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Thursday, April 29, 2010
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Countries form alliances because of different reasons. Some were genuine desire to help other countries; others were made with less straightforward aims. For example, Hitler made alliances in order to make countries feel safe from attack by Germany, while planning to invade them all the while.(friendship treaty with poland in 1934) Other reasons include: 1) Signing alliances with countries promising not to fight with each other 2) Giving each other trade privileges. Various alliances formed between countries are: 1) Nazi-Soviet Pact between Germany and USSR (non-aggression pact and also to set up trade links between both countries that provided Germany with rubber, oil and grain it needed to go to war) 2) Full support in war (Britain, France and Poland in 1939) Other reasons include: 1) signing alliances with countries promising not to fight with each other 2) giving each other trade privileges. Singapore and many other countries formed The United Nation. The United nations will work together to help countries that are in need after natural disasters. One example of a project by the United Nation is they set up a regional coordination centre in Singapore and use the city-state's air and naval bases to carry out relief operations in tsunami-devastated areas of Indonesia. By helping people in need, the United Nation saved many lives. Singapore and many neighbouring countries also formed ASEAN. ASEAN stands for The Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, membership has expanded to include Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of the peace and stability of the region, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully. Countries that form alliances also benefit by being able to develop further. It also form a certain trust bond with their alliance. The people of a country can live in harmony with the neighboring counties' citizens. Posted by ShAnNoN at
The 5 pillars for Total Defence are: 1. Military Defence – Singaporeans keeping Singapore safe. 2. Civil Defence - Taking care of your family, friends, and people around you in times of crisis. 3. Economic Defence - Working and saving to achieve a better life for everyone. 4. Social Defence - Living in harmony, looking out for one another. 5. Psychological Defence - Singaporean and proud of it. Miss Cho also showed us 2 videos on NeMation! 4. N.E.mation! is a competition for youths to express their notions on Total Defence through animation. The videos that she showed were familiar to me as I have watched them before. I was aware of the competition’s details as Vivian, Ahilla and I were participants! We represented Chong Boon and was one of the top 20 finalist! It was an achievement as there were many competitors from different schools all around Singapore. I think that the videos were very fun and interesting. It also showed how teenagers thought about Singapore, their homeland. There was also a T.D trail that was put into place for us by the uniform groups in our school. It allowed me to understand more about the NE messages. Some of them are: 1. Singapore is our homeland; this is where we belong. We treasure our heritage and take pride in shaping our own unique way of life. 2. We must preserve racial and religious harmony. We value our diversity and are determined to stay a united people. 3. We must uphold meritocracy and incorruptibility. We provide opportunities for all, according to their ability and effort. 4. No one owes Singapore a living. We find our own way to survive and prosper, turning challenge into opportunity. 5. We must defend Singapore. A food rationing exercise was than held. We were only allowed to eat bread and drink NeWater. It allowed me to experience circumstances when we were only given bread and water. A concert was the highlight of the day! It was brilliant! Different races put up different dance performances. The funniest performance was put up by our very own “Chong Boon stars”, our teachers! It was a Bollywood Dance. Some teachers had to wear wigs. It was so hilarious. To round up every thing, we were told to pen down our thoughts and feelings on a reflection sheet. Posted by ShAnNoN at
Sunday, April 18, 2010
To me, Excellence means doing my very best at all times. It does not matter whehter it involves my studies or having fun playing sports, i will have to do my best and excell. Like that, I will be able to improve in everything that I do. Trying to achieve success at everything that I want to do. Never give up is definitely one of the core factors of achieveing excellence. As, to not give up, we will achieve success and than Excellence. Friendship is very important to me. It is the building of trust on one another. When do not know somthing and i need help, my friends will help me. Thus, I think that friends are great gifts that are graced upon me. To have friends in school will result in a wonderful school life, which will also improve our studies. It will also ultimately enable us to contribute more to society. To me, respect is very wildly ranged. It is very important to give respect as it will earn me respect to. To have respect for one another, everyone will be able to live in harmony. Different races have different customs. I think that even though I do not belong to that race. I must respect their customs. The three values, Excellence, Friendship and Respect have help Singapore transformed itself from Third World to First. I believe that friendship have bonded Singaporeans. With unity, alot of things that the Singaporeans have done resulted in success, which have earned respect from other countries. Singaporeans practise Excellence to succeed. We aim, we achieve. With the values that we practise, we have improved ourselves and transformed ourselves for the better. Posted by ShAnNoN at
Sunday, April 11, 2010
