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Not even in his wildest dream did En. Nizam think he would lose so much
in such a short time. It had been a trying period. When he got word that his
father was on his death bed, En. Nizam’s family rushed to his hometown. Even
before the funeral rites were over, he received a call from his immediate
neighbour that his house was partly destroyed by fire and that the cause of the
fire was believed to be arson.
Members of En. Nizam’s immediate family and his relatives were in state
of disarray. First, it was the death of an elder member of a family, then this
misfortune. Although En. Nizam was worried, deep in his heart he knew that he
had very good neighbours, friends who would stand by him in good times and
bad.
Sure enough, the minute he set foot in the compound of his house, he
knew he was right. His neighbours, Mr. Subra and En. Majid, were there taking a
close watch on the house. He learnt from them that the neighbours had been
taking turns to keep an all-day vigil on the house. He thanked them from the
bottom of his heart.
After inspecting the damage caused by the fire, En. Majid handed
donations collected by the residents living in the area. His neighbours had
passed the hat around and the donations came up to a significant amount.
Although, the donations was still short of the amount required to repair the
damages, en. Nazim was grateful.
The next day, En. Nazim was even more overwhelmed by the care and
concern shown by his neighbours. They were there to extend their condolences
and to show their support. Donations came pouring in. The women folk were busy
preparing all the meals for the family.
With the help of his neighbours, En. Nizam got a building contractor to
repair the damaged sections of the house. The repair and renovations took
almost a week to complete. When the house was ready, the neighbour turned up
in full force to congratulate him.
Tears welled up in E. Nizam’s eyes. He was at a loss for words. En. Nizam
was grateful he had such good neighbours.
Pollution
Pollution is an issue of concern in the modern world that we live in today.
There are many types of pollution, namely air, water and noise. Pollution in our
environment will undoubtedly affect our quality of life. Our naturally beautiful
world becoming ugly because it is suffering from the effects of environmental
pollution. Pollution can also cause various health problems and other negative
effects.
Air pollution is caused by the emission of toxic gases from vehicles,
factories and open burning. Nowadays, there are more and more vehicles on the
road as society gets more affluent. More and more people strive to have a
better quality of life by having the convenience of driving to their destinations
instead of taking public transportation. Automobiles provides transport to
millions people around the world to enable them to travel to their workplace,
school and other places, therefore, the air around us is getting more polluted by
the carbon dioxide that is emitted. Carbon monoxide is another type of gas
which harmful to the environment as it can cause the reduction of oxygen in the
bloodstream.
Another example of contributor to the air pollution is the manufacturing
factories. The manufacturing of products in factories to meet the growing
demand of society is also causing air pollution. Factories release toxic gases to
the environment. Some factories also use coal to generate heat and energy. As a
result from the burning of coal, carbon dioxide is released into the environment.
Besides factories, many people are still practising open burning as a
way of disposing their household wastes. Although burning our household wastes
is a convenient way of getting rid of our rubbish, it is harmful to the
environment as it contributes to the worsening of the air quality. As a result, air
pollution causes people to suffer from health problems such as chest pain and
asthma. In extreme cases, people can contract lung cancer.
Water pollution is also a problem that we are currently facing. The
marine life is the first to suffer from water pollution as they depend on the
nutrients in the water to survive. As a result, we are robbed of beautiful sea
corals and unique species of fishes. Besides ruining our marine heritage, the
disappearance of marine life will affect the livelihood of fishermen, not to
mention our source of food. Water pollution is caused by harmful waster from
industries, farms and sewerage systems which are dumped into our sources of
water such as rivers and lakes. This irresponsible act contaminates our drinking
water and can cause serious health problems and can even culminate in death.
Noise pollution is another form of pollution. Noise from heavy machinery
and vehicles can cause hearing problems and in extreme cases, deafness. As
there is growing number of vehicles on the road, we are exposed to noise
pollution every day. The government in advanced countries encourage their
citizens to take the public buses and trains by providing an affordable and
efficient transportation system. This effort discourages people from driving
their private vehicles and consequently reduces the number of vehicles on the
road.
We must work together to reduce pollution so that the future
generations can live in a healthy, unpolluted environment. As the saying goes,
precaution is better than cure. Lets hands on hands together by recycle and
conserve the world for the better future.
What is the best way for teenagers to stay fit
and healthy?
Teenagers are youngsters between 13 and 19 years of age. As teenage years are
the period that most of our growing occurs, it is of vital importance that
teenagers stay fit and healthy to facilitate the process.
In my opinion, the best way for juveniles to gain good health and fitness is
through having a balanced diet, an active lifestyle and a good night’s sleep.
