Should women quit after first delivery?

            Should or should not women quit after giving birth to their first child? In my opinion, I strongly agree that women should quit after their first delivery. This is due to the economic crisis in each family, heavy burden to raise a child and health issue.

            Lately, our country is facing an economic crisis where many financial problems are raised in most of the family. From a report which was compiled by Centre for Economics and Business Research, it shows that from an average family to raise a child costs around RM218,000 which was a surprisingly big number for an ordinary family to handle. This is why a child in a family is more than enough to handle. Therefore, women should quit delivery after their first child has born as to reduce the cost of living of one family.

            Secondly, it would probably be a huge burden for a family just to raise only a child and the burden will surely to increase if they raise another child. This is because nowadays most of mother will be working and do not have enough time to nurture their child. They would probably send their child to nursery or kindergarten, which cost a lot of money. Hence, it will bring more burdens to the family just to pay for their child’s nursing bills. 

            Lastly, the chances for a woman in her mid 30s to give birth to more than one child of getting breast cancer is much higher compare to those women who only gave birth to one child and this was proven by a research recently made by World Health Organization. Breast cancer is a chronic disease that is fatal for anyone who has it and until today, there is no cure for it. How can a child being look after and grow up like a normal child if their mother was severely sick. This illness will also cause death to the mother and the child would probably lack of parental care. So, to reduce the risk of getting illness women should quit after first delivery.

            In conclusion, prevention is better than cure and women can prevent this entire problem from happening just by quitting after their first delivery.


LOH JIE QIAN
18507
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

TEACHER OR COMPUTER?

There is no doubt that education and the learning process has changed since the introduction of computers: The search for information has become easier and amusing, and connectivity has expedited the data availability. Though experts systems have made computers more intelligent, they have not yet become a substitute of the human interaction in the learning process. In my opinion what can be expected is a change of the teachers’ role, but not their disappearance from the classroom.

Nobody can argue that the acquisition of knowledge is more fun and easier with computers. The mere activity of touching and exploring this device constitutes an enjoyable task for a child. This, accompanied by the relaxing attitude and software interactivity, usually contributes to a better grasping of new knowledge. At a higher educational level the availability of digital books, simulators and other academic materials provide the student with an ever accessible source of information, that otherwise would not be at hand.

But, besides the increasing complexity and behavior of intelligent software, which is usually embedded in the academic digital material, the need for human interaction in the learning process will always be present, at least in the foreseeable future. There is the necessity for a human being to be able to determine what the specifics needs of each individual are. The expertise of a teacher in how to explain and adapt complex concepts to different individuals can hardly be mimicked by a computer, no matter how sophisticated its software is.

As computers are becoming a common tool for teaching, teachers should be more aware of their role as guides in the acquisition of knowledge rather than transmitters of facts. They have to be open minded to the changes that are taking places, keep updated and serve as problem solvers in the learning process, thus allowing students to discover the fact for themselves.

To summarize, in my personal view, teachers play and will continue to play an important role in the classroom, especially at the primary level. No matter how complex computers become, there will be no replacement for the human interaction, but in the way haw this interaction takes place.

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Enjoy reading it my friends. :)

Yoong Kai Bin

18491

Chemical Engineering 

LUCKY

Sometimes I think that I am lucky.

Why? This is simply because I am as normal as you all.

Most of the people think that having a healthy body is just a normal thing in their lives. Yet, there are actually many disabled people around us. Have you ever seen a blind man on the street? Have you ever seen disabled people riding motorcycle?  I am sure that most of you will answer me yes.

So, is it normal for us to have the healthy body? Think it deeply. Your answer may be a YES after all but for me it is definitely a NO.

Imagine you are the one who are disabled? Can you survive ? 

Therefore, for me IT IS LUCKY TO LIVE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON.

My friends, please appreciate what you have now ... :) 

Yoong Kai Bin

18491

Chemical Engineering

Hacking

A hacker is someone who gains unauthorized access to a computer system. Many hackers just like the challenge of breaking through a computer security system but not all hackers are harmless. It must also be said that not all hackers are bad. Government and huge companies use hackers to maintain their security systems.

People normally confuse hackers with crackers. While hackers crack the code of passwords to hack into a security system, crackers crack the code of software to bypass its security mechanisms like copyright protection etc. Hacking and cracking are two different methods. Note that not all hackers are humans. There are also computerized hackers, but they are developed by human.

Society relies heavily on technology for many things, but our use of technology opens us up to become victims of cybercrimes, like computer hacking. Hacking has been in the information technology (IT) field for a while. People hack for a variety of reasons including ego, fun, knowledge, and profit.

Computer hacking can also lead to other constructive technological developments. Anti-virus is one of the significant developments. First of all, how does virus interrupt our computer? And how does anti-virus programme works? As all of us know, all the computer programmes are run by lines of codes. Virus programme has codes of looping where the loop never ends when user fell in it. This results in computer hanging. Some virus may not show significant effect in the early stages but slowly destroy the computer memory, programmes, motherboard and database. Anti-virus programme works by scanning the code in the documents, files and program. If faulty codes are found, it immediately alerts the users to take action. Usually, the best ways to remove virus is by deleting before it spreads.

