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
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Jack Prelutsky
All Poets loved poetry since young, don't they. Well most did, but there were some exceptions.One of these exceptions was Jack Prelutsky. He once said that " there was a time when I couldn't stand the stuff. In grade school, I had a teacher who left me with the impression that poetry was the literary equivalent of liver. I was told that it was good for me, but I wasn't convinced. " Thus it amazes me that he became such an acomplished poet. It was probably because he was not convinced that gave him such resolve to make poetry delightful and humourous, most of his poems are also very funny.
He has imagination that has no limits, thus his poems are mostly out of the box, and exciting, he once said "I realized poetry was a means of communication, that it could be as exciting or as boring as that person or that experience" with that kind of imagination, poems was never the same. He gets his ideas from anywhere and any experience, one example was when he had a bad dinner, then he wrote about it. I feel that his poems, are also very close to everyday life as he writes about what happens to him and and is able to picture it perfectly into poems, I think that to Jack, writng poems are like telling the day's events to a confidante, to him poems are probably a good friend whom he can confide in, as he had said , poems are also a source of communication, it allows other people to also know what he wants to say, or what message he wnts to convey.
Jack Prelutsky is by no doubt a humorous question. When ask what 3 wishes he wanted. He said, he wanted to sing like Pavarotti, paint like Picasso and and dance like Fred Astaire, he then said:" Unfortunately, I dance like Pavarotti, sing like Picasso and paint like Fred Astaire".
Here are some of his poems:
BE GLAD YOUR NOSE IS ON YOUR FACE
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you'd be forced to smell your feet.
Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!
LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF CHICKENS
Last night I dreamed of chickens,
there were chickens everywhere,
they were standing on my stomach,
they were nesting in my hair,
they were pecking at my pillow,
they were hopping on my head,
they were ruffling up their feathers
as they raced about my bed.
They were on the chairs and tables,
they were on the chandeliers,
they were roosting in the corners,
they were clucking in my ears,
there were chickens, chickens, chickens
for as far as I could see...
when I woke today, I noticed
there were eggs on top of me.
AS SOON AS FRED GETS OUT OF BED
As soon as Fred gets out of bed,his underwear goes on his head.
His mother laughs, "Don't put it there,a head's no place for underwear!"
But near his ears, above his brains,is where Fred's underwear remains.
At night when Fred goes back to bed,he deftly plucks it off his head
His mother switches off the lightand softly croons, "Good night! Good night!"
And then, for reasons no one knows,Fred's underwear goes on his toes
SOURCES: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15575
http://www.jackprelutsky.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_meet.htm
He has imagination that has no limits, thus his poems are mostly out of the box, and exciting, he once said "I realized poetry was a means of communication, that it could be as exciting or as boring as that person or that experience" with that kind of imagination, poems was never the same. He gets his ideas from anywhere and any experience, one example was when he had a bad dinner, then he wrote about it. I feel that his poems, are also very close to everyday life as he writes about what happens to him and and is able to picture it perfectly into poems, I think that to Jack, writng poems are like telling the day's events to a confidante, to him poems are probably a good friend whom he can confide in, as he had said , poems are also a source of communication, it allows other people to also know what he wants to say, or what message he wnts to convey.
Jack Prelutsky is by no doubt a humorous question. When ask what 3 wishes he wanted. He said, he wanted to sing like Pavarotti, paint like Picasso and and dance like Fred Astaire, he then said:" Unfortunately, I dance like Pavarotti, sing like Picasso and paint like Fred Astaire".
Here are some of his poems:
BE GLAD YOUR NOSE IS ON YOUR FACE
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you'd be forced to smell your feet.
Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!
LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF CHICKENS
Last night I dreamed of chickens,
there were chickens everywhere,
they were standing on my stomach,
they were nesting in my hair,
they were pecking at my pillow,
they were hopping on my head,
they were ruffling up their feathers
as they raced about my bed.
They were on the chairs and tables,
they were on the chandeliers,
they were roosting in the corners,
they were clucking in my ears,
there were chickens, chickens, chickens
for as far as I could see...
when I woke today, I noticed
there were eggs on top of me.
AS SOON AS FRED GETS OUT OF BED
As soon as Fred gets out of bed,his underwear goes on his head.
His mother laughs, "Don't put it there,a head's no place for underwear!"
But near his ears, above his brains,is where Fred's underwear remains.
At night when Fred goes back to bed,he deftly plucks it off his head
His mother switches off the lightand softly croons, "Good night! Good night!"
