Is helpfulness evident nowadays?

I think most people would say that people nowadays have no knowledge of helpfulness, as this can be seen from incidents in public transports, like people not having the initiative to give up seats to the elderly in the MRT, or bus etc. This, however can be proven wrong, because of a number of experiences that happened to me.
I shall use one of my experience of people having helpfulness over here. I was going back home from school on the bus when i feel asleep. I guess i was too tired, to the extent that did not know that the bus reached the interchange, and went on sleeping. Normally, people would just walk past me without waking me up if they did not have the knowledge of being helpful, but there was this middle-aged guy who woke me up and alerted me that the bus has reached the interchange. People would say this people with the knowledge of helping others would be one in a thousand, but this incident had happened to me not just once, not twice, but a countless time. Hence the point here would be that there are a lot of people out in the world with a helpful heart, ready to help people.
I think that the reason being people not being helpful would be that they had helped someone before and that one person did not express his gratitude to him, and instead took him for granted, or maybe he got scolded for being a busybody, and this probably made the person feel that there is no people who would appreciate him for being helpful, and the next time he sees that there are people who needs help, they would not bother to help the person in need of help.
I think that there are countless number of people who needs our help and we should help them, and we should not stop in our course of doing so just because of some people who are unappreciative, and this brings me to yet another end in my short blog post.

La assignment task 2

Analysis

Point of view

This poem is written from the point of view from the poet. i think it is reliable because the author has first hand experience as to what happened back in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. He uses a helpless tone in the poem. from here we can see that the author wishes to do something for the young children in Vietnam but he cannot do anything. we can also see that the writer is an upright person.

Situation and setting

the place is in Vietnam, probably about 1967-1968, and I think that it is about the Vietnamese war, whereby the boys are being forced to go to war, which is the main point about writing the poem.

Language/diction

the language used here is rather simple and i think the reason for doing so is to reinforce the fact that the children did not receive any education. there is a repetition of the words "darkness" and "could we''. from here we can see that the repetition of the word darkness shows that the future of the children are dim and there is no bright future waiting for them, instead the word darkness shows that they would be lost. the repetition of the word "could we" shows the helpless in them because as much as they want to help the children, they know that they could not do so, and is using a last ditched effort to appeal to the government.

Personal response

I feel sad for the children, because they are the future leaders of the nations, but instead of giving them the education that they should receive, they forced them to move to the front line to fight for the country. at the end of the day, it will only cause grief to the relatives of the killed child on the battlefield.

LA assignment task 1

This war poem was written in Vietnam, Saigon, by Harry M Bechtold. He was in his most beloved country and he was writing a poem about how men abused girls working in the park to express his anger but was not able to think of anything. He looked at the television and the news was about a photo of a small boy with a helmet and an automatic rifle. It was only till then did he get his inspiration to write and pen his thoughts to write this poem, Children in the Darkness.

process or the result.

I just realised my last post is on March 16. and today i will putting in some last-ditched effort to try to pull back my ace points for the term. i will be blogging about my past events in the Nationals Track and Field Competition. the day before my 4oom hurdles race, I was talking to my friends," how nice it would have been if I had gotten a medal." and it was then did my senior said to me, "the medal is not important. The process is more important." I did not care about what my senior had said, and all I wanted was to get a medal for my 400m hurdles. On the final day, while I was running on the track with seven runners beside me, I got nervous when people overtook me and did not focus well on the race. As a result, I got eighth for my race. Of course when I finished, I was very disappointed with my result, because I was the sixth qualifier for the 400m hurdles race, and in the end I ended up being the last one to complete the race, but I knew I had not put in effort for the race, and I have nothing to complain. I did not focus well on the process and hence I did not get a good result, and hence I would think that the process is more important than the result. It does not matter what do you get in the end, but as long as I put in effort, I know I have nothing to regret.
The same thing applies for your studies. We must focus on the process and not the result. Hence, if you want to get a good grade for your subject, you must put in effort in revising and must not think that you can get a good grade without studying for it. Hence, if you want to get a good grade, and you put in effort, you can count on yourself to get a good grade. An example of me is that I did not bother studying for my chinese test. I thought that my chinese grade was good enough to get a A2, or A1, and thus I did not study for the test. Hence, in the end, I ended up with a C5. This is proof that you must study and not focus on the result. If you want to get a good grade, and you don't put in effort, you will end up like me.
Hence, I shall conclude this blog post with the conclusion that the process matters more than the result, and we must not be thinking of the result all the time, and don't put in effort. thank you.

