Money(essay)

In life, other than our own life and family, money comes third.Many may claim that money does not play a major part in our life, but in fact, it affects almost everything in our life.

In these days, with the ongoing inflation around the world, it is hard to purchase many daily products, not to mention the electronics, at a affordable price.The price of rice all around the world had gone up the the recent years, this resulted in many people who have low income being unable to purchase rice anymore.However, this sudden rise in price has little effect on the high income people.To most of them spending a buck or two more is just another way for them to spend their money.

Money on the other hand may also affect our current state of mood, a person who is facing a money shortage may appear to be very stressed as without money, he may not be able to settle the problems in his life, such as bills, debts and money to support his family.In comparison, a person with a stable and slightly better income, will find himself having less worries as he will be able to settle his debts, bills and support his family, with a little care and investment, he will be able to double his fortune.

Money may also affect a person's social circle,when a person is rich, he will be very popular with his friends and relatives as his wealth shows that he is a very accomplished and established person. Money also raises a person's social circle.He will be able to get to know many other rich and famous people through his peers.All this shows how money is able to change a person's social hangouts.

A person who is rich is also capable of achieving his dreams at a younger age, unlike a poor person who has to save his money for half a lifetime just for a trip to his dream destination. A rich man who wishes to climb to the top of the mount Everest will find it easier to achieve his goal(not counting the physical limits) as he is well funded my his own wealth while a poor man may have to save his money for years and years just to buy the equipments. Therefore , the importance of money is shown here.

In conclusion, my opinion is that although health, dreams and family is important, but without wealth, health family and dreams is not possible.

Term 2 week 32

It is really bizarre that humans actually discriminate against each other.Racism is not just a trivial and paltry issue in our society, it is an act which cannot be condone(although it can really be profound and hard to understand sometimes).

SRY, ALL THE POST ARE IN THE REVERSE ORDER

term 2 week 33

For an evanescent moment , the room was quite except for the martial art connoisseur who was focusing very hard to gather his to Strength break the brick , he was wary of being too complacent of his skills, knowing that a great martial artist should always be discreet when showing of his skills.

week 34 below this post. sry for the wrong order.

Term 2 WEEK 34 journal

The unmitigated disaster (twister) fell upon the city(Thebes), leaving civilians scattering , their unkempt hair flowing in the wind , city guards were all cumbersome under the weight of their scimitars , which was all that's left. Meanwhile in a nearby city , a man stepped into an antiquated room and opened his commodious old closet, he placed the still glowing tablet into it , hoping that it will not cause anymore trouble , anymore death.

space travel (accidents)

Human spaceflight has contributed greatly to space knowledge. To ensure the safety of spacecraft crew, scientists around the world have carried out thousands of experiments. However, accidents do occur.........

The Challenger was an American space shuttle orbiter that first launched on April 4, 1983. On the tenth launch, mission STS-51-L, the infamous Challenger explosion occurred. The launch of Challenger was rescheduled several times due to bad weather and other technical difficulties. The day of the launch was the coldest day that NASA had ever launched a shuttle. After some delays, the Challenger was launched for the tenth time. No one knows what happen next will shake the whole world.

A split second into flight, a puff of gray smoke began spurting from right Solid Rocket Booster. Later studies revealed that the dense, black puffs indicated grease, joint insulation, and rubber O-rings in the joint seal were burning up. This resulted in a series of reactions that resulted in the explosion of the spacecraft 72 seconds after launch. The cause of explosion was an O-ring that failed to seal properly, and the cold weather that day contributed to its failure. Seven crew members died in the Challenger explosion.

This terrible accident prompted many scientist to investigate the cause and be able to build a safer spaceship for the future flights.This is why accidents rarely happen these days.......

credits to thinkquest

Do you believe in Reincarnation?

Ever had a vivid dream that you can remember very well? Did you dream of a stranger whom you thought you have known for a very long time? If so, you could be dreaming of your past life. Many superstitious people believe that the dreams that we all have everyday are actually parts of our past memory.

A good example would be the dalai lama, when a dalai lama dies, a new dalai lama is selected by a very special ritual. Laid before a newborn child is some items, among them, items used by the past dalai lama, if the child picks the item that dalai lama used, this child is considered to be the
Reincarnation of dalai lama.

So, do you beleive in Reincarnation?

My personal reflection about cloning technology (correct my spelling if i am wrong)

Well, to me cloning technology is not really that bad, if we feel lonely we can clone a person just like us to talk to us, and also to share our sadness(since we are the same person i guess...........) with our clone.The advantages to cloning is that we can finally consider the possibility of immortality.Once we die our clone will replace us and we will "live on forever".This will spare us from the pain of losing our loved ones......

