Respect

 

                Respect is a positive feeling that can be considered as admiration towards someone. Respect also related to the understanding of relationship dimension of one and another, for example the relationship of siblings, lecturer and student, parents and child and so on. Respect is also can be considered as a non-permanent feeling, which it can change overtime; it can increase or decrease depending on the consequence of an action, may it be in a form of verbal or non-verbal.

The importance of respect 

                Respect is also can be given and also received, the concept of respect was often thought as it were to be earned or built over time. There are few elements or factors that may affect the way we perceived, look or treat the others.

                The verbal communications is very important, to gain respect and to show our respects towards the elder or to those who are different from us. We were taught about manners since we were young. Respect can be expressed verbally as it is can be delivered in a simple yet understandable way, for example, the way we address people, in Chinese culture, if normal for them to prompt for the basic demographic information including the age, so it would be easier for them to address the other party accordingly

                To pay respect by using a non-verbal queues, we can refer to all of the famous gestures that we have seen or learnt as we grow. Through several context, we’ll be able to see that for the Malay, when we’re about to walk pass by the elders, we slightly bow our head to show them respect, and as for the Indian wives, they would bend to touch their husband foot to pay them respect.

        

             In Malaysia, our Malay culture was known for our kindness, the way we speak and address the others, we are rich with customs that has shaped our society. We were taught of not to budge when the elders were talking, we were taught not raise our voice to our siblings, to bow our head when we’re handshaking with someone that we acknowledge or deserve our respect.

              The new era of technology has made us forget these simple yet valuable manners. Because the current age, we are impervious to influence, we would practice something different from our root simply because it seems more laid back. Teenagers from current age look up highly of the way American teenagers live their life as the way they address each other, the way they dress, the music influence and some other factors. Don’t be surprised if someday, our culture would turn out differently after the Americanization.

               As the conclusion of what is happening in our society, our morale value has been decreasing since the wave of Americanization came, to preserve our beautiful heritage, the beauty of our culture, we must implement and reprimand in order to ensure the survival of our ethnic.

 

 

As Per Quoted by Maya Angelou

Manners Maketh Man

Manners Maketh Man.

    As per stated above, a very famous quote from the movie “Kingsman : The Secret Service”. It is a very direct statement about how manners will influence one as a person. Herbert Mead in 1934 came up with a statement that humans are talked into humanity, because we first see our self through the eyes of the others. It shows that we are not who we thought we are, but we are what people claim us to be, self praise is no praise as I would say.

            

  The way we dress, our verbal communication, all of the non –verbal queues and physical gestures will affect the way people perceive us and how they will treat or react throughout the conversation.

           
  The most important aspect that will influence the flow of communication of one and another is the first impression. A very simple method that works every single time is a firm handshake, the tone of voice and the choice of words as the initial conversing line. Instead of using a common words, you can try to make your words more verbose but understandable. This relates to the use of “posh” or the “Queen’s English” which is mainly practiced by the Englishman. Posh itself is a simple and direct English that does not require any slangs or accent, it just need a wide range of vocabulary so that you can say the things that you wanted more specific.

           

A scene from the movie Gatsby

Only capable man would be able to maintain the calm demeanour in the midst of conversation, which also one of the elements that would differ from one and another, the commoners and the gentlemen. A well mannered and nurtured man would be able to understand the situation, to be able to give in to avoid unnecessary arguments, and capable of handling complaints of dissatisfaction of the other party towards him. “Patience is the virtue” as per quoted by Confucius, a famous Chinese philosopher.

            In the era that we are living now, the terminology or through the urban context, the gentlemen nowadays would be referred as “the dapper”, can be easily recognised by the way they dressed.

  The word dapper is an adjective which defines a man that is neat and trim in dress and appearance.  To be a dapper also means to have features that elevate respect, the elegance, romance, sexiness and mostly charm and style. One is to be seen as a hipster in a way that he doesn’t have to try to have a keen sense of style in the appropriate setup.