attitudes of school-goers and the importance of self-control

today i will be talking about the attitude of people. people normally have a negative attitude towards their studies. i shall be talking about the reasons why people do not like to study. is it because of temptations in the world now? game-creators in the world now has a lot of talent, in creating games for people to get addicted to. even the simplest game can let thousands of people go crazy because of it, willing to spend thousands of dollars on it. they are blinded by the "beauty" of the game and they are willing to do anything just to excel in the game, so that they can have a laugh at their friends, but they do not know that what they are doing is actually very foolish, because their friends, who do not excel in virtual life, can win them in other forms, be it academics or CCA-wise. in the end, the people who are laughing at them will be the ones whom they have laughed at before. at an instant, they would find that they do not have anything to their name, except for just a materialistic name, such as the gaming expert. people may call you that, and you may feel good, but you do not know that in the inside of them, they are laughing at you, laughing that your dumbness to play around with the game that does not serve you good.
People of our age now has a great tendency to get addicted into games. this is a part where self-control plays a great part in our lives. people at my age have a great possibility to drop out of school, or they might go to school but not pay attention to their lessons, and all they care is about their games, their only thinking process is not about the lesson, but the strategy to win in games. and in the end, they will be the ones at loss and they will never find their way back in a pit of darkness. they also would have the temptation to skip their CCAs, a form of relaxation for them after a long day in school of concentration on their studies and CCA is the brought-about-relief to all, in terms of stress, homework, etc. however, the gamers will skip CCAs to play their computer games. i am not saying that playing games is not good for us. playing games is a good way to destress, but it will not be good if the de-stressing method gets out of hand. 1-2 hours of playing is counted as good enough, and then we shall focus our energy back onto our work. we just have to tell ourselves that enough is enough, and we shall study hard after playing hard. at the end of the term, when they get back their results, they will be able to play hard, and this is a good time for them to let down their necks and play hard, relax well and "charge their battery for the next term".
hence, the attitude of students nowadays should be a "you reap what you sow" attitude, no matter in terms of studies or games. you study hard, you play less, you get a broad smile on your face at the end of the day. you play hard, you study less, you get frowns on your face at the end of the day. self-control should never be forgotten. we should have a sense of self-control in terms of gaming, and we should not exceed the time limit. thank you, and that will be all for my post for today.

rules

today i will be talking about rules. recently i was on my way back home from school on the bus when i heard 2 teenagers talking amongst themselves. one of them was eating. the other person told him:" hey, dun eat here lar, later kenna will have to pay money one leh. i no money one hor." the other person told him:" aiya, you think they will ask us to pay fine meh? i just eat a little bit won't die one lar." upon hearing their conversation, i thought that since there is a sign on the bus not to eat, why can't we just follow the rules? besides, it is only just a few minutes away from home. we can just hold on a little bit, and then when we reach home, we can savour the food. rather than being sorry, i would rather be safe.
i shall now talk about an incident that happened to me. there is a link building nearby our house, and me and my friends would play soccer with some malay friends in the link buildings, since the link buidling was rather spacious. although there was a sign telling us not to play soccer, we did not bother about it, because the mentality: we do not care. there was this afternoon where we were playing soccer again, and that time, me and my friends we as usual, having a whale of a time playing soccer when suddenly a police car stopped just in front of the building and two policemen came out of the car. they did some interrogation, and after taking down our particulars, they went off. however, the fright that the policemen gave to us was etched deeply down in my memories. when he left, i remembered the policemen telling me that, as a hwa chong-ian, i should be smart enough to know what is right or wrong and by playing soccer in the link building, the stain left on the walls by the ball mark is counted as vandalism. should they require any renovations, we would have to pay the fines for the repair, and i do not think that this is something that my parents can afford. i shall try to exert self-control on myself and there is a right place for doing the right thing at the right time. we should not let a moment of folly lead us into serious consequences.
i shall conclude today's blog post about rules. rule is such a cumbersome thing, people would say, but can you imagine the world in chaos without rules? can you imagine a school of gangsters and "ah bengs" without school rules? it is rules that makes singapore the place it is now. we should be glad that there are rules, and should not be complaining about strict enforced on us. that will be all for my post. thank you, and we shall say hi soon.

Multiple Intelligence Test

I have done the multiple intelligence test and the results above shows that the eights qualities are equal. i think that this test is quite accurate because i the test results suits me. hence i will be talking about my interpersonal qualities. i think that this quiz can be used for people from all over the world.
i will be doing on an interview of the viewpoints on discrimination and prejudice.
Me: Hello, I am doing an interview on the viewpoints of discrimination and prejudice. Would you like to share with me on your viewpoints of people on discrimination and prejudice.
A person: I think that prejudice and discrimination should be taken away from this world, because too many people have been discriminated from the society. for examples, the black. in chinese schools, if there is an indian or malay, they tend to be scolded as black, and people would avoid making friends with them. If i were the person I definitely will feel d*** bad. i would not want to remain in the school, but there is no choice and I have to put up with them for 4 years. If I were the person, i definitely will stop schooling. I go to a school to persue an education, but not to put up with people scolding me and using different point views to look at me.
Me: how about prejudice?
A person: I also think that prejudice is bad. For example, there is a notorious person in your class. He always gets into trouble, doesn't hand in his homework on time, talks back to the teacher, receives a lot of demerit points, etc. and this is a theft case in the class, but it is not done by the person. However, very coincidentally, the person sits close to the scene of theft, surely, fingers will be pointing at him. If the person tries to turn over a new leaf, i am quite sure that people would not accept him, because of the wrong-doings he has done in the past. This is all i am sharing with you on prejudice and discrimination. I am sorry for not being able to answer more of your questions because i am in a rush for my homework.
Me: It's okay. Thank you!

