Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Straits Times Reflection Term 3 Week 6 2E/NA
Elderly Falling Prey to 'Volunteer' Ruse (trick)
1a) What is the modus operandi (method of operating) of the con artists?
b) What are the Lion Befrienders planning to do to ensure the old folks do not get conned again?
2) Do you like doing social work? Why or why not?
Ans 1a) they would identify themselves as volunteers of welfare organization on a project to spruce up elderly homes. Then they would help themselves to their cash.
b) they alerted those under them and started impersonating volunteers.
2)bleah!! What hell!!! is some of what is in inpatient,inconsiderate people who thinks social work is easy and rewarding in terms of reputation.for me, I would certainly make an effort not to be involved in social work. Firstly, it’s too time costly and I would probably spend a hell lot of time making an effort to help others. Secondly, not all the people I work with are all gentle and civilized, some would probably hurl vulgarities at you for even committing a meager mistake while others try to chase you away, worst still! Some might turn aggressive and you might end up in the police station wasting hours trying to explain what happened. Thirdly, I am not an active person and would most probably collapse in exhaustion after an hour’s work and in the end I might cause the social service team to waste even more time by giving aid to me which during that time, they would have already finish helping a horde of needy people already, so why waste time for a person who’s as frail as an old man .lastly, I hated social work because of the dirt treatment I have to do. I stink to high heavens when you even smell at it, and touching the squishy dirt or worst still poop for elderly who are senile and did their business everywhere!!!! Who wouldn’t prefer to be the elderly instead of the social worker who have to face his or hers poor fate of washing and disposing it?
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Term 3 Week 5
Term 3 week 5
2E/NA
In Section page 3
A Deadly Business
1a) What are the 2 worrying trends about drug trafficking mentioned in the article?
b) Why are Singaporeans increasingly being used as "drug mules"?
2) What will you do if you find out that one of your friends is selling drugs? How will you react if someone tries to sell you drugs?
Ans.1a) the worrying matters are that people, youngsters and adults, are increasingly getting involved in the drug trade.
1b) that is because everyone knows that Singapore is particularly a pain in the ass for drug traffickers. Therefore they neglected safety measures against Singaporeans as we all know everyone would prefer troublesome things done fast or even not doing it at all, by not zapping idiotic Singaporeans who are really dumb enough to traffic drugs , we help save time and minimize the hassle for other foreigners coming to countries for vacations, giving them a much pleasant trip.
2) If my friend is peddling drugs, I would warn him or her to stop as we all know drug dealing is against the law and by getting involve means getting yourself in hot soup as police are always hounding onto drug distributor, therefore, selling drugs also means screwing with the law which can lead to fatal consequences. Speaking of consequences, you must be interested for what is packed for you when you are involved, that entitles you to being jailed for idiotic adults who thinks of easy cash instead of consequences, or a round of reformation at the reformatory for juveniles that think of either easy cash or maidens to assault them when they finish dealing with drugs and become more “cool”. As a bonus death for “adults only” , if they traded too much drugs and the law thinks they should be given more of what they deserve.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
term 3 wk4
Term 3 Week 4
2E/NA
Home Section Page 1
Hawkers fall prey to brazen break-ins.
1a) Why is it easy for burglers to break into stalls at the two markets in the Kallang area?
b) What is the Geylang East Central Merchants' Association going to do about the break-ins?
2. What do you think should be done to tighten the security of the markets? What do you think of the burglars who brazenly break into the stalls?
1a) the reasons why burglars effortlessly broke into stalls at the two markets is due to the unwillingness to install grilles that cost a hellish amount.
