Linden and people know my name Linden.is my name BLAH BLAH BLAH

Gayle I'm redeemed and loved by God so high I'm Gayle! a Man told me i'm called to live life differently that i'm not meant to live for myself,and that i have a destinty and a purpose here on earth i do and am blessed (:

Jiayi Just be Yourself My name is Jiayi I'm quiet by nature which makes people think that I'm a boring person. But I love to be myself and I believe that girls can be better than guys. And, I LOVE S.H.E!

Christine The Food-Lover Christine,18 Studying in NYP. Simple Love Korean/Hongkong dramas. Love Chicken Rice. YUMMY!

Desiree Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true Me; I indulge in good food, spending quality time with my family and enjoys travelling. :)

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if most people wanted to upload all their stuff to the internet, than the cyber space will not be apporiate for young children...
as most young children is expose to using computer to do their school work, there will be a very high chance for them to be expose to those 'stuff' that people uploaded.

cyber bullying is affect those victmin very badly as most people would be able to see it and thus make fun of the victmin. the victmin would be badly affected and thus, he would be afraid to go to school, surf the net or even go out as he was afraid to go out.

so educating people the correct use for cyber would make the world a better place.

Nowadays, there are a constant influx of foreigners coming into Singapore to eke a living. They bring along with them their bad habits, littering, spitting, talking loudly, poor personal hygiene, rude mannerisms etc. I'm referring to foreigners who come from not-so-modern countries and we all know where.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When foreigners are in Singapore, they must abide by our law. Assaulting someone is wrong and you will be duly punished if caught. I recently watched a youtube video of a woman in India who was caught straying on her husband, she was publicly beaten to death by dozens of men but it is considered 'lawful' as the woman has committed a crime. But not in a lawful country like Singapore.

I hope this punishment of the China man serves as a deterrant to all foreigners who have lax laws in their home countries. We will not concede with any form of crude behaviour in Singapore.

A freak accident happened recently, a man was killed when a tree was uprooted and hit his car.

Like what I said, it was a freak accident and nobody can foresee that. It is unfair that trees that show signs of decaying are chopped. The trees that line the streets of Orchard provide shade and cool air for shoppers on a sunny and humid day. Trees are living things and we should preserve them. These trees were present when there was torrential rain that caused a flood in Orchard Road. If they didn't uproot then, in my own opinion, there is a slight chance that they'll uproot if it's pouring heavily again.

More and more people from all age groups like to 'showcase' everything about themselves; mostly from avenues like Facebook or Blog. The only account that I own in the internet is Facebook and Hotmail, I like to post up pretty photos of myself but I do not think it's necessary to reveal more information other than photos.

Those who think they can have their own privacy space in the internet are naive. Even password-encoded blogs can be hacked into. If u want to rant or complain about anything and everything, be prepared to have your deep darkest secrets revealed. It is easy to hack into anything you want, just type "How to hack into a blog/hotmail/facebook.." into Google Search and tadah!, you have all the information you need. Disclaimer: I have not done anything like that before!

I think people who take nude pictures of themselves or allow themselves to be photographed naked are gullible and stupid. Technology is so advanced nowadays. For example, Girl A loves taking her own naked photos using her camera handphone. She deletes them before she sold it to a second-hand shop. The salesman can easily hack into her handphone to retrieve deleted information and spread it around via bluetooth, mms or even upload it online.

Morale of the story, everyone should exercise a certain level of privacy on their lives, or be prepared to 'showcase' yourself to the whole world. Till then, do not cry over spilt milk.

Statistics have shown that more and more young people have committed sucide or have the tendency to comtemplate a sucide.