However, the is also a bad side to cloning ,who knows whether the clones are harmless or not?Many fear that our clones may murder us and take over our identity( very creepy indeed).Some also fear that our clones may replace the human population in the end.As a human dies, he or she is replaced by a clone which takes over the host's life, this clone may gain access to everything the host owns.

So can we really trust clones?My personal opinion is that the idea of clones is not really safe, why make more of us when there is already enough of us?

My favourite author

The best book i have read so far would be harry potter and the deathly hallows written by J.K Rowling .I am a avid fan of harry potter series and the seventh installment was simply a masterpiece. My reflection after reading her books was that the whole story was written in a highly descriptive manner, the author used used a lot of words to describes a scene, words such as " icy","cold" and "raging" are used.When i am reading this book, i feel as though as if i am in the story itself, the story is so full of suspense , thrill and even a sense of mystery.The best part of the story is the end whereby the shocking truth is finally revealed.If we are all able to learn from the way J.K Rowling writes we will surely attain high scores for our english exams.I will strongly recommend this final book to all my friends.(although it is obvious that i do not need to do so)

Being an astronomer

Alright, lets get real, you are a famous scientist who just discovered that a huge meteorite is heading towards us and it will collide with earth in exactly two hundred years. A few days later satellite shows the meteorite changing its course and you feel so relieved. That is what it feels like to work in a space observation lab, everyday, you will have a lot of false alarms popping up on the screen. Well its fun right?

Astrology is also one of my interest, in fact, i dare to say that its on top of the my list. Being an astronomer is really exciting as you get to explore the deep space through powerful telescopes, you can also watch the stars and other galaxies, which really sets my mind thinking, are we really alone?

To me, being an astronomer is a perfect job, you get to sit in a well equipped laboratory, you also get to travel to different destinations to observe stars(most destinations are really beautiful), and on top of that,you will be the first few to be informed or discover new planets of even galaxies!

can A.I really behave like a human mind?

Well, all these years, humans had been hoping to create smarter robots to serve mankind , in news throughout the years we can saw the changes in how robots are programmed using A.I technology. some A.I s are so clever that they are used in modern computer games, creating a more challenging and engaging game. However, one question still exists, can we really create a A.I that can truly behave like a human?For days, i had pondered over this question on why the scientist were still unable to find the key to creating the perfect A.I. . The answer is really simple, it is to find out how to be human, many of my friends laughed at my answer, however they were all taken aback when i asked them how to be human.They did not have an answer, neither did the scientist, nor most of the people on earth, i daresay 98% of the human population do not have the answer.

So, what does it take to be a human? How to be human?

The feelings i feel when i gaze at the sky

Every night,i take some time off to gaze at the sky, many people may call me crazy for staring ,but every time i look up, i can see the stars, somehow they always remind me that i am real, still alive. As days passed by, i feel that i am becoming more and more lifeless, attending school every , going to st johns which don't really enjoy, it all really adds up to the stress which is really causing me distress.However, whenever i stare at the sky and the stars, i feel recharged, i feel real and alive. Deep inside me feel that i don't really belong in this world, i really long that one day i will be able to leave earth behind me and set off, seeking my own universe, a place where i really belong.

Human's origin?

Where do humans really come from? Are the apes really our ancestors?If so, how can we explain the fact that scientist found substances similar to our DNA on a meteorite?These substances are not known to exist on earth.So what does it mean then?Do we humans really originate from somewhere deep in space?However, this idea may contradict with the scientist's idea of evolution.

Personally, i do believe that humans originate from a far away place, deep in space, because life cannot appear out of nowhere, can they?

The end of the world 2012 part 2

The second part will be on the possible threats the earth is currently facing, these threats may endanger us in many ways
,it may also lead to the destruction of earth.

Many people claimed that the Mayan prophecies about 2012 are untrue, however, there are things which are happening behind our backs.
Recently scientist observed unusual activities on the surface of the sun,usually, the sun produces a lot of solar flares which bombard the atmosphere of the earth, resulting in northern lights, but recent observations showed a decrease in solar activity.

The scientists said periods of inactivity are normal for the sun, but this period has gone on longer than usual.It could be that the Sun is just saving up for a massive amount of activity in 2012. Approximately 100 scientists from Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and North America gathered June 1-6 to talk about "Solar Variability, Earth's Climate and the Space Environment." - and they are thinking that 2 years without a sunspot is perhaps too long.

So perhaps one day, the sun may release its energy and who knows what may happen?Another ice age?The atmosphere collapse?Its all waiting for us to find out in 2012

-a man once said :
who knows what may happen in 2012,
its either the end, or we may just sleep through that day ,
waking up the next laughing at ourselves for believing in the doomsday?

