dungun
The sea was a bright blue today, stretched out as far as the eye could see. Beautiful day as it is, it is unfortunate that i am still sick. Serves me right for trusting dogdy clinics.
However one can only mope and whine for so long. Especially when they seem to fall on to deaf ears. Might as well channel what little energy i have left to blogging
Anyway, by next week my group (class) would have finished preparing steps 1 to 4 of our civic participation task for our legal studies subject. A little explanation is in order here. The civic participation task (CPT) is essentially a project wherein the students are required to research and write about current legal issues. With it making up 50% of the total internal assesment marks (for the legal studies subject), no one can afford to play the fool with his cpt.
Step 1 to 4 is the initial planning stage where the student must decide on his research topic, formulate a hypothesis, brainstorm and outline his ideas.
The topics that our lecturer frequently recommends are Australia's Constitutional Monarchy, The Senate House, and also aboriginal issues. Though these are specifically australian topics, the cpt is by no means limited to them. In fact, malaysian issues (i.e nude squats, 'botak'-gate, etc.) are allowed though they require an explanatory note to educate the australian invigilator of the current going-ons in Malaysia.
So that brings us to the question, what am i going to write about? I am currently of two minds regarding this matter. I had previously begun hunting for topics and i found that the issue of the new australian terrorism laws interesting. I've even collected a few sources, the most helpful being a booklet by Amcran (Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy ). Basically the research will seek to find out whether the new Australian terror laws infringe fundamental liberties.
But since malaysian topics are allowed, i would like to do something related to unlawful detention, basic legal rights and so on. Of course being a student in Malaysia it would make more sense to do that instead. On the other hand, australian topics are more preferable.
Also, spm results was announced today. Congratulations to those who managed to score spectacularly (including my sister - 12As). For the others, don't fret. It's not the end of the world.
