Just have a sudden desire to blog about my life :D
Is considering to rise my blog from the dead :)
Inter-school debates competition is drawing nearer and nearer but I’m still so not prepared.
There are so many trainings to go for and so many reading and research to do.
Because of this, there’s also a shortage of time for revision.
My tests are coming right after the 2 weeks break :(
On a lighter note, went for a shopping spree with my poly friends!
We went to quite a lot of places actually.
First place we went to was Wisma. Mango was super crowded and the fitting room queue super long.
After that we headed to Far East Plaza.
Then took bus to Iluma and then to Bugis Street.
Added 2 tops to my wardrobe :D
I love GSS!~~
Was kinda late and tired oledi so me and Yvonne left earlier.
In conclusion, had a great day.
Ahh. I still can’t find a proper pair of flats.
Saw this pair of flats from Everlast that I like but the smallest size is still kinda big for my foot :(
I wanted a pair of Everlast flats since last year.
Finally decided to buy since there’s also a 10% discount but don’t have my size. Ahh~
But I’m still proud of my princess feet :p
And and... had another fun day out with BLF! :D
We went to Taka for early lunch.
Both of us bought curry puff and tutu kueh.
Still felt kinda hungry so we both each bought 1 chicken and 1 pork stick from Tori-Q.
Went to Wisma to shop :D
The top from Mango I regretted not buying wasn’t there anymore :(
Singaporean females are really shopaholics!
We then headed to Far East Plaza.
Was kinda hungry again so I bought shark fin soup while she bought the chicken culet.
Shopped and we headed to Ngee Ann City where I bought a can of Heineken :D
I thought the person will ask for my IC but in the end, she didn’t. I look old?? :(
Then we sat outdoors to share the can.
Lol. Only drank half a can and I couldn’t walk straight oledi. LOL.
And I felt kinda high and crazy :X
Went to Ngee Ann City again and to ART FRIEND where I bought a friend home.
LOL. I bought a canvas board.
Think I’ll only start touching it until months and months later.
Quickly rush to Cineleisure after that for dinner @ Pastamania.
HAHA. So for the whole day, we didn’t really buy anything for ourselves except for FOOD (if you haven’t realise XD)
And I was wearing my shades half of the time and I kept tripping onto things and almost fell down XD
Went separated ways after that.
I went to bed at around 11.20pm.
Couldn’t fall asleep until around 12.38am.
I woke up again at around 1.55am.
Then again, I couldn’t sleep until around 3.45am =.=
Shouldn’t have drank the White Flat Coffee from Pastamania~
Tatta.
Inter-school Debates
Monday, June 15, 2009
11:36 AM
2 weeks of study break starting from now till 28th June 2009 :D
Heh. I’ve been selected to represent NYP’s School of Chemical & Life Science for the inter-school debates competition 2009 :D
I’m super excited! Nope, I don’t know what the topic is yet.
The topic will only be released 30 minutes before the start of debate.
That means we will only have 30 minutes to prepare everything we want to say~
But our debate coach told us 18 possible topics that will come out for the competition.
So we have to research and read on all 18 topics before the day arrive.
Here are the 18 topics:
A) Sex
1- Whether we should lower the age consent of having sex
2- If your HIV status should be shown in your I.C
3- Abortion
B) Beliefs
4- Whether we should band religious items in public schools
5- Use of public or government money to fund religious schools
6- Whether those majority religious schools should receive more funds
C) Economics & Finance
7- Effects of stimulus package
8- If development should be tied to countries’ track record with environment
9- Involvement of government in private business
D) International Politics
10- USA sanctions on Cuba
11- Impact of war on terror
12- ASEAN and Myanmar
E) Education
13- Look into the sale of contraceptive in public schools
14- Exams: Keep it or get rid of them
15- Receiving educational subsidies for serving the nation/country
F) Law
16- Convicted criminals and if they’re allowed to vote
17- Sale of violent video games to minors
18- Registering child sex offenders in national database
Lots of reading and research to do. Wish me luck :D
I really really really really x 1000 pray that I could at least squeeze into the semi finals :D
Gotta go for trainings during this period of time to practice, train and discuss with my team members before the competition~
Preliminary rounds are on 24th June 2009.
Semi finals and grand finals are on 26th June 2009.
Do pray for me! :)
CADC
Thursday, June 04, 2009
7:05 PM
I'm in Current Affair & Debating Club!!! :D
Had a speech yesterday. Only TEN people turned up. Haha. This is my speech:
"We should cherish our environment and not take it for granted.
I'm going to talk about why we should always give care and more care to the environment.
And for now, let me just use teenagers and young adults as my example.
People nowadays have the knowledge and they know how pollutions, natural disasters, climate change, global warming, etc will affect our environment.
They know it through secondary school Geography.
But the problem is that they know it but they don't put what they know in action.
Some people think that what is happening to the environment has got nothing to do with them. Some may feel that it's up to the government and environmental agencies to solve the problems.
But people have to realize that the environment is OURS, it belongs to us and not just the government or presidents.
It's our environment and it's our Earth, so we should all learn to take up a role to help in combating the effects on our environment. But before we know how to handle the environmental issues, we should know what exactly is an environment.
I went to check various dictionaries from www.dictionary.com and I typed in the word “environment”.
Let me read to you one of the definition. It says that:
“Ecology, the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time”.
Humans are organisms. You see, the way the surrounding is like affects us humans. It doesn't just affect plants and animals but it also affect the human race on Earth. Do you see the link? What affects the environment will affect us too.
I'm going to zoom into the area of air pollution.
You see, people waste electricity because they think that they are not the one whose paying for the utilities bill. Yes, as teenagers or even young adults, we are not the one whose paying the bill as our parents will pay them for us. But the ultimate one is that the environment is paying. The environment is paying for all the pollutions that we have caused.
You see, to produce electricity, you need to burn fossil fuels. When burning fossil fuels, harmful gases are being emitted to the air. The more electricity you use, the more fossil fuels they need to burn and of course, that will then lead to more harmful gases in the environment.
What I'm trying to say is that, people are harming the environment because of their actions.
Some people also don't see the effects of it yet. Yes, you don't actually see it as yet but it may affect the generation to come. Few years down the road, people will be affected by the adverse effects of the environment on humans. Health problems will start to arise. Hence, we should learn to save electricity and show care and concern to our environment.
Therefore, I conclude that we should as an individual take some responsibility to care about our environment and what's happening to it as it is our environment and our responsibility. Our actions will affect the environment and in turn, affect the organisms living in it. "
