junkie crabtalker

LA E-Learning Task-INTERPERSONAL

2010-03-02T22:44:00.000+08:00

Interview with Family Member on Her P.O.V. on "Prejudice" and "Discrimination"

1. What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear the words “prejudice” and “discrimination”?

Racial discrimination, Gender Bias, Homosexuality.

2. What do you think is the root cause of societal “prejudice” and “discrimination”? Explain.

The root cause of societal “prejudice” “discrimination” are because of already-existent social norms, beliefs, people have to conform to it. The younger generation are also influenced by the older generation, the family up-bringing makes their mind a perfect breeding ground for “prejudice” and “discrimination” to take root. Peer Pressure too.

3. Are there any unique forms of societal “prejudice” and “discrimination” in Singapore? Elaborate.

Inter-racial marriages. In Singapore, this is frowned upon as usually, either the bride or the bridegroom has to convert to the religion of his/her spouse. Foreign Workers. For example, some residents complained when it was announced that Foreign Worker Domitories to be built near the residential estates. Generally locals discriminate against foreign workers as the foreign workers are deemed as noisy, rowdy, dirty the place, locals down trod on them as the foreign-workers do manual labour jobs depised by locals.

4. Are there any unique forms of societal “prejudice” and “discrimination” in India? Elaborate.

Caste System. A system that prejudices against people based on their family’s social status. For example, descendents of slave families usually are hived in the slums of India, while descendents of rich families live in the urban dwellings, wealthy districts.

5. Are there any unique forms of societal “prejudice” and “discrimination” in America? Elaborate.

Muslims in America are discriminated as in America, many people are against the jihad terrorist groups, hence Muslims are prejudiced as violent people with radical beliefs, hence usually for example, Muslim Children are shunned by other parents to mingle with other children, as parents probably fear that the Muslim children would influence their child in a negative way, or for Muslims, it is quite hard to find jobs as Muslims are associated with radical jihadists, like Al-Quaeda. (yay found something not related to racial tension between coloured folk and whites)

6. Why do you think these members of society have been “prejudiced” and “discriminated” generally?

Usually because of their social status, eg. The family they are born into or because what they are doing is taboo.

7. Even people with good intentions, are implicated in societal “prejudices” and “discrimination”. Elaborate.

Religious workers etc. Family of the prejudiced, discriminated person.

Done by Samuel 2I320

My Learning Profile

2010-03-02T11:53:00.000+08:00

These ara my scores for the multiple intelligiences test. And in no less than 100 words, let's do a personal take othe implications of this test. Actually, I find the test a bit inaccurate, as there are not enough questions. How do you find out your true abilities by answering a bunch of questions. It is seriously not very accurate. In addition, the only responses are rarely to frequently, it is not fair to those who belong in the middle range ad they are unsure of which option to pick, due to short-term memory.Not only that but, answering a bunch of question does not work! For example Spatial, at least illustrate your point by providing visual diaagrams, not just words?! Naturalist, people only know if they are passionate about nature if the MI draws from their pathos, provide those who have not in contact with nature before with pictures at least. People with no experience obviously are the worst-judged? Do they put rarely? If they haven't experienced applying the intelligience,, ow do they know if that intelligience is in their nature.These are limitations of the MI,,and also for any thr surveys trying to gauge our learning abilities, styles, character, etc. THat's why these form of surveys are not accurate.

Samuel 2I320

LA E-Learning Task- INTRAPERSONAL

2010-03-02T11:06:00.000+08:00

Write a diary entry for a major character of the novel.

Dear Diary,

School isn't that great after all is it? For months I had eagerly awaited for the privilege of going to school. In fact, I had never looked forward more to anything in my life. Peeking over the schoolyard from the cozyness of the treehouse, School seemed so fun. I longed to join them.

Sadly, my enthusisam was rapidly doused, Jem was right. School certainly was very different. My teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, wants me to stop reading and writing. I don't know how to stop reading and writing. As far as I could remember, reading just came to me, whenever I sat with Atticus every evening, the words on the Mobile Register just seemed to form vague meanings in my head. How does one stop breathing? Miss Caroline probably misunderstood and thought Atticus had taught me how to read. She got all the facts wrong! Atticus hasn't been teaching me to read! Jem says that she was trying to introduce the Dewey Decimal System. For one thing, it was all very boring to me. The class yawned in silence. Anyway, does not she know that the class was immune to imaginative literature? Doing rugged work from young, the class was squirming in the seats.

Calpurnia got me into trouble with Miss Fisher too. She had caught me writing a letter to Dill and requested for Atticus again, to stop teaching me. Calpurnia was to blame for all this. Maybe it kept me from driving her crazy on rainy days, but she would set me a writing task to reproduce her penmanship. During lunch too, why she was so fussy about my treatment of Walter Cunningham? A Cunningham, after all, was a Cunningham. That was the truth, I was not trying to be high and mighty. Calpurnia was too agitated, in a sense, aren't table manners an indispensable behaviour? Walter downed all his food in syrup, I just pointed that out. In fact, earlier that day, I tried to be kind to Walter by graciously standing up on his behalf and explaining to Miss Caroline the difficult situation she is putting Walter in. And the acknowledgement for my efforts? Being grabbed by the collar and "whipped" sure was quite "sweet". Yet, I still don't get Calpurnia: after school, she seemed to expertly sense that my day was a grim one and wanted to make up with me. At least she had seen the error of her fractious ways, but displayed it through affection and probably too stubborn to say sorry. In any case, Atticus always sides with Calpurnia, and mulling on his opinion that we could not operate a day without Calpurnia, it was very true. Maybe I should help Calpurnia by not troubling her, that's the least I could do.

Should I go to school? Miss Caroline wants me to stop reading and writing! Come to think of it, I cannot pass life without both! I tried to reason with Atticus that I should not go to school as the Dewey Decimal System could make me learn nothing. I substantiated my arguement with the example of the Ewells, but Atticus said that the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for decades, impending my hopes to skip school as obviously what the Ewells did was wrong. Atticus also made my realise that I had to empathise with Miss Coline as she was new to Maycomb. I do feel pity for her as she was reprimanded sharply by a next-door teacher for not being able to control the racket in the class. I should give her a chance as Miss Caroline was trying to integrate into Maycomb's community. I did learn one thing today, to put my self in the other person's shoes, that is a very effective method of understanding other people.

In short, maybe the day wasn't too bad after all, Atticus also compromised with me that we would continue reading every evening if I attended school, and we considered the agreement sealed without the usual formality.

Yours Truly,
Scout

Treaty of Versailles Unfair!!! Samuel Tan 2I320 - HCI iSpark S2 FutureSchool History

2010-03-01T20:03:00.000+08:00

Treaty of Versailles Unfair!!! Samuel Tan 2I320 - HCI iSpark S2 FutureSchool History

Take on Internet Censorship in China

2010-02-16T22:03:00.004+08:00

Now pay attention, guys and gals, this stuff's important...

Internet Censorship has entered a whole new level in the world's most populous country, hence it is unequivocal that Crabby enlightens you on this topic. China has been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party for over 5 decades already, so Crabby will infer you have already guessed that everything is government controlled, eg. the economy, merchandise, media, imported goods etc.

Now, the cliche factor is that China has heavily restricted the use of the Internet, especially those Western-influenced websites. Why? There are 2 main reasons. Firstly, the issue of control of info-tainment. The government usually advocates China-made films, hence it is the same story with the Internet. It is a Communist country with Communist ideologies after all. The government wants to stop the influx of Western ideologies into China as it wants to preserve China's traditionalism, its culture. It does not want China's culture, lifestyles to be influenced by Western Stuff. That's why the government only wants an Internet that can be regulated. Hence, if it allows access to foreign websites, the foreign websites are out of control, so China has a very strict policy.

Secondly, the issue of pornography. Duh, it is so obvious that this is extremely unhealthy and Crabby is always so sure that the Chinese government had sound moral intentions to ban this. However, the ban is over-exaggerated and thus comes about the "Great Wall of China". What is the Great Wall of China, some of you might ask, it is basically a firewall that blocks every thing the government does not want the citizens to see in essence. In fact, I feel that the Chinese Government is being too over-protective of its people. It rejects porn so much that even frivolous things are banned. Yes, the Chinese Government means well for its people and seeks to keep the people from immoral temptations, yet, the Internet Filter is a controversy in the contents it filters, some Chinese netizens say that even Garfield Pictures are deemed as immoral?! Is it a problem with the software, the filter? Or maybe the government needs to approach the matter from another angle, to be able to deal with this heated issue more effectively,

This leads me to my next point on what is the result of Internet Censorship, Crabby muses. Like Hillary Clinton has said, the cybersphere is something to be shared and an information database for all, not something to be controlled in such a way that some parts are hidden and the true enjoyment of browsing is not experienced by the Internet user. The situation in China is that by not exposing the people to what the world is like outside China, the next generation might not be better equipped to adapt to the real world. Sometimes, knowing about other foreign cultures in depth can make one feel even more proud of his country's national identity, they would also know what to expect if they land a career in foreign countries. China is too over-protective of its people, but the reality is that every individual should have a global perspective and a holistic point of view. At the end of the day, the fact that Western culture would have a stronger impact on China is inevitable, as change is nature, the Chinese Government should instead go about the problem by advocating things in the Internet that are beneficial to the people, even if it comes from Western sources, the people should be the primary welfare concern,

To end of, China has a very large cyber-community of netizens, hence as Internet access is abundant, if the government really rejects Western ideals, or seeks to stop sexual immorality from polluting the minds of the people, instead of just directly filtering the alleged websites, maybe it should educate its people about how to use the Internet meaningfully and responsibly, or caution the people about following Western Culture, like how it affects China's culture etc., so that the people can understand the government's intentions, after all, isn't a prevention better than a cure? Please feel free to voice your comments

This is King Crabby, wishing you goodbye....

