Summary 3

According to legend, an Ethiopian goatherd found his goats chewing on coffee cherries and soon joined them after trying one. In the past, coffees were only foods and drinks for African tribesmen. After many years, coffee became a global phenomenal with huge amount of proportion. It seemed amazing that a bean that small is able to become an international trade and drank by people everywhere. Frost hit southern Brazil twice in 1975 and 1979 and more than 15 million trees were destroyed. Price of coffee increased although Brazil actual lost was lower than what they expected. Producers and consumers came up with a solution to limit output to what the market can absorb, and sell at prices reasonable to both sides. Despite win-win solution and increase in living costs in the United States over the past years, coffee is still one of the least inflated prepared beverages: five cents a brew-it-yourself cup.

English summary

Lukas family was worried because their child, Lukas, went missing. Families of Lukas searched and called for Lukas' name until night. Malie was shocked that they could not find Lukas' track. Before Lukas disappears, a child named Flip Lourens disappeared in the same kind of fog they did not found a trace of him. Elias lost his cool and said that bigfeet killed Flip as he knew the forest well himself. Anna and the men went back at midnight to continue the search. Martiens told Malie and Sofie to make a big fire in the middle of the Island so if the child were to see the glow, he would go back. However, it was in vain. Seven months later, in August 1865, a forester told Elias that parts of a skeleton that might have belonged to a child had been found but Elias said it could only be part of a baboon's skeleton.

A Face To Remember

“Although we are not born on the same day, same month and same year,” shouted Rajasekaran, Kannan and Adalvallan at the open field, “we vow to die on the same day, same month and same year!”
When the three of them were still young, they were very close together. They made a vow to promise that they will be together for the rest of their lives and die together. The three of them were Tamils and their grudges started in 1948.
In 1948, when Sri Lanka achieved independence from British, the Ceylon Citizenship act started. Citizenships were only granted to those born in Sri Lanka and those whose fathers and grandfathers were born there. This act caused many Tamils to be stateless and they do not have the basic right to even vote.
Rajasekaran and her family were very angry. They hid their feelings and continue working as tea plantation to contribute to Sri Lanka as they thought that the government would be touched by their contribution and allow them to gain basic right such as voting. However, they were very wrong.
In 1950, there was a notice stating ‘with effect from the end of this month, not only the Sinhalese peasants get to live in Jaffna and Batticaloa, Buddhist monks and Sri Lankan army which comprise mostly Sinhalese would occult this land.’ Rajasekaran’s mind was totally blank at that moment.
“I think we should prepare ourselves for even more disappointing and bad news.” said, Rajasekaran’s father who was about to burst into tears.
