My presentation

For our tutorial session started last week, we are asked to do oral presentation based on our position paper. As for me, I have done it this week. Mr Omid commented that my introduction and conclusion wasn't really clear enough to support my thesis statement. I guess this also lead me to have a few marks deduced.........

However, I think it's really useful for us to present our position paper in such a way. Firstly, people can get to understand and know the topic that we are doing and secondly, it is a way to train us to be brave, confident and prepared on stage as a teacher-to-be. I found some of my course mates have pretty interesting presentation like Punitha. I think she is assertive and very sure of herself on stage when she presented and also Hidayah Jumat, her thesis statement and the topic of "The Great Injustice" really caught my attention throughout her presentation.

I have done my position paper and now I started to worry about my research paper which is going to due like within one month. Most importantly, I need some rest before I can continue my journey. Chaos and good luck for me!

Andy Warhol is an INSPIRATION!!

Watching the video clips about the works of Andy Warhol was an inspiration to me. Even though it was a documentary video clips which isn't fun and entertaning as most commercial video, I felt surprised and amazed by his works as the more I watched, just like watching the fireworks during count-down, there are so many different type of achievement that he accomplished in his life.

How should I address him? An artist? A painter? Commercial illustrator? Producer? An Author? A designer? A famous person? He is ALL of these. He painted and painted a lot of great paintings like the portraits of celebrities:Marilyn Monroe, Liss and Alvis Presley. Also, the idea of the concept paintings like "Fear of Death" and religious paintings of Christianity. He designed and illustrated many commercial products and made his own style to the brand--Campbell, Brillo, Kelloyg and Mott. He also produced films and music. And also, as an author, he wrote and displayed his personal and cultural observations.WOW, so amazing to find such a person with great talent famous across decades!! Andy Warhol is truly a life inspiration!

When I was watching the video, there was a question came across my mind--"What kind of person is he like?" Well, from his works, I figured out that he is very passionate to his life and his work. He is sensible, innovative, daring, creative, sensitive, clever, ingenious and artistic. That is why he is special, his works are unique, amazing and fabulous. He is famous because he is marvelous.

I think I'm going to use him as a model to teach in my classroom as I think he has the influence to this world and hopefully my students will be inspired and motivated by him. wow, wOw, WOW! This is the only blog I used the most adjectives to describe a person. He is just so inspiring!!

Nelson Mandela's autobiography

In my opinion, an autobiography is a written work that based entirely on the writer's memory and perception, something which is similar to a diary. It tells about matters like who you are in life, what life means to you and what your outlook on the future is.

Reading Nelson Mandela's autobiography--“Long Walk to Freedom” didn't bring me any pleasure but in fact some thinking and reflection on my life. Perhaps I'm in a wonderful country and society which I didn't face the treatment and discrimination, so I couldn't really understand how does it feel like to be discriminated. Well, from his autobiography, imagination starts in my mind, figuring the situation he was in the prison, longing so much to be free physically and also spiritually.

The situation of Apartheid happened a lot in many countries all over the world even till today. People just couldn't get rid of the mindset of different skin colour we have. It makes life miserable for everyone. It is very judgemental to look down on a person just because of the skin colour that he or she is. As for Nelson Mandela, the battle is far more challenging despite that he is a black in South Africa. He was asked to wear "short" in the prison in Robben Island,which is a great insult to the black people as it represents that society perceived them as immature and lower class. When I read until this part, feeling of sadness arouses inside me. The colonists want to show their superiority and greatness through downgrading the black which to me is an very immature and irrational act. They are just like some kids who wants to show their power and ability to conquer through humiliating and criticising other. What a shame!

I think it is great for Nelson Mandela to refuse the treatment even he has to be punished for that. As it shows his unity and courage to defend and protest their comrade's right. It would be a great injustice to the black if he put on the short just for his own goodness sake as it shows that he is betraying his own people for his own reason. This is also a lesson for us to learn as we are bound of our own ethnic. We should always stand for own pride and do not give up our right by surrender to what it seemed to be strong and empowered. In fat, the greatest power in this world is within ourselves.

Nelson Mandela stands for his people, courage and freedom to right!Nelson Mandela, I really salute him for that.

Meeting with Supervisor

Let me introduce my supervisor, he is the lecturer of this course and he is noticeable for literature and methodology in teaching. I guess I'm glad to have him as my supervisor for the reasearch paper writing. The first meeting I thought I have to prepare some kind of outline draft to show him about the topic that I wished to do. Nevertheless, it was rejected. I have chosen "The storm" by Kate Chopin and "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. Accoring to Dr Edwin, there isn't any obvious connection between two texts and it'll be hard to explode on the topics. Even though my draft was rejected for the very first time I met him, it is indeed very helpful for him to do so as I will not be lost and clueless if I go on with my own ideas. I guess that's why we need a supervisor to watch over us especially on the first step we are going to take off in doing this research paper.