In the evening, Dila and I decided to go to Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque for break fasting event, The Official Launch of Rakan Muda Ramadhan, National Level 2010, hosted by the Ministry of Youth & Sport. At 6.30 pm, as we were going downstairs and walking towards my car, suddenly, Dila shouted at me, “Yatie, watch out! Your car is already being clamped by the MMU security guard.” I’ve started to be panicked and thinking of how to solve this problem. Oh no, I have to pay certain amount of money to get my car unclamped. Dila did suggest me to try asking the HB3 guard in-charge. The guard advised us to go to the security office at IPS, to unclamp my car. As we reached the security office and met the chief guard in charge, he asked me, “Why did you park your car at prohibited MMU parking lane?” Oh my, what the reason should i give to him? Hmm, it was raining cats and dogs just now. Later, in nervous mode,” I did parked my car at that place because that time I wanted to bring along my beg to my room and suddenly the rain was fell down heavily. So I leave my car there for a while until the rain has completely stopped.” After the security guard heard my firm reasoning, security guard finally accepted my reasoning and he did asked the security guard in charge to unclamp my car.
Finally I’m free! Dila and I just couldn’t stop being so thankful as I managed to get my car unclamped without needed to pay the fine .In this situation, I conclude that, I did used a Fallacies of “ ad- populum appeal to pity”, because the chief security guard in charge seems to be sympathy with my situation.
The end
Nurhayati Sabri
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Bandwagon Arguments
Type of ad populum appeal to tradition which means; persuade someone on something because it supposed to be consistent with the traditions and customs in a society, or in a family or in another type of group.
In my family, I have 3 siblings who play piano. My eldest sister has been playing the piano for a year and for my youngest sisters has been play the piano for 2 years. My eldest sister and my younger sister specialized in contemporary music while my youngest sister specialized in contemporary music. One fine day, I felt neglected and I decided to play a musical instrument as well, but I did not want to take up piano instead I took up violin. This is because I want to play something different but keep the tradition value of classic in music. Now I have been playing for 2 weeks and I enjoy playing it where sometimes I do a duet with one of my sisters or perform a song together.
The end
Hafidzahtol Fatimah Subari
In my family, I have 3 siblings who play piano. My eldest sister has been playing the piano for a year and for my youngest sisters has been play the piano for 2 years. My eldest sister and my younger sister specialized in contemporary music while my youngest sister specialized in contemporary music. One fine day, I felt neglected and I decided to play a musical instrument as well, but I did not want to take up piano instead I took up violin. This is because I want to play something different but keep the tradition value of classic in music. Now I have been playing for 2 weeks and I enjoy playing it where sometimes I do a duet with one of my sisters or perform a song together.
The end
Hafidzahtol Fatimah Subari
Vague in statement
Sharing is caring? Think again!
Yesterday, I went to the Ramadan bazaar with my husband to buy some food for breaking fast. We still went to the bazaar even thought it was raining. My husband already chooses what to buy for himself yet I am still thinking and have not decided what to buy yet. There are so many foods to choose and they all look delicious to me. I cannot buy them all because it can lead to a waste of food. Then I decided to share with my husband the food that he just bought. When we reached home, my husband caught a minor flu and we thought it will relieve afterwards. During breaking fast time, I share the food with my husband and without noticing I also started to get flu all of sudden. Because of that I started to feel dizzy and starting to have a fever. Now, we are lying on the bed together and thought that ‘sharing is not caring’ instead ‘sharing spread germs!’Then we laugh...
i. The statement causes to be vague because of the uncertainty about what standards are being uses; it means that the object does not show its specified definitions.
‘Sharing is caring’
• What kind of things that we can share?
Or
• Caring in what way?
ii. Confusion over the context: this statement does not show on what perspective
Sharing is caring. Ex: is it ethical? Showing love? Or just want to save money?
iii. Imprecise choice of words: sharing is caring is a vague statement because there are different types of share in things and also different types of care; is it care during sick or watch over nephew or niece at home?
The end
Hafidzahtol Fatimah Subari
Yesterday, I went to the Ramadan bazaar with my husband to buy some food for breaking fast. We still went to the bazaar even thought it was raining. My husband already chooses what to buy for himself yet I am still thinking and have not decided what to buy yet. There are so many foods to choose and they all look delicious to me. I cannot buy them all because it can lead to a waste of food. Then I decided to share with my husband the food that he just bought. When we reached home, my husband caught a minor flu and we thought it will relieve afterwards. During breaking fast time, I share the food with my husband and without noticing I also started to get flu all of sudden. Because of that I started to feel dizzy and starting to have a fever. Now, we are lying on the bed together and thought that ‘sharing is not caring’ instead ‘sharing spread germs!’Then we laugh...
i. The statement causes to be vague because of the uncertainty about what standards are being uses; it means that the object does not show its specified definitions.
