The school and teachers had been planning long just for the day, seventh of March to bring the student to Singapore flyer to experience an interactive lesson atop the world biggest observation wheel. The teachers’ intention is to provide an environment whereby we student are being challenged to solve real-life problems, collaborate and share ideas and expressing our thoughts in writing and so on. On the other hand, the teachers also want to enhance our interest in learning mathematics, science and national education in a fun and enriching way.
Our first activity at the flyer was the flight, whereby I and my group mates, accompanied by a teacher aboard the capsule with thrilled and excitement. Each and every one of us were all feeling very enthuse when we were moving on the flyer, despite the excitement we were experiencing, we were not there for fun or to view the scenery. The teacher had given us a task to do during the thirty minutes flight. We were to observe, listen, feel and experience the ride and to identify and record the landmarks we saw. Some examples of the major attraction landmarks we saw were Marina bay financial centre, Collyer Quay, The Fullerton Singapore, Merlion Park etc. When the capsule was getting higher and higher, I started to anticipate fear and remember my acrophobia. My legs were sort of trembling at that moment. Though the flight was moving at an extremely slow rate, I was shivering when I looked at the height we had reached. When my friend noticed my fear, she immediately came to help me. I grabbed on to her hand but she helped me to the bench and slowly tried to distract my mind. After some time, I got more relaxed and managed to stand again.
After the thirty minutes ride, our next station was the tropical rainforest. Then we were given our second tasks, doing reflection on the environmental issues and concerns. We were to take down pictures of the structural features that play a part in maintaining the stability of the flyer and the driving unit that makes the flyer turn, for the benefit of our physics project. When we enter I was really amazed that rainforest was being modified just like real ones, examples like the water falls and the volcanoes. When we finished walking the perimeter of the forest and finished taking the photos, we took a break at the only shop there that sells beverage, the seven-eleven. During our break, I took a walk and I realized that there were also quite a number of other shops that sells accessories, clothing and even a famous toy shop was located at there.
Finally, everyone was being gathered at the rooftop garden. Lastly, we end our day with reflecting and learning section and follow by our individual journal writing and feedback form. We were given time to discuss and share our experience on the flyer and reflect and wrote it down on the mahjong paper provided. When times up, every subgroup place their presentation on the gallery walk path for other groups to view. After that, we form back with our class and took a class photo at the flyer. That was a memorable school trip.
I feel that this trip to Singapore flyer was a benefit for me. I learn a lot along the way, and gain some knowledge and logic of the flyer. I would greatly recommend my family and relatives to this enjoyable trip and flight there, where we would see the beautiful scenery and hot spots of Singapore. It was indeed a worthy trip.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
new technology- a threat or a promise
I feel that new technology is both a threat and a promise, for it benefit and brought harm to us at the same time. To elaborate further;
Threat
Firstly, let’s talked about the threat and harm new technology had brought and contribute to the world. Due to the advanced technology, many types of machines are invented. One of such examples is the vehicles, whereby there are the transport buses, taxis, trains and cars. These are our daily transport that, students take to school every morning, but nobody noticed that these vehicles are actually bringing harms to us. The threat that these vehicles had caused is air pollution to the environment, which might lead to the seriousness of global warming if neglected. Another point is that do you know that we are in the state of danger whereby the global warming is getting more and more serious. This is due to the poisonous substances and harmful gases released by the vehicles. When these harmful gases accumulate, over a period of time, it will gradually lead to greenhouse effect. Everyday, there are millions and billions of such machines a day going all over the world and giving out an undefined amount of harmful substances. This is the reason why I feel that new technology is a threat. Compare to the past, we do not have such cases affecting the environment. In the past, people usually walk or cycle so there is no way that can produce the harmful gases the cars are contributing. Despite the threats we are facing, there is also promises that benefited us and we should not excluded.
