Historical Place-Terowong Komunis Weng

      

          Malaysia is known for its historical values so much there are located all over the place in Malaysia  that makes Malaysia so unique. However, in all historical sites in Malaysia, I am interested in a historical landmark that I think need to be introduced to everyone and  that place  is Terowong Komunis Weng.

         Terowong Komunis Weng is the only one tunnel that has been made  in Malaysia that been used by the communist.This  tunnel located in one historical district which is Baling, Kedah where is bordering  with one of district in Thailand which is Betong .This tunnel is same as the tunnel that has been made in Betong ,Thailand which is  Piyamit Tunnel. We can find this tunnel location in Google Maps by using the keyword  ‘Simpang Terowong Komunis Weng .The tunnel is built when Communists failed in an effort to do the first rebellion which is named as "the emergency”.

 

 

       The sources said the tunnel is a tunnel that the most active used around the year  of 1948 to 1968. So the path is strategic makes Communist attracted to make this tunnel as an outpost of fort and and their refuge from attack during the era of Communist.This tunnel was the largest communist operations room during the era of Communist. The path of the tunnel is about two kilometers to get to the Thailand border. Findings like some carcasses aircraft ,helicopters and planes in the area around the tunnel reinforces evidence of the history of the tunnel.

   

   As to give more understanding about this tunnel, I provide one video that about a television show is making a special documentary about the tunnel.

Reference:

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Last Entry..hmm

 This would be my last entry for the Critical Literacy subject. It is sad actually as I start to feel the happiness in writing entry on my blog.For my last entry, I would like to pose my hope and view for this subject. After about 4 months learnt this subject, I can’t deny that it is so hard for me as I have to deal with lots of reading especially a journal or academic essay as we know that it has lots of pages. I still remember when we need to do the first assignment which it is the first time I have to deal with the article and author.In Critical Literacy, I learnt that we can’t simply say on something only in our opinion. It should be proved by any source such as a survey conduct by any university to make the statement is reliable. In this subject, I also learnt how to difference facts and opinions.

In my point of view, this subject shouldn’t be teach in a mass lecture. As this is a subject with no final examination, we need more focus by lecturer. But how can we get attention by the lecturer if there are lots of students to be handled. Plus, the students make noise at the back that disturbs the students who wants to learn.

In addition, I think, the lecturers have to discuss again about the assignment. I do think that we need to minimize the assignment. The writing assignment is important but I think the lecturer need to minimize it as time constrain.

As conclusion, that’s all my point of view. I hope I can perform well in this subject and could apply in real what I have been taught and I want to say thank you to my beloved lecturer as with my lecturer that well-experienced in this subject, I can easily understand all the chapters eventhought have several chapter a little bit hard but my lecturer explained it very well untill it becomes a bit easier.

Vaccine refusal by parents???

Recently, we have a major issue that have been a serious topic to discuss everyday and the issue is about the parents refuse to give permission on their children vaccination. This is so hard to accept that nowadays parents refuse the things that give benefits for their children. What is the reason of this issue? How parents can make this decision? So, I think I can provide some reasons for this issue.

One of the common reason that parents give for refusing or delaying vaccinating their children is personal or philosophical reasons. Although only a handful of states allow exemptions for this cause, it must be carefully studied, as it may present opportunities for practitioners to enlighten parents regarding the urgency of protecting the children through preventive measures. Though it seems contrary to human intuition, there is a group of people who see some benefit in having their children contract certain preventable diseases.8 Some parents believe that natural immunity is better for their children than is immunity acquired through vaccinations.8 Others express the belief that if their child contracts a preventable disease, it will be beneficial for the child in the long term, as it will help make the child's immune system stronger as he grows into adulthood.8–10 Some parents believe that the diseases for which we vaccinate are not very prevalent so their children are at minimal risk of contracting these diseases.

Next, it is about the concerns about the safety of vaccines.Most of these concerns are based on information these parents have discovered in the media or received from acquaintances. Regardless of whether the stories stem from television, the Internet, radio, or from family and friends, parents are constantly bombarded with other peoples' opinions about vaccinations.All of this information can be overwhelming for some parents to sift through, making it difficult for them to make their own well-informed decision. Many of the reports and opinions that bombard parents and cause uncertainty are targeted at the safety of vaccines. They raise doubts about both short-term adverse reactions and the possibility of long-lasting negative effects.

