Messy Room by Shel Silverstein
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.
His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or--
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!
Rain by Shel Silverstein
I opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain,
And it dripped in my head
And flowed into my brain,
And all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.
I step very softly,
I walk very slow,
I can't do a handstand--
I might overflow,
So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--
I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.
Bear In There by Shel Silverstein
There's a Polar Bear
In our Frigidaire--
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.
With his seat in the meat
And his face in the fish
And his big hairy paws
In the buttery dish,
He's nibbling the noodles,
He's munching the rice,
He's slurping the soda,
He's licking the ice.
And he lets out a roar
If you open the door.
And it gives me a scare
To know he's in there--
That Polary Bear
In our Fridgitydaire.
Shel Silverstein (1932 - 1999)
A truly unique and multi-faceted artist, Shel Silverstein was a renowned poet, playwright, illustrator, screenwriter, and songwriter. Best known for his immensely popular children’s books including The Giving Tree, Falling Up, and A Light in the Attic, Silverstein has delighted tens of millions of readers around the world, becoming one of the most popular and best-loved children's authors of all time.
Born in Chicago on September 25, 1930, Sheldon Allan Silverstein grew up to attain an enor..
I personally feel that poems of Shel Silverstein is much to a student standard, Even though his poem does not have fabulous vocabulary, but is much more easy to comprehend it and his work show creativity. I also recommend his poem to those who just started poem !
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Emergency IT Lesson 1: Figurative Language
poem - I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
1. I wandered lonely as a cloud
-> This line show the usage of metaphor. It represents a human using clouds, describing it to be alike as the clouds in the sky, lonely.
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
2. Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
-> This line show usage of personification
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
3. And dances with the daffodils.
-> This line also show usage of personification. It represents action a human does, like for example, dancing.
4. And then my heart with pleasure fills
-> This line show usage of smaile. The heart with pleasure fills. It shows that the person is happy .
Even though this poem does not really make good use of figurative language, but I still like this poem a lot. To me, the poem seems meaningful. It fully described the feeling of a person who is lonely. It does make reader interested to read on, slowly, it will make the reader have a feel of it. Maybe, some might not get the gist of what I am saying, but slowly, you read through again and again, the feeling will come to you and you will like this poem a lot! Thus, I like this poem as the feeling, the meaning of the poem is demonstrated.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
1. I wandered lonely as a cloud
-> This line show the usage of metaphor. It represents a human using clouds, describing it to be alike as the clouds in the sky, lonely.
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
2. Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
-> This line show usage of personification
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
3. And dances with the daffodils.
-> This line also show usage of personification. It represents action a human does, like for example, dancing.
4. And then my heart with pleasure fills
-> This line show usage of smaile. The heart with pleasure fills. It shows that the person is happy .
Even though this poem does not really make good use of figurative language, but I still like this poem a lot. To me, the poem seems meaningful. It fully described the feeling of a person who is lonely. It does make reader interested to read on, slowly, it will make the reader have a feel of it. Maybe, some might not get the gist of what I am saying, but slowly, you read through again and again, the feeling will come to you and you will like this poem a lot! Thus, I like this poem as the feeling, the meaning of the poem is demonstrated.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
6. Is progress necessarily beneficial for society? Comment. [You can cite evidence from VBTS to support your argument]
Firstly, before I start, I think that the key word here is ‘beneficial’. To me, it means benefiting people the most. So what do you think benefits people more? Having more knowledge, a more technology advanced place for people or a place where people can make a living by planting crops fishing etc.
Secondly, I will like to point out another term ‘Industrialization’. To me, I think that it is related progress. ‘Industrialization’ means to adapt a country or group to industrial methods of production and manufacturing, with all the accompanying social changes, or to be adapted in this way. So if a country progress, the people will have to adapt.
Okay, let me make my stand first. I don’t think that progress is necessarily beneficial for society.
I will use the story ‘village by the sea’ as reference. In Village by the sea, a factory is going to be built somewhere near Hari’s village. I will take this as progressing. It takes up space, whereas it will take up the space for people to plant their crops and make a living there. Yes, I understand it will benefit some people who will be working in the factory in future. But what about those in the village? Have you ever spare a thought for them?
People in the village have very low education level, thus, they can only make a living by doing things that requires sweat, hard work, instead of working in a factory with advanced technology. They will not know how to operate it, thus they will not be employed and jobless. This will results in starvation due to the lack of money to support themselves and their family. So do you think this is beneficial for this people? They are also part of the society. I know building school, educate them to raise their literacy level will work, but the problem is if they have the money to go school? And moreover who will plant the crops in the future?
Thus, I will like to conclude that progress is not necessarily beneficial for society.
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
Secondly, I will like to point out another term ‘Industrialization’. To me, I think that it is related progress. ‘Industrialization’ means to adapt a country or group to industrial methods of production and manufacturing, with all the accompanying social changes, or to be adapted in this way. So if a country progress, the people will have to adapt.
Okay, let me make my stand first. I don’t think that progress is necessarily beneficial for society.
I will use the story ‘village by the sea’ as reference. In Village by the sea, a factory is going to be built somewhere near Hari’s village. I will take this as progressing. It takes up space, whereas it will take up the space for people to plant their crops and make a living there. Yes, I understand it will benefit some people who will be working in the factory in future. But what about those in the village? Have you ever spare a thought for them?
People in the village have very low education level, thus, they can only make a living by doing things that requires sweat, hard work, instead of working in a factory with advanced technology. They will not know how to operate it, thus they will not be employed and jobless. This will results in starvation due to the lack of money to support themselves and their family. So do you think this is beneficial for this people? They are also part of the society. I know building school, educate them to raise their literacy level will work, but the problem is if they have the money to go school? And moreover who will plant the crops in the future?
Thus, I will like to conclude that progress is not necessarily beneficial for society.
