great moment ever, alhamdulillah

soooo yeah ! hey people. I haven't blogging fr a long time, gonna make myself busy. hectic week, fr this month I thought.

                      and assalammualaikum guyss ( tak jawab dosa, jawab means sayang )


part I : karnival hari pendidik + hari perasmian kolej

# my classmates 

# roommate, Azizah

# housemate, Aliyani

# bestfriend, Myra

# Zalikha and Myra

# pendaftaran 

# hot skandal, HEHE

# tauke coconut shake, pehh sodap haa den koba 

# haha, muke terkojut

# muka penat masing masing, hm

a pictures paint thousand words, yeahh gambar kat atas tu atas dasar paksaan, LOL

anyway best sangat sebab dapat make collaboration with another class, thanks guys ! and yang paling hilarious time nak bagi makanan kat people, pehh bising mengalahkan pasar malam, sumpah this is the best moment that I had :D

Part II : shopping, yayy !

HUGE thanks to my girlfriends fr giving me the nice trips ! superb okay >.< shopping sampai tak ingat dunia. make future planning fr the next destination, Woohoo !

Lots of love,
Ariena

sakit, Allah nak kurangkan dosa dosa kecil

Assalammualaikum

hai ppl ;) watch doin' ? Actually nak cerita lah selasa minggu lepas5 march 13, aku jatuh hati dengan tettttt, HAHA lol bukan arr aku jatuh sakit, ayat poyo jee. Time tengahari tu aku masak lunch fr my family, tak penah penah aku rasa penat sangat seolah olah tak cukop tidur, tiap kali aku masak masak kat dapur, mesti kene take time 5 minit untuk duduk jap, ai said to myself, take a deep breath and huhhh kuikuikui ^^


bila dah sampai tengah hari tu aku mula rasa pening pening kepala, then bila nak masuk petang tekak mula mengembang u'olls. rasa nak mun mun lah, MUNTAH ! ohh noo ada one time aku tak boleh bau pelik, terus gulppp bwerrkkkk, eeuwww mun mun laa apa lagi.


masa first mun mun tu, IBU ada temankan kat sebelah, rasa bersyukur still mempunyai IBU yang sangat sangat baikhati. kalau kau? nak temankan aku ke, mesti geli geliman, ye dok? IBU aku merupakan saksi utama, beliau telah menyaksikan kejadian dengan penuh simpati thanks IBU sebab memahami *sebak* plus homesick, hm

itu cerita mun mun buat kali pertama, tapi bila dah masuk kali ketujuh, takde dah ibu nak temankan, family sibuk buy buku, nak habiskan voucher la senang cerita nya, yang aku ni pilih liquid, test pad, and apa lagi ntah dengan badan yang terbongkok bongkok, ohh seksa hanya Allah jee tahu.


then bila dah masuk malam, IBU AYAH temankan pergi poliklinik koh. ALHAMDULILLAH aku dapat parents yang sangat sangat prihatin. dua dua IBU AYAH temankan aku masuk jumpa doktor, rasa rasa nya spt dah lama tak mengalami keadaan macam tu, huwaaaa


aku budak-anti-pil and aku lebih menggemari ubat air sebenarnya, tapi nak buat acane, dah doktor bagi ubat mengikut kesesuaian umur, 20 kann, terpaksa lah aku ngadap ubat tu. gua cakap sama lu arr, bapak pahit ! kau paham tak pahit ! Errr. kalau dalam dunia ni ubat rasa manis macam manis nya gula gula, rasa nya semua orang nak sakit, ye dok?


tapi bila aku mengalami muntah muntah yang teruk, seolah olah aku memahami orang yang sedang preggy @ pregnant, HAHA yee tak diakui badan akan terasa sangat sangat lemah, yelaa badan kekurangan air, selama 3hari plus plus aku mengalami kehausan yang sangat sangat. and ada one time IBU suruh minum air garam yang doktor bagi, hm sangat masin, but IBU cakap buat tambah my energy.



Alhamdulillah dengan izin Allah aku beransur pulih. aku kembali bertenaga Yayy ! ALHAMDULILLAH again. thanks fr those my family sangat sangat concerned. masa aku mun mun dalam kereta, my siblings semua nya sabar jee, ada yang menghulur kan tisu and semua semua lah. thanks * okayhh fine aku rasa sebak and nak nanges and aku nak balikkkk !!!! *

# gambar masa zaman belas belas

# doakan kuiz aku esok yee and kuiz kuiz yang akan mendatang
# take care, jaga kesihatan itu penting bai


************** adios omigos *********************


Love,
Ariena

ENGLISH usage answered

WHEN do we use “pull round” and “pull through”? In the sentence, “Have you pulled through your influenza/sore throat/gastritis/thyroid?”, is the tense correct?– MOE Chinese reader

1. “Pull round” as a phrasal verb is not as commonly used as the phrasal verb “pull through”. In fact, the Advanced Learner’s dictionaries I consulted (Oxford, Cambridge) and the online Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English don’t even list this verb. The online Merriam-Webster Dictionary (an American dictionary), however, includes this verb and says that it is “chiefly British”.

