This is Jiyeon from T-ara. Saja letak gambar dia sebab dia lawa :3


It was a very nice and bright Sunday morning as the sun shone it’s golden rays over the land. In this weather, I just planned to stay at home and relax. I knew it would be very nice to go out in  this fine weather. However, I have decided to just stay at home as I have gone through a very tiring week. Suddenly, when I was relaxing, my younger brother, Kai, came into my room without knocking the door and shouted on top of his voice,

“Amber! Amber! Amber! Wake up!”

What is it?”, I asked.

“We’re going out today! Papa is taking us to a shopping mall then beaches and many more places! Come on! Let’s go!”, he explained with full of excitement.

                I told him that I was not feeling like going out that day. Then, my elder brother, Kris, came and persuaded me to go along as it was very rare to go out together with the whole family. Usually, eventhough it was during weekend, my father would be busy and didn’t have time for us. So, I dragged myself out off my bed and shuffled out from my room. Then, I saw that the most excited faces of Kai and Qri.  They were in high spirits when they knew we’re going out.

“Don’t hold your steps, dear. Come and help me pack these things up.”, my mother giving advice.

                We packed up some food for lunch. Then, Papa drove us to a shopping mall. He knew that his wife is fashion-conscious and shopping was always her passion. At first, I was reluctant to follow my father’s decision to go to a shopping mall, but looking at my mother’s excited face, I suppressed my disagreement. To cheer myself up, I listened to my favourite Korean girl group, T-ara. Out of the blue, Kris snatched my iPod and earphones.

“Kpop, Kpop, Kpop! So boring!”, he said.

He started to tease  me when I was trying to get my iPod back.

“Hahaha! Take it back if you can”.

                He was naughty but deep down in my heart I knew and proud to say that he is the best brother in the world! He always cares for me and very protective and help me whenever  I am in difficulties. He is a good motivator too. To me, it was normal if he was sometimes naughty. He was just like other brothers who like to tease their sisters. We were very close actually. Some people thought that Kris was my boyfriend as we were very close and not like the other brother and sister.  The same thing goes to Kai and Qri. They were also close to each and share everything together.

                After an hour, we arrived at KB Mall. My brother and I didn’t buy many things but Kai and Qri had a lot of new toys. They were very blissful. After tired of shopping, we went to a beach. Kai and Qri were playing their new toys. Kris and I built sandcastles by the beach. My parents only watching us enjoying ourselves.

                We did a lot of things at the beach. We played beach ball, took our lunch, swam in the beautiful blue sea, and took some pictures together. We really enjoyed ourselves until we didn’t realize it was getting late. It was almost 7 pm. Kris helped my parents to pack things up and I helped Kai and Qri to change their clothes. As it was getting late, we rushed home.

                Everybody was tired. My little sister slept on my mother’s lap at the front seat and my younger brother slept on my lap. I put my head on Kris’ shoulder, trying to sleep as well. While I was about to close my eyes, Kris hold my hand very tightly and suddenly said,

“If I was no longer in this world, please take a good care of our family and always keep an eye on Kai and Qri like what I always do for you. Do not let anyone to harm our family. Promise me , okay?”

                Surprised with his sudden weird act, I could not utter a word. I really didn’t understand what did he trying to tell. Along the journey home, Kris kept holding my hand. Suddenly, I sensed that something really bad was going to happen.

                We reached home at 8.00 pm. When my mother opened the door, four guys armed with knife and guns forced us to enter our house quietly. One of the pointed a gun to my father, another one put a sharp knife at my brother’s neck and the other two pushed us aggressively into the house. They were all wearing mask, so I couldn’t recognize them. One of the masked man instructed a thin guy to go upstairs to search for money or any valuables.  The man who instructed the thin guy was the tallest. He might be the leader.  He looked tough. The other two robbers pointed their guns on my parents and us. The guns are right infront of my eyes. I stood rooted  to the floor and hugged my youngest sister very tightly.  Qri hugged me tightly and did not opened her eyes. She was shocked.

                But Kai, my younger brother’s condition was worse. He was quite far apart from us was under a gun targeted on his forehead. He was crying as he couldn’t hide  his fear anymore. The meaned robber asked him to be silent and stop crying. But Kai couldn’t control his fear and I saw him trembling. The robber shouted at him which making his condition worsen. Kai cried even louder. He needed someone  to calm him down. Suddenly, he stood up and ran towards Kris, looking for a protection.

“Don’t move!” one of the robbers shouted on top of his voice.

