Raihan's DP Blog

"How to Pay for a Baby" is an article written by Kool A.D, with purposes to provide an opinion and advice to new becoming or expected to becoming parents with financial problems that they have or may face. Kool A.D has written this piece of writing in his own way that makes it unique, his own idiolect. In terms of diction and syntax, this article can be categorized into a mixture of both colloquial and slang dialects. Kool A.D uses a form of language that is common to the popular culture and younger generations, meaning that the language is not completely understandable by everyone.  As a result, the article gives a unique and humorous tone which the targeted audience, new and younger parents are able to relate and form an intimate, spontaneous and casual bond with the author and the article itself. The use of both colloquial and slang dialects is evident throughout the article, beginning with the first phrase itself, "I'mma keep it 100 with y'all". Th...

Part 1: Biography Hey, I'm Raihan. I am 15 years old, turned recently last month on August 14th. I am from Jakarta, Indonesia, born but not raised. I moved to Malaysia when I was just 3 years old in 2006 and moved here to the UAE when I was 10 in 2012. So I've pretty much spent almost my entire life living abroad, and raised within international and diverse communities. I am interested in a variety of things, particularly keeping up with movies and television shows. I am not really a huge sports person nor am I great at most of them, but I still enjoy doing and sometimes watching them anyways. I enjoy doing things such as taking a stroll or riding my bike along the coast, hanging out with friends and just learning and wondering about different things. I'd say that I am a caring person, but I may be bias so I'll just go with it. For instance, I play close attention and keep up with the latest news about the ongoing conflicts and disasters worldwide, and I worry for th...