Make us dream.

I think it's like 3 weeks more before the semester ends and we have to get ready ourselves for the finals. I'm glad that for this course we do not have to study for it because that took off a burden of my back! That leaves me with other 3 courses which i am also fortunate that one of them is taken at pima. Honestly you cannot fail at pima. I just cannot explain but you just cannot fail. Therefore it leaves me with 2 subjects to study. Astronomy and Utopian Russian. Well so far so good i would say, hopefully i will be able to maintain what i have achieved so far. Astronomy is darn interesting if physics weren't in it. Because of physics astronomy is just ok. Seriously it just makes it 100000 worst. I like math. but somehow calculations with physics just don't mix well for me. Utopian russian i just another history subject so i just gotta memorize. I hope i'll be able to get a good result in this course though, just maybe i'll be able to sneak into it. I'll just try my best to impress in my last essay. Hah! hopefully.

Time flies really. I still can remember touching down in the land of opportunities just 4 months ago. and i get ripped off by the cab driver which cost me usd40 just to drive me here. The meters in the cab goes up 50sens every time which i find crazily expensive. When i was in the cab i was just hoping that i reach asap because it's increasing drastically every second blink my eyes. Lol. Literally. Now, i'm am just inches away from finishing my first semester here. My journey isn't bad so far, but i would think that it could be better. I am already looking forward towards the next semester in fall. But standing in the way would be 3 months of doing nothing which would be totally awesome. Maybe i'll pick up spanish. Well i'm supporting Spain for the world cup anyway. It's would be good if i could pick up another foreign language, when i head back to malaysia i could start speaking spanish and my friends would be just so annoyed.

I'm going to get a Tv just to watch the world cup. I am aware that not alot of people here follow soccer but i guess everyone should be tuning into the world cup right? Hope there is a bar maybe that people would gather and just watch and shout and scream on the game. I love atmospheres like this. Also i am definitely going to attend the next world cup wherever it is. It's going to happen in another 4 years and i guess doing all this, traveling or even doing crazy things is when you should do when you're young because later in life i guess you'll just lose all the passion and just eventually forget about it. So if there is something you want to do. Just do it. If it's a mistake you want to make, go find it out. You won't know it's a mistake unless you have done it and figure it out yourself it's a mistake. Hah. funny how things work. People tell you it's wrong but you still do it anyway. but i guess there are somethings in life if you have something you want to do. just try doing it i guess. you won't be saying that you'll regret for not giving it a shot but stupid wonderful memories of what crazy shit you've done.I'm going to bungee jump one day. I'm scared of like heights. like when you're really high. but i'm going to jump.



To end with. We're one goal down but we still can do it. They may be leading us but when they arrive they will face an atmosphere like no other. Wi
th the passion and flag raising high, the song and anthem singing out loud and we will sing our team to the finals. In soccer, you have to to fight for the every inch, you've got to look into the eyes of the person next to you that is willing to go to that inch with you. and hopefully, we'll march on to Hamburg on Thursday night. Make us dream. You'll never walk alone. lol. sorry for being a soccer freak.

somehow i've got sleeping problems. can't sleep. but going to try. ciaooooo.
hope that all of you had a great weekend.

Journal 7

At the beginning of the semester, i believed that maybe they made a mistake by slotting me into a class full of American students because i thought i would be slotted along with all the international students. But if it's a mistake they made, i am glad it happen. I believed that i have learned so much more compared to what i would have learned in Eng107( I think that's the course structure).

I believe the one thing i have learned the most throughout this course would be doing rhetorical analysis. It is something totally new that i learned because usually i assume that english composition courses are just to learn how to write about different various of essays. I also found out that it is easy to do a simple rhetorical analysis but to really do a full rhetorical analysis is not easy. I find doing the first essay for this course to be the hardest because of the rhetorical analysis i have to make. Making rhetorical analysis allow me to determine the target audience, content, credibility and many more. I also learn to adopt appropriate voice, tone and level of formality.

Well i have no idea what is FYC but i believe is something to do with course. i think.
Therefore i would recommend these step to improve one as a writer.

1: READ MORE!! It could be anything, from a book, a magazine, newspapers or even comic books. Reading automatically improves your english and it will certainly help you writing your essay.

