Unspeakable act of vengeance

Farquharson's resentment and anger toward his ex-wife, Cindy Gambino drove him to murder his three sons by driving them into a dam on Father's Day.

While on an access visit with the boys, he drove his car off the Princes Highway near Winchelsea in the state's southwest and into the deep, dark dam. He swam to shore, leaving the boys to drown in the car.

In 2007, Farquharson was sentenced to life with no-parole, but won a retrial last year. Today, he was jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 33 years in prison before being eligible for parole.

Comment:

I feel really upset about this. As a father, how dare is him to send his children to a death agony?! The kids must have met terrifying deaths. He is their father. Those kids must have put their utmost respect to their beloved father, and yet he is the one who take their lives away in such a cruel way. I sympathize the children.



Although there is no more love between a couple or parent, they should not behave in such a heartless manner to their children. Children deserve the right to live happily. Parents should not burden their children with unfortunate. Let them enjoy a happy childhood.

Happy time ^.^

Little cutie...

Aussie news

A mother neglected her three children and let her dogs starve to death because she was so obsessed with a computer game.

She played the Small World game non-stop on the internet while her children were badly neglected for six months. According to the report, the mother had become hooked on the computer game after an invitation to play from a friend on Facebook. She started playing initially for an hour a day in late 2009 but since August of that year it had become an obsession to the point where she was only getting two hours' sleep a night. It was revealed that her home became filthy, with rubbish strewn over the floor, and the bodies of her two dogs were left for two months in the dining room. The horror only came to an end when a neighbour peered through the letterbox and alerted the authorities.

Investigation has been done, and it is found that the woman had been a devoted and competent mother until tragedy struck some years ago with the death of her husband from a heart attack. She retreated into this virtual world and shut herself off from the outside world.

The mother was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, suspended for two years and ordered to do 75 hours of unpaid work. She was banned from keeping animals and using computers. Also, she admitted three charges of child cruelty and two of animal neglect.

Aussie news

Theories that men's and women's brains are wired differently are a 'myth', say experts

Fellow researchers have come out with their scientific findings, supporting the old prejudice that women are not men’s intellectual equals. This is followed by the publishing of books, saying that there are structural differences between men’s and women’s brain. The arguments are as follow.

1. Female brains are better at empathizing while men’s are wired for analyzing the physical world.

2. Women spend most of their lives on a psychological “roller coaster” controlled mainly by fluctuating hormone levels.

3. In Victorian times scientists suggested women thought with a different part of their brain from men. In the 1950s they came up with the idea that women's 'inferior' thinking was controlled by their hormones.

4. Female brain's propensity for understanding others' feelings makes women more suited to caring occupations.

5. Women spend most of their lives in thrall to hormones generated by their monthly cycles, the birth of children and other factors. It is claimed that only when the children leave home are the mommy brain circuits finally free.

6. Women benefited from housework because it boosted their hormone levels.

7. On average men prefer to deal with things, whereas females like to deal with people.

A leading neuroscientist, Professor Gina Rippon has dismissed the “myth” that women’s brains are wired differently from men’s. He sees all such ideas as “patronising nonsense”. According to his point of view, there may be some very small differences between the genders but the similarities are far greater. Throughout history, biological explanations have been used as weapons to explain and maintain social differences. But there is no real evidence that men and women have different brain structures. This is further supported by Dr. Cordelia Fine. She asserted that those old-fashioned findings have produced “a masterpiece of condescension”. Their concern would be on the fear that neuroscience will be used to justify changes in education policy. Such pressures are already developing. In 2008 Vicky Tuck, the headmistress of Cheltenham ladies' college, mentioned that single-sex schools should make a comeback as boys' brains worked differently from girls'.

Teenager drink-driving escaped from sentence

As a P-platter, a drunken teenage girl, Tate of 19 years old was observed speeding at 180km/h yesterday. An empty 750ml vodka bottle was found near the front seat of the respective car. Tate pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and high-range drink-driving. She was given a 12-months suspended jail sentence. Her license was suspended for two years. She was ordered to pay $76 court costs but escaped a fine. This is mainly because she is young, pregnant and depressed. It is claimed that the girl was diagnosed with depression after the deaths of her father and boyfriend. Taking into consideration her age, it was her first offence and she is now nine weeks pregnant. However, this outcome has been vehemently debated by many people. They said that the reckless driver should be sentenced to jail as it will encourage other young drivers to think that they can get away from punishment. Doubt arises about the justice system in Australia.

In my opinion, this teenage girl should be penalized. Pregnancy and depression should not be the reason to pull back the punishment. As a mother, she should have the responsibility to care for her child and herself. As she was diagnosed with depression after the deaths of her father and boyfriend, she knows exactly what it feels like to lose someone she love yet she goes and does such a stupid and mindless act that could caused the same trauma to another family.

Sleepy

My eye is signaling me to go to bed earlier tonight. Just a few more pages to flip through and a few more notes to study, I will have my time to rest. Tomorrow, there is a morning class at 8am. It makes me to think about the test paper I did last Friday. Scare...

My goal tonight ===>>> read some and enjoy ^.^

A heavy weekend

This weekend is fulled of workloads. Everyday, I am working on the massive homework, hoping that the day of release would come faster. For this moment, I am tired. Looking around, everyone is actually doing the same thing. So, I should not blaming, but keep on my effort.

Two tests are coming in the following week. Some of my classmates will be having their tutorial on next week as well. Good luck to them.

