Friday, August 19, 2011
Reflection on Blogging
So far, I have been blogging for about 1 1/2 years. The reason I started to even try blogging was because of Language Arts. Now that I think of it, it was actually quite hard to blog at first. Through practice, I started to pick up the techniques for blogging. Now, after about a 90 blog posts and 1.5 years of blogging, I am starting to like blogging, no longer thinking of it as a chore to get Ace Points but kind of as a hobby. I hope that in the future, I would be able to continue with my blogging habits, improving my writing skills and enabling me to share my thoughts and views with the viewers.
The Game LoL ( With My Opinions)
The full name for the Acronym LoL would be League of Legends. It is a similar game compared to DotA ( Defense of the Ancients ) but with easy controls and gameplay. Many people would think that this game isn't even half of DotA and is a copy of the game. But what they do not know is that it is actually made by the creators of DotA themselves. The reason being the original game DotA is actually a Warcraft 3 Mod. What does a Warcraft 3 Mod means? It means that it uses the codes of Warcraft 3 (another game) to make the game. Characters and all are taken from Warcraft 3 and it acts like a mini game. Also, it can be only run on Warcraft 3 as a mini game. Because of this, I feel that the developers are trying to make another original game without using other games as a platform but as another new game to make profits and to claim rightful ownership to the game. I hope that by reading this, people would understand my point of view of the reason behind the creation of this game.
LA Reflections of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Book
Plot
As the story begins in 1866, a mysterious sea monster, theorized by the persona to be a giant narwhal, is sighted by ships of several nationsThe United States government finally assembles an expedition in New York City to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story,is issued a last-minute invitation to join the expedition, and he accepts. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful assistant Conseil are also brought on board.
The expedition sets sail from Brooklyn aboard a naval ship called the Abraham Lincoln, which travels down around the tip of South America and into the Pacific Ocean. After much fruitless searching, the monster is found, and the ship charges into battle. During the fight, the ship's steering is damaged, and the three protagonists are thrown overboard. They find themselves stranded on the "hide" of the creature, only to discover to their surprise that it is a large metal construct. They are quickly captured and brought inside the vessel, where they meet its enigmatic creator and commander, Captain Nemo.
At the end of the story, the submarine encountered with a Maelstrom, a whirlpool off the coast of Norway. This gives the three prisoners an opportunity to escape; they make it back to land alive, but the fate of Captain Nemo and his crew is not revealed.
Reflections
This book is a very unique as it depicts Captain Nemo as a person with 2 personalities. During the death of one of his crew, he is depicted as a caring and weak guy but at the start of the story when the persona and his servant was captures, he attempted to kill them and was shown to be very cruel and evil. I would strongly recommend this easy to understand book which is very interesting and fascinating.
As the story begins in 1866, a mysterious sea monster, theorized by the persona to be a giant narwhal, is sighted by ships of several nationsThe United States government finally assembles an expedition in New York City to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story,is issued a last-minute invitation to join the expedition, and he accepts. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful assistant Conseil are also brought on board.
The expedition sets sail from Brooklyn aboard a naval ship called the Abraham Lincoln, which travels down around the tip of South America and into the Pacific Ocean. After much fruitless searching, the monster is found, and the ship charges into battle. During the fight, the ship's steering is damaged, and the three protagonists are thrown overboard. They find themselves stranded on the "hide" of the creature, only to discover to their surprise that it is a large metal construct. They are quickly captured and brought inside the vessel, where they meet its enigmatic creator and commander, Captain Nemo.
At the end of the story, the submarine encountered with a Maelstrom, a whirlpool off the coast of Norway. This gives the three prisoners an opportunity to escape; they make it back to land alive, but the fate of Captain Nemo and his crew is not revealed.
Reflections
This book is a very unique as it depicts Captain Nemo as a person with 2 personalities. During the death of one of his crew, he is depicted as a caring and weak guy but at the start of the story when the persona and his servant was captures, he attempted to kill them and was shown to be very cruel and evil. I would strongly recommend this easy to understand book which is very interesting and fascinating.
In-Class online lesson #12 - Logic and Decision-Making
Step 2
A common theme among the scrolls inside each of the caskets is opinions of Portia. Firstly, the prince of Morrocco chose the Golden casket scroll because he thought highly of himself and wanted Portia only because of her looks, wealth and her reputation. He thought of her as an object. Next, the Prince of Aragon picked the silver casket. This shows that he does not entire treat her as an object but still doesn't really loves her. Finally, Bassanio, while picking the lead one, reflected his personality as well as being a risk-taker, someone who is not easily fooled by appearences, intellectual, and those who give more than they get. Thus, it can been seen that which suitor picked which casket actually reflected their personalities, be it positive or negative.
Step 3
Step 3
This occurred during my P6 days when I almost failed my Prelims
"Bing Wen" my form teacher called. My form teacher was handing out Report Books with our Prelim results in it. I hesitantly took my book and went back to my sit. I slowly opened up the report book and inside were the numbers 238. It was the worst result I had ever get and I would never be able to get into my dream school at this rate.
"Bing Wen" my form teacher called. My form teacher was handing out Report Books with our Prelim results in it. I hesitantly took my book and went back to my sit. I slowly opened up the report book and inside were the numbers 238. It was the worst result I had ever get and I would never be able to get into my dream school at this rate.
