Self Concept (Terms)

Having a self concept is important because it determines who we are in life. It's the way we see ourself and we use that to create a vision and ascertain the friends we mix with. It's what makes us fit in with a certain crowd and do things differently from others. Having a self concept is also the most important principle concerning success. My self concept is I'm a young girl, but I'm far from being a teenager. I'm as open as the oceans, sometimes, just as deep. The public is my friend, and strangers are my favourite . I'll like you until you give me a reason not to. I am not worried about living up to your standards; only my own. I expect a lot from people and I think that's fair in its entirety. I will point out your flaws without hesitation, but always with good intentions. I know where I want my life to take me and I'm not afraid to step on some toes to get there.

Stages of Perception

Date: 26 February 2009 (26.02.2009) Day: Thursday Time: 9.00 a.m.-12.00 p.m.

What is perception? It is a fundamental process in all interpersonal communication encounters. Perception is the process of making sense of the world around us. Perception has its own 5 stages of how we perceive people,the processes that influence our perceptions, and some of the ways in which we can make our perceptions more accurate. The 5 Stages : (1) Selection -We select what we want to perceive (2) Organization -We arrange the information that we preceive from selection (3) Interpretation -we starts to interprets on the things that we perceive and organize in selection and organization (4) Memory -We don't retain all we select factors that influence long-term memory: -recency of time (today vs. 10 years from now) -frequency of use (Tv Channel) -importance (PIN no) -emotional connection (first kiss) -weirdness/uniqueness (sumo wrestle) (5) Stimulation

Our mind works in the strangiest way that we could ever imagine. We don't notice our brain has a lot to do with the way we perceive a person or something. It's just a simple matter but there's a lot of steps in it.

Fairus Culture

I'm Fairus came from mixing culture such as Indian and Malaysian because that i usually follow both culture, like i always wear punjabi suits and haircraf, that show punjabi suits from Indian culture and haircraf from Malaysian culture. In my culture women must wear haircraf because it represents our pureness and our Islam religion. Sometime, haircraf also show some sort of new fashion and design. Haircraf also help us from getting any effect from the sun because it covers our head. By: Ros

Thaipusam Festival

Thaipusam is a one of the festival that every Indian people will celebrate for one of their God(Muraga). This is one of the Indian guy who take part in Thaipusam event such as he is carrying the iron for that festival. I also get some chance to take photo and investigate Ramu(in the right of photo) to know well about the events and following them to see the "Kavadi". This is Water Fall area, where every year they celebrate Thaipusam here. This show, how they celebrate Thaipusam every year. By: Ros

Video-The Self In Interpersonal Communication

Photo Reading on Perception

Instead of the usual long winded, twisted, unabsorbable words that are often used to explain a concept of a certain thing, our group have came up with another method that should be more interesting to our fellow readers. As you've read from the title of this post, photos will be the main source of information and of course, a word or two to guide you along. It is proven that by photo reading we can absorb and understand the material 3 times faster than normal black and white sentences, or is that just an illusion which our mind chooses to believe? Which brings us back to our title, Perception. What is it? How do we do it and why?

Remember when our parents always asks us to choose the right friends to be with or else we'll become bad apples. Percepting has always been a way of seperating our good friends from the bad. We percept because we want to be with people that can be meaningful and well worth it. We percept using the stages of perception which are selection, organization, interpretation and negotiation.

When we look at this picture, we can observe that those disturbing hollowed eye people are staring rudely at that poor blue man. In our own(group) word, they're percepting, trying to learn about that man from it's outlook and what made him a different individual among the rest. For the readers viewing the picture, what do you precept from this picture? Perhaps the blue man was a disgrace to the society and has become an outcast? Maybe he was viewed contrarily because of his skin colour? Perchance your observation would be the same as your friends, who knows? Share your thoughts with us by leaving a comment.

Readers, do tell us. What can you percept from this particular photo above? Comment up please! :)

Video-Culture In Interpersonal Communication

The throwing mandarin oranges session:

Communication Apprehension (Terms)

Communication Apprehension is also known as CA. It is the fear and anxiety that we have or feel. It is common factor which is found in students as they prepare for public speaking, drama, debates...anything that has to do with speakin in public.A fear that actually affects the way a student speak during their oral presentation, self esteem and also when they socialize. There are two types of communication apprehension : (a) Trait apprehension Generally known as being afraid to speak in public. Example : This is something very common and it happens everyday before our very eyes. Students in school are afraid to speak up because we were taught that it was rude. And it is due to this lack of training that we are not ready to stand up and speak in public. It is something very unfamiliar and not everyone will have the courage to do it. (b) State apprehension Afraid of speaking only in a certain situation or to a specific someone or sometimes at a specific place. Example : We can take our class as an example. Notice how all of us speak and scream at one another during class everyday? But even if we are loud,noisy and uncontrolable during class does that mean all of us are able to speak up in public? The answer is a NO...

