Task 4 (INFORMAL LETTER)

                                                                                              No. 17 Jalan Utama B5,

                                                                                              Bukit Utama Heights, 

                                                                                              43100 Puncak Jaya,

                                                                                              Selangor.

                                                                                             25th November 2010

Dear friend,

           Hello Sarah, how are you? First of all I want to say thank you for the previous letter. Now I know better about the situations you're facing now. I hope you will be strong to face this challenging life. I know you are under depressed right now, but just take all this as a test from God. You are not the only one who is facing problems in life. Everybody is facing the same thing. Its just a normal phenomenon happen in human life. Whenever the fate takes us, we still cannot run from the problem. Whatever it is, there are still have persons who are facing worst situations than us. Whatever happen to us, we must thank God for giving us the opportunity to live in this world. We still have time to correct our mistakes in life. 

          

          We are fortunate to still have family and friends around us and we are not alone. Besides, we can also share a problems with them. Have we ever wondered about people who have lost their parents? They even can continue their life patiently without muttering to God at all. So, how come to us? Are we like them? Just ask yourself. Are we strong enough as those who have lost their loved ones? Come on, we still have a parents. Don't ever think that you are alone dear. Parents are the first place who can help us. Do you know how much your parent love you? If not, they will not take care of you until nowadays. Besides, we still have a friends. At least, you still have me right? We can share our problem with friends. Who knows, perhaps they can help us in solve our problem. They also can give an advice which can correct our wrong doing things. They also can raise our spirit to go through in life. That is such a true friend. 

          The main point here is you should never hopeless and never surrender to continue life. You must be strong. Always think positive that you can wake up from a gloomy life. Lets built back your previous higher of self-confidence. Turns to God. He's never far away. Put your trust in Him and pray a lot. I am sure that the feel of confidence will come through yourself slowly. Another way to increase your spirit level is just take a lessons from a person who having a physical and mental disability. They not a normal person, but they can survive strongly with positive thinking. So why not we try to learn from them. Although we are perfect in physical and mental, but we still not perfect in everything. Peoples are not perfect. Try to learn from surroundings, it can make us more mature and careful in doing things. 

          Do not let the past mistakes haunt your life. The important thing is you have to make the past mistakes as a lesson to you. Try to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Therefore, you can be more careful person by the experienced before. Do not think too much about thing that happened. Past is Past. The most important here is you must make the sure that the passed will not be repeat again. 

          Last but not least, hope you will get some benefits through this letter. I wish this letter will help you to built back the self-confidence in yourself. If you need a help or have any problem, I am willing to help you dear. May you find a new peace. 

                                                                            Your bestfriend,         

                                                                    syahida

Task 3 (article review 2)

CHOCOLATE ARTICLE

~CHOCOLATE!!!~

introduction :

Chocolate can be healthy, as long as it is the right kind.It may sound crazy to some. Can chocolate really be healthy? Well, as long as it is the right kind, it absolutely can be. The determining factor as to whether or not the chocolate is a diabetes-inducing sugar bomb is the cacao content. The higher the cacao content, the more health benefits the chocolate can offer. Typically dark chocolate contains a higher amount of cacao, and it doesn`t have to taste bitter. As long as it has at least 70% cacao content, chocolate can be the tasty compliment to your health that you are looking for.
High quality chocolate is full of vitamins, flavonoids, magnesium, and healthy fats. Among these are vitamins A, B1, B2, D, and E. Flavonols found in chocolate have also been found to prevent lipid oxidation and improve blood flow.
In one study regarding the beneficial effects of chocolate, sixteen healthy men participated in a double-blind cross-over study. Participants were randomly instructed to drink cocoa that contained either a high or low amount of flavanols. In the middle of the study, the participants switched the type of drinks. This means that those who had previously had a drink high in flavanols were now consuming a cocoa drink low in flavanols. Investigators measured blood flavanol levels, flow-mediated dilation of blood vessels (which indicates cardiovascular events), and nitric oxide production.
Blood samples of the participants were taken before and after drinking the cocoa, in order to test the absorption of cocoa flavanols. They were tested every hour until six hours after the initial drink. The study found that after consuming the cocoa containing high amounts of flavanols, the blood contained high levels of various healthy flavanols.

Another study of 1,169 people found that when someone did experience a stroke, if they ate 50 grams of chocolate each week they were about 50 percent less likely to die afterwards than those who had strokes but didn't eat chocolate. The researchers stated that chocolate's abundant antioxidant content could be the key to its apparent stroke-protective effect.


