Journal 16: Reaction to Film

After watching Baraka, one scene that is very emotional for me is the life scene. This scene showed me many different kinds of life style and of course some of them I haven't seen before. Some parts showed me people who live in nature just like i saw in movies. I can't imagine if I have to live like them, it will be tough for me. And the other scene that made me feel depressed is the way some people make a living. I saw many lowest level of Indians they can't do anything but dig the garbage to make a living with their hope to find something in there. Their eyes were full with hope but it was nothing in there. I would say this movie gave us a message that life is tough. Be proud of myself. How lucky am I that I was born this way. No need to compare myself to other people that are better than me. There are many people in this world having a hard time of living and can't live in a proper way.

Journal 14: Anticipating Your Parents' Objections

Dear mom and dad,
              I have something very important to you. I know both of you will not agree with my decision but i already decided. I'm going to marry to an American guy. He is very kind, sweet and handsome. He makes a lot of money so he can support me. I know you will concern about culture differences between us. Don't worry mom, I already prepared for that. My boyfriend and his family are kind of opened. Now he tries to learn my language to understand me and of course to communicate with you guys. Also, he learns our culture differences from me and he agrees that our culture sounds interested. He doesn't want me to change to his religion but more than that he wants to learn about our religion. My boyfriend and his family is very excited about this marriage and they are looking forward to you, mom and dad. Hopefully, you will understand my decision.
With love, ....

Journal 13: Summarize/ Paraphrase Practise

Edward, Nick. (2012, Apr 15). China currency move nails hard landing risk coffin. Reuters. Retrieved April 18, 2012, from http://www.reuters.com

China has a problem about economy since 2008 to 2009 because the financial crisis that made the rate growth below the expectation. China wants to change its currency regime to make the economy becomes stable and the problem will be solved. This plan includes clearing all the debt and managing economic in the country. Communist Party controls all the business in China too much that caused unreliable vast factory and asset bubbles. The growth will react if the budget deficit get 1 percent higher in GDP and new bank inducing reaching more than 8 trillion.

Journal 13: My Second Source

Gragido, Will (2011). Cybercrime and Espionage: An Analysis of Subversive Multivector Threats. Rockland, Mass.: Syngress, 2011.
This book has a lot of information about Cybercrime and Espionage. It shows the past action which can be related to the realities of advanced attacks. The author gives a lot of example about how people use computer to take advantage from others. I got a lot of useful informations in this book. It helps me understand how Cybercrime works and the damage that caused by Cybercrime.

Journal 12: Your First Source

Vardi, Nathan. Forbes; 12/27/2004, Vol. 174 Issue 13, p116-120. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=16275bef-ea16-4507-97ff-71eed229eb14%40sessionmgr112&vid=1&hid=107&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=buh&AN=15359709
The author discussed and explained the effects that caused by computer viruses. He gave many examples about types of viruses on the computer. One of them called Sobig. He showed us how does it work and how does it trap us. This virus takes advantages from people who doesn't have knowledge about virus. Normally, they spread on personal email. This article also provided many information about computer damages. He showed cost of damage of many companies which caused by viruses. And the author said the number is still going up.

Journal 10 : Advice

I used to have the hardest time making a decision when I had to move to the US. I thought all my life is in Thailand. At first, I didn't know what I was going to do because I promised with my mom that I will move here when I graduated. I felt sad and depressed. I remember that I cried a lot. My dad knew from my action. He gave me an useful advice. He taught me that life goes on. I have to move on for my future. He said my mom already prepared everything for my future. All I need just get my graduate degree and after that I can choose where I want to live. Either Thailand or America is okay. After I moved here, I understand why they want me to study here. Everything is for my future and my career. Now I'm still following his advice. I try to get a degree as soon as possible. And I can choose what my life is going to be.

Journal 9 : American food

When I was in Thailand, I thought that every American is the same as Mc Donald. It has just hamburger, fried, soda and salad. Since I came here, I know I was wrong. I had tried many kinds of American food. I know that it tastes good but some of them are too oily for me. I'm Thai so our main dish is rice compared to bread which is a main dish for American. I realized that our main dishes are totally different since I went to the cruise to Caribbean with my family. This trip was around a week. On the cruise, they served only American food such as pizza, hamburger, salad, all kind of bread, ice-cream and hot dog. At first my brother and I were so exciting. We ate a lot for the first 2 days but after that we didn't even want to smell it. I can eat rice everyday but no way for American food. After this trip, my family and I stopped eating American food for a couple of months. I wonder why American people can have these kinds of food everyday.