What I am looking for is the week after next. We are going to Melacca during that weekend for two days and one night. Thanks to my friends that are putting their efforts in organizing this trip. Doing research is time consuming. Thanking you in advance.

Girl thrown to death in 'train rage' incident in India

There have been several incidents in India over the past year in which passengers have been pushed out of moving trains. This was basically caused by the fights over sitting space, and it is very common in the unreserved compartments of Indian trains, which are often overcrowded, hot and unsanitary.

A tragedy happened to two years old girl. She was thrown to her death from a moving train after an argument between passengers in India regarding the fight over limited sitting place. The little girl’s parents resisted four men’s attempts to share a berth, and this unfortunately caused one of them to throw the girl out of the moving train. The train made an emergency stop and the parents rushed back down the tracks to recover the child. The men slipped away in the crowd.

Sadly, it is found that no passenger was willing to lend a helping hand during the violence. The parents were too weak to fight against the strong men.

Comment:

Miss Dilani told us that current hot topics include accident, global warming and sexual issues. So, I try to investigate the news related to these few topics. I am lucky today to find one article related to train accidents over in India. However, it is originated from people's rude behaviour.

Personally, I think that India’s public infrastructure is in great need for improvement. Sitting place should be expanded to fulfill the demands of huge population. In other words, the responsible parties should allocate more resources to extend the number of train as well as upgrade the security system in transportation industry. At the same time, public should be educated not to use violence to meet their own demands. Tolerance and the value of being considerate should be inculcated in the public. Moral education at home plays an important role in establishing a respectable society.

Random update

I just grab some time in between of works to write something on this post. I am listening to musics, and it calms me a lot. Anyway, it does not mean that I am moody. ^.^ Well, I don't know what to write actually.

Today, I listened to my classmates mock tutorial. I understood that we need more discussion rather than merely presentation. In my last mock tutorial, I have been pointed as the host of the discussion. It was something new to me as I seldom perform as a leader in a group due to my introvert personality. =( However, this kind of practice give me more idea on how to improve the overall presentation and handle the flow and time management of the presentation. I am not too sure about the actual tutorial because my lecturer did not pass us the confirmed date. Hope that I can do better in next round. v.v

Not much thing today. Mr. Wong gave us a sudden quiz today. I can handle the questions, not too bad. Luckily I did revision from time to time. I got back my English test 1 paper as well. There was a little disappointment, but it was still okay with me. Not much issue over there.

Regarding the applicaton of university, I have some problems with the credit card. My parents do not own any credit card. My father said he will try to ask from his friends. It looked like there are complicated procedures to follow. Currently, I need to survey for my back-up courses, and fill in the forms.

Alright, good luck to everyone today. Have a nice day. @.@

Men twice as likely as women to be caught cheating

When it comes to having an affair, men apparently are strictly amateurs compared with women. According to research done, men are twice as likely to get caught because they're so hopeless at covering their tracks. Women, however, are far more skilled in the art of hiding their affairs, particularly when it comes to handling technology such as emails, texts and social networking sites. Survey revealed that 40 per cent of women who have affairs used an "alibi friend" to help them spend more time with a lover. Women are more psychologically sophisticated while men are more impulsive. They choose to keep details of their trysts a secret, for fear of being caught. Sara Hartley, of IllicitEncounters.com, said men often left their mobile phones lying around, giving their partners a chance to check up on them. She claimed that women are more careful to log out of email accounts and Facebook and keep separate email addresses and SIM cards, specifically for their lovers' use.

Comment:

Well, it looks like women play the game better than men in handling their external affairs. However, it did not mean that men were not doing well in this area. In fact, there were men who done greatly.
I am concerned that is it important to know this piece of information? In my opinion, we should not cheat in a relationship. What happened to the good old fashion “TRUST”? A relationship enables two persons of different personality, background and belief. Indeed, there are many things that worth to be learnt in a relationship such as toleration, appreciation, integrity and so forth. LOVE is not for cheating. It is essential to every one of us.

Mum thrown off bus for breastfeeding

A breastfeeding mother was forced to walk more than kilometre home with her six-week-old baby after a driver allegedly told her to get off the bus. She was not allowed to feed her baby on the bus, after a passenger complaint about her "indecent exposure". According to her claim, she done it as usual by lifting her jumper and pulling T-shirt down, followed by putting a blanket over the baby head so that nobody could see anything. She complained to the particular bus firm after the incident, but a female operator told her that she should not breastfeeding her baby on the bus. The spokesman responded by saying that they fully support mothers who wish to breastfeed their babies. They are in the process of investigating the matter. However, the bus operator said the review of CCTV footage could find no evidence of the incident and he accused the mother of making the story up.

Comment:

In my opinion, breastfeeding should be encouraged. If this particular case were to be found consistent with the mother’s claim, the bus firm should be penalized for not respecting woman’s right. The practice of breastfeeding is slowly eliminated in the society as many modern mothers are not willing to carry out this job to their babies due to a number of reasons. This issue should be highlighted to the public, so that it raises the concern of everyone. However, if this lady were to be found guilty, she should be penalized as well because she should not make an advantage of the right emotionally.

Aussie news for today

Robert Whatley, 70 years old, who had recently suffered a stroke, was shocked by two police officers’ brutality on his way back home. After stopping him for not wearing a seat belt, the policemen act aggressively by smashing on Mr. Whatley’s windscreen and dragging him out of his car. Mr. Whatley claimed that the police went completely over the top and act as he had robbed a bank. According to the traffic police, the reason behind the rude behavior was that Mr. Whatley tried to drive off while they were issuing him with a fine. With reference to this matter, Mr. Whatley defended himself by saying that he drove off because he was feeling vulnerable and was worried he was going to have another stroke. He thought the sirens and flashing lights were escorting him home rather than warning him to stop. The magistrate’s court fined Mr. Whatley guilty $408 for not wearing a seat belt, failing to stop for a police officer and failing to stop after an accident. Gwent Police said that the two officers had been suspended and that the incident was being investigated.

