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1 PROPERTY OF TUHINA EDUCATION RESOURCES

Contents

PROJECT 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 3

THE ICE BREAKER .................................................................................................................. 3

I THOUGHT YOU KNEW BETTER ........................................................................................ 4

SELF INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 7

MYSELF ..................................................................................................................................... 9

PROJECT 2 ................................................................................................................................... 10

INTROVERTS VS EXTROVERTS ......................................................................................... 10

BULLYING .............................................................................................................................. 13

MACHU PICCHU .................................................................................................................... 14

PROJECT 3 ................................................................................................................................... 16

STRESS ..................................................................................................................................... 16

I SAW RED ............................................................................................................................... 19

KEEP YOUR ROOM CLEAN! ................................................................................................ 21

STOP COMPLAINING MALAYSIANS ................................................................................. 23

THE VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP .............................................................................................. 26

PROJECT 4 ................................................................................................................................... 27

TYPES OF PEOPLE DURING THEIR CULTURE’S FESTIVAL ......................................... 27

RAINFOREST .......................................................................................................................... 29

HEALTHY EATING ................................................................................................................ 33

THE UPSR AND PT3 ARE CANCELLED BUT A NEW KBAT QUESTION AWAITS

THEM........................................................................................................................................ 35

PROJECT 5 ................................................................................................................................... 38

CORONAVIRUS ...................................................................................................................... 38


EFFECTS OF WATCHING CARTOONS ............................................................................... 41

THOMSON AND MR COCKROACH .................................................................................... 43

PROJECT SPEECH 6 ................................................................................................................... 46

15 7 2020 BACK TO HELL ..................................................................................................... 46

PROJECT 7 ................................................................................................................................... 50

BENEFITS OF CORONA VIRUS ........................................................................................... 50

WESTERN DINING ETIQUETTE .......................................................................................... 52

OPTICAL ILLUSION............................................................................................................... 56

PROJECT SPEECH 8 ................................................................................................................... 60

STOP! PROTECT YOUR SLEEP ............................................................................................ 60

MY PET .................................................................................................................................... 64

PROJECT 9 ................................................................................................................................... 67

DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED ................................................................... 67

OWNING A PET ...................................................................................................................... 71


PROJECT 1

THE ICE BREAKER

Hi everybody, my name is Abigail Ashwini Das. I am 15 years old. I

study at SMK Banting. My father’s name is Anthony Das a/l

Sinappan and my mother’s name is Angeline Das. I have 2 siblings,

Anne who is 8 years old and Abner who is 6 years old. I have many

friends and my best friend is Felonia Melva Francis. I love Italian

cuisine for example pizza and pasta because it has a lot of flavour.

Moving on, my favourite drink is lemon coke because I love the sour

and the soda taste of the drink. My favourite subject is Chinese. My

favourite place to travel would be my recent place that I visited which

is Sri Lanka. I loved the scenery and the art structure of the temples.

When I grow up I am going to help a lot of people.

Abigail Ashiwini Das (15)


I THOUGHT YOU KNEW BETTER

In a big forest, humongous trees, beautiful flowers. There lived a

monk under a tree, a lady runs up to him and says “I want

happiness”. The monk takes a deep breath and says “Lady, first take

out the I that’s ego, then take out the want and that’s selfishness at

last you are left with happiness”.

Good evening ladies and gentleman, I am sixteen years old and my

name is Abigail Ashwini Das. And my true self is yet to be discovered.

In my life I met so many people with different mind sets and colours.

By discovering and observing, I have learnt plenty of lessons that

changed my life.

But today I will share with you the lesson I have learnt that turned

my life around. During my primary schooling, I didn’t have many

friends. I would say I was clueless; I wouldn’t blame anyone because

I was the odd among everyone. Being in a Chinese school was not easy

for me. I had less friends and it was hard to keep up. But when I

graduated and went to secondary school. That was a great eye

opening; everything was cooler because I started to gain some

attention. As for the teenage, hormones and the rebelling energy. I

went on hanging around with the wrong crowd, that had a bad

influence on me.

So one bright Saturday morning, I was so bored. Without permission

I invited some of the friends who I was mingling with to my house.


Without permission, they all were boys and were older than me. In

that moment nothing, my head was only processing the euphoria I am

going feel when I am enjoying time with them. So I sneaked them into

the house and we were hanging out. Later after a few minutes, one of

my friends suggested that we should go out and grab some food, first

I opposed the idea but later they convinced me and I quickly ran up

to change my pants. But when I was coming down the stairs, I heard

this manly voice that didn’t sound like my friends, and when the voice

got louder, I realised that it was my dad. My heart sank, stopped,

turned, everything you could imagine.

When I went downstairs, my dad looked at me. I thought he was going

to punish me physically but instead he sends the boys out and when

he came in he looked at me with this disappointing face and said. I

thought you knew better. At that moment, I had Niagara Falls

happening in my eyes. I cried so hard to the point my body would run

out of water.

I felt horrible breaking my father’s trust and misusing his freedom

he gave me. He didn’t speak to me for a while, and that hurt the most.

But one day, he took me for a drive and spoke how he felt and gave

me options to choose. He gave me the advice to always make the right

decision. It’s ok to make mistakes but it’s not ok if you don’t try to

rectify it. I learnt that a single decision can affect your life very

seriously. So remember to always think about others and try to


emphasize with others so you know where they are coming from.

Remember the monk’s advice and always don’t be self-centred.

Abigail Ashwini Das (16)


SELF INTRODUCTION

Hi, everyone. My name is Chua Thomson. I’m 16 this year studying

Form 4 at SMJK CHUNG HWA KLANG. My favourite subject is

add maths. In my own opinion add maths is like a puzzle, you have to

solve the clue one by one to get the answer, although it can be

complicated sometimes, but that’s what I like about it. I like the

feeling of accomplishment whenever I finally solved it. I also like

facing challenges as I feel that life without challenges is meaningless.

My hobby is to learn MMA. MMA means mixed martial art. What’s

different from other combat sport is that it is a combination of

striking, grapping and ground fighting, made up from various

martial arts like Muay Thai, Boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. I just

joined this sport about a month ago, so I still have much to learn and

it is really fun learning MMA. I would say it’s a good stress reliever.

I have also made new friends. The main reason I chose MMA, is to

strengthen my body while learning some useful skills to protect

myself in case I’m in danger. Although I like MMA and there are also

many famous and successful fighters in the world, I am not going to

become a professional fighter, because even though I enjoy exercising

my body while fighting, I wouldn’t want to fight for a living.

Currently, I’m learning how to become a trader. I would like to share

the difference between investor and trader. One of the obvious

difference is an investor takes a long-term approach to the market,


whereas a trader is likely to be short-term. My aim is to be able to

master this skill before I graduate.

When I was a kid, I spoke in English most of the time, so I was very

fluent in English. However, as I started studying in primary school,

most of my classmates speaks Chinese, so I spoke less English and

more Chinese. After many years, I noticed my English level dropped,

thus I decided enough I need to step out of my comfort zone so I joined

this class. Another reason I joined this class is my desire to further

study at Western country, to be able to do that I have to strengthen

my English and my ability to speak proper English with confidence.

My dream is to become a successful entrepreneur or businessman, to

be creative and innovative, to become a leader that can lead my

people to areas or path that they couldn’t have gone on their own and

most importantly to solve the problems in the society. Although I

know it’s hard to fulfil my dream, I will continue to work hard to

become the guy that I want to become. The quote that inspired me the

most is “suffer what others can’t suffer and you will achieve what

others can’t achieve”. I’m glad to join this public speaking class. I

also hope that I will learn much things and become a good public

speaker. Thank you. Thomson (16)


MYSELF

Hi, my name is Makhathi A/P Thangavelu. I am 12 years old. I was

born 20th March 2008. I’m studying at SK BUKIT TINGGI. My

favourite subject is Mathematics. Mathematics is easy for me because

I do a lot of activities to make me understand. My hobby is painting

and sketching some random pictures. My ambition is to be a doctor.

