picture discussion 2

The people in the picture are celebrating their country’s national day .The lady who is sitting in the middle of the picture was celebrating her birthday with her two other friends. There were many people gathered in the stadium to watch the performance as I can see that they have sited on a flight of stairs waiting for the performance to being.
I think that the people were celebrating Singapore national day as I can see people waving their small Singapore flag and wearing a cap that has printed Singapore 30th birthday. The people in the picture look happy and excited. I think that they are wondering what kind of performances the people will be performing .I also think that the lady in the middle was very lucky to have her birthday in the same day of national day as people in Singapore will be celebrating for her as well and maybe she can get herself a discount for buying things in some shops too. I think that it was a bright and sunny day as people were wearing caps and holding umbrella to shade them from the hot sun.
It was good that Singapore was a harmonious and a peaceful country and there were no riots around. Unlike some other countries. I do hope that Singapore will always be peaceful.


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I think that the people in the picture are attempting the low elements like the "spider web”. I can see that the participants in the picture are having an outdoor activity as I can see many trees around the place. The people have gathered in the campsite as I can see a tent which is shown on the background. I think that the boy in the foreground is having hard time trying to pass through the hole. They are having a team-building game to let them get know of each other better and to cooperate with each other. The boy's teammates are trying to help him pass through the hole. The girls at the background of the picture are cheering for their teammates. His teammates are trying to hold on to him tightly, hoping that he will not fall and lose the game. They are having lots of fun and they all seem to be engaged in the game. I think that this activity can let them know that with good teamwork; they can accomplish things much faster and better, trusting their teammates and friends and to let them know that there are friends that they can count on and will always be supporting them.

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Today Janina Pietrasiak and Maria Lopuszanska live like sisters. They … meet daily and help each other out, living alone and are not affluent. Maria’s parents were anti-Nazi underground activists and help sheltered Janina and her mother. Janina’s mother soon died of tuberculosis and young Janina clung desperately to her new family. She was baptized to become part of the family to avoid being detected and killed by the Nazis. During the Warsaw Uprising, the girls had to fend for themselves as Maria's father was sick and her mother was demonstrating against the Nazis. Maria was like a mother to Janina since Janina have lost both of her parents and her sibling committed suicide. In order to recognise Maria and her parents from saving her during WW1, Janina contacted the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem and cash reward was given to Maria to improve her financial situation.


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A time when I felt unloved

When people around you ignore you,you might think that the person does not love you nor cares about you.Sometimes I felt that I was really being left out alone.My parents were always busy with their work,they came back home late at night and I was not able to see them during day time.I was thinking of trying things that will catch their attention like injuring myself so that they will care more about me so I took a small knife to slash across my hand and soon my blood started to ooze out.

My grandfather came into the kitchen and saw me bleeding.He carry me into the bathroom and wash my wound and ask me why am I doing this to my hand.I replied softly and said that my parents does not care about me anymore so I do this is to try to seek their attention so that they will spend time to look after me.My grandfather said that I was very silly.He said,"your mother and father still cares about you even though they were busy with their works,you are their daughter and they love you more than anything else.I know that cause I have childrens too so now do not try anything stupid."

It was really stupid of me to believe that my parents does not love me.It is just that I did not realise how they care about me.Now,I believe that my parents will still care and love me no matter what happened.

Caught in a Storm

When I was a kid,I always thought that lightning and thunder means the end to the world as the sound of it was very horrifying.I remember when I was in my grandmother's house,there was a heavy storm.Heavy rain pouring down and I was sleeping on the sofa.Suddenly,there was a very loud thunder,it was so loud that it could wake the dead.

I jumped out of my bed crying and screaming.My mother and my uncle came into the living room to see what is wrong.When my mother saw me crying hardly and she trys to calm me down but it was futile.My uncle was standing beside my thinking about what can he do to help me stop crying.All of the sudden,he ran to his room and took out his CD player.He put in the ear piece and put it in my ear.He increase the volume and I cannot hear any thunder or lighting except the music that the CD is playing and I stopped crying.After that,when there is thunder or lighting,I will listen to the CD player which calm me down.

As I grow up,I was not afraid of thunder and lighting anymore.Thinking back when I was a small kid who was afraid of thunder and lighting really sounds quite stupid to me now.

Pulau Ubin

26th July 2009

Mr Robert Lim
The Director
Urban Re-development Authority
8 Temasek Boulevard
Suntec Tower 3
Singapore 038988

Dear Mr Lim

Proposal to upgrade Pulau Ubin

I am Sheryl,President of the Green Plan 2012 Club,would like to develop Pulau Ubin to help serve the residents better and bring more tourist to the island.I have interviewed several residents their views on what we need to improve Pulau Ubin.Some wishes to have a new clinic and a school for the locals to study better and changing transport to the mainland instead of taking a bumboat as it was very inconvenient.

In order to make places around Pulau Ubin accessible,we would need to improve on the bus services,roads and infrastructure.We wish to add in cycling tracks and nature trails.Some consider transforming Ubin into a 21st century New Town so that they can enjoy best of the both worlds by having shopping facilities and a relaxing way of life by having nature at their doorsteps.A part time hawker assistant,Mrs Tan Li Lin , wish to have a reliable water supply as it was very important.She hope to start a coffee stall that can attract many campers and day trippers.We also wish to preserve Chek Jawa,as the pride of Pulau Ubin,as a nature reserve.

We do hope that you can accept this proposal to develop Pulau Ubin to a better place for the resisdents.

Yours faithfully
Green Plan 2012 Club
President
Sheryl Chia

Natural disaster

Natural Disaster
Earthquake in Japan

In 16 july 2007,monday at about 11.55 am,a 6.8 magnitude tremor struck Japan in Niigate area.Hundreds of people were injured badly.There were seven deaths in the city of Kashiwazaki.Four women and 3 men,aged between seventy to eighty,died from severe injuries.
Two thousand people have evacuated,older building which most of them were wooden houses or houses that have heavy tile roofs,appeared to have suffered the most damaged during the earthquake which has also cracked roads and buckled bridges.The hospitals were fulled with people that have suffered injures during the earthquake.A resident described the moments the earthquake hits.He said that it was so strong that people hardly could stand on their feets and so people got hide under the table while others ran out of their house.
The violent shaking lasted for 20 seconds.Earthquakes are very common in Japan as Japan was situated in one of the most seismically active area.Three years ago,the earthquake hit the same area.left 65 people dead while another earthquake hit the city of Kobe in 1995, killing more than sixty-five thousand of people.