                Without mercy, he shot towards Kai before he could  reach Kris’ hand. Blood smeared on his shirt and he fell on the floor in front of Kris. My protective brother couldn’t hold his anger anymore and tended to teach the robbers a lesson. They had killed his only brother. He quickly stood up and bravely attacked the robbers. But before he could do anything,

“Baaangg!”, another bullet was shot right to his chest.

“Kris!!!” my mother yelled.

“Shut up! Or I’ll kill you too!!”, said  the tallest guy.

                At that  moment, my tears started to roll down from my cheek. I can’t believe my most beloved brothers had just died before my eyes and I can do nothing.

                Not long after that, the thin guy came down the stairs with all of our valuables. My mother’s gold bracelets,rings,necklace, my own silver bracelet and gold ring,my father’s rings. In short, all of our money and wealth. He left nothing. Not enough with that golden things, the tallest guy asked my father to give him his wallet. My father said  he had not much money left and pleaded not to ask from my mother and me. Angry with my father’s words, he punched my father and step on his face. The other guy took my father’s wallet and my mother’s purse. The thin guy also asked me to surrender him everything I had. Trembling in fear, I passed him my purse too. The same guy also took my brother’s wallet from him who was lying on the floor, succumbed to death.

                I thought that they would just leave us after they had taken what they wanted. But it didn’t happened. The tallest guy then pointed his gun towards my weak father who was also lying on the floor ad he shot him a few times. Then, he stared at my mother like he was going to eat her. As I expected,he shot my mother too! They killed my beloveds mercilessly. I hugged Qri even tighter. The cruel guy was almost threw a bullet on me when policemen arrived. I was saved but not my parents. The house was surrounded but those robbers managed to escape. They left us in pool of blood. I couldn’t stop crying and Qri didn’t let me go as she was traumatic with what had happened. One of my neighbours and a policeman came to us. I was told that the neighbor had called the police when she heard the sound of the pistols and my mother’s scream. She said that she was sorry and promised to help me manage funeral  for my parents and brothers. Qri and I slept in my neighbour’s house that night. After everything is settled,we went back home. Before, there were six of us in the big house and now, it is just the two of us.

                From that moment, it was really hard to even close my eyes for a while because I see the incident replaying in my head over and over again. I still can see very clearly my mother was crying, my father was beaten up, both of my brothers were shot. I regret myself for not being able to do anything. I still remember the last moment before that tragic incident happened. We were having a lot of fun before my happiness was snatched away. I don’t care losing all the properties, but not my family.

                Now, my life is empty. Luckily, that I have Qri by my side. She is my only family that I have now. Together, we have to face the fact that we’re going to grow up clueless and confused. It’s not easy but we will get through it independently. Qri is the only reason why I am still living my life. She is still young, only ten years old and still has a long journey in life. I cannot let her go through all alone. So, I am trying my best to be her parents and take a very good care of her like what Kris had done to me. I will do anything for her. To ensure her to be successful in the future and most importantly, I wil never let anything bad happen to her and will not let anyone to harm her. That tragic and unforgettable moment which took my parents and brothers will always be in my mind. I won’t forget that incident that happened before my eyes. Never!

# sample narrative essay =)



How Internet Affects Life
By:Syawalynn Zain

          Nowadays, the use of Internet is increasing especially among adolescence or more accurately, students. The Internet issue is discussed by the adults and parents. Most of them are worried that the use of Internet is dangerous to their kids. Some others said that Internet may bring benefits to their children especially to those who will be sitting for an examination.

          On my opinion, Internet has both benefits and drawbacks. First of all, let me  talk about the benefits first. As we know, Internet is mostly used by students. By surfing internet, students can visit various websites to assist their studies. The examples of popular websites are tutortv.com , unicliq.com , and tutor.com.my. They can visit the websites and revise their studies in more exciting way. Some of  them are free. Students can visit it anytime they want. The websites also provide useful notes and exercises. At the same time, students can get additional information that they cannot find it in books. For instance, they can go to 'Google' or 'Yahoo' search engines to search for more ideas to write an essay. In short, Internet provides vast informations and knowledge which is very beneficial for the students.

          Next, Internet also provides lots of social networks such as Facebook , Twitter, MySpace and many other. Through these social networks, we can add more friends and make new friends. We can also know friends from other country as these social networks are used internationally. Other than adding friends, we can also strengthen our relationship with our friends and family who are staying far away from us using Skype. We can see them in front of our eyes eventhough they are actually far away  from us through web camera.

          Besides, Internet also offers entertainment. We canwatch videos of our favourite artists by just one click through 'Youtube' website. We can also watch favourite movies without paying. Plus, there are many artists born from 'Youtube'. So, fans can know more about the artists from Youtube. Meanwhile, 4shared.com provides tracks, videos and files  that can be downloaded for free!  Internet users can enjoy themselves at anytime watching their favourite artists' performance for free.