I also like martial art. I am attending Karate class with my brother.

Speaking about my brother, his name is Jaikaran. He is 17 years old

this year. He is studying at SMK RAJA MAHADI. His hobby is to

play badminton. His ambition is to be an engineer.

My father’s name is Thangavelu. He is an engineer. He is 43 years

old. His hobby is to play football. My mother’s name is Gunavathy.

She is a teacher. She is teaching in a kindergarten. She is also 43 years

old. Her hobby is to cook. I have one best friend. Her name is

Thayaani. The subject she likes is Science. During the weekends she

goes to her grandmother’s house at Seremban. She has a pet hamster.

She likes to spend time with her pet hamster.

Now let’s continue about myself. I joined public speaking to clear my

stage fright and build the confidence in me. It will also make me speak

proper English. I hope I will be a good public speaker like my trainer

Mrs Vasanthi Francis. Thank you. Makhathi (12)


PROJECT 2

INTROVERTS VS EXTROVERTS

Before I start my speech, I would like to ask what do you call a person

who is shy Introvert? and what about a person who is outgoing?

Extrovert? What if I tell you that’s a misconception? What if I am a

mix of introvert and extrovert? What should I call myself? Today as

I present my second public speech project I would like to answer your

questions.

So, what exactly is introvert and extrovert? As we return back to

history the word introversion and extroversion is popularized by Carl

Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist. He believes that introversion is someone

who direct their interest towards inward toward their own feeling,

extroversion towards other people and the outside world. So, as we

come back to the present, researchers conclude that introvert is

someone who recharge spending time alone, on the other hand

extrovert is someone who gain energy from other people or

socializing. Like I said in the beginning, a shy person is always

labelled as an introvert but scientist states that someone who is shy

are just scared of being judge and as we know everyone can be afraid

of being judge, so a shy person is not equal an introvert.

However, there isn’t any pure introvert or extrovert in our world said

by Carl Jung. He said someone like this would end up in the mental


hospital. Introversion and extroversion is like my ruler. Extrovert is

like the right side of a straight line where else introvert is the left side.

You see most people are either slight right or left around 50 to 60%

in the world. But, of course there are also people who are extremely

to the right or left, but they will never be 100 %. Well, for people who

are around the middle what do we call them? There is a new name

that is called--- ambivert. If you are an ambivert congratulation as

study shown that ambivert is to success in their life. However, if you

are introverts or extroverts don’t feel dejected there is also many

successful introvert such as: JK Rowling, Isaac Newton, Warren

Buffet, Mahatma Gandhi and successful extroverts such as: Bill

Clinton, Steve Jobs and Muhammad Ali.

In life we will meet many different person and we can’t avoid

socializing, as a human we need friends. Here I would like to share a

story: There were two girls who are roommates and always meet each

other but they have a huge difference, A is an extrovert and B is an

introvert. Whenever the A enters B’s room, B would be angry as A

did not knock the door before entering, she felt that A did not respect

her privacy, where else A would be angry as she feels annoying when

B knocked the door before entering. This type of scene is everywhere

in our life. So how do prevent this thing to happen? Firstly, we need

to understand introversion and extroversion are natural preference,

so we couldn’t change them and should not try to remake them. We


should respect introverts’ privacy and don’t interrupt them. We

should also give them a prior notice of changes in their life. For

extroverts we should allow them to talk and shine.

About few months back, I was hit by the question of how many

extroverts, introverts and ambiverts are there in my class. So, I

conducted a survey. The result was 6 introverts, 27 extroverts and 10

ambiverts. You see even in a small class I have to encounter with

different types of people, so always be caring to others and think of

others before doing action as you may have hurt or annoyed

unknowingly. Also, when I asked my friends they need to think for a

long time before answering my question. This portrayed something:

People in the society now are too busy to understand themselves. So

my fellow friends why don’t you use this valuable time to

communicate with your inner-self.

Thomson (16)


BULLYING

Bullying is not someone punching others face. They are a lot of types

of bullying which are verbally, physically, indirect and cyber

bullying. There are about 200 million children and teens are getting

bullied? It’s true that much people are being bullied.

What is physical bullying? Physical bullying is hurt someone with

force. For instance, punching, kicking and more. For example, if

someone shoved you to the ground that would be physical bullying.

Even minor movements like poking and pinching.

Next verbal bullying, verbal bullying is nay calling and making

offensive statements about someone like their name, gender and

religion. 46.5% of bullying in schools is verbal bullying. Verbal

bullying brings a lot of health complications and it often leads to

fighting or quarrelling.

Next is indirect bullying. For example, spreading rumours about

someone and making stories about them that are not true. Indirect

bullying is 18.5% of all types of bullying. Even making assumptions

and judging someone is indirect bullying.

In conclusion, the bully feels better after bullying others. Bullying is

not an option to show off for popularity. And to prevent this, everyone

here has to step up and stand up for people that are being bullied. So

please be careful with the words you say and speak it might end up

hurting someone. Abigail Ashwini Das (15)


MACHU PICCHU

Hello, today I am going to talk about an ancient place.it is Machu

Picchu. Five hundred years ago, Machu Picchu was a vibrant city

high on a mountain top in Peru. Archaeologists think it was built by

the Incas around 1460.Then, in the early 1500s, Machu Picchu was

deserted. Thick jungle plants covered the city. It was forgotten for

hundreds of years. The city was rediscovered in 1911 by the explorer

Hiram Bingham.

Hiram Bingham also discovered The Mysterious Nazca Lines. The

Nazca Lines are huge images that were craved on the ground in Peru

centuries ago. Many of these images are animals, and others are

enormous geometric shapes. Scientists believe the lines were created

by ancient Nazca people nearly 2000 years ago. Why the lines were

made is still a mystery. Some astronomers the lines could be a star

map. Some scientists think the lines may be a map that shows where

Nazca farmers could find underground sources of water. No one

knows for sure! Since we were speaking about Machu Picchu, now

let’s talk about the explorer Hiram Bingham.

Hiram Bingham was born on November 19, 1875 in Honolulu,

Kingdom of Hawaii. He died on June 6, 1956 at the age of 80 in

Washington, D.C. Hiram Bingham is an Aviator, an Archaeologists,

a Politician, an Army officer, an Educator and an Explorer. No one

in the world knows what made Machu Picchu deserted for years.


Some of them think that there was a disease and some thinks there

was a war. The full story of Machu Picchu remains a mystery. Thank

you.

Makhathi (12)


PROJECT 3

STRESS

9xy2 + 12y divide by 4xz3…

“Why are there alphabets in maths? Aren't maths just numbers. The

numbers I can see that do not decrease are the numbers of pages. This

makes me so stressed.”

Everyone undergoes stress situations. The word stress has become

very famous among people even among kids. First of all, what are we

stressed about? Doing an uninterested job, studying subjects that are

hard to understand, death of a loved one and workload. Even just

listening to the stress makes people feel stress. Actually there are

some ways to reduce stress.

Exercise is one of the most important things you can do to combat

stress. It might seem contradictory, but putting physical stress on

your body through exercise can relieve mental stress. The benefits are

more effective when exercising regularly. People who exercise

regularly are less likely to experience anxiety than those who don’t

exercise. There are a few reasons behind this. First, exercise lowers

the body's stress hormones such as cortisol in the long run. It also

helps release endorphins, which are chemicals that improve your

mood and act as natural painkillers. Secondly, when you exercise


regularly, you may feel more competent and confident in your body,

which in turn promotes mental wellbeing.