Promise
With the new technology, vehicle was invented and we can now take transport to and forth places more conveniently and within a shorter period of time. These vehicles include the buses, taxi, trains and cars. These advanced machines have helped us to save time and allow us to travel at a faster rate. Our lives are easier now compared to the past whereby the only transport they had was bicycle and their legs. No matter how short or how long the distance the people need to travel, they could only cycle or by walking. Now we are luckier that we could sit in comfort on the vehicle and reaches our destination in a short while. Isn’t this considered as a promise, for we do not need to be so tough like the past? We could now move around places to places easily with no much of hard work.
Threat
Firstly, let’s talked about the threat and harm new technology had brought and contribute to the world. Due to the advanced technology, many types of machines are invented. One of such examples is the vehicles, whereby there are the transport buses, taxis, trains and cars. These are our daily transport that, students take to school every morning, but nobody noticed that these vehicles are actually bringing harms to us. The threat that these vehicles had caused is air pollution to the environment, which might lead to the seriousness of global warming if neglected. Another point is that do you know that we are in the state of danger whereby the global warming is getting more and more serious. This is due to the poisonous substances and harmful gases released by the vehicles. When these harmful gases accumulate, over a period of time, it will gradually lead to greenhouse effect. Everyday, there are millions and billions of such machines a day going all over the world and giving out an undefined amount of harmful substances. This is the reason why I feel that new technology is a threat. Compare to the past, we do not have such cases affecting the environment. In the past, people usually walk or cycle so there is no way that can produce the harmful gases the cars are contributing. Despite the threats we are facing, there is also promises that benefited us and we should not excluded.
Promise
With the new technology, vehicle was invented and we can now take transport to and forth places more conveniently and within a shorter period of time. These vehicles include the buses, taxi, trains and cars. These advanced machines have helped us to save time and allow us to travel at a faster rate. Our lives are easier now compared to the past whereby the only transport they had was bicycle and their legs. No matter how short or how long the distance the people need to travel, they could only cycle or by walking. Now we are luckier that we could sit in comfort on the vehicle and reaches our destination in a short while. Isn’t this considered as a promise, for we do not need to be so tough like the past? We could now move around places to places easily with no much of hard work.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Chong boon's school rules.
Ever wonder why there are school rules? Do you know that school rules are very important to maintain the school image? That is the reason why the principal wants the student to abide the school rules, to prevent the students for ruining the school images. So that other people could not have bad impression on the school such as thinking the student are lack of discipline or the teachers have no ability at handing the student. Do you know that how much truancy and late coming cases are there in school? With the school rules as guide, everything could just come in control. People who play truant and late for school are not showing the school respect, and it is totally unfair for people who come to school early. So these people ought to be punished and gradually there is the school rules set to follow as principle and guides. With the school rules, students would than pay more attention to their behavior, attire and appearance lest breaking the rules and being punished. What could the outsiders think of the school, if the student dyed their hair, dress up fancifully and even smoke in the public area with their school uniform on. If a student wearing the school uniform misbehaved outside school, hanging around the void deck, shopping mall and areas, not going home. People could think that the school does not bother to care for the student and maintaining the school policies.
I think that it is alright to have school rules to control the discipline of students. So that the students would not bring embarrass to the school, and people would have good impressions on the school. If a student behaves herself and conduct herself well, there is no reason for she to be affect by the school rules. Meaning school rules usually comes in use when the students misbehave or does something that is consider breaking the school rules. No matter how strict the school rules are, if we conduct ourselves well, we could just treat it as if it does not exist.
Therefore no matter how strict and harsh the school rules are, it is not a problem unless we do something against the rights.
I think that it is alright to have school rules to control the discipline of students. So that the students would not bring embarrass to the school, and people would have good impressions on the school. If a student behaves herself and conduct herself well, there is no reason for she to be affect by the school rules. Meaning school rules usually comes in use when the students misbehave or does something that is consider breaking the school rules. No matter how strict the school rules are, if we conduct ourselves well, we could just treat it as if it does not exist.
Therefore no matter how strict and harsh the school rules are, it is not a problem unless we do something against the rights.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Chinese New Year
Did you notice a few weeks before Chinese New Year, all shops and supermarkets would be packed with lots of people purchasing New Year goods? To me, Chinese New Year is a very special and important occasion. For it is a big day, for all family and relatives would gather together to have meals and taking the opportunities to chat up, building up better bonding with one another.
