AN UNKNOWN BIOGRAPHY AND FREE WRITING TECHNIQUE

AN UNKNOWN BIOGRAPHY

Description of what was happening just before:

This old man looks like a beggar.

Description of what just happens after:

The old man was sitting alone at the corner of the road with his stuff.

He looks very poor and maybe he need help from the others to give him

some money to buy a foods.

Description of what just happens as the picture was taken:

To end up with those question marks, this old man actually is a peaceful "Honey Vendor."

He was waiting for a buyer to buy his honey.

FREE WRITING TECHNIQUE:

I''m thinking about something so I have written down all the things that has

appeared in my mind:

RICHARD GERE

"I like Richard Gere. Blank, blank....blank...Hmm, He is tall, dark and blank..handsome. His charming smile and mature persona places him as ....blank..blank....one of top famous artist in the Hollywood... blank..especially in a romantic comedies. Blank...blank...blank....His hit romantic comedies which I'm still remember are blank, blank,...."Pretty Woman" and "Runaway Bride."

SIMILE & METAPHOR

Simile

Definition:

Simile is when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."Simile also means you compare the current subject, object or action to some other idea to create an image.

Example:

"The water is like the sun."

"The water is like the sun" is an example of simile because water and the sun have little in common, and yet they're being compared to one another. The "is" is also part of what makes this stanza an example of simile.

"The rain falls like the sun,

rising upon the mountains."

Here is another example, comparing falling rain to the rising of the sun. Good similes compare two very different nouns.

SENSES

Sadness is as happy as laughter.
You might cry because it hurts.
You might laugh because it hurts.
But I know one thing,
laughter is laughter and sadness
is sadness.
They can show the
same things like
hurting and gladness



Hockey

Hockey is like reading
You get into it and then you never
want to stop
You feel like you're in a different world.
Hockey is like school
You have to do your work and
you have to practice or you will get an "F"
Hockey is like math
You get stronger and before you know it
You're getting an
"A"
Your scoring goals
Now that's
Hockey!


PIANO

Playing the piano is like
A bird soaring in the
Sky.
When you play the keys it is like
Flying your fingers across the
Piano.
The notes are like
Clouds drifting through the sky


VELVET

My mind is as brave
as a warrior
of the night.

It's ready to
take on anything
that comes to
it.

It can take
on any dream,
and always follows
Life.

Metaphor

Definition:

Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison.

Examples:

"I am a rainbow"

"I am a rainbow" is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as.

"I am not Anger"

"I am not anger" is an example of metaphor because it is contrasting two nouns.

MY LIFE IS A DREAM

My life is a dream,
like a tiger waking
up from her deep sleep.
My life is like
a dream,
it's all
up
to
me,
the trees
are
purple,
the
stars
talk
away
the night,
the
moaning moon
lights
up the sky


I AM LAS VEGAS

I am Las Vegas growing by the infinite
awake morning by night,
or day.
I am Las Vegas
My hand is the sand.


I AM A SWORD

I am a sword,
Sharper than a tongue
Nobody can defeat me,
Because I am a sword,
I can not be hurt by what people say
About me,
I will not show my anger
Against
Someone else



MATH

Math is the career for kids.
If you don't
know math
you won't make any money.
you won't get a job.
you won't get a house.

CREATIVE AFRICAN PEOPLE

Look at the picture above, "Wow, the African people are so creative!"

* The creative African people have displayed their art craft at the African Art Craft Centre. They are using all their creativity to create something which is different from the others.

The meaning of creative based on BCT syllabus:

Creativity:
The combining of responses or ideas in novel (new) ways.

A form of directed thinking applied to the discovery of new solutions to problems, new techniques and devices, or new artistic expressions.

The ability to think divergently.

Creative people do not allow their minds to become passive, accepting and unquestioning.

They manage to keep their curiousity.

The meaning of creative based on the dictionary itself:

1. promoting construction or creation; "creative work"
2. having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"
3. having the power to bring into being

The Golden Words:-

"The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment.” Frankl

FINDING COMEL

FINDING COMEL

Comel, whose mother was a careless Himalayan and whose father was a passing rogue, went out Monday evening, just after supper. I saw him round about ten, walking shoulder to shoulder down the alley with a couple of his homies, a fat black Manx of easy disposition and a bellicose tortoiseshell with well-aerated ears. They had a ready-to-rumble look. Where they were going and what they had in mind, I didn’t care to know.