I choose this article because myself also interested with chocolate. Besides, i want to know more information about chocolate, whether it is good for health or not. Furthermore, information that i get from this chocolate contents can be share with others as many people also like to eat chocolate. I also think that people should know about chocolate content which is good for our health.

Synopsis :

The body actually utilizes the flavanols found in chocolate and absorbs them quite readily. This leads to improved blood flow and, therefore, improved heart health. Chocolate, considered to be a danger to heart health, is actually a heart-helping treat given that it is the right quality. It is important to purchase chocolate that is 100% organic and contains no artificial ingredients or harmful food additives such as aspartame. While the benefits of chocolate are numerous, artificial ingredients present in most brand name chocolate ensure that it will do nothing but damage your health.

Opinion :

Basically, i like and agree also with this article. Chocolate is good for health. I prefer that everybody must take a chocolate in a day. Not too many, at least a few already enough. This is because, chocolate content have full of vitamins, flavonoids, magnesium, and healthy fats. Flavonols also found in chocolate which prevent lipid oxidation and improve blood flow.

Conclusion:

Lastly, i just want to prefer that people must take a chocolate in daily eating. It is because :

1. chocolate can prevent lipid oxidation;
2. chocolate can improve blood flow;
3. chocolate can prevent nitric oxide production;
4. chocolate can prevent cardiovascular desease;
5. chocolate can prevent stroke.

Task 2 (article review 1)

SPORTS ARTICLE



~get more information here~

my opinion about this article :

Parents should encourage their children to become involved in individual and life time sports such as bowling, golf, swimming, tennis, gymnastics, and martial arts. Participating in sports is a healthy way, both physically and socially, for children to channel their youthful energy in a true direction. Encourage children to try many sports and activities when young and not to think of specializing or playing competitively until they reach middle school.

Task 1 (drama review)

my review...
This story is about musical comedy-drama television series.  New Directions glee club director Will Schuester announces a duets assignment and competition; the prize for the winning duo is dinner at Breadstix. He tells them that club member Puck has been sent to juvenile detention for stealing an ATM, and introduces a new member, Sam Evans. Kurt suspects that Sam is gay and asks him to be his duet partner; Sam agrees. Club co-captain Finn Hudson separately attempts to convince them not to be partners, fearing that Sam will be bullied to the point of quitting if he sings a duet with another guy, but Sam insists on honoring his given word to Kurt, and Kurt is still angry at Finn for some homophobic comments he made when they were roommates. After his father Burt points out that just as Kurt had a crush on Finn the year before, he may now be taking advantage of Sam, Kurt releases Sam from their partnership, and sings "Le Jazz Hot!" from as a "duet" with himself.
Cheerleaders Santana and Brittany make out, but when Brittany suggests they sing Melissa Etheridge's "Come to My Window" together, Santana refuses and trivializes their relationship. Santana believes her best chance of winning is by partnering with Mercedes, and together they sing "River Deep – Mountain High". Brittany pairs up with Artie , and they start dating; Artie loses his virginity to Brittany, but before they compete Santana tells him that Brittany only wanted him for his voice, so he breaks up with her and dissolves their partnership, upset that his first sexual experience was just for a free meal. Tina and her boyfriend Mike argue about whether they should duet at all, but he ultimately agrees to join her on "Sing!" from A Chorus Line, his first time soloing in glee club, and their duet draws praise from Will.
Finn and his girlfriend Rachel initially practice singing "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", but Rachel suggests throwing the competition so Sam can win, making him more likely to stay. When Sam has a slushee thrown in his face by bullies, Quinn helps him to clean up. They subsequently become duet partners, and during a rehearsal he attempts to kiss her. Quinn is upset and tells him they cannot sing together, but she is later convinced to reconsider by Rachel. Rachel and Finn, dressed as a schoolgirl and a priest in an intentionally offensive move to damage their victory prospects, perform "With You I'm Born Again" by. Sam and Quinn sing "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat. The club members all vote for themselves except Finn and Rachel, who vote for the winners, Sam and Quinn. Over the victory dinner at Breadstix they form a rapport, and Quinn tells Sam that she considers the meal their first date.
Noticing that Kurt is lonely, Rachel tells him how much the club members value him and asks him to duet with her for fun now that the competition is over.

This story showed a homosexual, lesbian between a girls. This scene is not good and should not be follow by others. We have to control ourselves in built a relationship with friends.

Furthermore, this story also showed a group work which is good for us to follow. We also should work hard  together in doing group work. Besides, spirit of want to win a competition that involved must live in ourselves.