Robert Whatley's terrifying arrest was caught on video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhmOHjNdMxM&feature=player_embedded) and the footage shows one officer jumping on the car bonnet and kicking the windscreen and the other hitting the glass with his baton 15 times until it smashed.

Comment:

In my opinion, both parties were responsible to this incident. Traffic police should not behave in an aggressive manner towards a driver. Emotion should have been better controlled. While for the careless driving, he should be penalized for trying to escape from the police arrest. As what he claimed for the escape, I think it did not sound reasonable. If the traffic police are really on job to escort him home, why did the police try to stop him? Perhaps he was trying to excuse himself from the penalty.

What do you think?

What I feel about today.

Hoping that today will be a wonderful day, it turns out to be a demotivating day.

I get back my Math's paper. I failed. I scored so badly. Never, since I was in primary school, I never fail in any test! I feel so depressed today.

It is enough.

For these two weeks, I feel depressed two times. I was trying really hard to control myself not to cry out. Anytime I think back of the sad story, I will soon feel wetness around my eyes. It is such a hard task to let myself calm down, to let myself not to thik too much, not to let myself feel so unhappy.

In the previous post, I mentioned that I am targeting on happiness in my life. Seriously, no joke. Happiness is the most important thing in life, based on what I think. But, I do not manage to do it today. I know it is not easy to achieve.

I am wondering, how come I can fail in my test this time? Is it I did not put sufficient effort? Or I did not try my best? I am not serious towards this test???
Iis that the case?

I don't know.

Well, I am sure that I was already put my highest effort and try my best to tackle every question given in the paper. At that time, I was so confused by the question. There were altogether 4 questions, and sadly, (I thought) I managed to answer at least question no. 4. The remaining questions almost drive me out of the paper. Although I have idea on how to solve it after a couple times of repeating logical thinking, I still get 0 for two of the question. Why? And even the last question that I was quite confident about, lose a couple marks, not because I was careless, but because I thought the formulas should be like that. I have the wrong piece of information in my head, and that's why i did mistakes.

My concept is wrong, probably I do not understand this chapter. Previously, I thought I understand those concepts.

After a few rounds of analyzing my mistakes, I found out that I do not understand this chapter that I supposed to.

It has been a hard time for me in class this morning. I can't even face my lecturer in class. It is the feeling that I did not putting right effort and approach to study what she taught. Shame!

I cannot continue anymore. I will stop now.

Learn to appease

I saw my friend's blog. I am happy to read his post, saying that he feel happy and satisfied easily. It is a good news.

I am trying to do that. Sometimes, a very little thing can make us happy. Happiness can be achieved easily if there is no expectation. A simple thing, surprisingly, can bring happiness.

This is what I intend to achieve in life, happiness.

Today, my mood is not really good. A little case makes me unhappy. I don't know why. It is just a natural response from me mentally. I try to find the way to calm myself down, and try not to think too much. But, I failed. I keep on doing the stupid thing! I should not treat myself like that.

Now, thing has become better. I hope that everything is going to be wonderful tomorrow. Let me have a tight tight sleep and enjoy my dreaming time. Oops, hope that I am not screaming tonight because of the unhappiness. >.<

Goodnight.

A small start yields a big payday

Bob Cameron grew up in the western Sydney. He went to the Hunter Valley to run a coalmining company, Coal & Allied after finishing a mining engineering degree. In 1989, he paid $2 million to his employer for a Gunnedah mine and started Preston Coal. He ran the mining company from the back veranda of his house in Maitland. Two decades later, the business, known as Centennial Coal, is about to be taken over by Thai miner, Banpu in a transaction that values it at $2.45 billion.

Banpu owns a very reputable coalmining company and has a nearly similar culture to Coal $ Allied collieries. Shareholders were responding positively towards this plan as it helps to enhance their share values. Besides, Cameron pointed out that the employees are safe in their current positions in this take-over process. Despite prices of domestic and export coal being at parity, Cameron's strategy was to grow exports and reduce dependence on domestic supply as domestic sales contribute less to earnings. Cameron says that over the 21 years he built up Centennial, it's not just the growth of the now Sydney-based company that he is proud of, the emphasis is put on safety, environmental standards, community relations in the operation areas and strict corporate governance. With the Banpu bid not 100 per cent certain, Cameron says he has not allowed himself to think of what comes next, but focused on running the business day-by-day.

Comment:

Here is an example of a great man performing successfully in his life. We should take him as a role model to accomplish our own-set target. With great determination and desire, nothing is impossible. So, believe in ourselves, and strive hard for the coming challenges. Nothing can beat us down. Appreciate and learn from what we are having, what we have gone through and what we are given. =)

More babies, less migrants

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott would like to see improvement on birth rate in Australia together with the drop in annual immigration intake to 170,000 places, compared to a peak of 300,000 two years ago. The Coalition wanted to make immigration more sustainable. On the other hand, the birth rate in the country is still significantly below replacement level. However, most of the labor forces oppose this policy. They claimed that immigration intake was already on the way down and would soon be less than the Coalition's target of 170,000. The latest data showed Australia's net overseas migration was on track to drop to between 230,000 and 250,000 people by the end of the 2009-10 financial years. Student visa numbers had dropped from 320,000 in 2008-09 to about 270,000 in 2009-2010. The Government had cut the immigration intake last year because of the economic slowdown, and also tightened eligibility for some visas. Treasury forecasts predict Australia will have 36 million people by 2050 if current migration patterns continue. As a result, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rejected the forecast as a Government target, opting instead for what she calls a sustainable population.

