First Blog Post for Term 3

Overall the E-Learning was a pleasant experience. I learnt many things like teamwork, punctiality and self-discipline.

I think I put in more hours per day during E-Learning as compared to a regular school day with homework.

Generally, one hour was quite sufficient for me to complete all the LA assignments.

My favourite lesson was lesson two where we had to write about our favourite poet. It was rather interesting finding out and reading their great works. They never failed to captivate me.

I enjoyed doing all the lessons. It is a hard choice to choose my least favourite lesson. However after much deliberation, I have come to a decision. My least favourite assignment although I enjoyed it was lesson 4. I liked it the least as it was quite difficult to do, but I managed to finish it.

My suggestions to make E-Learning better are to allow students to have more time to do their lesons as some were a little too long and sometimes I exceeded the one hour limit by a few minutes. I also took quite a long time to access the SMB as there was quite "heavy traffic". Hopefully, the school can do something about this problem.

Generally, I felt that this E-Learning week went by quite smoothly. All instructions by the teachers were very clear making this whole process a pleasurable one

Emergency IT Lesson 6: Compulsory Blog Entry

I chose blog prompt two.

2. The casino being built in Singapore is supposed to be a money-maker and job creator. However, many people have spoken against it. Talk to a parent or adult and get their view on the casino. Listen to the NPR and YouTube offerings and choose one that substantiates your viewpoint and include a quote from it as well. Your blog entry has to be at least 200 words and you must either support the casino or condemn its construction and ultimately the hardships it will cause in Singapore.

I talked with my mother and discussed with her about the casino in Singapore. We felt that having a casino in Singapore had many pros and cons. Thus, we came up with a list as seen below.

Pros: More jobs.

Boost Singapore's tourist industry.

Allows Singaporeans to have access to a casino without having to travel to other countries.

Cons: Many people will be addicted.

Some will lose a lot of money.

Some may even go bankrupt.

First let me share with all of you my view of the casino before I share my mother's view. I was against having a casino in Singapore as I felt that casinos would pose many problems to the gamblers in Singapore. I felt that gamblers would be addicted to the games in the casino. They would come everyday and not care about their jobs. This would eventually ruin their lives. I also felt that alternative ways could be used to create more jos opportunities instead of building a casino to create jobs. As such, I condemn having casinos in Singapore.

Now as for my mother, she totally supported this casino. As stated in the pros, not only is having a casino in Singapore a convenience, it also creates jobs and help to boost Singapore's tourist industry. As for the case of people becoming addicted and losing a lot of money, there are many ways the Singapore government has came up with to solve these problems. Family members may appeal to the government for a ban for their family member. A person himself may also sign papers saying that he will not step in to the casino as a promise to his family memers or friends. A man actually did that as a birthday gift to his mother. My mother felt that having a casino in Singapore will be a win-win situation. As such she supported having a casino in Singapore.

My chosen links:

1. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93191168

My favourite quote was "I will still be an addicted gambler till the day I die even if I have quit gambling."

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chbjc-XDKLw

My favourite quote was "Imagine what we can do."

I would like to emphasise the word "Imgaine" which the man used in the advertisment.

Emergency IT Lesson 5: Poetry on Gambling

Thread 1: Ah Boh actually has a good pay. She can afford to let her mother have three meals a day. She can use the money for many purposes. However, she does not save up and put the it to good use. Just like in One-dollar Gambler, one dollar can buy food, tea or the newspapers. However, after she had spent most of her money gambling, she did not have money to even buy a coffin for her mother. This is just like in One-dollar Gambler wher without a dollar, no food, tea, or newspapers can be bought.

Thread 2: I think Paul was too obsessed with stopping the whispers in his house. He was desperate and would resort to any means to stop them. That included black magic. Even though he has had much less time than most people to live, at lest he died happy. He knew that his house would be free of the whispers as he had won his last bet. Unlike other people who die with their wishes unfufilled, Paul died a very relieved and happy person. That was what mattered most.

My favourite Micro Fiction Serial Novel

My favourite Mcro Fiction Serial Novel is written by Mattheus (1A133)

A Secret Fear

I entered the room.
A cold blast of air hit me.
I shivered.
Was pushed onto a chair.
Fear crept all over me.
I watched.
He ran through the equipment before him.
Eyes rested on a sharp object.
He brought it towards me.

Slash! I winced.

“Your fringe looks loads better, son.”
“It’s ugly, Dad!”

Mattheus Wee 1A133