Text Production Essay #2

Global warming, a phenomenon of gradual rise in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere due to an increase of greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide, has always been the biggest challenge for every nation in the world. With the visible pattern in the atmosphere within our entire planet, scientists have projected into the future where we are heading. By the end of the 21st century, global warming is likely to cause a rise in Earth’s temperature of around 2-5 degrees centigrade (Woodford, 2006) which may cause uncontrollable and dreadful catastrophes. In facts, global warming has caused climate change, crushing the earth with enormous impacts, forcing the human beings to implement efficient solutions in order to get out from the long-lasting predicament.

One of the potential effects of global warming in terms of climate change is the rise of sea level. Tremendous rise in temperature at North and South poles warm the oceans and if the oceans get warmer, it has an impact in melting the ice shelf. (Woodford, 2006) When the floating sea-based ices crack up and no longer hold back the ices on the land, the land-based ice starts falling into the ocean. Melting of land-based ice causes the sea level to rises significantly. Low-lying places like Florida, San Francisco bay, Netherlands, Beijing, Shanghai, Calcutta, Manhattan World Trade Centre and New York City are absolutely devastated and obliterated by water. Millions of homes are destroyed, forcing the people to become refugees. If this has really happened, the map of the world would have to be redrawn! (Blair, 2005)

On the other hand, global warming is damaging the ecosystem that human being too rely on. Global warming deteriorates the climate change and thus affects massive amount of vulnerable ecological natures. After years of warming, the growing season of some species has been altered. (Riebeek, 2007) Nature’s plan is distorted when the growing season of the prey and predator are in the vague and absence of any item in the food chain will cause a zoological disturbance. Billions of creatures have to face extinctions but pests are propagating vigorously. There are a lot of vectors for emerging infectious diseases that climb to higher altitude due to global warming. They are also expanding their range, causing new diseases like Arena Virus and SARS that cause tremendous problem.(Gore, 2007) Overall, species loss is escalating and diseases are wild spreading.

Another potential effect of global warming in term of climate change is erratic weather patterns. Significant rice in temperature is very likely to alter the weather patterns that we have been adapting with so far. (Riebeek, 2007) It may lead to more frequent natural disasters such as heat waves, more intense droughts and rain events, storms, hurricane and flash floods. An example of erratic weather behavior would be the Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005 that had devastated the entire New Orleans. (Gore, 2007)
To nip the problem in the bud, prompt actions have to be taken by each one of us to cut down the emission of greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide. Electricity end-use efficiency, passenger vehicle efficiency and CCS & supply efficiency have to put into practice. Rectifying Kyoto is also a policy to share their hands in compensating the aftermath of global warming. Renewable energy like solar and wind power is also indispensable to replace the main culprit in carbon emission, fossil fuel. Also, political will should be taken into account to stop obscuring the real facts and lead the society to cope with the environmental crisis. (Gore, 2007)

As a conclusion, our mother earth has groaned inaudibly and punished us with completely unacceptable cataclysm due to the rocketing global warming. And more and more imminent calamities are sneaking up on us. This is a global issue that needs cooperation from every nation in the world. We have to meticulously transform our tread that we relied on the past. With the thing we buy, the electricity we use, the car we drive, we can make choices to bring our individual carbon emission to zero. The solutions are in our hands. We just have to have the determination to make a better future. (Gore, 2007)Choosing between gold bar and the earth, the earth for all time comes first!

Text Production Essay #1

What are the potential effects of global warming in terms of climate change and how they can be arrested?

Global warming, a phenomenon of gradual rise in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere due to an increase of greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide, has always been the biggest challenge for every nation in the world. With the visible pattern in the atmosphere in our entire planet, scientists have projected into the future where we are heading. By the end of the 21st century, global warming is likely to cause a rise in Earth’s temperature of around 2-5 degrees centigrade (Chris Woodford 2006) which may cause uncontrollable and dreadful catastrophes. In facts, global warming has caused climate change, crushing the earth with enormous impacts, forcing the human beings to implement efficient solutions in order to get out from the long-lasting predicament.

