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“Vegas & Cards” … that what the poster could tell first time I looked at it; it got me excited to watch the movie. This movie is based on the true story of MIT students whom well-trained counting cards so they became professionals. It is about these five genius students whom were taught by their professor how to count cards, in order to win each gambling they are welling to take. It starts with this hopeless genius student -Ben- who wanted to admit Harvard Medical School but can’t afford its tuition which is $300.000. One of the lectures that he attended, he showed his intelligence when the professor asked the students to pick up the right answer between three options, nobody gave an answer but Ben, the professor started to negotiate the answer with him until Ben beat the professor with his perfect fast analysis. The professor was impressed so he blinked at one of his card-counting club students, meaning by that to invite Ben to the club. Ben refused to join the group at first, thinking this game is illegal, but lately, he thought about it and how this play will be useful in paying his education tuition, he joined them at last. And the fun started! Whoohoo! The professor and his genius card-counting players keep going forth and back every weekend to gamble at Las Vegas casinos and gain the money. Ben became the leader of this group toward untold riches!

For me, I knew the story about the real five students who came up with the idea of counting cards to gain money through this game, but I didn’t know exactly how, so I went to see the movie. The best part I liked when they were spending nights memorizing the numbers and the signs of the cards, each number and each sign has its own different meaning. Also Vegas part, it was awesome, it makes you feel nervous, excited yet, to know if they are winning or losing, especially when they were monitored by the casino security. And how they caught by the casino guards once the security guards noticed that the casino money is decreasing in large amount. It grabs your attention by the sequenced thrilled scenes. At last, Ben could make it to get the scholarship for his education at Harvard, and he made his own card-counting club!

The movie is awesome! I Liked it alot.

My Research Experience

Finding a topic for my research! That wasn’t easy, yet I haven’t made my final decision to pick up my research topic. I made options but I think I’ll talk about how coke is bad for children, my 3rd option that I’ve been hesitated to chose at first. Coke and soda drinks have many bad effects on children; this has been a serious issue that people, especially parents, are concern about.

Now the topic is picked, to find the information is not easy. Searching the internet, looking up coke effects in books, and reading articles were not easy. So we went to Pollak Library to get some help in finding topics and information. The librarian explained to us how we can get information by searching many resources, one of them was Oxford Reference Online Premium, and it is where I found my hint to pick up the Coke topic. Then, she showed us how to search the databases to get full text articles. One database that I liked the most is Opposing Viewpoints; it is great how it views a wide range of topics including many academic genres. Therefore, it compares topics and articles so you can get the best quality topics and articles. Finally, she showed us how to look up some books and if they’re not available at the library we can order them online, free!

That was really helpful for me; I can say that I decided to make Coke and how it affects badly on children after I experienced the library class, it was really helpful. Using the library resources and searching its database save time.

But there’s something I don’t like about finding information about my topic, that is, sometimes, I cannot get the accurate information that I’m seeking. Or, citing the information I find takes time to paraphrase and post the correct way of citation. Because academic research requires citation the resources that have been found.

The librarian showed us two ways of citation, I chose APA style, it is easy and simple. And it is the common used way of citation. I like APA style!

At last, I hope that I start typing my research ASAP. Yet, I just picked the topic, searched little information, had ideas about my thesis statement, and what are my 5 problems that I’m going to talk about!

Ahhhhh, hard work! Hate it :p

Obama’s Gorgeous Speech about Racism!

March 18, 2008, Barak Obama made a great speech about racism during his campaign. He gave a strong motivation to go and vote for him, he simply presented the Perfect Leader. He was spontaneous, he spoke honestly, and his speech was convincible because of the truth that shows in his voice. The speech debated racism, the anger between blacks and whites that been built over years. Amazing how he picked his words to explain the wrong situation and how to solve it by stopping the race, extinguish the anger, and to give the next generation a perfect picture of what the U.S. nation is now. He preached to thinning the racial divide, as he calls blacks and whites to come together to present a perfect union. He also showed a great personality by not mentioning his minister, the reason why he made this speech, to clarify his points of view about what he said in the past. He touched a lot of people, as he talked about saving people the ache of injustice, and how the anger between blacks and whites lacks the understanding and the communicating between them. “Not naive enough to believe problems will end in one election cycle” Obama said, I was amazed by these words, so powerful so simple yet, these words meaning is immortalized, he said the truth that problems cannot be end in just once election cycle, he meant to show his honesty that people are his goal, and making the U.S. a perfect union is what he is aiming for. It was a great, convincible speech. Wonderful that left me speechless.

