots of love,<br />Your dearest son,<br />hsienUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-5256725570145247142009-05-08T13:42:00.000-07:002009-05-08T13:44:44.128-07:00Back to the Norm:)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnfx26BJwQi99ifus4KQYNoR2H8QFj2PpHfE7KynLVlK3xas7XV6fNCYOwMaNprCG9p0IrB0gLwJWUKiy_svg36qJv-FjPEfePTl9A8wcxcVqgUoarHGB10GvadPcfnJY786C/s1600-h/DwhalesSC_7308.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnfx26BJwQi99ifus4KQYNoR2H8QFj2PpHfE7KynLVlK3xas7XV6fNCYOwMaNprCG9p0IrB0gLwJWUKiy_svg36qJv-FjPEfePTl9A8wcxcVqgUoarHGB10GvadPcfnJY786C/s400/DwhalesSC_7308.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333556690119572418" /></a><br />I apologize for using the past few entries for class...it happened because my lit&civ professor mistook it for a class blog;)<div><br /></div><div>anyhow's my current favourite verse:) ::</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Charis SIL';"><h4>Romans 5</h4><h5>Peace and Joy</h5> <sup id="en-NIV-28034" class="versenum" value="1" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top; line-height: normal; ">1</sup>Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span>have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, <sup id="en-NIV-28035" class="versenum" value="2" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top; line-height: normal; ">2</sup>through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we<sup class="footnote" value="" href=""#fen-NIV-28035b"" title=""See">b</sup>rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. <sup id="en-NIV-28036" class="versenum" value="3" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top; line-height: normal; ">3</sup>Not only so, but wealso rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; <sup id="en-NIV-28037" class="versenum" value="4" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top; line-height: normal; ">4</sup>perseverance, character; and character, hope. <sup id="en-NIV-28038" class="versenum" value="5" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top; line-height: normal; ">5</sup>And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Charis SIL';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Charis SIL';">Only in HIM we trust:)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-46554372834760525392009-04-25T18:07:00.001-07:002009-04-25T18:10:20.549-07:00Articulation - Dr. Williams, my class blog is actually at http://jiahsienlit.blogspot.com but I've uploaded it here in since it's already linked<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; ">Pronounciation can also be a major problem. Sometimes her accent is her downfall but I believe this can be fixed. I've encouraged her to speak more Spanish to other people around her but it is difficult when almost everyone she spends time with is a native spanish speaker.<div><br /></div><div>It is amazing how much improvement I have seen in her all semester. Now that her speech is nearly gramatically correct, I hope that her ability to converse better will help her throughout her life and career. It is sad to see the semester come to an end but I know that better things are in store.</div><div><br /></div><div>Saying goodbye is difficult but the fact that we've helped each other so much will definitely help. A semester in class and a semester as a teacher: what could be better? I believe I've even learnt a little more about myself for more patience and understanding will always make you a better teacher:) Congratulations, fellow classmates for a great semester of learning and teaching!</div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-30703545908257394752009-04-25T18:06:00.000-07:002009-04-25T18:07:13.623-07:00The signfiicance of Symbols<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; ">A word in one language can be so different in another. We've been working on proper punctuation use and I hope she is getting it. Things such as commas, apostrophes and parenthesis are everyday things to a college student but it is hard for someone who has difficulty reading.<div><br /></div><div>Sometimes we get stuck and I try to stir the conversation to another topic to get the ball rolling. I still believe conversing is the best way to pick up a language but reading would go well hand in hand. I have tried to get her to start watching English TV shows but she insists on watching her spanish telenovelas.</div><div><br /></div><div>I believe that watching other people speak grammatically correct English would help immensely but now that I think of it, not many TV shows have grammatically correct English. Many shows use extensive catch phrases and slangs that a non-english speaker would have a hard time just understanding it. Anyhow, keep going, keep teaching as the saying goes: No pain, No gain!:)</div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-56199303908817316952009-04-25T18:05:00.000-07:002009-04-25T18:06:16.031-07:00Knowledge and Potency<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; ">I have known for a long time now that there are cultural barriers besides the language ones. I just didn't realise these barriers were so signficant. Sometimes I could be talking about objects and it will be fine but when I start conversing over abstract ideas such as faith or emotions, it gets difficult.<div><br /></div><div>I think she is beginning to understand that this will be a long process and not a short one. We worked on simple and compound sentences today and I believe we are indeed making progress. It is still illuminating when we discuss our daily lives and I am surprised that basic things such as TV we watch and the food we cook could be so different.</div><div><br /></div><div>Learning is a blessing and I hope I can do this after graduating. I know that teachers have long been looked down as in terms of status but I believe teaching is an innate ability that all humans possess and that we should all use it to the best of our ability. Language is subjective to culture and good luck with overcoming the cultural barriers, guys!</div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-8298495607018629772009-04-25T18:04:00.002-07:002009-04-25T18:05:15.091-07:00Learning: Art or Science?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; ">Initially coming from a science background, I have to constantly remind myself that teaching is an art. I cannot expect results like ones from a machine. We have constantly worked on little things like identifying verbs, nouns and adverbs but I want to move on to gerunds and advanced grammar.<div><br /></div><div>I shall not give up. Teaching might be hard but it is so worthwhile. The improvement brings a smile to my face and makes my day. Moving on to literature will be difficult but I believe that it is possible with patience and persevereance. No pain, no gain right?