The next way to reduce stress is to have better sleep. Everyone knows

stress can be caused due to lack of sleep. This vicious cycle causes the

brain and body to get out of whack and only gets worse with time. So,

make sure to get the doctor-recommended seven to eight hours of

sleep. Turn the TV off earlier, dim the lights, and give yourself time

to relax before going to bed. It may be the most effective and easiest

stress buster. But don't sleep more than you need. This makes you

feel lazy.

Last but not least, eat the right food. Stress levels and a proper diet

are closely related. When we’re overwhelmed, we often forget to eat

well and resort to using sugary, fatty snack foods as a pick-me-up.

Some people try to reduce stress by drinking alcohol or eating too

much. These actions may seem to help in the moment, but actually

may add to stress in the long run. Caffeine also can compound the

effects of stress. Consuming a healthy, balanced diet can help to

combat stress. Fruits and vegetables are always good, and fish with

high levels of omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to reduce the

symptoms of stress.


With many ways to release your stress at your disposal, one wonders

why we are still stressed about something. Stop thinking about bad

things and look towards the bright side of your life. This may help

you to have good vibes around you. It's easy to get rid of stress but we

should take action to reduce it. Everything is in your hand.

To write it down. While recording what you’re stressed about is one

approach, another is jotting down what you’re grateful for.

Gratitude may help relieve stress and anxiety by focusing your

thoughts on what’s positive in your life.

Thank you.

Kayalvili (16)


I SAW RED

If a person would say I see blue, the person is probably feeling a sense

of calmness, but if someone would say I see red how do you think the

person is feeling? The person is probably feeling angry. Good evening

to my fellow friend. Over the past few years as I grew older I tent to

see red most of the time. I don’t know why. Even Though I was

blessed with clothes to wear, food to eat and a beautiful family,

something was still missing in my life. I felt dissatisfied and

persuaded. Let me paint you a picture of a typical day. Early in the

morning, at 7 I will be dressed in a school uniform holding a school

bag. As I stepped out of my house, I would see my neighbour Mrs.

Darren next door water the plants. Mrs. Darren would ask me the

silliest of questions. She will look at me and ask “Hey Shakthi going

to school”. I was thinking 7 in the morning dressed in a school

uniform and holding a school bag where else could I be going? I just

tell her “oh no i am not going to school but to your house”. And once

my mother’s car had a flat tire. Mrs. Darren asked “Hey Shakthi flat

tires?” I felt like telling her “Oh no the other three were stolen”. So

you see my friends at the start of the day I saw red. And at school I

saw red as well. Once I didn't finish my homework and my teacher

knew that too. But she asked me if I had finished my homework. This

was my reply “Goodbye, see you next time”. And at home when I

thought finally I could have a peace of mind. My grandmother would


make me see red as well. Because my grandma is learning how to use

the internet by the way would interrupt me at the worst time possible.

There was once I was busy working on my project my grandma asked

me how to log on the internet. I say “Grandma just click on the

internet explorer icon”. “Which one is the internet explorer icon” I

said “That with the E and internet explorer at the bottom. “Should I

left click or right click on the mouse?”. “Just click on the left side of

the mouse” I replied. “Which finger should I use to click?” Which

finger! “Just click with your finger that you have”. So you see my

friends at the start of the day till the end I would see red and just as I

was about to be distressed and depressed in the vicious cycle of

redness. I came to see the light. From that day onwards I learned to

be more patient next. So boys and girls whenever you see red please

be patient and think wisely. Thank you.

Shaktiveeran (15)


KEEP YOUR ROOM CLEAN!

We know the phrase “go clean your room” probably brings back

some bad childhood memories, but did you know that cleaning your

room can actually help reduce things like dust mites and other bed

bugs, keep you less stressed. Not to mention making your bed every

day can help you feel more accomplished and organized.

Are you starting to think that maybe mom and dad were right? Even

though cleaning your room can be a tedious process, the results are

worth the hour of cleaning and laundry. Doing a deep cleans of your

dirty room, can also tidy up your brain. This will also enhance the

power towards studies. This will help clear out any clutter and keep

your room as well your thoughts organized. Even though cleaning

your room may feel like a mundane task, it will help you feel the sense

of accomplishment, happiness and pride. After we clean our room, we

can get clean indoor air for example the air which comes from the air

conditioner will be cleaner than usual because the air is cleaner. We

can also sleep better. Clean sheets mean better sleep. We should at

least clean our room once a week. Sometimes we don’t change the

sheets every week so we must change the sheets at least two weeks

once. We also should dust the ceiling twice a week because our face

always faces towards the ceiling when we sleep and the dusts won’t

make us get flu. We could also prevent our self from getting allergies


which involves dust. Always clean your room and remember to listen

to your parent’s advice. Thank you.

Makhathi (12)


STOP COMPLAINING MALAYSIANS

Tak boleh lah Malaysia. Next time you got money faster move out.

My fellow friends I would like to ask you, have you ever heard

something like this. Sadly, I experienced this before where one of my

schoolmates said this to me. It is a very pathetic situation in our

society as people are always complaining a lot about the nation called

Malaysia or other name the country of complaining. Through this

speech I would like to prove why Malaysia BOLEH.

We are humans not robot so we will definitely fell sick. Let’s say one

of your family member fainted and you need to call the ambulance.

What's the cost the ambulance service? Well it’s 200 to 2200 dollars

in the leader of the world USA. What about the tak boleh country. It

only costs around 200 ringgits. I’m sure most of us would hesitate if

you face this situation in America as we wouldn’t want to be broke

just by calling an ambulance, but that’s what happening in many

countries. They even have to pay a huge cost to treat illness. Thus,

causing many middle and lower classes to avoid going to the hospital

despite getting sick. We should be grateful that as Malaysians, we

don’t have to suffer this type of problem as we have public hospital

that is affordable. Complainers would say that is because Malaysia

health service is low quality so it is cheap. But do you know that we

have a good healthcare system indeed that is even ranked No.1 in the


Health Care category of the international Living Annual Global

Retirement Index.

We all live in country with a diversity of culture, race and religious.

We have Indian, Malay, Chinese, Kadazan, Iban and so on. That’s

why we have variety of local foods from the national food—nasi

lemak, to the nasi briyani at the mamak stall and even the Bak Kut

Teh at Klang. That some more, as one of the strategic location and

attraction places in the world, Malaysia attracted many foreigners to

come in Malaysia and bring their culture in of course including their

own unique food. Thanks to that we now have unending variety of

food to choose form. Now, let’s imagine you are sitting in a hawker

centre. There is satay at the left side of you, there is a cendol in front

of you and a plate of nasi lemak with ayam goreng at you right side.

Do you still think Malaysia Tak Boleh?

During the last school holiday, my dad brought our family to Japan

for a vacation. It was a fun and wonderful trip. At there we usually

use public transport to travel around or either use the free

transportation our feet because the price at there is really high. Even

the cheapest of all the public transport the railway is about 180 yen

that is 7 ringgits. Something more surprising is the food there is really

expensive. My favourite food there must be the Ichiran Ramen. When

I was in Malaysia I always saw many videos about the Ichiran Ramen

describing it as a so delicious dish. So, I told my father and we walked


to there and it was queuing outside. When it was finally our turn to

use the machine to print out our order ticket and I remember the face

of my father when he saw the price on the machine. He was like.

Luckily my brother and I successfully persuaded him. Overall it’s

very. But, keep in mind a normal bowl of Tonkotsu ramen costs 1000

yen that is about 40 ringgits. Oh My God. Back in Malaysia let’s say

a bowl of Laksa only cost about 5 maybe 6 ringgits. You might think

it’s expensive because the ramen is well known. But being there for

about two weeks, I noticed that most things are very expensive and so

it makes me appreciate that Malaysia things are more reasonable and

affordable in a way. So my friends do you still think other country is

always better than our country?

