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Dear kamini,
It has been a great semester having you in class. I appreciate your awesome ideas, opinions and also your effort in encouraging your friends to speak up in class. Dont be shy to come to my room if you want to chit chat and makan (haha!) I am definitely going to miss you in the next semester. Thank you so much for allwoing me to get to know you this semester. Mdm doakan yang terbaik buat kamini :)

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reflection: Tell-Tale heart
Response demonstrates an in-depth reflection on, and personalization of, the theories, concepts, and/or strategies presented in the course materials to date. Viewpoints and interpretations are insightful and well supported. Clear, detailed examples are provided, as applicable.
TS: 10/10

Reflection: LIAH
Response demonstrates a general reflection on, and personalization of, the theories, concepts, and/or strategies presented in the course materials to date. Viewpoints and interpretations are supported.  Appropriate examples are provided, as applicable.

TS: 8.5/10

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I'm sorry for uploading it late madam :(

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Presentation 1: 9/10
Presentation 2: 10/10
Class Participation: 11/10*

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Interests:

reading good books

drawing and general artsy stuff

travelling

cooking

outdoor activities

What makes me happy (there's a lot actually lol):

Good food, good company and good music

Being able to finally finish a story or art that has been stuck in my head as an idea for a while.

Going for a walk

Feeling the wind in my hair

Going out somewhere nice either with company or alone

Dislikes:

Being judged

Busybodies

Annoying people

Being forced to change my plans because of someone else's stupidity

Being forced to do something (generally speaking)

Favourite artists/Songs

Halsey,  The Chainsmokers, Alessia Cara, Alan Walker, MAX, Panic! at the Disco, Taylor Swift, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, Sia, Selena Gomez, Zara Larsson and a lot more.

Mostly alternative pop, poprock, electropop, pop(sometimes)

Fav Movie genres

Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy & Scifi (sometimes yes sometimes no), Historical Fiction; all with a splash of romance.

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ta-da.

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It was dark times when this poem was written. A war was raging, robbing innocent lives and ruining whole cities. Mothers weeping as their sons went to a war that wasn’t theirs with a sick sense of hope. With hopes that they would be able to win the war and they names will be immortalized in history books and memorials. Well that’s what they believed I suppose.

That’s why I probably like Dulce et Decorum Est I suppose. It’s keeping things real. Straight to the point. It’s refreshing to see a piece of literature not glorifying war and how heroic it is to fight battles of others. But no, one would say, it wasn’t battles of others , it was theirs, the country’s. I say no, it’s not. Did the milkman have a grudge against the neighbouring country? Did the next door toddler plan the assassination against the Austro-Hungarian prince? No they did not. And yet there were swept into the hurricane of politics and wars.

Coming back to my earlier comment, I like how the poem is dark and gritty with zero ounce of flowery nonsense. War kills. And the ones that it coughs out alive, are left to deal with nightmares for the rest of their lives. The imagery is vivid enough to make one feel like they’re there standing in the middle of the battlefield, watching the soldiers stumbling while fumbling with their flimsy helmets. You can feel their terror as the green cloud rolls down suffocating the ill-fated ones as their comrades watch on in horror.

War destroys whatever in its path no mercy given. You would think men would learn their lesson after so much destruction, but as we all know, humans are stupid. One can only hope that the Wilfred Owen’s words are heeded by the new generation of leaders.

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Reflection - Cat's

Hye Kamini! :) :)Demonstrates growth and maturation of ideas. Reflections build on general knowledgebase. Good use of logical connectors

reflection: 4.5/5
Language: 4.5/5
TS: 9/10

Please upload your dulce reflection

Thanks

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reflection : 4,5/5
Language: 4/5
Total score: 8.5/10

Reading Log: 4/5
Language: 4/5
Total Score: 8/10

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Cats in the cradles is a folk song that came out way before I was born. It tells the tale of a father who couldn’t spend time with his son because he was too busy working. When he was finally free, the son had his own responsibilities already leaving him to rot in this regret.

It’s a sad reality that nowadays parents don’t have time to be around their kids anymore. They’re too busy working because they want to provide the best for their children. They’re sacrificing their time with their family for their family for the sake of their family. Pretty ironic. But honestly I applaud parents that work hard to put food on their table and also spend their relaxing time for their kids. Though it’s exhausting, they get to watch their kid grow and that's a reward in itself. Not many are willing to do that. In the poem, the man kept disappointing his son until his son thought that it’s ok to not spend time with his family.

To sum it up, this song is a reminder to all of us to not waste too much time and effort on materialistic things until we lose sight of the people we love. This song also serves as a sign for the younger generation to look after family ties. and one should always, always cherish the sacrifices done by their parents. No matter how annoying and out of fashion they are :')

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Now the time to reflect upon Tuesday’s lesson has come. It was quite intriguing to actually discuss plastic beauty and beauty norms in class. Normally stuff like that is discussed in our small group of friends and not really in class. Beauty standards for women have been around since probably the beginning of civilization and after so many years things haven’t really changed much. Though now with the progression of technology it has become much easier to change one’s appearance. Despite the fair amount of horrifying failures, plastic surgery has become the norm nowadays. It’s interesting and disturbing how willing some are to ruin themselves for the sake of being ‘beautiful’. Coming back to the Barbie doll poem, it is quite relatable to the above subject. To be frank, all of us have felt the pressure to conform to society’s standards.

Another thing that really piqued my interest is the alternate interpretation of the last stanza of the poem; that the girl has not actually died but has become a ghost of herself. I genuinely did not think of that and the new interpretation makes the poem more relatable to modern beauty standard obsessions. In the pursuit of ‘perfect beauty’, humans become ghosts of themselves and the most dismal thing is those who have lost themselves never seem to realize what they have become. Quite heartbreaking.

Plastic surgery and looking pretty is not a bad thing, but quoting Madam Diana, “do it for yourself and not for the sake of pleasing others”. A very crucial thing everyone should remember, don’t you think?

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Hola :)
Kamini Sivajothy.
A 18 year old Penangite with a love for travelling, stories, dinosaurs and artsy stuff.