Chinese New Year is a long event that lasts for fifteen days. Within these period of time, we were forbade to say anything inauspicious, and also had to clear all debts, not owning anyone anything. On the eve, we had to clean up the house and it is believed that by doing so, we could sweep away the bad luck. After that all family members could gather back together and eat reunion dinner. This is also the day when children stay awake throughout the night to pray for good health and longevity for their parents, which is known as ‘shuo sui’.
On the first day of Chinese New Year, everyone was to wear new clothes and welcome the god of wealth. Besides that, early in the morning relatives and friends would come knocking the door and visit your house with tangerines and words of blessing. Elderly then would give out red packets to children and those unmarried. On the second day, married daughters would return home to reunite with their families. For the following days, the people would continue their visits to different houses giving words of blessing, red packets to children and staying over for meals. Usually, the traditional is eating steamboats, whereby everyone sat round the table and eats together. Within this period of event, there is the jade emperor, which is the seventh day. This day is known as ‘Ren Ri’ for it is also said to be everyone’s birthday. On this particular day, we would have raw fish salad, known as ‘Yu Sheng’. Whereby everyone would crowd around the big plate of raw fish salad and keep tossing. Meanwhile they will shout out words of blessing, such as hopes for a smooth journey for the year, good fortune and prosperity.
Lastly, this is the fifteen and last day of Chinese New Year, known as ‘Yuan Xiao Jie’. Grandmothers, mothers and aunty would prepare ‘Tang yuan’ for the family to eat. It ias defined that the number of ‘tang yuan’ we eat depend on how old we are. Example, if one is fifteen years old, he would have to eat fifteen balls of ‘tang yuan’. Can you image if you are a forty-two years old, old man you would have to finish forty two balls of ‘tang yuan’. But for the modern time we are in now, people usually don’t go for superstitious things like this.
Chinese New Year is a long event that lasts for fifteen days. Within these period of time, we were forbade to say anything inauspicious, and also had to clear all debts, not owning anyone anything. On the eve, we had to clean up the house and it is believed that by doing so, we could sweep away the bad luck. After that all family members could gather back together and eat reunion dinner. This is also the day when children stay awake throughout the night to pray for good health and longevity for their parents, which is known as ‘shuo sui’.
On the first day of Chinese New Year, everyone was to wear new clothes and welcome the god of wealth. Besides that, early in the morning relatives and friends would come knocking the door and visit your house with tangerines and words of blessing. Elderly then would give out red packets to children and those unmarried. On the second day, married daughters would return home to reunite with their families. For the following days, the people would continue their visits to different houses giving words of blessing, red packets to children and staying over for meals. Usually, the traditional is eating steamboats, whereby everyone sat round the table and eats together. Within this period of event, there is the jade emperor, which is the seventh day. This day is known as ‘Ren Ri’ for it is also said to be everyone’s birthday. On this particular day, we would have raw fish salad, known as ‘Yu Sheng’. Whereby everyone would crowd around the big plate of raw fish salad and keep tossing. Meanwhile they will shout out words of blessing, such as hopes for a smooth journey for the year, good fortune and prosperity.
Lastly, this is the fifteen and last day of Chinese New Year, known as ‘Yuan Xiao Jie’. Grandmothers, mothers and aunty would prepare ‘Tang yuan’ for the family to eat. It ias defined that the number of ‘tang yuan’ we eat depend on how old we are. Example, if one is fifteen years old, he would have to eat fifteen balls of ‘tang yuan’. Can you image if you are a forty-two years old, old man you would have to finish forty two balls of ‘tang yuan’. But for the modern time we are in now, people usually don’t go for superstitious things like this.
An interesting incident during december hloliday
Last December holiday was fun; my whole family went on a five days overseas trip to Macau. It was a pleasant and worthy place with lots of tourist attraction. The stunning variety of distinctive cuisine available there makes it a paradise for food lovers. With plenty of fresh ingredients and many restaurants to choose from, there is food to please every palace.