In 1956 Sinhala was declared as the country's official language under the official language act, Tamils in the government service had to learn Sinhala within three years or be dismissed off their position. Although Rajasekaran usually helps her father in tea plantation, he already had plans to find a job with more prospects. The official language act upset the Tamils in government as well as others because it would be even harder to find jobs or be promoted.
“How could they do this to us? They gave us only three years to learn Sinhala or we will get dismissed from our current position? This is totally unfair!” said Perundhevan to the rest of the Tamil governments.
Adalarachan, a fellow colleague of Perundhevan who was also a Tamil government, said, “What can we do? We can’t fight with the Sinhalese government too.”
“We’ve got no choice but to accept this and learn Sinhala in three years”, said the leader of the Tamil government, Agilan.
Before 1970, the university admissions were fair to both Tamils and Sinhalese. In 1972, there was a notice saying that Tamils students need to score better than Sinhalese students. Rajasekaran studied day and night hopping to get into a university. Rathatima got 4 A2s and 2 B3s, while her best friends, Ravanan who was a Sinhalese got 4 B3s and 2 A2s.
Both of them went to apply for the same university for the last spot, but Rajasekaran was told that Ravanan got in the university while she did not. After hearing the news, Perundhevan said, “How could they do this to you? You got much better grade than that best friend of yours, and she got in the university easily just because she is a Sinhalese?? This is totally unfair!”
“Brother, you yourself know how bad the Sinhalese government is right? What can we do? We don’t have the power to fight back”, said Rajasekaran
In 1976, Rajasekaran gave up on studies as she knew that she had no more future. Rajasekaran, Adalvallan and Kannan built an army called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to fight against the Sinhalese as they thought that it was the only way to make the Sinhalese government treat the Tamils fairly and equally. The war stared and bombs were flying around in the air; the sound of gunshot was heard from a large area of distance up to one kilometre. There were blood everywhere, it was a horrifying scene that causes the whole place to be stanched with the smell of blood.
“Run while you still can! Rebuild the Tamil Tigers army and avenge our death!” shouted Adalvallan who was desperately fighting in a losing war as the last few survivors.
“No! I can’t leave now; we made a vow when we were kids!” cried Rajasekaran while being pulled back by Kanna.
“There is no time for such thing now Rajasekaran! Flee with Kannan immediately!” shouted Adalvallan with Tears rolling down his cheek but smiling, “Live on and well my friends!”
Kannan held Rajasekaran’s hand and fled. 5 years later, Rajasekaran remembered the face of Adalvallan and always cried when she thought of the war. However, will they give up preventing more casualties? Or will the peace be temporary?

