As you all know, since the first computer virus appeared in the 1960s, viruses have been bothering us so much to the point that we have to regularly reinstall our software or even buy new computers. That is why we need an antivirus software.
Recently, some Hwa Chong technicians posted up an EMB reporting that a high percentage of us have been detected to not have any antivirus software, through a check by the Hwa Chong network. Actually, at first I was not in favour of people collecting information about our computer through the network. However, later I realised that this information was important. This just shows that how unprotected a lot of Hwa Chong's Student's computers are.
Why is it important to protect our computers with an antivirus software? Now that Hwa Chong has moved on into the future school programme, many of us are using laptops for our schoolwork. Just imagine if your research studies project work, analysis, thesis, presentation and literature review are all in your computer, a virus could just cleanly wipe everything out by corrupting our computers. Then, our weeks and months of hard work is wasted just like that. Thus, we need a reliable anti-virus software to prevent all this from happening.
Virus usually originate from the internet. And I believe that Hwa Chong students do a great deal of research and socialising on the computer. While doing all these, it is impossible for us to avoid a virus. All we can hope is that our antivirus can block it or that the viruses we get are not dangerous or can be easily busted. Of course in here, the width of the virus database of the antivirus matters here, and I urge that all people should be a reliable antivirus software as soon as possible. Do not buy a particular brand of antivirus just because it is cheap. You should buy an antivirus because it can protect your computer well.
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Last Lesson of Chinese Drama
On Thursday, we had our last chinese drama lesson. Many people from my class do not really have a positive attitude towards Chinese Drama and many of them say "Come on Chinese Drama sucks!" However, I think likewise. I think that Chinese Drama is actually a very fun lesson. Whether we actually feel it fun or not depends on our own attitude.
The main reason why I like Chinese Drama is because we rarely get a chance to practice talking properly, and because we get to learn interesting things we would never be able to do in order lessons. First off, we learn all the simple warming up like the mouth exercise, which I think is actually very useful, for preparation before a long speech.
Secondly, we get to watch very cool performances by classmates! Many times, classmates will induce an element of laughter and fun into their act, which always causes us to burst out laughing. Also, it allows us to understand more about how people react in situations and so on.
Lastly, on the last lesson we had a number game. It was a very simple game, where the rules were for us to stand in a circle, and then count from 1 upwards. However, we had to clap instead of shouting the number for multiples of 3 and numbers with 3 in it like 13 and 34. If a person did it wrongly, he would be eliminated and forced to do 10 push ups. Later, I discovered a flaw in the game that if the number of people playing the game is a multiple of 3, the game would be unfair, since some people will always get multiples of 3 no matter what, and all they have to do is clap for the whole game. Later on, my hard work paid off, and I emerged as one of the 4 survivors of the game! It was actually a fun game, which yet required a lot of concentration and the ability for our mind to twist.
I really hope that there will still be Chinese Drama lessons in the future!
The main reason why I like Chinese Drama is because we rarely get a chance to practice talking properly, and because we get to learn interesting things we would never be able to do in order lessons. First off, we learn all the simple warming up like the mouth exercise, which I think is actually very useful, for preparation before a long speech.
Secondly, we get to watch very cool performances by classmates! Many times, classmates will induce an element of laughter and fun into their act, which always causes us to burst out laughing. Also, it allows us to understand more about how people react in situations and so on.
Lastly, on the last lesson we had a number game. It was a very simple game, where the rules were for us to stand in a circle, and then count from 1 upwards. However, we had to clap instead of shouting the number for multiples of 3 and numbers with 3 in it like 13 and 34. If a person did it wrongly, he would be eliminated and forced to do 10 push ups. Later, I discovered a flaw in the game that if the number of people playing the game is a multiple of 3, the game would be unfair, since some people will always get multiples of 3 no matter what, and all they have to do is clap for the whole game. Later on, my hard work paid off, and I emerged as one of the 4 survivors of the game! It was actually a fun game, which yet required a lot of concentration and the ability for our mind to twist.
