My Pets
Teacher! You said we could do any topic. No. You told ME. Hehehe. Remember in Koufu? So now, I've chosen to blog about my pets.
My very first pet that I had was a hamster. I named her, Shadow. Cool. Hehe. Why Shadow? Shadow was greyish in colour. My cousin too had a hamster which was white. So, when we let the two hamsters played together, my hamster looked like a shadow to the white hamster. That was how it got its name. :)
Looking after a hamster is not easy. We have to frequently clean its cage. I didn't look after it for long. I gave it to my cousin in the end.
The second pet that i had was a kitten. I named her Malaque. It's a malay's name. In English, it's call Angel. Why that name? Cats have 9 lives, and Malaque had lost one. When she was still a very small kitten, she liked to be wrapped around a towel while she was sleeping. I put her on our sofa as I could reach her a arm's length. Without me realising it, my grandpa sat on her! I only realised it about an hour later. She died. My grandma asked me to throw her away, but I insisted. I sat in the kitchen and cried while looking at it. And miraclely, she came back to life!
As she grew bigger, she turned out to be very mischievious. She would run all over the house, stole food from us, and purposely scratched us just to make sure that we would entertain her. However, she was still our loving cat. Everytime I came back work from my campsite, my grandma would always said,"Wiwie! Your daugther was very naughty while you were away!" Hahaha. She was referring to Malaque. I really really adore her.
She went missing about a week ago. Usually, when I reached home from school, she would greet me at the doorstep. But on that day, she didn't. I went around the house and called out for her, but she didn't reply. My aunty told me that Malaque was playing at the house corridor in the after and didn't come back. Until now, I'm still waiting for her.
Last two night's, I dreamt about Malaque. She came back home for me. :( I told my grandma. She told me that Malaque might be looking for me. *tears* My friends had been very supportive towards me. They too have their own pets. Every once in awhile, they would ask me whether Malaque was back.
I wonder how she is right now. :'(
-Dewi a.k.a Wiwie-
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First of all, congrats to SPAIN for winning the World Cup 2010! I knew you guys going to win. Just like what Paul the Octopus said! :p
Hmm..I read in the newspaper about the article which said that most companies were expecting their male employees to take more medical leave/urgent leave during the soccer season. Even teachers were worried about their male students to be absent from school or late for their lessons. Well, from what i observed, most of my classmates, not only the guys, but also the girls, watched the soccer matches. What really impressed me was that, they did attend their lessons even though they slept for a couple of hours. This shows that, they're responsible enough to still attend their lessons.
Gambling was also an issue during the world cup season. People were betting money on the country that they thought would win. I experienced this too. Some of my friends were betting on the countries that they hope would win.Well, luck wasn't always on them. They lost a large sum of money in total. Lucky enough, i even i do like watching soccer, i don't like betting.
-Dewi a.k.a Wiwie-
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Flood in S'pore: who should bare the responsibility?
Yups. We can see that it has been raining heavily lately. But I like it though! J While I was enjoying the rain in school and at home, there are people who dislike the heavy rain which had caused flood in S’pore.
As what we had seen or read in the newspaper or television news, the rain was so heavy that it had caused flood. Many shop owners experienced a big loss due to their products being destroyed by the flood.
I watched the news recently and the newscaster said that the drains at one of the place which was flooding were choked. The rain was also so strong that it has caused trees to fall. This had caused accidents and death. There was one driver who died on the spot when a tree fell on top of his car while he was driving. This shows that S’pore has to prepare for any nature disastrous. It’s true that S’pore doesn’t experience nature disastrous easily, but that does not mean that we will not experience it at all.
Hence, we have to work together as a nation, by helping ourselves and one other if there is any case that S’pore is going to get struck by any other nature disastrous. (Touchwood)
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Do we have racial Harmony in S'pore? if yes, is it based on understanding or tolerance?
We do have racial harmony in the country. Since we were in class, the teachers had always conducted programmes that would make us understand more about other races and religions. By having the knowledge about the way of livings of the other races, we will be able to respect one another.
Other than conducting programmes, schools in S’pore also make sure that students work with different races in school projects. Through this, students are able to understand one another.