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Work checked by Dominic, Andre, Jia Hui and Kelsey(3E1)

A Face To Remember(Draft5)

“Although we are not born in the same day, same month and same year,” shouted Rajasekaran, Kannan and Adalvallan at the open field, “we shall make a vow to die on the same day, same month and same year!”
When the three of them were still young, they were very close together. They made a vow to promise that they will be together for the rest of their lives and die together. The three of them were Tamils and their grudges started in 1948.
In 1948, when Sri Lanka achieved independence from British, the Ceylon Citizenship act started. Citizenships were only granted to those born in Sri Lanka and those whose fathers and grandfathers were born there. This act caused many Tamils to be stateless and they do not have the basic right to even vote.
Rajasekaran and her family were very angry. They hid their feelings and continue working as tea plantation to contribute to Sri Lanka as they thought that the government would be touched by their contribution and allow them to gain basic right such as voting. However, they were very wrong.
In 1950, there was a notice stating ‘with effect from the end of this month, not only the Sinhalese peasants would live in Jaffna and Batticaloa, Buddhist monks and Sri Lankan army which comprise mostly Sinhalese would occult this land.’ Rajasekaran’s mind was totally blank at that moment.
“I think we should prepare ourselves for even more disappointing and bad news.” said, Rajasekaran’s father who was about to burst into tears.
In 1956 Sinhala was declared as the country's official language under the official language act, Tamils in the government service had to learn Sinhala within three years. If they did not do so, they would be dismissed. Although Rajasekaran usually helps her father in tea plantation, he already had plans to find a job with more prospects. The official language act upset the Tamils in government as well as others because it would be even harder to find jobs or be promoted.
“How can they do this to us? They gave us only three years to learn Sinhala or we will get dismissed from our current position? This is totally unfair!” said Perundhevan to the rest of the Tamil governments.
Adalarachan, a fellow colleague of Perundhevan who is also a Tamil government, said, “What can we do? We can’t fight with the Sinhalese government too.”
“We have no choice but to accept this and learn Sinhala in three years”, said the leader of the Tamil government, Agilan.
Before 1970, the university admissions were fair to both Tamils and Sinhalese. In 1972, there was a notice saying that Tamils students need to score better than Sinhalese students. Rajasekaran who was a Tamil studied day and night for her future of getting into a university. Rathatima got 4 A2s and 2 B3s, while her best friends, Ravanan who was a Sinhalese got 4 B3s and 2 A2s.
Both of them went to apply for the same university, but Rajasekaran was told that Ravanan got in the university while she did not. After hearing the news, Perundhevan said, “How can they do this to us? You got much better grade than that best friend of yours, and she got in the university just because she is a Sinhalese?? This is totally unfair!”
“Brother, you yourself also know how bad the Sinhalese government is right? What can we do? We don’t have the power to fight back”, said Rajasekaran
In 1976, Rajasekaran gave up on studies as she knew that she there is no future for her. Rajasekaran, Adalvallan and Kannan built an army called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to fight against the Sinhalese as they thought that it was the only way to make the Sinhalese government treat the Tamils fairly and equally. The war stared and bombs were flying around in the air; the sound of gunshot was heard from a large area of distance up to one kilometre. There was blood everywhere, in the surrounding. It was a horrifying scene that causes the whole place to be stanched with the smell of blood.
“Run while you still can! Rebuild the Tamil Tigers army and avenge our death!” shouted Adalvallan who was desperately fighting in a losing war as the last few survivors.
Rajasekaran cried out, “No! I can’t leave now; we made a vow when we were kids!”
“There is no time for such thing now Rajasekaran! Flee with Kannan immediately!” shouted Adalvallan with Tears rolling down his cheek but still smiling, “Live on my friends!”
Kannan held Rajasekaran’s hand and fled. 5 years later, Rajasekaran remembered the face of Adalvallan and always cried when she thought of the war. However, will they give up preventing more casualties? Or will the peace be temporary?