‘Sharing is caring’
• What kind of things that we can share?
Or
• Caring in what way?
ii. Confusion over the context: this statement does not show on what perspective
Sharing is caring. Ex: is it ethical? Showing love? Or just want to save money?
iii. Imprecise choice of words: sharing is caring is a vague statement because there are different types of share in things and also different types of care; is it care during sick or watch over nephew or niece at home?
The end
Hafidzahtol Fatimah Subari
I just got to know I was wearing green hat!
That late evening, I and my other Consumer Behavior subject group mates were having discussion on our project regarding the topic of consumer behavior issues and we were assigned to create solution for the specific marketing issue. So we decided to choose P1 Wimax controversial commercial ads issues (still remember the commercial ads “sudah potong?”). Just by flash back the ads in my memory, I just couldn’t stop laughing out loud. Was it such humorous or sexually explicit ads? Oh, definitely both, in my own point of view. It merely sounds like they did refer “potong” to circumcision practice.
Finished with part 1 and part 2, and there’s Part 3, where we have to conduct an interview with P1 Wimax users in order to collect data and information for creative analysis section. My group leader, Diana, asked us to get 10 respondents per person and distribute the questionnaires regarding P1 Wimax issue. And we have to do it within 5 days before being finalized for the report writing. First thing popped up in my head, how I’m going to find those respondents? P1 Wimax is not like other leading broadband offered in the market, such as Maxis broadband, TM Unifi and Celcom broadband. Still new in the market and I guess it’s pretty hard to find respondents who utilize P1 Wimax just by asking the people in the public. Such a waste of time, isn’t it? Moreover it’s also troublesome and plus with time constraint, as I got to handle other assignments and joined university events. Sigh! I just need to force my brain to squeeze out ideas on how to overcome the problem. Ah! Guess nothing brilliants come up from my mind.
Hmm. Okay, let’s just take a break for a while. It’s time for Facebook-ing! Damn, too much people spammed my inbox by inviting me to join ridiculous groups ever created by those morons. Oh, please make Facebook a beneficial place to network and share information, por favor? Eh, why don’t I look and search for Facebook P1 Wimax group instead? (Wink!). Great idea! But I didn’t found “I like P1 Wimax” group, but just “Anti P1 Wimax” group and quite huge number of people joined this group. I clicked “like” and instantly got access to the page. At that moment, Diana just sent me the questionnaire via e-mail. Without hesitate, I sent private message to those people and asked them to be my respondent for Consumer Behavior project. Oh, they were very kind to spend time answering the questionnaire regarding P1 Wimax. Thanks peeps! So happy that I managed to get respondents instantly and I just sent the feedbacks straight to Diana.
Later on the next week, I went to Critical Thinking lecture class last Monday and Madam Aznur did tell us about her friend’s creative thinking solution on how to get respondents whom purchase MPH books online. Oh! Guess I done that. Haha! Good to know that I am wearing green hats ( symbolize generating new ideas).
The end
Nur Adilah Arshad
Finished with part 1 and part 2, and there’s Part 3, where we have to conduct an interview with P1 Wimax users in order to collect data and information for creative analysis section. My group leader, Diana, asked us to get 10 respondents per person and distribute the questionnaires regarding P1 Wimax issue. And we have to do it within 5 days before being finalized for the report writing. First thing popped up in my head, how I’m going to find those respondents? P1 Wimax is not like other leading broadband offered in the market, such as Maxis broadband, TM Unifi and Celcom broadband. Still new in the market and I guess it’s pretty hard to find respondents who utilize P1 Wimax just by asking the people in the public. Such a waste of time, isn’t it? Moreover it’s also troublesome and plus with time constraint, as I got to handle other assignments and joined university events. Sigh! I just need to force my brain to squeeze out ideas on how to overcome the problem. Ah! Guess nothing brilliants come up from my mind.
Hmm. Okay, let’s just take a break for a while. It’s time for Facebook-ing! Damn, too much people spammed my inbox by inviting me to join ridiculous groups ever created by those morons. Oh, please make Facebook a beneficial place to network and share information, por favor? Eh, why don’t I look and search for Facebook P1 Wimax group instead? (Wink!). Great idea! But I didn’t found “I like P1 Wimax” group, but just “Anti P1 Wimax” group and quite huge number of people joined this group. I clicked “like” and instantly got access to the page. At that moment, Diana just sent me the questionnaire via e-mail. Without hesitate, I sent private message to those people and asked them to be my respondent for Consumer Behavior project. Oh, they were very kind to spend time answering the questionnaire regarding P1 Wimax. Thanks peeps! So happy that I managed to get respondents instantly and I just sent the feedbacks straight to Diana.