          Internet doen not only offersbenefits for students but also to those who want to gain more money. It also provides business opportunities. As for example, mudah.my gives a wide room for surfers to promote anything they want to sell. Through this, people with no job can gain money and support their lives by doing the online business.

          However, as I said earlier, Internet also brings bad effects to its users. Firstly, it can encourage cyber crimes. Besides that, students who spend too much time on Internet may neglect their studies and do not finish their homework. This should be avoided as studies are important especially to teenagers.

          Although Internet can add more friends to our list, yet, it still can develop anti-social behaviour. Not all of the users use Internet to make friends, someof them only play video games or just sit down wayching videos on Youtube. They will only sit and ignore what is happening around them. The worst thing is, they may not realise that there is an earthquake out there! This anti-social behaviour may leads to health problems. The users will just stay at home and sit in front of computer and this will cause them to be lazy couch potatoes. It will also lead to obesity.

         Next, most students will not attracted to surf knowledgeable websites, but wasting their time on other non-beneficial things. Wasting timeon Internet can cause students to neglect their studies. Not only time is wasted but also money. With the uses of more electricity non-stop, utility bills may increase dramatically. We just not pay for the electric bills but also internet monthly bills.

        The conclusion is, everything has its own benefits and drawbacks. However, it depends on how we are using it. If we spend more time using it for benefits, we will get positive effects. But if we use it more to non-beneficial things, we will get negative effects. So, it depends on you.


#Please take note that this is an example of an essay for ARTICLE in SPM. Never leave any marks for the format. 2 marks for the format. 1 for title and another 1 for name. Make sure that you write your FULL NAME.
#This is my own essay for an examination in school when I was in Form 4. I have edited the mistakes checked by my own English teacher who is also a paper marker for English paper SPM. If you find any mistakes, please do tell me.
#You can copy this essay in case if you want to complete your homework but dont take it for granted. Learn something from it. You wont be able to pass with flying colours in English if you keep copying without learning. Go and meet your teacher.Ask them to consult you esp in essay writing. GOOD LUCK! =)








Hermm ,  Felt so bored so I think I wanna update my blog. Before this I wrote about kids and parents and about cellphones in school. This time, it is still related to school. I wanna write about DISCIPLINE. This entry is actually also an essay..err..i mean..my homework that my teacher gave it to me. But this essay is kinda my opinion on this topic. So, I think nothing wrong if I wanna share my ideas, rryt? Hehehe… btw, it’s actually an interview. But I changed it to a normal essay. I really2 hope dat all of u guys get sumthing beneficial from this entry. =) Here we go,guys!!
           
              As we can see in our own school, indiscipline cases among students is increasing from day to day [owh,guys!dont get offended wif this sentence, its just an essay.i’m not saying ur school is not good but…yeah u understood it already..u know…]. So,as a student, myself, I just want to shout out my ideas about this worrying issue. Nowadays, most of the students break the rules and regulations that have been fixed by school. This issue is increasing. The teachers really out of idea how to overcome this problem. It gives them a heavy headache!! [poor teachers..i’m so sorry teachers if I was one of ‘em..=_=]
            
             Why this happened? Who cause it? What is the reason? Who is responsible? Who should be blamed? Who teach them to be like that? Parents? Teachers? Peer? Members? Students themselves? Or… It is written for the kids to be like that?! Wanna blame God?!
            
             Don’t put blame on Allah , HE already said that HE won’t change somebody’s fate if he/she didn’t change it. Actually , there are many reasons. But the most popular reason is PEER INFLUENCE. Students got influenced easily by their members , peers , friends , or buddies or whatever u call ‘em.  On a very first week of school, everything was under control, the students were so very disciplined. BUT!  After a few weeks, they got friends and most of their friends are ruined I mean , indiscipline students that always “buat onar” at school. Then,  the indiscipline students spread their viruses to the new kidz [ poor kidz..sigh]      and the new kidz infected! When their friends didn’t put on badge on the shirts or veils, they take off their badge, when  their  friends wear short socks, they cut off their sockz , and when their friends have lovers , they start to love somebody too [eventhough they didn’t love themselves..again..sigh..] and many2 more things that teenagers easily influenced. Parents should know that members are the most influential person in students’ life [I wrote this in serious mode..]
           