A Face to Remember(Draft 4)

“Although we are not born in the same day, same month and same year,” shouted Rajasekaran, Kannan and Adalvallan at the open field, “we shall make a vow to die on the same day, same month and same year!”
When the three of them were still young, they were very close together. They made a vow to promise that they will be together for the rest of their lives and die together. The three of them were Tamils and their grudge started in 1948.
In 1948, when Sri Lanka achieved independence from British, Rajasekaran and many other Tamils became stateless because citizenships were only granted to those born in Sri Lanka and those whose fathers and grandfathers were born there. The Ceylon Citizenship act was unfair to Rajasekaran as they were not even given the basic right such as voting. Most of the Tamil contributed to Srilanka by do tea plantation as a living. They contributed so much but yet they do not have the basic right to even vote.
Rajasekaran and her family were very angry. They hid their feelings and continue working as tea plantation to contribute to Sri Lanka as they thought that the government would be touched by their contribution and allow them to gain basic right such as voting. However, they were very wrong.
In 1950, there was a notice stating ‘with effect from the end of this month, not only the Sinhalese peasants would live in Jaffna and Batticaloa, Buddhist monks and Sri Lankan army which comprise mostly Sinhalese would occult this land.’ Rajasekaran’s mind was totally blank at that moment. She did not know what was going to happen next. Her mind confused and she did not have a good feeling about this news.
Rajasekaran was shocked when she see this notice and said to herself, “no! This can’t be happening!”
Her parents were already discussing about this matter and they too did not feel comfortable about this arrangement. Rajasekaran’s father said, “I think we should prepare ourselves for even more disappointing and bad news.”
In 1956 Sinhala was declared as the country's official language under the official language act, Tamils in the government service had to learn Sinhala within three years. If they did not do so, they would be dismissed. Although Rajasekaran usually helps her father in tea plantation, he already had plans to find a job with more prospects. The official language act upset the Tamils in government as well as others because it would be even harder to find jobs or be prompted.
“How can they do this to us? They gave us only three years to learn Sinhala or we will get dismissed from our current position? This is totally unfair!” said Perundhevan to the rest of the Tamil governments.
Adalarachan, a fellow colleague of Perundhevan who is also a Tamil government, said, “What can we do? We can’t fight with the Sinhalese government too.”
“We have no choice but to accept this and learn Sinhala in three years”, said the leader of the Tamil government, Agilan.
Before 1970, the university admissions were fair to both Tamils and Sinhalese. In 1972, there was a notice saying that Tamils students need to score better than Sinhalese students. Rajasekaran who was a Tamil studied day and night for her future of getting into a university. Rathatima got 4 A2s and 2 B3s, while her best friends, Ravanan who was a Sinhalese got 4 B3s and 2 A2s.
“Wow, aren’t you happy with your result? I’ve only got 2 A2s and 4 B3s. Let’s try our luck for the university that the both of us has wanted to go to,” said Ravanan.
Rajasekaran said, “Ha-ha, you flatter me. You didn’t scored too bad either.”
Both of them went to apply for the same university, and Rajasekaran was very confident that she could enter that university. After applying, they went home and wait for the news. A few days later, Ravanan was told that she got in the university while Rajasekaran did not.
After hearing the news, Perundhevan said, “How can they do this to us? You got much better grade than that best friend of yours, and she got in the university just because she is a Sinhalese?? This is totally unfair!”
“Brother, you yourself also know how bad the Sinhalese government is right? What can we do? We don’t have the power to fight back”, said Rajasekaran
In 1976, Rajasekaran gave up on studies as she knew that she there is no future for her if she carry on studying. Rajasekaran, Adalvallan and Kannan built an army called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to fight against the Sinhalese as they thought that it was the only way to make the Sinhalese government treat the Tamils fairly and equally. They started bombing cities where there are most Sinhalese. The Sinhalese were not easy to be pushed around with and they fought back, as a result the civil war started.
Bombs were flying around in the air; the sound of gunshot was heard from a large area of distance up to one kilometre. The Tamil Tigers are desperately fighting in a losing war. There was blood everywhere, in the surrounding. It was a horrifying scene that causes the whole place to be stanched with the smell of blood.
“Run while you still can! Rebuild the Tamil Tigers army and avenge our death!” shouted Adalvallan.
Rajasekaran cried out, “No! I can’t leave now; we made a vow when we were kids!”
“There is no time for such thing now Rajasekaran! Flee with Kannan immediately!” shouted Adalvallan with Tears rolling down his cheek but still smiling, “Live well my friends!”
Rajasekaran remembered the face of Adalvallan and always cried when she thought of the war. The remaining Tamil Tiger were Rajasekaran and Kannan, two of the three leaders of the Tamil Tigers. However, will they give up preventing more casualties? Or will the peace be temporary?