Malaysia, our beloved country that is going to celebrate its 63

birthday in few months has given many gifts to us from the free

education system to the flora and fauna in our country. Despite this,

we can’t ignore that Malaysia have its own flaws but my brothers and

sisters Malaysia it is in our hand to fill up these flaws. My fellow

Malaysians, in this time of MCO let us use the time to really think is

Malaysia really Tak Boleh?

Thomson (16)


THE VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP

We all have friends, but what is friendship? Friendship is a

relationship between friends that create closeness and bonds. A friend

is when she or he lends a shoulder to cry, supports you in your good

and bad times. They give all their time to hear your ups and downs.

Actually when you first meet your friend you would feel awkward

and weird but when time flies you start conversing. Did you know the

value of a friend is priceless? Because no one in the whole wide world

can buy the effort your friend exerts to make you the happiest person

in the whole universe.

Moving on, some people think when they get in a conflict the

friendship between them will never be the same but trust me if you

overcome that conflict your bond with your friend will become

stronger and greater.

Friendship is a give or take relationship. I tell you today the value

about friendship never can be described by word every single one of

you have to feel and find that feeling in you

Before I end this speech, I want to reflect on this quote, the greatest

value of a friend is not what you get from them but the better person

you have come because of them



PROJECT 4

TYPES OF PEOPLE DURING THEIR CULTURE’S FESTIVAL

Hi, now on Earth there are many cultures. Each culture has a festival

specialized for them. For an example, Hari Raya for the Malay,

Deepavali for the Indian, Chinese New Year for the Chinese and

Christmas for the Christians. During all this festival, every adult will

start their cars head to their hometown. This also causes road traffic

but all this festival once comes once a year so no one will be angry.

When others think it will take an hour and a half to reach Seremban

but then here comes the trill …………the father’s say “Ok today we

will be late to reach Seremban”. Every child will list down items to

snack on in the car. Sometimes the adults will rage and start to

blabber. So here is my advice to all adults please don’t get angry and

scold people just like that. Every single human needs happiness in

their life and that happiness only come when their family is happy so

these festivals are the only thing they are looking forward to make the

family happy. As the saying goes “THE GREATEST HAPPINESS IS

FAMILY HAPPINESS”. There are people who always care about

time and they will make their move to the destination early in the

morning. No matter what time you make a move to your destination

it will always be a problem……. traffic is traffic and blabber is


blabber. Take my advice and quit getting angry always. This will

make you happy too. Thank you.

Makhathi (12)


RAINFOREST

Let's start the speech with a riddle. I am an area of tall, mostly

evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. I am earth’s oldest

living ecosystem for at least 70 million years. I am incredibly diverse

and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal

species even though I cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes

me astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. For example, a 10-

square-kilometer of me contains as many as 1,500 flowering plants,

750 species of trees, 400 species of birds and 150 species of butterflies.

Can you all suggest who am I? Yes. I am rainforest.

Rainforests thrive on every continent except Antarctica. The largest

rainforests on Earth surround the Amazon River in South America

and the Congo River in Africa. The tropical islands of Southeast Asia

and parts of Australia support dense rainforest habitats. Even the

cool evergreen forests of North America’s Pacific Northwest and

Northern Europe are a type of rainforest.

Most rainforests are structured in four layers which are emergent,

canopy, understory and forest floor. Each layer has unique

characteristics based on differing levels of water, sunlight and air

circulation. While each layer is distinct, they exist in an

interdependent system. The top layer of the rainforest is the emergent

layer. Here, trees as tall as 60 meters dominate the skyline. The

animals living in the emergent layer of the Amazon rainforest include


birds, bats, gliders and butterflies. Large raptors, such as white-tailed

hawks and happy eagles are its top predators.

Beneath the emergent layer is the canopy, a deep layer of vegetation

roughly 6 meters thick. The canopy’s dense network of leaves and

branches forms a roof over the two remaining layers. The canopy

blocks winds, rainfall, and sunlight, creating a humid, still, and dark

environment below. Trees have adapted to this damp environment by

producing glossy leaves with pointed tips that repel water. Fig trees,

common throughout most of the world’s tropical rainforests, may be

the most familiar fruit tree in the canopy. In the Amazon rainforest,

canopy fruit is snatched up in the large beaks of screeching scarlet

macaws and keel-billed toucans, and picked by barking spider and

howler monkeys.

Located several meters below the canopy, the understory is an even

darker, stiller and more humid environment. Plants such as palms

and philodendrons, are much shorter and have larger leaves than

plants that dominate the canopy. Understory plants large leaves catch

the minimal sunlight reaching beyond the dense canopy. Many bats,

birds, and insects prefer the open airspace the understory offers.

Amphibians, such as dazzlingly coloured tree frogs, thrive in the

humidity because it keeps their skin moist.


The forest floor is the darkest of all rainforest layers, making it

extremely difficult for plants to grow. Leaves that fall to the forest

floor decay quickly. Decomposers, such as termites, slugs, scorpions,

worms and fungi, thrive on the forest floor. Organic matter falls from

trees and plants and these organisms break down the decaying

material into nutrients. The shallow roots of rainforest trees absorb

these nutrients and dozens of predators consume the decomposers!

Rainforests provide us with many products that we use every day.

Tropical woods such as teak, balsa and mahogany are used in

flooring, doors, windows and cabinetry. Fibres such as raffia, bamboo

and rattan are used to make furniture, baskets and cords. Cinnamon,

vanilla, nutmeg and ginger are just a few spices of the rainforest. The

ecosystem supports fruits including bananas, papayas, mangos and

cocoa and coffee beans. Rainforests also provide us with many

medicinal products. According to the U.S. National Cancer Institute,

70% of plants useful in the treatment of cancer are found in the

rainforests

Even though rainforests provide us benefits, they are disappearing at

an alarmingly fast pace, largely due to human development over the

past few centuries. Once covering 14% of land on Earth, rainforest

now make up only 6%. Since 1947, the total area of tropical

rainforests has probably been reduced by more than half, to about

6.2 to 7.8 million square kilometres. Many individuals, communities,


governments, intergovernmental organizations and conversation

groups are taking innovative approaches to protect threatened

rainforest habitats. But without our support it is going to extinguish.

So, let’s save the rainforest for the world’s benefit.

Thank you

Kayalvili (16)


HEALTHY EATING

Today my topic is about healthy eating. Some people think when

someone is one a diet it means that person does not eat and wants to

lose weight, but being on a diet means to eat a proper balanced meal.

Today I will explain how and why we have to eat healthy and follow

a proper diet.

Frist of all, in a meal you must have these types of food which is

carbohydrates which provides us energy, protein helps us build new

cells and tissues, fruit and vegetables which provide us has fibres.

Next fats that help maintain our body temperature. In a balance diet

the food is not only an important thing but water is also important.

We have to drink up to 8 glasses of water a say.

Moving on, here are the steps you need to eat healthy every day. Step

1 you have to set your mind set, sometimes we do fail but what’s

important is that we don’t give up. Step 2 is to list down a timetable

or download an app that will segregate foods and their calories so you

would be organized. Step 3 is to enjoy the cooking and preparation

time because when you put love to your food the love goes to your

stomach as well.

Last but not least, why do we have to follow these tips and tricks? It

is because we will get health complications when we are growing

older. Let me list down a few types of sickness which is dehydration,

constipation, obesity and worse is kwashiorkor.