“Pull round” means “to recover from sickness or fainting” or “to restore a person to health after sickness”, or “to put [something] into a healthier or better condition” (Oxford English Dictionary)

“Pull through” has slightly different meanings, which involve a lot of effort and difficulty. It means “to get through an illness or other dangerous and difficult situation”. (Concise Oxford English Dictionary) or to get someone through this. Here are some examples of their usage which I got from the Internet:

“When they left her there Wilfred and Ilene were told to expect the worst during the next 24 hours. But the worst didn’t happen and Lita graduallypulled round.” (from a UK website)

“He caught Andrew as he fainted and dropped on the spot ... Andrewpulled round in a back room of the shop.” (from an online book titled Jack Frost & The Hooded Crow)

“All we know is that he’s extremely ill. Everyone is so worried. We’re praying he’ll pull through.” (from dailyrecord.co.uk)

“Hampson appears to have pulled through the early stages of the aircraft industry’s difficulties, and demand for its specialist machines tools remains robust.” (from investorschronicle.co.uk)

Your sentence names the disease after “pull through”. We would normally only write “pull through” after naming the disease, as in:

“My friends wife gave birth to a boy that had both left and right sidedcongenital diaphragmatic hernias and he was very ill and struggled for life in the early months. However he pulled through and I believe he is fine now.” (from uk.answers.yahoo.com)

Also, it is in the present perfect tense and the past participle of the main verb (“pulled”) should be used with “have”. Besides, it is better to use “recovered from” rather than “pulled through”, since influenza, sore throat and gastritis” are not life-threatening diseases (unless the flu is bird flu or H1N1). “Thyroid” is not a disease, but a gland. We may have problems with our thyroid gland, and you could write “thyroid problems” instead of “thyroid”.

Pronoun problem
I am confused about the use of the pronoun which I have been told, refers to the antecedent noun in the sentence:

“We have a series of six articles that gives a good description of the heritage building.”

Shouldn’t it be “give” to reflect the plural “six articles” since “that” is the pronoun referring to the antecedent noun “six articles”. My teacher told me that it should be “series”. I find this hard to accept. Would the following be different?

“We have a number/library/collection of six articles which gives a good description of the heritage building.”

Then when do we apply the grammatical rule of using the pronoun “that” or “which” to refer to the antecedent noun? – Paul Chan

I agree with you. When a collective noun like “series” is followed by “of + plural noun”, like “a series of six articles” that you mentioned, and this is then followed by a relative pronoun (“that” in your sentence), a plural verb is used in the relative clause. This is because, the plural noun is seen to be a more important antecedent than the main noun (“series”) of the noun phrase. So the sentence should read:

“We have a series of six articles that give a good description of the heritage building.” 

There are other examples of this structure, e.g.

“A herd of cows that belong to the farmer are grazing in his field.”

“From January, BBC World News will broadcast ... a series of topical debates ... which are set to stimulate and challenge the channel’s audience across the world.” (BBC press release Dec 12, 2008)

Regarding your other sentences:

Number: The sentence does not need the “six”. It should just be written: “We have a number of articles which give a good description of the heritage building.” “Number” here is a quantifier, and when used in the phrase “a number of + plural noun + relative pronoun” is also followed by a plural verb. The more important antecedent here is “articles”, not “number”.

Library: This sentence does not make sense. How can a library have only six articles within it?

Collection: The sentence follows the pattern of your original sentence, since it uses the collective noun “collection”, and so should read: “We have a collection of six articles which give a good description of the heritage building.”

The relative pronoun “which” can be used when the antecedent noun it refers to is not a person, but “that” can be used for a person, an animal, a plant, or a thing.

Learning grammar
How do I learn strong English grammar ? – Wilson

Do you mean how to improve your English grammar? I don’t know whether you are a student or a working person. If you are a student and have an English teacher, it would help to ask your teacher questions about what you don’t understand in English grammar. If you are a working person, it would help if you have a good grammar book. Since I don’t know what level you are at, I don’t know what book to recommend to you.

Above all these, however, reading a lot of good books on any subject would improve your command of the English language, which means your English would be grammatical. You may not know the names of the various terms in English grammar, but you would be able to use the language well.