A Face To Remember(Draft3)

Bombs were flying around in the air; the sound of gunshot was heard from a large area of distance up to one kilometre. The Tamil Tigers are desperately fighting in a losing war. There was blood everywhere, in the surrounding. It was a horrifying scene that causes the whole place to be stanched with the smell of blood.
“Run while you still can! Rebuild the Tamil Tigers army and avenge our death!” shouted Adalvallan.
“No! I can’t leave now, we made a vow. Although we are not born on the same year, same month or same day, we shall die on the same year, same month and same day!” cried Rajasekaran.
“There is no time for such thing now Rajasekaran! Flee with Kannan immediately! This is an order!” shouted Adalvallan, the leader of the Tamil tiger, with tears rolling down his cheek but yet smiling at Rajasekaran.
The remaining Tamil Tiger were Rajasekaran and Kannan. These were the two survivor of the civil war from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Rajasekaran only remembered the time where she was starting to think of rebelling to the Sinhalese government.
Started back in 1948, when Sri Lanka achieved independence from British, Rajasekaran and many other Tamils became stateless because citizenships were only granted to those born in Sri Lanka and those whose fathers and grandfathers were born there. The Ceylon Citizenship act was unfair to Rajasekaran as they were not even given the basic right such as voting. Most of the Tamil contributed to Srilanka by do tea plantation as a living. They contributed so much but yet they do not have the basic right to even vote.
Rajasekaran and her family were very angry. They hid their feelings and continue working as tea plantation to contribute to Sri Lanka as they thought that the government would be touched by their contribution and allow them to gain basic right such as voting. However, they were very wrong.
In 1950, there was a notice stating ‘with effect from the end of this month, not only the Sinhalese peasants would live in Jaffna and Batticaloa, Buddhist monks and Sri Lankan army which comprise mostly Sinhalese would occult this land.’ Rajasekaran’s mind was totally blank at that moment. She did not know what was going to happen next. Her mind confused and she did not have a good feeling about this news.
Rajasekaran was shocked when she see this notice and said to herself, “no! This can’t be happening!”
Her parents were already discussing about this matter and they too did not feel comfortable about this arrangement. Rajasekaran’s father said, “I think we should prepare ourselves for even more disappointing and bad news.”
In 1956 Sinhala was declared as the country's official language under the official language act, Tamils in the government service had to learn Sinhala within three years. if they did not do so, they would be dismissed. Although Rajasekaran usually helps her father in tea plantation, he already had plans to find a job with more prospects. The official language act upset the Tamils in government as well as others because it would be even harder to find jobs or be prompted.
“How can they do this to us? They gave us only three years to learn Sinhala or we will get dismissed from our current position? This is totally unfair!” said Perundhevan to the rest of the Tamil governments.
Adalarachan, a fellow colleague of Perundhevan who is also a Tamil government, said, “what can we do? We can’t fight with the Sinhalese government too.”
“We have no choice but to accept this and learn Sinhala in three years”, said the leader of the Tamil government, Agilan.
Before 1970, the university admissions were fair to both Tamils and Sinhalese. In 1972, there was a notice saying that Tamils students need to score better than Sinhalese students. Rajasekaran who was a Tamil studied day and night for her future of getting into a university. Rathatima got 4 A2s and 2 B3s, while her best friends, Ravanan who was a Sinhalese got 4 B3s and 2 A2s.
“Wow, aren’t you happy with your result? I’ve only got 2 A2s and 4 B3s. Let’s try our luck for the university that the both of us has wanted to go to,” said Ravanan.
Rajasekaran said, “Ha-ha, you flatter me. You didn’t scored too bad either.”
Both of them went to apply for the same university, and Rajasekaran was very confident that she could enter that university. After applying, they went home and wait for the news. A few days later, Ravanan was told that she got in the university while Rajasekaran did not.
After hearing the news, Perundhevan said, “How can they do this to us? You got much better grade than that best friend of yours, and she got in the university just because she is a Sinhalese?? This is totally unfair!”
“Brother, you yourself also know how bad the Sinhalese government is right? What can we do? We don’t have the power to fight back”, said Rajasekaran
In 1976, Rajasekaran gave up on studies as she knew that she there is no future for her if she carry on studying. Rajasekaran, Adalvallan and Kannan built an army called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to fight against the Sinhalese as they thought that it was the only way to make the Sinhalese government treat the Tamils fairly and equally. They started bombing cities where there are most Sinhalese. The Sinhalese were not easy to be pushed around with and they fought back, as a result the civil war started.
After years of fighting, there are only three survivors was left. Rajasekaran’s brave friend, sacrifice himself while Rajasekaran disguise herself and escape. However she secretly rebuilds her army of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) with Kannan. The thought about the Sinhalese government filled Rajasekaran with anger and pain with the face of Adalvallan’s smile remembered in her mind.