            Being gentle is not being weak, not a form of weakness but it is an accomplishment to prove one as a voracious and capable man. These fine man and women would be able to analyze the proper way to deal with any given situations when they are confronting the people who are against them or those who have contradicting opinions. The willingness to take the onus on them when they deemed fit.

            The 19^th century was the spark that ignites or the beginning of the gents, as per recorded in history, the bearded man with top hats and suits, with proper manner, who would pay the bills on the dates, open the door for the ladies and treat the ladies the way they should be treated. Contradicting with the 18^th century trends where man as the dominant race, would do as they please.

            So here we can conclude that this way of living would cease to exist in the near future as the society is not impervious to influence. These gentlemen are hard to come by nowadays that it almost seems like they’re extinct and only exist in every girls dreams or only exist in books.

HOBBY

      What is hobby ? what kind of hobby did you have ? hobby is one of the favourite thing that people do during their free time. When everyone talk about hobby , most of people in our country will imagine hobby is one of the way to earn money from their collecting items but they did not realize that hobby is something that so valuable to someone who really know how to appreciate it. hobby is most interesting thing to do because its make us know how valuable those item it is even in that era it does not matter to that society. In our eyes maybe those kinds of thing is a useless or something we call it as a junk, but in their eyes they see it as a precious items that they can not gain it anymore.
 

 

PAPER MONEY AND BANK NOTE

 

         I want to share some knowledge to all readers about history where paper money and bank note invented. The first paper money was invented by the Chinese around A.D 650, a manuscript tells of a paper note issued in china around those time. The oldest existing collectible paper note dates from 1368 and is from the MING DYNASTY. This note is huge measuring approximately 9”x 13”. Its paper was made from the inner bark of the MULBERRY TREE. The first true European bank note was issued in 1661 by a private bank in Sweden, while the paper money in the New World was issued in 1690 in Massachusetts Bay Colony (one of the earliest New England settlements in present-day Massachusetts). 

 

         Paper money is an exciting because notes are colourful, informative, and attractive. You can learn about art, economics, and even technology by studying paper money and the stories behind it. Plus, it’s also a genuine artefact of the past, capturing exciting areas in our country and world history. As far as the hobby itself, the serious, organized collecting of paper money dates back to the early to mid-20^th century. Today, it’s one of the fastest growing areas of numismatics. Collecting world paper also let’s you travel all around the globe without leaving comforts of your home. When you collect world paper money you explore different culture, places, countries, and continents, get to know many famous people, learn about nature, animals, birds rivers and lakes that are plentiful in seven continents of our Earth. Collecting world paper money teaches you arts, geography, history, foreign languages even politics. Once you assemble, maintain your world currency bank note collection, you kind of become a stockholder of the entire world’s economy.

 

COINS

         The oldest coins available today was discovered in Ephesus, an ancient Hellenic city and prosperous trading centre on the coast of Asia minor. Made from electrum, a natural occurring alloy of gold and silver, the coins originated in the area of Lydia and more than 2,700 years old making it one of the very earliest coins. It had a design on one side only, a result of the primitive method of manufacture. Coins are pieces of hard material used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a government. 

 

          Coins are usually metal or alloy, or sometimes made of synthetic materials. They are usually disc shaped. Coins made of valuable metal are stored in large quantities as bullion coins. Other coins are used as money in everyday transactions, circulating alongside banknote, these coins are usually worth less than banknotes, usually the highest value coin in circulation is worth less than the lowest-value note. In the last hundred years, the face value of circulation coins has occasionally been lower than the value of the metal they contain, for example due to inflation.

          So today I want to share to everyone one of the most precious thing in my life. My hobby is collecting old money from worldwide. Its begin when I was in standard 1, my brother brought me to saw one of the event that have been handled by his friends. In that event, I saw all type of old paper and coin money with unique design and art that captivated my eyes from the moment my eyes contact with the collecting money inside that showcase. During that event my brother told me every details about it and what makes it more interesting is my brother buy one of the collector money and gave it to me. My brother also one of those collector that inspired me to start this hobby until now. Its makes me how important the history is and how people in previous era use money wisely.