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
7. The seriousness of H1N1. Comments?
As you know, H1N1 is spreading around the world and it kills. Don’t you think it is scary? And a very serious matter?
Firstly, let me define the term ‘H1N1’. H1N1 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus. H1N1 has mutated into various strains including the Spanish Flu strain. Let me tell you something more interesting. The 2009 swine flu outbreak is an epidemic of a new strain of Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 identified in April 2009. It was thought to be a mutation (reassortment) of four known strains of influenza A virus subtype H1N1: one endemic in humans, one endemic in birds, and two endemic in pigs (swine).[51] A June 5th update by the U.N.'s World Health Organization (WHO) states that “69 countries have officially reported 21,940 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 125 deaths.”]
125 deaths! Every imagined that? Its really getting on everyone’s nerves. Thus, H1N1 is a very serious, dangerous kind of virus. It causes threat to many lives, including ourselves. Even though Singapore is quite safe, the government has also take careful precaution, but we also have a part to play to keep the people around us and ourselves safe, right?
So some tips here which you can follow.
1. Take your temperature regularly.
2. If you are feeling unwell, do see the doctor at once. Do not take it lightly.
3. Try not to share personal things such as towels, toothbrush etc.
4. Avoid crowded places.
5. Unless necessary, try to stay in Singapore.
6. AND MORE! Do search for more
Now you see the seriousness of H1N1, the number of precaution needed to be taken by one and the number of death it causes. So I advice you not to take H1N1 lightly!
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
Firstly, let me define the term ‘H1N1’. H1N1 is a subtype of the species Influenza A virus. H1N1 has mutated into various strains including the Spanish Flu strain. Let me tell you something more interesting. The 2009 swine flu outbreak is an epidemic of a new strain of Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 identified in April 2009. It was thought to be a mutation (reassortment) of four known strains of influenza A virus subtype H1N1: one endemic in humans, one endemic in birds, and two endemic in pigs (swine).[51] A June 5th update by the U.N.'s World Health Organization (WHO) states that “69 countries have officially reported 21,940 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 125 deaths.”]
125 deaths! Every imagined that? Its really getting on everyone’s nerves. Thus, H1N1 is a very serious, dangerous kind of virus. It causes threat to many lives, including ourselves. Even though Singapore is quite safe, the government has also take careful precaution, but we also have a part to play to keep the people around us and ourselves safe, right?
So some tips here which you can follow.
1. Take your temperature regularly.
2. If you are feeling unwell, do see the doctor at once. Do not take it lightly.
3. Try not to share personal things such as towels, toothbrush etc.
4. Avoid crowded places.
5. Unless necessary, try to stay in Singapore.
6. AND MORE! Do search for more
Now you see the seriousness of H1N1, the number of precaution needed to be taken by one and the number of death it causes. So I advice you not to take H1N1 lightly!
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
5．Who is you favorite/least character in village by the sea? State your reasons.
So who do you think is my favorite character or least favorite character?
My favorite character is Hari.
My least favorite character is Hari’s father.
Managed to guess correctly? If yes, congratulation. If not, try harder next time.
Okay, allow me to elaborate.
Favorite character - The reason why I like Hari is because I can feel that he is a guy, a brave child who faces the fact, who knows how to think maturely. He accepted the fate of his- living in dysfunctional family. He worked hard for his family, to support his two other sis and his mother, most importantly, to clear his wastrel dad debts. I think if it was others, they will just keep blaming the god, blame the god for giving them such a bad life. But Hari did not really blame people, instead, he think of ways to earn more money for the family, thinking of ways to make his family get out of the state of poverty.
Least favorite character- The reason the father is the least favorite character to me is because he only get himself drunk daily, get himself into debts instead of doing what he should do- taking up the responsibility of a husband, a father , work for the family and take care of the family. This results in Lila and Hira to take up their parent’s role as their mother was too sick to work. Naturally, I treat this character the least favorite character in village by the sea because he is a person who does not have a sense of responsibility and a good for nothing person.
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
My favorite character is Hari.
My least favorite character is Hari’s father.
Managed to guess correctly? If yes, congratulation. If not, try harder next time.
Okay, allow me to elaborate.
Favorite character - The reason why I like Hari is because I can feel that he is a guy, a brave child who faces the fact, who knows how to think maturely. He accepted the fate of his- living in dysfunctional family. He worked hard for his family, to support his two other sis and his mother, most importantly, to clear his wastrel dad debts. I think if it was others, they will just keep blaming the god, blame the god for giving them such a bad life. But Hari did not really blame people, instead, he think of ways to earn more money for the family, thinking of ways to make his family get out of the state of poverty.
Least favorite character- The reason the father is the least favorite character to me is because he only get himself drunk daily, get himself into debts instead of doing what he should do- taking up the responsibility of a husband, a father , work for the family and take care of the family. This results in Lila and Hira to take up their parent’s role as their mother was too sick to work. Naturally, I treat this character the least favorite character in village by the sea because he is a person who does not have a sense of responsibility and a good for nothing person.
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
4. Which part of village by the sea do you like best? State your reasons.
For me, I like the part when pinto’s death took place in the story. This happened due to the father’s debt. I like this part because I find it rather saddening and touching. Allow me to introduce you the character’s character at that point first.
Father – He was a good-for-nothing drunkard who got himself into debts and had to rely on his children to pay off for him.
Mother – Down with serious illness.
Hari and Lila – Childrens of the father and mother, who work very hard to support the family.
The reason why I like this part the most is because it really touched me and I find it rather saddening. An innocent life is lost due to a wastrel who only get himself drunk daily and get himself into debts. The dog is innocent, but in the end, it lost its life. After all, it still have a life. It should be treated equally. Instead, it was killed by the debt collector. If the father wasn’t a drunkard, if the father will pick himself and work, if the father doesn’t get himself into debts, the dog would not die.