History Narative(Draft2)

Bombs were flying around in the air; the sound of gunshot was heard from a large area of distance up to one kilometre. The Tamil Tigers are desperately fighting in a losing war. There was blood everywhere, in the surrounding. It was a horrifying scene that causes the whole place to be stanched with the smell of blood.
“Run while you still can! Rebuild the Tamil Tigers army and avenge our death!” shouted Adalvallan.
“No! I can’t leave now, we made a vow. Although we are not born on the same year, same month or same day, we shall die on the same year, same month and same day!” cried Rajasekaran.
“There is no time for such thing now Rajasekaran! Flee with Kannan immediately! This is an order!” shouted Adalvallan, the leader of the Tamil tiger, with tears rolling down his cheek but yet smiling at Rajasekaran.
The remaining Tamil Tiger were Rajasekaran and Kannan. These were the two survivor of the civil war from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Rajasekaran only remembered the time where she was starting to think of rebelling to the Sinhalese government.
Started back in 1948, when Sri Lanka achieved independence from British, Rajasekaran and many other Tamils became stateless because citizenships were only granted to those born in Sri Lanka and those whose fathers and grandfathers were born there. The Ceylon Citizenship act was unfair to Rajasekaran as they were not even given the basic right such as voting. Most of the Tamil contributed to Srilanka by do tea plantation as a living. They contributed so much but yet they do not have the basic right to even vote.
Rajasekaran and her family were very angry. They hid their feelings and continue working as tea plantation to contribute to Sri Lanka as they thought that the government would be touched by their contribution and allow them to gain basic right such as voting. However, they were very wrong.
In 1950, there was a notice stating ‘with effect from the end of this month, not only the Sinhalese peasants would live in Jaffna and Batticaloa, Buddhist monks and Sri Lankan army which comprise mostly Sinhalese would occult this land.’ Rajasekaran’s mind was totally blank at that moment. She did not know what was going to happen next. Her mind confused and she did not have a good feeling about this news.
Rajasekaran was shocked when she see this notice and said to herself, “no! This can’t be happening!”
Her parents were already discussing about this matter and they too did not feel comfortable about this arrangement. Rajasekaran’s father said, “I think we should prepare ourselves for even more disappointing and bad news.”
In 1956 Sinhala was declared as the country's official language under the official language act, Tamils in the government service had to learn Sinhala within three years. if they did not do so, they would be dismissed. Although Rajasekaran usually helps her father in tea plantation, he already had plans to find a job with more prospects. The official language act upset the Tamils in government as well as others because it would be even harder to find jobs or be prompted.
“How can they do this to us? They gave us only three years to learn Sinhala or we will get dismissed from our current position? This is totally unfair!” said Perundhevan to the rest of the Tamil governments.
Adalarachan, a fellow colleague of Perundhevan who is also a Tamil government, said, “what can we do? We can’t fight with the Sinhalese government too.”
“We have no choice but to accept this and learn Sinhala in three years”, said the leader of the Tamil government, Agilan.
Before 1970, the university admissions were fair to both Tamils and Sinhalese. In 1972, there was a notice saying that Tamils students need to score better than Sinhalese students. Rajasekaran who was a Tamil studied day and night for her future of getting into a university. Rathatima got 4 A2s and 2 B3s, while her best friends, Ravanan who was a Sinhalese got 4 B3s and 2 A2s.
“Wow, aren’t you happy with your result? I’ve only got 2 A2s and 4 B3s. Let’s try our luck for the university that the both of us has wanted to go to,” said Ravanan.
Rajasekaran said, “you didn’t scored too bad either.”
Both of them went to apply for the same university, and Rajasekaran was very confident that she could enter that university. After applying, they went home and wait for the news. A few days later, Ravanan was told that she got in the university while Rajasekaran did not.
After hearing the news, Perundhevan said, “How can they do this to us? You got much better grade than that best friend of yours, and she got in the university just because she is a Sinhalese?? This is totally unfair!”
“Brother, you yourself also know how bad the Sinhalese government is right?What can we do? We don’t have the power to fight back”, said Rajasekaran
In 1976, Rajasekaran gave up on studies as she knew that she there is no future for her if she carry on studying. Rajasekaran, Adalvallan and Kannan built an army called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to fight against the Sinhalese as they thought that it was the only way to make the Sinhalese government treat the Tamils fairly and equally. They started bombing cities where there are most Sinhalese. The Sinhalese were not easy to be pushed around with and they fought back, as a result the civil war started. After years of fighting, there are only three survivors was left. Rajasekaran’s brave friend, sacrifice himself while Rajasekaran disguise herself and escape. However she secretly rebuilds her army of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) with Kannan.

History Narative (Draft1)