</div><div><br /></div><div>I've found that using the Peter and Jane series might be helpful but they are all the way at home. Hopefully, my parents can ship them over for they are so helpful in teaching basic language skills. Keep teaching classmates! Never give up for the end is near*</div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-5135451298451590772009-04-25T18:04:00.001-07:002009-04-25T18:04:42.450-07:00Language Barriers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; ">Knowing how important this was for her, I have been keeping up with the meetings. Time is very limited as we are both very busy people so i try to keep class concise and to the point.<div><br /></div><div>Initially, it was hard just to keep a conversation going, but it has got much easier. I have discovered that the art of teaching is basically the art of listening. The more I listen to her problems the better I am at helping her. I believe what we do, as college students helping matters so much and I hope she improves a lot more.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've discovered that using the translating tool Google uses: http://translate.google.com has enabled lessons to go so much more smoothly. Now that I can assign homework, lessons have gotten better and faster. Hopefully we'll get to active and passive voice soon.</div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-8452797469142088602009-04-25T18:02:00.000-07:002009-04-25T18:08:46.955-07:00Appreciative Effort<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 20px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Service Learning is not easy. We have to deal with non-native speakers who effectively have never spoken a full sentence in perfect English before. Granted, they've watched movies and TV in English but most of them pay attention only to the Spanish subtitles and not the actual words spoken.</span></span><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Learning how to perform in a non-classroom environment was a new experience. Being a WA, I have had previous experience with teaching writing and reading but only to college-level students, most of them upperclassmen and women. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I was surprised at how little English they knew. Even basic words such as fly or swim or should or should not were not in their vocabulary. We had to start with basic sentences such as "Pat has a dog." or "Shelly went to school today." </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I believe what we do does indeed create a TCU Community that is more inclusive and with this service learning I hope to teach many more TCU Staff to at least speak basic English or even use their computer to check their email and perform online transactions.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I hope the Honors Program continues to host this service learning project in its classes for many years to come. It is one of the more fulfilling courses and service learning I have had at TCU.</span></div></div></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-33095930029833342182009-03-30T09:12:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:49:12.577-07:00Fresh off the boat:)..I am NOT a fob:P<div>Narrative Universals,</div><div>Heroic Tragi-Comedy, and</div><div>Shakespeare's Political Ambivalence</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Review by Me for Patrick Colm Hogan</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div> Two of these structures—romantic</div><div>and heroic tragi-comedy—dominate</div><div>Shakespeare's work as well.l </div><div><br /></div><div>The romantic</div><div>plot involves two people falling in love, some</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">conflict </span>between the lovers and their society</div><div>(often parents), the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">separation </span>of the lovers,</div><div>and—in the full, comic version^—their even-</div><div>tual <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">reunion</span>. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The heroic plot involves a</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">usurpation of social power</span> inside a society</div><div>(e.g., the overthrow of a king) and an <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">invasion</span></div><div>of the home society by a foreign power. In</div><div>the full, comic version, the usurpation is</div><div>overturned and the invasion is repulsed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Most of Shakespeare's plots are identical. There is a difference between Romeo and Juliet on the one hand znd gakuntala (or, for that matter. Titanic) on the other. </div><div><br /></div><div>These difference result from the specification of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">p</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">rototypical structures (e.g., the development <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">of the personality traits, appearance, and conditions of the lovers)</span>; the rearrangement of prototypical elements in discourse (e.g., altering the </span>order <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">in</span></span></div><div>which the story is told or shifting the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ocus from the lovers</span> to some appar-</div><div>ently ancillary character); the deletion of prototypical events (as in tragedy,</div><div>where the comic resolution is absent); the addition of further, comphcating</div><div>events, and so on.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Heroic Tragi-Comedy</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Usurpation sequence; the second is the invasion or threat/defense</div><div>sequence.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Usurpation </span>sequence. The two may and often do appear independently. The usurpation</div><div>sequence involves the rightful leader being removed from his/her position of</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">invasion </span>sequence focuses on a conflict between societies rather than within one society. In this sequence, a foreign power attacks the home society, nearly causing the near destruction or metaphorical death of the society.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Thus <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">usurpation </span>is often the act of a family member. In some cases,</div><div>even invasions involve familial conflict (as in the famous battle of Rostam</div><div>and his son Sohrab in the Persian epic Shdhndme</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">3 developmental sequences</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Thus, in the usurpation sequence, the usurper violates</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">social law (e.g., fealty), the higher ethical principles (e.g., those of loyalty) that</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">underwrite the social law, and the divine will that underlies both</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(e.g.,"divine right" for English kings or the "mandate of heaven" for Chinese</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">monarchs). <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Likewise, in the invasion sequence, the home society is ethically</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">and spiritually superior to the foreign, "attacking" society. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"><div>T<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">he usurpation itself</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">must be the first act, the initiation of the series of events. It cannot be a</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">response to prior usurpations, prior injustices. Plot order.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><div>At the same time, that triumph itself is evidence of divine authorization.</div><div>Since the godly side must win, whoever wins must be the godly side.</div><div><br /></div><div>___________________________________________________</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Presidential speeches and government propaganda are fairly brazen in</div><div>emplotting national history in these terms. However, canonical literary works</div><div>are rarely if ever entirely unequivocal on normative alignment, absolute origins.</div><div><br /></div><div>___________________________________________________</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Shakespeare</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Shakespeare takes up the standard motifs and development principles. He</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">uses some only occasionally (e.g., the conflict between the loyal retainer and monarch - Lear & Kent)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div>Consider d<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">escriptive allignment.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> Shakespeare might parallel nature, not</span></span></div><div>only with society, but with the hero's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">mental </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">state </span>and personal relations as</div><div>well.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></div></span></div><div>Lear <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">- Lear's madness mirrors the disruption of the state (due to his disposses-</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">sion), which in turn m</span>irrors the disruption in his family<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> (due to the rule of</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the children over the parent), which in turn mirrors the disruption in nature</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(due to the terrible storm). </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Another standard development principle,</span> famil-</div><div>ialization,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> is also one of Shakespeare's most common strategies. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Macbeth </span>- In keeping with a cross-ctilturally common principle, this familiarization is sometimes literal (as in King Lear), but at other times a matter of imagery or a charac-</div><div>ter's associations, as in Lady <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Macbeth's t</span>hinking of Duncan with her father</div><div>("Had he not resembled/My father as he slept, I had done 't" [II.ii.12-13]).</div><div><br /></div><div>______________________________________________________</div><div><br /></div><div><div>In some cases, Shakespeare takes up a common motif, but changes it in</div><div>significant ways. For instance, the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">killing of an innocent youth</span> is a fairly</div><div>widespread motif in heroic plots cross-culturally. </div><div><br /></div><div>Morally justifiable - Richard III killing his nephews. </div><div> - Macbeth murdering Macduff's son</div><div><br /></div><div>______________________________________________________</div><div><br /></div><div><div>A motif—or, rather, the combination of a motif and a development prin-</div><div>ciple—still more peculiar to Shakespeare is the d<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">eath of the usurper's</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">beloved</span>, often through suicide, and usually at a moment of particular conflict</div><div>and suffering. This is presumably a technique of emotional intensification.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">King Lear - Goneril </span>commits suicide more or less at the</div><div>moment of Albany's triumph. In this case, the event is not so much sorrow-</div><div>ful as horrible, a continuation of the terrible devastation that marks this play,</div><div>even in "success."</div><div><br /></div><div>_______________________________________________________</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Richard II</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Richard II focuses on the usurpation sequence, though it does so almost</div><div>in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">slow motion</span>, dividing the usurpation into stages—thereby revealing</div><div>another one of Shakespeare's development principles. (We find something</div><div>similar in King Lear.</div><div><br /></div><div><ul><li></li><li> The theme of usurpation is asserted at the outset when Mowbray and Bolingbroke accuse one another</li><li></li><li>However, in the second scene, we hear that Richard is himself a usurper. Indeed, he is reported to be responsible for the very murder debated by Mowbray and Bohngbroke. </li><li></li><li>Should Bolingbroke be killed, that eliminates one of Richard's enemies. On the other hand, if Mowbray is killed, then (we may infer from events later in the play) that silences someone who might have testified to Richard's guilt. </li><div><br /></div><li>After these preliminaries, Bolingbroke is exiled. In keeping with the<br /></li><li>standard structure, right after the exile of Bohngbroke, the story turns to a<br /></li><li>threat, in this case from Ireland. <br /></li><li><br /></li><li>In the usual manner of Shakespeare's (slight-<br /></li><li>ly modified) prototypical structure, Bolingbroke does not return to fend off<br /></li><li>this threat. Instead, he makes use of the opportunity to stage his own inva-<br /></li><li>sion, supported by the Duke of Brittany. </li><li><br /></li><li>In this way, Shakespeare doubles the foreign attack sequence. (Doubling, or even tripling, is another development principle used by Shakespeare.) In part drawing our sympathy toward Bolingbroke, Shakespeare presents a series of complaints against Richard</li><li>(e.g., II.i.246-55). </li><li><br /></li><li>But right after this we witness the affection Richard's wife<br /></li><li>has for him (II.ii).This helps to re-humanize Richard and tends to foster<br /></li><li>compassion for his side in the conflict. Sympathy is not the only wavering<br /></li><li>value here. </li><li><br /></li><li>Law too is unclear. York states that legal right is on the side of<br /></li><li></li><li>Richard (II.iv.167-68), while Bolingbroke claims illegal dealings on</li><li>Richard's part (II.iiil28-35). </li><li><br /></li><li>Bolingbroke then goes on to order executions</li><li>with very flimsy justifications (Ill.i), a point with both legal and emotive</li><li>ramifications. </li><li><br /></li><li>The ambivalence cultivated throughout the play (with its</li><li>intensification through familialization) is stated directly by York when he</li><li>says, regarding Richard and Bolingbroke, "Both are my kinsmen./Th'one is</li><li>my sovereign, whom both my oath/And duty bids defend; t'other again/Is</li><li>my kinsman, whom the King hath wronged,/Whom conscience and my</li><li>kindred bids to right" (II.ii.lll-15).i8</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><div>Trial regarding Gloucester's murder.