I really hope that there will still be Chinese Drama lessons in the future!
On: Inconsiderate behaviour on the bus
There are so many inconsiderate acts on public transport nowadays. People keep breaking simple rules. Even if they do not break simple rules, they display behavior that have negative impacts on us. I am going to talk about so of this behavior.
First off, we have people vandalising buses. When these people vandalise buses, the content that they put in the vandalism usually tends to not be very appropriate. Also, they are making the bus uglier and dirtier by doing such things, and makes the cleaner's job harder. Worse still, if they carve their vandalism, then they have done permanent damage. What they write, they might see it as cool, but when other people see it, I do not really think they would think it is cool
Secondly, we have people not giving up seats to the disabled and the elderly and the pregnant. On nearly every bus and ever MRT train, we will see notices telling people that those seats are reserved for the elderly / pregnant/ disabled, and that we should give it up to them should they need it. However, just how many people will follow these instructions and give up their seats? I have seen many times disabled signaling for the person to give up his seat, but the person simply treats him as transparent, or pretend to sleep. I feel that this is very inconsiderate behavior. The elderly/pregnant/disabled need the seats more than them. It is harder for these people to maintain their balance while standing while the bus is moving. What if the person who needed it gets injured? Are they going to be responsible for it?
Thirdly, we have people talking loudly on public transport. In the past when I went to school by bus, there would always be a mob in the bus too, where they would talk loudly, use vulgar and inappropriate language, as well as cause a nuisance to others. Sometimes, they might also be eating on the bus. I feel that these people should not talk loudly. Some people want their rest when they get up onto the bus. If those people are going to be so noisy, how are those people going to be able to rest? Also, they used vulgar language. What happens if there are children around? Just imagine if the children decide to use vulgar language, and become influenced by the mob. It would be even more embarrasing if the children as their parents what those vulgarities meant. Also, they eat on the bus, which is very inconsiderate behavior, as it will make the bus dirty.
I really hope that people will stop committing such stupid acts and change for the better.
First off, we have people vandalising buses. When these people vandalise buses, the content that they put in the vandalism usually tends to not be very appropriate. Also, they are making the bus uglier and dirtier by doing such things, and makes the cleaner's job harder. Worse still, if they carve their vandalism, then they have done permanent damage. What they write, they might see it as cool, but when other people see it, I do not really think they would think it is cool
Secondly, we have people not giving up seats to the disabled and the elderly and the pregnant. On nearly every bus and ever MRT train, we will see notices telling people that those seats are reserved for the elderly / pregnant/ disabled, and that we should give it up to them should they need it. However, just how many people will follow these instructions and give up their seats? I have seen many times disabled signaling for the person to give up his seat, but the person simply treats him as transparent, or pretend to sleep. I feel that this is very inconsiderate behavior. The elderly/pregnant/disabled need the seats more than them. It is harder for these people to maintain their balance while standing while the bus is moving. What if the person who needed it gets injured? Are they going to be responsible for it?
Thirdly, we have people talking loudly on public transport. In the past when I went to school by bus, there would always be a mob in the bus too, where they would talk loudly, use vulgar and inappropriate language, as well as cause a nuisance to others. Sometimes, they might also be eating on the bus. I feel that these people should not talk loudly. Some people want their rest when they get up onto the bus. If those people are going to be so noisy, how are those people going to be able to rest? Also, they used vulgar language. What happens if there are children around? Just imagine if the children decide to use vulgar language, and become influenced by the mob. It would be even more embarrasing if the children as their parents what those vulgarities meant. Also, they eat on the bus, which is very inconsiderate behavior, as it will make the bus dirty.
I really hope that people will stop committing such stupid acts and change for the better.
Types of news articles
In class, we learnt about many different ways and different writing styles which the newspapers use to tell us information Some of this information may not be always reliable, and it is up to us to interpret its reliability. So far, there are two types of newspaper articles. The broadsheet type and the tabloid type. I am going to compare both of them.
