Monday, 29 February 2016
My buddy from China
I assume my China buddy would be the only child in the family, but I think that he will be a friendly person unlike some people who thinks that the only child may be an introvert. Even though we may experience different cultures, I think we would be quite similar and have many things to talk about as we are about the same age. Thus, I think that I will enjoy exchanging with my buddy and have a great time in OELP.
Sunday, 28 February 2016
My China OELP buddy
I think that my china buddy would be an only child. Therefore, we should have different personalities. I am looking forward to knowing my China buddy well and to make friends with my buddy, despite us coming from different countries and not meeting each other before. I would love to know more about her culture and things that are unique to them. Definitely, I am looking forward to this OELP trip
MY THOUGHTS ON THE CHINA BUDDIES BEFORE MEETING THEM
I guess I am not expecting that much of them, i mean, I have been brought up in an environment whereby most China Chinese are as pleasant as any other people around my circle of friends. As the saying goes "Judge and be judged". To reduce the number of feelings of hurt among our new found friends, I hope to keep whatever negative comments and rumors I heard before to myself in this post and I hope that they turn out to be very sociable.
However, I can safely assume that they are tremendously superb in their use of mandarin. I can also assume that they are very hardworking people that have achieved new heights in this century. Because China is currently developing at an astounding speed, I can also assume them to be very smart, even if they are younger than I am. Although this, my greatest concern is that they would be self centered, untruthful or shy. These are the few characteristics I found to be dominant in the children from one child families, especially in china. Otherwise, I would feel more comfortable in sharing my point of view of them afterwe meet.
However, I can safely assume that they are tremendously superb in their use of mandarin. I can also assume that they are very hardworking people that have achieved new heights in this century. Because China is currently developing at an astounding speed, I can also assume them to be very smart, even if they are younger than I am. Although this, my greatest concern is that they would be self centered, untruthful or shy. These are the few characteristics I found to be dominant in the children from one child families, especially in china. Otherwise, I would feel more comfortable in sharing my point of view of them afterwe meet.
Sunday, 21 February 2016
Chingay Parade 2016 Reflections
This year's theme for Chingay Parade 2016 is "Lights of Legacy, Brighter Singapore" and in Chinese "智慧灯海，璀璨新加坡". This my first time attending the Chingay Parade so i was filled with excitement and curiosity.
When I was first introduced to Chingay 2016 by PAYM during assembly talk on 27 January, I did not understand what the performance really meant, I thought it was merely a performance during Chinese New Year Festivities.
On 30th January, the day of the parade, along the way to the F1 pit building, I saw many students from different primary and secondary schools gathering there just to see the parade, the place was packed like sardines. As we went into place, we took our goodie bags as we were directed to our seating arrangements. The goodie bag inclued a pompom, a pack of food, a clapper, and a tiny light buld with colorful lights. As we waited for the other schools to arrive, in order to keep us entertained, they put up a small uni-cylcle performance as colorful uni-cycles roamed across the stage,it was spectacular!
As our school was lucky enough, we had the highest seats in the middle so we had a really good view of everything.As I was too busy watching the performance, I did not take any photos but here are some photos of the Chingay Parade form the internet.
The High-Flying performance,
LED dragon dance,
Pole dancing?
After the parade I understood many new things such as the parade's purpose to celebrate Singapore's past 50 years of success and telling us to strive harder for SG100.
We should also thank the people who made contributions as this would never exist without them and we may not be enjoying of what we have now. I also think that the organizers of this event had done a great job in organizing the performance as with the lightings, and great performances, i do actually feel proud of Singapore. One of my favorite performance was the high-flying performance which consisted of people rolling through hoops and jumping around with bungee straps on their waists.
This parade has truly improved a lot since the first Chingay in 4 February 1973 as our late founding prime minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, thought that we should make some noise to drive away evil spirits as firecrackers are banned in Singapore.There were only about 2000 paraders at that time and performances such as lion dance, wushu, stilt walkers, etc. But now,there are about 1300 participants and havinga much wider variety of performance such as akido, dragons with LED lights etc. Many people form other countries with different cultures were performing too. This also shows racial harmony in Singapore and how Singapore respects people from different races and with different cultures in Singapore.
In conclusion, this performance was truly amazing and made me proud of Singapore, lets work hard towards SG100.
When I was first introduced to Chingay 2016 by PAYM during assembly talk on 27 January, I did not understand what the performance really meant, I thought it was merely a performance during Chinese New Year Festivities.