Before the incidents of the 2 pioneer girls commiting sucide, there was recently

1)a NUS dentistry final year student who jumped down from her 30th storey rental flat prior to her LAST examination

2)a NYP student from the Allied Health Science who reportedly went to a high rise HDB flat in Toa Payoh to commit sucide due to depression

3) an Ex National badminton player jumped down from his Hougang flat

4) a Polytechnic girl hanged herself to death outside her ex-boyfriend's staircase

As can be seen, there were/are a dime a dozen of young people who took their life into their own hands. It is obvious that these people commit sucide because they are overwhelmed by the stress that they are facing. From academic issues to relationship problems to family problems etc

My mum commented that young people nowadays are not as mentally tough as people from the past generations, because we are too pampered and have not gone through real hardship. I think it's true. In my own opinion, these are all copycat sucides. The media (newspaper, internet, news channel etc) should not have reported the news, as some people who are comtemplating sucide would think jumping down from a high storey flat is the fastest and easiest way out to end their life.

Why are Singaporean students keep committing suicide, I wonder. The main reason for this question may be due to the stress that they are facing. Beside stress from school work, there may also be stress coming from homes. Some parents may have very high expectations on their children, wanting them to become this and become that. But they never really understand what their children really want, how are they coping in their school work. This is very saddening, because as a parent, they should show concern to their children and spend more time chatting with them, understanding their problems and giving them pieces of advise and not stressing them and tensing them up.

As some students do not want to disappoint their parents, they also set higher expectations for themselves, so as to do their parents proud. While some can handle and work well with stress, there are still a number who cannot work well under stress or pressure. This will cause them to be overly tense up with minor things and once they cannot handle their stress any longer, they may do foolish things. This is when the tragedy happens, they commit suicide. This is because they do not have anyone to confide to, and they do not wish to approach their parents as they fear that they will disappoint and get a scolding from them if they do not excel in their studies. The constantly accumulating of stress will cause them to do foolish things such as what the 2 Pioneer students did, committing suicide over the slightest thing.

Thus, I feel that parents should not give their children anymore stress and should allocate more time to chat with their children to prevent further tragedies from taking place in the future.

Its very sad to hear about this news.
Pioneer Junior JC is near my house so I know about this news.
I think most teenage's suicide are forced by what is world today.
For me, I think that stress is one of the reasons that these 2 girls suicide.
They are afraid of failing.
Looks like we teenagers doesn't have te determination to overcome most of our problems.
Most faults will go to the parents because they failed to convey te correct message.
For instance, if a child did badly in test, parents will scold them as a result or in worst scenarios caned them.
That made most of us afraid of failing.
We are afraid that we can't meet the expectations from our teachers and parens.
No one dares to voice out because of various reasons.
For me, I will keep trying and never to give up.
In life, you can give up most of the things but what you can't give up is yourself. C;

From my point of view, I think teenagers nowadays should be educated on cyber awareness. They should know the consequences of the things that they post on the internet, for example, blogs, live journals, twitter, facebook and etc, and also how serious these matters can become. Before posting, they should always think it through, whether it is right and relevant to post certain things and whether it will hurt or offend other people. This is to minimise the chances that they offend people, thus, will prevent them from getting into troubles with others.

Also, I feel that they should not take inappropriate pictures and videos and store them in their phone, send to their friends or post it on the net. Either of these actions is a form of disrespect to the person whose videos or photo is taken, which can result in them being hurt. This matter can be more serious if not handled properly as the victim may go into depression, causing him or her to do foolish things.

Thus, it is of great importance for "bullies" to be educated on the proper use of the internet and mobile technologies. They should also be made aware of the consequences of the actions that they made and learn to be more responsible and also be more mature.

Smoking is bad for health. And worst still, buying cheap contraband cigarettes will kill your health, because of all the More harmful contents found as compared to the legal cigarettes.

Many young people pick up smoking from their peers. They think they look the coolest when they are seen emitting smoke from their mouths and/or holding a cigarette. I'm sorry, I don't think you smokers look cool. You just come across to me as a person with a weak mind, you succumb to smoking just because you want to integrate with your friends or you want to look cool. Girls who smoke, be prepared to age faster and look older than you really are.

Cigarette smugglers thrive because they are feeding the smokers who want a cheap way out. Quit smoking to help yourselves and your family (who suffer from inhaling your smelly smoke).