No violent war will end quietly, especially the violent civil war. There was just this conflict in Sri Lanka between the furious Tamil Tigers and the provoked Sinhalese. The Tamil Tigers are desperately fighting in a losing war.
In 1948, when Srilanka achieved independence from British, Rajasekaran and many other Tamils became stateless because citizenships were only granted to those born in Srilanka and those whose fathers and grandfathers were born there. The Ceylon Citizenship act was unfair to Rajasekaran as they were not even given the basic right such as voting. Most of the Tamil contributed to Srilanka by do tea plantation as a living. They contributed so much but yet they do not have the basic right to even vote.
In 1950, there was a notice ‘stating with effect from the end of this month, not only the Sinhalese peasants would live in Jaffna and Batticaloa, Buddhist monks and Srilankan army which comprise mostly Sinhalese would occult this land’
Rajasekaran was shocked when she see this notice and said to herself, “no! This can’t be happening!”
Her parents were already discussing about this matter and they too did not feel comfortable about this arrangement.
In 1956 Sinhala was declared as the country's official language under the official language act, Tamils in the government service had to learn Sinhala within three years. if they did not do so, they would be dismissed. Although Rajasekaran usually helps her father in tea plantation, he already had plans to find a job with more prospects. The official language act upset the Tamils in government as well as others because it would be even harder to find jobs or be prompted.
“How can they do this to us? They gave us only three years to learn Sinhala or we will get dismissed from our current position? This is totally unfair!” said Perundhevan to the rest of the Tamil governments.
Adalarachan, a fellow colleague of Perundhevan who is also a Tamil government, said, “what can we do? We can’t fight with the Sinhalese government too.”
“We have no choice but to accept this and learn Sinhala in three years”, said the leader of the Tamil government, Agilan.
Before 1970, the university admissions were fair to both Tamils and Sinhalese. In 1972, there was a notice saying that Tamils students need to score better than Sinhalese students. Rajasekaran who was a Tamil studied day and night for her future of getting into a university. Rathatima got 4 A2s and 2 B3s, while her best friends, Ravanan who was a Sinhalese got 4 B3s and 2 A2s.
“Wow, aren’t you happy with your result? I’ve only got 2 A2s and 4 B3s. Let’s try our luck for the university that the both of us has wanted to go to,” said Ravanan.
Rajasekaran said, “you didn’t scored too bad either.”
Both of them went to apply for the same university, and Rajasekaran was very confident that she could enter that university. After applying, they went home and wait for the news. A few days later, Ravanan was told that she got in the university while Rajasekaran did not.
After hearing the news, Perundhevan said, “How can they do this to us? You got much better grade than that best friend of yours, and she got in the university just because she is a Sinhalese?? This is totally unfair!”
“Brother, you yourself also know how bad the Sinhalese government is right?What can we do? We don’t have the power to fight back”, said Rajasekaran
In 1976, Rajasekaran gave up on studies as she knew that she there is no future for her if she carry on studying. As a result, Rajasekaran joined an army called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to fight against the Sinhalese as they thought that it was the only way to make the Sinhalese government treat the Tamils fairly and equally. They started bombing cities where there are most Sinhalese. The Sinhalese fought back, thus causing a war. After days of fighting, there are only a few survivors left. Rajasekaran’s brave friend sacrifice himself while Rajasekaran disguise herself and escape. However she secretly rebuilds her army of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

REAL SUMMARY

Hurricane Katrina had the most devastating impact on Louisiana where the wetlands were damaged. Vegetation in the marshes may not grow back, and whatever remained turned brown. Katrina decrease local sea harvests by two-third, so US increased oyster import while Fishermen were unemployed and unsettled as they depended on oyster industry for a living. Floodwaters became contaminated with household chemical which disturbed underground gas and oil tanks. Leaking sewer and gas pipes increase contamination. Human corpses and dead pets further increase the risk of bacterial contamination. Dredged materials are placed on a platform for plants to grow on. The Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Plan is also planning to rebuild barrier islands and replant lost marsh grass.

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Hurricane Katrina had the most devastating impact on Louisiana where the wetlands were damaged. Some island chains like crescent-shaped Chandeleur Islands off the south eastern coast played a crucial role in protecting the coastal community. Vegetation in the marshes may not grow back as the water sources have disappeared. Those that remain became unhealthy. Katrina had a devastating toll on local sea and two-thirds of Louisiana’s oysters might have been destroyed. US planned to increase the amount of oyster imports from other countries. Many of the fishermen are unemployed and unsettled as they depended on oyster industry. House hold chemicals petroleum contaminated the floodwater as the incident disturbed underground gas and oil tanks. Sewer and gas that leaks from pipe contaminated the water further. Corpses and dead pets increase the risk of bacterial contamination. placing dredged material for a platform for the plants to grow on.

