Chapter 9: The Prodigal Son.

- Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy farmer.

- He had a family of two sons.

- They were living together merrily.

- Years went by, the younger son became restless as he was unhappy with his lot.

- He went to his father and requested for his share of the property.

- The father tried to dissuade and advise his son, but the son wouldn't listen to his father whom he regarded as old and ignorant.

- Thus, the faher splitted the property into three parts and gave his son a third of it. 

- The young and ignorant lad sold his share of the property and migrated to another country.

- He led a luxurious life and spent a lot of money on gambling.

- Unfortunately, he eventually became bankrupt and became a pauper.

Chapter 8: Wow

In the 21st century, full or modern technology saturated with and obsessed with the usage of social media, the term "wow" is associated with the popular meme of "doge": featuring a corgi with a hilarious yet sarcastic face. 

WOW 

MUCH COOL

SWAG

SUCH RELEVANCE

\THANK YOU!

Chapter 7: Arch of Colours (Factual)

A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.

Rainbows can be full circles; however, the average observer sees only an arc formed by illuminated droplets above the ground, and centered on a line from the sun to the observer's eye.

In a primary rainbow, the arc shows red on the outer part and violet on the inner side. This rainbow is caused by light being refracted when entering a droplet of water, then reflected inside on the back of the droplet and refracted again when leaving it.

In a double rainbow, a second arc is seen outside the primary arc, and has the order of its colours reversed, with red on the inner side of the arc.

Rainbows are most often associated with happiness and positive vibes, i.e after a conflict or a storm due to the harmony in colours which symbolizes harmony in a particular situation. 

So remember whenever you see a rainbow, know that there is always hope and pray for a better tomorrow!

PEACE OUT!

Chapter 6: Innovation In The Future

For the side that is defending the use of artificial intelligence, it is crucial to illustrate the future where artificial intelligence is being used widely in society and how much we stand to benefit from that new civilization. There are five crucial benefits that should be analyzed:

1. Wealth of knowledge: 
   Artificial intelligence has a far greater capacity to store a large wealth of information and to a great degree of specificity. Although human beings can also store knowledge to great degree, their ability to retrieve it and their ability to remember mundane details like statistics is severely limited. This is because humans are constantly storing more and more information from around them even when it is useless or of no value to them. But with artificial intelligence, we can deliberately equip them with the specific knowledge that they need to function effectively. Additionally, the process of learning this knowledge is instantaneous due to modern technology. Information can be uploaded into their programming at a click of a button unlike human beings who will take up much time and effort to learn any particular knowledge.

2. Preventing emotional hindrance and human errors: 
   The ability for humans to function effectively is entirely contingent on their state of mind. Those who are suffering from an emotional event such as going through conflict in the familial or romantic relationships will find that they are unable to focus at work and are easily distracted. This is because their mind is occupied with the personal conflict that they are currently undergoing. For this reason, many companies have to let their employees take leave if they are currently undergoing some level of emotional turbulence such as a family member passing away. If they continue working whilst under that emotional state of mind, they are greatly prone to committing human errors. Unlike artificial intelligence which can be programmed to function at 100% optimum capacity, it is impossible for them to be distracted or distressed during the course of their work. When they do malfunction, they require some ritual maintenance before they can then continue to function at optimum rate again. It is unclear and uncertain on what period of time it takes for a human being to gain back their optimum efficiency.

3. Maximizing ability to function:  
   When it comes to humans, there are physical and humanitarian limits to their ability to function. If they are too physically exhausted, they would no longer be able to function effectively. For the sake of protecting human rights as well, the government mandates maximum working hours to ensure that no employees are being abused by corporations. Thus, there is a clear ceiling to the ability to function. With artificial intelligence, we are able to break through that ceiling and truly maximize the ability to function. They can be made to work overnight and function every day of the week. It has no real need to take constant and prolonged periods of rest and they can still continue to function optimally.

4. Create elite human labour for lesser costs: 
   Artificial intelligence is created to simulate the functions of the human mind on all levels. Although in present time we are still trying to develop technology that is comparable to human intelligence, we have been making huge strides such as when Google’s AlphaGo artificial intelligence successfully beat the world’s top Go player this month. Scientists have already forecasted that the future of artificial intelligence is bright and they predict the future to have robot scientists with the brain capacity to supercede human intelligence. In the future, all elite levels of human labour such as doctors, engineers and scientists can be sourced from artificial intelligence. This will be a greater optimization of the workforce as it takes too many years and an immense amount of money to educate one person to the highest level of expertise and expect them to succeed at the most difficult sectors of knowledge known to mankind. We also need to compensate our elite labour with large sums of money in exchange for their expertise and retirement ages restrict us from re-utilizing our brightest minds. With artificial intelligence, we save the time that it takes to groom our human labour, we save the money it takes to have them working and we save the losses that we have to suffer when they have to retire.