Tuesday morning, no sign of Comel. Spontaneous sleepover with his buddies? Maybe. It happens, but rarely. Usually I wake to the thud of him hitting my chest. He’s the first thing I see when I open my eyes and I’m the last thing he sees when he drifts into diurnal dreaming. It’s a bond, a habit. Absence is aberrant. Worry stirred in its dark corner. “For heaven’s sake,” I said to myself, “he’s a cat. This is what cats do. Vanish and reappear.”

The day evolved. I walked to the corner store, making a studied point of not fearing the worst. I looked up, rather than at the pavement where the cars sped by. I surveyed his favourite rooftops, alert for his signatory silhouette. No sign. A disappointment. Heading home, I allowed my eyes to drift to the asphalt. No sign. A relief.

Noon gonged. I quizzed the other animals. “Where’s Comel?” I asked his brothers, Tompok and Putih. He glanced at me without even feigned interest, returning to supplementing his furball savings account.

The dogs were no more forthcoming. As hunters, it must be said, they’re a dead loss. They were apparently bred to herd canapés.

Time and again, as day, as day waned, I went to the porch and unleashed my vast repertoire of “puss comes home” noises. Dusk came. I took my act on the road, trawling the lanes and by ways, shaking a tin of catnip treats, maraca-style, a low-rent Ricky Ricardo. I chirped and cooed and trilled soprano halloos.

“Puss-puss-puss-puss-puss-cat!”

Nothing.

I went home. I found a photo and a black felt marker. I got to work. Lost cat, huh?” said the woman at the 24-hours 7ELEVEN shop. “If you couldn’t find your cat as soon as possible, you will not get him forever because lots of coyotes out there.”

“Lost cat, huh?” said the guy at the grocery where I stopped to tape, “Saw one get run down the other day.”

The weather was no more accommodating than the clerks. The wind rose. The rain poured. Undaunted by storm and gale, and mindless of bylaws prohibiting the use of lamp standards for such purposes, I postered the neighbourhood. A girl on the stroll stopped to see what I was about.

“Awww,” she said, “you’ve lost your pussy.” I gave her a look that said, just don’t go there.”

“You know what I do when my cat goes missing? “What?” I said.

“I pray, sort of. I get a picture of her in my mind; I think of her being safe and in one piece. I surround her with light. And tell her to come home because everyone who was lost their pet asks me to do like this.” Then, they will get back their pet.”

“You want me to try it for you?” “Sure,” I said. What could it hurt?

She looked hard at the picture. She closed her eyes, just for few seconds.

“Okays,” she said. “Take care, now.”

“You, too,” I said, and we went about our respective business.

Comel was on the bed when I came home. He answered my many inquiries with a look of bland disregard. No explanation was forthcoming, not even a “been to London to visit the queen.”

In the morning, I went around and removed the posters, picked up the ones the rain had washed down, which was the most of them. REWARD! I’d written, in big black letters. I think I know who should get it. If ever our paths cross again, I’ll do the right thing. In the meantime, I’ll remember her face. I’ll surround it with light. I’ll imagine her safe.


Here, I am using Fallacy to explain about my ‘Finding Comel’ story.

1. Fallacy of Ambiguity

- Is a series of statements that is worded in such a way as to make the listener/reader lose track of “which one” you are talking about such as:

• Noon gonged. I quizzed the other animals. “Where’s Comel?” I asked his brothers, Tompok and Putih. He glanced at me without even feigned interest, returning to supplementing his furball savings account.

- The sentence confuses the listener/reader because it could refer to one thing or another thing and still make sense.

2. An Ad Populum Fallacy of False Dilemma

- It involves presenting two alternatives or one of which is horrible and leaving the listener/reader to believe that those are the only two alternatives that could be chosen.

• I went home. I found a photo and a black felt marker. I got to work. Lost cat, huh?” said the woman at the 24-hours 7ELEVEN shop. “If you couldn’t find your cat as soon as possible, you will not get him forever because lots of coyotes out there.”

3. An Ad Populum Appeal to Common Practice

- Someone tries to persuade you to act in a certain way or do something in particular because, “everyone else is doing it.”

- In a sound argument, the action must be justified on its own merits, and what others are doing, and the conclusions they may have reached, don’t really matter.

• “You know what I do when my cat goes missing? “What?” I said.