Cooley's theory

'Looking Glass- Self ' was a theory which was created by Charles H. Cooley.

It's a process of developing a self-image by the information or messages that we gather from the people around us. Cooley's theory basically tell us:

- How we interpret or how we perceive ourself.

- The need for feedbacks from others to realise the perception they have towards us and to find out who we are.

- Comparison of what others perceive in us. In some ways might makes u shameful or proud from what people around us assumed us to be.

Self-dislosure

Date: 13 February 2009 (13.02.2009) Day: Friday Time: 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Miss Cheryl requested us to do a blog entry on self-disclosure and Johari Window. This is our what we have conclude.

Self-disclosure is basically known as: (a) Sharing information about ourselves with the people around us. (b) It expose the risk and vulnerability of our past as we share information to others. (c) We get to know about different people by self - disclosure. (d) It also create a bond with the people we communicate to. The easiest way to describe self - disclosure is by 'Johari Window'. *Please refer to the next post. In this class, we learned that self-disclosure is what a person decide to disclose themselves to others. Everyone has the right to choose what they want to disclose and we should learned to accept and understand that everyone has the right to not to disclose everything about themselves. We should learn how to respect other people's privacy.

Johari Window

Date: 12 Febuary 2009

Day: Thursday

Time: 9.00 a.m.-12.00 p.m.

Today we were ask to explain about Johari Window. This is the information for Johari Window.

Johari window is named after Joseph Luff and Harry Ingham and it was created in the year of 1955. Johari Window consist of four main pane which is also known as the window shades that moves as a interaction process. (1) Open Pane - is the most obvious traits in us. It is what everyone can see in us. E.g Hair colour, the shape of our eyes, height and etc. (2) Blind Pane - is what others can see in us but it is something we aren't aware of. E.g Faults, bad attitude and etc (3) Hidden Pane - is something which we do not reveal to others. E.g Secrets, fantacies and etc (4) Unknown Pane - is what we and others do not know about ourselves. E.g talents or self interest that haven't been discovered.

We learned that everyone has their own secret and also the dark side of their own since we human have the rights to choose what we want to disclose to others. So, we should learned and prepare ourselves to accept the true colours deep inside a person. In fact, we should learned how to accept our friend as who they are.

Lokini's Culture

Since I am from the indian culture, there are many things can be used to represent my culture. I would choose the simplest one, which is “Pottu” or commonly known as Bindi. Bindi is derived from the Sanskrit word bindu, which means drop. It is believed that the placing of bindi represents the mystic third eye of Lord Shiva. The area where bindi is positioned is between the eyebrows. This specific area is known as the "Agna" which means command. This area is said to control various levels of concentration attained through meditation. It is also believed that the bindi is placed between the eyebrows to retain energy in human body. Therefore, in temple, priest will mark the area between the eyebrows of men and children with “thiruneer” (holy ash) or “kumkum” (tikka powder). Young girls or women who are not married will use black coloured bindi. Meanwhile, married women are suppose to use red coloured bindi. My mother also use to tel me that I am not supposed to use red coloured bindi like her. But she didn’t tell me the reason. Then I knew the reason from my grandmother. Actually this is to recognise whether someone is married or not. Moreover, red colour brings good fortune into the home of the bride, preserve the family’s honour and welfare.

Thaipusam

There's always a special meaning hidden behind every celebration. Take for example, Chinese New Year is to welcome the Lunar New Year, Christmas is to commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ and Hari Raya is a time to reconcile and renew relationships with others. Thaipusam on the other hand, was to honour Murugan( the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati) birthday and likewise to rejoice the day Murugan destoryed the wicked demon Soorapadman with a vel(spear). Every year near the end of Januray, a festival is either held at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur(pic one) or the famous Murugan temple which is located atop a small hill in Penang near the Botanical Gardens(pic two).

During the festivities, devotees spear their cheeks with long, shiny steel rods often a meter long and pierce their chests and backs with small, hook-like needles. Tourists, who join the festivals, watch in awe as metal pierces the skin with hardly any bleeding and, apparently, no pain as the devotee stands in a trance in the dawn light after weeks of rigorous fasting, penance and abstinence(pic three).

