Effective communication

Communication is basically divided into two types of communication,which are verbal and non-verbal. Many of us have misconception about communication and we think that communication is just about talking or speaking.Body language and facial expression are the example of communication, but they ate known as non-verbal communication. To create an effective communication, the listener and the speaker have to do their parts by making sure both parties have the same understanding of particular discussion that they are discussing.Having good communication with others can be rewarding, in the sense that it might improve relationships and also absolute merriment.


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Demographic of smoking

There are at least 1.7 million smokers in Malaysia.
One in every 5 Malaysia aged 15 years and above is a smoker.

A study by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 1994 on 6,000 youths showed that 71 percent has experimented with cigarettes.

A recent survey showed that 85 percent of smokers were aged between 19 and 22 years.

Source: The Star, January 4, 1997

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Malaysia: Comparison between 1985 and 1995
	1985	1995	Increase
Male smoker	41%	45%	4%
Female smoker	4%	5%	1%
Male youth	10%	12%	2%
Female youth	1%	2%	1%

Source: Philadephia Inquirer

In the chart, it shows an increase of smoker from 1985 to 1995. The male smoker is 41% in the year 1985 and it show an increase of 4% when it 1995.on the other hand, the female smoker shows an increase of 1% that is from 4% in 1985 to 5% in years 1995. Beside that ,youth male smoker also show an increase in their number,there is increase of 2% in the period of 10 years. Female youth smoker also increase1% in the period of 10 years.

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No. and Percentage of School Student Smoking 1991-1994
Year	No. of Sample	No. of Student Smoking	Percentage of Sample
1991	1879100	7310	0.39%
1992	2004979	7579	0.38%
1993	2104302	7889	0.39%
1994	2389433	8957	0.37%

Source: Report on Discipline of School Student in Malaysia Ministry of Education.

The table shows percentage of student that are smoking from year 1991-1994. In these 4 year there is an increase of student smoking. In the year 1991 there is 7310 student that are smoking but in year 1992 there is an increase in the number of smoker. In 1992 the number of student smoking increase by 298 that is total of 7579 student are started to smoke. In the year 1993 there is 7889 student that are smoking and in year 1994 there are 8957 student that are smoking. There is an increase of 1068 student that smoke.

This shows that the student in Malaysia or youth now have a tendency to smoke.

The Chronicles of Emo Kids =)

'Emo', which is a short form for emotional, is a trend of rock music particularly distinguished to express a strong feeling sadness or unhappiness, pain, hurt, anger and disturbance, which are also known as 'emotional hardcore' or 'emotional active' and pioneered by bands like Rites of Spring and Embrace. The stylistic origins were hardcore punk and indie rock.

A couple of years ago, the word 'emo' has been put into criticism to various of artists such as Evanescence, Avril Lavigne, Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance. 'Emo' is usually used to emphasize a specific relationship between the fans and the artists and to portray fashion, culture and behaviour.

Let us put an example of a song named "Helena", sang by My Chemical Romance. The lyrics are as below followed by the meaning of each paragraph.

Helena

Long ago

Just like the hearse

you die to get in again

We are so far from you

And what's the worst you take

(Worst you take)

From every heart you break

(Heart you break)

And like a blade you stain

(Blade you stain)

Well, I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst that I could say?

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long and goodnight

And what's the worst you take

(Worst you take)

From every heart you break

(Heart you break)

And like the blade you stain

(Blade you stain)

Well, I've been holding on tonight

Came a time

When every star falls

Brought you to tears again

We are the very hurt you sold

And what's the worst that I could say?

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long and goodnight

Well, if you carry on this way

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long not goodnight

Can you hear me?

Are you near me?

Can we pretend?

To leave and then

We'll meet again

When both our cars collide

What's the worst that I could say?

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long not goodnight

Well, if you carry on this way

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long and goodnight

Meaning of the song:

First paragraph>>> It means that the person's name is Helena and she is dead.

Second paragraph>>> Helena's death is like she took a part from the singer away and it hurts a

lot.

Third paragraph>>>The singer does not want to accept the fact that Helena's is dead but he

knows that he must forget about it and try to be calm because Helena is no

longer alive.

Forth paragraph>>> Same as paragraph 2.

Fifth paragraph>>>It means that Helena was once belonged to the singer and now she has gone

and it shatters the singer's heart and soul.

Sixth paragraph>>>Same as paragraph 3

Seventh paragraph>>>It is clear that the singer is trying to talk to her as if she was an angel and

he just wants to be with her again.

Eighth paragraph>>> The writer finally accepts the fact that Helena is dead and gone forever

and he will be okay.

Conclusion: From the lyrics above, it is clear that the singer is trying to express his deep sadness and he is mourning over Helena's death. The singer wants to see Helena so badly. This is an example of emo hardcore song. Every single word of the lyrics has sad and negative expression.

>>> An emo Hong Kong star, Daniel Wu in the making of Shinjuku Incident.

Nowadays, we can see 'emo' is related to music and fashion as well and is sometimes stereotyped with tight-fitting jeans on males and females, long fringes brushed to one side of one or two eyes exactly like those who have panda eyes or have taken drugs, dyed black and straight hair, tight shirts with colourful patterns or bear the names of famous emo bands, studded belts, belts buckles, canvas sneakers or black shoes.

A few years ago, fashion of emo was correlated with clean cut look, but as the styles spread to younger teenagers, the style has become darker, with long fringe. A popular media has characterized it as being related with depression, self-injury such as cutting oneself with blade and suicide due to extreme angst-ridden.

>>An Emo Girl

>>> A deep wound caused by cutting oneself. Disgusting isn't?

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Moon cake

Mooncake is a Chinese confection that is traditionally eaten during the mid-autumn festival or commonly known as mooncake festival. Typical mooncake have either round or rectangular puck shape pastries , measurement about 10 cm in diameter and 4-5 cm thick. They have a relatively thin crust (2-3 mm), which surrounds a thick pasty filling and may contain yolks from salted duck eggs. Mooncake are typically rich, heavy and dense compared to western pastries and usually eat in small portion with Chinese tea as drink.

Traditional mooncakes are typically baked and consists of a thin tender skin enveloping a sweet and slightly oily filling. The moon cake can also contain single or multiple whole salted egg

yolks in its center to symbolize the full moon. The saltiness of the yolk balances well with the sweet filling in the mooncake.

Traditional mooncakes have an imprint on top consisting of the Chinese characters for "longevity" or "harmony" as well as the name of the bakery and filling in the moon cake. Imprints of a moon, a woman on the moon, flowers, vines, or a rabbit may surround the characters for additional decoration.

Mooncake filling is depending on the region culture, different region will produce defferent type of filling. This is making people all around the word to recognize the mooncake from different region. Once eat the mooncake can determine it origin.

On the other hand, crust play an important role in making of the mooncake. There is chewy type of crust , flaky type of crust and tender type of crush. Chewy type of crust has a reddish-brown tone and glossy sheen. It is the most common type of crust in Cantonese style mooncake. Beside that, flaky type of crust are commonly use in Suzhou-style mooncake , This crust has a very similar texture to the likes of puff pastry. Tender crush are from certain province of china and Taiwan. The texture of this type of mooncake crust is similar to the likes of the shortcrust pastry used in Western pie crusts or tart shells. This is the mooncake that are exist and use when mooncake festival celebration.