“I pray, sort of. I get a picture of her in my mind; I think of her being safe and in one piece. I surround her with light. And tell her to come home because everyone who was lost their pet asks me to do like this.” Then, they will get back their pet.”

“You want me to try it for you?” “Sure,” I said. What could it hurt?

THE FROG PRINCE

THE FROG PRINCE

One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood and when she came to a cool spring of water with a rose in the middle of it, she sat herself down to rest a while. Now she had a golden ball in her hand, which was her favourite plaything and she was always tossing it up into the air, and catching it again as it fell.

After a time she threw it up so high that she missed catching it as it fell and the ball bounced away, and rolled along on the ground, until at last it fell down into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it. She began to cry, and said, “Alas! If I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.”

Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water, and said, “Princess, why do you weep so bitterly?”

'Alas!' said she, “what can you do for me, you nasty frog? My golden ball has fallen into the spring.”

The frog said, “I do not want your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep on your bed, I will bring you your ball again.”

“What nonsense,' thought the princess, 'this silly frog is talking? He can never even get out of the spring to visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me, and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he ask.”

So she said to the frog, “Well, if you will bring me my ball, I will do all you ask.”

Then the frog put his head down, and dived deep under the water and after a little while he came up again, with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the edge of the spring.

As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick it up and she was so overjoyed to have it in her hand again, that she never thought of the frog, but ran home with it as fast as she could.

The frog called after her, “Stay, princess, and take me with you as you said,”

But she did not stop to hear a word.

The next day, just as the princess had sat down to dinner, she heard a strange noise - tap, tap - plash, plash - as if something was coming up the marble staircase, and soon afterwards there was a gentle knock at the door, and a little voice cried out and said:

“Open the door, my dear princess;
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.”


Then the princess ran to the door and opened it, and there she saw the frog, whom she had quite forgotten. At this sight she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast as she could came back to her seat.

The king, her father, seeing that something had frightened her, asked her what the matter was.

“There is a nasty frog,' said she, 'at the door that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning. I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.”

While she was speaking the frog knocked again at the door, and said:
“Open the door, my dear princess;
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said,
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.”


Then the king said to the young princess, “As you have given your word you must keep it, so go and let him in.”

She did so, and the frog hopped into the room, and then straight on - tap, tap - plash, plash - from the bottom of the room to the top, till he came up close to the table where the princess sat.

“Pray lift me upon chair,” said he to the princess, “and let me sit next to you.”

As soon as she had done this, the frog said, “Put your plate nearer to me that I may eat out of it.”

This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could, he said, “Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into your bed.” And the princess, though very unwilling, took him up in her hand, and put him upon the pillow of her own bed, where he slept all night long.


As soon as it was light the frog jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house.

“Now, then,' thought the princess, 'at last he is gone, and I shall be troubled with him no more.”

But she was mistaken for when night came again she heard the same tapping at the door; and the frog came once more, and said:


“Open the door, my dear princess;
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said,
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.”


And when the princess opened the door the frog came in, and slept upon her pillow as before, till the morning broke. And the third night he did the same. But when the princess awoke on the following morning she was astonished to see, instead of the frog, a handsome prince, gazing on her with the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen and standing at the head of her bed.
He told her that he had been enchanted by a spiteful fairy, who had changed him into a frog; and that he had been fated so to abide till some princess should take him out of the spring, and let him eat from her plate, and sleep upon her bed for three nights.

“You,' said the prince, 'have broken her cruel charm, and now I have nothing to wish for but that you should go with me into my father's kingdom, where I will marry you, and love you as long as you live.”

The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying “Yes” to all this; and as they spoke a brightly coloured coach drove up, with eight beautiful horses, decked with plumes of feathers and a golden harness; and behind the coach rode the prince's servant, faithful Heinrich, who had bewailed the misfortunes of his dear master during his enchantment so long and so bitterly, that his heart had well-nigh burst.

They then took leave of the king, and got into the coach with eight horses, and all set out, full of joy and merriment, for the prince's kingdom, which they reached safely; and there they lived happily a great many years.


Here I am using 'Re-Writing the Ending' In BCT Syllabus Application.

Based on a story, I have changed a new ending for 'The Frog Prince" story by making it more sad.

Below is the 'New Ending' version for the story of "The Frog Prince."

One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood and when she came to a cool spring of water with a rose in the middle of it, she sat herself down to rest a while. Now she had a golden ball in her hand, which was her favourite plaything and she was always tossing it up into the air, and catching it again as it fell.