1b) the geylang east central Merchant association’s response is allowing the hawkers to “fortify” their stores with a more reasonable amount of $16 rather than prices that would end up having the victims cursing the thieves and going through the incontinences of reporting the thefts and waiting for a month to have justice serve for them (the police is usually preoccupied by crucial cases and murders that they would only investigate when they are bored)
2) Maybe we should install surveillance cameras over hawker centers on dark areas so as to give the thieves a surprise when they are surprisingly arrested for theft ,miserably watch through the surveillance tape showing how dumb and idiotic they are to commit thefts before being cuffed and sent to the court ,convicted, and sent behind bars to go through the horrifying process of deprived of freedom, love, and getting beaten up by jail mates and humiliated by them. Actually I think of the burglars as a pitiful person, Now don’t laugh at me, here’s the reasons…firstly, the burglars are usually jobless or poor people who cant cope with the financially burden and have to resort to stealing as a form of fast income as we all know many have lost their jobs during the recession and financial downturn. secondly, the some brainless juveniles thinks that it is “cool” to steal,let me ask you what is this “cool” anyway? Is it edible, beneficial or is it just a human evolution error that makes us think this way? This so called “cool” is the reason for the genuine” cool” of going to jail and getting screwed and getting crapped up!. The ridiculously stupid “cool” should be maintained to a lower level instead of unleashing it in a retarded way that would end up giving you a free ticket to the jail , you can buy a bag and so fore to make you “cool” but not looking down on others is also a great way to maintain the “cool” at a certain level too.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Term 3 wk3
In Section Page 8
3 Cheers for the Team
- (a) Why is cheerleading an expensive sport?
(b) What makes cheerleading such a tough sport?
- What is your opinion of cheerleaders? If given a chance, would you join cheerleading? Why/ why not?
Ans1 (a)the reason why cheerleading is an expensive sport is due to the expensive clothing , hair dressing products, pom-poms, gymnastic classes and workshop, medical insurance(especially for those who are a klutz),nutritional supplements ,shoes ,and training mats. The main purpose of cheer leading is to motivate the cheer leader’s team in the competition in order to make sure that they do not lose confidence or go to “panic mode”, and therefore exquisite clothing and hair products(especially the tailored costume which cost a bomb to make as having outdate costumes make your school out while others are in) is essential because no one likes cheerleaders dressing simply as instead of being motivated they lose morale rapidly and get distracted, in the end, they just increase their vulnerabilities, screwing up everything in the competition. Medical insurance cost a painful amount to purchase and maintain especially for those who perform like clowns and always being a klutz. Instead of being a benefit for the school the clumsy personals of some cheerleaders they make it painful for others and themselves by performing mistakes and injuring others by accident, in the end, the school pays more than what they get. the shoes and tights(maybe not imported) of the cheerleaders are expensive in terms of price as they are imported from
1(b)”Gaah! I hates it!!!,this is soo harsh!!!, what the hell is this!!” are the speeches most probably heard from new students who wants to obtain fame from cheerleading but forgot or did not reconsider the harsh training they are going to battle against when they join cheer leading.Cheer leading itself is a physical taxing activity as most would probably get bruises and wounds at first try, or worst! Concussions,head injuries temporary memory lost ,fractures you name it.In the end everyone looked pathetic on the outside by that time can you still get your so called “fame”?
2) Bleah!! No thank you! I don’t wish to join such a CCA that jeopardizes my health during practices, if I remain there for a sometime, I would most probably end up as a nut case due to all the stress and nervousness. There are other reasons for my uncanny hate for cheerleading. Firstly cheerleaders serve more of a distraction than a morale retainer as male competitors would most probably be gazing at them during the competition, thinking of how pretty they are. secondly the expenses for cheerleading is atrocious as even a training mat cost $50 a piece, and most probably i could not afford them or even want to part with my allowance for it.thirdly, im not an active person and would probably faint during the practices,further more I wouldn’t want to get myself into the hospital because of an accident.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Businesses are still big on doing good
What are big companies doing in order to be more socially responsible?
One of the companies, SingTel, plans to carbon emission and reduce paper wastage as they do not want their company to contribute to global warming and also, they wish to cut down business cost. International company, Mc Donald’s has come to a decision whereby, the company will not purchase cattle meat or any food from rainforest or recently deforested rainforests as they do not want to endanger the animals there , as if mc Donald’s wish to buy food there, more animals would be killed.
Question 2
How important it is to be socially responsible? And do you think it is still possible to make a social impact during the recession?
A socially responsible company would not conduct activities that would led to the harming of populations in the area of its operation.it also helps the company earn more profits, more successes , sustainable supply chain, environment , community and other internal and external company factors.