Radio Snippets 1

2010-02-09T00:47:00.003+08:00

Hi again, this is Crabby, hoping we could talk more...

China needs to clean up its tainted and tarnished image. China needs to garner the full support from its people, their trust is quintessential, such that its netizens would instead portray, spread the word, that the Chinese Government is "the best government we could have asked for". And this leads me to my next point about the importance of an "ideal government" in China. In China's case, see how bad governing has ruined many provinces? The corrupted local officials frequently squeeze money out of the extremely poor villagers, bribery is a part of everyone's daily life and this is not at all helped by the fact that even the superiors'of the officials are corrupted too!

How should/could the government polish its reputation then to radiate the true brilliance and spanking cleanliness of China? The very good news for the people of China is that China's Corruption Bureau have been putting a lot of effort in weeding out the corrigible figures in the government and their efforts have not been futile. This is a very appropriate policy by the government to curb corruption by taking a no-nonsense stance on the matter. While I acknowledge the Chinese Government's sense of initiative, it is also necessary to build on this first step, such that there will be almost zero-corruption. Yes, the cold, hard, harsh truth is that corruption is never ending, greed is part of human nature. Therefore, the Chinese Government needs to inculcate in its officials the sense of duty and responsibility, if not, appoint incorrigible role models to the right posts for a start; the Chinese are very patriotic people, the officials need to be reminded of the consequences of their actions, resound in their soul the love for their nation and how they could contribute back to society as officials, not negatively but positively, for the people.

This is Crabby, in a jazzy mood....

The Sport Celebrity, The Junkie

2010-02-07T23:26:00.006+08:00

It is Galaxy News Radio you are tuning in to now, Crabby proudly declares.

Crabby knows you are thirsty for more emo, the posts so far have been under 500 words, so Crabby will gladly grant your request and make sure that you will stay thirsty for more....

*Dropping off the Crabby Persona*

It's the latest things in the sports buzz, reporters risking everything to get the scraps of information, journalists all heated up for the latest scoop of.......sex scandals. Tiger Woods, John Terry have all fallen victim to this completely senseless compulsive disorder, hence the big question is why sport celebrities? The answer is extremely simple, bad influence, I mean, how else will you be lured into temptation? Usually it is friends and peers etc. who hypnotize you into those bars, those clubs, once you are ensnared in the web, you are well and truly screwed my fellow sport celebrity.

Come to think of it, why doesn't the Sport Celebrity repent, especially those with a family turn out to be bigger scams? They have become junkies, both sides of it. At first glance, they are the perfect sport junkie, excelling in their sport, yet on the other side, they are the drug-user junkie, getting on high on the drug of womanising and partying. This is really creepy, with higher concern for those sport celebrities who have families as being a junkie shocks the world. Why can't Sport Celebrities be trusted with women, the burning question....

The answer lies in their fame and popularity. With fame comes power and influence, hence the sportsman feels like they can do anything they want as they are elevated to a demi-god status. They don't harbour any shred of regret at all for any wrong actions as their mindset is "so what? I am more powerful than you, I have the right to do anything". Their beliefs have become polluted. I mean, put your self in Tiger Wood's shoes for example, the roar of the crowd as you lift up the US Open Trophy, your record-breaking 15 Major, you can feel the support of your millions of fans, you feel incredible like everyone adores you, this is really the stage when the sportsman must exercise tremendous responsibility, should you abuse your fame, power, I am quite sure that in Tiger Wood's mind when he had his first adultery, he was thinking to himself,

"Ah yah, look, everybody loves me, how can it be wrong to do this, do that, everything I do will have no negative effect whatsoever as my sponsers know that need me, the world needs me, that's how important I am to the world, as if they will put me down, look at the revenue gained from my advertising, priceless I would deem."

This first behaviour shows that the Sport Celebrity is so blinded by his fame and influence that he sees himself as "irreplaceable", hence all sense of moral values and ethnics are destroyed just because he thinks that his sponsers would back him all the way.

or "Hey, a guy needs a break here man, can't anybody around here relax? What harm can a bit of fun do after all? In the end, I am only human-natured. Everybody should understand my feelings, after winning like countless Majors, I am sure my fans trust me and love me. I won't go overboard of course, I can control myself."

This second behaviour shows that the Sport Celebrity feels that he can control his indulgences and balance his squeaky-clean image of a scandal-free person at the same time. This is absolutely the wrong mindset because temptation always leads you deeper into the trap. Especially in Tiger Wood's case, he is perceived as a family man, yet in the end, the number of mistresses who surfaced was shocking.

OR [Thank you Mark for the Comment!]

It may be the case that fame and popularity plays no part in influencing the Sport Celebrity to sin, but rather it is just due to human nature. Tiger Woods sinned because he was seduced as other typical men and hence fell into the trap. This could be possible as maybe in Tiger Woods' case, he feels stressful maintaining his image as a role model and hence sought for a opportunity to vent his true feelings. Why not? In this age, marriages are frequently put to the test as nowadays, there are many forms of temptation that leads the men astray. Yes, it has been proven statistically that men who just cannot control themselves are the root of most divorces. So, at the end of the day, the Sport Celebrity is just like us too, they definitely aren't infallible as everyone goes through the temptations of life.

OR

The last feasible possibility is that the Sport Celebrity had several traumatic childhood experiences, and thus developed a sex addiction disorder. This is the only unique case that calls for the world to sympathize with the Sport Celebrity, he feels very stressful and usually keeps his problems to himself as he does not want the world to find out. In this kind of context, we should encourage the celebrity and try to understand what he is going through. As Atticus says in TKAM, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."

South Park has a very good example of Atticus's perspective, take some time to watch http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/164365

Then you should see an adaptation of the episode in youtube.

To end of, I feel that with Sport Celebrities, they are usually influenced by the implications of their fame, and human nature, both of which are extremely worrying as it shows the trend of the Sport Celebrity's Life inadvertently leading to scandal and disaster. However, sadly, there is no medicine for this kind of Sport Celebrity Junkie Disorder. The final choice to take which path is up to the athlete himself. Crabby is extremely emo about this, but this is the reality of human character, Never Infallible, but never Fallible at the same time if you choose to be.

Lol, what a pragmatic, cynic perspective towards life, but after all, Singaporeans are pragmatic people..

I am King Crabby, always bringing the most emo scoop, no matter how bad it hurts...

explaining the Crab theme (continued...from last year)

2010-02-07T23:02:00.004+08:00

Dear netizens, I have faced criticism from my friends as in why my blog is so weird and why my sudden interest in crabs so just let me IIIuminate you, impart you with my understanding to clear any misconception.
So, I have to explain the whole process, *sigh* ok I just wanted a theme for my blog and I just chose 'crab' primarily because it rhymes with 'crap' -its a fun pun and 'crabtalker' may appear to be a person who talks crap and drones monotonously about meaningless issues or just simply the opinion and words of a crab. Which is the true hidden, secret, invisible, inferential meaning of the theme , I just leave it up to you to decide based on my tone, context and expressions of my posts.
Does this sound cool and like a riddle because to me the blog is supposed to be a mystery to netizens and I want my writing style to suit the technological age and not be locked in the cultural norms of the 20th century when the compuiter was invented and everyone goes,"Hello, my name is blahblahblah, my hobbies are blahblahblahblahblahblah..." and that is so ultra geeky to me, too nerdy and innocent and insted, the posts should captivate the reader's attention by means of topics that are relevant to the reader and sets the reader into reflection on communities boons and banes etc.
Of course, I may sound like a nerd when talking about my field trip but sometimes, I have to share with you these experiences explicitly as I feel that they appeal to different catergories of audience and are intrigueing, so I will definitely post something unless I feel that it is interesting as I also want to spend my time more efficiently and not waste my time-Time is so precious and should not be squandered and so that is all for today,

Phew, got that all out of my shell,
Crabby, aka. Revolutionaryfox
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Ha! A new personality from the older Crabby, hey guys and gals, yes, you are tuned in to Galaxy News Radio where the Crab rules supreme. No, actually it is nothing that fun to be a Crab, Crabby just chose it because it is sorta of a personification pun on the word "crap". Yah, as explained on the top, well, how about bogspace, I just love to talk about it, but you can go to the bog to find out more. What else, is there to explain, aha! I promised an emo post, so here goes.....

Junkie, what is the definition of a junkie, why does Crabby even call itself a junkie. According to wikipedia, Junkie actually usually means a guy who abuses drugs, no, Grief and Sorrow, experiencing by Crabby it is now, Crabby is definitely not that kind of person. Drugs, heck, getting high, yes Crabby loves emoing, but drugs is detrimental to even the hard-shelled crab! Why do people even take drugs in the first place, they are addicted, but who exactly are those heartless people who gave it them, definitely empty-shelled. The true. hidden meaning of Junkie is a person who is extremely eager, excited by something, that is Crabby. The adrenaline rush when emoing in what you are passionate about is the real "getting high", not drugs. The Junkie is the person to be admired, the passionate, self-motivated spirit towards life is to be role-modelled, yes, those are my honest opinion. Let's not put down the Junkie, you do what you love, that's why its cool to be a Junkie, that's the spirit, land-sapiens!!!