This really saddens me and make me feel touched.
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
Father – He was a good-for-nothing drunkard who got himself into debts and had to rely on his children to pay off for him.
Mother – Down with serious illness.
Hari and Lila – Childrens of the father and mother, who work very hard to support the family.
The reason why I like this part the most is because it really touched me and I find it rather saddening. An innocent life is lost due to a wastrel who only get himself drunk daily and get himself into debts. The dog is innocent, but in the end, it lost its life. After all, it still have a life. It should be treated equally. Instead, it was killed by the debt collector. If the father wasn’t a drunkard, if the father will pick himself and work, if the father doesn’t get himself into debts, the dog would not die.
This really saddens me and make me feel touched.
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
3．I rather be the city rat than the country rat. Comment
Firstly, I will like to say I disagree with the sentence.
Let me introduce you the meaning of this sentence first. I think that city rat refer to the people that are living in the city, where the technology are advanced, with better facilities.(e.g. Big buildings, better health care). In the opposite, I think that country rat is people who live in villages, towns, normally located at the border of the country, where technology are not advanced and experiencing slower lives.
As you know, the world is developing with advanced technology. These often takes place in the city of the country, thus, they will have more knowledge of the latest technology as compared to those that live at the border of the country. But those that mean that those that people that are living in the city have a better life?
Since I disagree with the sentence, I will voice out my opinion. I know it may or may not sound logical, but it still what I think after all. Even though city rat will have more knowledge, but they will have to work very hard to survive in the highly competitive place. This will cause a lot of stress and may make one lose the meaning living in this world.
Based on my experience- I have a grandmother living in a small ‘village’ in Malaysia. I often go back and visit her. If time allows, me and my family will stay for a period. As compared to Singapore (a developed country with quite advanced country), the live there are much more slower. The people there might not be able as knowledgeable as me, but I think that they do not have to face as my stress as me. And I find that their lives are rather relaxing. This is my point of view. I know some of you might not agree to what I say, but different people have different view.
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
Let me introduce you the meaning of this sentence first. I think that city rat refer to the people that are living in the city, where the technology are advanced, with better facilities.(e.g. Big buildings, better health care). In the opposite, I think that country rat is people who live in villages, towns, normally located at the border of the country, where technology are not advanced and experiencing slower lives.
As you know, the world is developing with advanced technology. These often takes place in the city of the country, thus, they will have more knowledge of the latest technology as compared to those that live at the border of the country. But those that mean that those that people that are living in the city have a better life?
Since I disagree with the sentence, I will voice out my opinion. I know it may or may not sound logical, but it still what I think after all. Even though city rat will have more knowledge, but they will have to work very hard to survive in the highly competitive place. This will cause a lot of stress and may make one lose the meaning living in this world.
Based on my experience- I have a grandmother living in a small ‘village’ in Malaysia. I often go back and visit her. If time allows, me and my family will stay for a period. As compared to Singapore (a developed country with quite advanced country), the live there are much more slower. The people there might not be able as knowledgeable as me, but I think that they do not have to face as my stress as me. And I find that their lives are rather relaxing. This is my point of view. I know some of you might not agree to what I say, but different people have different view.
Feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me. Anyway, thank you for reading and I will appreciate a lot if you could leave your valuable comment. Thanks!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mas Selamat
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said Singapore's security challenge is to keep up its guard without getting fatigued or complacent.
In his first remarks on the capture of Mas Selamat Kastari, Mr Lee said Singapore must not think that the re-arrest of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader is the end of its problem.
He said the terrorism situation in Southeast Asia is under control, but the threat is far from over. He added that the price of security is eternal vigilance.
In a statement to the media on Saturday, the Prime Minister also said information about the capture of Mas Selamat on 1 April was not made public earlier, because of a prior agreement with the Malaysian authorities.
Mr Lee said he was told about the arrest by his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak on 11 April during an impromptu four-eye lunch in Thailand's Pattaya after the ASEAN meeting was called off due to demonstrations.
He thanked Datuk Seri Najib for Malaysia's generous support and help and told him Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Wong Kan Seng had earlier told him of the arrest.
Mr Lee said he was happy and relieved that Mas Selamat had been found and arrested before he could do any harm.
But Malaysia had asked Singapore to keep this information quiet for the time being, so Singapore respected this and held the information very tightly in order not to jeopardise the operation.
But on May 7 afternoon during a weekly pre-Cabinet meeting lunch, Mr Wong received a phone call informing him that the Internal Security Department (ISD) had received a request from the The Straits Times to confirm a scoop that Mas Selamat had been arrested by the Malaysian authorities.
As the news had leaked, the Singapore government had no choice but to confirm the story.
Ministers who were present at the lunch were completely taken by surprise when Mr Wong told them that Mas Selamat had been arrested.
In his statement, Mr Lee also thanked all officers involved in tracking down Mas Selamat over the past year.
He said he never had a doubt that Mas Selamat would be found because he knew the quality and commitment of the ISD officers working on this.
He said the ISD had recovered quickly from the mistakes which led to Mas Selamat's escape from the Whitley Road Detention Centre in February last year.
Mr Lee also thanked the ISD and its Malaysian counterpart, the Special Branch, for working closely together.
adapted from http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/428076/1/.html
In his first remarks on the capture of Mas Selamat Kastari, Mr Lee said Singapore must not think that the re-arrest of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader is the end of its problem.
He said the terrorism situation in Southeast Asia is under control, but the threat is far from over. He added that the price of security is eternal vigilance.
In a statement to the media on Saturday, the Prime Minister also said information about the capture of Mas Selamat on 1 April was not made public earlier, because of a prior agreement with the Malaysian authorities.
Mr Lee said he was told about the arrest by his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak on 11 April during an impromptu four-eye lunch in Thailand's Pattaya after the ASEAN meeting was called off due to demonstrations.
