Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Blog-Writing Prompt #4 - Paragraph of narrative in sentences of seven or fewer words
Darkness engulfed the day. The grandfather clock stroked twelve times. It was midnight. Everyone was asleep, except for one person. He, was talented at picking locks. Skilled, he picked the window lock. The window was unlocked easily! Before entering, he glanced around. He saw no signs of anyone awake. "I am lucky!" He entered through the window. Then, he began tiptoeing to the drawers. He opened the drawers and grabbed everything! Then, he placed valuables into his pocket. Just then, someone woke up! "Who is there?" The thief got a shock! He cursed under his breath. He needs to find a hiding place!
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Online Lesson #9 - War poem
War poem on Spainish Civil War (1936-1939)
Life makes a sudden change
Destiny bonds us together
But fate changed it all
17 July the dread
Fate turned
Destiny changed
Life Gone
Republicans and Nationalists
Which is good and which is bad
I don't know
But war had changed my life and fate and destiny
And I would never forget it
They damaged our houses
They killed our people
They claimed it was for a better good
But all I saw was terror
Bodies piling on the floor
Blood spilling on the ground
Life makes a sudden change
Destiny bonds us together
But fate changed it all
17 July the dread
Fate turned
Destiny changed
Life Gone
Republicans and Nationalists
Which is good and which is bad
I don't know
But war had changed my life and fate and destiny
And I would never forget it
They damaged our houses
They killed our people
They claimed it was for a better good
But all I saw was terror
Bodies piling on the floor
Blood spilling on the ground
Friday, July 1, 2011
Blog-Writing Prompt #3 - Would the world be different if human beings were not inherently optimistic?
The world will be different if human beings were not inherently optimistic. Firstly optimism improve human beings' health. Secondly, human beings are more likely to achieve success with optimism. Lastly, human beings will be more happier with optimism.
Firstly, being optimism improves human beings' health. When one's mind is optimistic, our physical health is improved. A study of cancer patients showed that pessimistic patients under the age of 60 were more likely to die within 8 moths than optimistic patients of the same initial health, status and age. This showed that those who were optimistic would be more willing to continue living than those who are pessimistic. Therefore, it showed that the world would be different.
Secondly, human beings are more likely to achieve success with optimism instead of pessimism. An example will be Donald Trump. He is the Chairman and CEO of The Trump Organisation, a real-estate developer based in the United States. Although he had been bankrupt many times, he was still optimistic and turned his failures into success. This showed that with the help of optimism, human beings can continue to work harder to achieve success even after failures. Therefore, if human beings were not inherently optimistic, they would not be able to try harder for success after failure, thus turning the world into a place where people are "born to be losers" and do not try to achieve success after failure.
Lastly, people are more happy with optimism. When one is optimism, he thinks positively. They see negative events as minor setbacks that can be easily overcome, and view positive events as evidence of further good things. By believing themselves, they create more positive events in their life. Thus, they become happier than pessimistic people since pessimistic people have more stress than optimistic people. If human beings are not optimistic, the world will become a place of sadness, where everyone is unhappy with even a small thing.
In conclusion, I think that optimism is very important in our life, since it helps us to have a positive mindset and reduce our stress, as well as giving us a better life. Therefore, without optimism, the world will transform into a negative and sad place.
Firstly, being optimism improves human beings' health. When one's mind is optimistic, our physical health is improved. A study of cancer patients showed that pessimistic patients under the age of 60 were more likely to die within 8 moths than optimistic patients of the same initial health, status and age. This showed that those who were optimistic would be more willing to continue living than those who are pessimistic. Therefore, it showed that the world would be different.
Secondly, human beings are more likely to achieve success with optimism instead of pessimism. An example will be Donald Trump. He is the Chairman and CEO of The Trump Organisation, a real-estate developer based in the United States. Although he had been bankrupt many times, he was still optimistic and turned his failures into success. This showed that with the help of optimism, human beings can continue to work harder to achieve success even after failures. Therefore, if human beings were not inherently optimistic, they would not be able to try harder for success after failure, thus turning the world into a place where people are "born to be losers" and do not try to achieve success after failure.
Lastly, people are more happy with optimism. When one is optimism, he thinks positively. They see negative events as minor setbacks that can be easily overcome, and view positive events as evidence of further good things. By believing themselves, they create more positive events in their life. Thus, they become happier than pessimistic people since pessimistic people have more stress than optimistic people. If human beings are not optimistic, the world will become a place of sadness, where everyone is unhappy with even a small thing.
In conclusion, I think that optimism is very important in our life, since it helps us to have a positive mindset and reduce our stress, as well as giving us a better life. Therefore, without optimism, the world will transform into a negative and sad place.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Blog Prompt #2 - 100 words sentence without punctuation
It was chaotic as people was pushing and shouting at each other when another person had bought what he wanted which caused him to be angry and thus wanting to attack each other but luckily there is enough for almost everyone and those who were unable to buy something at first rushed towards the stalls behind where more things like pears and oranges were sold and this created excitement in the people and they rushed towards those stalls with more things to prevent the things from being sold out but this is quite impossible because there is too much people and those in front are able to buy more things easily because they can see better than those at the back and finally when the day is over everyone but those who came late and could not buy anything went home happily including the stallholders since they were successful as selling everything they had to sell.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Online Lesson #9 - War Poetry
Passage A
2. The "jackies"refer to the sailors on board the war ships. They are singing "war chanties" because they ae happy and wants to increase their morale.