July's time

July indicates the start of my third semester. This month is going to end soon. Time passes fast. I done two presentations last week, and I hope that there will be no presentation pointed to me in this coming week. Haha... I still get nervous and uneasy when I stood in front of the class and gave speech. My heart beat damn fast at that moment. However, I was glad that my classmates told me that I presented quite well, for English one. ^.^



Hope that the coming days will be alright. Good luck to all my friends.

Falling fertility fuels demand

The declining fertility in Western and Asian countries put overseas student recruitment atop the productivity agenda due to the increasing demand on skilled workers and students to meet urgent workforce demand. According to migration expert Hawthorne, as Australia squeezed the independent skilled migration class used by overseas students, declining fertility was fuelling international competition for skilled migrants. The University of Melbourne's associate dean claims that OECD [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] countries are at risk of contracting by a third, with severe productivity implications. She said most OECD countries had fertility rates below replacement level. Countries with traditionally high birth rates, such as Mexico, were contracting, while others are falling to a dangerous level. This fertility revolution was being replicated across Asia, where overall population growth was in rapid decline. As a result, many countries are found to expand their export education and introduce new or revised migration policies.

Sincerity

I knew that I am over-stressed this week. I am said to be shouting more fequently at midnight during my sleep, and it happens almost everday in this week. Well, this is my bad habit that is out of my control, to shout and behave angrily and aggressively on bed when I fall asleep. I pick up this habit since I was small. I cannot control myself for not being like that because I don't really have any memory about that, meaning I do not know I behave like that unless others tell me. Of course, others ask me why is it happen that way. My answer would be "I don't know". Seriously, I cannot control it, and I wonder why is it happen to me. Maybe I am too stressful, causing me to release tension at night during my sleep. I have to say sorry to anyone of you who being badly disturbed by me during your sleep. Really sorry for that. My mom have actually told me to inform my friends so that they get alerted. I admit I can behave so aggressively until I may just wake up and punch other in case I am in extreme angry mood. Sorry again.... I do hurt my younger sister before, and I made her cry. I felt so sorry for her... I am being told to inform my roommate, if I behave like that at midnight, please call my name, and I will stop. No joke! It really works! Trust me. My mom used to practice it. It is one way to make me stop. I don't know about the other ways, but this is an applicable method. Sorry for all the disturbance and inconvenience.

Reduce number of overseas students in Australia for better security

It is suggested that the number and type of overseas students going to Australia to be reduced in order to curb the increasing violent attacks on overseas students. The restrictions and curfews are particularly applied due to high crime rates of the incidents. One of the evidences would be charging a 15-year-old by Victorian police with the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg, and a 16-year-old as an accessory. According to this measure, students will be selected on an educational basis. The Australian National University's National Institute of Public Policy claimed that they need better selection, better educational offerings and a better duty of care. However, the options to reduce the attacks are condemned as "offensive" by Australian Council of Private Education and Training chief Andrew Smith. According to his opinion, imposing curfews in a liberal democracy to some people would be offensive. In addition, Monash overseas student security expert Chris Nyland points out that reducing overseas student numbers would have been a good idea if it had bought time to build up the housing and policing infrastructure necessary to reduce attacks. Such a build-up had so far prevented crime against students becoming a crisis in Britain and Western Europe. As a result from this prevention method, the flow of students who are not primarily interested in a quality education would be diminished.

Legal settlement over child's scream that 'ruined' a US tourist's dream holiday to Australia

An American tourist Jean Barnard in January last year experienced a nightmare when she boarded a Qantas plane. A three-year-old boy allegedly leant back over his armrest toward Ms Barnard and let out a severe scream that blood erupted from her ears. She suffered severe and permanent injuries, including sudden sensio-neural hearing loss, from the child's scream. Ms Barnard’s eardrum was exploded, and she became deaf after the incident. In addition, she claimed that she was not able to work since the incident. However, Qantas's US legal team vigorously fought the case, claiming there was evidence Ms Barnard had a hearing problem before she left the US for Australia. In her response, she admitted wearing hearing aids before the case and submitting a volatile email.

Aussie news-Health campaigns "stigmatise" obese

Research found that public health campaigns warning of the dangers of obesity did not help them to lose weight. Apparently, the Cancer Council linked increased waist size with a greater cancer risk was particularly disliked while positive campaigns which encouraged physical activity and healthy eating, were better received. According to a health sociologist Dr Samantha Thomas, most of the campaigns often reinforced the public perception that all overweight people were unhealthy. They are often considered as a burden on health system, which isn't always the case. Director of the Cancer Prevention Centre defended that they have an obligation to raise awareness of the strong link between cancer and obesity. After all, diet industry is the party gaining benefits from the implementation of the campaigns.