As conclusion, actually there are more reasons for this issue but for me these two is the most leading reasons of why parents refuse to let their children have vaccines.However, parents should have awareness about this issue before something bad happen.

The Lies of Hollywood Movies

Everyone loves watching movies and same goes to me. We have been provided with many genres of movies. It's okay for me to say that at least we watch one movie a week or maybe more depends on ourself. We love to watch Hollywood movie because Hollywood produces great movies, but they don't always tell the truth even it based on "true stories"In my opinion I can say that I agree with the statement because of even a movie " based on true story" actually not true enough as maybe it just a gimmick to attract audience to watch it. As example the movie Rudy, Out of all the great football films we've seen over the years, Rudy is one of the most uplifting. It's also fast and loose with the truth. Remember that scene when the players place their jerseys on Coach Devine's desk to convince him to let Rudy play? And the crowd chanting his name? That never happened, and Joe Montana—who was on the team with Rudy—told sportscaster Dan Patrick that it didn't really go down that way. "It's a movie, remember," he cautioned. "Not all that's true. The crowd wasn't chanting, nobody threw in their jerseys. He did get in the game. He got carried off the game." So, we as the audience can conclude that actually the movie are not " based on true story" enough.Second, Hollywood movies just use lies as to make "easy money" because they know with the use of "based on true story", audience will excited and watch it many times.

However, I also want to say that I disagree with the statement because we can not simply expect when it said "based on true story"it have to be follow the whole plot of story because sometimes it maybe only just a base idea for the movie which mean they just use the concept not the whole plot of story. Second, the reason of why movie can not be true enough beccause of the respect for the sensitivity elements which mean the movie do not want to trigger anyone that maybe have relation to the issue or incident.

As conclusion, I think we can not simply make a conclusion that Hollywood movie don't always tell the truth even it based on "true stories"and we have to indentify first before make a conclusion. We have to respect the "colours" in the movies's plot.

Stereotyping

Nowadays, people start to live in the streotyping environment where everyone stereotype each other. Stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people. Stereotypes are generalized because one assumes that the stereotype is true for each individual person in the category. While such generalizations may be useful when making quick decisions, they may be erroneous when applied to particular individuals. Stereotypes encourage prejudice and may arise for a number of reasons.Stereotypes are a big problem in our society. It puts labels about how a person should act or live according to their sex, race, personality, and other facts. This could affect individuals who perhaps like different things or do different activities, but feel ashamed of doing so because of stereotypes. Stereotypes like all men like sports or women are not as strong as men, are among the most common in our society. Stereotypes have created a distortion of how every individual should be. We as part of the generation Y should know how these stereotypes could affect us as individuals. We should learn not to judge and prejudge about people because of what we think they should be like, and should change our point of view about the stereotypes that are deeply rooted in our society.Stereotypes create a misconception of how people are and how they live in other cultures, religions, or countries. This misconception could cause problems such as discrimination. This is a big problem in our multicultural society.We as the new generation should do something to avoid this problem. We can start changing our perception of stereotypes. We should be aware that all stereotypes are bad regardless if they are good or bad because it causes prejudgment. We should learn to respect and understand other cultures, religions, and countries. This could avoid many problems and more importantly we should teach newer generations to respect each other regardless of their differences.

Welcome To Critical Literacy

 Now as a Semester 4 student of Diploma in English Communication, I will learn a new subject which is Critical Literacy. So as to start the journey with this subject, I try to ask comments from my seniors about this subject to get more explanation. As the result, majority of them are giving negative review that somehow suprised me. But, I think I can not depends on their opinion only because it maybe have bias. So for me, I try to do some research and from that I get a few thing as my hope and expectation toward this subject. Firstly, from the word Critical Literacy itself it give a quick definition that this subject will make me to think outside from the box and try to understand not just the definition but also the all aspects. Second, this subject will maybe can give me opportunity to train myself to be an active thinker.Third,I expect this subject will challenge me and I love challenge so much. As for hope, I want this subject be attractive so it can make me focus and I hope that this subject will be interesting