For the part about Interpersonal, I decided to interview one of my friends from Woodlands Secondary School, Venessa. This is the transcript of the interview.
Me: How do you understand prejudice as?
Venessa: A wrong perception about some people.
Me: Any examples you can think of?
Venessa: wrong perception that people who don’t speak are emotional and anti-social?
Me: How do you see prejudice as? Good or Bad? Why?
Venessa: Prejudice is certainly not good as it accuses people of doing things they did not do.
Me: How do you see prejudice as? Good or Bad? Why?
Venessa: Prejudice is certainly not good as it accuses people of doing things they did not do.
Me: How do you understand discrimination?
Venessa: A action that is unfair to others due to some wrong prejudice.
Me: How is it different?
Venessa: discrimination is the actions , while prejudice is the thoughts.
Me: From the example above, can you relate it how the prejudice that people who dont speak are anti-social leads to discrimination?
Venessa: As we think that they are anti-social, we started to distance away from them and thus they become lonely.
Thanks
Who do you want to be friends with in the novel? Why?
I would want to be friends with Boo Radley in the novel. I felt that he was significantly one of the mockingbirds in the novel, and I have extreme sympathy for him.
Being accused of a crime long ago, he refused to meet the society because of the prejudice that he had been given by the society. Maycomb started to make fun of him and thinks that he is a monster or a creature. Jem and Scout once even believed that Boo Radley was actually a monster that eats animals raw and stained with blood!
This is not certainly a way to treat Boo Radley. Indeed, he has not interacted with the society, he was unable to do so. However, he tried to help the people that are in need. For example, during the fire, Boo Radley was the one who put the blanket around Scout to avoid her being cold. More significantly, he was the one who saved Jem and Scout by defending off Bob Ewell off them and even killed him.
Boo Radley was certainly a mockingbird, innocent but accused of things that he did not done, and the prejudice by the Maycomb Society. By making friends with him, he can realise that not everyone thinks him that way, and I certainly thinks that he is a nice guy to be with, someone who would protect you without condition at all costs.
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Let me give you some updates on RWS ( Resorts World Sentosa ).
This is one of the long-term projects that Singapore had been working on. Despite several disruptions due to the economy crisis and lack of time in 2009, the Casino of the RWS made it in time for Lunar New Year 2010 , 16 February 2010 , 12:18pm to have a soft opening.
Artist Impression of RWS
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So what is Resorts World Sentosa? Better known as the IR, it is located in Sentosa, an island outside of mainland Singapore. The IR is a Casino-based resort in Singapore, and also have numerous attractions and entertainments for the tourist.
Universal Studios Singapore®
Universal Studios Singapore is a movie jungle that boosts famous movies like Madacasgar , Jurassic Park , Shrek etc. You would get to "enter" the story and be part of the movie! The attraction also boosts rides and shows at every section. A very colourful, interesting and interactive park.
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Today, I would give you a slightly more virtually appealing topic, about landmarks in Singapore.
So what exactly are landmarks? According to wikipedia landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure and have unqiue physical structure.
So what are landmarks in Singapore? Esplanade? Changi Airport Control Tower? The newly build IR? The Singapore Flyer? The Merlion at Singapore River? I believe there is still a long list going on and on and on about Singapore's landmark, but being as a local writing this point, we are unsure of what tourists really associate Singapore with?
I am not very sure about it though. However, being a local blogger, I wish to share with people internationally (hopefully) about the landmarks of Singapore and thus, have some knowledge about Singapore.
I would be describing the landmarks of Singapore below:
Esplanade!
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Here is the esplanade! Doesn't it look like a durian? Indeed so, it was nicknamed the durian by men in the streets. What is it so significant about a durian you may ask? Durian was one of the most loved fruits in Singapore, especially among the older generation, although the newer generation don't really accept it as much as the adults. Well, the king of the fruits is loved by countries in the tropics.
Because of its unque structure, heavy rain might damage the structure as the structure does not serve to shield out the rain, thus , the cons proved to be the regular reconstruction.
It is meant to be arts centre for Singapore, especially when the goverment feels the urge to teach the younger generations to appreciate the arts. A never-ending list of artiste have performed in the esplanade, thus, it proved to be one of the landmarks that is worth noticing in Singapore.
IR
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This is the IR, also known as the Intergrated Resort.
I have a feeling that the landmark of the IR, a simple tower supported by three "pillars" would be a significant landmark of Singapore as this simple yet artistic design could give a very lasting impact on the tourist. I am not really going to the details of the IR, as it have not be "officially open" yet, so thus, I may update the details of this IR at a later time.
This is meant to be a casino which is able to attract tourists from around the world, directly competing with our neighbouring country Malaysia.
To end off my post , I would like to embed videos that gives you a tour of Singapore through video.
Courtesy of ropumpkin on Youtube
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Singapore. What do you relate to as being Singaporeans?
I believe what flows to our mind is Kiasu. So what exactly is Kiasu?
Kiasu is a word originated from the Hokkien Language and it means to be afraid to lose in English. So what exactly does it mean by Kiasu-ism. When you see parents sending their children for tuition over the weekends, when you see parents sending their children for courses here and there, when you see parents doing everything for their children just for them to concentrate on their studies, that is kiasu-ism.
But is kiasu-ism really part of being Singaporean. In my opinion, not. Kiasu-ism is caused when parents are overly worried for their child and their future, but whose parents do not care for their child. It is all about letting the child go. Thus, I dont think Kiasu is Singaporean.
So exactly what is Singaporean? For me, that is racial harmony between the country. When you see neighbours talking together harmaniously, when you see uncles playing chess at the void deck, when you see Chinese celebrating Deepavali,
you know you are in Singapore.
In my next post, I would be talking about the significant landamarks and tourism in Singapore.
Allow me to greet you with my very first post on my new blog. =)
Why the title subjectivelysingaporean you may ask?
Basically this blog is all about national identities, and I would take you to a virtual tour of the whole world giving you insight on what their countries, what is uniquely their country. Subjectively Sinporean because I want something that would give you a sense of indentity to being a Singaporean, letting you appreciate our nation, making you think that you are uniquely Singapore.
Be on a lookout as I give u insights of countries around the world!