Aussie news-Man jailed over 'reign of sexual terror' on students

A homeless Sydney man, Brendan Dennison who subjected four international students to a "reign of sexual terror" in a Sydney apartment has been sentenced to 28 years in jail. He repeatedly raped an 18-year-old Chinese student and her Korean boyfriend before she fell to her death trying to escape. The male victim also fell from the balcony while attempting to help his girlfriend. Dennison's sentencing in the Supreme Court heard he was on a drug binge and had no memory of the sickening attack. He had been using drugs consistently since the age of 17 or 18. He was remorseful for his actions and was getting treatment for his addiction in jail. It is found that he comes from unfavorable family background, making him to resort himself to alcoholism and drugs. He was sexually abused as a child by relatives within the Aboriginal community in which he lived and was affected by witnessing the death of his father who died from a heart attack when Dennison was aged seven. In addition, he was being abandoned by his mother at an early age. After the incident, he apologised to the families and friends of his victims.

Let's have photo time!

This is the photo of my classmate. We managed to take one of it after the final. Cheers!



This is Miss Chin. She looked so nice and friendly right? She is leaving by the end of this month, back to her hometown, Penang. We will miss you, Miss Chin!



I will never forget this moment...



Nice huh?! haha....

Oops, look like I have to rush. bye^^

I am back^^

Hey guys, I am back to Inti! For these few days, I traveled to Langkawi, Kedah and Penang. It was a tired, but enjoyful and happy trip. There are too many things that I wanna share here. But, I do not have the mood now. Maybe I will put it in my blog bit by bit at a later time. We took lots of photos, especially in Langkawi. The days that I spent there were awesome and full of fun! Woohoo! It was so nice^^

So, in short, I was having fun in this trip. Of course, I experienced some difficulties there. First, we bought some alcoholic drinks, called Kampai, and I did tasted some. Next, the nightmare came. I felt hot at first, and I couldn't sleep well for the whole night. It was so horrible! Then, I started to have unpleasant feeling on my skin. My skin was sensitive towards alcohol. My legs, hands, neck, and even my body swelled up. It is still with me now, but there is no more scratchy skin. My body got a little bit swell up plus some reddish skin. I have actually bought some medicines. Hopefully everything gets well soon....

In Langkawi, I went snorkeling. This was my very first experience. Although it could be quite difficult for me as I could not make myself stand up in the water, but generally, I managed to enjoy the fun. The water was so salty, and of course I drank a lot. Hahaha...It made my throat and lips pain. Besides, we went to Underwater World, Balck Sand Beach, Mangrove tour, Bat Cave, Crocodile Farm, Mouth of the River, Fish Farm, Eagle Square and so on. I could not remember all of the places as we managed to travel around so many places.

In Kedah, the view was so pleasant. I liked it pretty much. There were so many paddy field and they were so greenery. It gave me a feeling of peace and warm. We have our steamboat night at one of our friends' house there. Then, we slept at Mayuree's house. I couldn't actually sleep well in Langkawi, but everything ran smoothly in Kedah. Because I fall deeply into my dream, I kicked my friend sleeping besides me. And I shouted too....really sorry, I did not mean it >.<

We met durian season, so Joanne's dad offered us lots of durian. Sadly, I did not have the chance to taste anyone because of my sensitive skin....Isk! Luckily, there were a number of coconut trees besides Joanne's house. Her father was so strong and tough. He opened the fresh coconuts for us. Hmn....It was so refreshing. Because I did not taste the durian, I tried my best to enjoy as many coconuts as I could. haha....I have actually enjoyed roughly about two coconuts. Yay ^.^

Mayuree and Joanne's parents brought us to taste many nice food. We kept on eating until we were so so full. I found a weight machine at my friend's house. Unfortunately, I gained 2 kilograms! After Kedah, we went to Penang. There were too many tasty and delicious food there. Again, I kept on eating. I have no idea on how heavy I am now, haha^^

I do not have the photos with me now. I should upload it later to blog. Or else, you guys can visit facebook.

I am waiting for my brother to pick me up. He said I will have to wait until 5 o'clock when his presentation preparation for today is done. No choice, but I have to wait. I guess I am the last SAM student leaving Inti's hostel, Block Aristotle. Nevermine, nothing to feel sad about. I can actually stay longer in my room, having my own time. Not bad huh! =.=

Also, I bought some chocolates from Langkawi. It was duty free, so I bought a number of it, haha... Not forget to bought some biscuits from Penang, including Tan Bun Pia and so on.

Alright, I feel tired now. Let me have some rest. See you later^^

The first holiday night

I have no idea on what to put for this blog title. I am hungry. >.<

First of all, I want to talk out loud that I have finally come to the end of final exam this semester! It ended this morning by 11.40 am. To say truthfully, this was the first exam that I put my highest effort in it. Almost everyday before exam you could find me studying and struggling hard at library. I have to admit that it was really tiring and stressing! I have tried my best to score well in every single paper, but unexpectedly, I found that the easier the paper expected to scored well, the harder the paper turned out at last. For example, in Mathematics studies paper itself, I wondered why there was question on differential equation. Wasn't it should be included under Specialist Mathematics Studies??? Well, the question was quite hard, so I did not manage to answer that part. Luckily, I managed to do the rest of the paper satisfactory. This is something that motivates me^^. I have tried my best and everything I did were worth! yay!

Actually, I realized that in every single paper itself, there must be a small part where the trick was purposely done to trap us. Accounting Studies was a good example. But surprisingly, Economics paper that I thought to be the hardest, turned out to be pretty easy as compared to others. I spent the most of my time to study Econ, and maybe that's why I found it easier =)I have sufficient time to complete the whole paper and to check back for mistake. It showed a good sign, isn't it? Thumbs up for me, hahahahaha........

Okay, let's go back to the topic. Take note on the title of my post today.

Wait, let me grab some food to redress my hunger first. haha....damn hungry leh....