He thanked Datuk Seri Najib for Malaysia's generous support and help and told him Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Wong Kan Seng had earlier told him of the arrest.
Mr Lee said he was happy and relieved that Mas Selamat had been found and arrested before he could do any harm.
But Malaysia had asked Singapore to keep this information quiet for the time being, so Singapore respected this and held the information very tightly in order not to jeopardise the operation.
But on May 7 afternoon during a weekly pre-Cabinet meeting lunch, Mr Wong received a phone call informing him that the Internal Security Department (ISD) had received a request from the The Straits Times to confirm a scoop that Mas Selamat had been arrested by the Malaysian authorities.
As the news had leaked, the Singapore government had no choice but to confirm the story.
Ministers who were present at the lunch were completely taken by surprise when Mr Wong told them that Mas Selamat had been arrested.
In his statement, Mr Lee also thanked all officers involved in tracking down Mas Selamat over the past year.
He said he never had a doubt that Mas Selamat would be found because he knew the quality and commitment of the ISD officers working on this.
He said the ISD had recovered quickly from the mistakes which led to Mas Selamat's escape from the Whitley Road Detention Centre in February last year.
Mr Lee also thanked the ISD and its Malaysian counterpart, the Special Branch, for working closely together.
adapted from http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/428076/1/.html
Monday, May 4, 2009
online chat
Hello! Today, i am going to talk about the risk of online chat and what safety measure we should take in order to surf the net safely.
Today, in school, we have a drama group, coming to our school, putting up a show on online chat. It was funny and entertaining but at the same time, we benefited alot from it.
I shall not elaborate on what the drama team did but i shall go into the topic of chatting online. As you people use the internet daily, we have to know the safe way to surf the internet in order to keep yourself safe!
Let me tell you what you should do first
1. Never reveal your passsword to anyone except your parents as they will not harm you
2. Do not give your personal information such as your school, contact number to your online friend.
3. Never send your photo to someone you know online.
and so on. If you want to know more, you can search on the following search engine
- www.yahoo.com
- www.google.com
You can also have a look at the video below to know more about online safety and at the same time, enjoy!
Today, in school, we have a drama group, coming to our school, putting up a show on online chat. It was funny and entertaining but at the same time, we benefited alot from it.
I shall not elaborate on what the drama team did but i shall go into the topic of chatting online. As you people use the internet daily, we have to know the safe way to surf the internet in order to keep yourself safe!
Let me tell you what you should do first
1. Never reveal your passsword to anyone except your parents as they will not harm you
2. Do not give your personal information such as your school, contact number to your online friend.
3. Never send your photo to someone you know online.
and so on. If you want to know more, you can search on the following search engine
- www.yahoo.com
- www.google.com
You can also have a look at the video below to know more about online safety and at the same time, enjoy!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Swine flu
Hey everybody. Today, i am going to post about the swine flu.
Influenza A(H1N1) - update 11
3 May 2009 -- As of 0600 GMT, 3 May 2009, 17 countries have officially reported 787 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 506 confirmed human cases of infection, including 19 deaths. The higher number of cases from Mexico in the past 48 hours reflects ongoing testing of previously collected specimens. The United States Government has reported 160 laboratory confirmed human cases, including one death.
The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths - Austria (1), Canada (70), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (6), Ireland (1), Israel (3), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (4), Republic of Korea (1), Spain (13), Switzerland (1) and the United Kingdom (15).
Further information on the situation will be available on the WHO website on a regular basis.
WHO advises no restriction of regular travel or closure of borders. It is considered prudent for people who are ill to delay international travel and for people developing symptoms following international travel to seek medical attention, in line with guidance from national authorities.
Canada on 2 May reported the identification of the A(H1N1) virus in a swine herd in Alberta. It is highly probable that the pigs were exposed to the virus from a Canadian farm worker recently returned from Mexico, who had exhibited flu-like symptoms and had contact with the pigs. There is no indication of virus adaptation through transfer from human to pigs at this time.
There is no risk of infection from this virus from consumption of well-cooked pork and pork products.
Individuals are advised to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water on a regular basis and should seek medical attention if they develop any symptoms of influenza-like illness.
The above news was extracted from the website http://www.swineflu.sg/forum/index.php?topic=71.0.
It is the latest news i get. Well, as you can see, swine flu is getting more and more serious. Its spreading too fast among the world. and most importantly, it kills. So we have take precaution against it.For eg, we must take our temperature regularly. If we find anything unusual, we should not hesitate to go to the hospital.
Even though Singapore Alert Status is orange, but we have to play our part to keep singapore away from the swine flu.
To know more about the colour alert thing, you can go to this website
-http://www.swineflu.sg/forum/index.php?topic=42.0
To get the latedt news on swine flu, you can go to this website
-http://www.swineflu.sg/
The websites are rather reliable as it is under singapore. So feel free to have a look at it.
Lastly, i want to say take care! espically during times like this...
Saturday, May 2, 2009
class
Hello guys and people, i am back to square one-posting!
Recently, there has been some problems among the class.
Like quarrels and problems that are unsolved keep coming up.
Take for example the class seating arrangement, there isn't a win-win solution.
But the cmc tried their best to make it the best.
Still, there are complaints or rather 'appeal'.
Seriously speaking, i am really tired being a monitor.
Many will be talking at my back, saying some mean words or rather unpleasant comments about me, saying that i too strict or so on. But have the class really stand at my position and think? Some time, i feel that i am the bad guy while they are the good guys. In other words, even though helping the class but in their eye, i am still a what so ever guy which is to the bad side while they are to the good side. But can i just leave the class and do nothing? It really makes me wonder if i should just stop whatever i am doing and just let them do whatever they want. Maybe this is a win-win soultion among the class but will this benefit the class?
