How I made a difference to the environment? Personally, I feel that the environment has got to do something with us. Thus, caring for the environment is one of the basic factors. The environment is our responsibility. We should care about the environment whenever we can and we should make a difference to the environment and not only to ourselves.
We can do many things to affect the environment. They are throwing rubbish on the floor, using stationeries which are not environmental friendly and many more. We should care for our environment and responsible for it. Throwing rubbish can be one major factor. When we throw rubbish, the rubbish will have to decompose and when it decomposes, there will be harmful gases around. When the harmful gases spread, we will be affected as well. Therefore, throwing rubbish is the first 'NO' and I do not throw rubbish anywhere. I always bring my rubbish to somewhere that rubbish bin can be seen and not just anywhere. It is because one cannot think that it is just one rubbish. One person creates one rubbish, ten people creates ten rubbish. Thus, the amount of rubbish increases. We must think likewise before actions can be done.
Some people may be lacking of global knowledge. Therefore, personally I feel that educating people on global knowledge is important. It is because if all of us know what is global warming all about and the actions that can be carried out for the environment, the environment can be saved. The environment cannot be clean and green without all of us, being an individual cannot do much for the environment. Thus, I can try to convey the message for the environment to people that is not clear so that they can have a better understanding of the environment. Thereafter, when one person conveys the message to another person, the message of environmental friendly will be widely spread and the environment can be clean and green!
In conclusion, everyone can help the environment. It is only depending on one's knowledge, capability and willingness. If all of us have the willingness to save our own environment and everyone is willing to make a difference for the environment by making some sacrifices, I am sure that the environment in the future will be clean and green. People will not have to worry much for the environment as well. Thus, keeping the environment healthy is a challenge for all of us and I feel that we should take up the challenge if we want to help the environment.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Growth Camp 2008
Growth camp 2008, I have always like camps and thus, when I heard of growth camp for this year, I was full of energy and was happy and excited for it. I feel that a camp is important as it can nurtures our confidence, teamwork and at the same time to balance our lives well.
Personally, I enjoyed my camp and I tried to be spontaneous throughout the camp. The first day of the camp, we had team games such as abseiling and flying fox. Why did I say it is a team game? I feel that if we did not have the encouragement from our friends, would we dare to step out? Thus, we will need support from others. The second day of the camp is also about team games but they are different. We had games such as low elements where we have to walk through steps via the support of our friends and games like kayaking. Kayaking is a game whereby two people will have to control a boat and at the same time, we have to balance it. Both games require team work. Therefore, teamwork is very important. After the games, we had our campfire and every single one of us enjoyed the campfire and our own performance!
The third day of the camp, all of us had to clear the area and after clearing we will set off back to school. In conclusion, I felt enjoyable throughout the days in the camp. I feel that all the things we do requires teamwork and thus, we should obey this golden rule. We must keep this in mind as well, ''being an individual cannot do much.'' I think that we need to treasure one another and not wait until the very last minute.
In my opinion, I feel that being able to balance our lives is very important. We cannot be too stressed and also not to relax so much. We should balance ourselves. Thus, that is where camps play the role. Therefore, I feel that we should always respect camps as camps play an important role in our lives. We have to play hard but at the same time, study hard too.
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Personally, I enjoyed my camp and I tried to be spontaneous throughout the camp. The first day of the camp, we had team games such as abseiling and flying fox. Why did I say it is a team game? I feel that if we did not have the encouragement from our friends, would we dare to step out? Thus, we will need support from others. The second day of the camp is also about team games but they are different. We had games such as low elements where we have to walk through steps via the support of our friends and games like kayaking. Kayaking is a game whereby two people will have to control a boat and at the same time, we have to balance it. Both games require team work. Therefore, teamwork is very important. After the games, we had our campfire and every single one of us enjoyed the campfire and our own performance!
The third day of the camp, all of us had to clear the area and after clearing we will set off back to school. In conclusion, I felt enjoyable throughout the days in the camp. I feel that all the things we do requires teamwork and thus, we should obey this golden rule. We must keep this in mind as well, ''being an individual cannot do much.'' I think that we need to treasure one another and not wait until the very last minute.