2: I also learned in this course that it requires multiple drafts to create a successful one. I believe you can never produce a perfect piece of work. But with the multiple efforts that have been made to improve the essay. You will be moving one more step to perfection.

3.One should be able to learn how to critic other people's work and also be open to critics from other people towards your own work. Criticism might not sound good but if it does not satisfy someone else, that means that you have a problem with your essay. Critic is in indirect message telling you to improve your essay. i guess.

4.Always pay full concentration during class. It is easier to absorb what the lecturer has to teach rather then going back and trying to read the book yourself. and it saves you more time too.

5.I know that you should not leave it toward the last minute to complete your essay. But unfortunately i am that kind of person who does that. Maybe not last minute but it's pretty close. Even so it is important to draft out a rough idea how you would want your essay to be. Simple points would be good but you have to make sure that you have all the details and information you need. If you are going to do EVERYTHING at the last minute. most probably you're screwed. Unless you're super smart or something then you could do it anyway you want :)

Journal 6

Voice and tone is important in different situations to persuade or convince certain audience. One of the examples would be the way or the tone you should be talking to your parents. If you are having an argument with your parents, regardless whether you are considered winning or losing the argument you should always talk in a calm tone because out of respect with you parents. But to have a good argument, one should always argue calmly because once if either side would start arguing in a angry tone, and if you became angry i guess you would not be thinking rationally and one would just shout whatever comes to their mind which is pointless and will just add more fuel to the argument.

Voice/Tone is also important in speeches whether it is persuasive or informative. the tone or voice is important because it will determine the way you would communicate with the audience through your speech and it will also determine the impact of the speech towards the audience. For example. i think. if you are to present a persuasive speech, you would want to make sure that you presenting in the end your speech in a high ,enthusiastic and convincing tone leaving your audience maybe impressed or persuaded with your speech.

Get it over with.

I played paintball this past Saturday, well it's been a long time but it was nice shooting again. The playing field was like a 25 minute drive from the university and i'm not sure where i was taken too. The bullet pallets are much cheaper compared to the ones back in Malaysia. It cost like 45 bucks for 2k bullets. It was fun but as the game went on, i became more um pessimistic i think, i am not sure whether that is the correct word. At first it was alright. i got shot like on the chest and my shoulders which didn't hurt at much, actually at all. But later i was like shot on top of my head, then the few times at the back and on the thighs which stings a lot. From than on i was hoping not to get shot again and i was like actually trying to just lay low every opportunity i had! During the final round i was thinking oh what the heck i'm just going to try to eliminate as many people as i could and i did! somehow i manage to eliminate 5 people which i had to admit most of it was down to luck and i wasted lots of pallets to actually trying to hit them. But oh well, it was fun but i would certainly put other sports in front of paintball.

Well this is going to be a busy week, quizzes, essays to be written and some Russian painting form to be filled. With the distractions of "How i met your mother" and a few others, i think i will barely just make it. Better not waste anytime now.

And it's over.

I'm not sure what i could write now because it's been practically the same thing going on for me throughout my whole time here. All i could do is study, watch movies, go jogging, and being most of the time disappointed of the performance of the football club i am supporting which is utterly frustrated. But being the the fan that i am. i will walk with them every step of the way.
I'm thinking of getting a tattoo though. Maybe not one but like 2 maybe. But both would be on my left arm. I am thinking of getting this Sanskrit writing maybe? or worlds or symbols from Lord Of The Rings. I am not sure what is it gonna be written on my arm but i'll think of something. I plan to do it like across my fore arm.
Well, something like this though, nothing to fancy but i think it should be alright. But now the main problem would be how to get pass my parents. Oh well, i might just find a way to discuss it with them and maybe if i could achieve a good result this semester i may use this as a reason to let me have the tattoo. Hah! fingers crossed.

There's a few weeks left before the semester ends. I guess everything have been pretty good so far. I hope i don't slack and screw everything up.

(Journal 5) The 4 man thinggy architecture.

I guess everyone has their own concept or idea what particular architecture it is or what does it stands for. The first time i look at the architecture is no more then 4 dudes pushing against a wall or fence. But we have to look deeper to understand what the architecture means or the message that it is trying to tell us.