Racial harmony is basically based on both understanding and tolerance. Well, in this world, no one is perfect. Even though we were taught to not to be racist since we were in school, they are still others that refuse to mix around with the other races.
This may be due to misunderstanding and tolerance.
As human, we can’t run away from making mistakes. Hence, there are times where we would have an argument with friends or strangers of the different races due to misunderstanding. This can lead to detest and racism towards the other race.
Different people have different characteristics and attitudes. I’d ever experienced of being racism. When I was in secondary school, two third of my classmates were foreigners. Majority of them came from China and Indonesia. As we know, China people are very smart. What made me turn off from them was that, I couldn’t tolerate their attitudes. Yes. They knew that they were smart, but there was no reason for them to not mix around with their own classmates. There was once that I was in charge of the school sports day. Hence, I tried to make the whole class to participate. I included the whole classmates in every sport. However, this group of China students just refused to participate. They way they answered me made it sound as if sports day was nonsense. From there, I’ve learn that we need to tolerate other people of the different races in other to stay in racial harmony. (Don’t worry. I was only racist at that point of time J )
Thus, to conclude everything, we live in racial harmony based on understanding and tolerance.
- Dewi a.k.a Wiwie -
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Online Privacy
Website applications nowadays are mostly about sharing things with your friends online. Most popular websites are Facebook and Twitter. By using these two websites, we’re able to let other people, mainly those who follow us through Facebook and Twitter, know what we do by updating it on our status. These websites allow us to make the decision to privative our profile or not. This will only allow certain people to view our profile.
However, there’re some people who did not use these websites appropriately. They vent out their anger by posting it up on their status. I’ve ever seen one of my friends arguing with her friend on Facebook due to an unpleasant status that her friend had stated about her on the post. Hence, this shows that there is no privacy in the internet as many people can view their argument. Any misunderstanding that we have with other people should be kept privately between us and the other party.
Thus, there is definitely a lot of room for privacy in the internet. It’s all depends on whether we want to privatise it or not. There are certainly some things that can’t be share with others on the net.
P.S.: Internet is for us to connect with other people around the globe. Hence we should make enough room of privacy in the for ourselves.
- Dewi a.k.a Wiwie -
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Should Flyers be Banned?
Regarding to the statement above, it made me sit and really think hard to the answer. Giving out flyers is one of the ways for marketers to advertise their products and services. That is really the main objective of flyers. However, is it really effective?
Giving out flyers provide jobs for some people. Those who give out flyers will be paid by the company itself. For example, if we go to any MRT station or bus interchange, we can see a couple of people giving out flyers near the escalators. Well, i rarely take those flyers as i will ended up throwing it into the bin. So, as not to waste any papers, i decided not to take it. :D
But depends on who giving it out. Sometimes if i see that the person giving out the flyers was an old man or woman, i'll definitely take it as i know that they're doing it for a living. Hehehehe. And like i said, the flyers will end up in the bin.
Lets get back to the topic. Should it be banned? I agree if it. Somehow, like i said, giving out flyers is not really effective as not only me, but majority of the people in S'pore will end up throwing it into the bin, or worse, litter. If you walk around the interchange or near the MRT station, you can see that there are flyers everywhere lying on the ground. Isn't S'pore is one of the cleanest country? So why do we litter? Flyers are somehow useful to some consumers, and also it provide jobs for some people. So, if you know that you going to litter, i suggest that you don't grap those flyers!
Thus, to conclude everything, my opinion is not to banned flyers. :)
-Dewi a.k.a Wiwie-
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Foreign Talent in S'pore
CONGRATULATION to S’pore table tennis team for winning the Championship at Moscow! They didn’t fail to make S’pore proud by bringing back home medals for most of the competitions that they participated. However, some S'poreans do not see the glory in it. To them, the table tennis team are not S'porean, hence they do not deserve the support.
I totally disagree with those people. The table tennis team deserve all our support as they're representing our country. Even though they're originally from China. I am pleased to see them wearing the jersey proudly with our country's logo on it. It is very unfair for them as they had trained very hard to win for S'pore but they do not get the full support from the public.