He gave a reliable excuse to be a president!

Viva Obama!

ABC new agreement

Nobody can tell that there’s no house nowadays without a TV, people everywhere use the TV to entertain themselves, to follow world news, or even to play games sometimes.
ABC the major company is planning to release new hit shows “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” on Monday for free through the video-on-demand cable services.
Why is that? Walt Disney Co., the parent company of ABC, is planning to increase its income from advertising for the free video-on-demand on its website abc.com. The network progresses this activity in order to drive people back to television, though the different lifestyles of living don’t indicate people to watch it that way.
This public statement is done by agreement between ABC and its more than 200 associated organizations all over the country. These organizations are glad to sign this agreement because it will motivate them to take a part in this activity, which will also bring them good revenue. ABC is going to sell 4-9 commercials to advertisers while the associated organizations will be able to sell one 30seconds advertise.
The agreement involves cable provider Cox Communications Inc., it has the widest distribution over the country, and many customers are using its services, so it allows people to access to video-on-demand services. Which helps the ABC network spreads its offer faster.
The agreement has a good reaction from the people, they like the idea because they found it a good way for free services exchange. And it is also expand the on-demand offerings across the country. This activity is not the first to be done by a network to share its shows in a different way.
"Anything we can do to bring greater convenience to our customers is better for us," Grabert said, Cox spokesman.
I think such an activity mainly done to get better revenue, so it’s based mainly on a financial state. Then, the customers’ convenience comes second.

MUSIC!

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach

Music is the world wide art which people communicate thtough. It's the language of heart, feelings and unspoken words. Since anceint history, music was the saviour for the broken hearts and the joy for whom in love. Music is expressed via many styles, many languages, and many instruments.

Music is international, according to the cultures and languages, there are the Western music, the Arab music, the Indian music, the Latin music...etc. Each culture has its own style of music. Some of the famous musicians are: Elton John, Amro Diab, and Julio Eglesias. Each of them represent a culture.

When ever you're sad or happy, music exposes what's inside you through many different genres. Rock, Pop, Country, Jazz, R&B , Soul, Reggae, Blues.... etc. Shania Twain is one of the Country music artists, Justin Tembelake is a Pop star, and Eurosmith is a famous Rock band. Where ever you go you hear music, in restaurants, in the car, in the streets, It just gives the life a relief blossem.

Instruments depends on music genre. Piano used where Easy Listening is played, Drums are heard where Rock is played, Quitar used in Rock and Latin music. And the list continued.

Music is considered as an International Language that different people from different cultures can communicate through.

LOVE!

LOVE, nobody can live without love, it’s like the core of life, as long as love exists in your life; you will be able to live happily and to fill the gaps in your heart. Everybody’s looking for her/his soul mate, to complete the lost second half of her/his life. So, when you’re attracted to someone you like, you should consider many things in her/him. Understanding; the most important thing in a relationship, there should be a way that two people who’re falling in love should communicate through. Responsibility, a lover needs someone who s/he can count on, whenever you face problems you can run from your life to the one you love, s/he can relief you. Kindness, how do you love someone who can’t sympathize with you or could be nice in how s/he treat you? A lover got to have mercy. A person with an aim in life, this can be a reason to love someone; a person you can depend on, because you going to live with that person, so you’ll know how your life with her/hem would be!
Whenever you find someone who has those most important features, you can expose your love to him. But, Ouch! What if s/he doesn’t feel the same toward you? That’s the sad side of LOVE, where misery starts. I think you should change your destination whenever you are in such a situation. Good Luck!

~~<3 HapPy Valentine's Day <3~~

The New Life!

Once I thought of studying abroad to continue my postgraduate studies, I thought about the new life, new people and new country to me that I have never been to. As an international student, there was alot for me to have in mind, the new path that I am going to be rolled by in attending classes and in dealing with this whole new thing to me.

This article "How To Survive in CSUF" in Daily Titan really gave me the headpoints of how to survive at CSUF. Making the goal and working on it to achive it takes alot of the student's time, by studying hard, doing all homeworks without deferment, and presenting required researchs on time.

Getting into a new life makes the student want to discover things around, so s/he will get excited about meeting new students, getting in the university's activities, and participating in events that university arrange for. Aside that, student is enrolling to study, so s/he needs to manage between studying and having fun to make a balance. Though, sometimes, the stress of having a sequence classes makes the student wants to escape from it, but that would be in weekends only, it's the only long break students have.

"Study and learn, and become acquainted with all good books, and with languages, tongues, and people." Doctrine & Covenants