The human body is built for movement. If we lead a sedentary lifestyle, health
problems are prone to arise. Hence it is wise to exercise a few times a week for
about half an hour each session. Even doing domestic chores, which brightens
your parents up, is better than nothing at all. Cardiovascular exercise helps to
strengthen our heart and lungs while stretching reduces the risk of injury by
increasing flexibility. Strength training helps to strengthen our muscles. Other
benefits of doing exercises include preventing obesity and osteoporosis,
improving blood circulation and combating depression.
Sleep is crucial to our health because when we sleep, our body undergoes repair,
growth and detoxification. For instance, sleep is involved in the healing and
repair of our heart and blood vessels. As such, teenage boys and girls should get
quality sleep of about 9 hours each night. Sleep improves brain performance and
therefore teenagers with sufficient sleep tend to learn and memorise more
effectively. Thus, they also tend to perform better academically. Apart from
that, sleep also helps to prevent inflammation and obesity, spur creativity,
reduce stress levels and boost our immune system, among many other
advantages. Therefore, it is important to cultivate good sleep habits like going
to bed at the same time every night and make sure that your bedroom is dark
and quiet when you go to sleep.
Although there are numerous other ways for teenagers to stay fit and healthy,
the 3 factors mentioned above are some of the most effective, from my point
of view. Undeniably, teenagers today face more challenges and pressure. It is
therefore essential for them to realise the importance of staying fit and
healthy in order to live life to its fullest and tackle challenges and problems
that come along with confidence.
How to keep oneself healthy
There is a saying, 'health is better than wealth'. The saying is extremely true -
a man may be immensely rich, but without health, he can hardly enjoy his wealth.
Since health is so important, how does one keep oneself healthy?
One of the most effective ways to keep fit is through exercising. Doing
exercise helps to reduce the risk of contracting heart diseases and getting
stroke. Other than that, it also helps to decrease the risk of developing
diabetes, high blood pressure and colon cancer. People who exercise regularly
are able to maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints. Therefore, it is advisable
to do exercise such as walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, doing push-ups,
skipping, playing sports, et cetera three to four times a week for about half an
hour per session to maintain good health.
It is wise to avoid smoking and drinking alcohol, since they damage our lungs and
livers respectively, besides bringing forth other harmful effects to our bodies.
Taking drugs can be a serious problem as it usually causes addictions, diseases
and cancers. In serious cases, it may even cause deaths. Thus, it is advisable to
stay away from drugs.
Having sufficient sleep is also a vital factor. Every day, school children,
teenagers and adults should get 10 to 11 hours, 8 to 9 hours and 7 to 9 hours of
sleep respectively. The insufficiency of sleep can lead to serious heart
problems, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and obesity. To improve the
quality of our sleep, it is important to sleep in complete darkness, since artificial
light interferes with the production of hormones or chemicals that tells our
body to rest. If we are unable to eliminate the light in our room, then wear an
eye mask.
Over-eating and under-eating can give rise to health problems as well.
Therefore we should eat the right amount of food each meal.
About 70 percent of our body is made of water. Since our body is constantly
using it up, we need to drink about 8 glasses of water daily to replenish it.
Water is needed to flush toxins out of our vital organs, carry nutrients to our
cells and provide a moist environment for our ear, nose and throat tissues. It
also cools our body through the process of perspiration. When sweat evaporates
from our skin, it takes heat with it and lowers our body temperature.
There are some advantages of giving homework to the students. These are
three of those advantages. First, homework builds up an initiative for students.
They will initiate to study if they have homework from teachers and indirectly
they will be accustomed in studying regularly. Moreover, there is a sense of
responsibility associated when completing their homework. Why? Because when
they have a duty or obligation, they will realize that they have to do it because
it is their own responsibility. Slowly, they will learn how to finish and to
responsible for something that becomes their obligation.Students feel
responsible for finishing their homework and accomplished when they do
it.Second, homework helps students to develop time management. They start to
manage their time when to study and when to play, and learning to finish their
tasks or other assignments on time. In addition, they will learn how to do things
on their own and manage their time and complete their work independently.
Third, homework canencourage self-discipline for students. When their teacher
gives them some homework and asks them to submit it in the certain time, they
will do it and try to finish it before the deadline. Slowly, this will bring and plant
a good habit to their behavior. So, they will be more respect in doing anything,
not only homework but also any other things.