real antics of real people. There has always been a place for reality shows on television. Some reality shows feature people getting insulted, humbled or even humiliated. Reality shows are cheap to produce, and are very profitable. Reality shows are popular as we are voyeurs. It erases the boundaries between the public and the private. Reality shows can still genuinely surprise. Reality television is also a great way of storytelling. It is popular due to producers latching onto ideas that grab us in some fundamental place. However, it is manifestly unreal. Reality shows are unscripted drama, like sports. However, as time goes by, producers run out of fresh ideas and the views get bored. A lot of different shows appeal different tastes, thus there is a growing competition in the different genres that are made available to people. Posted by ShAnNoN at
4 What is behind the boom in reality television is, in large part, money. These shows are cheap to produce. "Friends'' is often the highest-rated show on television, earning millions in advertising. But each of the six actors gets paid $1 million per episode. 'Survivor' gets ratings almost as high, and does not have those costs. 5 That is in part why reality shows are everywhere, all of them exposing something - your family life "The Osbournes", your anxieties "Fear Factor", your dreams "American Idol", your romantic aspirations "The Bachelor", "The Bachelorette", your body "Are You Hot?", your lusts "Temptation Island", and your calculations "Joe Millionaire". 6 Money explains why networks put on the shows;, that leaves the question of why people like to watch. "We're voyeurs," says Beth Montemurro, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Penn State Abington. "These shows erase the boundaries between the public and the private. This is television keeping up with society." 7 Professor Robert Thompson, Director of the Centre for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, agrees that the voyeuristic appeal is high. "Anyone who's ever deliberately eavesdropped on a conversation in a train or been to a party and poked into the host's medicine cabinet is going to relate to these shows," he says. "We're a curious species." 8 But it is more than nosiness. Unlike the sitcoms and dramas that have grown so predictable in their ability to wrap up every dilemma in the allotted time slot, reality shows can still genuinely surprise. "It's real behaviour in real environments," says Thompson, "and that often adds up to great storytelling." 9 Thompson also credits the producers of the shows for latching onto ideas that grab us in some fundamental place. "The one thing that everybody above the age of 14 understands is dating and courtship," says Thompson. "The Bachelor', 'Joe Millionaire' and 'Temptation Island' tap into that nearly universal experience. Movies show a utopian version of courtship - clear and concise - whereas these programmes, by showing warts and all, seem much more familiar. Joe Millionaire is a liar, so are millions of other men. 10 On some shows, the embarrassment or disappointment is part of the process. But there are other shows where demeaning the participants is the wholepoint of the exercise. David Bianculli, author and New York Daily News TV Critic, says that whatever ratings networks earn from such shows will ultimately be dwarfed by the long-term damage. "ABC wants [people] to think of it as the family network, but if they keep showing programmes like this, they're going to be the network that humiliates people." 11 One of the great ironies about these programmes, of course, is that they are manifestly unreal. Story editors sit through hours of tape, tracing the threads of story lines and prospecting for usable nuggets. Editing gives structure and focus to the drama, and music shapes viewers' emotional responses. Key moments may not be scripted, but they are obviously staged. 12 "The people behind all these shows won't even call it reality television," points out Matthew Felling of Washington's Centre for Media and Public Affairs. "They call it unscripted drama.” 13 "This is more like sport," says Robert Thompson. "In sport, you design a field, you pick the players, you explain the rules and objectives, then you turn on the camera and see what happens. In reality television, you pick the place, you cast the players, you give them the rules, then you watch how they behave. This really may be a new way to tell a story, and I believe someday, somebody is going to create the masterpiece of the form." 14 The question is whether the viewers will still be around to watch it. The history of television is nothing if not a series of graveyards of popular forms of programming that eventually went bankrupt. There was a time when people could not get enough westerns. Then family sitcoms. And seven years ago, news-magazines were popular. Two years ago, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" was on four nights a week in the United States, and everybody raced to develop new game shows. "Survivor" has been a useful series but none of the subsequent versions has had the cultural punch of the original. Will the sixteenth Bachelor be as interesting as the fifteenth? Not likely. As time goes on, the producers will be forced to add more bells and whistles and gimmicks, until they eventually go completely over the top, turning off both viewers and advertisers. 15 At that point, viewers are likely to realise the old forms of programming are not dead at all, they have just been snoozing. Reality shows may hold half of America's top ten rankings, but the three highest-rated programmes are "CSI", "Friends" and "ER" - a nine-year-old sitcom and two classic dramas. 16 If the networks could remember how to make programmes that resonate with the public the way those shows do, then longtime viewers will once again recognise a television menu that is hardly unfamiliar: a lot of different shows appealing to different tastes. A little drama, a little comedy, a little escapism, a little reality. In other words, television that looks a lot like life. Adapted from Reality Television by Jamie Malanowski, Reader's Digest, July 2003. Write an account of what is reality television, explain its popularity and its future prospects. (25m) USE ONLY MATERIALS FROM PARAGRAPHS 3 to 16. Your summary, which must be in continuous writing (not note form) must not be longer than 150 words, excluding the 10 words given below. 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