</div><div>But, first, the trial is inconclusive (as both sides have reason to he) and, sec-</div><div>ond, the purges engaged in by Bolingbroke seem worse than anything done</div><div>by Richard. </div><div><br /></div><div>Indeed, in a perversion of the idea of providence, we find</div><div>Bohngbroke himself playing God in making his decisions as to whether oth-</div><div>ers should live or die. </div><div><br /></div><div>In one such instance he is exphcitly called "god on</div><div>earth" (Viii. 135)—a sort of ultimate usurpation, but one not punished by</div><div>divine intervention. In short, the only providence this play appears to accept,</div><div>at least in the short term, is the providence of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">powerful </span>rulers. -POWER DYNAMICS</div><div><br /></div><div>_______________________________________________________________</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>The play ends with Bolingbroke's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">rejection </span>of the henchman he used to</div><div>kill Richard and Bohngbroke's vow to "make a voyage to the Holy Land,/To</div><div>wash this blood off fi-om my guilty hand" (Vvi.49-50).</div><div><br /></div><div>The rejection may</div><div>function to indicate some moral decency on Bolingbroke's part, some lin-</div><div>gering conscience. But it may equally operate to indicate that Bolingbroke</div><div>lacks even that basic "honor among thieves" that we find in, for example,</div><div>Macbeth.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The pilgrimage is a projected epilogue of suffering. It is a Christian</div><div>specification of the temporary exile, the time of repentance and spiritual</div><div>renewal that precedes full accession to kingship in the complete prototypical</div><div>structure.</div><div><br /></div><div> But here too there is ambiguity. The epilogue of suffering is usual-</div><div>ly the act of the rightflil ruler, the ruler who has been overthrown and</div><div>restored, or of the loyal retainer who was unjustly treated but has been</div><div>returned to his rightflil place. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is hardly clear that Bohngbroke is either.</div><div>Moreover, the vow of the pilgrimage has the ambiguity of aU epilogues of</div><div>suffering. On the one hand, it is an expression of remorse and an act of</div><div>penance. On the other hand, it is a cheap way of freeing oneself from guilt,</div><div>purging one's conscience and currying divine favor.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>It is not entirely clear that, at this point, Shakespeare fully recognized the</div><div>ambiguity in Bolingbroke's remorse, or in the epilogue of suffering more</div><div>generally. By the time of Hamlet, however, the hypocrisy, and Shakespeare</div><div>recognition of that hypocrisy, are unmistakable. </div><div><br /></div><div>Claudius is, to my mind, far preferable to BoUngbroke in admitting that he cannot beg forgiveness for his</div><div>murder of King Hamlet,"since I am still possess'd/Of those effects for which</div><div>I did the murther:/My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen"</div><div>(III.iii.53-55). On the other hand, if Shakespeare—and his audience—did</div><div>not recognize the ambiguity in Bolingbroke's final speech, that only enhances</div><div>the ambivalence of the play. It gives the audience some reason to sympathize</div><div>with Bohngbroke's feehngs of remorse, and to admire his spiritual dedication,</div><div>even if this hardly counterbalances the affection most audience members</div><div>have developed for Richard after his defeat. - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">AMBIVALENCE</span></div></div></div></div><ul><li><br /></li><li>_____________________________________________<br /></li><li><br /></li><li><br /></li><li>Hamlet<br /></li><li><br /></li><li>As the preceding reference to Hamlet suggests, the anti-functional<br /></li><li>ambivalence we have been considering is also not confined to plays before<br /></li><li>Henry V. It spans Shakespeare's career. </li><li><br /></li><li>Henry V does not mark a turning point<br /></li><li>firom youthful non-conformity to mature traditionalism any more than it<br /></li><li>marks a shift from youthful conformism to mature emotional and evaluative<br /></li><li>complexity. The complexity is there from start to finish. Hamlet provides a<br /></li><li>clear instance.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><ul><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></ul></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-70805502316523400862009-02-15T11:56:00.001-08:002009-02-15T11:56:56.827-08:00Want to know what is it like to be American? Watch this:)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wk3R4iuFikI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wk3R4iuFikI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;">Don't you just want to go and grab your pads and helmer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">RIGHT NOW</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;">:)?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-47568013360713819552009-02-15T11:36:00.000-08:002009-02-15T11:38:09.333-08:00Now I want to walk-on on the team;)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FN44jQvLiCM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FN44jQvLiCM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;">Won't it just be AMAZING to play in the nfl;)?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;">I could probably run as fast as LT but would I be able to withstand those shocks;)? its all up to HIM right;)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-63335925319658141852009-02-09T18:58:00.000-08:002009-02-09T19:01:38.148-08:00Written by a Malay for the malays. What does this say about Msia? Can we as a country rise up and solve this very real problem?