Speaking better
How do I improve my English conversation? – Tan

You need to talk regularly to one or more people who speak English well to improve your English conversation. If you don’t have such friends, try enrolling in a Conversational English class or finding a tutor who can help you speak English better.

If you can’t afford the class or the tutor, but you have access to a computer, there is a BBC website that has downloadable material to help you with pronunciation and conversation. Try and explore its features and use the ones that you think can help you. Here is its url: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

Source: By FADZILAH AMIN @ The Star Online - Mind Our English & http://goodessays.blogspot.com/

Malaysia, a unique country

Malaysia is a multiracial country. Malaysia has a population of 23.27 million consisting of 61 percent Malays, 30 percent Chinese, 8 percent Indians and 1 percent of other ethnic groups. Malaysia is unique because of its diversity of races, religions and cultures, the stability of the country and many places of interests. Besides, there are many international achievements which are the pride of our nation.

Diversity of races, religions and cultures is a significant characteristic of our nation. Malaysia is a multiracial country with a rich cultural heritage. Unique to Malaysia is the 'Open House' concept where during the various cultural and religious festival like Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Gawai Day and others, friends and families and even strangers would visit the homes of those who are celebrating the festival, to wish them well and enjoy the feast prepared by the hosts. Although the visitors may be from different races, they still can tolerate with each other and live under the same roof where they celebrate the festival together. This will help to strengthen the ties among themselves.

Moreover, the stability and peacefulness of Malaysia is also a uniqueness of us. We live harmoniously in a country where there are no wars and conflicts among Malaysians. War is dreadful and it may deteriorate humans' lives. We are fortunate that our country is safe and runs off the war. So, people can live safely here. Somehow, Malaysia is a paradise for those Iraqis or Pakistanis. Besides, our country is freed from natural disasters such as earthquakes. Earthquakes may bring death and destroy many buildings. Therefore, Malaysia is unique because of the stability and peaceful environment.

On top of that, there are many places of interests in country such as beaches, islands and rain forest. Malaysia's rain forest is considered as the oldest in the world. The diverse species of animals and plant life continue to excite a great deal of scientific research. Many believe that some undiscovered plant may hold cures to many currently incurable human diseases. There are many islands in our country such as Pulau Langkawi, Pulau Redang, Pulau Ketam and many others. Pulau Langkawi has a lot of historitical informations. Those who are in favour of history can go there to explore the history of that place. All the beaches in those islands are beautiful. The sand is soft and white. The accommodation is well-established and that makes those islands ideal places to visit.

Following this, there are also international achievements of our country. Those achievements include the existence of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Formula One (F1) racing circuit and the Petronas Twin Towers. KLIA is unique because it has all that is needed for business, entertainment and relaxation within its boundaries. The airport is part and parcel of the Multimedia Super Corridor where high technology industries are being actively developed. Nevertheless, there is a Formula One Race Track near the airport, so foreign car racing enthusiasts from all over the world can come for a visit to gather here. Besides that, Petronas Twin Towers which is a building that soars 452 metres into the sky is once upon a time, the tallest building in the world and yet it is a national pride to the people of Malaysia.

In short, Malaysia is unique that it has diversity of races, religions and cultures, a stable and peaceful environment, places of interest and some internal achievements. Those are important characteristic of our nation. It is rich of cultural heritage; it would be worth to play a visit here.

Corrections made in the essay above:
Do not put an extra hyphen - multiracial is correct, multi-racial andmulti racial are wrong

Use noun instead of adjective - diversity of races, religious and cultures is wrong; it should be diversity of races, religions and cultures; a unique of us is wrong, a uniqueness of us is correct
This sentence is wrong because there should be two phrases in the sentence where you use the conjunction although - Although the visitors may be from different races. However… It should be ‘Although the visitors may be from different races, they…’

Article – an unique is wrong, a unique is correct

Subject-verb agreement - the stability and peacefulness of Malaysia is should be the stability and peacefulness of Malaysia are – Wrong: there is no wars and conflicts. Correct: there are no wars and conflicts

Use adverb instead of noun – we live in a harmony country should be we live harmoniously in a country or we live in harmony.

Singular or plural - humans' life is wrong, humans’ lives is correct,human beings is more appropriate

No plural form – Wrong: historitical informations. Correct: historical information

Avoid using informal word - has lots of is informal, has a lot of is formal


sources : HERE

persuasive or argumentative essay : MONEY

It is truly undeniable that in this science and technology millennium, we can hardly live without money. Even buying something small such as sweet will cost you some money. However, this does not mean that money can buy happiness, unlike the misconception of most people in the world. In fact, wealth is a far cry from happiness. If you disagree with me, let's look at the reasons for my stand.