             PARENTS are the most important person to play the most important role to shape their kidz. One of the reason increasing in indiscipline cases is lack of parental care and love. Parents are always busy at work looking for some money and wealth until they forget the most precious wealth at home. They didn’t realize they have it.  Students can do whatever they wanna do because no elders will scold them or tell them the “DON’T” word.  PARENTS should know who their children be friend with so that their kidz will not get negative influence. They should know where their kidz are at all tym. This is what do we call TAKING CARE THE KIDZ BCOZ THEY LOVE and not CONTROLING KIDZ’ LYF [but they control bcoz they care..believe my words dude]
            
          The students said that at these ages, they should enjoy themselves and not  studying.  Looks like they are bored with studies. The students really didn’t realize the importance of knowledge during these ages. What knowledge can do to their future and themselves. If they wanna enjoy themselves, they still can do it until the end of their lyf! Knowledge is the main key to happy lyf. Only by studying, we  wil get the key of happiness.  Sometimes, the students can’t handle stress, so, when they’re stressed, they feel lyk wanna enjoy to relieve stress. Maybe some of ‘em were stress due to family probs or maybe bcoz of studies. So, they give up from studying and do other unimportant things. From here, appear a statement saying BORED WITH STUDIES.
           
           One more thing that brings bad influence to the kidz. MEDIA. Some of the programs on the TV shows how “good” does it feel to be a bad teens and how to be bad teens. Programs lyk that shouldn’t be watched by uder ages kidz and teenz. This may bring ill effects to them. Ryt here, PARENTS should know and control the programs watched by the studentz. Can u see it? Every reasons related to each other.
            
          But, actually, among all of the reasons written, it comes back to the students themselves. If the student can really take good care of themselves and have enough motivation, know what’s good and bad, they will never get influenced and stay to be a good teen. Therefore, parents must play their role as the guardian and give them the motivation, love and tell them what’s good and bad. The rest, it’s teen’s choice.
           
          CONCLUSION, everybody including government, schools, families, teachers, people and student themselves have to work together to overcome  this worrying indiscipline students’ probs. If the student can’thelp themselves, WE must help. It’s OUR RESPONSIBILITIES!! [peace everyone! v  =) ]
#tanQ for reading and visiting my blog.
##i love British accent~~

-SZ- 

          I am totally agree that school authority should never allow the students to bring their cellphones to school. Some people say that there are many benefits for the students to bring cellphones to school but, it is obviously more ill-effects than benefits. That is why the authorities did not allow students to bring their cellphones to school.

           Some of the students said that it will be easy for them to contact their parents if there is any emergency cases such as going to be home late, or maybe to ask their parents to pick them up early. That was just an excuse. Many students did not contact their parents eventhough these situations happen to them. If they going to be back early, they just stay at school and chat with their friends until their parents come. Plus, if the students want to contact their parents, every school have a phone booth, so, the students can use the phone booth to call their parents. No coins? Do not be a big liar! If students really did not have it, they can just borrow it from their friends. It is totally not a big deal if the students did not have cellphones with them at school.

         On the other hand, cellphones may bring big problem to the students in class. Every students especially teenagers already has boyfriend or girlfriend. In class, the students will distract their attention. They pay more attention to the cellphones. Some of them are replying SMS from their boyfriend or girlfriend while the teachers are teaching. They will loss their concentration and nothingof the taechers' word will stick in their mind. The only thing that will stick and forever stick in their mind is their lovers' words. The conclusion, when the teachers are teaching, the students are texting. Is that what do we call benefits? I do not think so.

       Plus, as we know, the students are rich. They have rich parents and lots of money. So, they afford to buy an expensive cellphones. Some students have Blakberry, C3, C6, Nokia N-series and other luxurious cellphones. In the same school, there will be students that could not buy wealthy cellphones. So, they might steal it! No matter how cautious we would be, the cellphones might just missing. At this time, what will the students do? Of course they will  tell the teachers because they did not have any other choice. Then, the teachers will say "Who ask you to bring  the cellphone? Serve you right!". Want to  report to the police? The police will not pay their attention too.

        Last but not least, cellphones will not only bring trouble to the students but also will bring big problem to the school too. There are lots of cases about students fighting during recess. The students with the cellphones that was completed with a high quality camera, will record everything that happened during the fight. Then, some of them will upload the video and spread to the whole world through Youtube and Facebook.Just imagine what will the people think about the school if they watch the video. It will affect to the school's name too.

        As the conclusion,school authority should not allow the students to bring their cellphones to school. There are more negative effects than positive effects.

 *my essay for TRIAL PMR 2011:ENGLISH LANGUAGE[PAPER 2:SECTION A] checked by Puan Roshanizan Binti Rashid.

-SZ- =)


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