In my opinion, I feel that being able to balance our lives is very important. We cannot be too stressed and also not to relax so much. We should balance ourselves. Thus, that is where camps play the role. Therefore, I feel that we should always respect camps as camps play an important role in our lives. We have to play hard but at the same time, study hard too.
(366 words)
Friday, March 21, 2008
My career choice
What career I want to pursue? A teacher, a veterinarian, accountant, police officer or doctor? Choosing a job is not that easy, but if we have a dream, it will be much easier. It is because if we have a dream to pursue, we will have a direction to work towards and an aim to achieve.
As for what I want to be, I would like to be a private wealth advisor. In order to qualify for this job, I will have to be well presented with excellent communication skills, high levels of self-motivation and be confident and have initiative. A good team player and an excellent social networker, strong analytical skills, strong interest with experience in financial and wealth management. I will need to have a very good social and professional network of high net worth individuals. The career prospects of this job will include being a client manager who manages the different clients, and subsequently picking up hands-on experience to be promoted to a product, sales or portfolio manager who is responsible for a specific area. Lastly, protection or financial planners will be of a higher rank.
I want to be a private wealth advisor because I would like to help those people that are keen of investments. I would like to give them consultations and advices with their investments. I want to advise them on how to spend their money as well. On the other hand, I would also like to help those people that have high income to gain more money. I would like to help them because of the society which is very competitive and money in this case will help out a lot. Thus, the reason that I choose to do this job is to help those people in need of large sums of money.
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As for what I want to be, I would like to be a private wealth advisor. In order to qualify for this job, I will have to be well presented with excellent communication skills, high levels of self-motivation and be confident and have initiative. A good team player and an excellent social networker, strong analytical skills, strong interest with experience in financial and wealth management. I will need to have a very good social and professional network of high net worth individuals. The career prospects of this job will include being a client manager who manages the different clients, and subsequently picking up hands-on experience to be promoted to a product, sales or portfolio manager who is responsible for a specific area. Lastly, protection or financial planners will be of a higher rank.
I want to be a private wealth advisor because I would like to help those people that are keen of investments. I would like to give them consultations and advices with their investments. I want to advise them on how to spend their money as well. On the other hand, I would also like to help those people that have high income to gain more money. I would like to help them because of the society which is very competitive and money in this case will help out a lot. Thus, the reason that I choose to do this job is to help those people in need of large sums of money.
(301 words)
Monday, March 10, 2008
Singapore Flyer
How has the Singapore Flyer provide us with an enriching lesson outside the classroom? In my point of view, I expect the ride to be scarier but to my surprise, it was not scary at all. In fact, the flight was as smooth as I have ever thought of. The flyer itself is very smooth and steady unlike of what we have expected. I felt excited before the flight as I expected something that is more thrilling rather than just a slow and steady manner. However, the flight is still an enriching one.
When all of us are on top of the flyer, all of us had a stunning view. The venue is a place that is covered in between some of our country’s landmarks such as Esplanade, Marina Golf Course, Singapore River, Floating Stadium, The Fullerton and many more. I think the venue that they choose to set up the Singapore Flyer is a good choice as the surroundings around the Flyer is full of centre attractions, such as, the F1 racing circuit, the integrated resorts and more.
Personally, my experience on the Singapore Flyer was a wonderful and meaningful one. It was wonderful as this is the first time I am getting up on the Singapore Flyer and I get to see Singapore’s landmarks and some of the magnificent structures at just one go. On the other hand, for meaningful, it is because I get to get out of the classroom and learn some concepts beyond the classroom. I get to experience the “real thing” rather than just textbook information and I think that when we get to see the “real thing” we get to experience and learn more. We can see things in another point of view as well.