Here is a picture of the devotees walking up the 272 steps to reach the temple, with some carrying idols of their Hindu deity relentlessly while fulfilling their vows for the wishes they were granted of(pic four).

I was truly amazed by how spiritually enveloped the Hindus are to their Gods. It will be an experience of a lifetime if one is willing to give oneself a chance to participate in these mystifying events during Thaipusam, with or without a vow. I believe that by doing so, it could bring about peace in mind and the reconcilement of nations.

Chap Goh Meh

In Hokkien dialect, Chap Goh Meh literally means the fifteenth night of the Chinese Lunar New Year. This day or night is the first Man Yue (it means full moon in Chinese) of the New Year, Chinese will hang red lanterns around their house. In the olden days, this day was meant for the couples as they were only to meet each other on this very day. The Chinese community in Penang celebrates this occasion with various activities, the most popular event will be the 'throwing mandarin oranges' event.

On the 9th February 2009, the celebration of Chap Goh Meh started at 7pm at Esplanade. We had the opportunity to watch a variety of cultural performances such as the Lion Dance, Chingay performance (flag-balancing), Joget performance, and so on. This year the Penang state government invited the Lion Dance Association from Johor, who won 29 World Championships, to perform the lion dance. Besides that, they also invited the Dondang Sayang performers to perform Joget. The performers showed the spectators a few simple Joget steps and led them to a mass Joget session.

One of the highlights of the ceremony was the Chief Minister of Penang, Yang Amat Berhormat Tuan Lim Guan Eng, also took part in the event by being the first person to throw oranges into the sea. Later, Miss Pesta 2008 finalists led the crowd in this very event. The throwing of tangerines into the sea is the most important part of the entire celebration. This practice actually originated from Penang. Traditionally, in the fifties or sixties, young maidens of the Nyonya family threw tangerines into the sea on the night of Chap Goh Meh. They believed that by throwing tangerines into the sea, they would find themselves a good husband. This culture was later followed by the Chinese.

A little story about the history of throwing mandarin oranges. Chap Goh Meh is the only day where "Romeo and Juliet" were allowed to meet each other. While nyonyas and will get the chance to leave their home. To them, Chap Goh Meh is seen as Eastern Valentine's Day. "抛柑嫁好尪", in Hokkien dialect means that throwing mandarin oranges will bring you a good husband. As for guys, they will get a good relationship after throwing mandarin oranges. Single nyonyas will throw the mandarin oranges to the sea while single babas will collect the mandarin oranges from the sea. The baba that collect most mandarin oranges will be the winner. This activity started at the 19th Century at Esplanade and Gurney Drive.

Moreover, Chap Goh Meh is also known as the Eastern Valentine’s Day. According to the Chinese legend, the matchmaker from the moon will tie red strings on the couples’s legs on this day. As the result, those couples will end up marry or being together.

The photos of the Chap Goh Meh celebration at Penang:

The event organise by the Penang Government.

The evidence. Hahaha...

The early birds. They deserve the chairs. Foreigners also took part in this event... The Lion Club selling oranges for a very cheap price.. Don't know how to read. Never mind just see the price. Get it? RM 1.00 for ONE! Anyway, the Lions Club will donate it to the charity. The crane and the photo shot team. Chap Goh Meh is Eastern Valentine's Day. The 'throwing orange' event The final destination of the mandarin oranges, either the sea or the basket.

Photos from Guang Ming:

P/s: This is a great event for everyone to know the specialty of Malaysia's festival, but there's always something bad in everything. After the event, the oranges are not cleared from the sea. When we took the ferry back to Butterworth on Wednesday, we saw a lot of oranges in the middle of the sea. If this can be improved, things will be perfect.

Syaza's culture

My cultural practices and values are broader as i come from a mixed parentage. I honestly do not know where to begin or which angle should i start from. Therefore, I will just give examples from both side.

I would say that jade represents my culture from the chinese side. This jade means a whole lot to me as it was given to me by my grandma at the time of our birth. in fact, all the females in my family would receive a jade and a necklace from my grandma. It is not only a valuable treasure but it is also known to be able to cure the ailments of the loins and kidneys.