In the movie “Skyfall” there are 2 types of hackers, Q as the defending side (good) and Silva as the attacking side (bad).  Q is trying to decrypt Silva's laptop which contains top secret information, is trying to break the algorithm done by Silva. In contrast, Silva’s algorithm attack back Q’s laptop. This same situation happened in real life too. If we as the users accidently click into some website or program, our computer might hang and could not be started if worst.

In a nutshell, bad hacker can be very dangerous. The best way to minimize our chances of being hack is visit websites where the security rating is higher and run programs which is original.

Goh Aik Wei

18165

Chemical Engineering Foundation

UNIVERSITY LIFE

As a freshman in the university

Dropped off by father

Together with luggage

You know no one,

To feel a little bit lonely

A little bit intimidated.

The usual social groups

You immediately identify,

The frivolous boys and girls laugh

And joke as if they own the world.

The long and short alike,

Clothes of different colours,

Badly dyed hairdo,

Too many ear piercings

For both sexes

And guys with so much guts

Rove around the campus.

The baggy trousers and shirts

Of the gangster crowd

Belie their sullen, semi-criminal look,

The girls attracted to them

Dress in spandex-outlined

Flesh-flashing contrast.

Dark-rimmed glasses

Of the studious types

Slide down their noses

As they carry their books along.

Whoa! What a strange place

A strange parade of people.

Everyone tries so hard to fit in

With some group.

You're faced with a challenge

To pick a few good friends

From this modern menagerie

Called university life.

EYU KAH WAI

18067

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 

FOUNDATION SEMESTER 2

Life in UTP

Time waits for no man. It’s been a while since I came into Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) and it’s already nearing the end of this second semester.

In my opinion, I personally feel that this semester is actually much easier compared to the previous semester. We are actually learning back the same subjects that we studied when we were in Form 4 and 5 such as Physics and Chemistry. The only difference is that University uses different terms and symbols. And yes there are some new concepts and terms added into the syllabus. Understanding the basic and concepts is much easier compare to memorizing all the facts, and that’s how I study. I find the semester enjoyable because I have more free time to myself, being able to indulge in various sports and computer games. I went out watching movies and trips with course mates too during the mid-semester break. I even have time to participate in some of the sports competition too.

Runner up in the so call "Slamk Dunk" competition

In the previous semester, there were new subjects that I have never encountered before such as Programming and Thinking Skills. Programming is a very interesting subject. It’s not only related to computers, but it’s also about algorithms and mathematics that requires lots of thinking. This subject opened up a new world to me. Thinking skills require a lot of reading and memorizing the facts which I am not really good in. For the first semester, it was pretty busy. Every subject had a project or assignment to be done especially Programming (4 projects). Thus, my precious free time had gone to meetings and discussion.

In a nutshell, this university life has given me many wonderful experiences in just two semesters. I am anticipating what lies ahead in the coming next 5 years!

Goh Aik Wei

18165

Chemical Engineering Foundation

A man with bloody dept and solicitous heart

He goes by many names, Reverend Sam and the “Machine Gun Preacher” amongst them. If you haven’t heard much from Sam Childers, you will soon. To date he’s been featured in a few mainstream publications, but most of his exposure has come from forays into Christian media outlets and cross-country speaking tours of churches. In 2009 he published his memoir, Another Man’s War. But Childers is about to become much better known: his life story is being made into a movie titled Machine Gun Preacher. It hits the big screen this September, starring Gerard Butler (300) and directed by Oscar-nominated director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Quantum of Solace).

Why should you care? If you’re concerned about Africa (especially the newly independent South Sudan), neutrality and humanitarianism, or how small charities sometimes make it big on dubious stories, Childers is a scary character. By his own admission Sam Childers is a Christian and a saviour to hundreds of children, as well as a small-time arms-dealer and a killer. And, as far as I can tell, he’s a self-aggrandizing liar who chronically exaggerates his own stories and has been denounced by many, including the rebel group of which he claimed to be a commander.

On the other hand, there is a ton of copy written about him. But almost all of it originates with Childers’ own storytelling. I think there are a number of good reasons we should be sceptical. The short version of his story is this: Childers used to be a drug-dealing gang member who loved motorcycles almost as much as he craved women, drugs, and violence, especially violence. He fell in love with his wife after they met through a drug deal, and she convinced him to turn his life around. Sam found Jesus, got involved with the church, and went to Africa. There he encountered the Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army and his use of child soldiers. Firstly, he tried to help the poor children financially. He sacrificed all his asset and saving and even his company to promote a fund. He even broke his family. However, he found that financial aid didn’t really help much. Finally, he found his calling leading armed rescue missions to free enslaved children in northern Uganda and southern Sudan. He fought for the kids for his whole life. Now, his life story is being made into a movie, a goal Childers has long sought and his ministry will only grow stronger and save more children.