Reading - Using Context in Search for Meaning

The use of Contextual Clues can be one of the best ways to improve students’ reading skills. Unfortunately, students often insist on understanding each word when reading. Realizing that a text can be understood in a general sense by using contextual clues can go a long way towards helping students cope with increasingly difficult texts. At the same time, the use of contextual clues can also provide a means by which students can rapidly increase their existing vocabulary base.

Reading Clues

Deduction – What does the sentence concern? Which words does the unknown word seem to relate to?

Part of Speech - Which part of speech is the unknown word? Is it a verb, noun, preposition, adjective, time expression or something else?

Chunking - What do the words around the unknown word(s) mean? How could the unknown word(s) relate to those words? - This is basically deduction on a more local level.

Vocabulary Activation - When quickly skimming through the text, what does the text seem to concern? Does the layout (design) of the text give any clues? Does the publication or type of book give any clues to what the text might be about? Which words can you think of that belong to this vocabulary category?

Exercise 1:

Instruction: Make logical guesses about the meaning of the bold words in the following paragraph.

 

Jack quickly entered the didot and cleaned the various misturaes he had been using to repair the wuipit. He had often thought that this job was extremely yullning. However, he had to admit that this time things seemed to be a bit easier. When he finished, he put on his redick and went back to the study to relax. He took out his favourite pipe and settled into the beautiful new pogtry. What a fantastic schnappy he had made when he had bought the pogtry. Only 300 yagmas!

1. What could a ‘didot’ be?
2. What part of speech is ‘misturaes’?
3. If Jack used the ‘misturaes’ to repair the ‘wuipit’ what do you think the ‘mistraes’ must be?
4. What could ‘yulling’ mean? - What part of speech is often used with an ending ‘-ing ‘?
5. Which synonym could be used for ‘ yulling ‘?

· fun

· difficult

· expensive

7.      What type of things do you put on?

8.      Based on the above question, what kind of thing must a ‘redick’ be?

9.      Is a ‘pogtry’ used inside or outside?

10.  Which words let you know that the ‘pogtry’ was cheap?

11.  What must ‘yagmas’ be?

· Clothes

· Cigarette type

· Type of money

 

Sarawak Oh Sarawak!

Apa nak jadi dengan Sarawak? Sarawak memang sepatutnya dilabel sebagai negeri paling mundur di Malaysia kalau nak dicompare dengan negeri- negeri lain. Kenapala agaknya ek?

Pada pendapat akula, sebab utama Sarawak mundur ialah disebabkan oleh pemerintah utamanya yang sesangat sangatla tamakkan harta dan langsung tak pentingkan rakyat yang sedang menderita. Aku percayala dan bukan aku sorang je, Taib Mahmud tu kalaula disenaraikan sebagai orang yang terkaya di Malaysia confirm masuk top 10 tu, gerenti punya. Semua orang tahu yang CMS tu dia yang punya, pembekal segala kelengkapan bahan- bahan pembinaan macam simen, batu- batan, besi dan sebagainya, kesimpulannya the whole need la to make a complete building. Bayangkan saja semua bekalan bahan- bahan tadi CMS yang control untuk seluruh Sarawak lagi- lagi untuk projek- projek besar, bak kata orang “bapak kaya si Taib tu!”. Satu lagi kan si Taib tu ada syarikat pengangkutan sendiri, bertambah kayala Taib tu jadinya. Bukan setakat tu je, aku rasala banyak lagi bisnes- bisnes menguntungkan yang dia ada dalam diam- diam dengan menggunakan nama orang lain macam sedara- maranya ke, anak- anaknya ke, rakan kongsinya ke. Al maklumla kalau nak bisnes ni macam- macam cara boleh dilakukan. Tak dapat buat bisnes pun takpe, dapat je share dalam 10% ke hasil “usahasama” dengan syarikat- syarikat tempatan atau luar negara dah kira amat menguntungkan, untung macam tu je, tak payah nak keluarkan modal, tak payah nak pikir banyak- banyak, cuma “sign” je segala dokumen yanag patut di sign dengan kuasa yang ada dalam tangannya.

