4 August 2009

I am definitely enjoying my work in my hometown, Ipoh. It’s all because of the good food that you just can’t find in KL and a little laid back environment compared to the hustle and bustle of the city.

As I was going through my stuffs in Ipoh, I found an exercise book at one of my book shelves that says “Penulisan – BM” which means Essay in Malay Language. 3 Orkid was the name of my class when I was in Secondary 3.

Out of curiosity, I flipped through the pages to find out what have I written a decade ago.

To my own astonishment, I couldn’t recall myself scoring as high as 24 or 25 out of 30 marks for each essay I have written in the official language of this country. Wow!

I am glad I actually score an “A” for this particular essay. Let me share it with you now.

Masalah sosial di kalangan remaja boleh ditangani oleh pelbagai pihak. Tuliskan pendapat anda tentang peranan yang patut dilakukan oleh pihak tersebut.

Masalah sosial di kalangan remaja semakin meningkat. Namun begitu, masyarakat tidak harus menuding jari dan mempersalahkan sesiapapun. Masalah ini boleh diselesaikan dan harus ditangani oleh pelbagai pihak.

Antaranya ialah ibu bapa- ibu bapa merupakan pihak yang paling rapat dengan remaja. Remaja yang diabaikan oleh ibu bapa mereka akan cuba melakukan apa saja yang dapat menarik perhatian orang ramai. Oleh itu, ibu bapa seharusnya meluangkan lebih banyak masa untuk anak-anaknya dan tunjuk ajar serta menitikberatkan ajaran agama dan moral. Di samping itu, sokongan moral boleh diberi untuk memberi keyakinan diri remaja.

Pihak sekolah juga memainkan peranan yang penting dalam membentuk kesahsiahan seseorang remaja. Mereka boleh mengadakan aktiviti-aktiviti kokurikulum yang bermanfaat malah menyeronokkan bagi menarik minat para pelajar untuk mengisi masa lapang dengan berfaedah. Selain itu, kelas-kelas tambahan juga boleh diadakan bagi membantu pelajar-pelajar dalam bidang akademik. Tambahan pula, perkhidmatan kaunseling pula dapat membantu para pelajar yang menghadapi masalah mental-emosi serta memberi nasihat dan keyakinan diri kepada mereka.

Pihak rakan sebaya pula dapat membantu dengan memberikan contoh yang baik kepada rakan mereka. Sekiranya satu pihak melakukan perbuatan yang salah, pihak seterusnya harus menasihatinya. Dengan itu, pihak itu dapat membantu rakannya dan juga mengelakkan diri daripada kegiatan yang tidak berfaedah.

Masyarakat juga terlibat untuk menangani masalah ini seperti dengan menampilkan kelakuan yang baik untuk remaja contohi. Masyarakat juga tidak patut memulaukan atau menghina remaja yang pernah tersesat jalan, sebaliknya memberi peluang kepadanya balik ke pangkal jalan dan memulakan hidup yang baru.

Tanpa kerjasama semua pihak di atas, masalah sosial di kalangan remaja tidak mungkin dapat ditangani dan mungkin akan menjadi lebih membimbangkan lagi. Oleh itu, pihak-pihak ini harus berganding bahu untuk menangani masalah tersebut dan mewujudkan satu masyarakat yang harmoni serta keadaan yang stabil dan aman.

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Hmmm… what do you think? Alright, please do not throw rotten eggs on me if my essay is not properly written. It’s just a piece of essay penned 10 years ago.

5 January 2009

Blog Owner’s Note: As I was spring-cleaning my room last night, I discovered a book where I wrote some cheezy love story. Maybe I should share it with you. Pardon me if there’s any grammatical errors as I was only Secondary 2 when I penned it down.

The little book which I found last night

Yeah, I know from the title you would know that this story is cheezy!!

JEALOUSY SPRINGS

Chapter 1

My eyelids felt heavy as I opened them to check out the time. Only then I realized I had took more than 2 hours to revise my history subject in Landsbury High School’s library. I was too absorbed in my revision that I totally forgot my eyes needed to rest.

I leaned against my chair and let out a long sigh for nothing. My best friend since middle school, Lesley Allens who was sitting next to me, was still busy revising her calculus. All I know that she was facing some difficulties in coping this subject. I looked around the school library. The books which were once arranged nicely were now lopsided in a mess.

I only remembered that I left my bofa set in the classroom. Without the bofa set, I could not finish the art homework given by Mr James.

“Lesley, I think I left my bofa set in the class.”

“Come on, Alyssa. What’s with your 17-year old memory lately? Why are you being so forgetful lately?” said Lesley in despair.

“Oh dear!”

“You better take it before it’s too late, Lys!”

“Whose class is taking over now?” I asked to make sure.

“Mr Wilson’s class if I didn’t recall wrongly.”

“Are you sure, Lelle?” I just wanted to confirm with Lesley. I hate to make a fool out of myself in odd situations.

“Should be. Oh wait, there’s this guy, Daryl who usually takes up your seat.”

“You mean Daryl Richardson?” I asked as I was picturing him in my mind.

“Absolutely right.”

I ran out from the library and headed to where I needed to. I don’t usually walk such a speedy pace in school but I had to reach there before my bofa set goes missing.  I reached out for the door knob and to my surprise Mr Wilson was nowhere to be seen. There was no one in the room except for a dark-brown haired guy in a maroon-colored shirt and a pair of faded blue jeans. I recognised him at once.

….. to be continued…..