ENTRY 1
What Do You Think About Public Display of
Affection (PDA)?
In my
opinion, there is nothing wrong with Public Display of Affection (PDA) as long
as it is between married couples or parents with their children, and if that
act does not escalate into a more racy one. This is because it is not a proper
thing for a child to look at, besides giving people who accidently looking at
it a hard time, trying to avert their eyes away from that embarrassing scene.
On the other hand, I am out-and-out against Moslem couples who are obviously
not married yet or of the same gender engaging in this act. The latter is quite
distasteful not only to me but also to other decent people as well while the
former will infuriate the Moslem community in here. It is prohibited in Islam
for an unmarried couple to even holding hands so more than that is clearly out
of question. To sum it all up, PDA is a privilege for married couples and
parents and their children only or at least that is what I think.
Define Love.
Love
is a strong feeling of affection that you have when you like something very,
very much. When you love someone else, other than your family members, you show
to her only your best side, and hide your bad side. If she is out of your
reach, you desperately wish that she was yours and try your very best to win
over her heart. But then, after you successfully secure her, you start to think
that what you did to win her over is more interesting than winning over her
itself.
ENTRY 2
Love
Story.
Never Give Up, Never Surrender!
At
first Ishmael despised the
bespectacled girl because she possessed all of the characteristics that he
desperately wished he had; quiet, smart, mature and stoic but when he noticed
that the girl displayed an uncanny resemblance with his favourite character
from a certain TV programme, he started to fall in love with her. He knew that
that was such a shallow reason for a guy to love a girl but he just dismissed
the notion coolly. To each, his own. What he did not know was how to make that
girl liked him
.
As he
was a lazy, sullen, uncommunicative person without any distinguishing traits
and talents, Ishmael was always being invisible to other people, including his
subject of affection. Well, he did not care whether other people noticed him or
not but he really, really wished that the girl will look at him for once. But
then, nothing ventured, nothing gained. If he just sat around and do nothing
impressive, the girl will never pay any attention to him. Ever.
Ishmael
resolved to change his outlook and decided to do several things to shed that
detestable cloak of invisibility that has been enveloping his body the whole
time. First, he tried to learn playing guitar. He thought that people who
played guitar looked so cool and it seemed that everyone liked guitarists,
although he did not know why. Nevertheless, he only went as far as admiring the
guitars displayed at the musical instruments shop. Cheap guitars was not up to
his cup of tea but he cannot afford to buy a decent one. Besides, it was really
a hassle trying to remember all those difficult guitar chords.
After
that, Ishmael tried to get buff because, naturally, girls liked muscular guys.
He did not have the patience to do proper exercises and had a healthy diet
continuously for a long period of time, though. Instead, he browsed the
Internet for some tips on how to increase his muscle mass easily and fast.
Ishmael did not know whether they were effective or not; he did the work out as
suggested by the tips for a few days and got sick of them.
His
last resort was to learn to speak English fluently, in a British accent to
boot. Ishmael had the impression that those who can speak in British English
were all sophisticated people. He thought the same thing with people who spoke
American English. Majority of the local people, especially people of his race,
either spoke heavily-accented English or spoke in English clumsily and
awkwardly so someone among them that can speak English fluently would obviously
stood out like a sore thumb. Again, Ishmael browsed the Internet for some
useful tips and watched some videos to improve his spoken English. And again,
he stopped his endeavours halfway through.
In
the end, Ishmael decided to give up on the bespectacled girl, telling himself
some plausible excuses to justify his act.
Credit: The title of this story is the catchphrase from
the 1999 science fiction comedy Galaxy Quest.
ENTRY
3
If...
If I
were given a chance to choose and live in one of the lost cities such as
Chernobyl, Pripyat, Gomorrah and Pompeii, to name a few, I would choose Machu Picchu
because it seemed to be relatively safe compared with other lost cities. As the
Incan city was situated high in the Andes Mountains, few people outside the
Inca’s closest retainers were actually aware of its existence, so the
likelihood of the city of being conquered by other stronger nations or factions
was practically nonexistence. I did not really appreciated the ideas of getting caught, tortured and then executed by the conquerors or being driven out of my home so it was a good thing for me that most people, especially the enemies, were oblivious to the existence of this place. Besides, the people here did not have any grisly
religious rites involving human sacrifices so I did not have to worry about
being chosen as one myself. Moreover, Machu Picchu was safe from several major
natural disasters namely flood, earthquake, volcanic eruption and typhoon,
judging from the brief history of the city which devoid of the disasters
mentioned above so this meant that something unfortunate like losing my house and belongings to the disasters would never happen to me. Last but not least, the city offered panoramic views of the
majestic natural environments surrounding it, which I would definitely never
get tired of looking at.
ENTRY 4
If...
I
would love to visit several places in this world that have catch my interest
such as Alhambra, an Islamic palace located at Andalusia, Spain and the statue of
Christ the Redeemer at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sight of the palace at
night, illuminated by thousands of candles must be a sight to behold. The same
goes with watching the sun rises from atop the Corcovado Mountain, at the foot of
the 130 feet tall statue. Alas, only those who are well-off can afford to visit
anywhere that they like and I am not one of them so if I am an inventor, I
would devise a device that can transport me to places in this world. The device
is shaped like a wristwatch but instead of numbers on its face, there is a map
of this world on it. There are dials at the sides of the wristwatch that I can
adjust to pinpoint the location that I wanted to go, and after I push a certain
button, voilà, I will be transported to that place in a blink of an eye! This
may sounds like something out of Doraemon,
totally outlandish and nonsensical but then, imagination knows no boundaries. With this device I no longer need any money to travel to other faraway places. It may be illegal for me to just leave my country and go to other countries without passport and visa and some people might abuse this device so I am not planning to sell it, I will only use it for my own personal entertainment. Huh, trying to think logically about something illogical is preposterous!