I'm glad that these smugglers were arrested. This is because, I personally do not quite like people who smoke and sometimes, I hope that Singapore will ban people from smoking in Singapore. This is because smoking harms. Furthermore, more and more youngsters are taking up smoking this bad habit, including those who are under-aged. This should not be happening, because smoking not only harm those who smoke, but also those people who are around them, as known as second hand smoker. Furthermore, the impact of smoking will cause more harm to those who did not smoke, thus, I feel that it is not fair to those who did not smoke at all. Therefore, I think that it is only right that the smugglers are arrested.

I feel Mr Yong should not have resorted to punching no matter what, this is because fighting is not right in Singapore. Although he said that he only gave Mr Ng a punch out of anger as Mr Ng assaulted his girlfriend, but it is not right to punch people in the public. Furthermore, he did not get to the bottom of the matter, which is that his girlfriend had offered to have sex with Mr Ng. Thus, Mr Ng died a wrongful death as he had did nothing wrong in the first place. Therefore, I feel that it is right for Mr Yong to be sentenced to jail.

It is good that the public should participate in these cyber awareness wellness projects.
Past events like the Hong Kong Actor taking nude photos of himself and his girlfriend was exposed to the public.
Of course many of us will feel disgusted by his actions although he didn't have the intention to reveal it.
Anyway what done is done.
In just a matter of seconds, the whole world seem to know about it.
Embarassed by this whole incident, he kept apologizing to us.

Internet is good and bad in a lot of ways.
There are so many social networks nowadays like Facebook.
We are aware by things around us.
We can upload photos and videos on web to share with others.
However, we can't abuse it by uploading our nude photos on web.
Its so...
Well I don't know how to describe it anyway.

I, Lindenlah do own a blog myself.
I'm aware of the cyber-bullying around us.
These morons always hide themselves behind the computer can insult and bully those who these morons don't like at all.

SO PEOPLE GO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE EVENTS !

I fully support this call for cyber wellness projects and its proposal. I think it would also be good for the public to put their creativity to good use and create some practical ideas to raise cyber awareness.
As activities such as cyber bullying, addiction to online games/pornography, uploading of sex videos/nude photos of oneself is on the rise,
there is a need for something to be done and ICSC has proposed this
which i think its absolutely practical.
Technology is fast and ever advancing. It's also useful and helps us in our daily lives conveniently.
However, when misused, can cause danger and much harm.
Young people may not have the wisdom or 'sight' to foresee what their actions might lead them into.
They may not be aware of the real future consequences of their actions and continue with the way they are presently.
People must be aware of the seriousness of activities like cyber bullying.
More than a handful of cyber bullying cases have turned into cases of suicide (death).
Young/middle aged people who are addicted to online games or pornography may not realise what they are getting themselves into.
And youngsters need to realise the consequences of uploading their sex videos or nude photos of themselves online.

Thus i think the ICSC's call for cyber wellness is a good way to raise awareness of the pros and cons of technology.
This year is the second time this cyber wellness proposal has been ongoing.
i certainly hope that this year's response will be better than the last and that Singapore will put their creative juices into good use like conveying a message about cyber wellness.
I'm glad the government realised the need for projects such as this and decided to support it financially.
It's not going to be easy dealing with the issue of cyber wellness because it ultimately boils down to the individual.
But i'm pleased that despite the difficulties and the possibilities of failure in the projects (depends on response), that the ICSC have decided to go on with the proposal (:

Wow.
the attacker, Yong Hong Peng, should have found out the entire situation before resorting to violence.
I believe he probably did not have the intention of killing retiree,Ng Yam Chook.
However, he should have thought about the fact that Mr Ng was 78 years old and a punch would have been fatal.
Then again like what Hong Peng had said, he was angry and thus was rash in his actions.
Hong Peng should have realised that the problem was with his girlfriend, not Mr Ng.
It's obnoxious enough that she offered to have sex with Mr Ng at a price of $70,
she also told Hong Peng that Mr Ng assaulted her.
However, true or not, i wouldn't know.
The girlfriend had better be feeling some remorse by now, for her actions which caused her boyfriend to be jailed for 2 1/2 years.
the whole situation seems to me like it is largely/mostly her fault.

