Sunday, August 31, 2008

AnNoYeD...!!

There is one thing that really annoy me this few days.My sister likes to answer''WHATEVER'' whenever I tell her my stuff or ask her some question, the reaction that she gave me really annoyed me. Just an hour ago,I told her that my final exam will be on October and I'm worried that I don't have enough time to do revision for all the subject and she just response by answering "whatever''.

I was quite mad at her because this is not a matter that she can say whatever,this is my final exam! She used fallacies that my lecturer tought me last week. She used one of the prejudicial language,down-player and up-player.She used down-player because she makes my statement seems to be less significant than it really is! I said to her''This is my final exam all right! It's not like stuff that you can take it whatever!''




My sister then show me a weird look and she asked''Didn't your lecturer teach you that it's important to do your revision?'' I was super duper mad at her at the moment because the way she ask sounds like I didn't do my revision at all! But I revise my work almost every day! She's asking me loaded question that will cause other people to assume that I'm a lazy person that didn't do revision! There are no premises to support or lead to the conclusion that she had just make. I'm mad at her and she just walk away and that's the end of our conversation.She really used fallacies a lot,I mean everyday!

NoT sTaTeMeNt...!!


I watched a very touching chinese drama today,the story is about a little boy that have a kind of weird sickness. The scientist can't figure out what type of sickness is that and what causes it. Inside the drama,the doctor said this to the little boy''Boy,you have to eat these medicine every morning and evening with an empty stomach so that you will get well faster and run like other boy out there.So be a good boy and listen to what doctor say all right?'' The doctor is telling the boy to follow the direction given by him to eat those medicine with empty stomach,it's an instruction and it can never be a statement or claim.


Beside that,my mother often use sentence that are not a statement too. For example,this evening I'm taking bath at upstairs and she's watching television downstairs with my father,suddenly i heard someone shouting at me "ANN NEE GIRL,COME DOWN!''. I'm use to it and i knew that the only person who will shout like this will only be my mother. I shout back at her''Wait mom,I'm taking my shower now!!'' Well, the sentence that my mom had create ''ANN NEE GIRL,COME DOWN!'' is not a statement. This is a command and a command can never be a claim neither.