Eating plus listening to musics... nice! ^.^

Now guys, guess what is the time now? It is 3.31am! I could not sleep well, so I get myself wake up to do other things else because it is suffering laying on the bed without doing something to occupy myself. I kept on questioning myself, why I could not sleep? I should feel tired after the long long day. After finishing my last paper in this morning, I went to Sungei Wang Plaza to relax myself. Hmn....Why I didn't feel sleepy huh? By tomorrow evening, I will fly to Langkawi with my dear friends! Woohoo! It is so exciting...Maybe because of that, I could not sleep...haha
But nevermine lah, this provides me an opportunity to update my blog^^

The trip tomorrow is of 5 days and 4 nights. There will be two nights at Langkawi, one night on my roommate, Mayuree's home, and one more night at Penang! Yeah! This will be the first time for me to travel such a long distance to the northern Malaysia with my Inti friends. Also, I will be able to experience taking flight...haha. Wow, it seem to be many first time in this trip. Hmn...it is damnly worth! Can't wait for it....

Oh yeah, one thing to share with you all.

I would like to acknowledge my lovely Spe Maths lecturer, Dr. NG. She taught us in this semester only. She will no longer continue teaching at Inti. She treated us with lots of patience and love, and the whole class itself, at least me, hope that she will stay with us until the end of this year. Her teaching style is really impressive. I love it very much. Well, we have actually created a card to her. The card was fulled of words from us. Not forget to make the card looked more interesting, we have actually taken a photo of class Spe Maths students, and that card is to be presented to her. I do not have the soft copy with me now. If it is possible, I will show it to you all later. That photo looked so nice and warm. We planned to give her a surprise visit tomorrow morning. We bought a cake for her. Together with the card and photo, we are going to make it tomorrow. @.@

The time now shows 4 am. I do not feel sleepy yet. >.<

From facebook, I got an idea to continue my drama now. Previously, I stopped watching drama because of examinations. Now, the burden has already passed, so I can continue enjoy my lovely drama.

I will be having a two weeks holiday start from next week. It is pretty sufficient and long enough for me to relax myself. The days at Inti was sometimes hard as there were lots of burden on my shoulder. Without choice, I have to react positively to the challenges by making the highest possible effort. I am glad that I have done it. So, it is the time to have fun now~ drama drama.....

Okaylah, I want to watch my drama already. It is a Hong Kong movie =)Goodbye, see you next round^^

Aussie news

Couple pleads guilty to sex with 9 years old son

A Sydney couple have pleaded guilty to having sex with their nine-year-old son and putting footage of it online.

A court has heard the child, now 10, was repeatedly abused by his parents in their Peakhurst home in south Sydney last year.

His 48-year-old mother has pleaded guilty to sexual intercourse with a person under 10 and charges of committing an act of indecency.

In Central Local Court five other charges against her - including concealing a serious offence - were dropped.

The child's 56-year-old father has also pleaded guilty to charges that include having sex with a child under 10 and posting video footage online.

The couple will remain in custody until they are sentenced in the District Court.

They are banned from contacting the child.

Smiley =)

Smile when you have nothing to do. Smile makes you feel better. That's what I believe, but sadly, I did not practice that. I am emotional, and even a very little thing will make me unhappy. This has direct effect to others too. So, I don't want this. I need to do better. Maybe I should stop and look around, try to let myself relax and calm down before I continue my works. My feelings and mood everyday are so random, until I don't know how to get along with myself. Exam is already around the corner. I should have put all my attention on revision, but I have not even started yet! Well, what is happening to you, my dear fei wen?

Everything do not run smoothly today. Early in the morning, not very sure is it in the morning, I put my file on top of the mountain of my books on my table, and it just happen to fell down. I was shocked and frustrated! Okay, the same kind of situation did not happen only once, but it kept on happening when I went back to my room after class. The whole thing fall again, and I was really really disturb at that time. haiz..............

Some more, I got a headache when I was doing Specialist Maths' directed investigation this afternoon. I do not have the idea to do that particular part of the question. I was forcing myself to finish the work. At that time, I felt like I need to go upstairs to have a nap or to take a rest so that the motivation could come easily to me after the rest. But, everyone is doing their works. I would probably feel guilty to stop myself from continue working. I should not compare myself to the others and I should not put so many pressure on myself because that would make my life hard. Ya, I know that but what to do? How could I change this kind of thinking? Maybe I will get along with it better as time goes on...

Recently I have been so down and emotional. I should cheer myself up then. Let's get out from it! haha.... =)

Let's smile, my friend. ^.^ Laughing will probably better, haha.....

Well, that's all. See you guys next round. Bye~

23th May 2010

Well, it is weekend's time again. My exam is around the corner, and I should work harder this time. I should not play too much. To all classmates and cousemates, I would like to wish you all the best. Add oil ya and I believe everyone can hit their targets if there are efforts in the process. There is nothing impossible. Success can only be achieved through hardship and strong will power. There is nothing called LUCK! All in all, gambateh my friends! Let's work together and fly over to Australia. ^.^

Television-Argumentative Essay Final Draft

In the present age of technology, television has been widely used as the most common telecommunication tool between an individual and the rest of the world. “It is estimated that more than ninety per cent of households in developed countries have at least one television set.” (Sharif 1999, p.34) According to American Time Use Survey (2003), it is found that population nowadays are spending a huge portion of time watching television programmes rather than other leisure and sports activities. As a result, there are concerns arrived from many parties such as the psychologists and parents to urge the responsible authority to take this issue seriously so that prompt actions can be taken to solve the problems. Some mention that extensive television viewing will contribute to various harmful consequences, but I strongly believe that television viewing has the capacity to invite benefits to the viewers such as improvement on global knowledge, introduction of additional dimension to learning and entertainment.