Like the article states, last month alone, there were 240 incidents whereby branches of entire trees fell, mostly due to bad weathers.
Its good that the government is taking it seriously and 240 incidents does not remain as a stastitic but something is being done.
Those 2 angsana trees that showed signs of decay ought to be cut down and like the article says, prevent any more accidents like the one where a precious life was lost as a rain tree was uprooted crushed him to death.
This is probably why the government is serious about the removing of decaying trees so as to prevent any more cases like this.
However, side tracking a little.
The rain tree that was uprooted and crushed the man, was said to be a healthy growing rain tree that showed no signs of decaying.

So ultimately, life itself is like a vapour. No one knows when your time is up.

Reading this about cigarette smugglers in Singapore doesn't surprise me as much as it used to.
I'm glad they were arrested and that the contraband cigarettes were being seized.
But the problem of smuggling cigarettes still persists in Singapore, from what i know.
Maybe something more could be done to prevent this, not that i can think of any at this point in time.
Tighter security would definitely help alot in catching these illegal smugglers.
Or maybe a harsher punishment would 'scare' smugglers and cause them to quit being in that kind of job.
Some of these cigarette smugglers probably find it hard to find a proper job or maybe they think they do not have the expertise/skills to get a proper job because Singapore is advancing so much that every job now probably has a certain education standard or qualification to reach.
Apart from being a cleaner or dish washer.
Cigarette smuggling can generate alot of money as it requires risks and sellers probably think of it as quick and fast cash.
Councillors could provide help for these people who are caught and encourage them to get a proper job. Or put them under a job probation.

It pains me to read news like this about teenagers like me, commiting suicide.
In this article alone, has two suicide cases.
I could literally feel my heart 'sink'.
It's sad because the both of them probably don't know that they were meant for so much more and if only someone told them so.
The reason for their suicide remains unclear but i'm sure something could have been done.
In the case of Peek Yian, maybe if the school hadn't given her so much pressure as to see her vice principal just because of bad mid year exams,
maybe she wouldn't have commited suicide.
Call me bias for siding with her, but the school should have known she was seeing a psychiatrist
and anyone who knew this would know not to give too much pressure to someone who is already feeling anxious with or without pressure.
From the article, both Yi Xin and Yeek Yian had emotional problems whether its feeling anxious or being depressed.
If only someone told Peek Yian that despite her bad mid-year examination results, that doesn't change the fact that she's special and she's a champion the way she is
and that her results, does not at all, determine her worth.
If only someone told Yi Xin to focus on her ambition and run towards it - to be a doctor.
and for someone, or maybe just one person to tell her that he or she believes in Yi Xin and that one day she was going to be a great doctor whose hands are going to heal people and with those same hands, make a difference in the lives of many.

Even though the verdict said that it was a sad coincidence and there was no evidence to suggest that Peek Yian was emboldened to follow Yi Xin in her footsteps.
You don't need a very intelligent person to tell that Peek Xian probably had the guts to commit suicide because just a few days ago, her classmate Yi Xin had done so too.

I am appauled.
How can a mother, and a mother of three children, possibly abuse her own children?
I can never comprehend how anger can take over someone to the extend
that you abuse your own child.
Her mother should have counted the cost and envision the consequences before letting her anger take control of her.
The three children would have been psychologically scarred due to abuse at such a young age.
These are probably one of the reasons why teenagers nowadays are so 'messed up'.
Parents have got to realise the importance they play in their child's life.
It is going to be hard for them in the future to even believe in a mother's love.
Imagine your own daughter, having to run away from her own mother for something so minor like wanting to return to her grandmother's house.
Her mother's reaction explains why her daughter wants to desperately return to her grandmother's place.