After a time she threw it up so high that she missed catching it as it fell and the ball bounced away, and rolled along on the ground, until at last it fell down into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it. She began to cry, and said, “Alas! If I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.”

Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water, and said, “Princess, why do you weep so bitterly?”

'Alas!' said she, “what can you do for me, you nasty frog? My golden ball has fallen into the spring.”

The frog said, “I do not want your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep on your bed, I will bring you your ball again.”

“What nonsense,' thought the princess, 'this silly frog is talking? He can never even get out of the spring to visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me, and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he ask.”

So she said to the frog, “Well, if you will bring me my ball, I will do all you ask.”

Then the frog put his head down, and dived deep under the water and after a little while he came up again, with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the edge of the spring.

As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick it up and she was so overjoyed to have it in her hand again, that she never thought of the frog, but ran home with it as fast as she could.

The frog called after her, “Stay, princess, and take me with you as you said,”

But she did not stop to hear a word.

The next day, just as the princess had sat down to dinner, she heard a strange noise - tap, tap - plash, plash - as if something was coming up the marble staircase, and soon afterwards there was a gentle knock at the door, and a little voice cried out and said:

“Open the door, my dear princess;
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.”


Then the princess ran to the door and opened it, and there she saw the frog, whom she had quite forgotten. At this sight she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast as she could came back to her seat.

The king, her father, seeing that something had frightened her, asked her what the matter was.

“There is a nasty frog,' said she, 'at the door that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning. I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.”

While she was speaking the frog knocked again at the door, and said:

“Open the door, my dear princess;
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said,
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.”


Then the king said to the young princess, “As you have given your word you must keep it, so go and let him in.”

She did so, and the frog hopped into the room, and then straight on - tap, tap - plash, plash - from the bottom of the room to the top, till he came up close to the table where the princess sat.

“Pray lift me upon chair,” said he to the princess, “and let me sit next to you.”

As soon as she had done this, the frog said, “Put your plate nearer to me that I may eat out of it.”

This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could, he said, “Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into your bed.” And the princess, though very unwilling, took him up in her hand, and put him upon the pillow of her own bed, where he slept all night long.


As soon as it was light the frog jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house.

“Now, then,' thought the princess, 'at last he is gone, and I shall be troubled with him no more.”

But she was mistaken for when night came again she heard the same tapping at the door; and the frog came once more, and said:

“Open the door, my dear princess;
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said,
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.”


And when the princess opened the door the frog came in, and slept upon her pillow as before, till the morning broke. And the third night he did the same. But when the princess awoke on the following morning she was really shocked to see, instead of the frog, an ugly prince with his face full of wrinkle and he also got a big ugly nose, gazing on her with the most yellowish small eyes she had ever seen and seating beside her on the bed.

He told her that he had been enchanted by an evil fairy, who had changed him into a frog; and that he had been fated so to abide till some princess should take him out of the spring, and let him eat from her plate, and sleep upon her bed for three nights.

“You,' said the prince, 'have broken her cruel charm, and now I have nothing to wish for but that you should go with me into my father's kingdom, where I will marry you, and love you as long as you live.”
The young princess directly rejected the prince's proposal because the prince was so ugly. She said to herself, "why should I marry him, yucks, he has an ugly face like a monster. He is not suitable for me because I am very beautiful even he is a rich prince." No, I don't want to marry you because you are so ugly." "But, you have promised me before? You should keep your promise in whatever happened."

"No, no, go away! I don't want to marry you! Ugly prince," she cried loudly....

"Oh, my God, pity of me, why you do this to me my dear princess?" "I'm really love you!". The princess didn't want to hear what the prince said to her. So, she ran quickly out from her room and left an ugly prince alone.

The ugly prince felt very disappointed and his heart was broken deeply. The prince then walked out from her room and left the princess's kingdom immediately with his loyal horse called 'Jimmy'. He has promised to himself that he would never come to visit the princess's kingdom forever.

WESTLIFE NEW ALBUM

WESTLIFE IS “BACK HOME”

After 36 million album sales and 14 UK No. 1 singles, the reigning kings of pop Westlife are coming ‘Back Home’ with their ninth album, released via Syco Music/Sony BMG.

Westlife are rightly proud of their new album. “It’s very Westlife,” says Shane, “but Westlife needed to step into 2007.” To this end, and under the boys own instruction, new songwriters and producers have been brought in. ‘Back Home’ contains twelve brand new pop songs, recorded over the summer, with production credits including Quiz Larossi, Per Magnusson, and Rami and Arnthor alongside long time friend and collaborator Steve Mac.

