I hAvE a dReaM

Dream is something that someone have been wanting so badly and hope to achieve it somehow. It does not matter if our dream is something big, fantastic or anything. Having dreams is a must for everybody. If we have dreams, then we will have our life goal. A goal in life will help us to move and step forward. It is good to have a dream. At least, we know what we want. Dream can help us to improve our life and dream makes our life become meaningful and not empty. But somehow, it is not good to day dream or dreaming something that is impossible to achieve.It is better to dream something that we can achieve eventhough we have to get through lots of obstacle to get to it.

Like i said, everybody have dreams and so do i. I have dreams too.....
I have a dream to finish my study with flying colours. I wish i can finish my degree at overseas university which is something that i've been waiting in my entire life. Studying abroad will help me to improve my life. It will be a life experience if i am able to fulfill my dream. I will learn a lot about life and help me to be independent.

I have a dream to be a good teacher. I would like to contribute to my nation and pay back all the money that Malaysia's citizen have paid in order to finish my study. I'm going to teach disabled children and i know how challenging job it is. I wish i can prove to the whole world that disabled people can also live and do what normal people can do. I want to show the world that disabled people not only have to be appreciate but also given chance to show their ability and be a successful people just like others.

I wish that i can be a useful person to the world, family and my nation. I hope i can help my own people and improve their life in whatever way i can. So that finally i can help to defend my country and protect our independence. i'm proud to be Malaysian and i hope each one of us feel the same way. i'm very greatful to be born here and live in this peaceful country. I hope that our country will not be colonized again. So, let's work together and protect our country from being colonized by other people...

And my last word, dream would be meaningless without courage......

Greenhouse effect

The greenhouse effect is the process in which the emission of infrared radiation by the atmosphere warms a planet's surface. The name comes from an analogy with the warming of air inside a greenhouse compared to the air outside the greenhouse. The Earth's average surface temperature is about 33°C warmer than it would be without the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect was discovered by Joseph Fourier in 1829 and first investigated quantitatively by Svante Arrhenius in 1896. In addition to the Earth, Mars and especially Venus have greenhouse effects.The Earth receives energy from the Sun in the form of radiation. The Earth reflects about 30% of the incoming solar radiation. The remaining 70% is absorbed, warming the land, atmosphere and oceans. For the Earth's temperature to be in steady state so that the earth does not rapidly heat or cool, this absorbed solar radiation must be very nearly balanced by energy radiated back to space in the infrared wavelengths.

It is caused by the increasing of carbon dioxide, water vapour and methane that is caused by pollution. Carbon dioxide is released by human as they exhaled and also produced when open burning happened. It is human nature to exhale carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide will increased the earth's temperature. However, greenery such as plants and trees produced oxygen which will balanced the earth's temperature and produced oxygen for human respiration. Unfortunately, nowadays deforestation is happening widely all over the world. Beside that, erosion also happened when there's no longer trees and root to support the soil from sliding.

Greenhouse effect will caused global warming. Climate change can negatively affect the earth's delicate ecosystems. Global warming has been linked to dyingcoral reefs, dangerous new weather patterns and the extinction of plant and animal species.

Many people refer to global warming as a crisis. It is a common misconception that there is nothing an individual can do to abate global warming. One of the best ways to prevent further increase of greenhouse gases is to reduce their emissions. Changing individual consumption patterns may be one of the most effective ways of doing this. Most energy in the Malaysia is produced by the burning of fossil fuels. By reducing our individual use of energy derived from fossil fuels, we can contribute to reduced emissions.Another method for reducing greenhouse gases is to increase their uptake by the environment. This can be done by stimulating the increase of photosynthetic production by primary producers. For this reason there has been a large movement to promote planting trees and restoring forests. However, because trees grow so slowly, this is not a highly effective method of abatement. Therefore scientists are also investigating ways to stimulate phytoplankton growth in the oceans.

Different Aspects of Culture( Tai Chi)

Tai chi chuan (Traditional Chinese: 太極拳; Simplified Chinese: 太极拳; Hanyu Pinyin: tàijíquán; Wade-Giles: t'ai chi ch'üan) is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced with the aim of promoting health and longevity. Tai chi always perform during morning at park by the chinese as we can see nowadays. Tai chi's training forms are well known as slow motion. Some medical studies support its effectiveness as an alternative exercise and a form of martial arts therapy. Tai chi is considered a soft style martial art, applied with internal power to distinguish its theory and application from that of the hard martial art styles.

