Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom

After reading Nelson Mandela's writing on his life being imprisoned, I really want to send my respect and salute to him. What strength and determination that can drive him to go through all these sufferings??I used to think that human beings are selfish in some ways and love themselves the most. However, his actions and thoughts really make me ashamed of my thought. He is willing to leave his home and family to fight for the sake of his people. Being a clever and opiniated person like him, he deserves a lot luxurious and wonderful things in life. Yet, he gives it up. I was wondering, is there any moment in his life that he felt like throwing in the towel? A respectable person he is, Nelson Mandela... the prison life really makes him suffer, yet also makes him stronger. Fortunatelly, his efforts do not go in vain. Now, people learn more about equality and fair treatment from him. He is the one who influences the mass of people, a true leader.

The SECOND meeting with Dr. Jayakaran

The atmosphere was tense and nervous when we were waiting for Dr.Jaya in the library. The reason was.... he would evaluate our first draft of research paper. It is either hell or heaven: If it is approved, the following work will definitely be easier; if it's not, another 3000words of research paper is waving at us in the middle of the night. Luckily, when Dr. Jaya was here, all of us received GOOD response from him. Most of us just need to do some editition to our work. It is so far the best news I have ever receieved in the past few days. In almost every class, the lecturer will announce the due dates of the assignments, or the 'introduction' of new assignments.. Thanks, Dr. Jaya! We are to submit our second draft on Monday. Hopefully, what waiting for us in front is rainbow and not another thunderstorm.

Marginalised Writing...

Actually, I think the word 'marginalised' can be ambiguous. If we cannot accept the ideology of the author, it is called marginalised; if the writer is writing an issue that is beyond the society norm, it is called marginalised. There was an interesting statement made by our lecturer. He said that there is no feminism in Western country, because women are viewed as having higher status than men. Seriously, it is very interesting that there is no 'masculism' term. Actually, I think that there is no need to emphasize female or male's rights in the society. Male and female r basically two different items created by God. Men are stronger in their physical strength, females are delicate and gentel in traits. That does not mean men are more powerful, because men's physical strength just make them to have more heavy tasks to do when it comes to 'gotong-royong' or house-keeping. So, I'm not agree with the idea that those who have 'something' are more superior than those who don't have it. By the way, this is just my personal opinion.

Another strong wave: Research Paper

We were supposed to submit our first draft of research paper this Tuesday and meet with our supervisor in Tuesday. This research paper covers 40% of our course mark. So, it is a VVIP (Very very important paper). I cannot afford to fail in this paper. So, I squeezed every drop of my brain juice just to get my research paper as good as possible. Finally, after Monday sleepless-night, I have come out with the hot and fresh research paper first draf. Such a big victory.... Yeah~

Presentation of Position Paper

Finally, I have finished my position paper and presented it to the tutor. It was a difficult and long journey, I would say. The day I presented was indeed my bad-luck-day. Firstly, the electricity seemed to be stop functioning, following with the problems of starting the computer in the room. Being the first presenter, I felt kind of nervous and worried, although I would blame on them. However, it was quite a bad sign for me. With all my courage and strength, I presented my position paper. I have received good and bad comments from my tutor. But, I think my way of presentation is not what the tutor expected of. Quite a disappointment to find out this... *sob* Nevertheless, I successfully get rid of this heavy load of assignment, which would be a relief after such a long time of suffering.