On 30th January, the day of the parade, along the way to the F1 pit building, I saw many students from different primary and secondary schools gathering there just to see the parade, the place was packed like sardines. As we went into place, we took our goodie bags as we were directed to our seating arrangements. The goodie bag inclued a pompom, a pack of food, a clapper, and a tiny light buld with colorful lights. As we waited for the other schools to arrive, in order to keep us entertained, they put up a small uni-cylcle performance as colorful uni-cycles roamed across the stage,it was spectacular!
As our school was lucky enough, we had the highest seats in the middle so we had a really good view of everything.As I was too busy watching the performance, I did not take any photos but here are some photos of the Chingay Parade form the internet.
The High-Flying performance,
LED dragon dance,
After the parade I understood many new things such as the parade's purpose to celebrate Singapore's past 50 years of success and telling us to strive harder for SG100.
We should also thank the people who made contributions as this would never exist without them and we may not be enjoying of what we have now. I also think that the organizers of this event had done a great job in organizing the performance as with the lightings, and great performances, i do actually feel proud of Singapore. One of my favorite performance was the high-flying performance which consisted of people rolling through hoops and jumping around with bungee straps on their waists.
This parade has truly improved a lot since the first Chingay in 4 February 1973 as our late founding prime minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, thought that we should make some noise to drive away evil spirits as firecrackers are banned in Singapore.There were only about 2000 paraders at that time and performances such as lion dance, wushu, stilt walkers, etc. But now,there are about 1300 participants and havinga much wider variety of performance such as akido, dragons with LED lights etc. Many people form other countries with different cultures were performing too. This also shows racial harmony in Singapore and how Singapore respects people from different races and with different cultures in Singapore.
In conclusion, this performance was truly amazing and made me proud of Singapore, lets work hard towards SG100.
Saturday, 20 February 2016
Chingay Parade 2016 - Lights of Legacy, Brighter Singapore
Chingay 2016 marks the first year of Singapore's next 50 years towards SG100 and hence, Chingay 2016 is aptly themed, 'Lights of Legacy, Brighter Singapore'. The purpose of this year's chingay is to celebrate the legacy and wisdom of our founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and other founding fathers based on the core values advocated by them and pledging our support to live it and move forward together towards a brighter future, and to also bring people of different races and countries together.
People of different races and countries all came together and performed together, working as one. Some of the performers also performed according to their own culture, for example, one of the performance was Indian dance, and the performers wore Indian costumes. This performances introduce us to their culture and thus we were able to learn more about different cultures and respect them.
My favourite performance was the aerial stunt, as it is unique and different from the other performances. The performers were being high up in the air, doing stunts and moves. Another reason why i liked this performance most is that the performers were very brave and despite the dangers, they were willing to be performing, making the Chingay performance much more interesting.
My favourite performance was the aerial stunt, as it is unique and different from the other performances. The performers were being high up in the air, doing stunts and moves. Another reason why i liked this performance most is that the performers were very brave and despite the dangers, they were willing to be performing, making the Chingay performance much more interesting.
The first Chingay's started in 4 February 1973. It's purpose was to compensate for the ban on firecrackers, a customary New Year practice to drive away evil spirits, with all its noise and gaiety. Firecrackers were banned as it is being considered as a safety hazard. The change in the purpose now and then is probably to unite people of different countries and races together, bringing Singaporeans closer, as we are a multi-racial country.
Definitely, the organisers have successfully fulfilled the purpose, I could see the performers, enjoying themselves and waving the props together, during the finale. Friendships were created through all the rehearsals and trainings, and they were doing their best in the performance.
Friday, 19 February 2016
3-2-1 REFLECTIONS
3-2-1 REFLECTIONS ON THE ONE CHILD
POLICY IN CHINA
3 things that I learnt
1) I learnt that a one child policy does not only affect the country, but it also affects the children that are born after the one child policy is implemented.
2) I learnt that the children born after the one child policy are least likely to take risks, are more self centred, more sheltered and less entrepreneurial.
3) I learnt that the country have been greatly affected by the growing population and the lack of entrepreneurial minds, thus, the economy would decrease in china in the long run.
2 perceptions I gained
1) I found out that there are always going to be problems in the long run or in the short term that may affect someone or even a big group of people negatively like in china. I find that the chinese government have to look further than just a few years and prepare in advance for the possible disadvantages that a new policy brings before even implementing it.
2) I find that the government also has to understand that all policies bring harm and we have to be careful and think twice before saying or doing anything or some things we do that might once seem harmless does not leave a deep negative imprint on anyone we care about.
1 question that I have
1) Is there anyway to make the benefits of a policy more prominent compared to the negative impacts of a policy. Thus, this can achieve a better social response of the people.
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