The Mandarin term translate tai chi as super ultimate boxing or boundless fist.Since the first widespread promotion of tai chi's health benefits in the early twentieth century, it has developed a worldwide following among people with little or no interest in martial training for its benefit to health and health maintenance. Some call it a form of moving meditation, as focusing the mind solely on the movements of the form purportedly helps to bring about a state of mental calm and clarity. Besides general health benefits and stress management attributed to tai chi training, aspects of Traditional Chinese medicine are taught to advanced tai chi students in some traditional schools.

The physical techniques of tai chi are described in the tai chi classics as being characterized by the use of leverage through the joints based on coordination in relaxation, rather than muscular tension, in order to neutralize or initiate attacks. The slow, repetitive work involved in the process of learning how that leverage is generated gently and measurably increases and opens the internal circulation (breath, body heat, blood, lymph, peristalsis, etc.). The study of tai chi involved three subjetc which are meditation, martial art and health. An unhealthy or otherwise uncomfortable person will find it difficult to meditate to a state of calmness or to use tai chi as a martial art. Tai chi's health training therefore concentrates on relieving the physical effects of stress on the body and mind. For those focused on tai chi's martial application, good physical fitness is the first step in effective self-defense. The focus and calmness cultivated by the meditative aspect of tai chi is seen as necessary in maintaining optimum health and in application of the form as a soft style martial art.

What is the benefit of doing tai chi?
Tai chi insignificantly effects on the promotion of balance control, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness and reduced the risk of falls in elderly patients. Tai chi can also help to reduce pain, stress and anxiety. The sow movement in tai chi will help you feel relieved and feel much better if you are in stress. Tai chi helped to improve cardiovascular and respiratory function in healthy subjects as well as those who had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery. Patients that suffer from heart failure, high blood pressure, heart attacks, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's may also benefit from tai chi. Besides, T'ai Chi's gentle, low impact movements burn more calories than surfing and nearly as many as downhill skiing.

In a nutshell, i think tai chi is a good exercise or meditation to all of us. It may help us in reducing stress. I've tried once and it worked. So, why don't all of you readers try this meditation. I'm sure you will have lots of fun.....

Work, Attitudes and Beliefs, and Social Changes

People work nowadays to get money and support themselves. Working and finding job is a must in order to survive. Lots of problem and new thing occur in the working field. Different type of work will have different problem or issue. If we look back, years ago feminism happened in most place in the whole world. feminism is technically the pursual of equal rights between the genders. At one point, femininism had the uppermost importance in Western society, when women were still denied the right to vote, to hold positions of importance or present any opinion. But in modern Britain women are, in general, accepted; after the presence of a woman as Prime Minister, and with women being found as commonly in most professions as men.

Working is not easy. Some people might find themselves overworked because of tans of work are given at a time. Actually, it depends in which sector and what field are they in. Some people might found that their job and what they did is interesting. So, they will never feel bored or exhausted even they were given lots of tasks. There are also people who love to give their job to other people. It seems that nowadays people would rather push these people who need help onto others, who are in most cases overworked and dis -illusioned by the buercrocaey of local government who instead of nipping the problem in the bud and helping these people get back on their feet try to find ways in which they can vindicate themeselves of any possible responsibility.

Most people do not satisfy with their salaries as some time they have to do extra work and stay at the office until midnight. These case always happen to those work in private sector. For those who work in government sector, they sholu be thankful to the government as they only have to work during office hour. They don't have to stay at their office for a long time. They must know that their salary are being paid by using the citizen's money. So, appreciate what already be given. It's good enough that you get your salary every month rather than didn't get anything...

Money (Financial Matters) and Natural Resources

It is true enough to say that 'money makes the world go round' because the world nowadays simply cannot function without money. Without money, there will never be business and so many other things. Almost everything nowadays is based on money. If you don't have money, you cannot eat. If you don't have money, you cannot further your study. It works as if we cannot do anything unless we have money. Have we ever think for a second , how to get lots of money? For students and children, have we ever know how our parents got all the money to support us?

It is easy to say that we won't have moner if we don't earn it. Is it that easy? In my opinion, it's not easy to find money. Working is one of the solution but it need lots of gut and resp0nsibility. We as students should know how to manage money that are given to us, which is by our parents or the sponsor. We have to remember that it's not our money but others. We have to use the money beneficially. We can do so by having our own budget for each month for example. Budget will help us to control our expenditure.

In my own experience, money is one of the most difficult thing to manage. Some time when we go somewhere and look at lots of item that we like, we will have the desire to have it. We will never realize whether we are following our budget or not. The money will just flow like a river especially when there's sale. So, let's control ourselves and try to manage our money as wise as possible. Buy what we need, not what we want. Like a saying, think before you buy......