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:Verdana;font-size:10px;"><table id="content-box-in" width="470" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="title" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0); width: 445px; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; ">The sickening political scenario of Malaysia</td></tr><tr><td id="author" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; ">Amir Husni | Feb 6, 09 4:57pm</td></tr><tr><td id="content" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The unfolding political scenario in Perak has exposed how low the moral values of our politicians can get. They are supposed to lead the country by example. How can we, as the</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> rakyat,</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> have faith and trust in these unscrupulous, tainted and corrupted leaders to better our future generations?</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Anwar Ibrahim wanted to upstage the federal government on Sept 16, 2008 through ‘party hopping’ but failed. This itself is morally wrong for the members of Parliament (MPs) are elected by the</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">rakyat</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and power is not in their hands but in the</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> rakyat</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">’s.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">They were elected to serve and uphold the elected party’s principles and constitution. Anwar should have fought for a dissolution of parliament and get the</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> rakyat</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> to decide. If he couldn’t then just wait for the 13</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> general election. DSAI should have learned from history that it took 15 years for Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini to lead the Iranian Muslim Revolution to power while Nelson Mandela needed over 20 years to eventually become the president of South Africa.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A strong regime and the continuity of its existence can’t be built on a weak foundation. The coalition of PKR, PAS and DAP is still in its infancy stage, and the Almighty has given them five states for them to put their philosophy right before they can form the next federal government on a firm footing.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">DSAI must not rush things, for his eagerness and enthusiasm has resulted in himself being exposed to unwarranted tragedies, such as a second sodomy charge and many other unnecessary episodes which may be planned to silence him. The opposition coalition has to sort out their differences and come out with a concrete ‘all for one and one for all’ principle that will entice Malaysian voters into their fold.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Malaysians are looking for alternatives and the opposition has proven beyond doubt that they are one based on the Pernatang Pauh and Kuala Terengganu by-elections, but this has to be cemented on a firm foundation to weather down the BN onslaught.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Currently, the BN government is at its weakest point in their history. Their leaders are involved in infighting for party posts which will pre-decide who should contest and who should not. The selection of candidates for by-elections is determined high-up in the hierarchy and not through a bottom up selection.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Money politics, corruption accusations and unwarranted high-profile court cases are the norm. The manipulation of the courts’ judgements can be seen by even the layman as if they are a script for a movie. In addition, cronyism, nepotism and abuses of power are some other faults to be highlighted.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Some of these accusations in statutory declarations were never denied nor were these ‘whistle- blowers’ sued. The worst is the fact that some these whistle-blowers went missing and disappeared; in one case, an entire family.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Racial polarisation has reached its pinnacle; the Kugan case is a classic example where a particular ethnic group of the population is marginalised, which in turn resulted in the youngsters of this ethnic group roaming the streets being involved in gangsterism and underground elements.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The eradication of poverty should be an issue for all Malaysian and the BN government has failed to address this. Felda and other means of land development and deployment should be opened to all Malaysians to bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots. As President Obama told the Americans, that there should be food on every American table irrespective of their skin colour.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Polls have indicated the unpopularity of Abdullah Ahmad Badaw and Najib Razak whilst giving the thumbs up for Anwar for the choice of premiership. The support for BN from the Chinese and Indians are dwindling and even so amongst the Malays. The above facts are more than enough for PR to sweep into power come the 13</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> general election.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">BN has a multi-series of ‘back lanes’ to clean up in order to garner the </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">rakyat</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">’s support. If they continue with their current type of approach and policy, they may find these ‘back lanes’ infested with their own corpses.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Abdullah and Najib who helm Umno and lead the BN have demonstrated poor behaviour for their willingness to accept tainted politicians (pending court trials) and defecting politicians back to their fold? Does Umno lack credible politicians? Or are the four in the Perak sage pawns in a high drama political game?</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Are the Malays, who are also synonymous to the Muslim faith, willing to compromise the principles of their core faith ? Abdullah has even defined leadership quality through his ‘Islam Hadhari’ but is now making a mockery out of it. Even Dr Mahathir Mohamad has spoken wisely and advised the Umno leadership not to take in the two defecting PR politicians because of their impending corruption charges.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In addition, these three defectors are of a poor educational background, who have risen to power merely through the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) ticket. This is food for thought for both BN and PR. One must remember that ‘only good seeds produce good trees’.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The takeover of the Perak government by BN will not result in any drastic change in BN’s management style due to their status quo policy. It is going to be the same cold soup served in a different bowl. They may even borrow PRs’ watch and tell the time.