This is only one of the identified threats , more will come on part 3.

Will the world really end on 2012 ? part 1

Pardon me for not updating my blog for the pass few weeks, for i was too engrossed in researching about the mayan calendar.Yes, a few weeks ago, i chanced upon a video on the youtube website, it was talking about the mayan calendar, this calendar was able to forcast ACCURATELY when a lunar eclipse will happen in the future.However, this Mayan calendar comes to an end on Sunday, December 23, 2012, about 4 years from now(which means the end of the world).Very creepy.

Personally, i believe that judgement day will arrive one day, maybe not on 2012 but another time, but it is inevitable.

Many people find it hard to believe that the world will really end on 2012( even i doubt it) however, there are many evidences pointing towards the possibility of a doomsday in the near future .

Thus, to end the first part , i hope anyone who chance upon this piece of writing to comment on their thoughts about the 2012 POSSIBLE doomsday.I will be updating the next part as soon as possible.

Meanwhile try not to be worried about the doomsday thingy as the future is not really written.

term2 week 4 (the universe that we are all looking at now)

On a cool sunday, evening as you lie on your soft couch and gaze at the stars, into the space, you think that the universe is rather a bizarre place to be in.But what i am about to tell you is really going to turn your world upside down.As you can see, our universe is really a big place there are certain planets billions of lightyears away, so by the time their image reaches the vunerable humans at the speed of light, thousands of years has already passed, so who knows what happened to that planet during that period of a thousand years.Yes, so by now you finally understand that what the scientists find really absurd and hard to accept is that the pictures of stars that they are observing now is really a picture of the past.
Perhaps it is imperative to ensure that not all of the people around the world knows about this or else they will really lose their interest in space.Therefore it will be imprudent for people like me to spread this peice of infomation around, right?

term 2 week 3

A few DECADES ago,a strange PHENOMENON appeared at a small fishing village in japan.Lying at the beach was huge squids,yes you did not hear wrongly,huge squids.Rumors soon spread that these SUSCEPTIBLE squids concured MORTALITY and had managed to live for a very long time,thus explaining their large sizes(about 3.5-5m in length).Soon an expedition was carried out with many people fearing the CATASTROPHIC ending of the whole thing as they believed that the giant squids may be capable of attacking a small canoe.So how is that possible?giant squids, do you believe in them?

pls read my two essays ...........i wrote them myself just to share .........

The two essays are below this post , so is the journal. Pls scroll down thanks!!!

The best actors in the show are actually actors playing the bad guys!

Today,watched the show batman, i hate the main bad guy(joker) in the show very much.As the felon(joker) dealt his final blow on batman with a furtive glance it suddenly came to me that the person who was playing joker was avery good actor.Why?, because he was able to make the audience hate him.

This simple realisation prove my theory wrong that all the heros in the show are good actors. As a toddler i hated the evil guys in the shows very much, they kill the heros, commit crimes or even kill for money, however i changed my oppinion about them today.

There were such extreme cases whereby avid fans of movies beat up the actors playing the evil guys.The reason was that the actors(evils guys) simply played their role too well, thus, instead of hating them, i am admiring them now.............

pls comment.............your views.............

computer problems

i finally managed to log in today,as my computer encountered some problems,because of my new antivirus program,my internet identity was changed to a proxy server therefore i cannot log in.Thank god i finally changed the program to norton antivirus

TIME TRAVEL

TIME TRAVEL

Time, what is it? Very often, I questioned the very existence of time. Is it something alive? Or is it just another dimension? Maybe it’s just like a control room, with thousands of screens showing different time zones? If time it is ever used as a weapon in warfare, what will happen?

Not long ago, I found myself attracted to Einstein’s theory of relativity, is it really possible to travel though time? I am very sure that chances of that is a 100%, however, with our current technological limitations and our limited knowledge, it is really impossible to travel through time. Perhaps, some may say, the answer to time traveling is very simple, however, human tend to complicate things sometimes (personal opinion) a very good example will be the invention of modern airplane. A long time ago, two brothers, who were not great scientists or inventor, thought of flying in the sky, if we were to question a scientist during that era, he would surely produce a piece of paper with hideous calculation, but what the two brothers did was just to use wings, and so possible the answer to time traveling could be the word ‘simple’, think about it.