The world is facing problems with the natural resources especially with oil. Day by day, many people used oil to move around with their transport. the need for petroleum is increasing while the resource is decreasing. How are we going to solve this? The world have found ways to overcome the problems. Scientists all over the world is trying to invent motocars that use solar power instead of petrol. There are also public transpotation that used electric source to work. In Malaysia, lots of dam are built to provide water during drought season and to generate electricity which we called hydroelectric power. In conclusion, we have to take care of our mother EArth and used all the resource we have wisely or else we just make a waste of it.

The Way People Live Together and Share of the World's Resources

In my opinion, our country Malaysia is just like a 'Batik'. I describe Malaysia as Batik because Malaysians are from different races. Such as Malays, Indian, Chinese and many more. Batik will not look nice n beautiful if there are some colour or pattern missing. It also describe Malaysia. Our country will not be the way it is without all the races living on the land in the country. Our country is a peaceful and harmonious place to live. As we can see, even the foreigner loves to stay here. But why? Have we ever wonder why all these people like our country so much?

Malaysia is a very unique country. Malaysia's citizens are friendly and well-mannered. It is quite easy for everyone from different races to mingle around. Unlike in the US before this where they cannot get along with each other especially between the white and black. We can see the gap where sometime black is being descriminate in their own country. I have seen many black people at Malaysia. Some of them even have bought a house here. So, what does this tell you?

I am so greatful to be Malaysian. People in Malaysia work together as a team in whatever we do especially when it comes to development or achieving something. The nearest example is here at the UNITEN. Students here are from different races and background. However, they still can work together and learn together to get good marks in exam. They become friends even they have different religion. Another example is our ministers. The ministers in Malaysia are not only Malays but there are also chinese and Indian. The government always alert with the citizen's needs. They will try to help those who need help epecially those in destitute and the poor one.

In general, Malaysian people can be divide into two according to their environment which are countryside and the city. The lifestyle for each of them are different. I have to say, if you want to know the real Malaysia, it is better to go to the counryside as you can find the real, pure Malaysian here. People at the countryside are much more friendly and co-operative. They care for each other a lot. They know and understand each other very well. Sometime they exchange food and held what we called kenduri in order to build stronger bond among them. The rich help the poor.

Unlike people in the city, most of them doesn't even know who is their neighbour. People in the city are very busy with their work. They do not have time to get to know their nighbours. To me, it is not good because neighbour can help you when you need help. We have to build strong relationship with people around us.

Overall, i would like to state that unity is very important to keep our country in peace. I am proud to be Malaysian.

Exercise, Health and Nutrition

Health is very important in one's life. Do we ever know what does health mean?Well, health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of an organism at both the micro and macro level. In the medical field, health is commonly defined as an organism's ability to efficiently respond to challenges and effectively restore and sustain a "state of balance," known as homeostasis. Some people said that health is only related to science or more to medicine field. But it is ompletely wrong. Health also depends on individual besides science.

Physical fitness, weight loss, a healthy diet, stress management and other substance abuse are some factor that effect one's health. Physical fitness is very important to have a healthy life. What is physical fitness actually means? It means any performance that involved some physical activity. Exercise doesn't mean that you have to do heavy exercise. Simple movement also work to maintain physical fitness. Regular exercises play important role to prevent some disease affluence. Exercises can be divide into three groups which are aerobic exercise, anaerobic and flexibility exercise. Each exercise gives different effect for us. For example, flexibility exercise such as walking and strolling focus on increasing cardiovascular endurance. We don't have to spend the whole morning or evening to exercise. 30 minutes a day is enough for individual if we do it continously.

Nutrition is related to diet and state of health and disease. There is a saying. 'you are what you eat'. However, do we really know what type of food should we eat and what type of food should be avoided? One of the best ways to have a healthy living is by having a balanced diet. There are five major food groups which are carbohydrate, protein, vitamins, fat and starch. Carbohydrate helps to give energy to do our daily activity. For example, bread, potatoes, and rice are carbohydrate. Meanwhile, protein helps to build new cells. Meat, fish, chicken, nuts are protein. Protein can also replaced carbohydrate's function which is to give energy. Another food group, vitamins. There are many type of vitamin had been found. For example, vitamin A,B,C,D,E and K. There are many type of food that can provide vitamin such as vegetables, fruits, limp and many more. Meanwhile, fat also provide energy and help to protect internal organs such as heart.It also help to heat our body during cold situation. The example for fat are cheese, egg, sweets and others. Actually, any food groups may change to fat if they were taken without any control. This may caused overweight if we didn't control our diet. Avoid junk food and fast food caused they are not good for health. Junk food contain lots of MSG.

In a nutshell, we must take good care of our health to have a happy living. i have to say that health living also depends on the way we handle stress.