And then, for reasons no one knows,Fred's underwear goes on his toes
SOURCES: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15575
http://www.jackprelutsky.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_meet.htm
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Be glad your nose is on your face,not pasted on some other place,for if it were where it is not,you might dislike your nose a lot.Imagine if your precious nosewere sandwiched in between your toes,that clearly would not be a treat,for you'd be forced to smell your feet.Your nose would be a source of dreadwere it attached atop our head, it soonwoulddrive you to despair,forever tickled by your hair.Within your ear, your nose would bean absolute catastrophe,for when you were obliged to sneeze,your brain would rattle from the breeze.Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,remains between your eyes and chin,not pasted on some other place--be glad your nose is on your face!
Hyperbole: Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop our head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair, the author probably use this because he wanted to emphasize the fact that the nose cannot be atop the head.
Metaphor: imagine your precious nose were
sandwiched in between toes,that clearly would not be a treat, The author agains wants to tell us that the nose is not suited to be between toes
Symbolism : Nose. To me, the nose actually represents us. The author is actually trying to tell us to be happy with what we have.
Why I like this poem: I like this poem because it tells us to be happy with what we have now and not go for far fetched ambitions as it could be catastrophic , but yet it tells us in a very humorous and it uses the nose , which is a body part, something that is part of us, it also tells me very clearly that if my nose was on another position, it would be disastrous, and at the last part of the poem it even says"Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,remains between your eyes and chin,not pasted on some other place--be glad your nose is on your face! " The poem tells things in a very light hearted manner, but yet has a very deep meaning. It does not tell things in a deep in boring way and thus I think it is a very interesting poem .
Hyperbole: Your nose would be a source of dread were it attached atop our head, it soon would drive you to despair, forever tickled by your hair, the author probably use this because he wanted to emphasize the fact that the nose cannot be atop the head.
Metaphor: imagine your precious nose were
sandwiched in between toes,that clearly would not be a treat, The author agains wants to tell us that the nose is not suited to be between toes
Symbolism : Nose. To me, the nose actually represents us. The author is actually trying to tell us to be happy with what we have.
Why I like this poem: I like this poem because it tells us to be happy with what we have now and not go for far fetched ambitions as it could be catastrophic , but yet it tells us in a very humorous and it uses the nose , which is a body part, something that is part of us, it also tells me very clearly that if my nose was on another position, it would be disastrous, and at the last part of the poem it even says"Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,remains between your eyes and chin,not pasted on some other place--be glad your nose is on your face! " The poem tells things in a very light hearted manner, but yet has a very deep meaning. It does not tell things in a deep in boring way and thus I think it is a very interesting poem .
Friday, May 22, 2009
will there ever be a perfect world? What would it be like?
The world is undoubtly full of imperfections. People make mistakes everyday whether minor or even grave. To acheive perfection for the whole world means that everybody on the world must not make mistakes and do the wrong thing. Even as I am writing this blog post, someone on this world is making or already has made a mistake. Perfection means without any blemishes. However when someone makes a mistake and does something wrong, no matter how small, it has already created a blemish and cause imperfection.
One of the biggest imperfection of the world is that the different countries are not united. This is because each countries all have selfish desires of their own. To them, being united means showing that they are weak and it also takes away their gains so they prefer to be on their own. When countries are not united, they will have disgreements and conflicts. When not handled properly, it leads to war, this is obviously not even close to a perfect world. To me, perfection is something beyond us , it is simply too elusive, it is already a mammoth task to acheive perfection in a family let alone the world. There are presently too many problems that the world is currently facing-Global Warming , Economic Crises, Conflict between Countries,Terrorism. All this are just a small percentage of the problems that the world is facing now.
Global Warming and the present Economic Crises all started with the tiny imperfection of us, we wanted to use the world's resources for the benefit of all of us. that was fine , until we got GREEDY, we started to overuse the resources, the problems and the imperfections of our own greed started flooding in. As for the economic crises, we were once again greedy, trying to get a quick buck.
Greed is a very big and dark imperfection. It has the same effect as drugs as it causes you to yearn for more, perhaps it can be said that greed is the cause of many of the negative man-made events in the world. Greed has "been around for many years", but has not been curbed. If we are unable to remove ourselves from greed, there would never ever be a perfect world. Thus I think that there will not ever be a perfect world as the amount of flaws we have are just too much and serious for perfection to be acheived, I would also consider it impossible for our flaws
to be separated from us because the world has just too much temptations
In the event that the perfect world has been acheived, everybody would be at peace with each other, there would be no conflict , no wars, no economic crises, no more global warming. There woul also be no more bitter rivalries between countries and companies.Everything would be perfect. The world would be perfect, it would probably be a paradise. Everything negative would disappear for good, there would be no more sadness, anger, just happiness and friendship, nobody will have greed, everybody would just share and just take what they need.