Yah, got to go, see you next time for more Radio Emo

Welcome to My Revamped 2010 Blog

2010-02-07T22:27:00.003+08:00

Hi, its Crabby here tuning in *live* from Galaxy News Radio. After a long........ break, Crabby is back and extremely enthusiastic, am looking forward, dying to get you rejuvenated! So, what has happened so far during my vacation, hmm... The stock market crashed, revived and crashed again, Copenhagen Summit emitted more CO2 than the pledges in the Accord could cover, and most importantly, it is the start of a new academic year for Crabby! Hey Do you like the new Muse-sic? The jazz is quite fantastic do you agree? It compliments Crabby's character so well, Crabby floats up to the sky and lazes on the cluds..Ah.....The ideal utopia. Let's talk more about this form of jazz, Crabby feels that contemporary jazz definitely cannot beat this 1950's retro man..., what Crabby is trying to emphasize is the beauty of old-fashioned things, one should embrace the past as those days, life was not strangled by modernity of mankind, life was sanctuary, you could talk about the Cold War, horrors of WWII, US vs USSR during that period; but this adds more to the mood of the songs then, people yearned for peace and tranquility in the natural balance in the world, they sang their hearts out, Crabby is so touched. Ok, one should get emotional in this radio but that's enough of dwelling in the past. Well, so this is the blog to tune in, guys and gals, so I hope my hit-counter reaches 1 million soon....

This is Crabby signing off, tune in next time to hear more emo posts....

Another of those poets

2009-06-29T15:15:00.002+08:00

Interesting Poet-

Sylvia Plath is very intriguing because her life is a sad one and I feel quite sorry for her. At first, her life was fine and outstanding,- In 1950, Plath matriculated at Smith College. She was an exceptional student, and despite a deep depression she went through in 1953 and a subsequent suicide attempt, she managed to graduate summa cum laude in 1955.After graduation, Plath moved to Cambridge, England, on a Fulbright Scholarship. In early 1956, she attended a party and met the English poet, Ted Hughes. Shortly thereafter, Plath and Hughes were married, on June 16, 1956.Plath returned to Massachusetts in 1957, and began studying with Robert Lowell. Her first collection of poems, Colossus, was published in 1960 in England, and two years later in the United States. She returned to England where she gave birth to the couple's two children, Freida and Nicholas Hughes, in 1960 and 1962, respectively. Thereafter, a tumultuous period ensued, her husband left her for another woman and she sunk into deep depression. A year later, she committed suicide. Incidentally, her genius seems to shine when she is in depression like when Ted Hughes left Plath for Assia Gutmann Wevill. That winter, in a deep depression, Plath wrote most of the poems that would comprise her most famous book, Ariel. In 1963, Plath published a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. This may explain why her most famous poetry is often singled out for the intense coupling of its violent or disturbed imagery and its playful use of alliteration and rhyme.But what I find most interesting was that Plath only achieved real fame after death where in addition to Ariel, Hughes published three other volumes of her work posthumously, including The Collected Poems, which was the recipient of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize. She was the first poet to win a Pulitzer Prize after death.
In conclusion, I feel sorry for her that she had to undergo such a stressful life, and her life was very short, yet she is one of the greatest female poets that ever lived.

A Life by Sylvia Plath

Touch it: it won't shrink like an eyeball,

This egg-shaped bailiwick, clear as a tear.

Here's yesterday, last year ---

Palm-spear and lily distinct as flora in the vast

Windless threadwork of a tapestry.

Flick the glass with your fingernail:

It will ping like a Chinese chime in the slightest air stir

Though nobody in there looks up or bothers to answer.

The inhabitants are light as cork,

Every one of them permanently busy.

At their feet, the sea waves bow in single file.

Never trespassing in bad temper:

Stalling in midair,

Short-reined, pawing like paradeground horses.

Overhead, the clouds sit tasseled and fancy

As Victorian cushions. This family

Of valentine faces might please a collector:

They ring true, like good china.

Elsewhere the landscape is more frank.

The light falls without letup, blindingly.

A woman is dragging her shadow in a circle

About a bald hospital saucer.

It resembles the moon, or a sheet of blank paper

And appears to have suffered a sort of private blitzkrieg.

She lives quietly

With no attachments, like a foetus in a bottle,

The obsolete house, the sea, flattened to a picture

She has one too many dimensions to enter.

Grief and anger, exorcised,

Leave her alone now.

The future is a grey seagull

Tattling in its cat-voice of departure.

Age and terror, like nurses, attend her,

And a drowned man, complaining of the great cold,

Crawls up out of the sea.

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Metaphors by Sylvia Plath

I'm a riddle in nine syllables,

An elephant, a ponderous house,

A melon strolling on two tendrils.

O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!

This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.

Money's new-minted in this fat purse.

I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.

I've eaten a bag of green apples,

Boarded the train there's no getting off.

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Daddy by Sylvia Plath

You do not do, you do not do

Any more, black shoe

In which I have lived like a foot

For thirty years, poor and white,

Barely daring to breathe or Achoo.

Daddy, I have had to kill you.

You died before I had time ----

Marble-heavy, a bag full of God,

Ghastly statue with one gray toe

Big as a Frisco seal

And a head in the freakish Atlantic

Where it pours bean green over blue

In the waters off the beautiful Nauset.

I used to pray to recover you.

Ach, du.

In the German tongue, in the Polish town

Scraped flat by the roller

Of wars, wars, wars.B

ut the name of the town is common.

My Polack friend

Says there are a dozen or two.

So I never could tell where you

Put your foot, your root,

I never could talk to you.

The tongue stuck in my jaw.

It stuck in a barb wire snare.

Ich, ich, ich, ich,I

could hardly speak.

I thought every German was you.

And the language obscene

An engine, an engine,

Chuffing me off like a Jew.

A Jew to Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen.

I began to talk like a Jew.

I think I may well be a Jew.

The snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of Vienna

Are not very pure or true.

With my gypsy ancestress and my weird luck

And my Taroc pack and my Taroc pack

I may be a bit of a Jew.I

have always been scared of you,

With your Luftwaffe, your gobbledygoo.

And your neat mustache

And your Aryan eye, bright blue.P

anzer-man, panzer-man, O You ----

Not God but a swastika

So black no sky could squeak through.

Every woman adores a Fascist,

The boot in the face, the brute

Brute heart of a brute like you.

You stand at the blackboard, daddy,

In the picture I have of you,

A cleft in your chin instead of your foot

But no less a devil for that, no not

Any less the black man who

Bit my pretty red heart in two.

I was ten when they buried you.

At twenty I tried to die

And get back, back, back to you.

I thought even the bones would do.

But they pulled me out of the sack,

And they stuck me together with glue.

And then I knew what to do.

I made a model of you,

A man in black with a Meinkampf look

And a love of the rack and the screw.

And I said I do, I do.

So daddy, I'm finally through.

The black telephone's off at the root,

The voices just can't worm through.

If I've killed one man, I've killed two ----

The vampire who said he was you

And drank my blood for a year,

Seven years, if you want to know.

Daddy, you can lie back now.

There's a stake in your fat black heart

And the villagers never liked you.

They are dancing and stamping on you.

They always knew it was you.

Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plathhttp://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/11

Analysis of A poem

2009-06-29T10:10:00.002+08:00

Firstly, Crabby doing e-learning now because of extended June Hols due to H1N1, Yes!

Yet, H1N1 has its qualms too like have to bring thermometer etc. So, now, blog analysis.

The Prisoners by Robert Hayden

Steel doors – guillotine gates –

of the doorless house closed massively.

We were locked in with loss.

Guards frisked us, marked our wrists,

then let us into the drab Rec Hall

–splotched green walls, high windows barred –

where the dispossessed awaited us.

Hands intimate with knife and pistol,

hands that had cruelly grasped and throttled

clasped ours in welcome. I sensed the plea

of men denied: Believe us human

like yourselves, who but for Grace

...We shared reprieving Hidden Words

revealed by the Godlike imprisoned

One, whose crime was truth.

And I read poems I hoped were true.

It's like you been there, brother, been there,

the scarred young lifer said

In this blog I can only see metaphors which are highlighted in red.

''Hands intimate with knife and pistol," this means hands that were experienced with weapons

"hands that had cruelly grasped and throttled" This means hands that tortured in this case prisoners

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I like this poem because the metaphors are well placed, the plot is easy for me to follow as the poem is like story, unlike other poems where you jump from one place to another. The words chosen for the poem are well-chosen. This poem gives me a descriptive image of how prisoners feel when they enter prison, prison is like a cage and they feel no freedom once inside. Lastly, I like the sharp contrast where the guards who torture prisoners have a humane nature as it was unexpected that the guards talked with the prisoners and the writer expertly expresses the feelings of the stone-faced guards who are revealed to ha a soft side.