I am a person who wants a good impression among most, or every, but because of the postion 'monitor' makes people saying mean things behind my back. i really dislike it but i know i can do nothing. To gain back impression is very hard, but at the same time, controlling the class is also very hard. I am really sick and tired. Not trying to say that my class is very incoperative but maybe i still have not figure out the best way to interact with the class. I promise to give myself sometime and we will see in the future.
That's all for today's post. Anyway, enjoy the this weekend while you can!
Recently, there has been some problems among the class.
Like quarrels and problems that are unsolved keep coming up.
Take for example the class seating arrangement, there isn't a win-win solution.
But the cmc tried their best to make it the best.
Still, there are complaints or rather 'appeal'.
Seriously speaking, i am really tired being a monitor.
Many will be talking at my back, saying some mean words or rather unpleasant comments about me, saying that i too strict or so on. But have the class really stand at my position and think? Some time, i feel that i am the bad guy while they are the good guys. In other words, even though helping the class but in their eye, i am still a what so ever guy which is to the bad side while they are to the good side. But can i just leave the class and do nothing? It really makes me wonder if i should just stop whatever i am doing and just let them do whatever they want. Maybe this is a win-win soultion among the class but will this benefit the class?
I am a person who wants a good impression among most, or every, but because of the postion 'monitor' makes people saying mean things behind my back. i really dislike it but i know i can do nothing. To gain back impression is very hard, but at the same time, controlling the class is also very hard. I am really sick and tired. Not trying to say that my class is very incoperative but maybe i still have not figure out the best way to interact with the class. I promise to give myself sometime and we will see in the future.
That's all for today's post. Anyway, enjoy the this weekend while you can!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Labour Days on the First of May
Most countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1, known as May Day and International Workers' Day. In Europe the day has older significance as a rural festival which is predominantly more important than that of the Labour Day movement. The holiday has become internationalised and several countries hold multi-day celebrations including parades, shows and other patriotic and labour-oriented events. However, in Northern Europe, Walpurgis Night is celebrated on the preceding night and this holiday merges with the Labour Day in some countries.
May 1 is a national holiday in Albania, Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia (locally known as Hari Buruh), Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon,Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, the Philippines (spelled as "Labor Day"), Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
In Slovenia, Serbia and Ukraine, May 2 is also a national holiday.
In Poland, while May 1 is a national holiday, it was renamed from Labour Day to simply "State Holiday" in 1990.
May 1 is a national holiday in Albania, Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia (locally known as Hari Buruh), Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon,Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, the Philippines (spelled as "Labor Day"), Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
In Slovenia, Serbia and Ukraine, May 2 is also a national holiday.
In Poland, while May 1 is a national holiday, it was renamed from Labour Day to simply "State Holiday" in 1990.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Beach cleaning CIP work
Two days ago, we went to sembawang beach to clean. The weather was quite good. As soon as we reached there, we are all excited and can't wait to go to the beach. We were given gloves, trash bags etc. We settled down and went on to collecty rubbish. As we were collecting, i feel sad. I realised that people who went down do not clear their rubbish. Instead, they left it there and leave the place as if nothing have happen. But at the same time, i am also very happy as can do our part, cleaning the beach. The process was fun. Tell you guys a secret, we went to throw stone without the teacher knowledge. The worst part to us is we have a thick stack of worksheet to complete. The place was much cleaner after we cleared the beach. We hope to make singapore a clean and green city even though there are only a few of us. But i believe, every hwa chong-ian will want to do somthing for singapore and do more CIP.
In overall, i hope that the school can organize more CIP work for us.
In overall, i hope that the school can organize more CIP work for us.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Thank you! Yong rui!
Hey guys. I am back to post. Today, this post is specially dedicated to our chairman, yong rui. In my point of view, he is a very good chairman, a chairman who is willing to help the class with all his might. He is chairman who has lots of patient and his tolerance level is high, higher than anybody in our class. Despite the fact that everyone call him names, but he is able to tolerate it even though he does not like it at all. And when the class results were poor, he took the initiative to hold a CMC meeting during recess. He sacrifices his recess time just to come out with plans. Not only that, he also emailed the teachers on our behalf, requesting for more work to be given. More practices will make us more familiar on the subject. To him, every minute, or in fact every second to him is very important to him. But he does not mind using his precious time to help the class. I think that yong rui has a potential of being a future leader of Singapore. In the opposite, I would like to voice my point of view of the class reaction (overall). Firstly, when yong rui is trying to tell us his plan, not many wanted to listen to him. In fact, they cause a disturbance to the class. They tried to oppose yong rui, trying all mean to end yong rui ‘presentation’ fast as they think that it is just a waste of time. Secondly, when yong rui said that he would like to implement the reading programme for the class, which means that either which day of the week, the whole class have to go to the school library as a class, and read a book, after that, produce a book review, everybody was like shouting the whole class off! Some said that ‘how you know we are free!’. I do not think that such comments are needed as it will be taken into consideration when they(CMC) are planning to launch the reading pogramme for the class. Well, I shall end here as if I were to continue writing, it will be a long post. But overall, I will like to thank our chairman, Poh Yong Rui for his contributions to the class. I hope everybody can understand him, try not to oppose him as is not an easy task to be a chairman like him. Thank you! Yong rui!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Welcoming the arrival of term 2
One term have passed. The times in hwa chong in term 1 was really quite tough as i have to pick up subjects new to me like geopgraphy. I have to adapt to the changes in secondary school as compared to primary school. Everything is different from before, including the style of learning etc. But well, i do enjoy the times in hwa chong in term 1. Despite the setbacks like my poor results i have to face, i manage to get over it and decide to work harder than before. Let's wish this term would be a wonderful term for us and enjoy everyday in school! For your information, i have changed my blogskin and thus, enable comments to be posted for a particular post. So feel free and leave your comments, for both improvement and some personal view for my particular post.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
camping
Hello guys and girls! I am back. Sorry for not updating. Well, today, I am going to post about my trip on the camp. Overall, I think I benefited a lot from the camp. I learn to cherish everything I have, even if its is just a bowl of porridge. During the three days two night camp and sarinbum camp site, I, in fact most, suffered, but learnt a lot of valuable things. During the camp, we had food that does not match our appetite, a place we would not ever want to stay in. But we were left we no choice. I was arranged to stay in tent. Can you ever imagine 8 persons to a tent? And you imagine how hot, stuffy inside the tent during noon? Well, to me, I rather not take something I need in the noon as it was very hot, stuffy inside the tent. I could not stand it. This was the first time I am living in a tent. I finally have a taste of one who is living in a tent feeling. It is always not a nice thing to live inside a place without air-condition, fan. But I manage to catch some sleep as it was much cooler in the night. As for the food, it was not really nice cooked. But due to our hunger and the need of energy for activities, we had to eat it despite the fact that the food was really not nice. This two factors, living condition and food, is enough to reflect on how fortunate, how lucky we people are. People who are poor might not have nice place to live in, nice food to eat. But we Singaporean, take a lot of things for granted. Sometimes, we even complain that a bowl of plain porridge is not nice enough. Through this camp, I learnt how fortunate we guys are, and we should not take things for granted, not even a grain of rice.