If we follow and eat healthy our stamina will become stronger and we

will be far from these deadly sicknesses that eat up our precious time

in the future.

We have to have a balance diet not to maintain a sexy body but to

keep our health in good condition. It’s not too late to start now and

make a difference we all can eat and keep our body fit and healthy.



THE UPSR AND PT3 ARE CANCELLED BUT A NEW KBAT

QUESTION AWAITS THEM

Due to the Covid-19, our government decided to cancel the UPSR and

PT3. As a 16-year-old student a one year past PT3 and past 4 year

UPSR candidates, would I feel jealous? YES, OF COURSE YES, A

100%YES. Thinking back all my sweat and tears shed (beat by mum),

those decks of extra work books that I did, all the essays that I wrote

for studying these exams OF COURSE IM JEALOUS. Sigh*Cry*

But as a senior this makes me wonder what is the life of my junior

like. Thinking pose*Hmmm.

They must be really having an unending fun and relaxing moments

now. Waking up when the sun starts to dawn sleeping when the sun

rises enjoying and living the American time. Then, eat their breakfast

with their parents who are eating their dinner. Next, here comes the

two most important part of the day called the game time and movie

time a period of time for them to play games like MBL, COD, Clash

Royale and watch movie from YouTube or Netflix. And of course the

inevitable time where they are scolded by mum for sleeping and

waking up so “early”. You know why do this sounds familiar? Have

I experienced this. Never mine. Let’s continue.

There must be also the super hardworking and disciplined students.

The students who wakes up earlier than the sun rises and sleeps

before the sun dawns. Putting up and following a timetable strictly to


do their homework and revision despite not having any exam this

year. Maybe they are preparing for their next year syllabus Wait!

Maybe even for their SPM. Having stacks of book and revision paper

beside them that should be done in this week. What is game

addiction? They only knew study addiction. Their life is without

entertainment or we can say that they cannot have entertainment.

They are the neighbour’s son who your mum always mentions or

compare with you.

As a little senior of the PT3 and UPSR candidates. I would like to

share a little bit of my thoughts to them. In the recent three years I

have experienced being these two types of students. Let’s be honest,

being the relaxing students is really fun, fun, fun, fun, fun but being

the hardworking student is really boring, boring, boring, boring,

boring. But after my experience being in those two situations, I

decided to become the 3rd type student, the student that balances

study and fun in their life. This is because I realise both things are

needed in our life. You can have fun every day and do not learn

anything in your life but deeply regret all the knowledge you missed.

You can study hard every day and don’t have fun but deeply regret

all the experienced you missed. Fun and work is not incompatible,

they can exist together, not to mention with proper time management

they can even complement each other. Fun inspires you to work


harder and the work you have done rewards you with fun and

pleasure.

My fellow juniors maybe you have been the relaxing students or

maybe you have been the too hardworking students during the first

half of 2020, it doesn’t matter you can always try to be a better person

in the next half. If you have been the relaxing one, why don’t you try

adding some study in your time. If you have been the too hardworking

one, why don’t you try adding some fun in your time. If you think

your way is most suitable for you then lives with it. The PT3 or UPSR

may be gone but this is the new KBAT question that requires you to

answer. The question is: Is it stated that the first half of the 2020 year

has passed. With the whole year without any exams how are you going

to live the next half of 2020? Type 1, type 2 or type 3? Please support

your answer with actions.

Thomson (16)


PROJECT 5

CORONAVIRUS

When I just cough, everyone around me was “Give me hand sanitizer

faster…”. Another guy, “I think the virus went inside my body”

(started to drink sanitizer). Everyone is terrified and scared when

they see people coughing or sneezing. It's all because of Coronavirus!

First, what is coronavirus? This question was asked to a few people.

One said “corona is world war 3, the bio-war attacked by China.”

Another person said “corona is a virus that kills people that bring

negative vibration to the earth”. But, we should also know that covid-

19 also gives us a lot of benefits. I can feel the audiences’ negative

feedback towards my statement. Take a step behind and think for a

moment.

At ‘Movement Control Order’ (MCO) period, we were all forced to

stay at home. Not for a week or a month, we’re forced to STAY AT

HOME for more than 2 months. People started to feel like their life

was spent in prison. But they didn't realise this lockdown period gave

us an opportunity to spend time with your family members. In usual

days’ parents often have work and don't have enough time to spend

with family even though it's the weekend. But now, parents can watch

TV with their kids, cook together, play together and many more.

Even though parents have online work, still they have plenty of time


to spend wisely with their kids. If we spend our time during the MCO

period, we won’t feel alone.

Not just inside the home, peek through the window and see nature

outside. Can you see the pollution had reduced out there? Yes, this is

because humans are inside and the birds flying freely outside. This

shows the pollution we made and how far it caused nature. Not only

on the road also on sky we released carbon monoxide, which is very

harmful. Moreover, we cut down the millions of millions of trees that

produce oxygen to living things and absorb carbon dioxide. But

during the lockdown period, see how beautiful nature is. This shows

us that without humans the earth will be very beautiful with various

types of flora and fauna. So are we going to pollute nature?

Not just that, most countries are becoming like Japan in this Covid-

19. Everyone is carrying hand sanitizers, wipes and tissues to keep

themselves clean. Furthermore, people are told to wash their legs and

hands with turmeric water before entering the house. Even when we

open the TV the government always reminds us to be clean and

hygienic. Those days, washing legs and hands was a habit. As

technology grows, we forget to do all. But now, the coronavirus

reminds us to keep ourselves clean and hygiene. See the power of

coronavirus.


Everything has pros and cons on this earth. Don't cry over a split milk

and stop blaming others. Take proper precautions. Even though

coronavirus is killing people out, it also educates us a lot. STAY AT

HOME and spend your time wisely.

Thank you.

Kayalvili (16)


EFFECTS OF WATCHING CARTOONS

Children have become much more interested in cartoons over many

years and it has become a primary action to some lives. Cartoon

network has a tremendous influence on how children view the world.

Normally, they begin watching cartoons on TV at an early age of 6

months, and by the age of 2-3 years become enthusiastic viewers. Up

to the age of 10 or 12 years they prefer to watch cartoons over other

programmes.

A positive aspect of this habit is the opportunity to see different

lifestyles and cultures but cartoon networks are more fantasies than

anything else. Their marketing has a subliminal messaging and it is

targeted toward the children to cause them to view cartoons on a

regular basis. The marketing strategy today is to produce any cartoon

for which a child will throw a tantrum until parents give up and

purchase it. This has become a problem because many children

watching cartoons have become violent and addictive. Unfortunately,

children watch cartoons which are not appropriate for their age

group. Those who watch too much cartoons are more likely to have

mental and emotional problems, along with brain and eye disorders,

and an increased risk of physical health.

Three major effects have been proven by psychological studies viz.

child may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others,

the child doesn’t fear nor is bothered by violence, and is more likely


to become aggressive. A child’s brain development is a dynamic mix

of nature and nurture; so it is important to choose a healthy

environment for him. A tremendous amount of childhood

involvement with electronic media can limit social interaction.

Watching cartoons with the screen at least five feet away and in a

lighted room is not a danger to the eyes; otherwise eye fatigue results.

For the brain, children who view 3-4 hour of cartoons daily, have 30-

40% risk of developing attention deficit than the children who do not.

Today in many cartoons, characters jump, dive and fall from very

high heights and then land without being harmed. Falling off a tall

place or being shot with a gun in the face and walking from these

incidents with barely a scratch or none, give a false sense of reality

and can really affect young children, as they want to imitate the

superheroes of the cartoons. So please limit your kids cartoon time.