Thats all from Crabby

Animal Farm

2009-05-11T00:20:00.003+08:00

Ok, after this post, Crabby is definitely furious if he does not get his 3 ace, ok, what about animal farm, so this is an essay on the leadership of the pigs, I am sure you want to know how the pigs achieved power,well this is what they did to achieving total dominance over the farm-

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” The duty to prepare for and lead the Revolution rested on the pigs at the very beginning as they were the most intelligent of the farm animals. Their first key step in assuming leadership over the farm animals was strategic as now they had control of the farm’s welfare. This could only be possible as they had the farm animals’ full support and trust, such that the animals’ firmly believed that every decision made by the pigs was in the farm’s interest and not only did the pigs wanted to achieve the Utopian society that Old Major had foreseen after the revolution, they were instrumental and were the only ones which possessed superior knowledge of running the farm, hence every thing they said must be correct as they had the knowledge and the interests of the farm at heart. In this knowledge, the pigs always got the final say and their actions and decisions were accepted universally.
Bureaucracy-Suppressing free speech
In the case of the milk and apples, Squealer emphasized that, “…It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat the apples…what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty…Jones would come back…”What mattered to the other animals most was whether the farm would become better and Jones will never come back, hence in effect, they will do anything to prevent Jones from coming back. The pigs exploited this understanding together with the other animals’ gullibility and stupidity to their advantage and convinced the animals, or effective brainwashing, by using the possibility that Jones would come back in the animals as the main need for their actions so that the animals would realize the necessity of the pigs’ actions and remained docile. In addition, “They did not sit all together as they had done in the past.” The animals just receive orders are not part of the decision-making process, resulting in they not having a say in major decisions which should have been ratified with a majority vote but now, there is no democracy but a committee of only pigs assumes dictatorship in the farm.
Bureaucracy-Propaganda
The pigs use Squealer as a tool to manipulate the truth of the farm’s well-being. Squealer fabricates and distorts facts and figures of the farm’s output to cover-up the true situation by aggressively persuasion and casting doubts on the animal’s memory. He also re-writes history and distorts the truth to support the pigs’ decisions. Pigs, being the only source of information, not only mask the hunger but also gain more of the animals’ trust by assuring them that the farm is more prosperous and progressing because of the animals, hence the animals also believed that the pigs were responsible for their success and should be the true leaders. Slogans and spontaneous demonstrations imposed by the pigs to celebrate the triumphs of Animal farm also cheered the animals into thinking that there was a brighter future awaiting them.
Bureaucracy-Tyranny and Eliminating Opposition
“…and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions…” Napolean raises puppies when they are weaned into ruthless, fierce growling dogs to enforce the rules on the animals and instills fear in the animals’ hearts, causing them to be terrified and submissive so that in this atmosphere of terror, it is easy to make basic misjudgement and put the pigs’ unified point of view across. To shaken and frighten the animals into believing that any treachery has cruel retribution, he also orders the dogs to set upon any ‘traitors’ confessing to shocking crimes like alliance with Snowball; this is to warn the animals never to disobey the pigs and start a rebellion, and silence those courageous and intelligent animals who ask awkward questions which potentially threatens the pigs’ dominance. Napolean also uses his dogs to eliminate any opposition that threatens his power like sending Snowball to exile such that there is no idealist who wants to lead the animals by illuminating Napolean’s corruptibility to the animals and potentially leading to a power struggle in which Napolean may be reinstated and the animals would turn against him, hence in order to preserve his power, Napolean makes sure that the animals never overthrow him by using brute force to foreshadow the consequences of an uprising to the animals.
In conclusion, the pigs ascended into dominance over the farm firstly by exploiting their knowledge to abuse the animal’s trust in them, allowing the other animals to have limited involvement in the management of the farm, eliminating any potential threats to their power and using brute force to spark fear in the animals’ hearts, resulting in no one daring top speak their mind and complete loyalty to the pigs.

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Well this is all plain facts, I am sure you must be bored, you all must be asking, where is the real stuff, the funny stuff, the hilarious stuff, ok this is my post on one of the songs - "Comrade Napoleon" as composed by Minimus

Friend of the fatherless!
Fountain of happiness!

Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on
Fire when I gaze at thy
Calm and commanding eye,
Like the sun in the sky,
Comrade Napoleon!

Thou art the giver of
All that thy creatures love,
Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon;
Every beast great or small, Sleeps at peace in his stall,
Thou watchest over all,
Comrade Napoleon!

Had I a sucking-pig,
Ere he had grown as big
Even as a pint-bottle or a rolling pin,
He should have learned to be,
Faithful and true to thee,
Yes, his first squeak should be
'Comrade Napoleon'!
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My Version

Friend of the corrupted!
Enemies of Snowball!

thy rule the swill-bucket! Oh, how my blood rages on
Fire when I gaze at thy
with a steely glint in his eye,
Like a cloud blocking thy sun in the sky,
Comrade Napoleon!

Thou art the taker of
the dreams thy animal embraced,
Fierce dogs roaming everywhere, rations 'readjusted' to the bare minimum;
Every beast great or small, in constant hunger and worry evermore,
Thou mocks over all,
Comrade Napoleon!

Had I a great big horse,
Ere he had grown as big
enough to intimidate the dogs,
yes he should by loyal to thee,
shed the ignorance, see the light,
Always loyal to thee
'Comrade Snowball'!

Not very good right, yeah ,Mark's is better, but that 's all folks good night!

School Life

2009-05-10T23:55:00.005+08:00

Crabby does not know what he is doing, yes he has to finish this post on school life in 5 min. Ok, there is nothing much to post about school life, so I will try my best to achieve 150 words. ok, for subjects... So far, almost all my subjects are enjoyable. For English, what I like about it as it is about reading and I love reading, you know literature, so I get to enjoy good stories as the books we are introduced to are fabulous and so good. For maths, well, I am not very good at maths and Maumu Tan has his eye on me for not putting enough effort in the subject, but I enjoy it had as I like to discover new things and enjoy the process of grasping new concepts, so in terms of maths, I really love algebra a lot as it is very enriching and very vast. For Chinese, i not very sure yet, but I am really really looking forward to learning more about the history of China during the different dynasties as that is the interesting part where there is war, political strife and my favourite is the romance of the three kingdoms-that is really very very exciting. Next, for geography, yes, this is also very interesting, you can also call it general knowledge, you really learn about nature and I am really looking forward to the subject as man, who the heck does not enjoy nature and the beauty of spectacular scenery. Of course most of it has been destroyed by nature, but for the remaining, I am extremely keen to know how these beauties form. Then there are also things about diamonds and other precious stones, this are very enriching and interesting. Lastly, about history, I have learnt about things Singapore as a colony and am approaching WorldWar 2. Well, the thing about history that I like is archaeology and it is an interesting field, not only is it practical and hands on, you can learn skills like inference and observation skills. Then, there is science which I too love as it is really a lot of hands on , experiments in a huge lab, so its fun and I really enjoy chemistry. Lastly about IS, or Infocomm Studies, this is about the computer and the subject which so far captivates me the most is C++ programming language as it is the fundamentals of how the PC runs, so some technical geek knowledge is interesting and fun for those PC fanatics like me as I use the computer a lot, and want to learn how to improve the processing power and such. Well, the last thing about school is that there is a lot of projects and homework, so like I mentioned in an earlier post, I have been flattened by mountains of homework. Then , I have my CCA which is athletics and quite heavy as I have training 3 times a week, but although it is gruelling, It is good as it trains my overall fitness, important for health. Well That's all I have to post, bye bye

IS Crab

2009-05-10T00:26:00.011+08:00

Ok, this is my IS Ace, so far for Term 2, so for this ace, oh yah, forgot to tell the reader, IS stands for Infocomm Studies, or things to do my computer m'k? Back to ace, Crabby learned how to use Adobe Photoshop Web Premium CS3 and Adobe Flash CS3 and so Photoshop is for editing pics and Flash is to create flash animations, simple right? Actually, Crabby really spent a lot of effort in these ace and really Crabby enjoyed the process... so here are my accomplishments...

Ok, for this one, I used Photoshop, so I altered the movie poster of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I put my image of my head onto Harry Potter's head, I also changed the background to the night view of Marina Bay in Singapore. I also added a samurai sword handle behind my back to make it look as if I was carrying a sword. Lastly, I changed "Harry Potter" to "Hairy Sam". Want to know my secret to mimicking the font? Trade Secret, and I have you tell you it wanst easy as once you alter the text, you also have to alter the background which changes, so I had to edit Hermonies' (I dont know how to spell)Jeans and Harry Potter's jeans. Actually, I really spent a lot of effort in this ace and I had to spent countless hours in the computer lab trying to finish this and I am quite proud of my magnum opus. So, what tools did I use, I used quick selection tool, lasso tool, clone stamp tool and text tool, mostly, and I am quite proud of it, enjoy!!

Now, enough of IS ace, now I am going to talk about what I did for my Grandmother's birthday. I had to make a birthday card or something, so being a bit lazy, I decided to computer generate a card for her and hence wanted to aply my IS knowledge of Photoshop to the test. Actually, I am sure a birthday card generated on the PC is very lame, like you can use paint and powerpoint, clipart, there's no originality, hence I had a stroke of genius! My grandmother loved watching Korean Drama Serials, especially 大长今 and Winter Sonata, so I then choose to super-impose her head on the female lead character's head! Isn't that creative? So I made two "post cards", one on Winter Sonata and the other on 大长今. To share with you a story, I did not think I had picture of my grandmother with me as I had to do the card in school and I had just hit upon that idea during lesson, then I was sosososo lucky to find a picture that was perfect! Yes! Ok, this is the one on Winter Sonata

You can see the difference.

And this is the one on 大长今

For the 大长今 one, I used the body of 大长今 in Picture 2(above) and the text. For the background, I used Picture 1 (top) And I changed the text from 大长今 to 大婆婆, as I feel that my grandmother is 伟大 in my life as she has encouraged me a lot. So that's all.

PS. When my grandmother received it, she was plesantly surprised, so I guessed my efforts paid off

National Track and Field Finals-shiok!