Artificial intelligence can self-regulate and further innovate: 

The beauty of artificial intelligence is that it functions much in the same way that humans do. The downfall of plain robots used in manufacturing and industrialization is that it has no ability to adapt, no ability to foresee problems and no ability to self-improve. This is no longer the case with artificial intelligence. Its mind simulates human thinking and thus, it will be able to self-regulate its own operations. It doesn’t only function like a menial labour, it functions like a high-level executive. It is able to identify potential problems and troubleshoot before the problem manifests. It is able to utilize its problem-solving skills to real-life situations. It is able to adapt to unforeseeable scenarios and most importantly, it can innovate much in the way that humans do. It can improve its working environment and optimally strive for better conditions.

Chapter 5: Speak Out

     "Freedom Writers", as the name suggests, writers who write for the purpose of freedom. This story tells a tale how racism is manufactured, and can be overcome through patience, compromise and love.
     4 terms that can be used to describe the situation in the classroom before the students were unified - "discrimination, segregation, prejudice and stereotypes."
     Minorites, the likes of African Americans, Asians, Hispanics etc were discriminated on a daily basis. For example, Ms. Gruwell's class. Her students were mostly from racial minority background, and was discriminated at school in a sense that they were deemed not intelligent and was placed in a lower class.
     Segregation also happened within the class. Students with the same racial background would group together and form sections within the classroom. Everyone had their own "gang" and was segregated amongst each other.
     Prejudism however was also another glaring effect of the toxic situation in America. Prejudism often caused conflicts between groups of different racial identities that it would trigger fights and worst, murder cases. It was toxic to the extent that it would be dangerous for any minority to walk outside alone, because that means they might get killed.
     Lastly, stereotypes. This means there is a pre-conceived notion that a certain individual is associated to determined based on an aspect like race. For example, most of the honours class students were white, rich male and females whilst lower classes were students from minority racial backgrounds. This means, Caucasions deem themselves more intellectual and deem others worthless for education.
     I admire the spirit Ms. Gruwell has for teaching. Her passion and her determination to help students who were previously toxic against her is something I look up to. If only teacher everywhere could have such a spirit, that they not only teach but inspire others to learn and build a community united, far away from discrimination and prejudism, the world would be a better place.

Chapter 4: A New Encounter

     Just a few weeks ago, we had an extra head in our class, 4 Angsana. A Malay boy named Zaki, from 4 Nemesu was transferred to my class. The reasoning was simple, he had been involved in disciplinary cases and this serves as a punishment to him. He is not that tall, he has a tan complexion, fairly short hair and is very active. 

     Feeling out of place in the beginning, he was timid and quiet. It was most probably because he was surrounded by a group of people who he has never interacted with previously. But nevertherless, we welcomed him warmly. Not long after that, he started getting comfortable to us and also started making friends. Although there are many people in the class, he prefers to hang out with my friends and I, who he calls his 'gang' in the class. 

     Because he is not from a pure science class, he is unable to understand classes like biology, physics etc, or could not bother to pay attention when the teacher is teaching. It would be reasonable for an average person to assume that he would go around disturbing other students while they are trying to focus, but surprisingly he doesn't! Instead, he sits quietly at his table minding his own business, occasionally responding to teachers and interacting with people around him. The common perception teachers have for him is that he would be a niusance, but honestly that's such a huge misconception. As an individual who has previously interacted with him for the past 3 weeks, I am able to testify that Zaki is actually a really nice kid, and it's unfair for him to be perceived by a pre-conceived notion that he will be of a niusance to the class. 

     Furthermore, I have also talked to him regarding his disciplinary cases and what caused him to be switched to my class. In this context, an average reasonable person would expect him to commit some fairly serious violation of rules, but again to my surprise it wasn't. According to Zaki's statement, his friends were fooling around in class and apparently 'kacau-ing' the teacher in class. Finding his friends hilarious, he laughed. And because of that, he was sent to the discipline room, sent for counselling and was even sent to the PK HEM's room. Assuming his statements are true, I find it blatently unjustified for such a punishment to be imposed upon him. Let's be honest, it was not his fault his friends were fooling around, and laughing because it was funny does not make him complicit in any action, it's human nature which we can't control. 