That is if perfection is acheived, it is wonderful, yet elusive, I do not mind it if you call me pessimistic, but by the looks of the situation now and our many flaws, a perfect world is impossible
However, we would still be imperfect ourelves
One of the biggest imperfection of the world is that the different countries are not united. This is because each countries all have selfish desires of their own. To them, being united means showing that they are weak and it also takes away their gains so they prefer to be on their own. When countries are not united, they will have disgreements and conflicts. When not handled properly, it leads to war, this is obviously not even close to a perfect world. To me, perfection is something beyond us , it is simply too elusive, it is already a mammoth task to acheive perfection in a family let alone the world. There are presently too many problems that the world is currently facing-Global Warming , Economic Crises, Conflict between Countries,Terrorism. All this are just a small percentage of the problems that the world is facing now.
Global Warming and the present Economic Crises all started with the tiny imperfection of us, we wanted to use the world's resources for the benefit of all of us. that was fine , until we got GREEDY, we started to overuse the resources, the problems and the imperfections of our own greed started flooding in. As for the economic crises, we were once again greedy, trying to get a quick buck.
Greed is a very big and dark imperfection. It has the same effect as drugs as it causes you to yearn for more, perhaps it can be said that greed is the cause of many of the negative man-made events in the world. Greed has "been around for many years", but has not been curbed. If we are unable to remove ourselves from greed, there would never ever be a perfect world. Thus I think that there will not ever be a perfect world as the amount of flaws we have are just too much and serious for perfection to be acheived, I would also consider it impossible for our flaws
to be separated from us because the world has just too much temptations
In the event that the perfect world has been acheived, everybody would be at peace with each other, there would be no conflict , no wars, no economic crises, no more global warming. There woul also be no more bitter rivalries between countries and companies.Everything would be perfect. The world would be perfect, it would probably be a paradise. Everything negative would disappear for good, there would be no more sadness, anger, just happiness and friendship, nobody will have greed, everybody would just share and just take what they need.
That is if perfection is acheived, it is wonderful, yet elusive, I do not mind it if you call me pessimistic, but by the looks of the situation now and our many flaws, a perfect world is impossible
However, we would still be imperfect ourelves
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt was the only president who had served for more than 2 terms. He had served for 4 terms. He was a central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war.
Roosevelt was a charismatic leader who managed to revive his country from the "Great Deprssion" . He was also able to unite his country with flair and lead them out of the crisis strongly.He was also someone with awesome willpower. Even though he had been diagnosed with an illness that paralysed him from his waist down, he refused to believe that he would be paralsyed permantly, and stubornly refused to be seen on a wheelchair in public.He forced himself to walk with the help of iron braces and once in a while, his son or an aide. He was also steadfast in the decisions he made, even though they were sometimes met with furious protests from the public , with the ability to bear criticism and not succumb to overwhelming pressure, he made decisions, that seemed incorrect but changed the nation for the better.Roosevelt never gave up even though the odds were many times against him, remarkably, he guided America out of the depression and war into prosperity, even though he was paralysed.
Of course, Roosevelt is but human,and to err is human. He had an affair outside his marriage, with his wife's social secretary, Lucy Mercer, and at one point was indecisive and was unable to prevent the Holocaust, which killed many.256.
Nevertheless,Franklin Delano was the great leader many can only dream to be. Reflecting on Roosevelt's presidency,"Which brought the United States through the "Great Depression" and "World War II" to a prosperous future" said Roosevelt's biographer Jean Edward Smith in 2007 . "He lifted from a wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees"
Roosevelt was a charismatic leader who managed to revive his country from the "Great Deprssion" . He was also able to unite his country with flair and lead them out of the crisis strongly.He was also someone with awesome willpower. Even though he had been diagnosed with an illness that paralysed him from his waist down, he refused to believe that he would be paralsyed permantly, and stubornly refused to be seen on a wheelchair in public.He forced himself to walk with the help of iron braces and once in a while, his son or an aide. He was also steadfast in the decisions he made, even though they were sometimes met with furious protests from the public , with the ability to bear criticism and not succumb to overwhelming pressure, he made decisions, that seemed incorrect but changed the nation for the better.Roosevelt never gave up even though the odds were many times against him, remarkably, he guided America out of the depression and war into prosperity, even though he was paralysed.
Of course, Roosevelt is but human,and to err is human. He had an affair outside his marriage, with his wife's social secretary, Lucy Mercer, and at one point was indecisive and was unable to prevent the Holocaust, which killed many.256.
Nevertheless,Franklin Delano was the great leader many can only dream to be. Reflecting on Roosevelt's presidency,"Which brought the United States through the "Great Depression" and "World War II" to a prosperous future" said Roosevelt's biographer Jean Edward Smith in 2007 . "He lifted from a wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees"
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