One of the potential effects of global warming in terms of climate change is the rise of sea level. Tremendous rise in temperature at North and South poles warm the oceans and if the oceans get warmer, it has an impact in melting the ice shelf. (Chris Woodford 2006) When the floating sea-based ices crack up and no longer hold back the ices on the land, the land-based ice starts falling into the ocean. Melting of land-based ice causes the sea level to rises significantly. Low-lying places like Florida, San Francisco bay, Netherlands, Beijing, Shanghai, Calcutta, Manhattan World Trade Centre and New York City are absolutely devastated and obliterated by water. Millions of homes are destroyed, forcing the people to become refugees. If this has really happened, the map of the world would have to be redrawn! (Tony Blair 2005)

On the other hand, global warming is damaging the ecosystem that human being too rely on. Massive amount of ecological natures are vulnerable and affected by global warming. After years of warming, the growing season of some species has been altered. (Holli Riebeek 2007) Nature’s plan is distorted when the growing season of the prey and predator are in the vague and absence of any item in the food chain will cause a zoological disturbance. Billions of creatures have to face extinctions but pests are propagating vigorously. There are a lot of vectors for emerging infectious diseases that climb to higher altitude due to global warming. They are also expanding their range, causing new diseases like Arena Virus and SARS that cause tremendous problem. There are also reemergence of some diseases that are once under control like Avian Flu and West Nile Virus. Overall, species loss is escalating and diseases are wild spreading.

To nip the problem in the bud, prompt actions have to be taken by each one of us to cut down the emission of greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide. Electricity end-use efficiency, passenger vehicle efficiency and CCS & supply efficiency have to put into practice. Rectifying Kyoto is also a policy to share their hands in compensating the aftermath of global warming. Renewable energy like solar and wind power is also indispensable to replace the main culprit in carbon emission, fossil fuel. Also, political will should be taken into account to stop obscuring the real facts and lead the society to cope with the environmental crisis. (Al Gore 2007).

As a conclusion, our mother earth has groaned inaudibly and punished us with completely unacceptable cataclysm due to the rocketing global warming. And more and more imminent calamities are sneaking up on us. This is a global issue that needs cooperation from every nation in the world. We have to meticulously transform our tread that we relied on the past. With the thing we buy, the electricity we use, the car we drive, we can make choices to bring our individual carbon emission to zero. The solutions are in our hands. We just have to have the determination to make a better future. (Al Gore 2006)Choosing between gold bar and the earth, the earth for all time comes first!

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carbon pricing works in the long term
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Movie review - Australia

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman are stars in director Baz Luhrmann’s sweeping epic 'Australia.' Kidman plays an aristocratic English woman, and Jackman is a tough cattle drover. They couldn’t be more different, yet they find their lives inextricably intertwined as they embark on a remarkable journey across hundreds of miles of the country’s most brutal terrain.

Lets talk about the Jackman's character, the Drover.

The Drover is an Australian version of a cowboy whose job involves taking cattle across one of the most inhospitable parts of the world for long periods. He is a strong and muscular man with an incredible massive body. He is an extremely good-looking man that will always obsess you entirely.

The Drover shows bravery in the movie. He dares to accept the risky job offered by Lady Sarah Ashley which is to drive the herd through a brutal terrain to Faraway Downs to sell off her cattle to the military. Moreover, he risks his life to search for Nullah on Mission Island during the war time with just two partners, even though the island had just been bombed and guarded by Japanese soldiers.

The Drover is a caring companion to Lady Sarah Ashley and a loving stepfather to Nullah. He has quite a strong father-son relationship with Nullah although Nullah is a “half-caste” child. He treats Nullah as his own child and protects him. Moreover, he struggle on painfully and feels guilty to leave Lady Sarah Ashley and Nullah when he knows that Lady Sarah Ashley has died, and Nullah has been caught to be civilized under the church’s supervision when the Japanese sudden attack begins.

Furthermore, the Drover is a fair person. He treats everyone equally and disagrees with the discrimination. For example, he forces the bartender to treat his black friend same as other white customers by serving him drinks with proper glass. The Drover also forcibly asks the barman to serve Lady Sarah Ashley in male lounge as she deserves for it. Then, he does not look down to aborigines. He trusts Nullah’s grandfather, King George for the magical power mentioned to find the water supply during the deserted journey to Darwin.

The Drover shows his strength and toughness in the movie. He meets a lot of difficulty in the way to Darwin such as scarce water problem and horrible incident of cattle charging over a cliff. He never gives up, not hesitating to fight until the goal is achieved. Finally he manages to win Carney and successfully drives the cattle onto the ship before Carney's does.