“It’s pop music. It’s not pop electro or pop rock,” adds Mark, “we know what Westlife is and we love that thing.”

While the album retains gorgeous examples of Westlife’s signature ballads such as ‘I’m Already There’ and ‘You Must Have Had A Broken Heart’, the boys also use the record as a vehicle to explore the unexpected. ‘The Easy Ways’ is an upbeat, uplifting infectious anthem in the making, subtle electronic influences are shown on ‘Pictures In My Head’, whilst ‘When I’m With You’ sees the boys dip their toes into a slow jam. The album also includes the sumptuous, yet tranquil single ‘Home’.



No band can compare to Westlife’s remarkable success. In their nine years on top they have sold over 36 million records globally. In the UK alone they have scored eight multi-platinum albums and a record breaking 14 No.1 hits (behind only Elvis and The Beatles). Westlife have also picked up innumerable awards and appeared on hundreds of magazines covers around the world. They are the only recording artists to win the prestigious ‘Record Of The Year’ an incredible four times (other top awards include two BRITS and an MTV Europe Award). Westlife are also the biggest selling Arena act ever, holding the record for the most concerts held at Wembley Arena, an incredible 23.

Last year’s ‘The Love Album’ was the biggest selling records of 2006, with one million sales to date in the UK alone. Whipping up a media storm, the record was caught up in a four way battle of album releases between Westlife, U2, The Beatles and Oasis. Three of these bands were presenting bullet-proof, failsafe, platinum plated greatest hits packages. Westlife were the only ones that weren’t with their sweetly rendered covers set. Of course the Westlife boys trounced them all, gaining yet another prestigious UK No.1 album.

APPLICATION IN BCT SYLLABUS.

FIRST PREMISE:

* After 36 million album sales and 14 UK No.1 singles, the reigning kings of pop Westlife are coming ' Back Home' with their ninth album.

SECOND PREMISE:

* The album retains gorgeous examples of Westlife's signature ballads.

THIRD PREMISE:

* The boys also use the record as a vehicle to explore the unexpected.

FOURTH PREMISE:

* No band can compare to Westlife's remarkable success. In their nine years on top they have sold over 36 million records globally. In the UK alone they have scored eight multi-platinum albums and a record breaking 14 No. 1 hits (behind only Elvis and The Beatles).

FIFTH PREMISE:

* Also picked up innumerable awards and appeared on hundreds of magazines covers around the world.

SIXTH PREMISE:

* Only recording artists to win the prestigious 'Record Of The Year'.

SEVENTH PREMISE:

* The biggest selling Arena act ever, holding the record for the most concerts held at Wembley Arena, an incredible 23.

CONCLUSION:

* Of course the Westlife boys trounced them all, gaining yet another prestigious UK No. 1 album.

THE STALKER

THE STALKER!

What do the movies Fatal Attraction, The Fan, Fear, Single White Female and Swim Fan have in common? They involve a stalker.

The stalker is the central figure of the film and in the movies, these intense characters are unrelenting in their pursuit to gain the attention, admiration, adulation and all encompassing love from his or her centre of affection whatever the cost would be.

Guy interested in girl. Girl’s not keen. Guy pursues. Girl stays cool. Guy starts to follow girl around. Girl feels very irritated and frightened. “Till death do us part, says guy. Girl says: “Go to hell…..” Guy brings out knife, chases her around. Girls stands her ground, chops him down.

Crowd goes home happy…..Such flicks almost always make for great pop corn outings.

But what if YOU couldn’t even go out to catch such as a movie, what more traipse home happily after a fun outing. What if you found your movements being much restricted and it wasn’t because your parents had grounded you? What if you were frightened because YOU were under watchful eye of a stalker?

What is a “Stalker”? The dictionary defines a stalker as a person who stalks game: someone who is obsessed with a person and makes it a point to know what the object of his affection is all about such as what she does, what she likes, where she lives, where she hangs out, and so on. What is Stalker usually believe? Stalkers usually believe that they have an emotional tie with the subject being stalked and that there is an existing relationship such as “If the stalker believes that you are creating a problem, he may decide to take revenge on you. So be very careful though as there is a thin line between love and hate”.

