(5)Informal Letter

208  Blok 3 Jalan Jelawat,

17/1 Seksyen 17,

Shah Alam

40200 Selangor Darul Ehsan.

19th August 2011

Dear fortunate people in the world,
    I am writing this letter specially for you as i remember your present in my life. I am quite shocked as i know your condition, I am totally shocked when they said you are under depression. My friend, you are not like the one i know before. You look strong back then, you seems happy yesterday, but why have you be like this? Feels all alone with your life. Remember this my pretty friend, you are always in my heart.


    From my analysis, depression means a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. You must be feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless right now, right? My dear friend, there must be some ways or solutions for you to manage your problems. Here some advises for you.


    First thing to do is cultivate supportive relationships. You can turn to trusted friends and family members. Share what you’re going through with the people you love and trust. Ask for the help and support you need. You may have retreated from your most treasured relationships, but they can get you through this tough time. You have to think that everyone is there for you.


    Next, join a support group for depression.  Being with others who are dealing with depression can go a long way in reducing your sense of isolation. You can also encourage each other, give and receive advice on how to cope, and share your experiences. You are also advice to busy yourself by joining social activities. When you’re depressed, it feels more comfortable to retreat into your shell. But being around other people will make you feel less depressed.


    Then, challenge negative thinking. Depression puts a negative spin on everything, including the way you see yourself, the situations you encounter, and your expectations for the future. But you can’t break out of this pessimistic mind frame by “just thinking positive.” Happy thoughts or wishful thinking won’t cut it. Rather, the trick is to replace negative thoughts with more balanced thoughts.


    In a nut shell, dont feel depressed cause you are not alone in this world to handle your problems. Remember this, God will not test His servant if His servants could not endure. You can also try to go for a therapy, medication and lifestyle changes that can help you. Last but not least, i will always by your side in hard or easy time.


Your truly friend,
Shaky

(4)Paper, Plastic, or Something Better?-Article

http://environment.about.com/od/recycling/a/reusablebags.htm

    Do you know what is the better used as a carry bag for something that we bought from a supermarket? Do you still used plastic bag or paper bags? Do you know how much harmful the plastic is and how pollute the environment are when people using paper bag?

    Two or three years back then, we always talked about paper bag is the best user than a plastic bag. Now, people realize that both have their own disadvantages as paper bag will make the trees being cut legally or illegally. According to the American Forest and Paper Association, in 1999 the U.S. alone used 10 billion paper grocery bags, which adds up to a lot of trees.

    Nowadays people know that plastic bags is more dangerous than paper bags. Plastic bags cannot be degradable in ground. There are cases which aquatic organisms had died as they ate plastic for their mistake thinking that it is their food. Plastic is the substance where it takes about million or thousand years to be composed in the ground.

    As the article has been read, i know that the best way to solve this problem is by using reusable bags. We can see lots of reusable bags sold outside there. I can remember shops that started to sell reusable bags like The Body Shop, Cotton On, F.O.S, Topshop and etc. It is a high-quality reusable shopping bags made of materials that do not harm the environment during their production and do not need to be discarded after each use.

    Malaysia has taken a step to reduce the usage of plastic bags in the market by imposed RM0.20 for each plastic bag they wanted to use. This has been proved by the experimental that have been conduct in Ireland. It shows that Irish government has reduced consumption by 90 percent when they started introduced this method.

    As a conclusion, government, companies and everyone has to make their own precaution steps by decrease the usage of plastic or paper bags. Everyone should also think how to make plastic bags one of the biodegradable stuffs so that it can be used in a day life.