Love at first sight
Love at first sight. Will it bring happiness, or misery, lifelong contentment, or all-time dejection? Maybe it will bring bliss to some, but it is my belief that love at first sight is just a stepping stone to a budding relationship which will blossom only if both parties interact and get to know each other better and eventually develop that special kind of feeling towards each other, called love. To love is to have deep affection for someone of the opposite sex, to want to care for and provide for and spend the rest of their life together with that person, to want that person to have the best, and will do anything just to make that person happy. It is a wonderful fairy tale that perpetuates nearly every culture in the world, but really, how true is it and how many relationships actually start from love at first sight?
Love at first sight can be the beginning of an eventful and exciting relationship, but is it really love at first sight, or actually lust at first sight? Love at first sight means falling in love with someone the first time you see that person. Is that not judging a book by its cover, deciding that you love that person just by looking at their appearance? First impressions often cannot be trusted and are unreliable, thus we cannot know for sure whether we really love a particular person just by meeting them for that one time. Looks can be deceiving, so one should not believe or say that it was ‘love at first sight’, as such a conclusion would have been made just by seeing a particular person for the first time and would thus prove to be an inaccurate judgement or feeling.
On the other hand, love at first sight can be a pretty pleasant experience, especially if the feelings are mutual and the relationship eventually blossoms into a fairytale ending where both parties live happily ever after. However, if the feelings are not reciprocated, which is what happens most of the time, then life just goes on and that kind of feeling can thus be termed as ‘lust at first sight’ as there were no hurt feelings when the feelings were not returned. Therefore, in that case, it cannot be called ‘love at first sight’ as it was just an attraction towards a certain person and not love.
Actually, one should not pair up with another just because it was ‘love at first sight’. I feel that it is not what you see on the outside that counts, but what’s on the inside that truly matters. One should take time to understand the other better, and know each other’s character and heart before further developing the relationship instead of just based on ‘love at first sight’ such a naïve ‘feeling’. I believe that the kind of love that leads to a deep and loving bond between people cannot be developed on first sight. It takes time to get to know someone and allow that love to develop and grow.
All in all, I feel that the best part of love is the unknowable, special force of it which draws one to another from different parts of the world, and for some, that means love at first sight, as “lust is the physical attraction that brings us together, but it is the love that sustains us”.
English Speech
Ladies and gentlemen
Singapore has set a high standard for its education system and is thus well known for our local universities here. As a result, students these days are pressured to do well in their studies, and at the end of school life, attain that piece of paper called a university degree. It is this piece of paper that would guarantee the student a place in the working world, like a title deed for survival. However, it is my belief that students should not be forced to do well in their studies but should instead pursue their interests and strive to do well in developing their niche instead of slogging for twelve years studying something that they are not interested in and would prove to be of no use for them in the future and their careers. Thus, I would like to appeal to all of you not to force the younger generation of today to excel in everything they do, especially for their studies, but to allow them to work towards developing their interests.
Many people will object to my view but look at the scenario this way: What for produce batch after batch of top-class scholars who are unable to think out of the box and only know how to squarely go by the book when these same people can actually turn out to be outstanding, creative and capable people when they are allowed to develop their own interests and eventually carve out a niche for themselves? This will certainly make Singapore a livelier and more interesting place filled with people who are enthusiastic and passionate about their lives, careers and whatever they do.
I am not saying that students should stop studying altogether, just that they should not be pressured to do well in all their subjects. Instead, students should be allowed to further study and focus on their interests in detail. In this way, the students will be able to pursue their dreams and study it, and will thus be more interested in school.
In this way, students are allowed to follow their dreams and study to go towards their ultimate goal, their achievable ambition. Thus, they will be truly be proud of what they have accomplished over the years and be passionate about what they do, instead of having the impression that they have wasted their school life. This will certainly make Singapore a better place to live in where the people truly enjoy and are enthusiastic about what they do. Therefore, I would like to appeal to everyone here to allow your children to pursue and follow their interests and not put pressure on them to excel in their studies. This will make the younger generation a happier and more passionate batch and together, I believe that we can make Singapore a more outstanding and lively country.
Thank you.
1. What makes this person famous?
Princess Diana was famous for her charitable work and death as well as her relation to the royal family in New South Wales, House of Windsor.
Diana used her influential status to positively assist the campaign against landmines, a cause which won the Nobel Prize in 1997 in tribute, and with helping to decrease discrimination against victims of AIDS.
"In 1987, when so many still believed that AIDS could be contracted through casual contact, Princess Diana sat on the sickbed of a man with AIDS and held his hand. She showed the world that people with AIDS deserve no isolation, but compassion and kindness. It helped change world's opinion, and gave hope to people with AIDS."