          Here is some of my collection from our country that I have been keep it from the beginning I start this hobby. The conclusion is, whatever your hobby is you should proud of it because not everyone have their own hobby during their free time and it also because we can voice out our feeling through our hobby. Have a good day readers.  

The Great Gatsby.

          Personally, it is my favourite book and movie at all times, it is a story about a young World War 1 veteran who graduated from Yale and took a big leap from a novel narrator to bond salesman in New York during the city was at it prime. Nick Caraway, settling down after the war, he moved to the Long Island and lived in a village of West Egg, renting a very small house, right beside a lavish and majestic mansion of an unknown rich man.

 

          The timeline for this story was at 1920's  when Jazz music evolved, flapper culture, bootlegging and various criminal activity, which became the source of the wealth of a man none other than Jay Gatsby.

  

The Great Gatsby 2013

  Nick was a cousin's of Daisy Buchanan, she was referred as the golden girl for her blonde hair and stunning look, wife of Tom Buchanan, Nick's acquaintance since college. Tom came from a very rich family which made Tom a very influential man. Nick was later introduced by Daisy to Jordan Baker, an attractive famous young golfer, Nick begins his romantic relationship with Jordan.

  Gatsby mansion was famous because of all of the parties, but none one had ever received an invitation by the man himself, and somehow, nobody actually knows about Gatsby, he was claimed as an Assassin, as the cousin of the devil, as mad man who kills for pleasure but none of them was right. 

  One summer day, Nick received a formal invitation to the mansion, he was stunned yet excited because he was the only one. The night falls, he went to the party with invitation card in his hand, flashing it to everyone, prompting question on how can he find the owner of the mansion, Gatsby. Nobody seems to know where to find him, then he saw Jordan at the party, they had a small chat about Gatsby. Out of nowhere, a butler came and approach Jordan and told her that Mr Gatsby was looking for him, after awhile, Jordan came back and told Nick that now its all make sense, she left and asked Nick to look for him tomorrow.

The Party at Gatsby's  

Night was still young for Nick, he spent his time looking at all of those people who's at the party the state was euphoric, he was lost in his own world, then he saw a figure of a very fine man, moving across the room, initiated a conversation with him, Nick told him stories that he heard about Gatsby, then the man introduced himself as the organizer comes the owner of the mansion itself, Jay Gatsby

   

  After the night, Nick later learns that Gatsby and him shared the same division when they served in the army. Through Jordan, Nick was told that Gatsby had an romantic encounter with Daisy back in 1917 and he was unconditionally in love with her. He spent nights staring at the green light at the end of her dock across the bay from his mansion. He was hoping that by organizing parties, living a very high end lifestyle, Daisy would be impressed and be his once again.

  Daisy was invited to Nick's house to have tea, she wasn't informed that Gatsby would be there too, once they've met, the situation was awkward, but it didn't take long for them to re-calibrate or re-establish their connection.

The Hi-Tea at Nick's

  The tea session at Nick's was the beginning of an affair in between Gatsby and Daisy, after awhile, Tom grew suspicious of Daisy's behaviour and he suspected that Daisy was having an affair. Gatsby was invited to a luncheon at Buchanan's, Daisy spokes to Gatsby in a very romantic, undisguised and in a very cherishing that made Tom realizes that Daisy was in love with Gatsby. Though Tom himself shares the same boat, he was furious about the situation, Tom made everyone drives to New York and confronted Gatsby, Tom also revealed the story behind Gatsby's wealth, bootlegging alcohol.

  Daisy was scared and wasn't so sure about her feelings towards Gatsby anymore, they went back in Gatsby's yellow car, but she was driving. She accidentally ran over Myrtle, Tom's mistress. But Gatsby plans to take the blame. George, Myrtle's husband falsely accused Gatsby and went to track him down. He went to Gatsby's mansion and shot him down and committed suicide right after. Nick stages a small funeral but nobody attended except for him, the priest and the undertaker. Nick Ended his relationship with Jordan and went back to his former life.