2009-05-09T23:29:00.023+08:00

Yes!!!Finally, the Annual Track and Field Nationals has arrived... oh this a very delayed post as the Nationals has long passed. Well Boohoo that Crabby was not in the Nationals, if I were in the finals, I would be doing long jump but alas the Sec 2s are too good for me, so I have to wait until next year. Actually, for those who dont understand the system, in secondary school, there are 3 divisions- a,b,c. A division-17-18 years old. B division 15-16 years old. C division-13-14 years old. The nationals I will be talking about is the finals and actually the majority of the Sec 1 skip lessons to support HCI as HCI is the powerhouse in athletics, yay. But my class was not included, yet I still had to go as I was a tracker after all, and there are 4 trackers in my class, Wei Ren- Cross-Country, Aloy Poh- Sprinter, Yi Zhe- pole Vaulter and Crabby. So, now, let me dictate the misadventures of Crabby (I had to go to the venue by myself-no transport provided from school).

12. 20pm. After so much hassle, I was ready to go to the Choa Chu Kang stadium, the venue, but the problem was I had no idea what there place was, where was it located and what bus to take, so I enlisted the help of Yizhe(His house is a stone's throw away from the stadium, what the heck) using the cell phone as Yi Zhe had already disembarked with his fellow pole vaulters, and he asked me to take 852 or 67. 852 takes you to Bukit Batok Interchange while 67, to Choa Chu Kang Interchange. So, I took 852 and went to Bukit Batok, then alighted and then for my lunch, Yi Zhe recommended West Mall which was

extremely close to my present situation. So, I went inside and decided to eat at Mos Burger, where I had never patronised before

I cant believe the outlet was that small, really, so I plopped down on one of the seats and waited for my order- A Mos Burger Burger? and a Naz...? Fish, sorry I forgot the exact names, so delayed this post, fries, so it burned $9 in my pocket.

You know this was interesting-they served the food in a basket. Actually, the food is satisfactory and it passes my extremely critical and choosy palette.

This is the Naz...? Fish and when I unwrapped it, I was extremely surprised, there was no bun at all, the 'bun' was replaced by large slices of lettuce, unusual and weird. But quite creative. And while I was eating, Yizhe called me from Yew Tee Station (Another thing I learned was Choa Chu Kang Stadium was nearer to Yew Tee Station-the Stop before Choa Chu Kang Station) and he asked me to faster eat as he was waiting for me to come to direct me to the station which he put as "A 100m, no 200m, no 500m walk from the station- you will definitely get lost" but I was trying to stuff down 2 burgers and a packet of fries, and he asked me to do just that in 10min?! So, he got impatient and abandoned me. So I finished and then took the MRT from Bukit Batok

Bukit Batok Station

to Yew Tee Station, and I was completely lost man. I called Yizhe and said that I was near to Yew Tee Square and Yew Tee point, where to go, but he said stay there, I will pick you up- Yi Zhe is a good Person!

The back of the Yew Tee MRT Station

I took these videos and pics while waiting for Yizhe to come and boy did he took an agonizing long time. He came, dressed, in his track and field t-shirt (he went back home to change and put down bag) and finally we went but before that Yi Zhe and I both bought Green Apple Milk Tea from Sweetie but this tea is also known as bubble tea. Bubble tea, my first impression was, making bubbles in the tea, and I was wrong, it was actually black pearls inside the drink that were soft and chewy but nice lah. It was my first time drinking bubble tea and I poked in my straw immediately but then YiZhe pointed out that I must shake the tea as the syrup settled at the bottom- Heck I did not think before I act, now I had to use the straw to stir which was not very effective and the bottom part of the tea was extremely sweet. So we walked on to the Stadium.

I came to know two interesting facts about the stadium- It was known as Choa Chu Kang Sports Complex and two, it was the home stadium of SAFC, Singapore Armed Forces Club, a team in S-league Foot ball, they are dubbed the Warriors.

This is the outside of the stadium . I cant believe I saw Maumu Tan outside and he smiled at us. (Maumu Tan is my Maths teacher aka. Mr Tan Chee Wee aka. Sec 1 Dean) I then showed my ticket and Yi Zhe too then we could get in(I was wearing my track and field t-shirt or CCA t-shirt and also, only invited people had the tickets then they could watch the final)

Inside.

See, Hwa Chong dominates the stands. The atmosphere was electric, I was in the heat of the moment and everybody was tense and taut with anticipation. When we cheered, we really stomp the ground with our Deafening roar.

Field

On the houses on the opposite side of the field, other schools also put slogans and posters of their team's logo. I wondered how they got permission to do this. Or is it they own the house or is it they rented the house?

A boys High Jump-Sorry, blocked by tent

100m Sprint -Hwa Chong on 2nd Lane

Night view of Stadium

So, I spent 6 hrs there and it was so crowded in the stands, Yizhe and I went out a few times to buy ice-lollies as it was very hot. A brief overview of the events that took place were all the relays, 1500m, 800m, 100m, javelin, discus and high jump. Then, I also have to share with the reader something very hilarious, an official was announcing a relay that was going to start in seconds and Hwa Chong started cheering like mad in the stands and the hullabaloo was so boisterous that the official spoke through the mike in request for us to keep quiet so that the runners could concentrate and so everyone laughed-Hwa Chong was 'scolded'! Ok, now to liven up this post, I will put my writing skills to the test in this description of a 100m sprint...

"Now, we will have the B Boys 100 sprint final" an official announced around the stadium through the speakers. 7-8 boys entered the track, some nonchalant, others with a resolved glaze in their eyes. 8 competitors, 1 champion, trepidation was palpable in the air. The youths warmed up, last-minute stretches and jumps, maybe to ease the tension.

"On your marks", a hush enshrouded the station, the competitors got ready.

"Set" The air was so thick with anxiety, hopefulness, everyone held their breath.

"False Start" Heck, taut tension strings broke...

1 min later... "On your marks"

"Set", the gun was cocked,

"Bang" A ear splitting shot ensued. The youths shot like an arrow out of the blocks, legs pumping like pistons, mechanical rhythmic movement of the body, never faltering, instead increasing in speed. Screams from girls and shouts from boys completed the chaotic scene. whoosh, like a strong gust of wind - dreams, hopes were shattered over in a matter of seconds, other victories clinched in a nerve-wrecking moment as the red tape was snapped at the finish line .

Well, the rest of the day was eventful and exciting. The results- Hwa Chong won the B and C boys title and Our school principal announced a half-day off the next day-yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, everything thing seems fine and dandy then comes the misadventures of Crabby....

ok, as darkness enshrouded(again) the stadium, it was difficult to see as the stadium lights were dimmed (to conserve energy I suppose) hence the orientation was very poor and as a tracker, there was a dinner coming up soon to celebrate the achievements of our CCA, so I was a bit confused in the darkness. So, in the end, I missed the bus that would take me to the venue and I was like walking on the dark streets alone , while calling my captain and he said sorry. Heck!!!! I was not sad but still trying to absorb the shock of missing the dinner-it was at Sakura, buffet until 9.30pm and I had paid already. So, I still wanted to go, so I took the MRT from Yew Tee back home and asked my mother to fetch me there , so I was late for 10min I think. Still, I had an enjoyable dinner .

Long, long, long, that sums up my post, good day

NAPFA

2009-04-27T23:15:00.003+08:00

Yes its the stupid physical test but quite good as it gives you a sense of achievement. ok, here are my results
5pts A Sit-ups:41 Teacher ask us to stop at A to conserve energy
5pts A Standing Broad Jump:230 cm ok lah
5pts A Shuttle Run: 10.1s ok lah
5pts A Sit and Reach: 40 cm ok lah
5pts A Inclined pull ups: 25 I stop at A and immediately put my butt down to conserve energy for 2.4 km run
?4, 5pts A,B? 2.4 km: 13 min 31s I was so tired but I am happy because I beat Yizhe, yes!! Actually, just to share my long distance part of the NAPFA has been erratic as evidenced in p4, 10min 15s, P5, 8 min 30s, P6, 9 min 15s so its kind of weird but I attribute my success to the long training hours that I put in for my CCA, athletics

Thi is a very short post thks for reading, must be boring right this post, Crabby is so dull

Research Studies Prelims and Yellow Ribbon

2009-04-10T19:47:00.005+08:00

Hi, this is the Crabby speaking, so sit up straight and stop talking. ok, Crabby is going to post this long-procrastinated post as he had mountains of homework that squashed Crabby to 2-D creature.

ok, firstly is what is my school project about- well it is titled Social Outcasts-Breaking the Chains So it centres on the unemployment problem for ex-offenders who have to become recidivists-return to rehabilitation centre 2 years after being released- to provide for their family as they are sole-breadwinners and are labelled as 'black sheep' in the society hence they have difficulty finding a job. Hence our group wants to create a resource package which is composed of a webpage, blog and brochure targeted at helping ex-offenders regain society's trust and respect. My team members are made out of Matthew-the-leader (MPC again) , Yizhe (the guy who posted at my blog) and Tim and Crabby. So what I am going to describe now is a talk we attended and interview...

We got to know about this talk after we emailed the Yellow Ribbon Project-A non-profit organisation which helps ex-offenders to reintegrate back into society after they are released.

From reader's left, Matthew, Yizhe, Crabby, Tim

This is us at the talk. The talk was basically about helping ex-offenders in the community and employers, prison teachers, volunteers-who-was-a-ex-offender-cum-volunteer shared their insight and views. We had brought quite a lot of equipment to record and took turns to switch in recording relevant parts of the talk using Yizhe's Camera. Then came the dialogue session which the public would query the panellists. Matthew and Crabby asked a question each and got valuable information

matthew asking a question...