Of course, we also have bonding games, activities that we had to work together in order to reach a goal. We work well together, and get to know each other better. This helps to strengthen the bond between our friends. And we also had fun together, leaving a memorable times with our new friends in secondary.
Well, I hope that the school can organize more camp, such that we can have fun together with our friends. In conclusion, I want to comment that the camp
Of course, we also have bonding games, activities that we had to work together in order to reach a goal. We work well together, and get to know each other better. This helps to strengthen the bond between our friends. And we also had fun together, leaving a memorable times with our new friends in secondary.
Well, I hope that the school can organize more camp, such that we can have fun together with our friends. In conclusion, I want to comment that the camp
Saturday, February 28, 2009
class test
Well, everybody, sorry for not updating and replying tags. Today, I am going to post about my term test. Okay, apparently, I did not do very well. In the opposite, I feel that this is the worse result I ever get since I started studying. I am not going to disclose my results. Maybe for those who know me, you can ask me in school. I am really very disappointed in myself. I knew I have not work hard enough. I know the cause of my bad results is because of me. even though this time I have not work hard enough, I promise my self not to give up and strive for the better! Okay, I have to go. I will be posting again soon. So sit back and look forward!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Growing up too soon(news paper article)
Today, I am going to post on the article ‘Growing Up Too Soon’ that is extracted from the section “IN’ of The Straits Time. The article is most likely a Idea-Driven Story. It is about teenage are having sex before they are 16. Latest police figures also show that 310 girls below the age of 16 were caught having sex last year and nearly 45 percent more than the year before.
After reading the first paragraph, I was totally shocked and panic. I wondered why there is so many teenagers having sex below 16 years old. 310 girls. Its 310 girls! Its not a small sum of people. It is equivalent to about four fifth of the secondary 1 in my sch (Hwa Chong Institution). It is really unbelievable. The number of girls having sex under-aged was shocking to me.
Teenagers nowadays are getting even more daring. Having sex under-aged is a serious offence. Male offender can be jailed for up to a maximum of 20 years, and fined or canned. Girls aged 12 to 14 will be considered as statutory but for girls under the age of 12 are investigated as rape.
From a 13 year old young teenager’s view like me, I really don’t understand why the teenagers still want to carry out under-aged sex even though it is an offence. I agree that some might not know the consequences of having sex under-aged. Thus they made a wrong move and carry out sex. But to those who knows, but why? To me, I think that because they tend to get too curious about what is sex all about and wanted to try it out despite the serious punishment that will be meted out if they were to get caught. This is really too complicated for a young teenager like me to understand thoroughly.
By the way, here are some precautions that parents and school that I suggest could take to prevent their child or students to have sex under-aged. Firstly, school can have more talks on ‘sex’ that enriches the teenager’s mind on sex. This will let them know the consequences and be responsible for their acts if they really were to have sex. Secondly parents should always check if his or her children has a girlfriend or boyfriend and make sure that they aren’t going out with their partners without other friends. This will ensures that the teenager’s mind run wild and do something wrong and rash as their friends are around to remind them the consequences.
In conclusion, I think having under-aged sex in strongly not encourage. One should not have sex under-aged no matter how urgent, how curious they are. Remember, one should be responsible for his or her act. No one is able to help you if you make a wrong step.
After reading the first paragraph, I was totally shocked and panic. I wondered why there is so many teenagers having sex below 16 years old. 310 girls. Its 310 girls! Its not a small sum of people. It is equivalent to about four fifth of the secondary 1 in my sch (Hwa Chong Institution). It is really unbelievable. The number of girls having sex under-aged was shocking to me.
Teenagers nowadays are getting even more daring. Having sex under-aged is a serious offence. Male offender can be jailed for up to a maximum of 20 years, and fined or canned. Girls aged 12 to 14 will be considered as statutory but for girls under the age of 12 are investigated as rape.
From a 13 year old young teenager’s view like me, I really don’t understand why the teenagers still want to carry out under-aged sex even though it is an offence. I agree that some might not know the consequences of having sex under-aged. Thus they made a wrong move and carry out sex. But to those who knows, but why? To me, I think that because they tend to get too curious about what is sex all about and wanted to try it out despite the serious punishment that will be meted out if they were to get caught. This is really too complicated for a young teenager like me to understand thoroughly.