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But the 13</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> general election will be the playground for PR to remind the voters and that election will be a disaster for the BN-led government in Perak. Najib is only anxious to popularise himself in the eyes of the Umno supreme council for Umno’s lacklustre performance in Permatang Pauh and Kuala Terengganu.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But hold your breath, for it is the </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">rakyat</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> who will decide the future of BN government not the Umno supreme council. It is anticipated that BN will lose badly in Perak in the coming general election; the price they have to pay for this undemocratic coup.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">An interesting scenario will be to see what will happen if PR manages to get the right numbers to re-form the Perak government in the near future? Will the sultan act in the way he has acted now?</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This episode will not end unless an anti-hopping law is introduced to declare a seat vacant once an elected representative switches party or declares himself as an ‘independent’ or resigns.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Whatever it is, what has happened in Perak is truly undemocratic and it is not the way the </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">rakyat</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> should be treated. A wise approach must be made to uphold Malaysian democratic values for us to march forward as a developed nation.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As it is now, the Vision 2020 target is just a dream because our leaders possess low moral values and integrity.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Can we unite as Malaysians? Will it ever be possible?</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-78080360684907420362009-02-06T02:42:00.000-08:002009-02-06T02:43:47.981-08:00taken from the australian national newspaper<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">Abramoff was paid $US1.2 million ($A1.6 million) from the Malaysian Government for his services in 2001 and 2002, according to an Abramoff associate. Documents obtained by Senate investigators appear to confirm at least $US900,000 of that amount.</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">Abramoff has pleaded guilty to improperly influencing members of Congress and their aides. He often routed lobbying fees through non-profit organisations to evade taxes or hide the sources of funds.</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">It's not clear how central Abramoff was in arranging the Oval Office session for Kuala Lumpur. The White House says the meeting was arranged through normal channels.</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">But it was clear, the former associate said, that Abramoff took credit for it. His reputation for close relationships with the White House enabled him to charge stratospheric fees.</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">The Malaysian payments were made to the American International Centre, a bogus "international think tank" that an Abramoff partner, Michael Scanlon, set up at a Delaware beach house.</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">By routing the money in that way, Abramoff avoided having to register with the Justice Department as an agent of a foreign government.</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">After Dr Mahathir's White House meeting, a former associate said, Abramoff was invited to a dinner honouring the Prime Minister at the Malaysian embassy.</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">At least one other Washington lobbying firm — Alexander Strategies, run by an Abramoff friend — was also compensated during this period for helping boost Malaysia's reputation in Washington.</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">The witness was the only person to observe Abramoff's direct contacts with Mr Rove and even then he only heard Abramoff's end of the conversation. He recalled Abramoff picking up his ringing mobile phone, flashing the caller ID and saying: "It's Karl."</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 13px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">wow. where did the money come from?</p><p style="margin-left: 13px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-left: 13px; ">link: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/did-mahathir-pay-16m-to-meet-bush/2006/02/15/1139890806086.html">http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/did-mahathir-pay-16m-to-meet-bush/2006/02/15/1139890806086.html</a></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-28649784470214300322009-02-05T22:26:00.001-08:002009-02-05T22:27:04.643-08:00What is happening to Msia? What is going on back home? WOW<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; "><h3 style="font-family: Arial, helvetica; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.1em; color: rgb(67, 143, 214); ">Mohammad Nizar diarah keluar dari Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan</h3><div id="dateline" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">06/02/2009 11:55am</div><br /><p>IPOH 6 Feb. - Datuk Seri Ir. Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin yang masih menganggap dirinya Menteri Besar Perak yang sah diarah keluar dari pejabat Menteri Besar di Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan di sini pagi ini.</p><p>Beliau diarah keluar oleh Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Perak, Datuk Dr. Abdul Rahman Hashim.</p><p>Kejadian itu berlaku kira-kira pukul 10.06 pagi ketika Mohammad Nizar sedang mengadakan sidang akhbar di pejabat Menteri Besar sebelum Abdul Rahman masuk dan meminta semua yang berada dalam bilik termasuk termasuk wartawan keluar.</p><p>Tindakan Abdul Rahman itu menaikkan kemarahan sekumpulan lelaki dipercayai penyokong pakatan pembangkang yang bertindak menyerbunya tetapi berjaya dihalang oleh anggota polis.</p><p>Malah, Mohammad Nizar sempat menjerit `What the hell' bagi menunjukkan rasa tidak puas hatinya terhadap tindakan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri itu.</p><p>Mohammad Nizar bersama beberapa `Exco kerajaan negeri' kemudiannya keluar meninggalkan Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan pada pukul 10.40 pagi. - Utusan</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow...what is wrong with Malaysia?</p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-31714606827024015522009-02-02T15:38:00.000-08:002009-02-02T15:39:39.045-08:00Memories....new and old mixed;)....do you think Football Will Eva come to Msia;P!...probably never;)"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y8OuXa_xd0Y&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y8OuXa_xd0Y&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;">No comment:)...last year was awesome!!:P</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-16603217216821010062009-01-20T20:02:00.000-08:002009-01-20T20:04:26.724-08:00A Peak into My Academic Life as an English Major;)As requested by Mum, Dad, JA, EF and James....here's some of my school work...