First and foremost, television programmes help to improve people’s global knowledge better than other academic tools like books and journals. Assessment to the latest current events of local and world significance can be made quickly and easily with television news programmes available nowadays. In most of the time, this knowledge can inspire the public to become involved and to exert pressure on councils, major companies, and even national government, so that a better standard of living is achieved. Indirectly, television plays a key role in the process of democracy establishment as responses from the television audience are usually taken into consideration in decision-making process of government policies (Rutherford 2002). Furthermore, children who watch television programmes can actually get to know more about their cultural identities and the contribution of other cultures. Subsequently, this will lead to further development of knowledge and attitude in children. At the same time, these children tend to develop a larger vocabulary through a series of educational television programmes (Leigh 2001).

On the other hand, it cannot be denied that television programmes do provide an additional dimension to learning. In schools, television is commonly used as a teaching aid because students are more likely to understand and retain information they have seen and heard rather than merely read. Besides, television is an exciting and engaging medium that encourages critical thinking about important issues on a wide range of human problems ranging from globalization to homelessness (Leigh 2001). As we are informed, critical thinking can have a major impact on the process of learning as it is a necessary skill in both social settings and at schools (Sharif 1999).

In addition, television can lead to an increase in entertainment and enjoyment in young people’s life on a moderate basis. Young people nowadays are overstressed and frustrated easily as a result of increasing demands and expectations placed on them. By engrossing in a programme, they can have the opportunity to relax their minds and refresh themselves. For those who are interesting in exploring new information around the world, television programmes can definitely give them a wealth of information, allowing them to experience the culture and beauty of other parts of the world, capture the excitement and wonder of the animal kingdom, and work through the most complicated steps of a scientific equation in an entertaining and enjoyable manner (Rutherford 2002).

As a conclusion, watching television programmes does benefit the viewers in terms of improving global knowledge, providing an additional dimension to learning and allowing more entertainment to people. Although many parties argue that the invention of television brings more harm than good, I strongly believe that television viewing can encourage many advantages to the population especially to students as long as it is not abused by users. We should not put the blame on the invention of television regarding the negative effects arisen from television viewing, but we have to appreciate the development of technology. If we could make use of the television in wise and appropriate manner, I am sure that this technology can certainly help us to open up our minds and even make a difference along the pathway in our lives.

Mood

My mood is pretty okay today, still a little bit fluctuating, but it is just okay after all. I am easily influenced by others, through words, expression, behaviour and so on. Although I want to be more strong and tough so that I can find myself easier and not to be so easily influenced by others, I have not come to that stage yet. I am still circling around the same place. I need to proceed. Ya... I need to go to search for what I want.

I hate today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate today! I just hate today! Too many reasons.... I don't know why.... I am not motivated today...many things make me feel tired and bad. Haiz.......

I turned into a pessimistic person today. I evolved into another person that was unhappy and emotional. Today, I was totally different from the past. Like what my roommate said to me just now, I talked in the way that was very different from what I used to before. Weird thinking.... I think negatively in many matters today, maybe I experienced too many unlucky and bad things today. Even though I want to cheer up myself with different approaches, I failed to do that. I end up making myself even more down and unhappy! Too bad.....

Stress. I am loaded with too much stress, I guess. But I hate myself for being so weak. It was only a little matter, but I often take every matter seriously, and this add on to my burden. This made me unhappy. No satisfaction today that I could found. I tried to, I really tried, but it did not come up to my mind. Again, I am weird.

Can someone cheer me up? Argh............help me!

huh~

I think I better go to sleep now. Bye.

Being so emotional is not my way. I should stop it. Okay, I try to.

Good night.

Television-Argumentative Essay #2

In this day and age of technology, television has been widely used as the most common telecommunication tool between an individual and the rest of the world. “It is estimated that more than ninety per cent of households in developed countries have at least one television set.” (Sharif 1999, p.34) According to American Time Use Survey (2003), it is found that population nowadays were spending a huge portion of time watching television programmes rather than other leisure and sports activities. As a result, there were concerns arrived from many parties such as the psychologists and parents to urge the responsible authority to take this issue seriously so that prompt actions can be taken to solve the problems. Some mention that extensive television viewing will contribute to various harmful consequences, but I strongly believe that television viewing has the capacity to invite benefits to the viewers such as improvement on global knowledge, introduction of additional
dimension to learning and entertainment mean.

First and foremost, television programmes help to improve people’s global knowledge better than other academic tools like books and journals. Assessment to the latest current events of local and world significance can be made quickly and easily with television news programmes available nowadays. In most of the time, this knowledge can inspire the public to become involved and to exert pressure on councils, major companies, and even national government, so that a better standard of living is achieved. Indirectly, television plays a key role in the process of democracy establishment as responses from the television audience are usually taken into consideration in decision-making process of government policies (Rutherford 2002). Furthermore, children who watch television programmes can actually get to know more about their cultural identities and the contribution of other cultures. Subsequently, this will lead to further development of knowledge and attitude in children. At the same time, these children tend to develop a larger vocabulary through a series of educational television programmes (Leigh 2001).

