I am not a girl okay!!!

What?

Need to act as Rose, the female character in the drama Gulp and Gasp.

Well, it is not surprising at all that I’d been chosen to play as a young lady for the drama.

Most of the pupils in the school thought that I am a metroman and effeminate.

Actually, if they know me well, they will say that I am a bad boy and ‘kerek’.à Try ask Izzudin Hilmi's opinion about me.

          Well, anyway, I need to please with the decision that had been made by my classmates. Please give guidance to me ‘cause I’m still new in acting field.

For your information, gay had been categorized into two:

1. Top

This type of man usually have a mascular body and play  as men in the gay world.

2. Bottom

This type of man will play and act as girl in the activity (often called ‘mak nyah ’ ). This type of man usually have soft skin, dressed like a girl and using lipstick.

P/S: Please don’t  think that I’m a gay because I act as a young lady and please don't make any other nickname for me.

Not a KB anymore.

Hafizuddin, our ex-KB ('Ketua' Batch) had move to Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah (KISAS). So, we (form 4 students) do not have leader for about a month.

Then, one beautiful morning, our school general head student (Ketua Umum), Faiz Azrai (also known as Gek) called all the MPP (Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar) - which includes the MT (Majlis Tertinggi), leaders of  PRS , batch form, Briged Bestari and many more -  to see him and discuss about the course of Miss Rohani retirement day. Then, because nobody take concerned about it, so I went to see him as a representative of my form 4 batch. (Actually, there are a event before that day where I was being appointed as a new leader but I don't remember about it very well) .

So, begin from that day, I am the head of form 4 batch.

But, it does not last long until one day, that is today.

Hafizi, MY assistant leader, want to discuss about having a new leader with everyone's votes - eventhough many of us had returned home. It is not disheartening to me for them to select a more caliber leader than me and that guy is Azwar Abdullah. The assistant leader is still the same guy start from us form 1 until form 4, that is Hafizi Ruslan, my ex-assistant.

What is disheartening is that there are still a few said to me, "Don't be sad".

Hey, do you think I really want that position? You don't even know how hard to be a leader is. While all of you are sleepimg, I need to woke up to settle some of the school's event. While all of you reading do revision for the examination, I still need to think on what performance should we (form 4) done on the Teacher's Day - So don't ask me why I didn't get high marks for this Mid Year Test Examination. But, when we ready to do our performance, the time envy and jealous with us, so our performance had to be cancelled. Arrrgh....

Being a leader can be so tense if you observed carefully – That’s why I look tense very often lately.

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Fuhhhhhhhh... Now, I feel like my shoulder feel more lighter because all of the responsibilities have been taken by another person that is better than me. I also can calm and relaxed a bit now . 

Anyways, I'm happy that I can serve for my batch form eventhought it is only in a short time. Please don't said anything about my leadership if you don't ever heve the experience as a leader.

Study! Steady! Ready!

Exam?

Exam = Study

Many students often think to study when the examination draws near.

Why not study or revise all the subjects every day or at least one week before the exam?

Actually, when we study at last minute, we will get tense very easily.

So, quit dreaming and prepare yourself well in order to face the examination.

Be happy, don’t be moody.

Oral! Oral! Ok!

One day before the oral test begin.
What? Oral? Oh no! I didn’t prepared well to face it. 
What should I do? What should I do?

The night after the first day for oral.
What a relieved that my name was not being called by teacher. I think I’m lucky because my name begin with the alphabet M, before L and after O.

One day after one week the oral test began.
What a disaster that my name is still not being called by the teacher eventhough it is already one week. Its worsen when it is deferred until the Mid Year Test done.

Can I face it? Can I assume it? Can I continue? Only Allah knows.
Oh whatever? I actually didn’t very care about it as long as I can remember the text well.

QWERTYUIOP-Characters and Characteristics

LUCY BECK

A young seventeen year old lady who got a job as a secretary at Ross and Banister’s

Characteristics:

She is a young, shy, a low achiever, not competent and highly qualified and insecure graduate of secretarial studies.

Textual evidence:

Lucy Beck was young and small and mouse-coloured, easily overlooked.

She had a lonely ‘O’ level and a typing speed that would make a tortoise laugh.

Characteristics:

She has a very low self esteem, inferior complex, no confidence and pessimistic

Textual evidence:

She is wondering who will employ her as she is aware of her inadequacies.

Lucy assumes that there are more qualified and brighter people than her who are qualified for the job vacancy.

Characteristics:

She became ambitious, determined and optimistic to change her life style.

Textual evidence:

Lucy is tired of being poor and she is fed up with macaroni cheese and baked beans. She is also sick of wearing second-hand clothes. She gathered her strength and determined to get a job to get out of poverty.

Characteristics:

Lucy becomes enthusiastic and a quick learner when she got a job. She also became courageous when she has to face the conflict with the spirit of Miss Broom.