Later on the next week, I went to Critical Thinking lecture class last Monday and Madam Aznur did tell us about her friend’s creative thinking solution on how to get respondents whom purchase MPH books online. Oh! Guess I done that. Haha! Good to know that I am wearing green hats ( symbolize generating new ideas).
The end
Nur Adilah Arshad
Thanks, CT! (Not Siti Nurhaliza by the way)
Oh my, I still remember how tired I am at that moment. What a wonderful OARS camp trip I ever joined for this semester. The unforgettable experience at Selai National Park, Johor was the thing that will never be deleted from my mind for sure. Truly exhausted, but it’s truly worth for me. Outdoor activities are my passion. Everybody would say, a petite girl like me, that’s seems like a fragile little kid, would rather choose to doll up and go for girly shopping spree time. But I’m not. Instead, I do love to dive in the ocean and rivers, being sucked by those cute leeches and being bitten by those mosquitoes (oh, I hate this part, haha!), get dirty in the mud, smell the fresh air of the jungle and enjoy the breathtaking view of the nature created by God. There’s nothing great rather than to get sweat. Seeing Rafael Nadal sweat like crazy after his 4- hour tennis match really convince me that it feels good to let the salty sweat running down the skin. Okay, stop talking crap.
After get showered, I was thinking of calling mama. I’ve promised her to go back home tomorrow, exactly on Wednesday, but seems that tiredness was all conquering me; I want to delay it to Thursday. After dialed up my mama’s phone number, gentle feminine voice was on the line. “Hello?” “Assalamualaikum Mama”, I started the conversation. Her Penang Malay accent was the thing that I missed the most. I just can’t resist to ask her questions like “What did you cooked for today?”, “How’s your health?”, “How’s Abah and Amin?”, “What are you doing right now”. Oh my, how I miss my Mama’s home-cooked meal. Then she suddenly asked, “When will you go back to Selayang, Kakak?, “You’d informed that you’ll be back on Wednesday, hadn’t you?”. Without hesitate, I informed her that I will go back home on Thursday, as I just came back from camping trip as I’ve told her before. She’s just keep silent for a while. All of sudden, she started to speak with such firm voice, with deep stress of words that just could trigger my shivers. “Kakak, you just don’t need to participate actively in university activities. I’ve told you just to concentrate on your studies.” Then she added, “There’s no point of being active in those university activities. I guess you’ve been busying mingling and flirting with boys and all you get is just endless fun and being giddy all the time. I suggest you to just stay at room and do revision.” I kept silent for a while. The late evening conversation that supposed to be relaxing turned out to be tensed and serious. I was trying so hard to back up my points. And seems it couldn’t convince my mom at all. Mom, you should be a lawyer by the way, seriously. I am really tired of arguing things that I viewed as positive but seen as negative by Mama. Hey! What’s the point of learning Critical Thinking subject this semester if I don’t apply it in my situation? Okay, it’s time to brush up my argument skills. Based on what I’ve learned, I came out with a good and valid argument, with premises and a conclusion. And I’ll make sure to put a full stop at the end of this tensed argument. With such gentle voice, here’s what I’ve said to her;
Conclusion: Mama, participating in university activities indeed brings benefits to me as a student.
Premise 1: It helps to brush up my communication skills, networking skills, problem solving skills and leadership skills. These skills are most demanded by potential employers when I get into real working environment. And yes, don’t you remember I will serve TM next 2 years as they are very kind to offer me the scholarship for my degree studies?
Premise 2: Busying myself with university clubs and societies helps me to avoid myself from doing useless activities that’s just waste of time such as dating with boyfriend all day long and go partying at nightclubs. Do you really want to see me out of control and labeled as being part of the social ills?
And yes, I did it! These bolded sentences really put an end to this tensed conversation. Mama just couldn’t say any words at that moment. Suddenly, without further argument, she said, “Alright then, take care, Kakak. Have a safe journey back home tomorrow. Assalamualaikum.” As a conclusion, thanks Critical Thinking subject!
The end.