In my opinion, I feel that the capsule itself is quite spacious and we get to gather and play around but at the same time we do our assignments as well and this shows that we not only play hard, but do our assignments “hard” as well. Although the capsule’s capacity is not as big as the whole class can enter but after all, we still get to have some memorable moments in the capsule. I feel that it does not mean that when something happens, it will be memorable. Instead, I feel that the memorable experience is that all of us get to learn new concepts in a new environment. The moment we learn something new, we share it with one another and this shows that we have team work. Team work is very important as nobody can do something outstanding without another’s person help.
The trip itself is worth going as this trip enriched us with learning new concepts. This trip also let us blends in with our own classmates as we do our assignments with each other and this does not leave any of us out. If we really got to learn, it is best to learn as a whole rather than an individual. After this trip, I will definitely recommend others to go up the Singapore Flyer as I feel that this is an experience that everyone should have. If possible, I would definitely go on the Singapore Flyer and experience it once more!
(540 words)
When all of us are on top of the flyer, all of us had a stunning view. The venue is a place that is covered in between some of our country’s landmarks such as Esplanade, Marina Golf Course, Singapore River, Floating Stadium, The Fullerton and many more. I think the venue that they choose to set up the Singapore Flyer is a good choice as the surroundings around the Flyer is full of centre attractions, such as, the F1 racing circuit, the integrated resorts and more.
Personally, my experience on the Singapore Flyer was a wonderful and meaningful one. It was wonderful as this is the first time I am getting up on the Singapore Flyer and I get to see Singapore’s landmarks and some of the magnificent structures at just one go. On the other hand, for meaningful, it is because I get to get out of the classroom and learn some concepts beyond the classroom. I get to experience the “real thing” rather than just textbook information and I think that when we get to see the “real thing” we get to experience and learn more. We can see things in another point of view as well.
In my opinion, I feel that the capsule itself is quite spacious and we get to gather and play around but at the same time we do our assignments as well and this shows that we not only play hard, but do our assignments “hard” as well. Although the capsule’s capacity is not as big as the whole class can enter but after all, we still get to have some memorable moments in the capsule. I feel that it does not mean that when something happens, it will be memorable. Instead, I feel that the memorable experience is that all of us get to learn new concepts in a new environment. The moment we learn something new, we share it with one another and this shows that we have team work. Team work is very important as nobody can do something outstanding without another’s person help.
The trip itself is worth going as this trip enriched us with learning new concepts. This trip also let us blends in with our own classmates as we do our assignments with each other and this does not leave any of us out. If we really got to learn, it is best to learn as a whole rather than an individual. After this trip, I will definitely recommend others to go up the Singapore Flyer as I feel that this is an experience that everyone should have. If possible, I would definitely go on the Singapore Flyer and experience it once more!
(540 words)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
New Technology: A threat or a Promise (2)
Promise
Technology has become a promise because technology advancement improves our standard of living. The internet provides us with great convenience and efficiency which saves us all the time on traveling and lecturing. We are able to find educational websites by just a click of our fingers without having to travel all around to gather information. This is a good way for us to protect the environment as no time is needed for traveling which also means less people will get out of their houses using cars for transportation. Thus, when technology improves, our lives get to improve as well.
Threat
Technology is a threat as it creates many negative impacts on global climate. It is just like in the past when we do not have the equipments to work on; we worked on our bare hands. However, due to technology improvements, we are able to get the things we want easily and we need not care about what kind of things we will not be able to get. The fact is, since we are so reliant on technology, we tend to neglect the significance in protecting the environment.
Technology has become a promise because technology advancement improves our standard of living. The internet provides us with great convenience and efficiency which saves us all the time on traveling and lecturing. We are able to find educational websites by just a click of our fingers without having to travel all around to gather information. This is a good way for us to protect the environment as no time is needed for traveling which also means less people will get out of their houses using cars for transportation. Thus, when technology improves, our lives get to improve as well.
Threat
Technology is a threat as it creates many negative impacts on global climate. It is just like in the past when we do not have the equipments to work on; we worked on our bare hands. However, due to technology improvements, we are able to get the things we want easily and we need not care about what kind of things we will not be able to get. The fact is, since we are so reliant on technology, we tend to neglect the significance in protecting the environment.