On the other hand, it cannot be denied that television programmes do provide an additional dimension to learning. In schools, television is commonly used as a teaching aid because students are more likely to understand and retain information they have seen and heard rather than merely read. Besides, television is an exciting and engaging medium that encourages critical thinking about important issues on a wide range of human problems ranging from globalization to homelessness (Leigh 2001). As we are informed, critical thinking can have a major impact on the process of learning as it is a necessary skill in both social settings and at schools (Sharif 1999).

In addition, television can lead to an increase in entertainment and enjoyment in young people’s life on a moderate basis. Young people nowadays are overstressed and frustrated easily as a result of increasing demands and expectations placed on them. By engrossing in a programme, they can have the opportunity to relax their minds and refresh themselves. For those who are interesting in exploring new information around the world, television programmes can definitely give them a wealth of information, allowing them to experience the culture and beauty of other parts of the world, capture the excitement and wonder of the animal kingdom, and work through the most complicated steps of a scientific equation in an entertaining and enjoyable manner (Rutherford 2002).

As a conclusion, watching television programmes does benefit the viewers in terms of improving global knowledge, providing an additional dimension to learning and allowing more entertainment to people. Although many parties argue that the invention of television brings more harm than good, I strongly believe that television viewing can encourage many advantages to the population especially to students as long as it is not abused by users. We should not put the blame on the invention of television regarding the negative effects arisen from television viewing, but we have to appreciate the development of technology. If we could make use of the television in wise and appropriate manner, I am sure that this technology can certainly help us to open up our minds and even make a difference along the pathway in our lives.

Television-Argumentative Essay #1

In this day and age of technology, television has been widely used as the most common telecommunication tool between an individual with the rest of the world. “It is estimated that more than ninety per cent of households in developed countries have at least one television set.” (Sharif 1999, p.34) According to American Time Use Survey (2003), it is found that population nowadays were spending a huge portion of time watching television programmes rather than other leisure and sports activities. As a result, there were concerns arrived from many parties such as the psychologists and parents to urge the responsible authority to take this issue seriously so that prompt actions can be taken to solve the problems. Some mention that extensive television viewing will contribute to various harmful consequences, but I strongly believe that television viewing has got the capacity to invite benefits to the viewers such as improvement on global knowledge, introduction of additional dimension to learning and entertainment mean.

First and foremost, television programmes help to improve people’s global knowledge better than other academic tools like books and journals. Assessment to the latest current events of local and world significance can be made quickly and easily with television news programmes available nowadays. In most of the time, this knowledge can inspire the public to become involved and to exert pressure on councils, major companies, and even national government, so that a better standard of living is achieved. Indirectly, television plays a key role in the process of democracy establishment as responses from the television audience are usually taken into consideration in decision-making process of government policies (Rutherford 2002). Furthermore, children who watch television programmes can actually get to know more about their cultural identities and the contribution of other cultures. Subsequently, this will lead to further development of knowledge and attitude in children. At the same time, these children tend to develop a larger vocabulary through a series of educational television programmes (Leigh 2001).

On the other hand, it cannot be denied that television programmes do provide an additional dimension to learning. In schools, television is commonly used as a teaching aid because students are more likely to understand and retain information they have seen and heard rather than merely read. Besides, television is an exciting and engaging medium that encourages critical thinking about important issues on a wide range of human problems ranging from globalization to homelessness (Leigh 2001). As we are informed, critical thinking can have a major impact on the process of learning as it is a necessary skill in both social settings and at schools (Sharif 1999).

In addition, television can lead to an increase in entertainment and enjoyment in young people’s life on a moderate basis. Young people nowadays are overstressed and frustrated easily as a result of increasing demands and expectations placed on them. By engrossing in a programme, they can have the opportunity to relax their minds and refresh themselves. For those who are interesting in exploring new information around the world, television programmes can definitely give them a wealth of information, allowing them to experience the culture and beauty of other parts of the world, capture the excitement and wonder of the animal kingdom, and work through the most complicated steps of a scientific equation in an entertaining and enjoyable manner (Rutherford 2002).

As a conclusion, watching television programmes does benefit the viewers in terms of improving global knowledge, providing an additional dimension to learning and allowing more entertainment to people. Although many parties argue that the invention of television brings more harm than good, I strongly believe that television viewing can encourage many advantages to the population especially to students as long as it is not abused by users. We should not put the blame on the invention of television regarding the negative effects arisen from television viewing, but we have to appreciate the development of technology. If we could make use of the television in wise and appropriate manner, I am sure that this technology can certainly help us to open up our minds and even make a difference along the pathway in our lives.

Fei Wen

Again I am in my blog. Nothing to say, but just to share my photos here^^ I have actually gone through a hard time this week. Argh.... it is torturing... it was about my academic perfomance. Well, I have try my best and put my very best effort to hit my target...hopefully it will give my warm reward =)

K, enough...

Time for my photos time...yay!



Nice-looking girl! haha^^

Here are some photos taken by me at common room recently... It looked like I am happy and really enjoying myself =)........







I can be quite emotional sometimes...but I always hope that it will not happen so frequently....=.=''









This was the time I spent with my family members at Morib. I have had a nice afternoon there...and it was very relax~ I like it very much! muackxxx......



This is my sister^^





yay^^ I like this picture so much....











My brothers~ long time dint see them ady...cuz i dint go bec home for quite long time... actually 2 or 3 weeks only lar...haha...bt feel like very long time ady...



What does it look like huh? haha...an egg? ^^



*Jie* represents my sister whereas *Wen* is me! nice one.....



Play on the beach was fun!









Okaylah...It has come to the time for me to rest. See u all next round =)bye bye muackxxxx **