JOURNAL 2

http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2007/3/25/education/17134721

When we read this article, I think most of you will start to remember all your sweet memories at your old school. Can you remember your old class, toilet and the most important area is the canteen. Actually, this article wants people to realize that the child obesity had been increased in our country lately. This problem occurred due to the increasing of the fast food advertisement in any media. When the reporters went to a few schools canteens in Selangor, the food that had been sold there was also unhealthy and lack of vegetables. Most of the food that had been sold there, we can also get it in any fast food outlets like burgers, nuggets, sausage, etc – it’s called “convenient food” which has been processed. Many parents complained their unsatisfactory regarding this matter. In my opinion, before we want to ban the fast food advertisements in order to decrease the number of child obesity cases or any other major medical problems, we, as their parents should check what our children had been eaten at their school’s canteen. The parents also should always be alert with the school conditions. If you love your kids, just sacrifice a little bit of your time checking and observing your children eating habits. The school also should play their part by observing the entire menu that will be selling in the canteen. The canteen should serve more vegetables and any other food that contains well balanced nutrients because it’s very hard to find children who love to eat vegetables nowadays.

Bias (In class assignment)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0616_050616_nepalporter.html

What is the article about?
- The article is about how the author’s point of view towards the Nepalese porters. The author felt that the Nepalese is the most efficient haulers in the world.

Are there biases in this article? If yes, is the bias against or for someone or something?
- Yes. There are a few biases in this article. Most of the biases are the bias for someone, towards the Nepalese porters.

Explain the bias and provide examples.

1) “now suggests that the porters of Nepal are even more efficient at their tasks.”
- Bias for someone

2) "They literally run down the mountain," Heglund said. "They can get home in about two days."
- Bias for someone (stereotyping- too general even for the porters)

3) "It's quite impressive to see those guys walking with such heavy loads,"
- Bias for someone

4) “She added that the feat is particularly impressive because "they're [generally] not very well equipped [and] have very bad shoes."
- Bias for someone

Figurative Language (In class assignment)

http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=30996&pageIndex=0

Christmas Express
By Gary Sledge

1) Don Royston rolls out of a warm bed without missing a beat.
- It’s a metaphor. It wants to show how the person is moving up from his bed.

2) Santa's floppy hat is sewn into the wig so it won't blow off as the train whips down the track.
- It's a metaphor. The movement of the train is described by the word whip.

Fact or Opinion (In class assignment)

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Saturday/Columns/20070303093926/Article/index_html

1)IKON Malaysia sounded like a good idea.
-It’s an opinion. (because there’s a phrase “sounded like”)

2)Unlike other talent shows, this one would see established names in the industry vying for the title and subsequently compete at Asean’s level.
-It’s an opinion. (I think it’s the author opinion)

3)The new system would see a panel of professional judges responsible for 70 per cent of the score, while 30 per cent would be from SMS voting.
-It’s a fact. (it’s stated in the article)

4)If you ask me what was the best thing that happened to the industry, I would say it was Mawi. But he was also the worst thing that happened to the industry.
-It’s an opinion. (not all people think Mawi is a disaster)

5)Another industry player said having established artistes compete with the reality stars meant only one thing. That the organisers have blatant disrespect for "older’ artistes who have paid their dues in the industry.
-It’s a fact. (it’s stated in the article and it’s a general thing that happen in our industry)

6)"It’s bad enough that the young stars have no respect for their seniors. This will only perpetuate the problem.
-It’s an opinion. (not all young stars didn’t respect their seniors)

7)"In our industry, some young artistes — particularly those created by reality shows — who win awards actually think they are the best thing to happen to the industry.
-It’s an opinion. (some young artistes still remember their root)

http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts/gender.html

Motor vehicle deaths by gender, 1975-2005
The inference:
Men drivers are careless.

The conclusion:
The total of men drivers who died in 1975 to 1990 is higher than 1991 to 2005.

Number and percent of motor vehicle crash deaths by type and gender, 2005
The inference:
Men driver are not alert with their surroundings.

The conclusion:
In 2005, the total of male driver who died in motor vehicle crash is greater than the female driver.

Passenger vehicle occupant deaths per 100,000 people by gender,1975-2005
The inference:
Female passenger has more luck than the male passenger.

The conclusion:
In 1997, the rate of the male passenger who died is 22.6 while the rate of the female passenger who died in the same year is 8.9.

Muslims facing their biggest obstacles

Article
As we all know, Malaysia is one of the Islamic country in the world. But we as Muslims still facing our biggest obstacles especially in poverty, under-development and ignorance. These factors had caused many Muslim nations falling back in literacy and development. We always see and heard in the news where the Western always blame the Muslims with all the trouble and chaos that happened all around the world. They always think that Muslims are terrorists but what about them? Do they think when they announced war in Iraq? They just see our fault in this matter. Our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had said that the only way to resolve these problems is through education and development of human capital. He also said that these two methods must be emphasized among the younger generation to bring out the better leaders in the future. As we all know our youths are the leader of tomorrow but if they didn’t care about their own religion and their country, we should do something so that our religion will not be extinct in our own country that originally was an Islamic country. Through education, this young generation should learn about our country’s history. It’s true that we have learnt it in school but it still didn’t enough because these students just learn it just for the academic reason. In my opinion, we as Muslims should change our attitude so that we will be respect by the other nations by not causing any troubles to the world. I think the Western and Muslims should think positively towards each other and try to be more tolerate so that our world will be peaceful.

I'm so sorry guys....

actually this is my 2nd account.the 1st acc. i forgot the URL add. so i have to do it again.at this moment i'm still blur about what should i write so i better stop rite here.