LA assignment.

based on the test, i am a musical and intrapersonal person.
QUESTION:a. Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain.
b. Which character would you like to play in the movie version of the novel? Explain.
c. Write a diary entry for a major character of the novel.
i would like to be friends with Atticus because in the context of To Kill a Mockingbird, he is a dependable, fair-mindedness, and lastly, he was a determined person who would not give up in the face of trouble.
I would say that Atticus is a dependable person because in the incident of the mad dog, the first person Calpurnia called was Atticus, who, in the knowledge of the children, was not someone who went hunting, did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke, but only sat in the living room and read. However, the fact that Calpurnia would call Atticus shows us that he is dependable, and he is someone who provides a sense of security, as he rushed to the scene in the mindset of protecting his children, and he proved to be someone with great accuracy, as he shot down the mad dog, to prove to his children that he was not someone who could not shoot but rather someone who did not want to show off his skills to shoot. From here we could also infer that he is someone who is humble and does not show off his ability to shoot.
I would make friends with Atticus because of his fair-mindedness. I can infer so from the case of Tom Robinson. Atticus took on the case of Tom Robinson although he knew that he would receive a lot of insults from the other side, and he knew that he will lose the case. Despite all odds, Atticus stood on Tom Robinson's side because he had a sense of justice and morality. He did not judge a person according to his skin colour. He was a determined person, because he did not give up trying to defend for Tom Robinson, in spite of the insults saying that he was a "nigger lover", and the countless setbacks that he will undergo, and he was determined to see it through no matter what.
now onto the second part. I would like to play as the innocent young scout in the movie.
The innocent and young scout in the movie has nothing to hide. She does not tell lies, she does not hide anything, and she is trusting. Adults have a lot to hide and one example of this is Nathan Radley. He sealed up the hiding place, because he did not want his brother, Boo Radley to make friends with Scout and Jem because if it really happens, Boo will come out of the Radley Place, something that will not be good. Nathan Radley did this because he had a family secret to hide. He wanted to keep the secret just as it is. Hence from here we can see that adults are always hiding things and unlike children, who are innocent and they always tell the truth. One incident of the child being innocent is that Scout ate the chewing gum. She did not suspect a thing and she just ate the chewing gum without questions. Hence it is evident that Scout is very trusting because she ate something without knowing where it came from and what does it contains.
For the last part i am supposed to write a diary entry of a major character in the novel. I will be writing about Jem on the incident of the one shot finch.
"Today I witness something that made me have a 180 degree change of Atticus. The incident was like this. Me and Scout were outside when we saw old Tim Johnson. He looked sick and he was trying to catch his tail. We rushed back home to tell Cal about it, and when she ran out she saw the mad dog and guess what? The first thing she called was Atticus. Would you believe it? She called Atticus first-hand. The Atticus whom we knew of as one who was feeble and he did not hunt, did not play poker, did not fish, did not smoke. Atticus rushed to the scene along with Heck Tate. It was surprising that the one shooting was not Heck Tate, but Atticus. We were very tense for Atticus, especially with him showing how amateur he was with his glasses falling down, and he had to adjust it back to the top. With the crack of the rifle, we saw Tim Johnson leap, flop over, and crumpled on the sidewalk in a brown-and-white heap. Never for once was i so proud of Atticus. He actually knew how to shoot, just that he doesn't want to show off in front of us. To think that we still felt disappointed of him knowing how to play the harp. Atticus became a hero in my heart and i am proud with him being able to do what other fathers can do."

anger=bad

i believe that after seeing the topic of my blog all of you will know what i will be blogging about today. anger is an emotion that all of us experience in our lives and sometimes, and sometimes we will not consider about the consequences when we are angry and we will regret after doing it. today i will be talking about the bad points of anger.