After taking sometime to figure out what it stands for. I guess the message that the architecture is portraying might be we humans have to work together in order to get things done? or we need to work together in order to achieve our goals. Well, the way i see it, there is a fence in a middle. Each side of the fence there are 2 human figures. On one side, one of the figure is trying to push the fence while another figure, well to me seem to be leaning against the fence as though as he doesn't not really care, or not putting effort so to speak. On the other side, one of the figure is trying his best to push the fence and the other figure is also trying to push the fence.

Therefore, i came to the conclusion that the architecture is trying to say that in order to achieve something, individual or in a group, we need to put in the same amount of effort to achieve our goals. In this case that is pushing the fence, you could see that some of the figures are trying very hard and the one leaning against the wall isn't showing the same amount of effort as the others. We cannot just count on one or two to guide us to what we have aimed to achieve, everyone has to contribute in order to make it a success. Well, another part is that we could see 2 figures on each side of the wall trying to push down the fence. But as we can see their effort is going no where as we can see the fence is still up there. I guess that also in order to achieve something, we should work together in the same direction and not against one another. If there is a fence in the middle and on each side there are people trying to push it down, their effort would become effortless because as someone is trying to push it on one side, there is someone else in the other side trying to stop you. Therefore, i would say that we need to come together and have an agreement in order to sort things out so that we all could move in the same direction to achieve and do what is best for all.

So that's practically what i think of the 4 man thinggy architecture.

Nuff said :). and now we march forward.

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BLOODY SCUM REFEREE , bring your dog lines men back with you and for your own image please do not ref another game again. Totally rubbish.

Benifica vs Liverpool fc.

FOR HEAVEN SAKE WIN PLEASE.

During the days.

Somehow i am just on my bed, thinking about the days when i could just text a bunch or friends, meet up in 5 minutes at a "mamak" stall, order some "Nasi Goreng Kampung" which is totally awesome and milo ais or teh o ais, sit back and just have stupid conversations all day. After all that, "Takei"! "Takei" i think its in cantonese for gaming. Back home, internet connection is not as good compared to here. Therefore, there are cyber cafe's which is practically a shop filled with computers which contain hell lot of computer games. And after hanging out in "Mamak" stall, we would head to cyber cafes and challenge other people. Yeah, those were the days, well i am still looking forward to all of it when i head home for the next summer break. But now i just gotta stop thinking of it because it would well, make me miss it more.

Now that i am here, i have the chance to reflect well practically moments and things i have done throughout my life. Hah! well those things i could remember though. If i would say, it is not all the big moments that you achieve in life, or getting the best for this and that or whatever. It is the little moments, events, things you do that actually make you life. People you that have met throughout the years, those that became your best friends, normal friends, or even your enemies that make who you are now. I am blessed to have known each and everyone, ok well maybe not everyone back there, lol, but most of them. The good times, the bad times, the crazy things that i have done, like really really crazy stuff. I can't really mention in here because i would be totally embarrassed.

Well i guess people seem to miss out on just little things in life that would actually make you happy. If you could just recall them again, and just a thought of it will make up your day. Maybe its because you're too busy and stuff like that. but when you are in the mood, take some of your time to just think about it.

I'm not sure why i am writing all these,maybe the moment just got me. And also the EMO songs contribute too i guess. Oh well, i'm here right now and ready to have another awesome journey in my life. I hope i still get to do crazy though. I always wanted to try bungee jumping, but again i scared i'll die. -_______-. but if i had the chance i guess i would. It would be so great just to scream as loud as possible. oh i hope my time here would be awesome, i do not mind life giving me and extremely hard obstacle, but after i kick that ass, please give me a moment of awesomeness then give me another stupid obstacle. and i'll try to kick it again to get that little moment of awesomeness. I guess there is no such thing as an easy life. Every life has to have hard time so to speak, to balance the equilibrium or something. quite retarded. thats the only reason i can think of. oh well, hope all of you would achieve what you all ought to achieve. And hey, if you have no idea what you want to do, like me :), just let life take your on a roller coaster ride. It will be scary at first, but it will turn out fine in the end. if everything is not alright, it is not the end :). i think . . . .

Off to watch family guy now, Cmon stewie entertain me.