(A Kebaya that belongs to my grandmother)

However, the Baju Kebaya will represent the Malay side of me. It is a traditional blouse worn by women. I remember my late grandma will never fail to sew me a baju kurung or a baju kebaya when Hari Raya is around the corner. Though i never appreciated it then I am thankful I always had one. Do you have any idea how expensive a baju kurung or a baju kebaya cost? Besides that, the kebaya silhoutte gives emphasis to a womanly figure.That is the beauty of this ethnic wear.

As many of you know, I am brought up in Christian family so the bible also represents my culture as a Christian. I enjoy my bible stories ever since I was a little girl. Though i have to admit that i do not read the bible as often as i should but it has guided me greatly through many obstacles that i face. I know for a fact that no matter where and to whom I turn to for advise I will go back to the bible. To me, it is not merely a religious book but it is also a book of wisdom and love. It is where i listen to His words and understand the way I should live my life.Reading the bible gives me a very firm assurance that I am never alone to face anything. Knowing this fact has given me the strength to go through my days without fear.

Culture (Terms)

We have all learnt about the the nature of culture when we discussed about the three culture and how it is transmited. Lets review it together (for more information-> go to culture part 2)

Culture: The relatively specialized lifestyle of a group of people (values, beliefs, artifacts, ways of behaving) that are passed from one generation to the next by means of communication (not genes).

Enculturation: The process through which you learn the culture into which you're born.

Acculturation: The process by which you learn the rules and norms of a culture that is different from your native culture and that modifies your original or native culture.

But it doesn't just stops there. I am sure we wonder how these cultures differ from one another and what has it got to do with us? We might even wonder how does learning these cultures might be used to be applied into our interpersonal communication skills or perhaps even be applied into our lives. How does the differences in culture affects us?

-> High-Power-Distance Cultures

Power is concentrated in the hands of a few and there is a great difference between those with and those without power.

-> Low-Power-Distance Cultures

In low power, it is more equally shared throughout the citizenry.

-> Highly Masculine Cultures

Men are viewed as strong, assertive, and focused on being successful, whereas women are viewed as modest, tender, and focused on the quality of life.

-> Highly Feminine Cultures

Men and women are viewed more similarly and equally.

-> A collectivist culture emphasizes the group and subordinates the individual's goals to those of the group.

->An individualist culture emphasizes the individual and subordinates the group's goals to the individual's.

->In high-context cultures just shows that much of the information is in the context

-> Low-context cultures tells us that the information is explicitly stated in the verbal message.

Different cultures view time very differently.

Displaced and diffused time orientations identify how accurately and specifically time is viewed and defined.

Monochronic people do one thing at a time; polychronic people do several things at the same time.

Dyadic (Terms)

Interpersonal communication can be defined in various ways. It can be define as a communication between two person or among a small group of people.It is also a personal nature not impersonal. It usually happens it among 'connected' people or those involved in a close relationship. We call this a dyadic or relational definition. The nature of Interpersonal Communication: a) Dyadic Primacy The significance or centrality of the two-person group in interpersonal communication, even when there are many more people interacting.Thus the nature of dyads depends on the nature of interaction, as 2 people come close due to some common interest. b) Dyadic Coalition: A dyadic coalition is when two person group formed a larger group to achieve a particular goal. c) Dyadic Consciousness: This means that in a dyadic relationship, there is the involvement of 2 people. Example of this is a team, a pair or even a couple.

Jewel's Culture

There are a lot of things that could represent Chinese culture. But I feel that Crystals represent my Chinese culture most because my family believe that it heals us physically and mentally just by wearing or displaying it around the house. Crystals are believed to have healing properties and are also able to emitte positive charges in the mind and body. Crystals come in different shapes, sizes and colours. Each colour represents different meanings and also brings contrasting effects to the person who is wearing it. I'm currently wearing a black colour crystal bracelet. It reduces my anger, impatience and also my regular mood swings. I used to be a trouble kid but now I calmed easily and perky all the time. When I was a young girl, I used to have dreaded migraines. Even after taking assorted types of medicines, performing yoga, and having needles all over my body (acupuncture) the migraines still seize over my life till one day I discovered that crystals can actually help cease this pain. My migraines slowly boil down till I had no more dire migraines anymore. What a revolution it was for me to enjoy my daily life without having to massage my head and pull my hair like a mad person all the time.