Nowadays, scientist all over the world have different ideas about time traveling, many scientist had the idea of traveling through a black hole. I know, at this point people would question the ‘black hole’ or maybe they would even laugh at the author (yours truly).However, please let me explain, imagine john is on Pluto (lets say the year is 4999 and the technology is super advance), and jenny is on the far side of the universe. Normally it would take jenny 10 minutes to travel to Pluto to meet john, however, on this particular day, while traveling in her spaceship she glanced at her watch, 9.00am (assuming that she had just taken off), suddenly her spaceship rocked vigorously as though it has been sucked into something, then it all became normal suddenly. At 9.10am (on her watch) she reached Pluto only to find that the time was 9.01, a difference of 9 minutes (assuming that time on Pluto is the same as the time one the planet where jenny lived). So what the heck happened? Watch malfunctioned?

Here is the explanation, basically, she just entered a dimension through a black hole and exited through another one. Outside that dimension, every thing slows down, thus (a rough estimation) one 1mins in the dimension is equal to 0.000001s on the outside. And so she was traveling ahead of time in the dimension or so called fast forwarding in time. At this point I know that many readers had already fallen asleep, either they don’t even have any idea about what I am talking about or they understand what I had just mentioned.

If, by chance, you happen to understand what I had just mentioned, you would most likely be dying to harness the power of time (yep, now we’re talking eh, time to wake up).Imagine one day you were very late for school and you were still in your bed with the national anthem starting in 3 minutes. If you happen to have the power to control time, all you need to do is to slow time down and you will have all the time you need out of this pathetic 3 minutes, or maybe you still happen to be very sleepy, you can slow time down by 100 times and sleep for another 20 hours or so out of the 3 minutes left before the stupid alarm clock rings. In desperate cases just as the teacher towards you to collect your so called ‘finished’ homework you can just slow time down and then you will have all the time you will need in your life to complete this pain in the butt homework, after that you could even sleep for 6-9 hours if the teachers lesson is really that boring, walk around a little, you can even punch the teacher or the classmate you hate most ten times straight in the face in a billionth of a second without him noticing. Whatever you do guy or ladies just don’t take advantage of the power given to peep at places in where you should not be peeping (see no evil!)

Well, time is wonderful right? Full of mysteries. Ok then, enough of my boring lecture (I hope no one has punched me in the face yet-_-///), the rest will be up to your imagination, and pls do comment about what you think about time on my blog thanks!

Let your imagination flow
By Li cheng (who is really very tired at this moment and he wishes to sleep)

DISCLAIMER: THIS ESSAY IS WRITTEN BY ME WITHOUT ANY COPYING, IT IS 100% ORIGINAL I SPENT 2 DAYS DOING IT. PLS DO NOT DUPLICATE. THX

Persuasive essay writing (Computer games addiction)

“PC games”, what kind of feeling do you get when you hear this word? If you are starting to get very excited, or feel very uneasy if you do not start to play pc games right away, you are most likely to be a computer game addict. Nowadays, bookshop’s shelves in the entertainment section are often flooded with loads and loads of computer games which were “invested” by us teenagers using our parent’s hard earned money.

Computer games is a form of recreation, however, it can also be extremely
Addictive to those who lack self-control. At first, a person may not show the signs of being a computer addict, but as he continues to play, the person will get tantrums when he is not allowed to play. As times passes by, the condition will worsen until the point whereby the addict may resort to force in order to resume gaming thus resulting in family violence.

A computer addict may find it hard to concentrate in doing things other than playing computer games, this will cause the addict’s academic result to drop. The addict may also develop mental illness after being isolated from the society for a long time as much of the time is spent on gaming. Many gaming addicts also tend to develop a false sense of self identity whereby they live in a trance, imagining that they are the main characters in the game, this often result in the loss of self-confidence as the addicts may not be as perfect in the real world as they are in their virtual world.

Gaming addicts also miss out a lot in their life, only to regret it when they realize that they had lost someone or something important, therefore, computer gaming addiction must be stopped as soon as possible when one starts to show symptoms of gaming addiction as it will develop like a deadly virus devouring one person’s life until it becomes an empty shell.

However, a person should not separate himself from computer games completely as there is still a need for entertainment in life, especially teenagers whose school life are very pressuring and challenging. With a little bit of self control and help from parents, chances of becoming a computer addict are very slim.