Makhathi (12)


THOMSON AND MR COCKROACH

It was a normal day at a normal place at a normal time and in a

normal situation. The end. That was what I thought. But who knows

it will be the first day that I met him, at a rather weird place, at a

weird time, in a weird situation. It happened on the first day of July,

at my bathroom, when I really needed to use the bathroom. This is

what happened I switched on the light and opened the door. It seems

like there's a black thing on the floor. Ermmm 6 legs oh its Mr

cockroach.

So, I am the type that is not afraid of the cockroach when I saw it, but

if the cockroach starts to brag with me how he can fly. Doomsday OK

doomsday. I'm going to shut the door close the light run out of my

room and ask for help. Luckily after about few serious minutes of

observing it seems like this fella has not activated his flying power.

Thank God I'm saved. I finished using the toilet and I started to have

a serious discussion with him. Hey man u got to get out of here

yourself OK be brave go see the outer world jump into the toilet bowl

and find your new world. But it seems like he is too arrogant to do

that. I have no choice but to close the door switch off the light and

hopes that my friend here will disappear.

The next morning, I woke up forgetting my friend's existence. Till the

afternoon when I needed to use the bathroom I saw my dear friend

again. He didn't leave he chose to stay at my bathroom. Idk if I should


be happy or getting crazy. But I noticed that he has a strange

delightful behaviour when I needed to shower he would disappear.

When I need to take a leak he would hide behind the poles or face the

wall. Otherwise he would stare at me. It seems like even my friend

here knows how to respect others privacy better than some human

being. Of course, I did not waste this chance I continue to do my

motivational speech to him. Hey man you must brave up. Your life is

not limited at my bathroom. Move and see the new world. Thinking

back maybe this didn't work because I always called him man. I

should have tried Mr Cockroach. However, it seems like my day after

day continuously motivational speech did not anyhow work. He had

grown bigger day by day into an adult cockroach starting to cause the

awful cockroach smell in my bathroom.

I'm left without any choice, tomorrow will be the battle of Thomson

and Mr Cockroach. The winner will have this bathroom and the loser

will be gone forever. It has been hard for me seeing him day by day

seeing him grown, his adorable behaviour of respecting others

privacy, all those motivational speeches that I gave him wanting me

to involve in this is hard. But there will be no any in this battle there

will be no personal emotions.

The day has come. I chose to battle at the evening time as it was the

time when I first met him. It was the battle of human and cockroach.

The battle started with me using a bin to strike but he dodged it with


a smooth move. I did not let him rest and continue to strike him. I

strike he dodged I strike again and he dodged. The battle went around

a minute with me trying to hit him with the bin and him dodging

around. I would say it is quite an intense battle and at last I won. My

feeling was very special at that moment, because I felt a little sad and

a little relieve. Sad that my friend is gone relieved that there won’t be

any smell in my bathroom. But now I have to clean up the battlefield

and the carcass of my friend Mr cockroach. To give him a good way

to leave the world. I chose to flush him off as a remembrance of the

smooth move that he showed at his last battle. At last, the story

between me and Mr cockroach ends here a short but unforgettable

story. Farewell my friend Mr Cockroach.

Thomson (16)


PROJECT SPEECH 6

15 7 2020 BACK TO HELL

“Pigeon oh Pigeon it seems like I’m finally back in school. Oh yes and

now I have to suffer your loud unending noise and crowd, Goodbye

my precious time staying on the rooftop Goodbye my personal quiet

time.” “Ishh as though you are the only one that is suffering. You have

to suffer our noise but we have to suffer the teachers scream and

shout. Your time on the rooftop is gone so as my cool relaxing sleep.

Your personal quiet time is gone so is my personal quiet undisturbed

no homework morning.”

Just as I’m continuing to quarrel with the pigeons on who is having a

worse day. I heard someone calling me Thomson! Thomson!

Thomson! It seems like someone is invading my daydreaming empire.

Just as I turned my face to see the enemy. I saw an angry face eyes

filled with anger staring at me while loading her throat with bullets

to continue fire at me. It’s my PJPK teacher. Mayday! Mayday!

Mayday! We have lost control. It is official the army of my

daydreaming empire is defeated. The enemy did not show any

empathy and continue attacking with her loud screaming. My face is

at here or outside. Look in front and start copying what is on the

whiteboard. It was a huge defeat for the daydreaming empire.


This is what happened only on the first period of first day at school.

And what is the most irritating thing. The first day started with PJ, a

period that I should be down there wearing my sportswear playing

basketball, but just because of this Covid-19 pandemic I have to stay

at class copying how to play basketball.

But before all this something even more terrifying happened. I’m

sure most of us here knows what is the new norm like. We walk into

the school took our temperature sanitized our hand. Then, we queued

in line went back to our classroom. On the way, I was very excited to

be able see my friends face to face after such a long time. But the next

thing that happened is something that I will never forget in my entire

life. This is what happened. (Walk inside stop observe come out see

on top Go in rub my eyes) Yes it’s my class and I don’t remember the

world facing any zombie infection. The class is extremely quiet and

with the mask on everything seems so depressed and everyone looks

like a walking dead everyone’s face is facing down and just as I enter

the class 36 eyes stared at me. This was very different with what I was

expecting. I was expecting everyone to be happy chit-chatting.

Everyone sharing their life during the MCO. You sharing how you

got bit by your mom. You sharing how a dog chased you. None of this

happened. The class is nothing but scary silence. Luckily, as time

passed my usual noisy energetic always compared to the zoo or the

night market class is back. The only way to explain why this happened


is because most of the students still couldn’t get used to waking up so

early.

But this horrible day did not stop here. Because of the new SOP our

school have us to sit according to our names. I noticed my best friend

are all sitting at the other side of the class far from me. With the mask

on it is even harder for us to chat. We have no choice but to use the

most basic way to communicate our hands. (show some sign language)

Anyone would like to guess what I’m showing. It means do you want

to go down to the canteen to buy food. Ok but let me go to the toilet

first. For the whole day me and my best friend used our hand to

speak. Of course there are some times when it is too complicated to

use our hands too show so in order to let my best friend hear what

I’m saying I have to increase another level compared to my usual

volume. Increase voice volume.

Luckily when god closes a door he opens a window. Although the day

seems to be a horrible one, there was something pleasant that is my

crush is sitting right in front of me and I. Something normal right.

Most of us will have a crush on someone else. Imagine you did not see

her or him for months and when you come back she sits right in front

of you. The only words that I can use to express my feeling is oh yeah.

Suddenly, all the bad feelings and experience are just gone like that.


Ladies and gentleman, through this story of mine we can see life is

like a trade. You suffer some bad things or experiences in exchange

of a gift or reward. The whole day has been a bad one, but in exchange

my crush sits in front of me. Hence, if you feel sad or unfair about

what you encountered especially during this special period,

remember your rewards is on the way and is late because it is a huge

one. It might arrive late but it will never miss.

Thomson (16)


PROJECT 7

BENEFITS OF CORONA VIRUS

Good evening to my teacher and dear listeners. Today I would like to

share some benefits of coronavirus. Coronavirus is a world war 3. The

bio war attacked by China to themselves. Corona virus is also known

as covid-19. The virus was found in Wuhan, China. Some of the

people said that coronavirus kills people and brings negative

vibration to the world. But wait, why these people are only looking at

the negative part. Take a step back and look into the positive sight. If

you can’t get it let me share some.

First, the government ordered us to stay at home. It was called the

Movement Control Order (MCO). The MCO was not just for 2 to 3

weeks, but it was about 3 to 4 months. Can’t you feel how stressful it

is to stay at home for 4 months? But wait! Why can’t we all see the

positive sight of the MCO? How many of your parents are talking

with you for more than 3 hours in a day? The government made, oh!

No! No! The coronavirus made our family together for 24 hours. See

how the Covid works.