Here's a picture of the crystal that I'm wearing

Eileen's Culture

What represents my culture? My answer to this question is “Seven Colours String”. In Chinese, it is known as “Qi Se Xian”. All my family members and most of my relatives own this string. We can take this string from the Buddhist or Taoist temple and tie this string on our left or right wrists. Although the name of the string is known as “Seven Colours”, but the string is not made from seven colours. Different temples have different types of strings. As you can see, my string is red in colour. Most of the Chinese believe that by wearing this string can help them to avoid the yin forces (coolness, darkness, dampness…) and bring them good fortune. However, I believe that by wearing the “Seven Colours String” can prevent me from seeing or offending any ghosts during the Chinese Hungry Ghost Month. Besides, I believe this string can bring me good fortune too.

Photo:

Julia's Culture

The thing that represent my culture is my jade necklace. The figure of my necklace is Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara or Kuan Yin. This necklace was a gift from my mother when my family went on a vacation in Beijing.

During the olden days, jade necklace or bangle is given by their parents to their daughters when they get married. They have to wear it everyday without taking it off. The reason is because jade is a type natural rock and it is very good to our health if we wear it as a necklace because it's near to our heart. Other than that, the colour on the jade will change according to the owners 'mood'. They believe that by observing the colour changes of the jade worn by their daughters can determine whether their daughters are being treated well or not by their husbands family.

The figure of my necklace, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, is my godmother. Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is known as goddess of mercy by the west. He was a prince and had lots of legendary about his life. However, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is seen in female figure because a lot of people would pray to him for fertility. So, the devotees change his statue into a female figurine. He was known well for his mercy and he was willing to give up his chance to be a Buddha just to wait for all human beings to reach Nirvana.

So, I would pray to her by repeating '南无大慈大悲救苦救难观世音菩萨' whenever I need some confidence. Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is my faith. I learn to be as mercy or kind like him. This necklace is very meaningful to me. It represents my mom's concern about me and also give me a lot of faith in my life. I think this necklace represents both Chinese culture and Buddhism culture well enough. Hence, I present you my jade necklace.

This is my necklace. Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara

Culture Part 2

Date: 6 February 2009 (06.02.2009)

Day: Friday

Time: 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Terms of today's lesson on Culture:

1. Ethnic Identity- The relationship that exists between an individual with whom the individual believes he or she has common ancestry based on shared individual characteristics and so on.

2. Enculturation- The process by which an individual learns the traditional content of a culture and assimilates its practices and values.

3. Acculturation- The modification of the culture of a group or individual as a result of contact with a different culture.

We may wonder why we are learning all these terms? Do we apply or practice any of these terms in reality? Our group believe these terms encapsulates what actually happen to us in our everyday lives without us being aware of it unless we go through a thought process of what culture is all about.

Some of us pray to a Supreme Being every morning while some go to the temple or mosques or shrines. This could be due to their beliefs or upbringing. Consciously or unconsciously our beliefs do define or modify our cultural practices. For instance a Chinese of Christian, Buddhist or Taoists beliefs will definitely assimilates these cultural practices differently as in enculturation.

We also assimilate other people's culture and this is fairly common since we live in a multi-racial country. For instance, the Chinese believe that in the Hungry Ghost month, they should stay home at night to avoid offending any ghosts that are wandering on the street. Some of the Indians also believe in this as well. Giving red packets or “ang pow” to the children during Chinese New Year is one of the Chinese cultural practice. However today not only the Malays give green packets during Hari Raya but the Indians also give purple packets during Deepavali. Both the Malays and Indians modify the Chinese cultural practice of giving red packets. This is acculturation in its best form.

Sometimes, we wonder why we have to learn other people cultures besides our own culture. One of the reason is to avoid misunderstandings between the races. If we know what are the do’s and don'ts of a particular race, conflicts that may arise might be avoided. To some extent, cultural issues are very sensitive. Therefore, we have to learn to accept and understand other cultures' sensitivities to avoid any conflicts that can affect the peace and harmony in our country. Some of the culture may seem ridiculous or irrelevant but we must not make fun of them. There is a story behind every cultural practices. These stories may be real or may be a myth but that is not for us to judge. Cultures exist today and we have to respect all cultures as something that is meaningful and a part of a person's ethnic identity.

Culture in Interpersonal Communication

Date: 5 February 2009 (05.02.2009)

Day: Thursday

Time: 9.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.

Today we were asked to write on a piece of paper about the culture in our families and also religions. In today's class we really had a lot of opportunities to learn about each others' culture and differences. The main point is some of those cultures are really funny and make no sense to some of us. Some cultures even make us laugh. In some ways, we were also able to broaden our knowledge about the different cultures.