The mother, who's name is ordered not to be published should not have been let off the first time she abused her child.
Singapore should take these cases more seriously instead of just letting it off.
As if one bad encounter of abuse wasn't enough to scar a chid's life.
The mother, ought to be sent to a psychologist to get her anger issues settled before trying to raise up three children.
if she wants to help her children, do the very least she can do and get help for herself.

Regarding Guardiola fine of $25,350 (15,000euros), its a grey area, actually.
as readers, we don't know who's right or who's wrong.
But in my point of view, its quite a large sum of money to fine someone of lying.
Then again, accusing a referee of lying, is doubting the the referee's integrity, the system and the whole football federation.
It's probably a serious case in the eyes of the Spanish footbal federation.
A fine is an acceptable punishment but i personally feel that its quite a large sum of money to fine someone and it's slightly harsh.
however, i wouldn't know the seriousness of the situation as i'm not very familiar with the rules/regulations that the football federation has.

I'm glad that Spain won the match with Germany!
Largely because i am a supporter of Spain in this world cup (:
Germany was good i have to say, but Spain was better.
it also would be pretty boring if Germany won Spain.
Germany has won the world cup 3 times already and it would be boring for them to win again.
BUT it would be pretty exciting to see Spain win :)
Germany's coach, Joachim Loew expressed diappointment but yet congratulated and "hailed" Spain.
He also predicted that they will win the world cup, which eventually they did!
I agreed with almost everything Loew said in the article about Germany's defeat.
I applaud Loew actually :) Rather than denying the fact that he is disappointed, he didn't.
He also gave Spain his support and said many good things about Spain's team and that they were a tough one to beat.
The fact that he even stated the weaknesses of his team gives me a good impression of him as a coach.
Germany has a good coach.
MOVING FOWARD, SPAIN FOR THE WIN!

I wonder why people smoke?
Just for pleasure that sacrifice both your hard-earned money and health?
Definitely not worth it man.
Drain all your life away just for that cigrattes.
Anyway, Singapore security is really tight and scrict about ithese smuggle goods.
Ofc, those smugglers won't get away with it.
I think Singapore is a wonderful place where it makes us feel safe and proteced most of the time.
We're not like other countries like India where kids are on the street begging for money. Not to buy food but to buy drugs and cigarettes.
We're really fortunate to live in a world like this.
So please smugglers.
Please use your big fat brain and think.
Instead of using your intelligence to figure it out how to hide your smuggle goods frm our officers, why not use that brain of yours to a good use to help people.
STOP ALL YOUR ILLEGAL ACTS AND REPENT NOW !!!

Well I don't know about this article.
YES it is wrong to use violence to solve problem especially when things get serious like death.
Well my thoughts at first.
THAT MAN's GIRLFRIEND is the one who should be punch.
Not that old guy (maybe he is also one pervert) is not at wrong since he was the one being offered by the man's girlfriend to have sex.
Anyway the one who cause the problem at first is the lady.
If she didn't offer sex, his guy would not punch him and the old guy won't have to take that blow and fly his way to the other world.
Anyway, the whole story tells us that it is wrong to use violence.
Every problem has different ways to solve it.
No necessary have to use violence, isn't it.
So that guy deserved to be in jail though.
Please think twice before you act !

Mother is god in every child's eyes.
Looks like this is wrong.
THAT MOTHER IS A DEMONESS, A TORTURER.
How could she torture her daughter like that?
Who is going to be responsible to the child's future?
It hurts me to read this article that humanity can be so ugly.
I wonder what kind of treatment the girl is going to face in future.
I should say the mother should received the same treatment or punishment I say.
It's so harsh and cruel to treat a little girl like that.
And it's even cruel that the little girl has to face all this.
Clearly the mother needs to learn some morals.
or she should just be admitted to mental hospital.
Defintely not going to let her touch the children ever again.
I'm feel so angry at the mother and sad towards the girl.
Oh god, bless those little ones.

