Gender and Society

I am a GIRL named AMY

My parent did tell me about the story when I am still in my mother’s womb when I still was a child. They told me that some of the old folks can guess that I will be a baby girl by looking at my mother’s stomach and my second brother’s nipples. I do not remember either the stomach is hanging higher or lower is a baby girl. One thing for sure is my second brother’s nipple is sinking down like cut into half which make the old folk predict that I will be born as a girl.

My mother was so happy and gave birth to me at Bintulu Hospital instead of just give birth to me at Tatau Clinic like both of my brother. My father waited outside when my mother gave birth to me and he said that I cried so loud until he can hear it from outside. He was so sure that it was me crying because I am the only baby that born that night. My mother said that the womb cord stick to my stomach longer than any of my brothers which mean that I will always miss home even more than them.

My aunt gave both of my English and Chinese names. She chose Amy as my English name not because I am Christian but it is easier for my mother to call me since she is non Chinese. She chose the name that started with the letter A because I will be line up first in most of everything. She regrets to give my second brother’s name as Peter because he needs to wait quite a while until the sequences of the letter P. She will always choose two syllable names because it is easier for everyone to pronoun it. For an instance, she named my little brother Andy, three nieces as Kelly, Kathy and Karen. I love to be the first when I line up to get great like my certificate, food and report card. Unfortunately, I will also be the first person to get injection when I am still in primary school.

I dress like little boy when I was a kid since I got a lot of second hand clothes that left for me by my brothers but still I do have pretty and girly clothes to wear during special occasions. I am more boyish when I was a child since I got no sister but three brothers. Both of my elder brothers always bully me because I am a girl. I still remember that they always said my mother pick me up for the garbage bin in front of the house. I will keep asking my mother whether it is true or not every time they tease me. My mother told me that I am really her daughter but sometimes, when I keep annoying her with the same question over and over again, she agree with my brothers and I did cried for quite sometime after that.

When I was 15, I become more girly because I want to be in love. I started to change my hairstyle, wear pretty clothes and high heel and became a shophaholic. After in love, girl usually will think about marriage and having a baby of their own and so do I. My mom treat the differently compare to my brothers since I am a girl. I will get a Minnie Mouse birthday cake instead of Power Ranger birthday cake like my brothers on my seventh birthday. Other than that, she will buy me a pinky towel instead other colours which make me different from my brothers. I am sure that I am a girl since I was born a XX chromosome with female genital, feminine characteristics and in love with different sex of human being.

                                                                                                                            

My Role Model

My English Teacher

Since I was a kid, my mom always asked me to follow whatever my teacher said because in her opinion, teachers are always right. My role model is my secondary school English teacher, Miss Airene Umat Jana. She taught us in English subject for 3 years from form 3 to form 5. She used to be our form teacher too.

She has a sweet smile, cute chubby face and look forever young. She even look prettier from years to years. She also good in joke and most of my friends adore her.


The great thing about her is she never give us a lot of pressure in learning which make us really enjoyed  her class. She also always taught us interestingly when learning English. For example, we learn about aromatherapy that day and she bring along her Body Shop essential oil, a burner and a diffuser. She lit the candle and shared the peacefulness smell with us while learning the topic. It's such a fun way to learn about we are not primary school anymore. 


The most memorable time is when she mention that it's my birthday to my classmate and they all sang a birthday song especially to me. It's the sweetest thing that she did which make me remember the most.

Last December, she got into hospital and it really shocked me. I did went for a visit and i really worried about her when I need to follow some procedure before meet her. She lost a lot of weight and she show me her tiny legs, no more chubby legs. She said she lost her appetite but still I bought some bun for her and hope that she will take a bite. Thank God everything went well after that and now, I think she went back to her normal life.


The way she treat us like her siblings or even her friend which make us so close to her and feel that she really important to us too. I did teach my students the way she taught my student the interesting way like she taught us and it's fun. I also learn to pat more attention to every single one of my student, so that they can feel the warmth from me. We also did sang birthday song every time when there is one of my student birthday. She will always be my role modal.

International Woman's Day

Amelia Earhart

The woman that I admired the most is Amelia Earhart. Her full name is Amelia Mary Earhart and born on 24th of July 1897 at Atchison, Kansas, U.S. She was best known for the first woman who flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

She received home-schooling and get in public school at the age of 12 for seventh grade student. She then continued to Central High School and move to Hyde Park High School. She also went to Ogantz School as a junior college. She did train as a nurse aide and work at Volunteer Aid Detachment during World War I.

Her father needs to pay for her first ride. That ride determined her to learn to fly and she work a lot of jobs to earn money for her flying lesson. She cropped her hair short to look like other woman flyers. She also bought a second-hand bright yellow Kinner Airster biplane and she was the 16th woman to be issued a pilot license.

Unfortunately, she disappeared with her navigator, Fred Noonan on July 2, 1937 somewhere over the central of Pacific Ocean during their attempted round-the-world flight and them both declared dead on January 5, 1939. Some said they are crashed and sink while other said that they fake their death and lived somewhere else. Until now, nobody knows the truth.

She was a determined woman and dare to do something new and dangerous. She was as brave as man where she learns how to fly and make a lot of world record. Moreover, she was so clever to plan her trip and did write some book about her journey. She was such an independent woman who we should learn from. Furthermore, she also was a kind and friendly person which make her the perfect woman. She looks great no matter in the pretty dresses or even in her flying jacket. She was the example of the woman that we should follow. And last but not least, I hope that her soul may rest in peace and we should learn some lesson on how great she was.

The Greenhouse Effect

           Greenhouse effect is caused by industrial pollution. Because of the effect, the temperature of the Earth increased. According to the data taken by scientists, our Earth has been warming up since the Industrial Revolution. 

            Why does it happen? Emissions from the factories' have created smog in the atmosphere. The Earth's atmosphere becomes like a greenhouse, and the Earth and everything inside of it have become like the plants in a greenhouse. The sunlight can pass through the ozone layer but the heat transferred by the sunlight cannot escape easily from the layer of smog and is deflected to Earth's surface again.