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  Hi, my name is Emily. Reading and writing is an essential part of my life. I was taught various languages since young age and as I grew up, I acquired many useful information and writing techniques through reading. Reading took up a big part of my childhood. I used to love the Little Miss and Little Mr series as a toddler.  When I was in elementary school, I went to the library nearly every day to enjoy novels, especially the Rainbow Magic Series. I could read up to three of them a day back then! I also read Harry Potter back then but there were too many complicated words that I could not understand and it decreased my motivation of finishing them. I never got pass the fifth book. Now I am currently reading books that are related to various areas, such as philosophy, economics, psychology and much more. I am really interested in dystopian novels as well. I am now half-way through 1984 so please don't spoil it for me. 

  As for writing, I enjoy writing but only the ones with topics that I am interested in. In fact, I took Ethics as one of my majors during high school and wrote tons and tons of short essays regarding controversial topics like abortion and prostitution. I also enjoy using words to express my viewpoints towards many issues since I believe it is one of the most efficient way for communication until telepathy is invented. And as you can see, I am a rather chatty person myself so writing is a fantastic way for me to dissolve the loneliness when there's no one to chat with.  

  Apart from reading and writing, I have also developed hobbies such as drawing, tennis, cat-petting and dog-petting. The first two were developed during my days in elementary school while the others were developed by my pets MuiMui(cat) and FaFa(dog). 

  In this course, I would like to learn more about the concept of multiliteracy and its applications in daily life. I also expect myself to learn more vocabulary through reading and sharing as well as enhance my writing skills through reading my classmates' works. In order to do so, I shall participate actively in this course and try to have more communication with my classmates. 

  Lastly, although I have had reading and writing experience for many years, I do not consider myself as a reader nor a writer. This is because I believe I still have much more to learn and is still far from meeting my own standards. It is similar to the fact that people do not claim the title of "a tennis player" when you've only played for a day in your entire life. It takes years or even decades of hard and dedicated work before one is qualified to claim the title of "a tennis player". Hence, I wish not to recklessly contaminate the titles of "reader" and "writer" with my own ignorance. Of course, I hope to meet my standards one day and proudly claim myself to be a reader and a writer, but there is still a long way to go. If possible, some recommendations for a good book would be desirable for me to enhance my abilities and I would very much appreciate it.