In this class, Miss Cheryl mentioned that culture doesn't equal to nationality or race. It's kind of true because we found out that some cultures are not just practiced by certain races or in certain religions. For example, in some Indians family washing hair is not allowed on Thursday and also the day when they were born. This not-allowed-to-wash-hair culture is also practiced by the Chinese. The only difference is that Chinese are not allowed to wash their hair during menstruation and also the first day of Chinese New Year.

An example for a funny culture was shared by Winnie who says her grandmother won't allow little boys to eat bean sprouts. This is because her grandmother believed that the black covering will cover the little boy's private part and cause problem in urinating. The whole class laughed although she did asked us not to laugh. :p

Miss Cheryl pushed us really hard to think about the meaning behind those weird and funny cultures. The purpose was for us to know what is behind all those culture and also to understand the purpose of doing it instead of just following it blindly. She wants us to understand that everything exists for a reason. For our understanding, culture also come as a type of communication.

Media and The Effects of Media

Date: 22 January 2009 (22.01.2009) Day: Thursday

Time: 9.00 a.m. -12.00 p.m.

Class started as usual and attendnce was taken. Once the students has settled down, Miss Cheryl announce that today we're going to learn about the media. She explains that as technology advances and media choices increase, children develop unconstructive social, learning, and health habits that many parents are greatly unaware of. She futher note that parents don't realize that the amount of time children spend consuming the media is second most to anything else children do, besides sleep(we can relate well to that. *grins*) As we began to notice how unaware we are about how much the media affects us, Miss Cheryl seperated us all into several groups to encourage brain storming. Each and every group are given time to discuss about media and how it effects us in our daily life and we were to denote how we feel the media has taken over our lives. Here are our group's thoughts. Julia's thoughts : Everything has it's own benifit and also disadvantage, so do media. It's the responsible of parents and also the user it self to define which is good and bad for their children and themselves. Syaza's thoughts : I would be lying if i were to say that the media doesn't effect me! Though i do not watch TV that often but i do go online and i often go out for movies.. I guess its not only the responsibility of the parents to guide us but the movie world should also somewhat carry the responsibility as well. Jewel's thoughts : I truely believe that the media has effected me tremendously. There's never a day that goes by that I'm not online. I believe that I'm actually addicted to it and there was once my friend said I had internet addiction disorder. I was suprise how I didn't see myself as so because going online has become my daily routine. After learning about this, I made myself an internet curfew(2-3hours) to follow by and I've failed. (LOL) I'm still trying my best to limit myself to 4-5hours a day. Before long all the students in the class has voice our their opinions and Miss Cheryl was released us.

First class/ First Experience of Interpersonal Communication

Date: 15 January 2009 (15.01.2009)

Day: Thursday

Time: 9.00 a.m.-12.00 p.m.

First day of class won't be "fun" without the introductions as for sure there will be some funny self introduction as in Yee Chern's case.

Miss Cheryl's teaching method is not hard to understand as her teaching is very much based on real case studies. As an example, when she tried to help us understand why communication is done in every way and not just by conversation; she told us that we ADP-ians were referred as noise by others. For those who don't know ADP-ians will think that we are a bunch of monkeys that produce a lot of voice pollution, and it's because our actions, dressings, and speaking tone that gives others a perception of who we are although that might not be true. That is why we should never ever judge a book by its cover!

Later, Miss Cheryl requested each of us to write 5 random things or habits that is obvious about us on a piece of paper. Besides that, we had to write down a another few more things that our friends do not know about us on another piece.That was just like writing down our little secrets that was never revealed before.

After everyone is done, papers were sticking all over the place in the classroom. Miss Cheryl gave us some time to read over all those papers on the wall and then we had to read out loud what we write about ourselves. In this way, all of us can know well about each other.

The best part was Miss Cheryl collected all those papers and read those out. We had to make contribution as well, that was to guess whose paper was that. All of us enjoyed that session very much!! Time flies when you're having fun. That's what happened on our first class, we don't get the change to guess all those secret owner of the second paper.

We observed that when we were guessing on the owner for the second paper, we tend to forget that what was written on the second paper is those personalities of ours that others don't know. However, we often guess the people that we think they might be just because they fulfill the personalities on the second paper.

From the first class, we learned that human will judge people from what they see and sometimes we even take things for granted. We human might think that what we see in our friends might be the true them. Other than that, we also learned that sometimes when we look at someone we will judge someone from our first impresion. So, a lot of conflicts and misunderstandings can happened through that. At the end, the main conclusion of our first class is don't ever judge others by their appearance.