Friday, February 22, 2008
New Technology: A threat or a promise
New technology, a threat or a promise? New technology will be more appropriate to be a promise. It is because nowadays more people are into technology and that means no more pens and papers. Personally, I think using technology is not a bad thing because we can use all the new technologies to do things we want and we can save a lot of things such as pens, papers, time and many more. We can save the environment as well, because we need not use the papers and pens anymore. That is why we can save and conserve the environment.
New technology is a promise as we can do things in a more convenient way such as no matter where we are and we are being assigned to an assignment, we are able to do it conveniently without looking much for the things that are required. We can just do our things anywhere and anytime we want it to be done. We can also multi-task when using technologies as since the new technologies are improving day by day, we are sure of completing our assignments no matter when we are assigned to it and using technologies is a good thing as it benefits both the adults and the kids.
It is such as, the adults can do their work by using the technologies and as for the kids they can do their work using technologies as well, and they can also learn new things via the new technology as nowadays there are more and more educational websites coming up and that can benefit lots and lots of kids. Their parents in a way or another do not need to coach their children so much when they do not have the time to spare, they can count on the educational discs and websites to let their children learn new things. As the time passes by, we are more into technologies rather than those things that we use in the past. That is why if new technologies are going to be up and technologies get to improve day by day, we can be benefited by it.
Nevertheless, new technologies will be a threat as well, because there are also lots of people out there who are not sure of the new technologies and they are unsure of what should be done and what can they do. This will lead them to a misunderstanding and they are very doubtful of themselves. Thus, they feel that new technologies are not that efficient because some parents may also think that although there are educational discs and websites coming up but it does not mean that their child will learn as efficiently, thus, some parents will not encourage new technologies as well. They will also think that if the new technologies are going to be up, their child will be more into the technologies and neglect the things around them. This is why some people think that having new technologies will be a threat.
Therefore, whether to be in the new technologies or not, and whether their opinions towards the new technologies are positive or negative, we should continue to upgrade ourselves no matter when is it. We should always do precautions so as we are not going to doubt ourselves as we do not need others to tell us what to do but to depend on ourselves.
(562 Words)
New technology is a promise as we can do things in a more convenient way such as no matter where we are and we are being assigned to an assignment, we are able to do it conveniently without looking much for the things that are required. We can just do our things anywhere and anytime we want it to be done. We can also multi-task when using technologies as since the new technologies are improving day by day, we are sure of completing our assignments no matter when we are assigned to it and using technologies is a good thing as it benefits both the adults and the kids.
It is such as, the adults can do their work by using the technologies and as for the kids they can do their work using technologies as well, and they can also learn new things via the new technology as nowadays there are more and more educational websites coming up and that can benefit lots and lots of kids. Their parents in a way or another do not need to coach their children so much when they do not have the time to spare, they can count on the educational discs and websites to let their children learn new things. As the time passes by, we are more into technologies rather than those things that we use in the past. That is why if new technologies are going to be up and technologies get to improve day by day, we can be benefited by it.
Nevertheless, new technologies will be a threat as well, because there are also lots of people out there who are not sure of the new technologies and they are unsure of what should be done and what can they do. This will lead them to a misunderstanding and they are very doubtful of themselves. Thus, they feel that new technologies are not that efficient because some parents may also think that although there are educational discs and websites coming up but it does not mean that their child will learn as efficiently, thus, some parents will not encourage new technologies as well. They will also think that if the new technologies are going to be up, their child will be more into the technologies and neglect the things around them. This is why some people think that having new technologies will be a threat.
Therefore, whether to be in the new technologies or not, and whether their opinions towards the new technologies are positive or negative, we should continue to upgrade ourselves no matter when is it. We should always do precautions so as we are not going to doubt ourselves as we do not need others to tell us what to do but to depend on ourselves.
(562 Words)
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Chinese New Year
Have you wondered why children and adults get so happy and excited when Chinese New Year is just round the corner? Chinese New Year is a happy occasion as it creates a better bonding for our relatives, friends and even us. It is because during Chinese New Year, it is the time for us to visit our relatives and friends. Chinese New Year has a total of 15 days. Personally, I think that Chinese New Year is the day for us to enjoy and relax.