MUSIC

Passion For Music

Music is my passion it inspires me. I don't just listen to it, I feel it as well. I love all kinds of music, except dangdut and metal songs. Because when I listening to the music I actually listen to the lyrics pay close to it, the content of the songs, and what actually the writer or the composer of the songs want to tell. Mostly older rock, hill country blues and jazz. I not only enjoy listening to it, but I love to playing it too. I can almost relate to some of the music I listen to. When I’m alone, I like to turn up the music loud, the beats and rhythms give me energy and motivate me.

It also give me the comfortable feeling that I’m not alone. I love how the beats of the music, the flows smoothly with the voice. Most of the song is like they express their lives and the struggles that they have had dealt with. They also sing about their memories of a loved one. Music also brings love to people.  For me without music life would be a dull and empty feeling in the world. When I feel disappointed or stressed out I like to listen to music to calm myself down.

I'm very picky at choosing what style of music I can enjoy. If it sounds tacky or I can't relate to, then I don't care to listen to it. If the music is moving and it to my type of taste, I can really enjoying listening to it over and over again. Some of the music I love relates to my feelings as well as bringing back loving memories. It also makes me think of how it explains the decade it came out in. Everyone has their own stories to tell. I think singers have a really talented gifts, they are blessed with how beautiful their voices sound. They also have a unique style and talents on how they perform in front of millions of people in different environment.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

MICHEAL BUBBLE

GREEN DAY

Blues

Blues is about tradition and personal expression. At its core, the blues has remained the same since its inception. Most blues feature simple, usually three-chord, progressions and have simple structures that are open to endless improvisations, both lyrical and musical. The blues grew out of African spirituals and works songs. In the late 1800s, southern African-Americans passed the songs down orally, and they collided with American folk and country from the Appalachians.

New hybrids appeared by each region, but all of the recorded blues from the early 1900s are distinguished by simple, rural acoustic guitars and pianos. After World War II, the blues began to fragment, with some musicians holding on to acoustic traditions and others taking it to jazzier territory. However, most bluesmen followed Muddy Waters' lead and played the blues on electric instruments. From that point, the blues continued to develop in new directions and it has been preserved as an acoustic tradition.

 Jazz

Jazz has been called America's classical music, and for good reason. Along with the blues, its forefather is one of the first truly indigenous music to develop in America, yet its unpredictable, risky ventures into improvisation gave it critical cache with scholars that the blues lacked. At the outset, jazz was dance music and performed by swinging big bands. Soon, the dance elements faded into the background and improvisation became the key element of the music.

As the genre evolved, the music split into a number of different styles  from the speedy rhythms mellow harmonies of cool jazz to the jittery, atonal forays of free jazz and the earthy grooves of soul jazz. What tied it all together was a foundation in the blues, a reliance on group interplay and unpredictable improvisation. Throughout the years, and in all the different styles, those are the qualities that defined jazz.

Pop Rock

Rock & Roll is often used as a generic term, but its sound is rarely predictable. From the outset, when the early rockers merged country and blues, rock has been defined by its energy, rebellion and catchy hooks, but as the genre aged, it began to shed those very characteristics, placing equal emphasis on craftsmanship and pushing the boundaries of the music.

 As a result, everything from Chuck Berry's pounding, three chord rockers and the sweet harmonies of the Beatles to the jarring atonal white noise of Sonic Youth has been categorized as "rock." That's accurate rock & roll had a specific sound and image for only a handful of years. For most of its life, rock has been fragmented, spinning off new styles and variations every few years from Brill Building Pop and to dance pop. And that's only natural for a genre that began its life as a fusion of styles.

Barista

Barista 

       The word barista is an Italian word which means a male or female bartender who serve both hot drinks (such as espresso), and cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, not a coffee-maker specifically. But in Malaysia we do refer the barista as a coffee maker specifically, these barista can be found in the first wave coffee company like Dunkin donuts or such, second wave coffee company like Starbucks, Coffee Beans, Gloria Jeans and others, lastly, the third wave coffee company like independent coffee shop.

       Lately, the coffee industry in Malaysia is booming off the chart, there's coffee shop everywhere, and everything would be updated in the social media, about the service, about the quality of the coffee, about the ambiance of the cafe and all of these is depending on the barista's competency, a good cafe runs by a good barista, because a cafe is judged by the presentation of the cafe itself, and the products, which mainly is all about coffee.