Broadsheet:
Broadsheet newspapers tend to be newspaper that are bulky, even though it is not always the case. Broadsheet newspaper articles provide us with more 'straight' news. 'Straight' news basically means these are all the raw facts, and that they have not been twisted or morphed by the newspaper to mean something different. So most of the time, broadsheets news are generally more accurate. They are also more informative. Also, they do not really go personal, and instead just covers whatever is important. They usually report breaking news or news that are important to us. These broadsheets are aimed at the working class.
Tabloid:
Tabloid newspaper tend to be newspaper that are not too bulky, easy to hold as they are small in size. Generally, tabloid newspapers do not provide us with straight news, and instead tell us information that has been morphed through the personal opinion of the author. Thus, we can sometimes clearly see that the article is biased against one side. As a result of that, these newspaper articles are not so accurate. Also, tabloid newspapers have a fantastical writing style, so as to appeal to the young, since the young like to read newspapers that look nice to read. However, they are usually less informative, and focus more on writing style. They may also go very personal and cover many personal things. I found that tabloids also like to cover many subjects about human interest.
Broadsheet:
Broadsheet newspapers tend to be newspaper that are bulky, even though it is not always the case. Broadsheet newspaper articles provide us with more 'straight' news. 'Straight' news basically means these are all the raw facts, and that they have not been twisted or morphed by the newspaper to mean something different. So most of the time, broadsheets news are generally more accurate. They are also more informative. Also, they do not really go personal, and instead just covers whatever is important. They usually report breaking news or news that are important to us. These broadsheets are aimed at the working class.
Tabloid:
Tabloid newspaper tend to be newspaper that are not too bulky, easy to hold as they are small in size. Generally, tabloid newspapers do not provide us with straight news, and instead tell us information that has been morphed through the personal opinion of the author. Thus, we can sometimes clearly see that the article is biased against one side. As a result of that, these newspaper articles are not so accurate. Also, tabloid newspapers have a fantastical writing style, so as to appeal to the young, since the young like to read newspapers that look nice to read. However, they are usually less informative, and focus more on writing style. They may also go very personal and cover many personal things. I found that tabloids also like to cover many subjects about human interest.
Hwa Chong students eating ice-cream on bus
Not too long ago, there was an article on STOMP which pictured three boys with the Hwa Chong Institution badge bringing ice-cream up the bus. According to the mood statistics in STOMP, it shows that many people are furious at this incident. This incident has caused much negative publicity to our school. The STOMP article has also attracted comments from many members of the public, even though it is believed that many of the comments belong to boys from Hwa Chong Institution.
I feel that this article and its photos will negatively affect Hwa Chong. It makes other people think that Hwa Chong produces students that cannot understand and adhere to simple instructions like this. It reflects very badly on our school reputation. Our school reputation was built over decades, not within a day. But, it can be ruined just in a day.
Secondly, from the public's viewpoint, the boys were wrong to have even brought the ice cream up in the first place. The must consider that the ice cream is a sort of food that could melt. If the food melts, it might drip onto the bus and create a huge puddle of mess. Such behavior is just inconsiderate! The boys had to truly reflect their actions
After that though during assembly, they apologised to all the students in Hwa Chong Insitution. After listening to all three of them, I felt that they were really sincere in their apology and that it was not just some slipshot job just to make the teachers happy. Thus, I decided to forgive them, and I believe others will too.
As for the comments by boys from our school, I feel that they should stop commenting, since this incident has already caused much negative publicity and commenting on it will only make matters worse for us. As Hwa Chong students, it is our duty to uphold our school.
I feel that this article and its photos will negatively affect Hwa Chong. It makes other people think that Hwa Chong produces students that cannot understand and adhere to simple instructions like this. It reflects very badly on our school reputation. Our school reputation was built over decades, not within a day. But, it can be ruined just in a day.