Dah berapa lama dah si tua kutuk tu memerintah Sarawak entah aku pun tak tahu, dah lama jugakla aku rasa, mau puluhan tahun jugak. Aku ingat lagi masa aku kecik- kecik dulu adala satu majlis ni yang kerajaan anjurkan untuk dia, masa tu aku rasa umur aku dalam 4- 5 tahun kot. Masa tu jugak dia dah jadi ketua menteri Sarawak. Korang bayangkan saja masa tu umur aku 5 tahun, sekarang aku dah 28 tahun, maksudnya dah lebih kurang dalam 23 tahun dia jadi ketua menteri. Aku rasa la sebaik sahaja dia dapat pegang jawatan tu dia kata “This is it! This is my time!”. Apa lagi, dia gunakanla kuasa dia tu untuk jadi kaya raya. Aku bukan nak katala tapi aku rasa Taib tu tak pernah sembahyang/ solat. Daripada apa yang aku dengar dari sumber- sumber yang boleh dipercayai, dia “bela” banyak patung/ statue kat rumah dia, macam- macam jenis patung ada. Apa jenis manusiala dia ni. Tu la orang kata, manusia jenis- jenis yang jahat dan banyak dosa ni memang susah nak jatuh, susah nak mampus tapi ingat di Akhirat nanti, Allah mesti tarik dia dulu untuk dihisab segala apa yang dia dah lakukan kat dunia ni lebih- lebih lagi apa yang dia dah lakukan terhadap rakyatnya sendiri. Allah dah amanahkan dia jadi pemimpin tapi dia salah guna kuasa.

Satu lagi aku nak cerita kat Sarawak ni kalau nak dibandingkan dengan Semenanjung memang jauh bezanya dari segi pembangunan, tak kisahla pembangunan apa sekalipun lebih- lebih lagi pembangunan ekonomi. Korang bayangkan saja gaji minimum kat sini adala dalam RM250- 300 macam tu. Haritu aku ada dengar berita kat TV cakap pasal Mexico yang gaji diorang jugak pada kadar yang sama dan berlaku banyak problem sebab harga barang melambung tinggi. Yang national TV kita tu pulak tak tau yang kat Sarawak sini pun dah jadi macam kat Mexico nun. Kalau korang tak percaya korang tanyala mana- mana Sarawakian yang korang kenal pasal kadar gaji kat sini, aku gerenti diorang akan kata pasal benda yang sama seperti yang aku cakap kat sini. Sebab tu la ramai Sarawakian yang cari keje kat Semenanjungla, Singaporela, Bruneila sebab gaji yang lebih promising bak kata orang putih. Dah la sekarang korang tau- tau jelah harga barang- barang makin lama makin tinggi/ naik tapi gajinya yang tak naik- naik, kiranya nak senang rupa- rupanya makin sengsara. Orang kaya apa diorang kisah, naik ke, turun ke diorang ada banyak duit nak beli barang kelengkapan, duit yang diorang ada pun aku rasa dah lebih daripada cukup. Mana taknya, siap ada rumah besar, kereta besar, semuanya besar termasuk sekali selera diorang. Orang miskin macam mana pulak, lagi- lagi yang dah ada keluarga. Nak kene pikir pasal rumahla, makan minum kat rumah, kenderaanla, anak bini lagi, dengan RM250- 300 tu, macamla cukup sangat. Lagi- lagi bila anak- anak dah bersekolah, fuhh… tak taula aku nak cakap apa. Tambahan pulak sekarang harga minyak kenderaan dah naik, mau tak gila jadinya.

Apa yang kerajaan kita buat sekarang ek? Aku pun tak paham. Kejap kata ni, kejap kata tu, takde keputusan yang muktamad aku tengok. Kita ni kan negara pengeluar minyak, kenapa pulak rakyat negara kita nak kene bayar lebih? Tu la, ada minyak sendiri sibuk nak jual ke pasaran international katanya, sekarang dah makan diri sendiri, siapa yang susah? Tup, tup rakyat jugak yang jadi mangsa, makin lama makin tertindas dengan segala keputusan yang kerajaan buat. Aku rasala satu hari nanti tak mustahil negara kita jadi macam kat Indonesia dan jugak negara- negara Asia lain nun, rusuhan sana sini sebab segala macam harga naik melambung. Bukan aku nakla tapi tak mustahil bende ni terjadi satu hari nanti. Yang kaya jadi makin kaya dan yang miskin pulak jadi makin susah. Macam kat Sarawak ni pulak takde pihak yang nak membela nasib golongan pekerja yang berpendapatan rendah ni, aku tak taula apa yang CUEPACS tu buat, makan gaji buta kot diorang tu. Sibuk- sibuk nak lanjutkan umur bersara 2 tahun lagi tapi tak pikir pulak pasal orang yang tengah cari keje lagi- lagi bilangan graduan yang semakin berlambak dari setahun ke setahun. Apa yang diorang pikir dalam otak diorang tu sebenarnya aku pun tak paham. Dah orang tua nak berenti keje biarkanlah diorang nak berehat ke, nak beramal ibadat ke, pegi haji ke. Ni nak jugak tu kerah tenaga orang tua, apa orang muda takleh buat keje ke? Tak ada pengalaman? Abis tu kalau korang tak bagi peluang macam mana nak dapatkan pengalaman?! Ape ke bodohnya pemikiran macam tu? Aku rasala orang- orang yang ada kuasa dalam CUEPACS ni tak pegi sekolah dulu, main ikut suka hati diorang je nak buat keputusan yang dah pasti susah diterima oleh rakyat. Kerajaan pun satu, main ikut je permintaan CUEPACS ni.