Let me tell you the second benefits of the coronavirus. Don’t stay in

the house and see the four walls around you. Sneak through the

window and look out. Before the corona virus came, how polluted the

world was. But during the MCO period there was no pollution in the


world. Why? Because humans stay inside and animals stay outside.

The pollution was not only on the road but in the sky. We released

carbon monoxide which is very bad, but in the MCO period

everything changes. Can’t you see how beautiful nature is? This

teaches that without humans the world will be very beautiful and

clean. So, are we going to continue this attitude or cut it off? Think

about it.

My final benefit of corona is it made us more disciplined. How?

Before the corona came most of them didn't take care of themselves.

They didn’t wash the hands and legs before entering the house. But

now you can see most of them using turmeric water to wash their

hands and legs. But wait! Using turmeric water was not found two

days ago. It was found thousands of years ago. So, why the attitude

was not applied in our daily lives before the corona virus came.

Because of the technology. When technology started to begin, that

time attitude was gone. See how Covid brings the attitude again.

So, boys and girls don’t just look in the negative sight of the

coronavirus. Take a step back and look into another angle. I think

you will get better energy than negative. Thank you.

Shaktiveeran (15)


WESTERN DINING ETIQUETTE

Proper Western Dining Etiquette

First, I would like to know how do you eat mashed potato? For those

who used a fork can you raise up your hand. Ok thank you. Now what

about spoon? Why would I ask this question this is because a few

years back when I was at a western restaurant I finished all the dish

except for the mashed potato because I came from a family where

anything that needs to be scooped is eat with a spoon and the waiter

just took it away. I'm left with a fork and a knife. What to do? When

in question, question Google. A survey by buzz feed stated that 70

percent uses a fork, 29 percent uses spoon and only 1 percent uses

their hands. So, I followed the majority problem solved.

After this experience I decided to do research on the basic western

dining etiquette to prevent something like this to happen again. I read

some website and watched a few videos. Here I would like to share

some of the basics. Let’s start off with all the No’s. First of all,

everyone hates being interrupted while enjoying their meal or during

a conversation. In every ten people 6 of them hates others having

using their phone on table the most, so no phones ok put your phone

to silence or if you have some important message coming in just turn

on vibration and put it in your pocket. Now the most important one

No ASMR. No one wants to hear how loud you can chew and how you

express your chewing process with your facial expression. No leave us


alone nobody is going to come and say hey man nice chew. You will

only receive a slapping warning (hilarious). So eat politely and

silently. Also, No eating while talking. The person can wait for your

response so talk after swallowing the food. These are some the most

important No’s.

Next, will be how to use the two most common cutlery knife and fork.

There are two ways, the American way and the continental way. They

are almost the same fork in your left hand knife in your right hand.

Then, use the fork to ensure the meat won’t slip and cut just a few

bite sized pieces of food. Here comes the difference you can put down

you knife on the top of your plate and switch the fork to your right

hand to eat your food that is the American way or eat food with the

fork still in your left hand that is the Continental way. Personally, I

prefer the second way as it is easier and less troublesome I don’t need

to continuously switch the fork to the other hand and then switch it

back.

Now, let’s get to the special situation that might happen. What to do

if you have to spit something out maybe a chewy meat or cartilage.

The polite way is if the food went in with a utensil, it comes out with

a utensil, if it went in with your fingers, it comes out with your finger.

Just place the item at the side of your plate. What if you have

something stucked in between your teeth. Please don’t floss it in front

of everyone. Excuse yourself to the toilet and settle it there. Have you


ever experienced where you are full but others are still continuously

adding food to your plate? It might look bad or awkward if you

straight away reject the person. What to do? Just put your knife and

fork handles resting to five o’clock and tips pointing to ten o’clock. It

sends a signal hey man I am full Don’t even try to add more food into

my plate. Go show your kindness to others.

The list for dining etiquette goes on but even having to follow these

few mentioned sounds tiring and troublesome. But let’s take a step

back and see why do we have dining etiquette. Try imagine you are

at a great restaurant and the food came just as you are about to eat

your long-waited dish. The table beside you ate the lamb chop with

his hands chewing the food like it’s been years since he ate food. Oh!

The whole mood will be affected; you won’t have appetite. So,

following proper dining etiquette is actually a respect to your food

and others who are beside you. Of course this does not mean we look

down on them just because they don’t know some dining etiquette.

Another reason why we must follow is because it makes impression

whether bad or good. Many employers hire people after having a

meal with them, because your dining etiquette reflects how you are in

real life. Actually all the dining etiquette comes with a logical reason.

For instance, eating in a slow pace is to ensure you don’t eat in a

terrible hurry cutting your food in bite sized is because by this way

you can truly taste the food. So, Ladies and gentleman now that you


have learnt some of those dining etiquette why don’t apply it when

you are having dinner with others. Who knows it might come useful

someday?

Thomson (16)


OPTICAL ILLUSION

Your eyes are amazing organs. Did you know if you have blue eyes,

you share an ancestor with all other blue-eyed people on the planet?

That’s because blue eyes are a genetic mutation that appeared more

than 6,000 years ago. All humans originally had brown eyes. If you

take a step beyond the interesting stories your eyes tell, you will

discover how they actually work. Your eyes work in constant unison

with your brain, which is why you see the world as you do.

For example, the retinas in your eyes – the layer where visual images

are formed – actually “sees” images upside down and backwards.

Your brain flips them, so you see images right side up and reversed.

Every single time. Yes, your brain is the original Photoshop genius.

Plus, your brain controls your entire nervous system. You would

think it always reigns supreme, but sometimes it doesn’t. Once in a

while your eyes are capable of tricking your brain into seeing things

that aren’t really as they appear. Or are they? This is called an optical

illusion.

The fascination with optical illusions has spanned the globe for

centuries. Greek philosophers like Plato described them as tricks

played on us by our senses and our minds. By the 19th century, a

famous cartoonist W.E. Hill embraced the phenomena of optical

illusions by skilfully sketching a picture that was simultaneously two


images. The figure you saw was determined by your perception. It

was either a young girl or an old woman.

There are three main types of optical illusions including literal

illusions, physiological illusions and cognitive illusions. All three types

of illusions have one common thread. The perception of the image

given to the brain doesn’t measure up. That’s why optical illusions

are referred to as a “trick” of the eye.

The first type of optical illusion is literal illusion is when the image

you see is different from the images that make it up. For example, the

illustration Hill created which is actually two images strategically

drawn to look like one fluid image is a literal illusion. Think of it as a

reversible figure. The end result you see in a literal illusion is based

on your perception. Both images exist.


The second type of optical illusion is physiological optical illusions.

These types of optical illusions are more complex because they reply

on the over stimulation of the brain’s senses. The eye “sees” so much

light, movement, colour, dimension and size that it confuses the brain.

The mind benders you see like geometric illusions and impossible

pictures are physiological optical illusions. At first glance, a two-

dimensional figure looks like it’s three-dimensional. That’s because

the brain immediately interprets it to be that way. Upon further

investigation, the brain realizes what the eye is actually seeing. The

image in question does not exist in nature.

Last but not least, the third type is cognitive optical illusion. This type

of illusion is the most researched by scientists and psychologists

because it is the most complex type of trick the eye can play on the

brain. Unlike other optical illusions, these illusions rely on what the


subconscious mind thinks and how it relates one object to another. In

other words, what you see is believed to give insight into the depths of

your thinking. A cognitive optical illusion uncovers what your brain

infers and understands about something that has not been explained.

As a conclusion, we earned three types of optical illusions which are

literal optical illusion, physiological optical illusion and cognitive

optical illusion. From that, we know that we should not conclude what

we see. We should look before we leap and learn to see in different

view of point before conclude the issue.

