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• Third, take your Disaster Supply Kit. The kit for Pac-Man when he ordered a pizza. In 1993, H. Ty
should have spare clothes, bottles of mineral Warner created the much loved small stuffed toys,
water and packets of biscuits. You can add a Beanie Babies. Markus Persson invented Minecraft
battery-operated radio, spare batteries, some cash in 2011. It was said Persson produced his first game
and a First Aid Kit. at the age of eight.
• The next step is, secure your home. Switch off the B The game Portal is set in the mysterious
main electrical supply and lock your house. Aperture Science Laboratories. Players must solve
• Finally, use safe travel routes. Do not take short puzzles and challenges by opening portals, moving
cuts as you may be trapped. objects, and themselves through space to reach
You can stay in relief centres if you do not have the end of the laboratories. They are armed with
anywhere else to go. Do spread the message to your blaster guns that can open portals. I find the game
family members and friends. We will never know very interesting and exciting because you never
how climate change will affect us. It is always good know what will happen next. The puzzles have to
to be prepared. Thank you. be solved in a short period of time. The game is a
test of speed, reaction and problem solving skills. It
Chapter 4 (Page 38) also offers fantastic graphic and audio quality.
Salesperson: Hello, how can I help you?
Customer: My hair is always oily even though I Chapter 7 (Page 76)
wash it often. Can you recommend a Adult female mosquitoes lay their eggs on the
suitable shampoo for me? inner, wet walls of containers with water, above
Salesperson: We have an offer for this brand. It is the waterline. Mosquitoes generally lay hundreds
good for people with oily hair. of eggs at a time. It only takes a very small amount
Customer: How much is it after discount? of water to attract a female mosquito. When the
Salesperson: This usually costs RM25 but it is water level rises above the eggs, the larvae will
only RM20 today. hatch. The pupae will develop until the bodies of
Customer: That’s quite affordable. I think I will the newly formed adult flying mosquitoes emerge
take a bottle. from the pupal skin and leave the water. Male
mosquitoes feed on nectar from flowers while
Chapter 5 (Page 53) female mosquitoes feed on humans and animals
The cukur jambul celebration is so unique. Wani’s for blood to produce eggs, and the life cycle
grandparents were very excited and the scale of the begins again.
celebration in a way reflected that. Although Wani
told me only close family members and neighbours Chapter 8 (Pages 88 & 89)
would be attending the ceremony, there were close A
to eighty people at her grandparents’ home. Prayers Kevin: Mum, I want to get this designer T-shirt.
were recited and the baby’s hair was snipped by All my friends have one. There’s also
their elders and religious leaders. Later, traditional the limited edition badminton racquet
Malay food was served. I am glad to have attended I would like to buy…you know, the
the ceremony. I am thankful to Wani for inviting me. one with the player’s autograph on
Understanding one another’s culture is important in the handle?
a multiracial country like Malaysia. Mum: Why do you need a limited edition
racquet? A normal racquet will be just as
Chapter 6 (Pages 64 & 65) good. And it’s your best friend’s birthday
A One of the world’s most beloved toys is the next week. Don’t you need to get a
teddy bear invented by Morris Michtom in 1902. In birthday present for him?
1934, Lego was invented by Ole Kirk Christiansen. June: Mum, while we are on this topic, can I get
The name LEGO is an abbreviation of two Danish a new handbag? Lazara is having a huge
words which means play well. The physicist, sale right now.
William Higinbotham invented the first video game Mum: You’re buying it just because it’s on sale?
in 1958. His game was a table tennis-like game, one Money does not grow on trees, you know.
of the most famous toys in American history. The June: But, Mum… all right. Well, I still need
Barbie doll invented by Ruth Handler in 1959 is a new backpack for the Nature Club’s
still a dream toy of little girls everywhere. In 1974, kayaking trip on the 13th. We’ve been
Erno Rubik created Rubik’s Cube. The challenge planning to go to the Rajang River for
of the game is to restore all its six sides to its months. Lazara has backpacks on offer
original colours. Pac-Man is a popular arcade game as well.
invented by Toru Iwatani in 1980. He had the idea
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