By the way, here are some precautions that parents and school that I suggest could take to prevent their child or students to have sex under-aged. Firstly, school can have more talks on ‘sex’ that enriches the teenager’s mind on sex. This will let them know the consequences and be responsible for their acts if they really were to have sex. Secondly parents should always check if his or her children has a girlfriend or boyfriend and make sure that they aren’t going out with their partners without other friends. This will ensures that the teenager’s mind run wild and do something wrong and rash as their friends are around to remind them the consequences.
In conclusion, I think having under-aged sex in strongly not encourage. One should not have sex under-aged no matter how urgent, how curious they are. Remember, one should be responsible for his or her act. No one is able to help you if you make a wrong step.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Kampong
Hello everybody! I am back to post again. Today I am going to blog about the topic on kampong. In Singapore, from what I have seen on the youtube website, the government might be destroying the old and the only kampong if I am not wrong, in Singapore. The people who had stayed in the government since a very long time ago was very depressed and felt a little bit pity if they were to leave the kampong and leave else where.. Those that were staying there for long was interviewed and they say out their feelings, opinion, etc. Some said that they have lived there for a very long time and think that they will not be used to the life if they were to move to a HDB flat. As the people living in kampong will hardly interact with the people outside as there are no internets connection or even hardly have any phone, their life is thus much more simpler and more peaceful While some also said that they are used to kampong life, and have been neighbours with the people in kampong for years, they thing that it might be a pity to separate. Well, in my opinion, I think that the government should not “destroy” the kampong for land even though they have the right to do so. Even if the land does not belong to the people in kampong, we should at least respect them and let them carry on with their kampong life if they are really contented with it. We should not think that kampong is low-class or despise them. Actually, they reflect the past of Singapore and tell people nowadays not to be granted for what they have now. Thus I really hope that the government can preserve the kampong and treat it as one of the treasure of Singapore! Okay, it’s getting late and I have to go. I will be posting soon again, so look forward to it! Thanks for your kind attention
Monday, February 9, 2009
Hello, everyone! i am back to post. Today, some of the pupils from 1o1 and 1o3 went to the home academy team. The place was awesome. It is equppied with lots of equiments and training grounds for people who are training, e.g police. There was a guide who explain the equipments to us along the way. Now then i realized how dangerous some things can be, and even the things we use daily or some days like nail polisher. In overall, it is a meaning full trip and i learn more about how singapore train their soldiers, officers. It was indeed worth it to spend the time there!
Friday, February 6, 2009
CCA
Hello everybody. Sorry for not updating so frequently. Okay, today I want to talk about my CCA. I received the CCA posting result. And I was quite elated at first. I got into the water polo which I put for the first choice when I was filling my option form. Official will start next Tuesday but I already had one session of training today. The training was rather tough, and like what the coach said, the training will be an intensive one. Even though it might be a challenge to me, but I am willing to face it, persevere to the end. My training is on every week, Tuesday , Thursday and Friday. It will begin at 2.30 pm and ends at 6.00pm. I hope it does not affect my performance in work and get too tired frequently. Lastly, I just one to end off with an sentence. Persevere in whatever you do! Thanks. Comment will be on the tag board. So feel free to tag!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Introduction and current affairs(week 3)
Hello everybody. Firstly, i will like to welcome you all for visiting my blog. This will be the blog for my 'Language Arts Ace-blog'. Which is to say, this blog will be use for the purpose of Language Arts ACE 2009.
Maybe i should start of with some self introduction of myself. I am Lim Wen Bin (12) from 1o3. And you can find out more about me on the right hand side of the blog, which has different boxes being filled up. Examples of my information being filled in the boxes are my hobbies, 'about me' and so on. So do read up on my blog and my post oftenly. You are most welcome to tag on the chat box if you do have any opinion that you might want to raise or comments that you want to let me know, so that i can improve on it.
That’s all about the introduction. Back to the current affairs. This week's(week 3) current affair debate is held on Tuesday 20/1/2009. The topic is on economical development will always have the upper hand. We are very honored to have Issac Lim to be our host, Tan Jun to act as Dr Yacoob, our chairman Yong Rui to play the role of environmentalist, Yin Pin to be the business, and last but not least, Lenneth to be the fisherman for the debate.
Now, let me refresh you memory first before telling you what's my point of view. Dr yacoob mentioned that reclaiming land is very important and to build buildings and IR(integrated resort) to boost Singapore economic and help the people have who lost their jobs during recession recently. He also mentioned that we should not over spend on environment till our county is stable and have enough funds to concentrate on environment. Conclusion-Economic growth is the key for Singapore to become a stable country. In my point of view, i think that reclaiming land and building IR and buildings is a long-term project. By the time when the project is completed, I think Singapore would have already overcome the recession. Those that have lost their jobs might have already go out of Singapore to find jobs. So, even reclaiming land is important, i think we should use the money wisely and think of giving money to those needy people who is suffering during the recession. This may help them to relieve their problem they are facing.
As for the environmentalist, he said that now is not the time to reclaim land but focus more on environment. He talked about species extinction, deforestation e.g. have taken place because of over population and over consumption. In the 21st century, more and more people are living in big houses, driving expensive car that burn a lot of petrol. Conclusion-People neglected the environment when they are enjoying their life. He said that using money on the environment can make Singapore a better country, cleaner and more beautiful country. This will result in attracting the tourist, indirectly boosting Singapore economic. In my point of view, i totally agree to what he says. But i don't think now is the right time to focus too much on the environment. While recession is still yet to overcome by most or all country in the world, many people will learn to use less, save more. If they would to fly and travel to Singapore, it will cost a bomb as the price of everything now is going up. Thus, i think the tourist would rather stay in their country instead of coming to Singapore.
Unfortunately, our business man, yin pin, had prepared wrong things and was not able to deliver his speech on the spot. But he did prepare a lot even though he prepared the wrong things. I think the number of things he prepared was commendable. Thus, we should not say things bad about him and if possible, praise him for his preparation. Imagine you are him, you also would not wish that people will say bad things if you had done something wrong. Am i right? Everyone commits mistake, but the most important is whether you learn from the mistake.