After the talk, we had refreshments and Crabby is extremely grateful to Yellow ribbon for providing good teabreak. Then, we had our interview with one of the employers who presented at the talk, she was Ms Gayle Phua from Thai Express Concepts which is a company which employs ex-offenders. Crabby is thankful for the fact that she was extremely cooperative and gave us a long, long interview.

Group photo from reader's left, Tim, Matt, Yizhe, Crabby, Ms Phua

So, we went home tired, spent and euphoric of what we accomplished

PS. Crabby is pleased with progress

Yi zhe looking at Camera at talk.

Next, the highly anticipated Prelims and the judges would see whether our project has potential by our form of advertising our project by power-point presentation...

Tim was not in as he had to go for his basketball competition, and our project was at the end of th e list, so we had to wait for 90 groups before it was our turn, and Crabby have to admit Crabby wasted at least 5-6 hrs of time (serious) waiting, then finally it was his group's turn to present...

"It finally boiled down to our turn, we hesitantly went to the computer and inserted our thumbdrive inside. There were at least 50 pairs of eyes looking at us in the Lecture Theatre and we were ultra-nervous, Matthew presented first, and fter he presented his slides on what we planned to do, an introduction to our project, our literature preview and then it came to my turn. I did not take the mike and then said out the part of my script as confidently as I could like a salesman advertising his product-

Slide 7)What we wish to do:
In order to understand more about the public’s general perspective of Juvenile Offenders, we are going to conduct surveys on students and teachers, interview school counsellors and welfare organisations to enquire about their opinions of juvenile delinquents and what they think is society’s view towards these people. We are also going to interview juvenile offenders, for their first-hand recounts of their rehabilitation and post-rehabilitation, so as to share their experiences with the community. We also will interview employers to find out their take on why or why not they give ex-offenders a second chance

8)What we hope to come up with
Our resource package is basically made out of 3 components. We will create a webpage and a brochure. The only difference between the two is that the brochure is the compact form of the ‘web report’ while the webpage will be full of graphics, flash animation, to attract netizens. The last resource will be a blog which we intend to fill it with a record of our progress and our reflections on the milestones we have overcome for the project. The brochure, we plan to distribute it to children as they will be the future generation and it is important to instill in them the ‘correct mindsets when they are young’ and adults to inculcate within them the need to give ex-offenders a second chance.

9)What we have done

So far, we have managed to attend a talk organized by the People’s association Youth Movement and managed to interview Miss Gayle Phua from Thai express. The talk was very enriching and they presented views from ex-offenders, employers and even a teacher from the prison.

I breathed a sigh of relief after I finished and handed the baton to Yizhe to elaborate on our reflections. We finished but the judges commented to stop reading off our script aand one of them commented to Matthew about what happened to his Angles training (A public speaking competition) but other than that, I think we were pretty good."

Well, that is all from Crabby for his project prelims so thank you for your attention.

Revolutionaryfox is Councillor-In-Training Successful Applicant yay

2009-04-10T16:40:00.009+08:00

Yes, Yes, Yes. First continuing from my previous post on CIT, I was shortlisted for the CIT camp and now let Crabby describe the camp in detail which took place .....

Now, it was in the wee hours of the morning and Crabby was in his parent's car on the way to Hwa Chong Institution and Crabby was electrified and tingling with excitement. Of course, Crabby was shy and when he went inside LT2-the venue to meet for the camp-he wanted to bury his head in the sand, just joking, but Crabby was a bit nervous as the leaders of HCI were there and Crabby tried to look as dignified as possible. So after debrief, Crabby went upstairs to an activity room together with its pre-created group to do some activities which mainly focused on team-building and effective communication, Crabby thinks you must be a good team-player and initiated leader to complete this tasks successfully in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. Then Crabby went for lunch which was quite filling and provided in da bao form and drink were provided-all in the canteen. Then, Crabby endured a presentation which was quite long in the LT 2 about ushering and ambassadorship then Crabby went to do Community CIP. Yes, Not only did Crabby got CIP hrs, it was also part of the camp, so -if you can understand what Crabby is trying to say- it is killing 2 birds with 1 stone. (Crabby redefines the meaning of 'kill' as to achieve and not the literal meaning as animals must not lay their own kind.)

The CIP took place in a People's Dialysis Centre and what we were supposed to do was to clean up a part of the centre. It was quite fun just that the centre smelled of disinfectant but Crabby enjoyed the experience as it was fun so yah it was enriching to clean the centre. Crabby toiled and slogged for like 3hrs , just kidding, too exaggerated and Crabby did slacked a bit. After that was going back to HCI by public bus, then was party time! To explain, the party was to send off those Sec 4's-our council seniors- who are now not in our council as their service has ended in i-Council. We ate chips, cookies, drinks etc. but the main point is we had loads of fun, shows council is about enjoying the experience and not just 100% work and 0% play.

Next and lastly, we went back to LT 2 to watch a movie which was about a drumist of a military band-had to use the word military so as not to confuse with rock band- and he 'only heard the beat of the drum but not the beat of the band as a team' as quoted by one of the characters, which again embosses the importance of being a team player which Crabby thinks is one of the guiding principles of i-Council. Crabby went back home after movie at 10.15 pm and was very tired.

After Hols

After 2 long weeks of anticipation to shortlist Applicants after the camp, there was an episode that was very memorable. One of the CIT applicants from another class cam to use my class's computer in the afternoon and when he checked his smb (online student message board) he got a message from 1 of the council mentors which said that he and another guy was to see the mentor at his desk but did not state the reason. That was like funny and Crabby wondered why only 2 guys out of like 30 guys was selected-based on inference and logical reasoning? My friend, a CIT applicant, was also puzzled, but then, 1 week later, I received an email entitled that I was selected, Yay I cant believe it! I am a CouncillorInTraining yeh but that is for 1 year and they will monitor my commitment. Still I am a CIT and that is was that counts. Crabby jia you!! I am also in their yahoo groups which is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icouncil09/ but you must be a member to get in . The i-Council song is below and it is quite nice and Crabby personally feel this song is best suited for photo montages

Crabby is excited and looks forward to a great council 2009!!!

PS. please wait for 20 secs max. for video to load, be patient, your patience will reap its rewards

Read your news guys and gals, this is pure crap

2009-03-31T20:46:00.003+08:00

Cr-amp Crabby-Sarimbunny

2009-03-13T22:36:00.061+08:00

Hello, I want to make this the longest post I have ever written so far (sorry for boring u) and I just have a lot to say about this Sarimbu-bu scout camp which was from 12-14 March and so you just have to be patient and enjoy...

Day 1 Morning

Ice-breaking and objective setting in Hwa Chong, Crabby was placed in Group 11 under Trainer William "Faquhar" and blah blah blah activities last for 3 hrs then go on bus to Camp Sarimbun...

This camp is like so familiar and so Crabby goes,"What the crab, P5 go to this place, now Sec 1 go again, what am I suppose to be feeling-excited, neutral or funny? " Then, when Crabby reaches camp, to it's utmost surprise, its first impression of the camp spins 180 degrees around at the enormity of the reality and Crabby is dizzy. Let Crabby put you in the shoes of the campers at first glance,

"Surrounded by dense vegetation, the bus careered slowly in a dust-paved rocky road and everybody was jiggled up and down as the bumps impacted firm latex tyres. This was the corners of Singapore and the primary industrial sector was king in these rural areas, agriculture, poultry farming dominated the 'countryside' landscape, and there were spooky cemeteries, hundreds of those tombstones, awakening trepidation and suspense in the atmosphere, the camp was literally ostracized by community, numerous bus stops littered the

(Faint tombstones in the distance)

pavement but the one-and-only bus number available, 975, incurred dark thoughts in eager

(If you observe carefully on the bus sign, there is only 1 bus number)

minds-What if Mas Selamat was here?, Is this the place where ghost myths come alive and the phenomenon is at the supernatural prime?, Sarimbun Camp loomed within our view, emerging like a light in the shadows...

(Sarimbun Camp)

(Camp Christine, place where Crabby slept)

(Camp Christine)

180 degrees spin-off point 1-Crap Accommodation

In P5, Crabby sleppin in smally A-hut, so horrible and dirty, hard surface, no mattress, squeezy and congested, no fan, insects/creepy crawlies easy-come-easy-go, Crabby detest.....

(A-hut in Sarimbun Camp)

Now, new and improved sleepin, Crabby love it,

(This is the lodge Crabby slept in, it is called "Our Chalet")

(Lower Bunk Perspective of Dorm)

(Upper Bunk Perspective of Dorm)

( Corridor outside Dorm)

got bunker bed, plus fans, plus mattress, plus pillow, plus mattress/pillow cover, plus personal toilet in dormitory, plus considerable space, plus shoe rack outside, plus proper mosquito netting.

(Personal Toilet Inside Dorm)

But of course got grouch lah, like toilet very stinky after bathing as urine sprayed everywhere and floor not very clean because of dirty socks marching to and fro on the ground. But got gloating lah, because other people sleep in tents (only canvas roof, sleepin on muddy, grassy ground outdoors) or A-huts in Sarinbum Camp, but Crabby got to sleep in 1-star hostel in Camp Christine- so hahahahahaha Crabby felt so lucky to be able to have a good's night rest.

