Thursday, July 23, 2009

Totto-Chan book review

The book on totto-chan is a very interesting book, it certainly motivates us to study, totto-chan passion for studying and goal for her life is something we should learn from. This book is about a little girl living in japan called, "totto-chan", who never give up in her study and goal. The book starts of by giving us a brief description of totto-chan personality, how she gets into trouble in her first year in school and get expelled. Even the teacher could not stand Totto-chan interruption in class, standing by the side of the window during lesson time waiting for the streets musicians to past by and she will call out to them to request for for them to play a few piece of musics. Not only that, she interrupts the class by opening and shutting her desk cupboard. This result her of being expelled. Totto-chan is interesting in selling tickets in train stations so when she come across this particular school made up of trains which was use as classrooms which students study in, and even library was in the train cabin. The headmaster and totto-chan seems to get along very well, this partly explains why totto-chan ended up studying in this school after being expelled in the previous school. Studying in Tomoe was a fun and experienced for each and every student. The headmaster make it in a way that studying was fun for the students in tomoe, having unexpected events happening in school every day. Totto-chan certainly enjoyed the times when she's in tomoe. But all this didn't last until totto-chan graduates from tomoe. Tomoe was being burned down because of the war that happened in japan at that time. But the headmaster had already plan on the next school buildings and the name for the school. This shows the love and concern from the headmaster towards the students in tomoe. I think especially students like us should read this book, it really motivates us in life.

Xinjiang Riots

The Xinjiang riot was indeed very violent which caused up to 800 deaths of the Han chinese and Muslim Uighurs in Urumqi. The two main group were living in peace and harmony for long when this tragedic riot happened. The situation for the riot this time was very bad to the extent that soildiers from the military were send in to control the riot. But it was reported that regardless of how bad the situation for the riot was, some of the officers and soldiers did not do anything to help the riot when they were witnessing it. China has said that 156 people were killed in clashes in Urumqi and over a thousand people were injured. It was then under control after thousands of troops entered the city in a bid to prevent further unrest. This riot could be prevented if the government was able to do something, although the amount of people is large, there'll be still a solution to it. This riot was a sad incident that could be prevented.

Should singlish be the official language in singapore?

I personally feel that singlish should not be the official language being use in singapore? If there's profound english, why not we use profound english to communicate instead of using singlish which is not very nice to be heard of? Not every people understands singlish. Afterall, english is the standard language being use in many countries instead of singlish. For example, when tourists from U.S or England visits singapore and happen to ask you for directions, are you going to use singlish to communicate with them? They won't be able to understand. Furthermore, they will have a bad impression on singapore citizens regarding the language. So, say no to singlish.

Are singaporeans gracious and socially responsible?

Do you think singaporeans are gracious citizens? From my point of view, the majority are still gracious and socially responsible. The minority are causes of the percentage of the bad environment. For example, places fill with rubbish being dumb anywhere they like, attracting unwanted pests. All this are acts of the ungracious-ness of the singaporeans. As all of you know, now is the period of H1N1. When you're down with flu, fever, cough and other symtoms of H1N1, try not to go crowded places, visit the doctor for immediate treatment, wear a mask when you're out. This are acts of social responsible. Practice more graciousness and social responsible to make singapore a green and clean city to live in.

My future career.

What i hope to be in the future as my occupation is a wedding planner. i will have my eye set on this occupation is because being a wedding planner, when you successfully plan a wedding and it goes off well, you will have a kind of satisfaction in your heart. I still remember why i get the idea of being a wedding planner, when once i watch a television programme about a wedding planner, from that day onwards i have a big interest in it. Basically, if you like to work with people, those good at negotiating and communicating with people, wedding planner is one of the best choice to be in your career. For your information, wedding planner is also known as the wedding consultant or bridal consultant. some of the required skills for a wedding planner is to be able to remain calm at all times in the face of adversity. they must be able to get the best service for the customers and the lowest price. Networking is also important, establishing good connections will lead to good business deals. a wedding planner must also have a good fashion sense like what colours should go with what type of accessories and etc. Basically, this is all about a wedding planner.