Nur Adilah Arshad
After get showered, I was thinking of calling mama. I’ve promised her to go back home tomorrow, exactly on Wednesday, but seems that tiredness was all conquering me; I want to delay it to Thursday. After dialed up my mama’s phone number, gentle feminine voice was on the line. “Hello?” “Assalamualaikum Mama”, I started the conversation. Her Penang Malay accent was the thing that I missed the most. I just can’t resist to ask her questions like “What did you cooked for today?”, “How’s your health?”, “How’s Abah and Amin?”, “What are you doing right now”. Oh my, how I miss my Mama’s home-cooked meal. Then she suddenly asked, “When will you go back to Selayang, Kakak?, “You’d informed that you’ll be back on Wednesday, hadn’t you?”. Without hesitate, I informed her that I will go back home on Thursday, as I just came back from camping trip as I’ve told her before. She’s just keep silent for a while. All of sudden, she started to speak with such firm voice, with deep stress of words that just could trigger my shivers. “Kakak, you just don’t need to participate actively in university activities. I’ve told you just to concentrate on your studies.” Then she added, “There’s no point of being active in those university activities. I guess you’ve been busying mingling and flirting with boys and all you get is just endless fun and being giddy all the time. I suggest you to just stay at room and do revision.” I kept silent for a while. The late evening conversation that supposed to be relaxing turned out to be tensed and serious. I was trying so hard to back up my points. And seems it couldn’t convince my mom at all. Mom, you should be a lawyer by the way, seriously. I am really tired of arguing things that I viewed as positive but seen as negative by Mama. Hey! What’s the point of learning Critical Thinking subject this semester if I don’t apply it in my situation? Okay, it’s time to brush up my argument skills. Based on what I’ve learned, I came out with a good and valid argument, with premises and a conclusion. And I’ll make sure to put a full stop at the end of this tensed argument. With such gentle voice, here’s what I’ve said to her;
Conclusion: Mama, participating in university activities indeed brings benefits to me as a student.
Premise 1: It helps to brush up my communication skills, networking skills, problem solving skills and leadership skills. These skills are most demanded by potential employers when I get into real working environment. And yes, don’t you remember I will serve TM next 2 years as they are very kind to offer me the scholarship for my degree studies?
Premise 2: Busying myself with university clubs and societies helps me to avoid myself from doing useless activities that’s just waste of time such as dating with boyfriend all day long and go partying at nightclubs. Do you really want to see me out of control and labeled as being part of the social ills?
And yes, I did it! These bolded sentences really put an end to this tensed conversation. Mama just couldn’t say any words at that moment. Suddenly, without further argument, she said, “Alright then, take care, Kakak. Have a safe journey back home tomorrow. Assalamualaikum.” As a conclusion, thanks Critical Thinking subject!
The end.
Nur Adilah Arshad
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Welcome to The Maiden Mind's Blog!
Assalamualaikum and Good Day Dear Readers!
Welcome to our first post for the BCT blogging project. Oh, and we introduced ourselves as "The Maiden Mind". I'm Nur Adilah Arshad, the leader of this group would like to thank Madam Aznur, our Critical Thinking subject lecturer and Mr. Zamri, our Critical Thinking tutor for giving non-stop guidance and advice to help us in the making of this blog. By having this blog, we hope to gain information and knowledge by sharing thoughts, ideas and experiences and at the same time, what we've learned from classes and tutorials can be appplied in daily living for our own benefits.
Here,I would like to present the supportive members behind The Maiden Mind ...
Nur Adilah Binti Arshad 1091105678 (Group Leader)
Siti Fadzilah Binti Isa 1091106232
Nurul Fasiha Binti Mohd Said 1081107808
Hafidzahtol Fatimah Binti Subari 1091106283
Nurhayati Binti Ahmad Sabri 1091106183
Izzati Suhailah Binti Khairuzzaman 1091106416
Again, thanks for your visit!
See you in the next entry.
The Maiden Mind
Welcome to our first post for the BCT blogging project. Oh, and we introduced ourselves as "The Maiden Mind". I'm Nur Adilah Arshad, the leader of this group would like to thank Madam Aznur, our Critical Thinking subject lecturer and Mr. Zamri, our Critical Thinking tutor for giving non-stop guidance and advice to help us in the making of this blog. By having this blog, we hope to gain information and knowledge by sharing thoughts, ideas and experiences and at the same time, what we've learned from classes and tutorials can be appplied in daily living for our own benefits.
Here,I would like to present the supportive members behind The Maiden Mind ...
Nur Adilah Binti Arshad 1091105678 (Group Leader)
Siti Fadzilah Binti Isa 1091106232
Nurul Fasiha Binti Mohd Said 1081107808
Hafidzahtol Fatimah Binti Subari 1091106283
Nurhayati Binti Ahmad Sabri 1091106183
Izzati Suhailah Binti Khairuzzaman 1091106416
Again, thanks for your visit!
See you in the next entry.
The Maiden Mind
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