Aku nak tengok sampai mana rakyat boleh ikut telunjuk kerajaan ni. Aku nak tengok sesangat apa yang terjadi dalam masa dua, tiga bulan dari sekarang lebih- lebih lagi kat Sarawak yang ku cintai ni. Aku akan selalu ikut perkembangan dan aku nak tau apa pendapat orang ramai pasal apa yang berlaku kat Malaysia especially kat Sarawak sini. Kita tengokla nanti sama- sama apa yang akan terjadi.

Best vs. worst of May 08

The best part:

• KPM posting interview on the 3^rd May. Don’t know how it’s going to be but I am always hoping for the best to come.
• Meeting new friend during the interview, Mr. Is. I believe he and me have a lot in common somewhere somehow.
• Seems like I’m getting back on my feet.
• Another potential buyer text me saying that she is interested to have my scooter and I managed to explain to her a little bit information about the scooter that she deserves to know. The girl is from Sibu and she said that she will stop by Kuching by the end of May to take a look at the scooter.
• A close relative of mine gave me a call telling me one good news. Well, Mr. Daniel that I’m talking about in ‘the worst part’ gave him a call asking about me in term of my status right now and my relative did asked me for my full name and my identity card number. He said that he will do something about it starting by sending my names to the education board nearby.

The worst part:

• Well at first I did not get the cooperation that I expected from Mr. Daniel of SMK Lundu when I asked the school to propose me to the KPM so that I can teach in that school.
• I hurt my left knee but I can’t remember when and how. Could be in the previous futsal or soccer game that joined lately.
• Financial, financial, financial…

Best vs. worst of April 08

The best part:

• I received a letter from KPM telling me to come to an interview in conjunction to my school posting. Good news indeed since I’ve been waiting for the news to come. One good sign showing I will no longer be unemployed. All I can say is prayer to the merciful Allah, ALHAMDULILLAH! I just hope that the next posting will be around May because I cannot wait.
• Someone is going to buy my scooter for a good price. I had no choice because I needed the money right now. The planning is to make better my Yamaha and the rest of the money will be fully utilized for my driving license. My ‘ubertune’ scooter is one of the best things that ever happen to me and it’s been a really awesome ride since we get along.

The worst part:

• Well, nothing bad recently happening to me during this month. I believed Allah listens to my prayer in every single moment I spent telling all my troubles to Allah.
• Well that ‘someone who is going to buy my scooter’ never happen as he cannot be contacted through phone and he never tried to contact me in any way.

Jobless again

Live to work or work to live? Work is what we need to survive the harsh civilization no matter what the job is. The funny part is I’m still living and kicking even though I’m jobless. This is the second time of my beautiful jobless moment as long as I can remember and nothing that I can be proud of when I’m thinking of it over and over and over again. Right now I’m waiting for my previous interview reply and I can’t wait no more for an answer that seem never to come. The interview was on last year’s October and I’m starting to lose my patient.

This time I’m on my own. The unforgettable last time I was helped by a friend of mine in order to get the job. Well I like to think that she needs someone that knows her for a long time to be there for her, someone that she can trust but clearly I have let her down, big time! That’s why she put everything down just to help me up. I also like to say that I’m desperate the last time and I have made the wrong judgment about my previous working place. I have learnt a lot, a very useful lesson that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life.

Well, my life must go on and for sure I’ll never stop trying no matter what the barriers are. I almost forgot that I love challenges and I can say that this is one of them. I also forgot that there’s no one that can bring me down because I’ve made it this far and that’s something that I can be proud of!

What I Know About PTPL College

There are actually thousands of reasons why people like or hate something especially when it comes to things that are strongly related to their lives. When we like something, we keep telling it to everyone that comes across our mind and fortunately the same situation goes with our disliking. It’s like recommending a product where good product will get the highest attention and bad product on the other hand get the lowest attention. The strange thing is, some or should I say certain bad products never really reveal itself because there are too many beautiful curtains in front of it that hide its true ugly side.PTPL College is one of the ‘bad products’ as far as I am concerned. I used to work in that college and I have learned a lot especially those bad and unwanted experiences. And I must say that those that survive must be really strong (or should I say they don’t have many choices in term of work prospect). I remember a friend of mine that used to work in the same college told me that he received a lot of ‘unnecessary pressure’ from that college. Not long after he said that to me, he quit from PTPL and got a good offer from other learning institution. He left with her wife that also work in PTPL Actually I also feel the same thing but I just kept it inside me because I don’t want to pour a bottle of gasoline into a small fire.