Personal Recount

A few years ago when I was 11, I was enraptured by a computer mouse. At that time, my mouse was broken and I could not play my games for quite some time. I was desperate, but did not have the money to buy it. I told my best friend, Sean, and he suggested that if I really want it, I should just steal it.
“Hey, stealing is wrong and you should know it well too. There was a talk about stealing, etc made by a few police men yesterday. If I’m caught stealing, I’ll be in deep trouble”, I said.
San told me:” Don’t worry. I’ll go with you. Let’s do it after school today.”
I was not really sure what to do but I agreed to go with him. I was quivering as I was entering the shop. When I saw the mouse that I wanted, I looked around to make sure no one was looking and surreptitiously slip that mouse into my bag. Suddenly, I felt something to be impending. I was bewildered and started to manoeuvre towards the exit. Sean told me to walking normally or else people would get suspicious. I managed to maintain my normal thinking and act while walking towards the exit. As I reached the exit, the sensor started to beep. One of the security guards wanted to check my bag, but I refused. Another security guard came and told me to open my bag. I had no choice but to do it. I saw Sean signalling to me to throw the mouse to him. I opened my bag and tossed the mouse as far as I could as he was quite far away. After that the security guard grabbed my hands. I tried to break free but in vain. At that moment my mind was pandemonium.
I started to struggle vigorously although I knew it was impossible for me to break free. The result was that although I was not sent to the police station as I was too young, I was punished by my parents instead. The police also told me that Sean had been stealing things since a young age and teaching others how to steal. I knew I did not make a smart choice but i learnt a very valuable lesson.

The career of my choice is being a Customer relationship manager (CRM). The role of this job is to manage existing clients and develop new accounts, deliver on sales targets and maintain good client relationships. However, to do this job needs many requirements. The requirements are having initiative, knowing how to drive and commitment to succeed in professional sales. Telephone, communication and interpersonal skills are required. The candidate must be willing to work flexible working hours as required and also ability to work both independently and within a team environment. The candidate must also be Singapore citizen or permanent resident status. There will be a guaranteed $5000 p.m. for the first 2 months and $ 2000 p.m. thereafter. CPF, attractive benefits and comprehensive in-house training will be given. Several CRM software packages are available, and they vary in their approach to CRM. However, as mentioned above, CRM is not just a technology but rather a comprehensive, customer-centric approach to an organization's philosophy of dealing with its customers. This includes policies and processes, front-of-house customer service, employee training, marketing, systems and information management. Hence, it is important that any CRM implementation considerations stretch beyond technology toward the broader organizational requirements.The objectives of a CRM strategy must consider a company’s specific situation and its customers' needs and expectations. Information gained through CRM initiatives can support the development of marketing strategy by developing the organization's knowledge in areas such as identifying customer segments, improving customer retention, improving product offerings (by better understanding customer needs), and by identifying the organization's most profitable customers.

The career of my choice is being a Customer relationship manager (CRM). The role of this job is to manage existing clients and develop new accounts, deliver on sales targets and maintain good client relationships. If anything goes on around, as a client relationship manager, I have to report to the Sales Director. Customer relationship management (CRM) consists of the processes a company uses to track and organize its contacts with its current and prospective customers. CRM software is used to support these processes; information about customers and customer interactions can be entered, stored and accessed by employees in different company departments. Typical CRM goals are to improve services provided to customers, and to use customer contact information for targeted marketing. While the term CRM generally refers to a software-based approach to handling customer relationships, most CRM software vendors stress that a successful CRM effort requires a holistic approach. CRM initiatives often fail because implementation was limited to software installation, without providing the context, support and understanding for employees to learn, and take full advantage of the information systems from the outside, customers interacting with a company perceive the business as a single entity, despite often interacting with a number of employees in different roles and departments. CRM is a combination of policies, processes, and strategies implemented by an organization to unify its customer interactions and provide a means to track customer information. It involves the use of technology in attracting new and profitable customers, while forming tighter bonds with existing ones.

I have a very common hobby that most people have which is playing computer games. My favourite game was Maplestory as I get to interact with online friends and many people from all around Singapore as well as other countries. Other than that, the sport that I like most is volleyball even though it tires me out. Playing such a sport improves my physical abilities. There are many things that I hate for reasons such as it piss me off or make me very angry. The one thing that I hate most was exam. If i were to do badly for the exam, I would get scolded or penalty. Even if I were to do well, there would not be any rewards at all. I could not imagine the amount of trees killed for just a simple subject in an exam. Teachers told us to protect the earth and grow more plants and trees. However, they are the one “killing” most of the trees. When I reach home from school, I had to listen to my mother nag. She always says things that I hate and thus, I end up talking back at her. In school, I can at least hang out with my friends and play volleyball. I can even do my homework in school and ask my friends for questions that I do not know how to do. At least staying in school is much better than going home where I could not find peace. To me life is very boring.