3. In line 11, the oblong vaults mean graves, therefore the shovels will be used to create these oblong vaults. This shows and represents death of the sailors in a war. By stating "The shovel is brother to the gun", it shows a relationship between the shovel and the gun, also stating that death is related to war, since the shovel is representing the oblong vaults and the gun represents the war.
Passage B
4. It shows that the normal citizens are supposed to obey and follow the soldiers. However, although it seems that the citizens are commanding the soldiers in stanza 1, I think that there is some irony inside.
5. It shows that the citizens have to rebuild what is being destroyed by the soldiers. It creates a feeling that it is very hard to rebuild what is destroyed. The persona feels angry at the soldiers for destroying the buildings, thus the irony in stanza 1. However, the persona has a sense of sympathy for the citizens, since stanza 2 shows the hard work of the citizens.
6. I think that it is harder to build a society again. A society can be destroyed easily, and there is little time needed to do so. For example, when Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, was convicted of corruption, anger erupted among his supporters and started riots. This created disorder in the society, and it was done easily. However, to control and stop the riots, it took a long time and even caused deaths. Therefore, it is hard to rebuild a good society again after it is destroyed.
Passage C
7. In line 1, the "drum of hoofs" represent horses, which are used for transport in the past. The "beat of shod feet" represents the foot soldiers, who travelled by walking. Now, horses are no longer used for transport. Instead, tanks are used, therefore creating "hum of motors"- the engine and the "thread of rubber tires" - the wheels. It represents how the future wars would be, when technology are progressing, getting better and better.
8. One "king" was has been "kicked under the dust" is Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, for corruption. He is considered a "King" because a king holds an important position in a country, and as the prime minister before being convicted of corruption, he held power and status in Thailand.
5. It shows that the citizens have to rebuild what is being destroyed by the soldiers. It creates a feeling that it is very hard to rebuild what is destroyed. The persona feels angry at the soldiers for destroying the buildings, thus the irony in stanza 1. However, the persona has a sense of sympathy for the citizens, since stanza 2 shows the hard work of the citizens.
6. I think that it is harder to build a society again. A society can be destroyed easily, and there is little time needed to do so. For example, when Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, was convicted of corruption, anger erupted among his supporters and started riots. This created disorder in the society, and it was done easily. However, to control and stop the riots, it took a long time and even caused deaths. Therefore, it is hard to rebuild a good society again after it is destroyed.
Passage C
7. In line 1, the "drum of hoofs" represent horses, which are used for transport in the past. The "beat of shod feet" represents the foot soldiers, who travelled by walking. Now, horses are no longer used for transport. Instead, tanks are used, therefore creating "hum of motors"- the engine and the "thread of rubber tires" - the wheels. It represents how the future wars would be, when technology are progressing, getting better and better.
8. One "king" was has been "kicked under the dust" is Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, for corruption. He is considered a "King" because a king holds an important position in a country, and as the prime minister before being convicted of corruption, he held power and status in Thailand.
Blog-Writing Prompt #1 - Do you think that same-sex marriage will ever become legal in Singapore?
I think that same-sex marriage in Singapore will not become legal in Singapore. This is because of law not accepting same-sex marriage, the low fertility rate of Singapore and their rights.
Lastly, legal and immigration rights are not awarded to binational same-sex couples, where one is a Singaporean or Singapore Permanent Resident. Dependent visas, issued for heterosexual spouses, as well as tax rights, wills, and spousal insurance benefits are not included for same-sex couples too. Also, thee is no recognition of same-sex couples in most areas of concern such as hospital visitation and Central Provident Fund (CPF) benefits. Since Singapore does not change its policies frequently and unnecessarily, I do not think that same-sex marriage will become legal in Singapore.
In conclusion, I do not believe that same-sex marriage will be accepted and legalised in Singapore, since the government does not encourage same-sex marriage and that even Singapore's law is discouraging such marriages.
The law in Singapore does not accept same-sex marriage. Section 377A of the Penal Code of Singapore is the main remaining piece of legislation which criminalises sex between mutually consenting adult men. Section 377A ("Outrages on decency") states that any male person who, in public or private, commits, or abets the commission of, or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years. This shows that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) is not encouraged in Singapore. Therefore, I think that the government will not want same-sex marriage to be legal in Singapore, since there is a part of law that discourages LGBT.
Also, Singapore's fertility rate is very low, at a record low of 1.16. As the low population of Singapore will cause a negative effect, such as affecting Singapore economically and not being able to support the aging population which is increasing because of low birth rates. Therefore, the government will want more adults to give birth to babies, increasing the birth rate. If same-sex marriage is legalised in Singapore, the birth rate will decrease even more, and that is not what the government wants. Therefore, the government will not allow same-sex marriage to become legal in Singapore.
In conclusion, I do not believe that same-sex marriage will be accepted and legalised in Singapore, since the government does not encourage same-sex marriage and that even Singapore's law is discouraging such marriages.
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