When I got back home, my parents were both disappointed after looking at the results. They seemed as if they had given up all hope on me. What are the chances of entering Hwa Chong with this lousy score. Furthermore, there isn't anymore time left for revision. Only 3 months max to D-Day and I was still weak in my basics. Seeing the dejected and disappointed looks on my parents faces, I made a decision based on logic. I will spend the whole 3 months solely on revision. During the next 3 months, I spent every single day going to school, studying and sleeping. Seeing my determination, my parents decided to help me out too. It was really the worse time of my life, Studying 10 hours a day for such a long period of time and stopping my habit of playing computer games everyday. \
Soon, it was already PSLE . I revised every single thing I needed to know from P1 to P6 and memorized every single important point. Because of this decision, I got a 260 score for PSLE and got into my dream school. It is decision I would never regret.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
LA Ace Reflection-1
NDP is coming soon. To prepare for the school's mini NDP parade, we had many rehearsals and foot drill sessions. On top of this, it is the exam period now. We had many time constraints but still had to stay back to ensure that the performance would be a perfect one. For the past few years, Scouts had made many mistakes during the NDP parade, giving a bad impression to the other pupils from the school. Why is the impression of scouts so important to me? It is because it is my CCA which I take pride in. No one would like it if people stereotype your CCA / Group as a slacking and lazy group.
Monday, August 1, 2011
In-Class Online Lesson #11
I stand here today to share my views on the topic stereotyping. Can stereotyping be prevented? No. It cannot be prevented. Think about it. Is it correct to stereotype people? Of course not. Than why do we still stereotype people? An example of stereotyping would be "Asians are smarter than Americans. In this example Asians are looked at as being smarter because their education systems are more strict than that of the Americans"
Firstly, we have to understand what is stereotyping. As many of you would know, stereotyping refers to standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions. We tend to stereotype people by piercing together pieces of assumptions of his group. His group can refer to his school, his race, and his country. Lets look at the example I have given at the beginning of my speech. We tend to think that Asians are smarter because Asians have a stricter education system compared to the Americans. The stricter education system in Asia would be the assumption while Asians being smarter would be the conception. As long as there are assumptions, stereotyping would not be prevented
Secondly we have to understand the different kinds of stereotyping. There are many types of stereotyping. One of them would be unconscious stereotyping while the other is conscious stereotyping. Unconscious Stereotyping refers to Stereotyping someone without your knowing while Conscious Stereotyping refers to purposely stereotyping someone. Examples of unconscious stereotyping would be attractive men and women are nicer people or Hwa Chong and Raffles Institution boys are smart. An example of conscious stereotyping would be assuming the character of a person by his actions and clothes. Unconscious Stereotyping would be impossible to prevent as it is the process where the brain pierce the assumptions and information together automatically without your knowledge that would change your perspective of that person. Conscious Sterotyping however, is possible to be prevented.
In conclusion, Stereotyping is impossible to prevent even though it is possible to minimize by controlling yourself to prevent Conscious Stereotyping. By minimizing stereotyping, we would be able to make the world a better and fair place to live in.
Firstly, we have to understand what is stereotyping. As many of you would know, stereotyping refers to standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions. We tend to stereotype people by piercing together pieces of assumptions of his group. His group can refer to his school, his race, and his country. Lets look at the example I have given at the beginning of my speech. We tend to think that Asians are smarter because Asians have a stricter education system compared to the Americans. The stricter education system in Asia would be the assumption while Asians being smarter would be the conception. As long as there are assumptions, stereotyping would not be prevented
Secondly we have to understand the different kinds of stereotyping. There are many types of stereotyping. One of them would be unconscious stereotyping while the other is conscious stereotyping. Unconscious Stereotyping refers to Stereotyping someone without your knowing while Conscious Stereotyping refers to purposely stereotyping someone. Examples of unconscious stereotyping would be attractive men and women are nicer people or Hwa Chong and Raffles Institution boys are smart. An example of conscious stereotyping would be assuming the character of a person by his actions and clothes. Unconscious Stereotyping would be impossible to prevent as it is the process where the brain pierce the assumptions and information together automatically without your knowledge that would change your perspective of that person. Conscious Sterotyping however, is possible to be prevented.
In conclusion, Stereotyping is impossible to prevent even though it is possible to minimize by controlling yourself to prevent Conscious Stereotyping. By minimizing stereotyping, we would be able to make the world a better and fair place to live in.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
T3 Blog Promt #6 10-min. Writing
Apple's decision to not sell music, movies, or books to Singapore is to reduce piracy in Singapore. This decision will affect Apple's sales and would also increase piracy rates.
Firstly, Apple would face losses in earnings / profits. Not selling music , movies and books is just like refusing to do business. Apple is not the only online music stall avalible. People who wants to buy music would just turn to other available music stalls like INZU. This is just like giving business to a competitor for free. Apple would not be able to earn profits from musics, movies and books in Singapore.
Secondly, as other online stores does not have such a broad range of songs, people who cannot find their preferred songs would resort to downloading them illegally online. Piracy rates will increase as the only way to get those songs would be to download them illegally.
In conclusion, I feel that iTunes made a wrong decision by restricting the sales of music, movies and books in Singapore. It would only reduce their profits and increase piracy rates.
Firstly, Apple would face losses in earnings / profits. Not selling music , movies and books is just like refusing to do business. Apple is not the only online music stall avalible. People who wants to buy music would just turn to other available music stalls like INZU. This is just like giving business to a competitor for free. Apple would not be able to earn profits from musics, movies and books in Singapore.
Secondly, as other online stores does not have such a broad range of songs, people who cannot find their preferred songs would resort to downloading them illegally online. Piracy rates will increase as the only way to get those songs would be to download them illegally.
In conclusion, I feel that iTunes made a wrong decision by restricting the sales of music, movies and books in Singapore. It would only reduce their profits and increase piracy rates.
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