<div><br /></div><div>this is a post for my Senior-Level 4000 level Shakespere class:)</div><div><br /></div><div>its an online post for my online discussing we have to post EVERY single week:P....</div><div><br /></div><div>so...here it goes......spare the criticism..please:P...unless it's constructive!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <nobr> </nobr> <nobr><a onclick="javascript:RespondThreadByEmail(351669321); return false;" href="http://tcuglobal.edu/ec/thd/thd.learn?CourseID=3217353&UnitNumber=1&COID=4&Mode=&TopicGroupID=12949446&ThreadViewMode=&ThreadSortBy=&AdvOpts=&47=4157474&PageYOffset=1225&TopicID=0&ThreadID=351669321#"><img alt="Send Email to Author" src="http://tcuglobal.edu/ec/style/extras/mail.gif" border="0" /></a> Jia Hsien Pan </nobr> <nobr>20 Jan 09 8:50 PM MST</nobr> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr class="tr-content-gray"> <td class="td-content-dark" width="18"><img height="11" alt="" src="http://tcuglobal.edu/ec/style/blank.gif" width="18" border="0" /> </td> <td class="td-content-dark" valign="top" width="100%">As we discussed in class, Orlando did fall in love with Rosalind at first sight and is deeply in love with her throughout the entire play. Rosalind appears to manipulate Orlando by dressing up as a boy and toying with his emotions, as if, "testing" him. I am reminded by the film The Other Boleyn Girl which is also set in Elizabethian times, in which one of the Boleyn girls constantly pulls away despite King Henry's advances in order to manipulate King Henry and make him obsessed with her.<br /><br />Rosalind, obviously, is at least a little into Orlando because she gave him a necklace. I believe eros love is represented in this play. Perhaps Orlando demonstrates and even professes agape love but Rosalind's feelings towards Orlando is questionable because she does indeed seem to be leading him on and pulling away even when Orlando seems so sincere at professing his love for her. Perhaps she pulls away more and more as he tries to get closer and more intimate with her just to increase his ardor for her.<br /><br />Her disguise enables her to pretend to be the "nasty wife" or even her "real self" without risking angering or putting Orlando off. This is because she can pretend to be something or someone she isn't or doesn't want to show to Orlando directly. In other words, Rosalind gets to show her true colors without "actually" revealing herself (I believe that Orlando actually sees through Rosalind's disguise, at least towards the end of the play).<br /><br />Her disguise does present a problem though. For example, if Orlando is actually attracted to Rosalind in disguise, does Rosalind really want to fall in love and marry a man who actually is attracted to a man (Rosalind in disguise)? Realistically speaking, wouldn't a relationship be questionable when one partner dresses up as the opposite sex and the other partner demonstrates affection/sexual attraction to the partner-in-disguise? Disguise symbolizes distrust and without trust, a relationship, romantic or otherwise, will fail to work.<br /><br />Is this very issue of trust what Shakespere is trying to raise and address in this deep, thoughtful, and thought-provoking play?<br /><strong>Date Modified:</strong> 20 Jan 09 9:00 PM MST<br /><br /><a onclick="javascript:RespondThread(351669321); return false;" href="http://tcuglobal.edu/ec/thd/thd.learn?CourseID=3217353&UnitNumber=1&COID=4&Mode=&TopicGroupID=12949446&ThreadViewMode=&ThreadSortBy=&AdvOpts=&47=4157474&PageYOffset=1225&TopicID=0&ThreadID=351669321#"><img alt="Respond icon" hspace="2" src="http://tcuglobal.edu/ec/style/extras/add.gif" border="0" /><strong>Respond</strong></a> <a onclick="javascript:EditThread(351669321); return false;" href="http://tcuglobal.edu/ec/thd/thd.learn?CourseID=3217353&UnitNumber=1&COID=4&Mode=&TopicGroupID=12949446&ThreadViewMode=&ThreadSortBy=&AdvOpts=&47=4157474&PageYOffset=1225&TopicID=0&ThreadID=351669321#"><img alt="Edit icon" hspace="2" src="http://tcuglobal.edu/ec/style/extras/edit.gif" border="0" /><strong>Edit</strong></a> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-74700497393524248172009-01-16T12:37:00.000-08:002009-01-16T12:53:19.314-08:00My favourite, current verse:)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Charis SIL';font-size:100%;" ><p><span id="en-MSG-12138" class="sup" style="vertical-align: text-top;">I know our pastors tell us that we shouldn't take verses out of context, but I absolutely luv this verse! It inspires me, drives me and gives me passion to excel at both english and photojournalism:)......LORD...u really are the Almighty;)</span></p><p><span id="en-MSG-12138" class="sup" style="vertical-align: text-top;">Read all of 1st Corinthians and be amazed;)</span></p><p><span id="en-MSG-12138" class="sup" style="vertical-align: text-top;">btw this is The Message:1st Corinthians 1....i seriously advise you to cross reference this version with the NIV version;)<br /></span></p><p><span id="en-MSG-12138" class="sup" style="vertical-align: text-top;font-size:180%;" >26-31</span><span style="font-size:180%;">Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God."</span></p></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">isn't that truth just staring at our faces;)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">GOD really is So wise that it just blows our mind, ain't it;)!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">here's the NIV version...still great truth;):<br /><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Charis SIL'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span id="en-NIV-28374" class="sup" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">26</span>Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="en-NIV-28375" class="sup" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">27</span>But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="en-NIV-28376" class="sup" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">28</span>He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="en-NIV-28377" class="sup" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">29</span>so that no one may boast before him.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="en-NIV-28378" class="sup" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">30</span>It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="en-NIV-28379" class="sup" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: text-top;">31</span>Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."<sup style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em;">[<a href="#fen-NIV-28379d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]</sup></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">GOD just rocks my world!!!