A very good cafe setup leads to a repetitive customer

       Why Barista? as you know, these baristas are actually an artist in their own industry, because to brew a cup of coffee is not as simple as you think, they need to pay attention to portions, grinds, the water and the freshness of the beans, and each barista have their own way or method to deliver each taste according to the order. They actually learn about the coffee itself, in a way, they are the specialist.

They actually learn about the beans, about the characteristic, about the washing method, about the roasting, everything.

       

        Apart of the skills, the barista also need to maintain their calm demeanor, like chef, if someone were to complaint about your product, you need to swallow it in, and it is the barista's job to educate the customer about the coffee, being in the service industry is all about the friendliness, accountability and and knowledgeable.

Arts

     As a barista, you need to be able to do the latte art, though art doesn't define the taste, it shows that you are a decent barista. Latte art is not something that you can pull in few hours, it might take months because it require finesse. The milk or the froth that is used to make the latte art is also important, it had to be velvety and silky smooth. These latte arts need to be poured and some of it to be draw, normally it comes in a shape of heart, a tulip and rosetta.

Heart

Tulip

Rosetta

Brewing

     There are few manual pour over methods that can be used to brew the coffee such as Clever Drip, Aeropress, Hario V60 and Chemex, these methods can only be found in the third wave coffee company.

Clever Drip

Aeropress

Hario V60

Chemex

Hobby

       Coffee is also can be a hobby, and it is an expensive hobby indeed, there's an elegance by studying coffee, in a way its like champagne, coffee itself is also an art, they have their own way of how to taste it and how to describe it, if you're willing to ask any of the barista why did they choose to become a barista, i'm pretty sure that the answer would be the passion towards coffee. Love what you do, and you don't have to work a single day.

Ambitions

  Planning a future is a very basic thing that we do since we were young, it’s all started with ambitions, a frequently asked question since we started our formal education. Starting from the early education to primary school and to the secondary school, we have always discussed with our relatives and friends on what we wanted to be. Every single time we were asked what we wanted to be, the answer might be differs from what we gave according to our education level. For instance, during primary school, I would tell people that want to be a marine, but when I got into secondary school, I changed my mind, I wanted to be a forensic specialist, and you have guessed it right, I was influenced by the famous television series “C.S.I” which stands for Crime Scene Investigators.

The Crime Scene Investigators

   Easier said than done, that would be the easiest way to describe on how hard it is to live up to your own expectations. We have always aim for the best job out there, the one that would pay off your bills, provide you enough money to shop whatever that you desire, enough money to be given to your parents and you’ll have sufficient leftovers that would be deposited into your bank account for your future, but we tend to forget that such pays only exist when you’re businessman, with a multiple companies, provided with constant flow of business opportunities, or you can excel in your own field of expertise and become a specialist who’s working for the private sectors.

  

  Planning was easier in contras to the executions, since we always have a very creative mind, we would think about what are the best possible situations that would happen with a very minor consideration towards the cons but with the optimistic attitude that our plan would work out somehow. For instance, as I mentioned before, I wanted to be a forensic specialist, with the best possible situations, I would live my life as what I have seen in the television series, putting aside the cons that I am not good in science, and clueless about biology, with an optimistic attitude, I registered for the science class, and you’re right again, I flunked after 2 weeks. I thought science would be fun, but I was deceived, to me, science was invented by the devil himself.

  

  Picking up the fragments of ourselves after the exams was hard too, when our efforts was not enough to give us the desired results, each time it will be harder, knowing that we have strayed away too far from our ambitions. Decreasing in morale, which would lead to the negativities and next thing you know, you’ll be standing behind the counter of Mc Donald’s taking orders.

  

  Love what you do and share with others, if you love what you do, you don’t have to work a single day. In a way, this statement is referring to the enjoyment that you’d get when you’re doing things passionately, it is not wrong to have a high ambitions, but it is wrong when they are not executed properly.