Earthquake n Tsunami

An earthquake and tsunami strike again, this time at Samoa and Indonesia.. even areas in Peninsular Malaysia can feel the quake..

Sadly to say... youngsters nowadays do not feel the true disaster of an earthquake. I saw ppl posting on facebook saying.. earthquake? how come I didn feel it? then few others joined in n fuss about the matter... oh pls, can they have some common sense? its nothing to fuss about.. (well i should say that Malaysian kids nowadays are quite ignorant to general knowledge).. dont they realize that earthquakes or tsunamis or other natural disasters can kill alot of precious lives? ya, u may feel a little of a shaken ground n dizziness but that already means the other countries or the center of the quake is so disastrous that u can even feel it in a non-earthquake country!! cant they realise the seriousness of this?? (some even have the face to say ' I didn feel it, can it shake again?'!)

come on ppl, this is no joke ok? think that's funny? lets pray n hope that those who get through it recover faster n those who has become a victim in the disaster, may God bless their soul. Let God always be with you...

Losing My Temper

Sometimes, I tend to lose my temper.. even I tried to control it, the inner fury still burned in me.. I just hate this sometimes.. though knowing it is bad for your health, u still let it ruin ur calming thoughts.

Why we will lose our temper? becoz of other things, people or frustration that we are unsatisfied of, or something that they done (mistakes) that we do not like...anyway, a chinese proverb said that losing ur temper is punishing urself for others' mistakes.. so why should we lose our temper? it hurts, it brings conflict n undesired consequences... so we should control our temper all the time... EQ! :)

the keyboard is so insensitive, i cant type the words i want all the time... what's the matter?

The Freedom Writers

I've watched a movie entitled 'The Freedom Writers'.. a quite touching movie.. it was casted by Hilary Swank and she got the Oscars becoz of this movie. It is a real life story.. bout a teacher.. teaching class of students in high school...

Her name is Erin Gruwell... and that class was a bunch of students which other teachers have given up on them.. they are the African-Americans, the Cambodians, the Latinos, the Blacks..they came from different family backgrounds which were rather unpleasant ones.. they lived in the suburban areas of the streets in America.. which they have their own territories and any intruders will get involved in a fight, eventually injured or killed. Yes, they fought for their own group's survival in the land of the 'whites' (they called it) and basically made enemies with each other.

The story begins by introducing some of the students from the class.. they were always involved in a fight or their family members or frens are in jail... they were brought up in their community filled with hatred, envy, sadness and many many more negative feelings in their hearts.

so, when Erin first came to teach them english.. she got a shock of her life when her students argued, teased and fought against each other.. later, she figured out a way to turn her students into a new leaf. She tried to understand them and used a very different way of teaching.. she let them learn from the music lyrics which they loved, and also let them read real life stories like 'Anne Frank' which have similar backgrounds with them.. then, she asked them to write diaries for their own life.. their own thoughts and let them expressed their feelings in the diaries.. she even get sponsors or used her own money to arrange her students for school trips and books for them to read..

After all her continuing efforts.. the class gets united.. the students soon realised the real value of life and changed themselves.. for only two years, they managed to increase their grades from failing to graduating passing rates.. and most of them made it to the colleges or universities. When they have graduated, they started a foundation.. basically helping the students who have the same experience like them and their diaries are published called 'The Freedom Writers'..

I felt that the teacher is a very great teacher.. she was so enthusiastic in teaching that she would not give up on all of them.. she guide them, spend time with them until her husband divorced with her.. but she stays strong and fight for her students whenever the school did not approve their activities or her way of teaching..I respect her very much.. she's really a good teacher compared to some irresponsible teachers nowadays.

A New Start

Thought of blogging recently... coz having some intentions and inspirations to write and post something through blogspot.. though I have a blog on friendster but...well it's abandoned years ago.. haha..

So this is my new blogspot, and my very own space.. hi... visitors (if any) have a great day!! :)