Gambling has been around for a very long time. Many people take gambling as simply a form of leisure. Not me. To me, gambling is very harmful, it not just harms the person gambling, but also the people around him and his loved ones, just like what the youtube video said, : “ Often, the people who really suffer from problem gambling aren’t really the gamblers.”
Gambling creates many problems for people, it tears apart families creates lots and lots of problems, as it is, Singapore already has so many problem gamblers, the building of the casino would just make things worse. Yes, the casino has banned problem gamblers, but what about the others, the building of a casino would just destroy more families, gamblers would think that by building the casino, the government is not discouraging them but is even encouraging them to continue with their gambling ways , the casino’s methods of counseling would not work then, because gamblers think their luck is going up even though they always lose. Whenever they lose, all they would think of is to recoup their loses. Going to the casino to the gamblers would be their chance to make it big, but I am afraid that they would “lose big” instead. The casino would be too tempting for the gamblers, and just like one of the youtube videos, the gambler in it said “just one more time”. That’s what he says, and probably what he means at that time, but once he goes to the casino, he would just keep going for more, resulting in more loses, once the gambler is addicted, all he thinks of is gambling, he would have been totally brainwash by gambling, he would just continue gambling regardless of whether he is in deep arrears or not, because the only thing in his mind is something called gambling, and his family would be neglected, they would owe money and be plunged into hardship
My father said that gambling is probably one of the toughest addictions to remove, to me, the building of a casino is indirectly destroying families, thus IT SHOULD BE CONDEMMED.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
My Dinosaur
My toy dinosaur was given to me right after I was born (as I was told), and it's been with me since then, it was then a very attractive toy and everyone under the age of 5 in my family wanted it, but yet I was the chosen one, I was kind of proud, hugging my dinosaur and showing them off to my under 5 relatives, they would look in envy at the coveted little toy which became my.
But that was then, if I ask my now under 13 relatives whether they wanted my toy, I be they would say:" Oh, it's okay, you can keep it," even if I ask everybody in the family, no one would want it. I don't blame them,who would want a now torn, ragged and smelly toy that was barely a shade of its "former glory".
I would want it though. Sometimes, I would also ask my friends why don't they throw away their old toys, they would then ask me the same question, for me, it's because I already have a bond with my dirty old dinosaur, built over a long time.
Weird, isn't it, a dirty old toy that doesn't catch your eye is actually the owner's treasure. These old toys have been actually become our buddies, sharing sadness and hapiness with me, when I'm upset, I would bury myself in the artificial fur of my old dinosaur, over a long time, my dinosaur becomes my confidante, so despite it being old and unwanted, by many, I would still want it, even though it smells of milk and other grosteque stuff and and has many gaping holes, becuse it has become my best friend
But that was then, if I ask my now under 13 relatives whether they wanted my toy, I be they would say:" Oh, it's okay, you can keep it," even if I ask everybody in the family, no one would want it. I don't blame them,who would want a now torn, ragged and smelly toy that was barely a shade of its "former glory".
I would want it though. Sometimes, I would also ask my friends why don't they throw away their old toys, they would then ask me the same question, for me, it's because I already have a bond with my dirty old dinosaur, built over a long time.
Weird, isn't it, a dirty old toy that doesn't catch your eye is actually the owner's treasure. These old toys have been actually become our buddies, sharing sadness and hapiness with me, when I'm upset, I would bury myself in the artificial fur of my old dinosaur, over a long time, my dinosaur becomes my confidante, so despite it being old and unwanted, by many, I would still want it, even though it smells of milk and other grosteque stuff and and has many gaping holes, becuse it has become my best friend
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