I think that it is a wise decision to cut down both angsana trees to prevent accidents like what the article said.

We will never know when both of these trees will fall due to bad weather and then crush another person on the road.

We clearly don't want that to happen.

TOO TRAGIC I SAID..



It is clearly mentioned that both trees are really showing signs of decaying since the advanced technology has proven it.



So it is supported with reasons to cut both of trees down.

Although its a bit pity that both trees have to be cut down.

Pretty sad but to prevent accidents.

Such measures needs to be taken.

I strongly against that idea of cutting both of that tree :D



Cheers !

stress is the main reason for most people to attempt suicides.

however, most people living in singapore are stress. the age can be as young as 4 years old because most parents what their children to be the top of everything thus being as young as 4 years old, they may be sent to tution lesson.
as they grew older, the expection of the parent grew highter thus if they fail of done badly for one subject, they may be punish of scold for doing badly.

as for the 2 JC student, they may be always doing very well for exam or never being punish by their teacher before and when they are scold or fail their exam, they may think that their life is going to an end. thus they may felt that there is not more reason for them to live any more.

but what are those people who love them deeply going to do? they will just lost them suddenly and not knowing the reason that they are scared of failing. their parents will be very sad.

therefore, if you don't like any thing of u felt very stress about school, u should talk to your parents and see what they are going to say.

life is more than just studying and exam. so don't think of suicides because u fail an exam or u felt that there is nothing more to their life.

because of the rain, many shop along orchard road are being affected by it... they have to spent extra expenses on the damaged that the rain had cost and they could not run their businesses during those days when the shop is undergoing renovation.

What gave Wendy's the courage to re-open their stores after the incident? i think that they have added flood proof features to their stores so that when it rains again, their shop will not be flood again.
this show to the other shop that it is safe to re open their shop again.

the evidences of so many customer patronising Wendy's again show that Wendy's is a popular food outlet thus they know that they should not delay their time of re opening the stores.

cigarette smugglers who smugger cigarette in singapore and are successful with selling the cigarette, they can earn a lot time of their cost price. as the cigarette that they smugger cost much lesser than the one that are sold here in Singapore.

therefore, people will be tempted with the amount that they can earn by smugging cigarette in.
however, they forgot the consequence of doing so. they maybe fine and jailed for doing so.
thus they are having a big risk of selling smugged cigarette.

people who buy cigarette from those smugger may think that the cigarette are cheap but they don't know that they are acutally risking themselves of getting fine and jail too.

after reading the article, i felt that the man who punched the retiree was sentence too lightly.
this is because his girlfriend offered the retiree sex with a charge. however, the man punched the reitree can cause him to crack his skull and died.
in the first place, his girlfriend should not have offered sex service to anyone.
his girlfriend who come here to study should not provide type of service. she may be having trouble with her financial but that does not give her the right to offer this type of services. she could have find a part time job eg: at MacDonald.

I feel that parents should not abuse their children. This is because it is their own blood and flesh. Furthermore, as a mother, she had undergo so much hardship to give birth to her daughters, thus I feel that she should not abuse her daughters every time when she lost her temper. If she is going to abuse them, why did she even give birth to them in the first place? I think she is just pure foolish. In addition, her daughters do not deserve to be treated this way since they did not do anything wrong. This is because I feel that they are born to be doted on and not be ill-treated. Thus, I personally feel that jailing the mother for 10 months is not enough to repay the cause that she had inflicted on her daughters.

-- www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_551379.html

-- www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_560025.html

-- www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_558397.html

-- www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_559187.html

this is the remaining blog article :)

he was only 36 years old and he was a robber...
he could find a job and have a simple life with his family.
however, he chose to be a robber.
after reading this article, i felt that he chose to be a robber is because he wanted fash cash and not work to earn the money. however, it turn out that he is wrong as he need to go jail.
it was a waste for him as he could be doing something useful in his life if he did not choose to be a robber.

www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_558313.html