My Opinion About The Movie Entitled "The King And I"

I have watched the movie entitled “The King and I” during my IELTS class. In my opinion, the movie was interesting and entertaining although the setting of the movie was in the 19th century. The story was filled with lots of laughter, horror and romance. The movie has certainly taught me many lessons. Bravery and determination is one of the moral values that I have learnt from the main character, Anna. Her bravery and determination to travel from America to Siam to work as a royal English teacher, has impressed me. The romantic relationship between Tap Kim and Luntha has proven that nothing is stronger than the power of love. However, my favourite character is the King because he was the funniest character in the movie. I enjoyed laughing about his funny language and behavior. Besides being funny, he was a responsible and highly respected leader who only wanted to change the era of his country to a scientific era. Sadly, the story ended with the death of the King. In the nut shell, the movie was indeed interesting and I really enjoyed watching it.

Exercise, Nutrition and Health

Today, we live in a world full of technological wonders. Colour televisions, supersonic jets, personal computers and mobile phones are common things. We enjoy a high level of living that our ancestors have never even dreamed of. However, although modern technologies have improved by leaps and bounds, most people nowadays do not care much about their health. Lacking of exercises and eating disorder have become their bad habits. It is certainly a hard nut to crack. Do you know the ways to keep our body healthy?

One of the ways to keep our body healthy is by doing regular exercises such as running, jogging, swimming and others. Regular exercise is the performance of some activity to develop or maintain physical fitness and overall health. It is an important component in the prevention of some of the diseases of affluence such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. Excellent exercises can not only calm our mind as we have faced enough pressure and tension, but can also help to keep our body as fit as a fiddle. The exercise, however, must be vigorous. Vigorous exercise keeps our muscles strong and supple and allows our bones and other organs run in apple pie order. Playing sport games like basketball and badminton can also keep our body healthy besides entertaining ourselves. However, we have to be careful not to over-exercise until we collapse from fatigue.

Exercising alone is not enough. We must also eat balanced and nutritious meals to keep our body healthy. Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fiber and water are the 7 main classes of nutrients that our body needs. Besides that, we should reduce the intake of food that highly contains sugar as it can cause diabetes. Fatty food can make us fat and prone to all sorts of illnesses. We should also know that carbonated drinks and fast food can damage our health and cause many diseases such as heart attack and high blood pressure. I am sure that all of you do not want to be under weather.

Getting a good night’s sleep is another way to keep our body healthy. We must sleep at least 8 hours a day to relax and calm our mind. A sufficient rest and sleep is vital for fitness. All of us know how cranky we can get if we do not have enough sleep. Therefore, it is a good idea to go to bed early each night to have a good night’s sleep. Waking up fresh in the next morning is one thing we are delight in, aren’t we? Like they say, “early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. Besides that, we must also avoid sleeping after having a heavy meal as it can make us fat.

Avoiding drugs, alcohol and smoking is also important to keep our body healthy. We have to be careful not to abuse our body. Smoking and taking drugs and alcohol are definitely out. Besides being addictive, such activities take a terrible toll on our body. Therefore, we should not take drugs just to keep active as a drug-addict’s body can be degenerated as the addiction worsens. If a drug-addict does not kick his habit, his fate is almost certainly to be a horrible death. Apart from that, we also should not smoke and drink alcohol to relieve stress or for a quick fix as smoking can cause perpetual cough that may lead to lung diseases or cancer while drinking alcohol can cause us clumsy.

In the nut shell, if we have sufficient exercises, eat and drink sensibly, have enough rest and sleep, and keep away from harmful things like drugs, alcohol and smoking, we should be able to keep ourselves fit and feel like a million bucks. Nobody likes to be weak and ill, for life is much more pleasurable when one is fit. As saying goes, “health is wealth”.

Courses That I Take In PPOU

Today, I am studying Preparatory Program for Overseas Universities (PPOU) in Institute of Liberal Studies, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).PPOU is an intensive, post-secondary, pre-university, preparatory program that prepares me to study abroad.

In this program, I study various subjects including Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. These are my favourite subjects. I realize that the syllabus in these subjects is almost the same with what I have learned in secondary school. The difference is that the lecturers teach in English Language. When I was in my secondary school, my teachers taught me in Malay Language. It is a big change for me and I am now still trying to adapt with the new teaching method in the university. Besides that, there are other new subjects like Foundation English, Academic Study Skills and International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Lectures begin at 9 o’clock in the morning and end at 5 o’clock in the afternoon everyday. After coming back from lectures, I do my homework and study for a few hours. Since the day I came here, I never spend my time on watching television as I do not have television set in my apartment. I sleep about 6 hours a day. From Monday to Friday, my daily routines repeat over and over again. During weekend, I spend my time staying at my brother’s house in Shah Alam. Watching television, playing computer games, listening to music, travelling and playing sport games are what I do during weekend as I hardly have time to do leisure activities during weekdays. However, I still spend some of my time to do revision.

In the nut shell, I will try my best to adapt myself in this new hectic world of mine. As I am sponsored by Ministry Of Education, I will also study hard to pass all semester exams with flying colours and thus placing me to top ranking universities in Australia and New Zealand. Hardworking is certainly the key of success.

My First Experience Studying In UNITEN

It was 30th June 2007, the day that I had been waiting for. It was the registration day in Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). I remembered when I first arrived at the university, I was totally shocked to see that the campus was extremely huge and beautiful. I was as happy as a lark as it was my first time to study in a campus.

Then, I went to the administration building to register myself as a student. It was that moment when I started to meet a lot of friends with different races, religions and places of origin. They were all scholars just like me. At first, I was very shy and felt isolated as I came from rural area in Sabah. Later, we suddenly became close friends.

After registering as a student, I went to my apartment. I met my roommate and housemates who live together with me. The apartment was clean and comfortable. However, I still missed my family, my mother’s cooking and my home. As the saying goes, “no place feels like home”. Besides that, I have to do my own laundry everyday. I even have to walk on feet to the nearest food court to take my breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday. It takes about 5 minutes to reach the food court.

The first week was the orientation week. I had to queue up everyday just to take my breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had also listened talks and speeches about the rules in the university, self – motivation and others. Besides that, there were also entertainment programmes like group games, regular exercise and running around the campus. The orientation week was certainly fun but tiring. I felt sick due to insufficient sleeping hour.

It was then felt glad when the orientation week was finally over. Lectures started on the second week. I was so excited as it was my first day to attend classes or more well known as lectures. Shuttle bus was prepared to transport students from apartment to Institute of Liberal Studies. The classroom was small but comfortable and air – conditioned. On that day, I met friendly classmates and lecturers. They were experienced and good in teaching. However, I realized that their teaching method is completely different compared with my secondary school teachers. Therefore, it is going to take tine for me to adapt with the new environment. Apart from that, basically my daily routines are self-repeated.

Campus life is certainly exciting but challenging. Therefore, surviving in this new hectic definitely requires some effort. Just remember, “When you are in Rome, do what the Romans do”.