What can you do though if this is happening to you? Can the law protect you? Crime Analyst, Kamal Assandi Hashim, who works closely with the Malaysian Police Force, says if a person were to follow you, it is against the law.

“No one has the right to stalk you unless the persons hold a B License which is issued to private investigators. If someone stalks you, they can be charged under the Invasion of Privacy Act,” Kamal says.

“Let me tell you a story that is related to my article. There is a one lady who had been own a creepy stalker experienced with a guy she barely knew.

Mira first met Zaki at an open house. Zaki’s parents know her. They were introduced and that was it, they didn’t chat or exchange phone numbers or anything. Several days later, Zaki called to speak to her mum and asked for her mobile number. That’s when it all started…

He began calling her up incessantly. Mira was nice to him at first. She didn’t flirt or encourage him any way. Besides, she had a boyfriend. After a while, it got so annoying so Mira told him to stop calling her. She dropped hints about her boyfriends. She thought that would do the trick, and returned to Australia the following week where she was studying. Zaki didn’t stop. He continued to call Mira in Australia too! He got her number from Mira’s sister.

Zaki didn’t know where Mira lived in Australia so he would send gifts to her home in Selangor. He sent soft toys and cards, a mobile phone even. She refused to accept any of his gifts. They’d just give them away. A year passed without any news from Zaki until Mira got onto a popular social networking site; Facebook. When he requested to be her friend online she thought ‘why not?’ she assumed he had learnt his lesson. “How very wrong she was”. When Mira came back for the holidays, Zaki started his stalker behavior again; he would drive past her house several times a day and call her. Mira was forced to change her mobile number because of this.

Zaki turned up at Mira’s doorstep again with a gift for her. Her dad tried telling him nicely that she wouldn’t want it and that he should just leave. He got agitated and told Mira’s dad that he and Mira were seeing each other and that her dad didn’t know the full story. Anyway, the guy just wouldn’t listen to reason and in the end, he just left the gift on the doorstep. They got rid of it.

These days, Mira still see him driving past her house, but he claims he’s visiting friends in the neighbourhood. As long as he stays out of her way, she doesn’t care what he does”!

I know some people may be reading this and thinking ‘what’s the big deal? It’s flattering’. Well, let me tell you that it’s not flattering at all. It’s very disturbing to think of this persons thinking of you and making up stories about you.

If you know of anyone who can help the stalker, like his friends and family, get them to acknowledge the situation and seek their help. If the stalker doesn’t receive the help he needs, it will in all probability eventually turn into a confrontational situation one day and that should be avoided.

James H -The Stalker?

In March 2001, James H was sentenced to do 160 hours of community service for stalking and spying on his ex-girlfriend. James had earlier pleaded guilty to harass her between November 1998 and August 2000. The ban from making contact with her expired in March 2006.

The newspaper article below is how the Manchester Metro News reported the story - the headline is a bit misleading though...

• Application in BCT syllabus :

• Argument– a series of statement use to persuade someone of something.

• Here are the some additional statement that I can use in an Argument which is DSAERA:-
  
  
• Definitions
• Supporting Argument
• Assumptions
• Evidence
• Reference to Authority
• Anecdote



• 1) PRECISING DEFINITION :

• The arguer attempts to further describe a “vague” word or phrase by adding examples or illustrations.

• By using a dictionary (etymological method):-

• What is a “Stalker”? The dictionary defines a stalker as a person who stalks game: someone who is obsessed with a person and makes it a point to know what the object of his affection is all about such as what she does, what she likes, where she lives, where she hangs out, and so on.
  

• By using a synonym:

• What is Stalker usually believe? “Stalkers” usually believe that they have an emotional tie with the subject being stalked and that there is an existing relationship such as “If the stalker believes that you are creating a problem, he may decide to take revenge on you. So be very careful though as there is a thin line between love and hate”.

• 2) SUPPORTING ARGUMENTS :

• One which has as its conclusion the same statement as the premise being supported. It is includes series of illustrations or examples used to support premises in an arguments.

• “Well, let me tell you that it’s not flattering at all”. It’s very disturbing to think of this persons thinking of you and making up stories about you.

• 3) ASSUMPTIONS:

• Eventually, all support for premise can be traced back to a set of beliefs which the person making the argument considers to be self-evident, and therefore not in need of further support or analysis. Such assumptions serve as the premises for supporting arguments and, in general, any premise can be called an assumption.

• “What if you were frightened because YOU were under watchful eye of a stalker?”

