Student Robbed At Knifepoint

An 18 year old student was threatened with a blade and robbed in the early hours of Thursday morning.
He was walking near Block 647 of Yishun Central when he was stopped by a man, who whipped out a six-inch long blade. The man demanded that he hand over his mobile phone and wallet.

The student did so, and was not injured. The thief, who was described to be sporting a tattoo between his eyebrows and dressed in a T-shirt, Bermudas and slippers, then fled.

Regarding this case, I would like to express my point of views. Firstly, I think that this case happened because nowadays, the economy has worsen. So a lot of people will lose their jobs. When people lose their jobs, they will have no money and will resort to stealing, robbing,etc.

Also, people now are more daring and they do not think of the consequences of their actions. This may be because that when they are young, their parents did not teach them anything about moral values and did not care about them. For example, the parents do not care about who are their children's friends, or their children's academic results,etc. There is a lack of communication here and hence, lead to their child having the wrong thinking.

Last but not least, I think it is because that now, most teenagers are carrying very expensive items like mobile phones, laptops, etc. This has become so normal and this also make teenagers easy targets for robbers.

So, I really think that we should be more careful when we are alone next time and try not to carry any expensive items with you. Also try not to walk alone in the dark and at an desolated place.

My First Camping Reflections

During the one week school holidays, my school organised a secondary 1 camp for all of us. When I knew that I will soon be going for a camp, I am feeling both excited and a little fearful of the camp. This mainly because this is my first camp and also, I fear that I will have to bear with very unhygienic conditions and bad living conditions and most importantly, no usage of electronic devices.

Before the camp, we were all given a camping list which is to tell you what to bring for the camp. When I saw the list I was simply shocked!!! There was so many things to bring, and they do not even allow us to bring hand phones! When I finally finished packing, I need to use a very huge back and had to carry a very large plastic on one hand. Also, both this items are very heavy things!

Finally, the day of the camp arrived. I felt very excited and woke up extremely early for a new day. At the beginning, they introduced us to our camp trainers and our group for the camp. Then we proceeded to the camp site- Sarimbun Campsite.

It was in the afternoon when we reached there, and so it was very hot. However, the camp trainers forced us to sit under the hot sun. At the beginning of this camp, I am already not enjoying it...

Later into the afternoon, it is finally our lunchtime!!! We grab our utensils, and dashed to to the "canteen". However, the food vendors were late and our lunch time was delayed by at least an hour. When we finally got to eat lunch, we were all very frustrated although the camp trainers apologised to us profusely. In my mind I think that if the camp is going to continue on like this, I am definitely not going to enjoy this camp.

However, the activity in the afternoon were very fun and interesting. We had the Sarimbun Challenge, in which we will have to go through many challenges before we complete the mission.

Personally, I felt that this activity was very enriching and it helps us to build up our team spirit. So, by the end of the day, we all knew each other better and made a lot of new friends!:)

After this activity, we all went for a shower before we proceed for our dinner. That evening, we had a very scrumptious dinner and after that we began to learn some camp fire songs that we will sing the next day. Then we went to bed immediately.

On the next day, the activity everyone is looking forward is the camp fire at night. Finally, the moment that everyone looked forward to has come! It was really an interesting time!! Our camp chief, Mr Tan kick start the camp fire with a speech. Then we had a really fun time singing and laughing. It was truly an enjoyable night that I will never forget for life.

After two days, we were finally going to be back to our "home sweet home". Everyone felt a little sad as all of truly did have a whale of a time there. From this camp, I learnt that we must learn to get out of our comfort zones and experience outdoor, independence and living in a group. Only then will we be able to live life to the fullest!!!

Check out the camp website for more details on the campsite!!!

http://www.innotrek.com.sg/node/10

http://www.scout.org.sg/company_profile/history.htm

My Reflections

Ever since I started my first blog, I learnt a lot of new things.At the beginning I thought that a blog is just an online journal that can be viewed by people all around the world and that you could post anything you like onto your blogs. However, as I move along, I found out that blogging is not that easy.

Firstly you will have to know what are the policies to follow while blogging, secondly, you will have to know how to write an interesting blog. As I have mentioned, at first I thought that you could just post anything you like onto your blog, but that is obviously a wrong concept of blogging. You can't post anything you like onto your blogs for example, pornography, personal information, etc. I think that all we could post on blogs are some very common things and issues all around the world and I think that we SHOULD not post anything else more than this.

Over the one month period, I have also learnt what is reponsible blogging and what is not and also , how to write a good, informative and interesting blog(Although I am still trying very hard to do that). Nevertheless, blogging is certainly a very good experience for me!:)

My Reading Habits

From young, my parents always wanted me to have good reading habits as they think that by constantly reading, I will improve my language and speak better English and not "Singlish". At first, I think that sitting still for hours in the room reading a book was the most boring thing on Earth. However, as I get older, I realise that actually reading is very enjoyable and I can get to learn a lot of things from a book, be it a fiction or a non-fiction book. For example, I get to learn how to write a good composition, learn appropriate grammar usage from the book, widen me vocabulary, teach me moral values etc.
I remember once when I came across a really good book in primary 4 and the title of the book is "James And The Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl . You all may think that this bokk is a little childish, but as I had mentioned, I was primary 4 at that time. Basically, this book is talking about a boy whose life was very terrible and had very strange encounters. However, after much hardships, he was finally able to enjoy his life. After reading this book, I immediately realised how comfortable and luck was I and from that day onwards, I constantly reminded myself to be satisfied with my life and not ask for more luxuries.
So, throught the next two years, I am constantly reading not only storybooks, but also newspapers so as to know abot what is currently going on in the world and to constantly update myself. Now, reading has sort of become part of my life and I would always read at least one book a week regardless of how busy I am. So, in one simple sentence, I developed my love for reading becuse of my parents and I am very grateful to them.
The URL below is my electronic bookshelf on weread .com displaying some of my most loved books.Do check it out!:)
http://weread.com/profile/1P401/62A144B4-519A-46C6-AC64-B15CFBC95356?con_sandbox=booksiread&container_type=booksiread&reviews=1