ENTRY 5
Nick Vujicic: Life Without Limbs - From No Limbs to No Limits.
After
watching the video of Nick Vujicic, the disabled man who was born without any
limbs but strive to live his life like other normal people, it inspire me to
do my very best in my life. I, as a normal human being without any kind of
disability, should have no trouble in realizing my goals (if any) as long as I
work hard to achieve them. The video teach us to count our blessings and work
hard to obtain things that you do not have instead of whining and complaining
to the God. It also teach us not to give up easily when facing with
difficulties even if it means that you have to try so many times to overcome
them. Trying to at least have a grasp on high school level and lower
mathematics is the biggest challenge in my life so far. This is hardly a
problem to other people but as I have been living a shallow life all this time,
I cannot think of any other things that are challenging to me save for this
one. I have never try my best to improve my understanding of mathematics. When
I was at secondary school, I rarely did exercises on this subject and always
copied the answers for my mathematics homework from my brother or my friends,
resulting in me getting bad results for my mathematics tests. After finishing
my secondary school’s studies, I enrolled into two colleges and applied for
diplomas in business and engineering respectively but I found them to be too
much of a challenge for me as they involved in mathematics that I quit studying them and entered another
college, applying for a diploma that did not have anything to do with
mathematics. In the end, I did not overcome this challenge and I have no plan of overcoming
it in the future. This is really contradicting with what I have said earlier
about not giving up easily but I just could not care less. Do as I say and not as I do.
ENTRY 6
Mind Your Language.
Mind Your Language is a British comedy television
series about a group of foreign students trying to learn English in an adult
education college in London. My favourite character from this sitcom is Ali
Nadeem, a jobless Pakistani and the first student to make his appearance in
this sitcom. Ali is undoubtedly the loudest of the students; he always comes
late to his English class, enthusiastically yelling “Hello everybody!” when
entering the room without feeling any guilt, much to his lecturer’s annoyance. He
always mispronounces several English words, most notably “Excuse me please.”
which he pronounces as “Squeeze me please.” It has then become one of his catchphrases
along with “Yes please!”, “Oh blimey!”
and “Jolly good!” I find all of these to be murderously funny although it wears
off after being repeated countless of times. As a Pakistani Moslem, he is
always at odds with the Indian Sikh Ranjeet, a nod to their own countries’
stormy relationships with each other. They frequently have arguments, both
verbally and physically, in the early episodes but as the series progresses,
they become less hostile towards each other and even, at times, able to
cooperate without complaint. Being able to shrug off his aversion towards his
rival is a commendable act indeed and that is also why he is my favourite character.
Credit to Mind Your Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and Dino Shafeek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
ENTRY 7
I Have Got The Power!
If
I could have a superpower, it would be the ability to remember precisely
everything that I have heard and see once, in other words, having a really
great memory. It does not sound as incredible as, let say, the power to breath fire or causing earthquakes, and it even exists in reality. However, only a handful of people in this world who have this ability with Kim
Peeks, a genius savant, being the most notable example. He has read over twelve
thousands books and remembers every single page of them. He can also read two pages at
once; his right eye reads the right page while his left eye reads the left
page, which usually takes about three seconds for him to read through the two
pages. Having this ability will make studying no longer an onerous task to me.
I just need to read through a book once, which I can finish in no time if I can
read as fast as Peeks, to remember all the facts within it, and then during a
test, write down all the facts at the answer sheets. Or maybe I do not even
have to study at all, as I will already remember all the things that my
lecturers have said during the classes. My life as a student will become much less
stressful and more enjoyable, as I will have more free time to spend on reading novels, browsing
the Internet and playing video games. Most importantly, I can sail through my
exams and assignments without having to work hard.
Credit: Snap!, "The Power."
ENTRY 8
Lessons Learned From ReVoG I to ReVoG II(I).
Now
that the Reading, Vocabulary and Grammar II class, which I abbreviate as ReVoG
II, is nearing towards its end, I think this is the suitable time for me to tell
my impression about the class based on my experience while attending it. The
class has taught me a lot about grammar. I think I have a better grasp of it, though
I am far from mastering it, after learning the tenses, sentence structures and parts
of speech during the class. I have to say that I am only familiar with simple
present tense and past tense and some of the parts of speech before I attend
ReVoG II class. Since I have studied at a smart school for my secondary school education,
my English teachers did not bother to teach the students about the tenses, sentence
structures and parts of speech or even glossed over them as they thought that
the students had already been well-versed in that topics, seeing from the
students’ relatively good results in English for their UPSR and PMR examinations.
I have not learned much from my previous ReVoG I class as it was a little too
laid-back. Not that I have any complaints regarding a laid-back class. Also,
the repeated lessons on the previously-mentioned topics by the lecturer of the
ReVoG II has further reinforced my understanding on them so all in all I have
learned a great deal of things from this class.
Credit: Cornershop, "Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III."