In conclusion, I feel that computer gaming is something that requires a lot of attention and self control and there are also other alternatives for entertainment such as swimming, cycling, or dancing. One should live his life to the fullest by doing meaningful things.

journal wriring week 21

Today, i watched a very old movie(i cannot remenber the title though)in this movie, lee jin tang(an un famous actor) acted as a DECIPLE of a great kung fu master who lived in beijing, one day, while lee was PONDERING about his marriage, his enemy(japanese traids) stormed into his house and killed his wife,when bruce heard about it, he went to the traid boss's house and unintentionally killed the traid boss's 13 year old son.Since then,as an act of PENANCE he lived a ASCETIC life so that there may still be a SALVATION for his sinful life.

words used are:deciple,ponder,penance,ascetic and salvation

recent "terrorist" threat

Often , we get to see the ,legion of the different terrorist group on tv , from al queda, taleban, or even the jihad.We can all see that the national police force all around the world is deaperately trying to put them behind the eight balls.Every now and then we see them extorting money from the government or asking them to do what they want, however,it resulted in adverse effects on the terrorists .The different states tighten the hunt on them."Most" of the attempts by the terrorists to blow some place was ineffectual as they were mostly foiled.

My personal opinion is that there is really a misunderstanding between the usa and the "terrorist".The terrorist were all fighting for what they believe is right,however , they were fighting in the wrong way.The usa ,also had some fault as they did not really listen to the smaller countries views,thus resulting in this huge misunderstanding.

Something about my favourite pc game

I am a avid fan of CS or so called the counter strike.The game was introduced more than6 years years ago(or was it?)When it first came out , it was not very interesting as the graphics were really bad,soon it was modified and so we have the rest of the series ,such as condition zero and so on.The result was really spotaneous when the game was launched globally .It was then a hot topic among the teenagers at that time.However to accommodate the professional players,the game was modified again so that the player could go online and pit against one another , interesting right?The online map created was really challenging as the enviroment is tricky and the roads are tortuous ,i never managed to stay in the online map for more that 3 mins before some other players snipe me.Right now at this moment i really crave for another round of CS ,not the online one though...

words used are from week 18: modify,accommodate,spontaneous,crave,tortuous

Welcoming my majong during the chinese new year!

Well, chinese new year is almost over but i still cannot get over the mood,much of this is due to my cupidity for more hong bao money. So far, i can estimate that i now have $150 in my personal cache right under my drawer which i will not mention where it is. Since i had been quite frugal during last year i am able to afford what i want, a set of majong! Please don't under estimate this tradintional chinese game you really need the luch , the skill and lastly,the skill to tell the future.For short this game is a cross between investment and chess.Wonderful isn't it?

northern lights pictures

Hi, i just uploaded a few new northern light pics , so enjoy and marvel at the wonders of the universe!

Six wierd things that happened to me today

Well, today is very wierd for me as six wierd things happened to me.

-I did well english test although i did not study for it (come to think of it,i did study a bit,haha)

-my teacher praised my blog was done nicely(i was really happy and grateful to hear that)

-I met my primary school teacher at the canteen,which was a very emotional moment for me (my primary school is situated on the far side of singapore)

-I witnessed a car accident during my trip to tampines for tuition

-My tuition teacher released me very early today (which is less likely to happen as my tuition center is a famous one "THE BRITISH COUNCIL" )

-On my way back , (on my dads car) a taxi stopped in front of us suddenly and we have to brake 5 mins later the same thing happened but a different taxi this time

How wierd could all this stuff be?happening on the same day?
Or should i say that it is a interesting day today, as mentioned in stories?

Finnally! I got my $150 voucher, to discover that it is a cheque ...............Well , now i am wondering how to spend my $150 , i wanted to buy an eletricpaino, but now i changed my mind , as it is not as appealing to me as before.

Another tiring week had passed and i am felling really drain after a plethora of events happened , of course , there are good and bad ones......... First , the bad one , my foot drill trainer was not happy with our progress and scolded us .Next, will be the good one, i did well for my archery at the olympic shooting style and the coach praised me.I will also be getting my voucher (150 dollars due to my good progress in my studies ) after ainterminable wait so now i will finally be able to buy myself a electronic piano.Cheers to that !

This week was so pressuring for me , i have my competition training (which was really draining me out) and my archery lesson which is on saturday (7.30 am to 3.30pm) . I am really exhausted right now and feeling mentally distraught , my inexorable stress is killing me .
Due to my lack of time (which was taken by my competition training) i still have a lot of homework that was left undone . I wish to talk no further about myself for now as pressure is building up inside me every second , thus i will end this enrty here .

I just got back from st johns training two hours ago,i am felling so tired now.I decided to do my journal on friday instead as i am too exhausted to do anything right now.On my way back today,i thought about the northern lights which i am dying to see, how i wish i can just see those fantastic display at alaska .

This is the final post for today,well,i finished my blog and i am very happy with my work. I never knew that blogs could be so fun!

northern lights

I found a few northern light pictures on the net and i would like to share it with my blog visitors .................so enjoy!

suceeded finally

Finally i get to open up a account .........it took me a long time due to my internet problems.....