Day 1 Afternoon

Before lunch, the trainer appointed Crabby as Cheer IC to make a cheer and everybody wrecked their brain for ideas until Crabby last year's ex-classmate MPC said why not we use last year's cheer (refers to P6 camp cheer but Crabby not including it because it was indoor camp and lame) as guideline and Crabby said ok lah because we had not enough ideas so this was how it went(Crabby think it is original and eye-catching):

We, we are the murderers!
Say what!
We, we are the murderers!
When we come together, we are the very best!
So we say kill, kill, kill the rest!
Our Mascot is what?! A bloody knife!
And when we come and get you, we will end your life!
No one will be left...No one will be spared!
We will fight our way to victory!
We will kick your ass to misery!
Everyone else R.I.P!

That is all, but you must remember to sing it like a cheer and not a song, m'k?(pronounced um-kay, abbreviation for okay that MPC invented)

We had our meals in Olave Hall...

(Olave Hall)

Start of real camp after lunch and unpacking. The first activity was 'Challenge Valley', and it composed of 4 stations but we could only complete 2 because of time-constraints and lightning alert. First station is Tire Swing- You must get from Point A to Point B by swinging from one tyre to another, which was very dangerous as there were no safety ropes and the tyres were quite high, and Crabby was

scared because it was worried that the spotters would buckle under its weight and lose their grip on the tyre and it would become unsteady. Second Station was more fun and it is called The Slide, it is composed of one of those long slides you find in water parks but the ironic twist is that it led to a super-duper-ultra-mega muddy pond and that was what turn Crabby off because Crabby liked clean and green as mentioned in previous post (Bog in Bogspace means...) and likes fresh water and not muddy water but Crabby thought for a while- ok, just do it for blog and that was the last nail in Crabby's coffin...

"Climbing the ladder with heavy footsteps, I was tense and taut with speculation and my heart lurched even further into the infinitely deep abyss in the well of my heart as I witnessed every splash in the muddy pond, warning of the 'potential atrocities of my actions' and another step closer to what fate bequeaths me...My turn came, I had removed my spectacles and now I sat down hesitantly on the slip mat provided, heeding the trainer's advice by

folding my arms and legs and then the split second arrived in which the trainerrrrr pppushed meee downnn and I went whooshing down with my hair billowing and it was so fun and incredible then I took-a-deep-breath-and-pinched-my-nose and Ka! Boom! I was submerged completely underwater, the filth and impurities briefly leaking onto my taste buds in the full brunt of the collision, tasting like salt, clothes and shoes and socks socking up mud water like sponges and the repulsiveness of the cool mud water touching my skin was unbearable. I surfaced and muttered some 'Yuck, that sux and so yucky' and I removed my life vest, leaning me with a totally drenched suit of clothes and shoes, I was both happy and disgruntled with my predicament..."

But...Crabby still enjoyed the experience and glowered with pride because it was brave enough to take the initiative to do the slide. Luckily, Trainer Farquhar also sprayed Crabby and others with a hosepipe to clean off the mud water(Trainer said no bathing) and Crabby was rejuvenated and refreshed again, yay.

Next, after change of clothes, we went to the what Crabby calls the V-ropes, it is basically 2 ropes tied to 2 tree trunks at the height of 1 m (a bit scary), intersecting to form a V-shape, and so it is about mainly about partnership; two people will hold hands like this and walk on the rope with no support until the end. Crabby tried it with MPC and and it was quite fun and both of us

were wobbling on the ropes and swaying to and fro and it was quite hard to keep our balance.

Lastly, Home economics, aka, backyard cooking, Crabby and group were assigned 1 BBQ pit to dish out 3 courses. The first one was Banana Rahama and it basically peeling the banana, sprinkle evenly on the fruit some sugar then wrap with aluminium foil and BBQ. Jungle Donut is mixing plain flour with sugar and water well into a batter and then pouring inside aluminium foil then BBQ. The last course and the longest to cook was the Orange Egg and it is first ensued by scraping out the insides of an orange completely, then putting the egg contents inside the hollow orange, then wrapping the orange with aluminium foil and BBQ. Actually, all sounded scrumpalicious to Crabby but it turned out than the Banana Rahama was nothing special, Jungle Donut tasted like plain baked flour and the Orange Egg was so yucky and was to me the worst combination Crabby has ever tasted! Yet, at least Crabby got some hands-on learning in cooking and it was the process that meant the most in any circumstance.

Day 1 Evening and Night

Dinner was very nice because the rice was chicken rice and Crabby got 2 servings but paid a heavy price by being one of the last to bathe and was late for reporting in the canteen. Then, we did a lot of cheers which was followed by supper and then lights off at 11 pm.

Day 2 Morning

Crabby's eyes were bleary and tired because it had to wake up very early. After breakfast, Crabby went to the seaside and the group embarked on raft building with the resources of 3 tyres, 3 poles and ropes. We were proud of our contraption as we had bound the raft very securely and there were so many ropes holding it together. Then, we got to sailed it but Crabby was disappointed as only 3 people could go and it was not chosen, yet, they sailed only a short distance, so Crabby was not too dejected either. After that, we played ultimate Frisbee (Crabby's team won) and then came the "Giant Finger" challenge in which we had to push a heavy tyre out of a giant pole by piggybacking like this :
The rest of us would act like spotters in case someone falls down from the pole. Next, Lunch time!!!

Day 2 Afternoon

It was time for the Sarimbun Challenge, there were 4 stations to complete and in the sweltering heat, water was as precious as diamond. The first station was to make a catapult and launch a water-bomb. We decided to go for practical ideas and spent 2 hrs making a 2m catapult and although Crabby got blisters in the end, our prototype reaped out efforts in full and we managed to launch the water bomb to a considerable distance of 18 foot. Next was the Jungle Trek and we had to navigate through a forested area and it was like a maze with so many red herrings but we managed to find the exit in the end.

Lastly was the station to use just matchsticks and nature to make a fire big enough to boil a container of water and it was difficult to keep the fire burining as it was either a case of not enough fuel or people just threw leaves on top of the fire which 'drowned' the fire, until we found out the secret that we had to 'fan' the fire with a cap or something to direct oxygen for the fire to grow in strength and duration but by then, thunderclouds had gathered and we had to seek shelter, so that was the end of the Challenge and we headed to our dorms to bath with a bittersweet aftertaste as we did not finish the challenge but we had an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Day 2 Night

After our very last dinner in the camp, it was time for the campfire and the trainers had already poured gasoline over the fireplace and when Mr Tan CW, the camp commandant, was asked to officiate the commencement of the campfire, the plot approached its climax...

"The atmosphere went abuzz with excitement and torchlights flashed onto the spotlight Mr Tan CW as he walked to the fireplace, the throng of people present dividing like the red sea to welcome his presence. The boisterous hullabaloo was deafening, the crowd all electrified with the mood and all hushed when Mr Tan CW raised his hand for silence. Hesitant, Mr Tan CW took the lit sparkler that the camp chief had given him and nervousness was written all over his forehead. The air was thick with anticipation, trepidation and suspense engulfed Crabby, and then as the sparkler met with the gasolined wood, an inferno erupted and the bright fire whoosed upon into the starry night, voraciously consuming oxygen and making a carnage out of the neatly piled wood on the fireplace. The campfire had started!!, the night passed by with the groups performing their song, cheer and skit and everyone was in a festive mood. The night ended when Mr Tan CW put out the fire with some liquid(maybe water or nitrogen) and everyone was exhausted and Crabby even caught some people sleepin..."

Last Day Morning

We did area cleaning and then finished our last meal , then it started to rain and we got aboard the bus onwards to home-sweet-home. The camp was fun and actually, Crabby took the pictures and videos

secretly on the last day, so there may be not enough photos to show the whole camp learning journey.

PS. Crabby wrote in 3rd person perspective to make it not so boring, so, Crabbby hoped it livened up the longest post ever.

2009-03-09T21:30:00.006+08:00

Hi all

Decided to post on sam's blog cos i was really bored and he gave me his pw. And i seriously cant believe his password was my name... wierd. anyw i love u all and sam u owe me $1 as i helped you do the cool fancy title thingy. yay.

pls tag my blog http://fleetin-and-everlastin--sorrow.blogspot.com/

K Ciao

The born L,

/ Ang Yi Zhe / 刹那・F・セイエイ / Mista bAkA∞ / Randy Rabbit / デス・ザ・キッド / ブラック☆スター /

The dying prayer from my weak voice spells out my fate.
Your lost face and the left behind memories that grew within my chest, even now, remain forsaken.

P.S. DO NOT DELETE THIS POST. NOR CHANGE UR PW. M'K?
PPS. this is from the real revolutionaryfox, I let Yi Zhe use my blog for personal reasons, so now the blog is under maintanance

Revolutionaryfox explains...

2009-03-08T22:10:00.003+08:00

Crabby Ace 1-Megalops ('pupae')

2009-03-07T17:24:00.004+08:00

Next post for the science field trip, I visited the length lab and it was very interesting as to how do you define 'length'? The correct answer is the wavelengths of lazers and yes, lazers are predominant in this lab. The history of 'length' is metrologists came up with a metre ruler bar made out of platinum iridium and metre is represented by the 1⁄10,000,000 of the distance from the equator to the north pole through Paris. Later it was redefined as the ??fraction of the distance light travels in a secondThis prototype of the metre bar is kept in a undisclosed, high security place in paris and during the briefing in a room before visiting

This the lazer room and shows a circuit board with mirrors and gizmos etc

This is the lazer beam projector and is powered with iodine cells. !!beware!! DO NOT LOOK AT THE PROJECTOR BEAM DIRECTLY...