 

One thing I ‘like’ about PTPL is the management urges money from all the staff to make them happy. What does that mean anyway? Well for example during the time of what so called as ‘Family Day’ every staff must pay for every penny spent for the occasion. Is it suppose to be the college responsibility to pay or should I say to sponsor the freaking ‘Family Day’ because it is the day for the staff, for them to get together and having a jolly good time? Well one thing I realized some (or not too much to say almost everyone) are not in the mood for the family day because they have to pay for it and the other torture is they are actually being forced to come or they will receive discipline actions from the PTPL authority. Don’t you think that is sick? Everyone has the right to say something whether they like it or not. Well, if some of them refuse to go just let them be. They are already being force to pay for it and now are being force to go. In one case that happened to another friend of mine is she is being threatened because she cannot join the family day. She has a solid reason but still she has to go. I can still recall her sad and mad expression during the time. Not long after the family day, she also quit from PTPL and continues her life at other learning institution.

I have a lot of true story to share about PTPL where this is just the beginning but my main intention is to warn anyone out there not to work or thinking to work in that college because you will be sorry in the end, seriously. My 10 months experience taught me enough and I will try to tell you each and every one of them. Just wait till I tell you about what so called as ‘PTPL Annual Dinner’.

 

Best and worst of January 2008.

The best part:

• Quitting my job at college PTPL Shah Alam (the best thing so far)
• Getting engaged to a beautiful and wonderful girl (oh, that was December 2007 actually)
• Meeting my parents especially mom back home.
• Had the feeling that I will get the job that I’ve been wanting so much (still hoping though)

The worst part:

• Spent lot of money for my “hijrah” on tickets, baggage over loads and MAS cargo fees on scooter. They broke me out.
• Leaving my Shah Alam’s world; 13 skatepark, futsal at section 18, tournaments, wifi at Sri Shazz, free downloads, friends that I’ve known for seven great years. Nothing left to say.

brain damaging habits

It is worth reading although it is lengthy.

1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2. Overeating
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development. .

5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

7. Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage

10. Talking Rarely
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

The main causes of liver damage are:

1. sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.
8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver.
Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to “schedule.”

Because:

Evening at 9 - 11 pm: is the time for eliminating unnecessary/ toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.

Evening at 11pm - 1 am: is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1 - 3 am: detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5 am:
detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.

Morning 5 – 7 am:
detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 - 9 am: absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30 am , for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30 am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10 am rather than no meal at all.

Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of moving unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don’t sleep late.

DO TAKE CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH……

AND DONT FORGET EXERCISE AT LEAST BRISK WALKING MINIMUM HALF AN HOUR THREE TIMES A WEEK 

 

 

Yesterday I met two new friends.

Yesterday I met two new friends. The first guy is the one that live next to my house. He just moved with his two other friends to the house from Segamat, Johor because they just started their own life assurance business somewhere in the heart of Shah Alam. This guy’s name is Adi, his short name I believed and he seems to be tired during the time he had the three minutes chat with me. “I just got back from my office” he said. “well, you need to work hard if you have your own business because we are the boss, we are the workers and we are the office boy that carries all the important letters where ever they need to go” he continues. I listened to him carefully because I’m thinking to start my own some day, maybe I can learn something from this nice guy and maybe we should have a longer and appropriate chat next time. Then, he mentioned his experience working in “an unrecognized” banking firm and how ‘harsh’ it was. Actually, I realized that doing business is the best thing to do to improve life since long but I’m not ready to think about it seriously yet as I need to plan everything carefully and thoroughly. The only business that I can think of right now is opening a workshop for bikes/ motorcycles. I have the manpower that I need which are my nephews that know a lot about motorcycles and repairing. All I need is the money to kick start and a right place to open one.