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-27628440095336256882009-01-14T22:12:00.001-08:002009-01-14T22:28:36.828-08:00Pls pray for my family again...and kuching collectively...ppl are suffering...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQRxktz9E25KwSaakTUyobb_qvjZalORKasjVnGb3RbPjGrK_fBovXIPEdDoj6l2G1fMY8Cew976Xa4ESxkSUa4eHcTUpd1xfx1hmLnCvp4Ax2hX5M5fdq61ppb29TLxxNeMP/s1600-h/flood2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQRxktz9E25KwSaakTUyobb_qvjZalORKasjVnGb3RbPjGrK_fBovXIPEdDoj6l2G1fMY8Cew976Xa4ESxkSUa4eHcTUpd1xfx1hmLnCvp4Ax2hX5M5fdq61ppb29TLxxNeMP/s400/flood2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291403453584547666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInyKCFz_FoM6UdI4dVxUi5t2cRLHFGtWH0MuZP8zUCWBZ3UcHScuUv1dtZSYLuineolSnna9GZHrYBA1XR-NltKx6xVP3B4kDhWDG6zcclvDACyY-rnwF3PsP5nNK_I5uwkjx/s1600-h/flooded.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInyKCFz_FoM6UdI4dVxUi5t2cRLHFGtWH0MuZP8zUCWBZ3UcHScuUv1dtZSYLuineolSnna9GZHrYBA1XR-NltKx6xVP3B4kDhWDG6zcclvDACyY-rnwF3PsP5nNK_I5uwkjx/s400/flooded.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291403378489064162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNCwXGFLlLoquNcQyLRl0LmqTJ_XcVmDgHAm1TIoCJxdb21Ho8LKc1Dw8E3IE3y-E0su9VbOGjrVgo5GpeSiyrixgr0rytOZNYHYMAnVBc7lHf8i2KghFg25D36-Is91ujF_7k/s1600-h/DSC_0213+%28Large%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNCwXGFLlLoquNcQyLRl0LmqTJ_XcVmDgHAm1TIoCJxdb21Ho8LKc1Dw8E3IE3y-E0su9VbOGjrVgo5GpeSiyrixgr0rytOZNYHYMAnVBc7lHf8i2KghFg25D36-Is91ujF_7k/s400/DSC_0213+%28Large%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291401827676173970" border="0" /></a>Kuching was struck by massive floods 4 days ago...please pray for this city of 500 000 ppl bcos it holds a dear place in my heart....particularly...it contains my family!<br /><br />VERy severe floods have swept away houses, suspended schools and businesses and even partially shut down Kuching General HOspital becos the elevators short-circuited due to flooding....<br /><br />pls pray for my dear, dear family and my home in BDC...<br /><br />pls pray for the multitudes of ppl homeless, broken and suffering in kuching now...<br />pls pray that Christians in general will bond together and offer their services free of charge: doctors, nurses especiall for the wounded....besides giving food, shelter and blankets to those who are so desperately in need....at this hour...at this time....<br /><br />would you kneel with me and pray tog for the salvation anf safety of my beloved city?<br /><br />the City of Cats: my home, my country, my place of refuge and the only place on Earth i feel truly at home at*<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfVR-rmTAcLW6TFN_zAAOGBGZwZSUf7xNfMehuB8ygprFsmuQpOUIZALBokVvVRkdALVxpwSh5N0b1eNor6xSPRLgPoDG73Ixr4W20QJcinXtZCgaWpGhRjHZR3qKOn0ZGFa5/s1600-h/DSC_0207.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfVR-rmTAcLW6TFN_zAAOGBGZwZSUf7xNfMehuB8ygprFsmuQpOUIZALBokVvVRkdALVxpwSh5N0b1eNor6xSPRLgPoDG73Ixr4W20QJcinXtZCgaWpGhRjHZR3qKOn0ZGFa5/s400/DSC_0207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291401681636154658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5E1AO2REeRpJNWWkENjknIIjgda-k_mXuO_PSlWUMQidTv7h3xI88daODC6_PnrRvJz8l7Td7XdzDkAjfVpiGHGXEPMOeX0UIJJcLvCbVB1yXYLhXBYkxdeexqxZSgefw133/s1600-h/Surfer3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5E1AO2REeRpJNWWkENjknIIjgda-k_mXuO_PSlWUMQidTv7h3xI88daODC6_PnrRvJz8l7Td7XdzDkAjfVpiGHGXEPMOeX0UIJJcLvCbVB1yXYLhXBYkxdeexqxZSgefw133/s400/Surfer3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291399610456474786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />would you kneel with me and pray tog for the salvation anf safety of my beloved city?<br /><br />the City of Cats: my home, my country, my place of refuge and the only place on Earth i feel truly at home at*Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-47422574765162607872009-01-06T10:10:00.000-08:002009-01-06T10:12:51.134-08:00pretty ain't it...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8dZNLVKtVk5U2rHISNdV_HGODz9OEcXZH4b8chG7YDZHWZ417D9pUx4d4ICTXteNZw1oC_kd319yJZQNzck1H1IuW_M-0AFSuRXYTeSv8T5ITQ2Echz5qYBSQHf7Ha6olfUr/s1600-h/Icy_Frog_Fountain_by_sonique_echidna.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 374px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8dZNLVKtVk5U2rHISNdV_HGODz9OEcXZH4b8chG7YDZHWZ417D9pUx4d4ICTXteNZw1oC_kd319yJZQNzck1H1IuW_M-0AFSuRXYTeSv8T5ITQ2Echz5qYBSQHf7Ha6olfUr/s400/Icy_Frog_Fountain_by_sonique_echidna.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288245141685700306" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TCU's Frog Fountain...last feb:)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I hope we get snow again!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-79285691273289725192009-01-06T09:54:00.000-08:002009-01-06T09:57:29.650-08:002 days an counting...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAlFYXvH_oZxLjsAlS_-6CZl3rOy5H5peyzUfML2hFKYht0-EuaeegKocOtQPFDwEyDJYmJI_pX1KVhxYXkHT_Gc44M2S81WkP68OWymJRlF83ftluhXri2mpqAa6ewHoIrzm/s1600-h/Dallas_Skyline_by_Hash77.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAlFYXvH_oZxLjsAlS_-6CZl3rOy5H5peyzUfML2hFKYht0-EuaeegKocOtQPFDwEyDJYmJI_pX1KVhxYXkHT_Gc44M2S81WkP68OWymJRlF83ftluhXri2mpqAa6ewHoIrzm/s400/Dallas_Skyline_by_Hash77.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288240866781274130" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">beaut Dallas skyline at night</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">uh...2 days till i fly halfway acroos the world back to TCU.....</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">how i miss msia when i'm in the states......</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">sniff*...</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">P.S> Apologies for the huge amount of posts per day....been trying to catch-up on almost a year of NOT bloggin;)<br /></span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-19704826868768400902009-01-06T09:46:00.001-08:002009-01-06T09:47:35.993-08:00lol....even more true;)...ugh...texting (smsing or messaging in msian eng;)..such fun, yet super annoying at times;)<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/849DJ7j8LsY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/849DJ7j8LsY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;">makes u think twice b4 texting ain't it;)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 48px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17000546.post-12498769573636540922009-01-06T09:29:00.001-08:002009-01-06T09:29:56.693-08:00so true..<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div>LOL...as malaysians, we are terrible pirates;)...both sellers and buyers are responsible...cos without a market...the sellers will be out of business;)</div><div><br /></div><div>...and show me a single msian teenager who has NOT downloaded an mp3 of the net and i'll show you a cow who has jumped 2.4 trillion times over the moon;)</div><div><br /></div><div>so, as believers,...is it legal to buy and download;)?</div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0