-Bill Clinton
Diana should be credited with at least trying to bring to world attention the terrible damage such mines create in whole communities.
2. Which one particular thing did she do that shot her to fame?
On 31 August 1997 Diana died after a high speed car accident in a road tunnel in Paris along with Dodi Al-Fayed, her rumored lover at that time, and their driver Henri Paul. Blood analysis shows that Henri Paul was illegally intoxicated while driving. Tests confirmed that original postmortem blood samples were from driver Henri Paul, and that he had three times the French legal limit of alcohol in his blood. Conspiracy theorists had claimed that Paul's blood samples were swapped with blood from someone else—who was drunk—and contended that the driver had not been drinking on the night Diana died. Their black Mercedes-Benz sedan crashed into the thirteenth pillar of the tunnel. The two-lane tunnel was built without metal barriers between the pillars, so a slight change in vehicle direction could easily result in a head-on collision with the tunnel pillar. Fayed's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was closest to the point of impact and yet the only survivor of the crash; he was the only one to be wearing a seatbelt. Henri Paul and Dodi Fayed were killed instantly, and Diana — unbelted in the back seat- slid forward during the impact and, having been violently thrown around the interior, "submarined" under the seat in front of her, suffering massive damage to her heart and subsequent internal bleeding. She was eventually, after considerable delay, transported by ambulance to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, but on the way to casualty went into cardiac arrest twice. Despite lengthy resuscitation attempts, including internal cardiac massage, she died at 4 a.m. local time. Her funeral on 6 September 1997 was broadcast and watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide.
3. What makes this person considered 'crazy'?
Her numerous affairs with people from all walks from life, eg. her horse instructor, bodyguard, banker, property developer, singer, heart surgeon, art dealer, rugby player ETC, although they were just rumours and there is little evidence to support the idea that her relationships with these men were anything more than friendships.
Also, during one of the trips overseas for community work, she ventured to have close contact with an AIDs patient during a time when HIV was considered a deadly contagious disease and believed to be able to spread through body contact.
4. Do you think this person is truly a 'genius'? Why?
I do not think she is truly a genius. However, she has served the country and community well and I feel that this deserves our respect. Also, through numerous community work, she has helped changed many people's lives for the better and has definitely made the world a better place for many MANY people((:
Having watched the 'Green Mile', you can say that i was emotionally drained after each screening of the movie at the eagles nest. there are so many different emotions that can swarm through one's heart or brain, but not all at the same time, that is, until i watched the 'Green Mile'. the deaths, the plight of the prisoners, the kind and the bad prison guards.. so many things. also, on the surface, the 'Green Mile' is just a movie about prison life, and how the prisoners suffer when given capital punishment. however, there is more significance to the movie than just watching people in prison. the 'Green Mile' revolves around life itself and whether life is fair or not. it shows us how precious life is, and that we cannot afford to do foolish things or even harbour foolish thoughts, because once we commit that unforgivable offence, there is no turning back and we must pay for it no matter how sorry we are. life is never fair, and there are always innocent people being harmed or framed by the guilty ones. on the other hand, if the law is said to be fair, then how come, up to this day, there are cases whereby innocent people like john coffey still have to pay for mistakes or crimes they never committed?
okay so this week we're supposed to talk abt our music. hmm. actually i can listen to any music as long as its not too loud. cos my hearing is going going gone thanks to being too near the blasting loudspeaker a couple of times. also cos last year when our sci teacher was teaching us abt frequency he let us hear sounds of ascending frequency until he couldnt hear the sound any more. but we could still hear!! it got so high my ears hurt like crazy and after some time, the frequency was too high that the whole class couldnt hear anymore. so now, i cant listen to too high frequencies or too loud noises cos my ears hurt. oh no i think im going deaf. i mostly listen to english songs. actually i dont really pay attention to the songs i listen to as long as its nice then just listen lor..
hmm.. according to the dictionary, a "nut" is: 1) food : a dry brown fruit inside a hard shell, that grows on a tree 2) tool : a small peice of metal with a hole thru the middle which is screwed onto a bolt to fasten things tgt 3) CRAZY person : someone who is crazy or behaves strangely ; or u can say mad or siao!! okay so maybe i sound like a nerd or a walking dictionary or something but actually im nt that smart. i really checked the dictionary to get the definition. (hey mr tan see im that hardworking) =D so anw, i actually HATE nuts its like so hard, so difficult to eat. as long as there's any visible nut in any food, i wont eat it. that's why i dont like fererro roche - cos of the gigantic nut inside. no offense, but i think nuts are terrible, horrible and so very hard to swallow. i shall end with telling u all the diff types of NUTS and which i hate.. hazelnut groundnut cashewnut pistachionut almondnut waterchessnut coconut walnut ginkonut peanut doughnut..
okay so i shall do all my english homework here..