Textual evidence:

Lucy got a job at Ross and Bannister’, a small firm with a factory just outside the town. She is so excited so came to her work place on Monday morning, at ten to nine and waited as the door to the office is closed. She faces problems when each time she types, the word ‘QWERTYUIOP” appears on the paper. When she finds that it was the ghost of Miss Broom, she became courageous and keep typing and liquid the unwanted words and reached the end of the letter by triumph.

Characteristics:

Lucy became sympathetic, caring, insightful and understanding after knowing Miss Broome’s history. She took the initiative to look for an amicable solution.

Textual evidence:

Lucy is shocked when she heard the news about Miss Broome from Harry Darke. She was forced to stop working after she had been working for forty three years. Lucy sympathizes Miss Broome

and tells her that Mr Bannister is only acting out of concern as he was worried of her health. Lucy managed to convince Miss Broome that the late Mr Bannister needs her help in the after life.

GHOST OF MS.BROOME

The spirit of Ms Broome who haunts the office where she once worked as she is so attached to her job.

Characteristics:

Loyal, dedicated and took her job seriously at Ross and Bannister’s.

Textual evidence:

Ms Broome had worked for forty three years :girl, woman, old misery. She is unwilling to let go of her position and continues to defend her post, even after her demise.

Characteristics:

Lonely as she had no family and friends.

Textual evidence:

The office was her home; the job was all she lived for as she did not have any family of her own. She had no place worth to go and she insists to stay on.

Characteristics:

She is persistence, vengeful and also possessive over her secretarial job at Ross and Bannister’s.

Textual evidence:

Miss Broome dies but she does not want to leave her job and insist to stay on. She types nasty messages to new secretaries to instill fear. The typewriter rocked as if with laughter, its keys clicking like badly fitting false teeth. She creates havoc with intention to scare those who will replace her place at the office.

Characteristics:

Finally she is convinced that she should leave as her help is needed.

Textual evidence:

Miss Broom leaves the office permanently after Lucy managed to convince her that Mr Bannister needs her help in the afterlife. The typewriter became silent, sunlight glittered on its keys making them looked wet.

HARRY DARKE

Ross and Bannister’s handyman. He is an old man who has been working with the company for years.Characteristics:

Helpful and concern

Textual evidence:

He does all the odd jobs in the office and helps out new employees. He is helpful in giving useful information to Lucy regarding the spirit of Miss Broome and shows concern to her. He even told Lucy not to be like a frightened mouse, and not to worry.

Characteristics:

A loyal worker at Ross and Bannister’s.

Textual evidence:

He has been working for thirty years with Ross and Bannister’s, retired with a silver watch but still can’t keep away from his job.

Characteristics:

Encouraging and supportive to his colleague

Textual evidence:

He praises Lucy for her braveness and determination to keep on her job even after she has confronted the spirit of Miss Broome. He said that Lucy is no longer the timid mouse and she is a right little lion. Then he gives her chocolate biscuits with her tea as a credit and encouragement.

Internet-Pros and Cons

            In the age of  the technological development, nobody who moves with the times can imagine existing without the Internet. However, its popularity makes us bear in mind all its side effects. Many argue that the Internet is a treasury of information while the others find it as a source of misleading information and danger. So, is the Internet a force for good or a force for evil?

The biggest benefit offered by the Internet is information. It functions as a valuable resource of information. There is huge amount of information available for just every subject known to man ranging from government law and services, trade fairs and conferences, market information, new ideas and technical support. We can find any type of information on any subject with the help of the search engines like Yahoo and Google. All the information that we need is just  at our fingertips. We can save costs and our precious time from having to go to the library.

Futhermore, the primary goal of the Internet is communication. It has done extremely well in this field, however the development process is still going on to make it more dependable and quick. By sending an e-mail, we can contact a person who is physically present thousand miles away within the fraction of a second’s time. The Internet gives the opportunity to get in touch with new people from all over the world and keep in touch with the loved ones.

In addition, Internet also functions as a medium of entertainment. A wide variety of entertainment including video games, music, movies, chat room, news and others can be accessed through the Internet. So, we can entertained ourselves with it.

However the Internet cannot be always shown in favourable light. First and foremost, the Internet is incredibly addictive - surfers are often not able to bear without checking their mail hundreds of times per day. Moreover, unlimited possibilities of communication with surfers cause losing an active social life in the real world. This can lead to a non-healthy lifestyle.

In spite of it, Internet can give the computer virus threat. Virus is a program that interrupts the usual operation of a personal computer system. Computers linked to the Internet have high probability of virus attacks and as a result of this, our hard disk can crash and giving us a lot of trouble.

Lastly, Internet have many inappropriate information as even pornography await under-age users at every turn.  Pornography is definitely harmful for the children. There are numerous pornographic sites available over the Internet and watching any of those can have very bad influence on the mental health of children.

To sum up, there are many advantages and disadvantages of the Internet. Some people say the Internet has ruined our lives but in my opinion it transformed the world for the better. Although the Internet may be dangerous, it is a great invention and a window to the world.