The Drover is generous too! The Drover doesn't blame or scold Nullah every time he interrupts whenever Drover and Lady Sarah Ashley are kissing!

Movie review - Coach Carter

Coach Carter is an educational movie. It is a story of a basketball coach’s mission to remake high school athletes from inner city losers into student athletes. The coach, Carter is a self-made businessman who lives by moral absolutes. He accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond. This team is the loser in both the tournament and academic, and the players are totally rude and indiscipline. Carter doesn’t give up of them, but tries to change them in both play performance and academic result. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, wear jackets and ties on game days, sit at the front of their classes, and good grades (minimum 2.3 point average) as requisites to being allowed to participate in the basketball team in an attempt to make the boys win both on and off the court. Besides, late comers and rude players have to get the push-ups and suicides as rewards. Soon, the initial resistance of the boys is successfully dispelled, and the team becomes unbeatable. Continuous winning makes the boys over-confident. They start to show off and scorn their opponents whenever they score. In the other hand, Carter finds out that too many players are doing poorly in class. They do not get to the mark for their academic results or even skip lessons. Carter takes an immediate action. He cancels all team activities and locks the court, despite their undefeated record. He asks the team to study in library until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. This has triggered controversies between the town’s community and Carter. The boys’ parents cause a stir concerning how grades aren’t as important as their sons’ destiny. They even force Carter to quit the team. Carter insists and fights to keep his methods. And the team has finally got through their academic problems. A basketball match between Richmond and St. Francis ends the movie. Although they lose the match, some of them win the scholarship of the college, they all win the future. 

The main issue in the movie is the bad attitudes of teenagers. The players are rude and impolite. They mock Carter's suits, his shiny pate and his articulation. Timo Cruz even quarrels with Carter because of the dissatisfaction. They also vicious enough to insult people with awful words like nigger. They will easily come up to a fight just because of the offensive words. So, they need guidance and discipline, or else they are likely ended up in prison. 

Education system in the movie has revealed that the parents and school officials concern more about winning basketball games than making sure the players graduate. Carter's principles get him in trouble with the principal who doesn’t know why he keeps bothering about the player’s academic results and performance. The community also thinks that canceling the games is an insult. It is why there is more black men wind up in jail or get killed compare to the graduation rate. 

Teenage pregnancy is another issue in the movie. The character, Kyra is a pregnant underage girl. She has to give up her studies and spend all effort to take care of the baby. Kenyon, the father of the baby instantly loses his boundless future, and he has to start working to feed the baby. Moreover, conflicts are easily sparked between underage parents. And this will always lead to abortion. 

In addition, this movie shows the struggle and ambivalent thinking of teenagers in order to get what they really want. We learn that Timo Cruz hates his extracurricular life as a drug dealer and sees basketball as a way to stay out of trouble. There are struggles in his deep heart, hesitating to choose which way he should take until the incident happens, Renny gets killed. He knows that drug dealer is no longer a proper future for him. He finally gets back to his expected route.

Kyra is h0t & sexy.

Ex-6szhong

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From left Daniel (Nottingham), Kawai (Nilai Inti), Leejin (Cempaka International) and me (Nilai Inti).

Love 6szhong indeed. friendz 4ever.

Ex-classmates

He is a boy which is now single and available still.
He is a good friend of mine.
He knows what i don't know - playing guitar.
He sleeps early. He is not as talkative as I.
He is just like a ready-to-erupt volcano, his sudden words or phrase may shock you and you will most probably come up with "d*i*u".


He is a cute-emotional-talkative "boy".
He had spent his unbelievable 17th-birthday with me in my house.
My parents had misthought that he fall in love with me. (what !?)
High-pitch and hearty laughter goes wherever he goes.
Feeling he had been wronged, he would go off in a fit of pique.
but still he is a good friend of mine too.


He is a pure boy who is vicious enough to use his middle finger.
He speaks ridiculously. He is fond of telling jokes and funny stuff.
He likes words that begin with D and F.
He will deliberately trigger and spark controversy and end up with D and F.
In case he never have D or F in his results.
His result are always inversely proportional to his preparation.
Of course he is my good friend teee.