On the other hand, homework also has many advantages for students. And these
are some examples of those advantages. First, homework isoften viewed as a
busy work. The matter is that homework can spend lots of free time
andoccasionally stressful for some students. Why stressful? Because teachers
often give an excessive amount of homework to their students that can make
them feel bored to finish it, especially when each teacher gives homework in the
same time period. That is not effective for them to do somany homework in the
same time, especially when their teachers give them homework on the weekend
or on holiday. This makes students feel distressed because holiday is time for
them to refresh their mind and to do anything else that can relax them such as
recreation, doing sports, or watching movie, not time to do thing such as
homework. Second, homework can only makes students to be lazier person. Why
like this? Because when they have homework almost every day, they will feel
tired and bored to do it over and over again. It makes them to ignore it and
they will try to do other things such as playing or just sleeping rather than to
do their homework that burdensome for them. As we all know that there are
many students that often skip the class or absent without any excuse. Most of
them do that just because of the homework which is given by their teacher is
not finished yet. They want to come to the class actually, but because of that
unfinished homework they will take an alternative way such as skipping the class
or absent without any permissions. However, it brings them to be an
irresponsible person because they always running from their responsibility.
The conclusion is that both of teachers and students should consider about
these advantages and disadvantages of homework, especially for teachers who
often give the big amount of homework that can burden their students. They
should think twice when they want to give a lot of homework, because not all of
their students will be able to finish it on time and also most of them will dislike
teacher who always give them many homework to do. Therefore, in the
classroom teachers have to acknowledge that there are diverse students and
maybe they should consider that some of their students will benefit from
homework and others will no
Describe the first time you went on a camping trip. You
should write about the activities at the camp and explain
how you felt about the experience.
Apart from the scouts from my school, those from a school in a neighbouring
town were also invited to attend. There were about 100 campers altogether, of
which approximately half were from the other school.
Early in the morning of the first day, all of us gathered in front of our school.
Three school buses took us to a place, or rather a roadside, that was near to
the campsite. It was about an hour’s ride away. Upon arrival at our destination,
we alighted from the bus and hiked through the forest to the campsite which
was about 300 metres away.
On the site, we were divided into 10 patrols. Our first task was to set up camp.
Our patrol leaders taught us how to pitch the tents. As we were cooperative, all
the tents were soon put up. After that, we prepared lunch. Members of each
patrol were supposed to make their own meals. So my fellow patrol members and
I helped to cut firewood, fetch water from the stream, make a fire with a bow
drill and cook a meal. The food was not well prepared - the rice was overcooked
and the vegetables were too soggy. The tuna, which was taken straight from the
cans, was appetising though. Nevertheless, we finished all the food as each one
of us was as hungry as a wolf.
In the afternoon, we learnt knot-tying - a skill that helps us promote our
discipline and focus. Besides that, it is also applicable to first aid, fishing,
survival, woodwork as well as to make useful camp tools.
That evening after dinner, we were free to mingle with one another. We had a
good time chatting and playing games. We also slept soundly that night as we
were exhausted from the activities all day long.
On the second day, we had eggs and bread for breakfast. Then, we put on our
uniforms. After our scoutmasters’ inspections, we proceeded to our next
activity - a visit to an Iban longhouse. We had to hike for around 2 hours before
reaching the traditional longhouse, where we were warmly welcomed by the
longhouse chief and its occupants. After presenting them with our gifts, one of
their elders who was fluent in English gave us a guided tour of the longhouse
before lunch was served. After savouring the delicious traditional delicacies, we
were presented with a performance of the local dance and music. We were also
invited to join in. We had a lot of fun doing the ‘ngajat’ dance. Pretty much of
our second day was spent on the longhouse tour and we were back to our camp
before nightfall. After dinner, we gathered around a campfire. Each patrol had
to present either a sketch or a song. Some of the sketches were really hilarious
and we laughed till our stomach hurt.
The next morning all of us prepared to go home. We broke camp and cleaned up
the site. Scouts from the other troop would have to part with those from ours.
During the camp period, strong bonds of friendship had developed between us.
Thus, a little bit of sadness was inevitable before we parted. As we valued our
friendship, we exchanged contact details and promised to keep in touch with one
another.
Overall, I felt extremely grateful and pleased to have taken part in the camp.
It was a real eye-opener for me. I had acquired new skills and increased my
knowledge. I made quite a lot of new friends as well and some of them were
among my best. Moreover, the experience had also boosted my self-confidence
and sense of satisfaction. I definitely look forward to attending such beneficial
camp again.
Technology – Good or Evil
On the other hand, technology also has its own merits. Advancement in
mode of transportation and infrastructure has proven to be upgraded from
generation to generation. This is evidenced by the observations that previous
generations resorted to using rivers and streams to go from one place to
another whilst the current generation is blessed with various mode of
transportations (cars, airplane, and ships) supplemented by state-of the art
infrastructure that is made from concrete and tars, known as highway, proven
to improve the world’s productivity. But, these do not come as free. Motor
vehicles and advancement in technology produce pollution such as carbon
monoxide that is harmful not only to us, but also to our environment, which can
deplete the ozone layer.