The second guy that I met is during the heavy rain somewhere in Shah Alam while I was trying to search for this one bank to bank in some money that my sister’s daughter need to further her study in ICT in Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA), Petaling Jaya. The guy’s name is Syafiq and he was very talkative. The heavy rain brought me to him as we are sheltering ourselves under the same fly over. He mentioned that he works in Yamaha motorcycle engine manufacturing company somewhere in Shah Alam and he’s been there for two years. It’s been a great experience according to Syafiq and he definitely has learnt a lot. He has learnt things from zero knowledge and by now he can separate and put back engine the way it should be. Looking at his Honda EX5, he told me that he used to ride a Yamaha RXZ. The difference between these two machines was completely clear especially when the Yamaha is a two strokes ride while his Honda was a four strokes. He decided to switch to four strokes because of the cost, with his Honda right now he can save more especially during the time the when the price of fuel is getting higher these days. Last time when he is still with his two strokes he spent most of his salary on the maintenance and also the fuel. He was right in a way, we can never be like we always want to be and I believe what he meant is we need to think of our budget especially those with only small amount of salary. We need to keep the money for our own future.

Well, when I was a teenager I always wanted to have my own motorcycle like others did with their father’s money. I always envy those that ride motorcycles to school and how easy their life can be I imagined. I rode my BMX bikes to my secondary school and show what I can do with it like doing some stunts in front of the school for example wheelie. Even until I finished my form six I still cannot have my own ride. As I finished my study, I beg my mother to persuade my father to buy me a motorcycle so I can go to work but there’s nothing that she can do. I told her that she only need to get me the money to pay the down payment and I will deal with the installments but still she didn’t answer me. She always told me that if she had a lot of money, she would give not just me but all my brothers and sisters everything that we desire but there’s nothing that she can do anyway except to pray for our safety and success everyday and every night. My family condition teaches me how to be very independent to myself. My father’s four strokes Honda was the only transport that we had during that time. I rarely ride the bike because my father wouldn’t let me because he worried I will ruin the bike and he is the one that need to pay for everything, on second thought, he was right all the way. When my father gave me the permission to ride the bike, I will ride it like there’s no tomorrow, like a speeding bullet, as speedy as I could and as far as I can but still not far enough. I enjoyed every ride so much and most of the time I will have a sidekick that ride along with me, which is either Komeng or Ahab, my two best friends. Most of the time I rode with Komeng because Ahab always not around as he need to do his routine job as fisherman with his father or older brother. A wise fisherman that is good at heart. I am the kind that love to make friends with others and that is the reason why many people know and like me, because I am a nice person not because I am a smart ass ‘flying colour’ student or my father is rich fellow. Friends are important factor in my life and I cannot live without them. Friends influenced me a lot in term of almost everything and teach me the meaning of life. My friends are closer to me if to compare to my family as long as I can remember.

Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2007

The time has come again. I went back to my hometown (Kuching, Sarawak) on the 11^th October 2007 where my Air Asia flight was as early as 7 o’clock in the beautiful and quiet morning. My ‘raya’ this time will not be the same because I brought along my girlfriend. She insisted to come so bad like there’s no tomorrow and this matter has been a big issue for the both of us for the last 5 months if I can recall the time. I have no other option except to bring her along even though I’m not ready yet…and on the second thought, I will never be ready if she didn’t push me this hard, hahaha…

So my girlfriend met my brother that live in Ulu Tiram, Johor for the second time since he came to Kuala Lumpur and we had a great futsal match during that time. I can feel that my journey this time is the longest one as we have to travel to Johor and departed through Senai airport since LCCT KLIA is out of tickets. The bus trip from Section 17, Shah Alam to Larkin bus station alone took us about 4-5 tiring hours. From Larkin, my brother gave us a half an hour ride to the airport where he picked me and my girlfriend at 4 in the morning.

Upon arriving at the airport, I gave my brother a farewell hug and my girlfriend (Nadiya) managed to give 3 packets of ‘angpows’ containing some money to my nephew and niece as a ‘pre hari raya’ gifts. They seem to enjoy it because they know what is inside each and everyone of it. Giving money has been a tradition here in ‘Semenanjung’ but not in where I live and from what I can see; this tradition will kill the true spirit of Hari Raya. This big and meaningful celebration is not all about money and we should not start planting this negative seed inside of our children’s mind. Personally, for me Hari Raya is about meeting our long lost friends back home and also a great time to build or to strengthen the relationship between siblings and family members.

I miss my family so much especially my parents. It’s been a year since I last saw them and that’s what makes me so emotional inside. As soon as me and Nadiya step up inside the plane for the next an hour and a half journey, I would thought my Hari Raya this time would be something else, it would be meaningful than ever and different.

During the 6 days at home I never pray even once, not even during the Hari Raya morning for Raya prayer like everyone does. I kept thinking about it when I went back to Shah Alam and I finally realize that the only reason why I didn’t perform any prayer is because I feel very safe at home, I feel very happy, I feel peace and harmony not like the way it is in Shah Alam. Home is where the heart is.