Secondly, from the public's viewpoint, the boys were wrong to have even brought the ice cream up in the first place. The must consider that the ice cream is a sort of food that could melt. If the food melts, it might drip onto the bus and create a huge puddle of mess. Such behavior is just inconsiderate! The boys had to truly reflect their actions
After that though during assembly, they apologised to all the students in Hwa Chong Insitution. After listening to all three of them, I felt that they were really sincere in their apology and that it was not just some slipshot job just to make the teachers happy. Thus, I decided to forgive them, and I believe others will too.
As for the comments by boys from our school, I feel that they should stop commenting, since this incident has already caused much negative publicity and commenting on it will only make matters worse for us. As Hwa Chong students, it is our duty to uphold our school.
The Miss Jiang Lai Incident
If you remember, not too long ago, a Singaporean blogger called Miss Jiang Lai became famous for posting on her blog that ACS(I) boys were easier to date. This post was then publicised by many newspaper articles such as The New Paper. After that however, she was put in the limelight again, for asking the principal of Hwa Chong Institution for permission to "let her take full care of the boys" through her blog. She had said that because a boy from Hwa Chong Institution had gone up to her just to prove to her that Hwa Chong Institution boys were not ugly. This led Miss Jiang Lai to change her view towards Hwa Chong boys, to what she had first described as "all ugly". As a result, she has reportedly made undesirable movements towards him, and now when he was to break away from her, it was too late.
Personally, I think the reason of what happened did give Hwa Chong some embrassment, and I feel that the boy has been too rash. Firstly, he had no considered what type of person Miss Jian Lai was, and what she would do to him. The boy did not think about the consequences of his actions, and because of that, he has got himself into a lot of trouble. Just by reading her blog posts, I can already tell that she does not seem to have a normal mind and she seems to be out of her mind. This is mainly because she was so bold in posting all these on her blog, without fear that people might sue her, and even so, she seemed proud of it. I think that she should feel ashamed for her own actions, as many people view it as despicable. Of course, she received many negative comments on her blog, which she just simply ingored and scolded those people, using her uncle as a backup.
However, there seemed to be positive comments on her blog too. We have every right to believe that some of those comments were from students from our own school! I feel that the boys should stop trying to incite Miss Jiang Lai to continue her actions, and instead should just not comment on her blog at all. We do not want Miss Jiang Lai to cause harm to any of our boys again.
Personally, I think the reason of what happened did give Hwa Chong some embrassment, and I feel that the boy has been too rash. Firstly, he had no considered what type of person Miss Jian Lai was, and what she would do to him. The boy did not think about the consequences of his actions, and because of that, he has got himself into a lot of trouble. Just by reading her blog posts, I can already tell that she does not seem to have a normal mind and she seems to be out of her mind. This is mainly because she was so bold in posting all these on her blog, without fear that people might sue her, and even so, she seemed proud of it. I think that she should feel ashamed for her own actions, as many people view it as despicable. Of course, she received many negative comments on her blog, which she just simply ingored and scolded those people, using her uncle as a backup.
However, there seemed to be positive comments on her blog too. We have every right to believe that some of those comments were from students from our own school! I feel that the boys should stop trying to incite Miss Jiang Lai to continue her actions, and instead should just not comment on her blog at all. We do not want Miss Jiang Lai to cause harm to any of our boys again.
Rats!
Today on stomp, I saw a news article write-up showing a rodent on the table of a chicken rice stall. Upon further look, I realised that it was actually a rat! In fact, I have never seen such a big rat. Soon, someone reported the rodent, and it was exterminated.
Rodent infestation like these bring people a lot of trouble.Not only do they scare other people away from the food court, it endagers our hygiene. Rats are generally dirty animals, which scavange for food.in rubbish dumps, where it is very dirty, unhygienic. And now, we are eating all this dirt into our stomach. Just thinking of that is enough to put anyone off.
The National Environment Agency should check the hygiene of these stall owners more often. If they had been checked regularly, and found that there has been hygiene problems, they would have detected all these hygiene problems. This shows that the NEA had not been entirely careful in their inspection, which let them to overlook this incident.