Firstly, one of the main gates to happiness is to stay healthy. Maybe some people think that when one is rich, he can be healthy or it does not matter even if they have diseases because these rich men have lots of money to pay their medication. This is totally wrong. Good health is acquired from a healthy lifestyle progressively and not in a day. With lots of money we are tend to temp ourselves to exotic, luxurious food. If this food is taken excessively, it will let to obesity, heart diseases, diabetes, hypertension and other serious illness. Moreover, rich people are probably lack of exercise as they hardly walk outdoor due to 24 hours-service debar fetching them about causing them to be at a higher risk of getting these unnecessarily health problems. How a person can enjoys his life and feels happy when he is confined to a wheelchair or bed-ridden. He would not even be glad spending his money and time curing his sickness. Therefore, wealth cannot bring happiness.

Professionals like doctor, nurse, lawyer, engineer, food technologist and accountant earn a lot of money per month. They are considered the high class citizens who can afford large, expensive house with huge beautiful gardens. But do they really enjoy the pleasures of life? Most probably not because they are simply too busy with their work. They frequently burnt the midnight oil in their work place. It is even more miserable if they have to turn their home into a working place. Most specialists have to stand-by 24 hours in case of emergency calls from the hospitals. Hence, they can hardly spend any relax, restful night at their home even if they posse a huge two and a half storey bungalow with a beautiful garden and artificial waterfall. Successful businessmen may always have a chance of flying to all parts of the world when they go out station to make business. However, very few of them can really take it as a holiday as a treat for themselves for their schedules are always full and they are so stressful with their works. Even fewer businessmen can ignore urgent, pursuing calls from their clients or office when they are going for holidays or resting. In other words, one can make lots of money but he may not enjoy even the beauty of nature around them or the branded, expensive things with them. So what is the use of money when we do not even enjoy a meal properly and discontented with lives. One with a moderate income can feels happier if he leads a simple life and be grateful with what he has.

Finally, a children or a teenage brought in moderate family is better than in a rich family. As the sons or daughters of billionaires, their parents will give them whatever that they want in material. These children or teenagers get a lot of pocket money from their parents and can afford to buy many expensive things like branded, latest handset, expensive clothes and branded sport shoes. But the question is, are they happy if their parents are always working with only an Indonesian maid to accompany them. If they are asked to choose between wealth and love from their parents, I believe that they were undoubtedly choose love. A healthy family is not created for the children. These children mentally are not as healthy as those being cared and loved by their parents. Children need parents who can listen to their problems and give them words of wisdom, teaching then day by day. Parents who are not rich may not be able to buy branded things to satisfy their children but with more communication and understanding, these teenagers will understand the difficulty of their parents in earning money, learning to be thrifty. In short, money does not promise a happy, caring family.

Money may be able to buy a lot of things but not love, friendship, health and others. These are the main ‘ingredients’ for a happy life. Thus, it is a controversy if money can bring happiness. Even, if we can afford many things we desired with lots of money, we may not be happy and enjoy our lives if we are always dissatisfied with what we had, yearning for more. Thus, I stand firm that money cannot bring happiness.

sources : HERE

hectic march

Assalammualaikum hai everyone !

lama aku tak update belog, yeah ! maybe takde mase, balik kelas petang sangat sangat sometimes, till pukul 6..lebih. kadang kadang kalau kerja still berlambak, lepas isya' aku tido, then pukul 10 baru bangun nak sambung kerja. mengGILA tu nama nya. aku bangun time orang lain dok mula nak tido, dah macam OWL, (haha)

nak kata bulan march ni hectic, hm mungkin. dengan asgment berbaki lagi 5, maybe. belum complete. half half. and MUET's examination sabtu ni, and kiteorang yang tengah cuti midsem kene balik awal 3hari. ohh wonderful babe.

takdapat den nak jumpo oteh ni haa. she called me and said wanna going back home ( JOHORE ) this friday, molek sangat laa, hari jumaat tu jugak lar aku gerak balik melaka, sedih laa. masa bulan jan pun tak dapat nk jumpa. minggu kelass lah kan. ( oteh stayed ipoh perak )

and alhamdulillah kenduri doa selamat yang diadakan harini berjalan spt yang dirancang, even tho kiteorang sangat penat, sokayhh Allah gantikan dengan pahala yang berlipat ganda. kenduri for what? hm aku baru pas nikah agaknya. HEHE, nope ! kenduri doa selamat for berangkat ke Tanah Suci 19 March 13 ni, sodeh den ni haa, malas nak koba lebih lebih, yolaa, den kan takdopek nak pergi, MARA takbagi. hukhuk, sokayy rezeki yang tak disangka sangka fr akmal. tahniah tau ! doakan aku kat sana.

hm tak ada apa yang nak diceritakan lagi kot, budak budak esok sekolah, and aku pun kene tido and bangun awal. Night ppl !