     But giving in to the benefit of the doubt that Zaki is truly a problem child, then this method of correction does not solve the problem either. Children in their progressive years require attention from their parents or even siblings at home, and it's reasonable to assume that the main reason why Zaki is unable to be 'normal' is that he lacks the attention at home, and is trying to garner such awareness from teachers and friends in school through such actions. A similar case can be seen most often in ghetto areas of the United States likes Manhattan and Harlem. Families there are poor, parents are most likely out working from day to night or involved in gangs to mantain sustainability in life. In these sort of cases, children especially teenagers will form groups with their friends or even join gangs to get themselves the attention that is inherent to every human, but lacking from their daily lifestyles. This problem derives from a totally different reason as opposed to average disciplinary cases caused by average kids. And therefore, the treatment also has to be tackling the roots of the problem, and not follow the conventional methods which is ineffective at all. Similarly, we educate children in different methods because we acknowledge that different beings have a different capacity in learning. Zaki and his group of friends are different from the rest of us, don't expect them to improve through a method they are unfamiliar with and most importantly unable to be accustomed to, the blame is not theirs to bear. 

     But as a conclusion, Zaki has been a really good friend, and his presence has definitely made 4 Angsana a more active and brighter place. 

Chapter 3: Walk The Talk

- 6 synonyms of 'walk' -

     Alli was taking a stroll at the park in his neighbourhood. He then spots a troop of scouts marching along the tree lines. They were practising their marching formation for the competition next week. At the playground, there were many children who were skipping around as they played along. He saw this boy who crept up his sister's back to frighten her. Alli laughed to himself. He decided to wander off and head back home. On his way back, Alli bumped into the security officer who was patrolling the area. "Good day, mate," Alli bid to the officer. They then parted their own ways.

Chapter 2: A Burning Passion

     Finally I am able to get some rest. It has been 3 consecutive weekends of non-stop competitive debating, I am thoroughly exhausted. From Malaysian High School Debate Open (MDHO), then to Taylors Interschool Debating Championship (TUIDC) and lastly Lim Kok Wing International Debating Championship (LIDC), it has been a spetacular experience with a bunch of rollercoaster events.

     DJ clinched a clean sweep at MDHO 2016. From breaking on full points, this means no losing a single preliminary round, to becoming eventual champions of the inaugural MDHO. I was also named the Overall Best Speaker and Finals Best Speaker. It was once in a lifetime, a dream that all debaters want to live, and I have successfully lived it.

     Taylors was the week after, and it was a huge disappointment honestly. Our blood was pumping and we were excited to 'slay' teams there because of our huge success the week before. We showed no mercy. Unfortunately, we were also feeling tired and was underperfoming. After being unjustly scored by 'dodgy' adjudicators, we were pretty demoralized by the time we reached the semifinals. And because of our shattered spirits, we lost out to Sri Permata on a 6-1 split. Tabs was not a consolation either. From being 1st last week, I dropped to 29th and was tied with Luc while Kim beat us by a 4 point margin to rank 12. Disappointed.

     Although unspirited, we were still passionate about this hobby we have - debating. We then carried on to participate in the 2nd edition of LIDC. It was bittersweet. We were gaining our pace back as a strong team, feeling more in form than the week before. We broke 2nd on full wins and lost out 1st place to Sri Permata by a mere 0.5 on speaker points. Although frustrated, we pushed on. But unfortunately, we eventually lost out to Malay College Kuala Kangsar in the semifinals on a 4-1 split decision. The finals that happened was honestly horrible, and we felt frustrated because we knew we could've did better than them. If ONLY we weren't careless back at the semifinals. Finally, I was named as the Overall Best Speaker of the tournament once again. It was just a consolation, the aim was to win and we have failed that aim.

     After 3 long weeks of unrest, finally some rest can be gained. But regardless, debating is not just some activity I join for fun, it's a hobby, a passion. The interest burns inside of you. Every failure you experience makes you a stronger person, every victory you clinch will be worth the failures. You will be exhausted, but you will work and do whatever it takes to fulfill the goals you have set in your heart. I have experienced countless failures, and by that I mean failures back to back for 2 years. It has been 3 years now and things are looking brighter by time, I'm satisfied that at least my efforts are not wasted. This is my passion, and I'm never going to give up anytime soon, what's yours?

Chapter 1: Love, An Essential Element of Life.

My Love For You

I love the way you look at me,
Your eyes so bright and brown.
I love the way you kiss me,
It makes my heartbeat pound.

I love the way you make me feel happy,
And the ways you show you care.
I love the way you say, "I Love You,"
And the way you're always there.

I love the way you touch me,
Always sending chills down my spine.
I love that you are with me,
And glad that you are mine.