Macau’s delicacies are known-to-world, which always attract locals and tourists. The vast numbers of local food stalls there, caters to every visitor’s taste and budget. Over there the traditional Chinese delicacy is an item that tourists ‘must-buy’, such as crisp, sweet egg rolls and egg balls (fluffy, tiny oval pastries made from what resembles pancake batter) etc. The food over there was fabulous, despite its low price. The night market stalls have lots of wonderful and famous snacks, biscuit and cookies. The whole road was really packed with people. What amazed me there was, despite the cold season, where tourists wrapped themselves with clothing, their people dress as normal ignoring the cold weather.
Besides eating and buying their locals food, my family went on shopping over many famous streets and malls. The items, clothing and jewelry are available at very reasonable prices. The range of clothing is enormous; however the most widely available are jeans, children’s wear and sports wear. But due to the wrong timing we chose, it was winter seasons, so we did not find much clothing to our liking. As a hot and tropical country like Singapore, there wasn’t any use with winter wear. We were all disappointed, thinking that we could return with bags of clothing. Fortunately we still manage to buy a few pair of jeans and t-shirts. One more thing to mention is that items over there could be bargain till very low and reasonable price, wonderful isn’t it? Other than eating and shopping, we did not forget to visit the premier attraction of Macau. One night when we were traveling on their bus back to our hotel, we past by one of Macau’s popular landmark, it was the graceful statue of Kun lam. It was beautiful scenery, standing on a podium among the seas. Under it, people were invited to rest and meditate. Besides that I noticed there were many casinos located, wherever you go you could see one. The number of casinos in Macau is almost countless. Unfortunately my sister and I were under age, so we did not have the chance to go in and play or gamble. There was once we manage to sneak in and took a round tour before we were caught and being check, in the end we were being chase out by the security guard.
On the last day, we really can’t bear to leave the place. But luckily we took a lot of pictures of its beautiful scenery as memories. It was indeed a fun and memorable trip, as we really had lots of fun and were all looking forward to the next trip to Macau again.
Macau’s delicacies are known-to-world, which always attract locals and tourists. The vast numbers of local food stalls there, caters to every visitor’s taste and budget. Over there the traditional Chinese delicacy is an item that tourists ‘must-buy’, such as crisp, sweet egg rolls and egg balls (fluffy, tiny oval pastries made from what resembles pancake batter) etc. The food over there was fabulous, despite its low price. The night market stalls have lots of wonderful and famous snacks, biscuit and cookies. The whole road was really packed with people. What amazed me there was, despite the cold season, where tourists wrapped themselves with clothing, their people dress as normal ignoring the cold weather.
Besides eating and buying their locals food, my family went on shopping over many famous streets and malls. The items, clothing and jewelry are available at very reasonable prices. The range of clothing is enormous; however the most widely available are jeans, children’s wear and sports wear. But due to the wrong timing we chose, it was winter seasons, so we did not find much clothing to our liking. As a hot and tropical country like Singapore, there wasn’t any use with winter wear. We were all disappointed, thinking that we could return with bags of clothing. Fortunately we still manage to buy a few pair of jeans and t-shirts. One more thing to mention is that items over there could be bargain till very low and reasonable price, wonderful isn’t it? Other than eating and shopping, we did not forget to visit the premier attraction of Macau. One night when we were traveling on their bus back to our hotel, we past by one of Macau’s popular landmark, it was the graceful statue of Kun lam. It was beautiful scenery, standing on a podium among the seas. Under it, people were invited to rest and meditate. Besides that I noticed there were many casinos located, wherever you go you could see one. The number of casinos in Macau is almost countless. Unfortunately my sister and I were under age, so we did not have the chance to go in and play or gamble. There was once we manage to sneak in and took a round tour before we were caught and being check, in the end we were being chase out by the security guard.
On the last day, we really can’t bear to leave the place. But luckily we took a lot of pictures of its beautiful scenery as memories. It was indeed a fun and memorable trip, as we really had lots of fun and were all looking forward to the next trip to Macau again.
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