31st August 2008

31st August 2008 ( Anecdote - story telling )

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! Independence day in malaysia. How was merdeka those days(around 20years ago) and how is it today(2008)? This is what i learned todsay in my uncle’s house. There was one story he was telling. When he was young, he really enjoyed merdeka day. During his merdeka day, they were given free tickets to watch movie the whole day long! And the movies are nice, meaningful and worth to watch. And they all will enjoy their movie day. But now, 2008. I am really sure that we can see alot of differences and change in our nation. Better or worst? I cant say anything. People have different opinion. But for sure we are not getting free tickets anymore for movies. Hehehe. As time pass by, things change.

My uncle use anecdote to compare the National Day during his age and now.

30th August 2008

30th August 2008 (People’s opinion @ assumptions without reference)



A great day today. I went to Banting to visit my relatives. I drove there with my dearest friend, Mr.Kancil (my car). 20minutes journey from my house. I gave him food(petrol) which costs RM30 today. Which once upon a time it costs only about RM18 before the price hike of petrol. The world oil price increased, and as a result the malaysia’s oil price also increased. But still, many people are blaming the price hike without knowing the real truth. People keep blaming the government and their shortage of income. I was one of the people before I realise something. I realise that we have to stop blaming and stop thinking of what we do not want because we know the fact that its really hard to change something that is not in control in our hand. So, we have to think ahead and think of a proper solution. We have to act smart. For people who are having financial problem, they should think of earning extra money through some other alternatives. Doing part time business with small modal or doing part time job are some alternatives that they can try out. For people who do not understand about the economy of the world and our nation, they should gain extra knowledge on economy by searching information through internet, update themself by reading global news, understand about economical situation by refering to veteran economists or improve theirself by applying positive mental attitude and be willing to change to be a better person according to the environment. There are millions of alternatives that could be tried and implied in our life to face this economic crisis or some other problems in life. But it all depends on our willingness to change, to take action and put effort on the right thing at the right time to achieve the right thing.
This whole thing that I wrote is based on my opinion. And this is apart of the learning that is included in our Critical Thinking subject. People’s opinion @ assumptions without reference.

29th August 2008

29th August 2008 ( Ad hominem - Tu quoque )

Well, today I have no class. So, today I went to meet my friends at campus to discuss about my Management subject's assignment. It was three of us. We met in front of library to discuss and finish up the assignment as we were keep postponing to finish it up. So, my friends A and B came. We sat on one of the table and start to take out our paper works. We were discussing normally. And suddenly A told B, " Hey B, you don't know how to wake up early ah? Because of you we are discussing late today and we are going to finish our work late..You ah.. Haiyoo..". And then B kept quiet for a while. He took a deep breath. He looked at A and said, " At least I'm not missing class every morning by waking up so late like you right? ". It was a funny situation. But I did not laugh in front of them. After that, I said, " Ok, ok. Enough of blaming each other, lets finish our work first". And then we continued our work.

Based on this smal story of mine today, we can relate this to our logical fallacies - "Tu quoque"(Look who's talking).

28th August 2008

28th August 2008 (Hypothetical Syllogism, Chain argument.)

Right now I'm sitting in FCM cafe, having my roti pisang and teh tarik. And of course I waited for my roti pisang to get ready for about 1ominutes today. And thats too long. Because there are many students in FCM cafe today. Its early morning, breakfast time!!Maybe thats why. While I was waiting for my roti pisang, I realised how fast the "roti-maker" was doing roti for all the students who ordered.He was doing really fast because the amount of students coming kept increasing!! The "roti-maker" was making roti while there was another guy who delivers the roti. The students were waiting for their roti near the roti making place.Alot of them, it was packed. So, the "roti-deliver" could not stand and got angry. Most of them went to their seat and sat, waiting for their roti to be delivered.

As a conclusion, I saw that this is related to deductive reasoning. Which is Hypothetical Syllogism, Chain argument.

2 conclusions:
[ When there are alot of students in FCM cafe, there will be alot of orders.
If there are alot of orders, the faster the "roti-maker" works.
So, if there are alot of students in FCM cafe, the faster the "roti-maker" works.]

[When there are alot of students in FCM cafe, there will be alot of orders.
If there are alot of orders, the more students will stand near the roti place.
If there are more students standing near the roti place, the "roti-deliver" becomes angry.
So, if there are alot of students in FCM cafe, the "roti-deliver" becomes angry.]

The Journey Begins

Kick Start Day for My blog..
Well, today I created this special blog for my Critical Thinking assignment..
So, I will update this blog relating to the assignment in my daily life.
The ride to the critical thinking world..The journey begins.=)