In my opinion, majority of S'poreans disapprove with foreign talent. In their view, S'pore focus to much in attracting foreign talent into the country that the locals are neglected. With more foreign talent in S'pore, the locals find it very difficult for them to find jobs or even getting into the S'pore sports team.
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Are Teenagers In Need For Etiquette Lessons In School?
Why must everything that we learn in life have to be taught in school? That is not necessary. When it comes to manners and behaviours of teenagers, it all starts from the parents. When they were still a toddler, they were taught on how to speak, eat and walk by their own parents. Is they any teachers involve here? Definitely no. Thus, parents play a big part in ensuring that their children have the right manners and know what's right and what's wrong.
The video that we had seen, regarding the two teenagers who put their feet on the seats, shows how inconsiderate teenagers nowadays. Even if they wanted to sit, they should at least sit in a proper manner and offer the other seats to those who need it more,for example the elderly and pregnant women. This is only one of the inconsideration things that teenagers do in public.
There is no need for teenagers to go for etiquette lessons in school, or even from their parents. Teenagers are old and mature enough to know what's right and what's wrong. Whatever they do in public may just be an entertainment for them but they may not realised that their doings are a disgrace to the public.
-Dewi
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Facebook banned in Pakistan
Facebook is used for people to communicate with other people from all over the region. However, they is a group of people who abuse the usage of using facebook. What do I mean by this? Let us go through of what happened in Pakistan.
It was stated in the article that a group " Draw Mohammed Day " was formed. It was a " contest drawing caricatures of Mohammed ". They might seen this as an entertainment, or like what most of us would say, they are doing this for "fun". But we have to respect each other religious, even if the group gets an excellent response from facebook users. Others may not see the wrong in doing it, but for the Muslims, it’s like a humiliation to us as other religious is using our prophet for entertainment.
Facebook is a famous website with a wide range of application. For example, games and quizzes. There are thousands, or even millions of users using the games and quizzes applications. We normally use it to entertain ourselves. Thus, there is no need to form a group that will only disrespect other religious and causing conflicts to happen.
Facebook is not only known among the school children, but also adults. I am a facebook user too. Using facebook had helped me to keep in touch with my primary and secondary school, and working friends. If I don’t have their contact number, i can just contact them through their facebook account. Isn’t that easy?
Thus, I don’t see the need for people to create something that will ended up in bad situation and caused facebook to be in a bad reputation. Hence, facebook users have to be wise when there use facebook. Try to avoid writing something mean about someone else in your wall account, especially something sensitive like religious matter.
Using facebook helps you to socialise with other people across the region, thus making it a global nation.
-dewi
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Social etiqutte on using Smartphone
Want to know something? I’ve already did my post, and I accidentally deleted everything! Now I have to redo it. Never mind. I’m a good girl. I shall do it again. ;-)
Well, we can see that smartphones are very popular nowadays. Nearly everybody is using it. We can store songs, games, pictures and even serve the net. These make it very convenience for us. We don’t need MP3, camera or laptop. All these are already combine into one, which is the smartphone.
Let me share with you a story or two that got to do with smartphone.
When my best friend got her first smartphone, she was very excited as she could use it to serve the net. Whenever we were having our lunch or dinner together at McDonald, I could see her busy serving the net. She did not touch her food, unless her phone was still loading. When I talked to her, she would ignore me. The only way to attract her attention was to nudge her. There was once when I got too upset with her behaviour, I took her phone while we were eating together. Ever since that, she learned her lesson not to serve the net on her phone when she’s with me.
This happened recently. I’m sure most of you know about it, but I just want to share it with Ms Lim.
We were having our lecture at that time. Instead of listening to the lesson, my friends and I were entertaining ourselves using one of their iphone to play game. We were trying to beat each other high scores. One of us managed to do it, and he cheered to himself. Our lecturer saw it and thought that he was dancing. Lucky for us, the lecturer did not come to our seat to check it!
Looking back at these two incidents that I experienced it myself, I realised that we, who are now using smartphone, do not draw the line between entertaining ourselves by using the smartphone and the things that are more important to us. We should know when is the time to use it and when is not. There is a limit to it. I do not use my phone most of the time when I’m with my friends or during lesson. Unless if there is an urgent call, duh!
-Dewi-
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