UMRAH

Assalammualaikum

Tunang

hai ppl ! sorry cause i haven't been blogging. ohh by the way, not too late to wish Gong Xi Fa Chai to all Chinese in Malaysia. and Selamat bertunang to my ex classmate masa sekolah rendah dulu, alhamdulillah dah bergelar tunangan orang dah kan. tsk tsk, aku bila lagi? weehee ^^

Umrah

ALHAMDULILLAH, masa cuti semester tahun lepas, iaitu bulan 12, aku dapat khabar berita yang paling menggembirakan, my grandmother said dia nak ajak aku sama sama menunaikan umrah dengan mak (nenek) abah (atok), pakcik, makcik, and muhammad ( sepupu kecik). Tell me now ! sape yang tak gembira kan? I take all this as my birthday's present. 

Then masa minggu berikut, me and them pergi pejabat tabung haji sebab nak booking ticket, mula mula nak pilih time cuti sekolah, unfortunately dah penuh. then bila dah bincang dengan semua pihak, kami pilih untuk pergi menunaikan umrah 19 march 2013. And after booking ticket, me and them pergi tangkap gambar passport and visa. Excited u'olls. Tak sabar nak pergi tau.Sometimes, aku dah imagine berdiri depan Kaabah. Allahuakhbar. Rezeki waktu muda, tak semua orang dapat.

Actually aku planning semua ni pun belum dapat permission dari pihak college. My parents pun cakap boleh ke pergi, dengan kelas nye lagi. aku convenient my parents insyaAllah, everything will be goes well. 

                                                                   Tup

                                                                   Tup

Bila dah jumpa face to face dengan pihak atasan kolej, rupanya... dia cakap pihak MARA sendiri pun tak membenarkan. Kalau nak pergi jugak, kene repeat semester. Allah Allah. Hati tersentap seketika. Hanya Allah je tahu macam mana perasaan aku. 

Masa tu hati bercelaru seketika, sama ada nak teruskan niat yang baik ni or tak. One of my friend juga ada yang nak menunaikan umrah, but she's going on February. She still with her instinct. Istiqamah. Nama dia Kamalia, kami mengalami masalah yang sama, dilema antara dua perkara yang sangat berat dugaan nya. 

But she said to me " kau kene kuatkan semangat, anggap ini semua dugaan Allah nak bagi sebelum berangkat ke sana, better kau utamakan umrah dahulu, sebab rezeki datang sekali, tak semua orang terpilih oleh Allah "

My aunt said " pergilah syiha, time ni lar peluang kau nak pergi masa muda, kalau tak bila lagi, dulu ucun masa zaman remaja, nenek kamu ajak pergi Haji, but ucun tolak, see, sekarang baru rezeki ucun dapat pergi sana juga" 

Azizah, my roommate " takpelah ariena, mungkin bukan rezeki kau, mungkin lepas ni terus buat Haji, sape tahu kan"

Hanna, my best friend " Semangat kau kuat ke naa? kau mampu ke nak repeat semester balik? kau tahu kan ni last semester kita, kita dah nak konvo, kalau kau repeat pun mungkin dengan batch budak bawah"

My mentor " kalau kamu pergi, macam mana dengan kelas, macam mana dengan restu parents kamu, jangan kamu pergi ke sana tapi hati masih teringat kelas, assignment, or segala project yang ada, kita pergi sana untuk menunaikan ibadah, hati kene sentiasa khusyuk"

Akhi nik aziz said "x dinafikan umrah satu tuntutan yang penting tp ada pnjelasannya lps tu iaitu (bagi yang berkemampuan)...bkn mmpu dr aspek kewangan saje,termasuk aspek2 lain jgk cth waktu dll...belajar satu seruan wajib jgk...kesimpulanya bila bertembung 2 urusan penting,kita mesti ukur yg mana perlu didahulukan.jadi kita sbgai student ni,sy pandang belajar diutamakan..semua nya xd mslah. "

# sumber gambar : Mr Google

Allah maha mengetahui akan segala gala nya, yee aku hamba yang kerdil ini hanya mampu merancang and Allah sebaik baik penentu. Redha dengan seadanya. Mungkin ada hikmah disebalik yang terselindung. InsyaAllah.

-Ariena