Mirrors that reflect the lazers and if you observe closely , you can see a red dot on the mirrors that is the lazer beam

That is all for length and it was an interesting experience and some of my friends toyed with the lazer beams like by covering the projectors, causing the frequency reading of the lazer to go down to alarming levels, hence it was hilarious and fun.

That's all folks>>Crabby

PS.Forgot to tell you that the National Metrology centre allowed us to take photos and I was like, ?!so much freedom?! !?No restrictions!? And I thought everything under A*STAR Agency was government secrets and classified information, and yet... ok, "its time to take a break with CARSLBERG, the next post on temperature will be right here soon in due time"

Crabby++ or C++

2009-03-07T16:41:00.000+08:00

Crocodile tears for the syallabus of C++ has ended. Boo Hoo.... Ok what exactly is C++? Well, it is computer programming and I had been studying it for Term 1's IS (Infocomm Study). Why is it so interesting? There are some many useful programs that you can use C++ to create and the process like using variables and computer language is so fascinating as obviously you netizens are 'technological Know-Hows' in this cyber generation and digital is the new norm in town. Hence i advise you to try it yourself, download C++ Programmer from http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html and for c++ tutorials, go to http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson1.html. Now, be sure to include these cool programs to get you started on your program:
This program analyzes words
//This program rox
#include
using namespace std;
int main() {
char word[21],copy1[21], copy2[21];
cout<<"Enter a word ==>";
cin>>word;
strcpy(copy1,word);
strcpy(copy2, word);
strupr(copy1);
strlwr(copy2);;
cout<<"You have entered: "<if (strcmp( word, copy1) ==0 ) { cout<<"It is upper"<else { cout<<"It is mix"<system ("pause");
return 0; }

This program analyzses sentences
#include
using namespace std;
int main () {
char sentence[61], first, last; int len;
cout<<"Enter a string: ";
cin.getline(sentence, 60, '\n');
first =sentence[0];
strupr(sentence);
len = strlen(sentence);
last = sentence[len-1];
if ( first==sentence[0] && last=='.')
cout<<"It is a sentence."<system ("pause");
return 0; }

This program calculates the Highest Common Factor of 2 integers
//This program calculates the HCF of 2 integers
#include
using namespace std;
int main () {
int a, b, n, hcf;

cout<<"Enter 2 integers: ";
cin>>a>>b;

n=0;
while (nn++;

if(a%n==0 && b%n==0) hcf=n;

}
cout<<"HCF="<
system ("pause");
return 0;
}

This program calculates the Lowest Common Multiple of 2 integers
//This program calculates the LCM of 2 integers
#include
using namespace std;
int main () {
int a, b, n;

cout<<"Enter 2 positive integers: ";
cin>>a>>b;

n=a;
while (n%a>0 n%b>0) {
n++;

}
cout<<"LCM is "<
system ("pause");
return 0;
}

This program calculates prime numbers that are lower than the integer you entered
// Prime
#include
using namespace std;
int prime( int p ) {
int n;
n = 2;
while ( n*n <=p ) {
if ( p%n==0) return 0;
n++;
}
return 1;

}
int main() {
int n, i, cnt=0, T1;
cout << "Enter an integer: ";
cin >> n;
T1 = time(0);
for (i=2; i<=n; i++) {
if ( prime(i) ) {
cout << i << " ";
cnt++;
if (cnt%10==0) cout << endl;
}
}
cout << "\nTime taken in Sec = " << time(0)-T1 << endl;
system("pause");
return 0;
}
Well this is my short intro on C++Programming I really enjoyed the experience Hope you will too if you are a C++ fan and want to try programming

Crabby's ACE 1-Zoea (larvae one)

2009-03-07T14:26:00.001+08:00

Hi, Crabby here and I have to share with you this photos on my excursion to the National Metrology Centre. Some funny things about it, it is located inside the PSB science building instead of like a 'centre' literally. When talking about 'metrology' you may think that it refers to the weather ans I saw some equipment like weather ballons but actually, that field of study is "meteorology" and 'metrology' is the study of measurement like your mathemathical instruments eg rulers, protractors. It was indeed an eye-opening experience and those whose curiosity are piqued may be wondering how is units of measurement defined internationally. Ah, thats when the science trivia kicks in together with the history of measurement. ok, moving on, I visted 4 basic laboratories and they are mass, length, temperature and time according to chronological order. Today's post will be about mass and when we approached the room, the PIC (Person-In -Charge) told us to cover the base of our shoes with blue ?bathing caps? as the room had to be maintained as clean as possible to avoid things like dust, dirt which will affect the mass experiments. Here are some crab pics .... Equipment to measure mass accurately This is the international unit of weight enclosed in bell jars

This is the the Singapore's unit of measurement for weight and it is enclosed in bell jars

Councillor-in-training nomination

2009-02-25T21:12:00.001+08:00

This position is very important to me as I can get to be in iCouncil. Well, what is i-Council? CHS, chinese high school, is made out of 4 consortiums, Pro-ed, Ortus, Aphelion, i-Spark, so iCouncil is a student council of i-Sparkians and mentors, so you can expect a ‘i-Spark leaders council’ where i-Spark affairs are discussed. What I just cannot wait to relish the responsibilities and fun that iCouncil will provide. =This nomination means so much to me and I want to become a future leader. I just finished this nomination form which took me 2hrs and I hope to bear the fruit of my labour. Actually, its has been difficult filling up the form and I was most afraid of of the teacher nomination part, so I actually spent 1hr last night pacing up and down thinking of how to ask the teacher and I was a bit nervous, but I was suprised when my teacher readily accepted me as I had thought that they would ask me what I had to contribute to the council etc. I am pretty relieved but the worst is the over yet and I still have to go through 2 more selection rounds so I am figuratively on tenterhooks and am keeping my fingers crossed as this will be a milestone in my life if I can get in. So I am really really praying hard to be shortlisted and I want to be given the chance. ; Crabby

'Bog' in bogspace is...

2009-02-22T11:50:00.001+08:00

Just discovered that "bog"means toilet, lol, u know it is like I just wanted to conjure a nonsencical word, actually how I got the word bog was just remove 'l' from the word 'blog', funny that words that u choose that you feel are appropriate yet nonsencical have some form of old english meaning.Going straight to the point, tthere may be a hidden meaning behind toilet, inferring using the concept symbolism, it means relief, peace, somewhere u are undisturbed, privacy and space for the 3rs: rejuvenate, refresh, relax. so, u don't really have to associate the word bog with grosss, digusting smely, of course what I am referring to is not the public toilet but the point is toilet cannot be stereotyped. For example do u know that there is a non-profit organisation related to toilets based in Singapore whose purpose is to maintain hygenic toilets around the world especially toilets in rural areas ...so it can be co-associated with WHO (World Health Organization) . Well, u may think that er...why would people set up this kind of organisation, its so lame duh but it shows that people are concerned about toilets, I mean u may not realise it but obviuosly majority of us Singaporeans have irks about dirtiness, and some people like me don't prefer to use the toilets in hawkers centres often (just naming a example, viewer discretioncy advised) and we don't noticed it but toilets have manifested into our lives and it is part of our daily routine, so what I am trying to highlight is there is another side to toilets after all, one strong example would be workaholics often come home late...they want a good shower...so the toilet is involved and the state of the toilet can affect the mood like a dirty toilet would invoke more stress and frustration, but rather, a clean toilet is welcoming so we can sleep better and be more refreshed the next morning. So, my blog url is thenewbogspcebyrevolutionaryfox and bogspace is crabdefined as a net platform to relax and in addtion foreshadows a rule like u must maintain the cleanliness of the blog ,don't splatter it with vulgarities or blaspheming, maintain it for other people to en joy. so this is all I have to say. And don't forget tthe lesson learnt about toilets today

Testing music

2009-02-22T11:30:00.000+08:00

Chrstian song testing

Mighty to save

2009-02-22T10:32:00.000+08:00

Posted for Testing Purposes. very pro song. Oh forgot to say that I m a Christian

Crab intro to landsapiens

2009-02-21T20:36:00.001+08:00

Hello netizens I hope u love my blog , well some background info er... I created this blog for work purposes... er well what I don't like about blogging is you have to be so sensitive and I feel guilty introducing another person into the picture without their permission so I am kinda of a newbie and I feel uncomfortable with the 'invisible rules'. About myself, I am an avid reader, I love sports, so I am happy with the fact that I am an all-rounded person. To be frank, I don't expect to continue blogging after trying my hand at this bogspace so yah..its kinda time-consuming and but blog is supposed to be a medium for expressing your opinion, facts, statistics, life experiences etc. something to share with the world. Am I boring you with my crabtalk... of course it can be inferred that crabs are fascinating you know like how they are narrow-minded(my crabby guess)(walk in one continuous direction) they are extrememophiles, a cool term signifying adaptability, hardiness , something amazing in creation. Ok. too much crab can make u sick, so er....what should I say..how to express it...why should the thought be articulated, ok since this blog is so crabby and unlikely to attract hits, of course it is ok to start small, there is zero chance that some anonymous reader will break the super thick ice and I will have to start the ball rolling on this jittery uneven, high relief terrain. So....look out for my next post [:} (I sound so bright and cheerul and so bursting with expectations but actually push that out of your mind, think like a crab,simple life, nothing bothers you, be content) LOL
PS. From now on Revolutionaryfox .aka. ME. would like to be also known as Crabby