Save the planet? This is a job for school kids…
What are some of the things that schools in Singapore are doing in order to take care of the environment?
Q1) Schools in Singapore are teaching their pupils of the importance and ways to save energy and the environment so as to allow a deeper understanding of how human activities and our lifestyles are affecting the environment and energy sources. Schools also require students to bring their utilities bill to school so as to warn them about how wasteful they are in terms of electricity and water supply or to compliment them on their environmentally friendly behaviour. Schools like commonwealth secondary school bought their students out to wetland to test on the waters cleanliness which is used to treat bathroom waste waters. They also went their to observe how the animals and plants are affected there. other schools are not fare behind either, Elias park primary contributes by using organic waste for example fruit peels to be reused as fertilisers for plants and also, Nan yang high banned cardboard food takeaways as they are non biodegradable.
Question 2
Do you think one person's effort in reducing; reusing and recycling will make a difference in saving the environment? What steps have you taken in the effort to save the earth?
Q2)I agree that a person’s effort in reducing, reusing and recycling will make a difference. Firstly, practicing environmentally friendly habits in front of the public would inspire them to follow you in practising these habits as usually, most of us do not want to be the odd one out by practicing environmentally friendly lifestyles. Secondly, although you may think that by reusing things, reducing electrical and water wastage wouldn’t make a difference in helping the environment as one man isn’t going to save the world. Actually if you practice these lives style everyday, maybe for a month or a week, you actually recycled and saved yourself from using a huge amount of electricity, water and throwing away rubbish, which is quite a big deal . Emphasising and practicing environmentally friendly skills would positively influence a child’s reaction and behaviour when it comes to practicing environmentally friendly habits. Why? The reason behind it is that when parents practice good or bad habits, they would usually follow as they are still immature and cannot think for themselves yet. If you practice bad habits like throwing litter in the public, they would most likely follow, and when they have grown up, it becomes a habit and they would continue to repeat it until they recognise it was wrong to do that, usually painful lessons like fines were needed to make them cut the habit. Sometimes being environmentally friendly doesn’t mean that you have to do get your hands dirty and sweat like a pig. If you own a company or if you have a small business, you or your designers can design environmentally friendly products or you can use, or import environmentally friendly materials to produce your supplies or to make items to sell. Owning a big company would definitely improve the environment if your product is environmentally friendly. lastly, I hope that everyone contributes positively to the environment to make it a better place to live, work and play.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Reforming sex offenders
How does the treatment programme of the Singapore Prison Service help sex offenders?
Q1) it corrects the negative thinking of sex offenders which made them commit sex crimes. The program was also conducted to help them overcome the regrets, shame, and any negative thoughts of their sex crimes which might cause them lose hope in society. It was also designated in helping the offenders to devise a method in overcoming the urge to commit sex crimes.
Question 2
Do you think that sex offenders should be given a second chance in the society? State your reasons.
Q2) I strongly agree that offenders should be given a chance in society even if they commit sex crimes many times. Firstly sex offenders are humans and like every one of us we are fallible and sometimes we commit mistakes .don’t you think we should forgive them like what we did to others who have commit mistakes too? And why must it be sex criminals that we cannot accept? They are like other criminals who have crimes , is it because of our human nature? Secondly, we, humans have sex hormones in our body flowing through our blood stream to parts of the body to start up changes like puberty and sexual behaviours and sometimes these hormones acts on one’s brain and cause him or her to have an urge to rape others who are sexually appealing to them. Thirdly, others like bala kappusamy who have committed sex crimes are also ought to be forgiven too. Why? Because unlike any other sex offenders who raped others out of urge, he may have a reason like anyone of us for doing things . And because we don’t know of it doesn’t mean that we can make stupid comments like” oh this is the guy who raped a girl how pathetic and retarded, I think he should go to hell”. It is true that we too are afraid of being his next victim but we should not shun him and give him awful comments about what he had committed, imagine yourself in his shoes , you would not want to be like him being unaccepted In society right?.
Finally I hope that everyone gives a chance to sex offenders for them to rise and shine like everyone of us.