few days before my brother did something that got me on my nerves. i was very angry, and my anger got the better of me and i was blinded by my anger. i did not care about the consequences, and i went over grabbed his hands, and i did consider about giving him a punch. however i got rid of that intention and i just slammed his hands, and i walked away. however i was conscientious that he was uttering something behind my back when i was walking away. i did not care. after that when i returned back to my seat i realised that what i did was too rash and i regretted doing it. i gritted my teeth and i scolded myself for letting my anger get the better of me. after that when i got back to see my brother i saw him consoling his hands. i felt sorry for him. i told myself that whatever happens in the future i would not take it out on him and i shall think of other solutions to the problem. however, who knows, in the future i may do the same thing as i dd to him just now? thus anger is such a bad thing because it is like a laser. once you get shot by it you will be blinded and you do not know what you will do. after that when you recover from it you will look at the mess you are in and start regretting.

i believe that many of you people always let your anger get the better of you and you will vent your anger on people or things, and after that you regret it, for doing harm to yourself or to the person. i heard my form teacher, mr eddie lau talk about it in class. when he was in a quarrel with his wife, obviously he wouldn't hit his wife but instead, he will take it out on the wall. he would punch the wall with all his mights, and then he will try and "console" his hands later, and he himself said that it was a bad thing to do. by punching the wall with your fists, you will cause harm to your knuckles and do you expect to just keep hitting the wall with your fists everytime you get into a quarrel with your wife? do you think that it is a smart way to deal with it?

a smart way to deal with anger is to walk away. yes, and this is a point in which my teacher taught us to do. by walking away from the scene of argument you will not be able to see the person which caused irritant to you, and you will not use any forms of violence, be it verbal violence or physical violence. my friends suggested closing your eyes. i think that it is also feasible because by closing our eyes, we will not be able to look at the scene in which the argument took place and you will have time to cool down and think of a good solution to the problem.

hence i have come to an end of my post today. comments will be greatly appreciated. thank you and goodbye.

Integrity

Integrity, is one important moral in our lives. We are tested on integrity most of the time. For example, when we see a wallet on the floor, we are tempted to take it, and our integrity is put to the test. On one side of our brain, we know that the money inside the wallet can be used for many purposes. On the other hand, we are taught that we should be honest with ourselves. So we learn to make choices here. One, is to stay there and wait for the owner to appear htand we get to enjoy the sweetness of doing a good deed, and we will remember the incident forever, because we had done a good deed and won against the dark side. and two, is to take the money is use it for other purposes, however, causing discomfort in our heart and we will remember this incident for the rest of our live, of course in a negative sense.
Now i shall list some examples of how integrity is important. Recently my brother lost his phone. He was very urgent as he needed to use the toilet, and he placed his belongings on the floor and asked for my mother to take the things along with her. However, she overlooked the phone on the floor, as it was quite dark. So the phone was left there lying on the ground, becoming the bait, lying there in wait to become the new belonging of the other person. It was only a period of few minutes, when my brother realised that he has lost his phone. And when he went back there to check whether the phone was there, it was gone, to his dismay. Somehow this person did not care about the feelings of others when he took the phone. He did not know how desperate he was finding his phone. I am not saying that it is completely his fault, but he should have just stood there with the phone, waiting for the owner to appear. This incident has not only happened to my brother, but also to my mother and me. Similarly, it is only a period of minutes, and when we went back there to find our phone, it was gone. Gone for good. Of course we were angry at the dishonesty and the lack of integrity the person possess. I do not think that the person wants people to take his very own belongings. I do believe that the person wants his belongings to be returned to him. It reflects very badly on the parents, because they brougth you up not for you to take others belongings, but to become a good man with great contribvution to the society. I do hope that the person who took away my brother's phone would have a taste of his own medicine, and it is the only way that can make him know how important integrity is. If he does not have a taste of his own medicine then he will continue to take other people's belongings without knowing how hurtful it is for them to see their very own belongings disappear before their eyes, especially they have what they call it the "bond" with their belongings. Hence, integrity is a very important moral because this reflects on the up-bringing of the person.
Let me make another example. Today my History teacher was reprimanding the class because they were suspected of copying answers. He gave us homework to do, and we found the answers on the internet, and most people took the answers from the internet, without reading the hand-outs that we were supposed to read. I admit that I am one of them, but when he was scolding and was talking to us about the integrity value inside us, me, as though being given a slap, woke up from it. I learnt more about one of the core values in Hwa Chong, which is also the topic that i am talking about today, which is that integrity is an important yet strict value. It is very important because it will be with me until the moment i die, and that I should be practising on my inteegrity values now, yet strict because in the future, when you are in the university, if you copy any work from the internet without doing any reserach, you would be expelled from the university, and thus I was glad that he scolded us today, so that in the future I would exercise more on my integrity value and not to infringe the copyrights rule.
Hence, integrity is so important because it is useful for us if we use it correctly, but it will in turn harm us if we use it in the wrong way. That's all for my blog post today. Please comment. Thank you.

new blog for a new year.

hello. this is my new blog for the year and all my posts shall be done here. the other blog before is dead. thank you. more posts shall follow up if time suffices. thank you.