And last but not least, our fisherman! He did a great job in capturing the audience attention. He talks about the effects on marine life if reclaiming land were to take place. Some effects that may take place are the sea creatures that stay near the shore may die. And there will be lesser fishes for the fisherman to catch. This will affect the income of the fisherman. And making their life hard. As he mentioned, full time fisherman are usually low educated. Thus, if reclaiming land were to really take place, fisherman will really suffer. In my point of view, reclaiming land will take place either recently or in the future. Thus, I think the fisherman should try to educate themselves by taking up lesson like English lesson, computer lesson, to help them when they are finding jobs. Chinese they have one saying that goes 'huo dao lao, xue dao lao'. It means that no matter how old are you, you should continue to learn and 'self-upgrade' yourself. I think this saying same goes to the fisherman.
Lastly, I would like to end of by saying some words. Economic and environment is equally important. I don't really think that one will get the upper hand and the other one get to lower hand. But most importantly, I think it is still our people. If there is no people, we would have not been able to reclaim land, or make Singapore a cleaner and more beautiful a better country. Thus, i think we should first use the money to help the needy first. Then discuss on which project, reclaiming land or cleaning and improving the environment, to carry out first, or even better, both being carried out together.
No matter how good or bad was the debate, I think we should say a thank you to the debaters for spending their precious time on researching and preparing. Thank you very much! We appreciate your debate a lot. It was indeed a great debate to me!
This shall be the end of the post for today. Should there be any opinion or comments, you can tag at the chat box. Thank you.
Maybe i should start of with some self introduction of myself. I am Lim Wen Bin (12) from 1o3. And you can find out more about me on the right hand side of the blog, which has different boxes being filled up. Examples of my information being filled in the boxes are my hobbies, 'about me' and so on. So do read up on my blog and my post oftenly. You are most welcome to tag on the chat box if you do have any opinion that you might want to raise or comments that you want to let me know, so that i can improve on it.
That’s all about the introduction. Back to the current affairs. This week's(week 3) current affair debate is held on Tuesday 20/1/2009. The topic is on economical development will always have the upper hand. We are very honored to have Issac Lim to be our host, Tan Jun to act as Dr Yacoob, our chairman Yong Rui to play the role of environmentalist, Yin Pin to be the business, and last but not least, Lenneth to be the fisherman for the debate.
Now, let me refresh you memory first before telling you what's my point of view. Dr yacoob mentioned that reclaiming land is very important and to build buildings and IR(integrated resort) to boost Singapore economic and help the people have who lost their jobs during recession recently. He also mentioned that we should not over spend on environment till our county is stable and have enough funds to concentrate on environment. Conclusion-Economic growth is the key for Singapore to become a stable country. In my point of view, i think that reclaiming land and building IR and buildings is a long-term project. By the time when the project is completed, I think Singapore would have already overcome the recession. Those that have lost their jobs might have already go out of Singapore to find jobs. So, even reclaiming land is important, i think we should use the money wisely and think of giving money to those needy people who is suffering during the recession. This may help them to relieve their problem they are facing.
As for the environmentalist, he said that now is not the time to reclaim land but focus more on environment. He talked about species extinction, deforestation e.g. have taken place because of over population and over consumption. In the 21st century, more and more people are living in big houses, driving expensive car that burn a lot of petrol. Conclusion-People neglected the environment when they are enjoying their life. He said that using money on the environment can make Singapore a better country, cleaner and more beautiful country. This will result in attracting the tourist, indirectly boosting Singapore economic. In my point of view, i totally agree to what he says. But i don't think now is the right time to focus too much on the environment. While recession is still yet to overcome by most or all country in the world, many people will learn to use less, save more. If they would to fly and travel to Singapore, it will cost a bomb as the price of everything now is going up. Thus, i think the tourist would rather stay in their country instead of coming to Singapore.
Unfortunately, our business man, yin pin, had prepared wrong things and was not able to deliver his speech on the spot. But he did prepare a lot even though he prepared the wrong things. I think the number of things he prepared was commendable. Thus, we should not say things bad about him and if possible, praise him for his preparation. Imagine you are him, you also would not wish that people will say bad things if you had done something wrong. Am i right? Everyone commits mistake, but the most important is whether you learn from the mistake.
And last but not least, our fisherman! He did a great job in capturing the audience attention. He talks about the effects on marine life if reclaiming land were to take place. Some effects that may take place are the sea creatures that stay near the shore may die. And there will be lesser fishes for the fisherman to catch. This will affect the income of the fisherman. And making their life hard. As he mentioned, full time fisherman are usually low educated. Thus, if reclaiming land were to really take place, fisherman will really suffer. In my point of view, reclaiming land will take place either recently or in the future. Thus, I think the fisherman should try to educate themselves by taking up lesson like English lesson, computer lesson, to help them when they are finding jobs. Chinese they have one saying that goes 'huo dao lao, xue dao lao'. It means that no matter how old are you, you should continue to learn and 'self-upgrade' yourself. I think this saying same goes to the fisherman.
Lastly, I would like to end of by saying some words. Economic and environment is equally important. I don't really think that one will get the upper hand and the other one get to lower hand. But most importantly, I think it is still our people. If there is no people, we would have not been able to reclaim land, or make Singapore a cleaner and more beautiful a better country. Thus, i think we should first use the money to help the needy first. Then discuss on which project, reclaiming land or cleaning and improving the environment, to carry out first, or even better, both being carried out together.
No matter how good or bad was the debate, I think we should say a thank you to the debaters for spending their precious time on researching and preparing. Thank you very much! We appreciate your debate a lot. It was indeed a great debate to me!
This shall be the end of the post for today. Should there be any opinion or comments, you can tag at the chat box. Thank you.
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