• 4) EVIDENCE
• James H -The Stalker?

• In March 2001, James H was sentenced to do 160 hours of community service for stalking and spying on his ex-girlfriend. James had earlier pleaded guilty to harass her between November 1998 and August 2000. The ban from making contact with her expired in March 2006.

• 5) REFERENCE TO AUTHORITY:

• A claim is offered by a reputable authority whom an expert about that kind of claim and who has no motivate to mislead.

• Crime Analyst, Kamal Assandi Hashim, who works closely with the Malaysian Police Force, says if a person were to follow you, it is against the law. “No one has the right to stalk you unless the persons hold a B License which is issued to private investigators. If someone stalks you, they can be charged under the Invasion of Privacy Act.” Kamal says.

• 6) ANECDOTE:

• A short story or descriptive account that is used to make people understand and believe in your premise.

• It is begin with……

• “Let me tell you a story………”

GIORGIO ARMANI

Place of Birth: Piacenza, Italy
Date of Birth : 11 July, 1934
Heritage : Italian
Famous for : Italian fashion designer particularly noted for his menswear.

“My philosophy has always been to help women and men feel comfortable and confident through the clothes that they wear, rather than to create decoration for the sake of it.” Giorgio Armani

One of the most influential and celebrated designers in the world, Giorgio Armani is well-known for creating one of the most popular and upscale fashion brands in the world and turning his Italian company into a fashion giant with incredible sales of more than $1 billion a year. This led him to being named by Forbes magazines “The Most Successful Designer” out of Italy” in 2000. He also has used his brand name to launch multiple lines that include A/X Armani Exchange, Giorgio Armani, Armani Jeans Emporio Armani and Armani Golf among others.

His designs are regularly featured in media-heavy events such as the Academy Awards. Armani’s spectacular designs have also won numerous awards like a Neiman Marcus Award, the International Top Men’s Fashion Designer Award from the Cutty Sark in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, and 1987, the GQ magazine’s Men’s Style Award in 1981, a Council of Fashion Designers of America Award in 1983, Occhio D’Oro Awards in 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1988, Italian Government Awards in 1985 and 1987, a Fiorino D’Oro Award in 1992, an Aguja De Oro in 1993 and GQ’s Award in 1996. In addition to the multitude awards, Armani’s 25 years in the industry was honored by New York’s Guggenheim Museum, making him the only designer whose work is displayed there.

From the article mentioned above, I am now, can relate it with the “Philosophy.” What is the study of “Philosophy”? The Greek word, philosophia, means The love of (Philia) and the search for wisdom (Sophia). Philosophy involves trying to understand “the world”, the grounds for human knowledge and the evaluation of the things humans do.

For an example:

“My philosophy has always been to help women and men feel comfortable and confident through the clothes that they wear, rather than to create decoration for the sake of it.” Giorgio Armani

So, from his hard work, creativity and design philosophy that include eliminating the superfluous, emphasize the comfortable, and acknowledge the elegance of the uncomplicated, have earned Armani his fortune.

A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND

“I wanted a fragrance that reflects the sparkle, strength, brilliance and sexiness of the Emporio Armani women.” – Giorgio Armani

Diamonds by Emporio Armani. An audacious and sexy fusion of scents that reflects the strong, modern woman. Featuring the freshness of raspberry and lychee, and invigorated with the pure femininity of rose and the sensual rhythm of patchouli and amber. A sparkling, juicy, irresistible, absolutely feminine and assertive fragrance is born. A unique indulgence for your senses.

Diamonds, the precious scent is encased in a sculpted, sparkling block of glimmering glass. Engraved at its center, the unmistakable Emporio Armani eagle. Giving a diamond in your palm, accessible, immediate, and truly a girl’s best friend

*One of the Sub-Branches of Philosophy is Aesthetics.

Aesthetics – The study of the nature and expression of beauty.

Aesthetics studies beauty and taste:

Beauty is the characteristics feature of things that arouse pleasure or delight, especially to the senses of the observer. What do we consider as a “beautiful”? and What is inherently pleasing? For an example:

“I wanted a fragrance that reflects the sparkle, strength, brilliance and sexiness of the Emporio Armani women.” – Giorgio Armani

The sublime- The feeling of Giorgio Armani aroused by experiences too overwhelming in a fragrance’ scale to be perceived as “beautiful”. In his opinion, the fragrance is a unique indulgence for women senses.