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READING JOURNAL 1 :
SAY YOU, SAY ME


PREPARED BY :
NUR DYANA HASHIM
2008242094
GROUP C, PRE-TESL


LECTURER :
MADAM ZURIANI YAACOB










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TITLE: SAY YOU, SAY ME
AUTHOR: BEN IBRAHIM
SOURCE: NEWS STRAITS TIME, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008.


Mobile phones have been very important gadgets nowadays. Its served more than
communication tools. When calling someone, if they didnt answered the phone, we
could leave a message on the voicemail. Voicemail commonly used by the older
generation than the young Malaysians which are prefer just to send SMS. Using
voicemail is practical which people can return the calls and messages promptly. However,
there are reasons for them who not favor using voicemail; for instance, the cost for
leaving voicemail is higher than sending SMS. Weak of remembering, having meetings
and calls from unknown numbers are the reasons for not using voicemail. No doubt that
SMS-ing is more popular than leaving voicemail which is for some people its very clich
method. Yet, the writers on his own prefer to use voicemail as for him it is the best way
to interact with others.

In my prospect, sending SMS are a great deal more practical than leaving a voicemail.
Sending SMS are easier, it can be send within a minute, compared to leave a voicemail.
Voicemail takes minutes to call, wait for the instructions and its also take minutes for the
receiver to listen the voicemail. Besides, some people are very busy so they didnt have
the time or not commit to memory to check out his voicemail. Undeniable, sometimes
using voicemail is more efficient than SMS. For instance, voicemail are vital for those
who are not good at SMS-ing. But, it is a very little of numbers whom cant SMS-ing

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well. Besides, SMS had been a phenomenon to the people all over the world. From a
magazine research, its stated that up to million people who rather SMS-ing than make a
call. In China for example, the teenagers are addicted to the simple message sending till
some of them like dying if they are not messaging for several hours. This shows that
SMS more favored by the populace to use all over the world. I on my own rather use
SMS than make a call or leaving a voicemail because sometimes the voicemail didnt
listened by the receiver. Just imagine if the message we left is important but it then just
been neglected? By SMS, it would be a reminder as well as the receiver will not ignore
the message. Im pretty sure that using SMS are more efficient than leave a voice
message.

My ideas on this issue are all the users use SMS to leave a message. Use no more
voice message. It will be easier for the users to receive a message. When the calls didnt
answer, it will not go into the voice mailbox and reduces the cost of the user. In order still
vital to use voicemail, I would like to suggest the cost to leave the voice message reduced.
It will help the users to enjoy communicate with others.











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