Public Transport
Today as I look around myself, I see huge moving containers ploughing along the road, amongst the speedy little rats, the cars. Now, I did some research and found that nearly _____% of Singaporeans take public transport every day. From here, we can analyse and infer that a significant percentage of Singaporeans take public transport every day. Thus, it is an important pillar in Singapore, and we need to work hard to ensure that not only does it not collapse, it also sustains its continued growth upward. Thus, the public transport system has huge impacts on Singapore, and the government has to set up measures and polices to maintain it.
Firstly, has the government made it accessible enough? We have to make public transport accessible and convenient, so that even the disabled, pregnant and the elderly are able to take public transport with ease. Public transport is everywhere. We have taxis, buses and trains. There currently a total of 7 trains service lines, with 4 under the Mass Rapid Transport System. The other three fall under the Light Rail Transport System. These Mass Rapid Transport lines stretch all the way from north to south, and east to west. These train service lines have helped Singaporeans immensely in getting from one end of Singapore to another end, as well as just everyday transportation. Of course, the distance between each MRT station is ____km, which is massive for Singaporeans. So, we have buses! Buses are plenty in Singapore, with over _____ services in Singapore. These buses go around every corner in Singapore, even in the most deserted of places. Many of these buses are linked to interchanges, where people can change to either another bus that takes them to their destination, or the MRT trains, since most interchanges are linked to MRT stations.
Now, in order to make public transport easily accessible to the disabled, the bus companies are now introducing more Wheel-Chair Accessible Buses to Singapore, mainly because the government has made it compulsory for transport operators to buy wheelchair-accessible buses. It is estimated that by 2030, the bus fleet will be fully wheelchair-accessible.
If you thought that the number of transport routes was enough, then you are probably wrong. There are new MRT lines, like the DownTown Line, under construction. Even more MRT lines and bus services are under consideration by the Singapore Land Transport Authority. With more and more transport routes being created, we can take ease!
Reasons why PAP lost
Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, had tried apologizing to Singaporeans about the mistakes of the government. This was seen as a move to try and gain more votes for the PAP. They thought that by admitting their mistakes, people would forgive them, and hopefully see their ‘sincerity’. This way, people would regain confidence in them. However, I think likewise. If the PAP had apologized much earlier, I believe that people would definitely believe them. But now, they are apologizing, only after the opposition parties had tried to attack the government in those weak areas. Apologising only after the opposition had pointed out their mistake, seemed to give people the impression that the government is apologizing purely to garner votes for the election, and were not truly sincere in their apology. Thus, many people did not take it and did not vote for the PAP. This is al shown in the results of the general election, with the PAP losing a significant number of votes. Thus, I feel the PAP should reflect on their actions. It is not too late for them to try and learn from their mistakes and change for the better. They can still win its votes back the next general election. If they have the heart, they will definitely get what they rightly deserve.
General Election
This year, it was the time for the 2011 general election again. In this year, we saw all sort of parties making preparations for it; nearly all of the GRC’s are going to be contested. But why? In my opinion, I think the reason was simply just that the opposition parties realised that this year was the best time to attack the PAP, the ruling government, because of many recent unhappy events. Some events include the escape of terrorist Mas Selamat, the shortage in HDB housing and the increasing HDB flat prices and flash floods. During the escape of Mas Selamat, people were constantly in fear, worried that the terrorist might try to hurt them. The increase in the prices for HDB flats left people frustrated that they could not get a flat at an affordable price. The flash floods made businesses, especially shop owners lose a lot of money, as well as car owners lose their cars. All these events are linked to the government, the PAP. The escape of Mas Selamat occurred because the government did not tighten up the security of the centre enough, while the shortage of HDB housing is due to the government not stepping up on its HDB flat building scheme fast enough. The flash floods was due to the government agencies not improving the sewage and drainage system fast enough. All these were reasons why Singaporeans should not vote for PAP. As a result, the PAP lost many votes from the last 2006 General Election, and they even lost an important 6-seat representative GRC, Aljunied GRC. This obviously shows that people are not exactly very happy with the current government. The PAP government should rethink its current strategies and polices in order to win some votes back.
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