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didn't really have much to say or share. accept the fact that i'm writing this particular post just by the act of polishing my writing skills and being more updated here. as far as everyone knows, it is the holiday. one part of my holiday was very enjoyable. that was the outing to sunway lagoon. (free tix!!), currently i am planning a getaway with anybody i can get away with, the plan is either tioman or perhentian. need to go to the beach. snorkel and kick it with nature. :)

ok. what is new with me??? i just dyed my hair brown. so now it is back to basic. i am back to my natural hair color. keeping that appearance up for a while (till the end of degree course). tired of being a hypocrite already. what i meant by that is the fact that i wore hijab throughout last semester just as a cover up from the lecturers and also the guards. (sigh* UiTM)

and also, something devastating and annoying happened. my harness snapped! urh~ now hafta save up for a brand new one. will surely buy one in july. so gotta plan my expenses. :)

then, i hafta entertain this uneasy feeling. better not discuss it yet. wait till the 10th of june.

as for now. that's all.

on request. budget!

by bus

KL (pudu) to Mersing

RM29.80/ way

ferry (Mersing to Salang)

RM35/ way

round island trip/snorkeling trip

RM100/pax 

accommodation 

RM45/ night

so...

rm29.80 x 2 (2way) = rm59.60

rm35 x 2 (2way) = rm70

rm100

(rm45 x 3) / 2 = rm67.50

total = rm297.10

plus-minus makan suma arnd rm350

Lonely = Pathetic???

I am alone right now, not literally alone, I am just without a company. I'm currently at Starbucks, The Curve. Online, trying to gain some information for assignments, which I don't even remember the title, but I do remember the main points though. 

Finally weeks of tests and exams are over, it is a great time to relax a bit and start focusing on assignments. Sadly, I am not capable of sending my article to the newspaper, since what I wrote is nonsense, I think. Oh well, lets talk about something that is less stressing.

Wall climbing!

Haha. I have finally bought my harness and my dad just gave me some money to go n buy the carabineer and the belay device. Hee

I am so happy. Oh n btw my harness is Petzl, i bought it 2nd hand for RM135. So right now I have my climbing shoes which costs me RM200, chalk bag RM60 and harness RM135. I got em' all cheap aite???? Everything is brand new except for the harness.

But...

I wont be able to go climbing in the matter of time, I think until the semester is over. It is just around the corner, so I should set my priority straight. Which are for now; assignments and studying. Well, gotta get back to crunching!

Oh ya! n being lonely is never pathetic. It states that as a person, u can survive anywhere. Except in the jungle with no food and drink la. I am just waiting for my movie (Alice in Wonderland in 3D!!!! woohooo!!) to begin, and waiting for Nabil as well. So till then.....

Absolute freedom of the new media would bring harm to social harmony

The debate about how the absolute media freedom and how it could affect social harmony has been going on for quite some time nowadays, with the emergence of the new media, mainly the internet, it had caused a lot of arguments between the experts and the users. Media is an important tool in our everyday life. We rely on them for every occasions and sections in our activities, it is our source of information and communication.

There is always the negative and positive side of everything that evolves in human’s life, this applies to media freedom as well. As the internet provides the domain for absolute freedom for media material, it is still somehow being controlled under a particular organization. If we look at it in the Malaysian context, the media is basically being controlled by the government. It is not a bad thing at all, as a communication student, I am being bombarded with media ethics and also journalism ethics that gives me the guideline about what is appropriate to write or publish or broadcast for the public, because in Malaysia, we are living in a multicultural society.

In my own personal opinion, absolute freedom of media would not harm social harmony depending on the users. Users here applied in two forms, first, the one that wrote, published or broadcasted the information (sender), and the second form is the one that perceive the information (receiver). As a member of society, we have our own responsibilities, as a Malaysian, we are instilled with the lesson of respecting others. In conjunction with social harmony, there is respect. If we did respect each other, we would not degrade any other people no matter what their races, religious beliefs and status are.

But I do question whether does everybody respects each other? I know that I have to remember the fact that not everybody knows about media and journalism ethics as I am, but the issue of people being detained in the Internal Security Act (I.S.A) contradicts my point of view. Some of the posts on blogs contribute to moral decay in our society. Probably, we are not ready to be given the benefits of absolute media freedom.

All of us know the power of media, how it could influence the way we think and do things. It holds such a great power. With irresponsible usage of the media, it could cause chaos and social clashes in our society. That is what the debate is all about, people outside the media and communication field may not aware of the existence of ethics applied in the industry. They may write, publish, or broadcast something that will directly or indirectly destruct the social harmony of our citizens.

In conclusion, I think that when the time is right, depending on our social situation, absolute media freedom will not cause harm in social harmony. This can only occur when the sender (refer third paragraph) is responsible enough to distribute messages that will avoid defamation, seditious, libel and hatred that can cause social clashes and the receiver refuse to take in any information that offers the same kind of messages. All I can say that it is all rely in the hands of the users.

One done ZILLIONS to go

phew. i am tired writing a feature. haha

my op-ed for cheap labor is done. now moving to OJ.

for the time being i'm taking a break. it feels good to write actually. i'm liking it......for the moment.aha! i am in pain right now. jealousy invaded. not to mention here. i'll gossip it with my friends for sure. haha

omg, i am talking crap right now.


arh! back to crunching

Crunch

ok, resources found! it's crunching time.

assignments here i come!

A Piece of My Mind

Finally I am beginning to do my assignments. But it is moving at a very slow pace. I had no idea where to generate the information on labor cost of our country and others. I have to write an op-ed about Malaysia is addicted to cheap labor. An editorial from NST. I can simply write my point of view and my personal experience from what I saw and heard about other countries. For instance Singapore, they offers higher salary to the locals, to be compared to Malaysia. That is why they have fewer illegal and legal immigrants. I can say that Malaysia now is cluttered with Indonesians, Bangladeshi, people form Myanmar, Nepal. it is as if it has become their country, not our's. 

But without them, nobody wants to do the dirty work. Malaysians nowadays are too choosy, and not to forget the fact that the living status of Malaysians are increasing. We have become more educated,  but the argument here is that with more educated personnel, we could build and make a better quality material, take examples of creating cars. We could hire a professionals and offer them ample payments. by doing that we could produce a good quality cars. i heard that is what they did for Mercedes. but the car going to cost plenty. yes it is a back and forth argument. it is typical of asian countries to be cheap. 

Seriously. just try to compare Europe n Asian. You'll get the picture.