Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Chapter 6 – Becoming a Member of a Community

Academic writing

To become a member of Sukarelawan Siswa Polis DiRaja Malaysia (SUKSIS) of Islamic Science University of Malaysia, students must participate in an interview session. Students must wear smart clothes and show a good discipline. They must sit at the outside of the SUKSIS office as waiting before their name call. One police officer calls each student’s name. When the students hear their name, they walk up to and enter to the office. They need to sit properly and answer all questions with clean and clear by interviewer. The result will know a week after. Who’s name have in list, it means that the student success with enough criteria. After that, the students get uniform to wear at each time that has activities. At this point, the student becomes a member of the Sukarelawan Siswa Polis DiRaja Malaysia (SUKSIS) in Islamic Science University of Malaysia.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Chapter 4 – Marketing
Advertisement TV Commercial
L'Oreal Paris

The advertisement TV commercial is told about how to look charming by the Volume Shocking Mascara from L’oreal Paris. In this advertisement, the model – Aishwarya Rai want to extend a party. She wants to look good and charming. Before she enters the house, she put out the Volume Shocking Mascara. Then she wipes it onto her eyelashes with 2 ways – first, she used the white type as a basic wipe. After that, she used the black type to make her eyelashes more interesting. Then she comes into the house with the best style. Besides that, all the guests shocked and excited to see her. Lastly, she makes the special guest than others. It shows that the new mascara have more power to make women look beautiful and attract attention all people who looks them.
The types and the functions of “so”:

1. so … (that) … so … as to do something to such a great degree:
Don’t look so angry.

2. very; extremely:
I’m so glad to see you.

3. not ~ … (as … ) (used in comparisons) not to the same degree:
I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for a long time.

4. used to show the size, amount or number of something:
The fish was about so big

5. used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned:
I hope so.

6. also:
Times have changed and so have I.

7. used to agree that something is true, especially when you are surprised:
‘There’s another one.’ ‘So there is.’

8. (informal) used, often with a negative, before adjectives and noun phrases emphasize something that you are saying:
That is so not cool.

9. (informal) used, especially by children, to say that what sb says is not the case and the opposite is true:
‘You’re not telling the truth, are you?’ ‘I am so!’

10. used when you are showing somebody how to do something or telling them how something
happened:
So it was that he finally returned home.
Chapter 5 – Parenting, Gender, and Stereotypes
Journal Writing


When I was a child, my favorite toys are marker pen and whiteboard. I used these toys for play like in school situation. Actually, I have a dream that I want to get it at the future. I would like to be a teacher. I always played this game with my friends and my sister. This approach improved me how to speech in front of audients. Sometimes, I was nervous and have no ideas when we speak to people. Now, when I present my assignment or something else, I still use these toys to get more confident. Beside that, I would like to suppose you to use these toys like me to get audient’s understanding.

Chapter 5 – Parenting, Gender, and Stereotypes
Journal Writing

When I was a child, my favorite toys are marker pen and whiteboard. I used these toys for play like in school situation. Actually, I have a dream that I want to get it at the future. I would like to be a teacher. I always played this game with my friends and my sister. This approach improved me how to speech in front of audients. Sometimes, I was nervous and have no ideas when we speak to people. Now, when I present my assignment or something else, I still use these toys to get more confident. Beside that, I would like to suppose you to use these toys like me to get audient’s understanding.

Chapter 6 – Becoming a Member of a Community
Journal Writing Blog (1)


Based on my interviews, I would like to choose Nurul Mua’zzah that she had interesting event. The interesting event was Khatam al-Quran Ceremony. Why I tell this ceremony so interesting? It is because the ceremony influence to more Islamic spiritual and love the holy Quran. In the event, there are in group. They wore traditional clothes such as Baju Melayu, Baju Kurung, and also the Arabic clothes like Jubbah and Qurta. Tere were interesting and delicious food especially the traditional food like Nasi Briyani, Ayam Masak Merah, Laksa Noodles and so on. When the event happened, there are Berzanji and Marhaban as special music. This event is just held in certain states only.