Thank you.

Kayalvili (16)


PROJECT SPEECH 8

STOP! PROTECT YOUR SLEEP

(Sleeping……. Phone alarm rings) Oh its 5 am. (Look around very

tired) Well how many of you are like this in the morning? When I was

in primary everything is more important than sleep, now sleep is

more important than anything(SOFT). But nowadays its harder for

us to protect our sleep there are always thieves out there that want to

take away our sleep they are the homework and electronic gadget.

One threatens us to give them our sleep, whereas the other one steals

our sleep without us even knowing. I did a survey in my class and

found out 70 percent sleeps less than 8 hours that is the recommended

sleep by National Sleep Foundation whereas a survey that is

published at statista.com provided by Ipnos states that only 47

percent Malaysian respondents felt they get enough sleep. That is a

really low number. We have to do something to stop this situation.

First of all, what is this thing? What is sleep? Sleep is not just (show

how you sleep) and you wake up. Your whole night of sleep actually

goes through a few cycle of sleep. (Give out the paper) Each cycle

consists of four stages. Like what you see here we have the NREM 1

That means Non rapid eye movement stage 1. This is the stage where

you first fall asleep and is very short usually less than 10 minutes.

Basically the first two stages are light stages of sleep. Now here comes


the most important stage of the whole cycle the NREM 3 that is also

called deep sleep. It is the part that lets you feel refreshed the next

day. Have you ever taken a nap and woke up really tired? Chances

are you woke up in this stage because in this stage your body is fully

relaxed and your brain have not fully awakened. The cycle end with

REM Rapid eye movement where you can know from the name of

this stage your eye moves rapidly in this stage this is also the stage

where you usually dream.

Well, why must we protect our sleep? The most obvious reason is

after a tired day, sleep helps the body to repair, regenerate and

recover. Furthermore, good sleep can improve our problem-solving

skills, enhance memory performance and ensure we have high

alertness and concentration. I know many student likes to burn the

midnight oil the week before exam thinking that this will bring a huge

boost to our result. But, unknowingly only the opposite will happen

we are actually harming our exam results. You couldn’t focus and

fully remember what you have learnt because your brain is too tired

to process this information. Also, sleep can improve our athletic

performance. Your action will be faster and you will feel stronger.

For example, LeBron James NBA champion sleeps an average of 12

hours a day whereas Cristiano Ronaldo sleeps 8 hours at night and

takes 5 naps a day with each nap about 90 minutes. Of course we

don’t need to sleep as long as them but this shows that sleep is really


important for our body. Besides that, our sleep affects our emotions.

If you observe, you will notice when you have lack of sleep you will

feel grumpier and more sensitive. Mental health issue like depression

are also very much related to poor sleep quality.

Now, we know that sleep is very important. But how can we protect

our sleep not only the quantity of it but also the quality of it? The first

one is by making our sleeping environment as comfortable and as

relaxing as possible. Try to minimise the light and the noise in your

room while keeping it in a temperature that suits you the most. If you

have been having a bad sleeping schedule and you want to change you

can try setting a fixed wake up time. This means that you wake up at

the specific time no matter how late you sleep the day before, by doing

this your body will slowly adapt to this new sleeping schedule.

However, don’t make sudden huge adjustment to your sleep. For

instance, for the past few months you slept at 7 in the morning but

now you want sleep at 9 pm the next day. That is impossible Your

body cannot react and adapt so quickly. So if you want to change your

sleep schedule change it gradually maybe an hour or 30 minutes

earlier every day. Here comes the hardest part for many of us, don’t

touch your gadget 30 minutes before sleep. Living in a generation

where we wake up with a phone in our hand and with the phone still

on our hand before we sleep this is really very hard. But, it really

brings much different to our sleep. Our sleeping quality will increase


and we tend to sleep faster. This is because the blue light from these

devices will block the production of melatonin that makes us feel

sleepy.

Sleep is really important for us, but we tend to neglect it and never

really put in effort to improve and protect our sleep sometimes we

just complain that our sleep is not enough but everyone have an equal

24 hours every day. So ladies and gentleman we are the one who have

the power to stop now and protect our sleep. Have a nice day and a

nice sleep tonight.

Thomson (16)


MY PET

Pets are a great blessing in anyone’s life. They are the only ones who

love us unconditionally. Pets always offer us everything they have

without asking for anything in return. The main aim of any pet’s life

is to make their owner happy. Nowadays, even the term ‘owner’ is

changing. People prefer their pets as kids and to themselves as

parents. This is how the relationship between pets is evolving. The

most common pet you can find at anyone’s place is dogs. A man’s best

friend and the most faithful animal: a dog. I also have a pet dog

named Kay.

We got her when she was a little baby and have watched her grow

into a beautiful dog. My father bought Kay when she was 2 months

old from a breeder in Rawang. She belongs to the breed of Malinois

also known as Belgium shepherd. Kay was golden brownish in colour

with her cute little paws and eyes. We couldn't stop gushing over her

beauty. My siblings used to fight with each other as to who will get

maximum time to play with Kay.

As Kay grew up, she learned various tricks. We trained her to follow

our instructions. For example, Kay is not allowed in the house unless

someone invited her in. She is also not allowed to dispose of her waste

in house territory. In return Kay gave us something that no one can


give. For instance, she has been my security guard when I am alone

at home. She does not allow anyone in except our family members.

She even won’t allow small animals such as lizards and flies in her

territory. She will kill it.

Moreover, Kay made me a responsible person. When she was a

puppy, we used to put in a cage and she pooped in it. Every evening

after school I need to bath her under the hot sun. After it grew up, I

used to bathe her twice a month and I don’t know why dogs hate to

bathe? My dog will be very upset when water splashes at her. I also

used to bring Kay for walking every evening with my brother and she

loves to go walking for a long time as there’s not much place for Kay

to play around in my house. Kay also helped my brother, Shakthi to

lose weight as he always brings Kay for a walk.

Furthermore, Kay is best companion. I used to spend most of my time

playing ‘police and thief’ with her when I’m stressed. Plus, we are

now more compassionate towards animals. There was one instance

where the stray dogs were going to harm a kitten, and to our surprise,

Sasha saved that little kitten and got her home. Sasha’s obedience

inspired me a lot to be kind to my parents.

Kay changed my life to be a better person. Naturally, dogs are very

loyal to their masters. We should not take granted and treat our pets


as our slaves. We can scold them when they misbehave like bite shoes.

But we shouldn’t mistreat them. Maybe to solve the problem you can

buy some toys for them. My pet, Kay, is a very mischievous sibling

tahna hakthi. But then she is a very lovable cute sister too. Hope your

pets are meant more than your friend.

Kayalvili (16)


PROJECT 9

DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED

We have heard or read about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon which

is one of the wonders of the world. Babylon is well known for the

wonderful marvellous architecture. But do you know that the

birthplace of death penalty is Babylon? The first established death

penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C in the

Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon, which codified the death

penalty for 25 different crimes. Then it spread throughout the world.

But is death penalty being a good way to reduce the criminals in the

era? And the answer is no, death penalty should be abolished!

The first reason is because death penalty is irreversible. An absolute

judgment may lead to people paying for crimes they did not commit.

For instance, Texas man Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in

Texas in 2004 for allegedly setting a fire that killed his three

daughters. Following his execution, further evidence revealed that

Willingham did not set the fire that caused their deaths. But it came

too late. The judge can’t bring Cameron’s life back. But wouldn’t he

be in pain as a father who was accused when he was killed?

Secondly, there’s no ‘humane’ way to kill. The 2006 execution of

Angel Nieves Diaz, by a so-called ‘humane’ lethal injection, took 34

minutes and required two doses to be death. Doc

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