Chinese New Year have some customs such as when a person goes to another person’s house, firstly, the guests will need to wish the relative or friend “Happy New Year.” If there are unmarried people or kids, they will get red packet when they greet their elders. They will also hold oranges in both hands and hand it over to the elders. This is a form of respect, and whenever elders that will be giving the red packet will be giving some form of blessings to the person who gets the red packets. Some businessman will also hire lion troupes to their companies so as to let their companies “prosper” their business in time to come as they think that the lions are animals that will bring them prosperity and wealthy.
That is why, this is the day for us to celebrate and have fun. The Chinese also believes in “Shou Sui” which means the kids will sleep late or rather stay awake till midnight, in order to let their parents live longer. The Chinese have also a few beliefs such as on the first day of Chinese New Year, married women are not allowed to return to their parents’ place. They can only do so on the second day. On the seventh day, the Chinese will celebrate “Ren Ri” which means everyone’s birthday. On that day, they will also “Lao Yu Sheng” which means when they lift up the food, they will say things that will let them feel good and what they wants to achieve for the new year. During Chinese New Year, the Chinese also believes in bad luck. They are not allowed to say things such as “dying” or “breaking”. It is because it means bad luck and they believe bad luck will befall upon them.
However, there are also some people who will not celebrate Chinese New Year as some of them do not believe in these customs and beliefs. Instead, they think that it is a waste of time and they should not waste money and time in this occasion. Moreover, they will not celebrate Chinese New Year due to some other reasons such as they do not follow the Chinese’s doings and they have feud with one another.
Chinese New Year is a happy occasion for both the adults and children. Thus, we should forget the unhappiness and continue this joyous occasion no matter where we are as it will be the 15 days that we will be together hand in hand and treasure one another. Furthermore, 15 days is not that long thus, we should carry out this activity in a pro-active way. Therefore, we should start now, doing our part in treasuring the people around us and celebrate this wonderful and joyous occasion as a whole.
(550 Words)
Chinese New Year have some customs such as when a person goes to another person’s house, firstly, the guests will need to wish the relative or friend “Happy New Year.” If there are unmarried people or kids, they will get red packet when they greet their elders. They will also hold oranges in both hands and hand it over to the elders. This is a form of respect, and whenever elders that will be giving the red packet will be giving some form of blessings to the person who gets the red packets. Some businessman will also hire lion troupes to their companies so as to let their companies “prosper” their business in time to come as they think that the lions are animals that will bring them prosperity and wealthy.
That is why, this is the day for us to celebrate and have fun. The Chinese also believes in “Shou Sui” which means the kids will sleep late or rather stay awake till midnight, in order to let their parents live longer. The Chinese have also a few beliefs such as on the first day of Chinese New Year, married women are not allowed to return to their parents’ place. They can only do so on the second day. On the seventh day, the Chinese will celebrate “Ren Ri” which means everyone’s birthday. On that day, they will also “Lao Yu Sheng” which means when they lift up the food, they will say things that will let them feel good and what they wants to achieve for the new year. During Chinese New Year, the Chinese also believes in bad luck. They are not allowed to say things such as “dying” or “breaking”. It is because it means bad luck and they believe bad luck will befall upon them.
However, there are also some people who will not celebrate Chinese New Year as some of them do not believe in these customs and beliefs. Instead, they think that it is a waste of time and they should not waste money and time in this occasion. Moreover, they will not celebrate Chinese New Year due to some other reasons such as they do not follow the Chinese’s doings and they have feud with one another.
Chinese New Year is a happy occasion for both the adults and children. Thus, we should forget the unhappiness and continue this joyous occasion no matter where we are as it will be the 15 days that we will be together hand in hand and treasure one another. Furthermore, 15 days is not that long thus, we should carry out this activity in a pro-active way. Therefore, we should start now, doing our part in treasuring the people around us and celebrate this wonderful and joyous occasion as a whole.
(550 Words)
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