ShuHui(Friend)Opinion:

Communication in a relationship

In simplified term, relationship means a connection, association or involvement between persons. It can be a relationship between father and son, siblings, husband and wife or teacher with students.

Sometime, human’s thinking can be reflected by their behaviors. However, this is not always the case. Our human mind is complex and at times, we ourselves can’t even be sure of what we want or what we are actually thinking, let alone other people.
A perfect example can be shown when a couple was shopping along Orchard Road and they came across a shop which the lady had taken interest in a teddy bear. When the guy offered to buy it for the lady, she replied saying it’s too expensive and there’s no practical usage of the bear so don’t waste money. Hearing those words, the guy therefore did not insist on buying for her. Yet inside the lady’s mind, she might really wanted the teddy bear, so later on their drive home, the lady may start to nag or ask why didn’t the guy buy for her. Now the guy does not know what the lady is exactly thinking and thus may think that she is being unreasonable.

The above example tells us that human cannot really understand each other even if they had lived together for 20 or 30 years. Thus to reduce friction and misunderstanding, it is usually best to communicate what you are thinking or considering to the other. In this way the person will know what you are really thinking and will not have to guess what is exactly going on.

People who practice good communication in a relationship in my opinion usually have a more cheery and stress-less relationship. Therefore, the relationship will be more long lasting.

Crime and Punishment

In my opinion, if someone commits a crime, no matter its trivial or serious, intentionally or unintentionally, you have to receive some form of punishments.
This serves a purpose of sending a severe warning to people, that no matter what reason that caused you to commit crime, you will have to receive punishment.

I feel that teenagers should face more serious punishment to let them realize the seriousness of what they are doing and also to promote a sense of responsibility as the teenagers nowadays are more disrespectful, aloof and wanton. Punishment such as doing community service are way to lenient and in most cases, teenagers does not repent their mistakes, and eventually repeat the mistake again.

However, I do feel that capital punishment should go by a case-by-case basis. No one will commit crime such as murder or drug trafficking without a reason. Sometime they might be forced or threatened to and sentencing them to death penalty might be unjust.

My Opinion:

Crime and Punishment

I think that crime and punishment are very closely linked together. Basically, if you committed a crime, it is only right for you to receive the punishment. To me, crime ranges from killing to stealing. Stealing may be a small offence and many people may not take it seriously. However, I think that no matter how small the offence is, it does not mean no crime. Punishment is the consequences for committing crime. Different punishments are input for different crimes. One example is if you were to kill someone, you may be sentenced to death. In this case, killing will be the crime while sentencing you to death will be the punishment. I think that punishment is very important as this will not let the people who committed crime to get away scot-free. By not letting the person who committed the crime to get away scot-free, the victim would not feel that he/she is wronged. Another advantage of punishment is that it will let the person who committed crime to wake up his/her idea and turn over a new leaf, therefore I conclude that punishment is very important while crime should be stopped to prevent people from getting hurt.

Communication in a relationship

I think that it is very important to communicate in a relationship as through communication, we will be able to know the character of each other, the likes and dislikes of each other, and many more things. In short, we will be able to understand each other better. Understanding each other in a relationship is very important. It will enable the two persons to live together harmoniously as they would not do what each other dislike and irritate each other. This will strengthen their relationship. I think that understanding each other is also related to respecting each other. It is important to respect each other be it in decision or the person himself/herself. We should also be understanding and accept the good and bad of the person so that the relationship can carry on. In other words, communicating which leads to understanding, in a relationship, is very important.

Feelings on Multiple Intelligence Test

I feel that Multiple Intelligence Test is a very useful resource to know what type of person you are. After knowing what type of person you are, you will be able to work on it so as to shine in that particular area. To me, it is important to know what you are good in as you will not do things aimlessly and will strive in the area which you are best in.

For the e-learning day, I am suppose to work on the category Interpersonal as it is proved that I learn better through communication. I am asked to interview a friend or family member and I loved this topic a lot. I have finished the project in a very short time. The test is indeed accurate. I would surely recommend my friends to take this meaningful and useful test so that they will know what they are good in. I hope that everyone will do their best for the project and shine in what they do.

Feelings on the CCA which I am posted to.

I was posted to NPCC. The CCA which I wanted to go to was table tennis. I think that I did quite well during the table tennis trials. However, there are a lot of people better than me. Table tennis was my first choice while NPCC was my last choice. I am currently appealing out of NPCC because I cannot go to a CCA which will expose me to sunlight as this will further worsen my skin problem. I was actually looking forward to the CCA posting when the results are not our yet. However, when the results are out, I was very disappointed because I did not get my favorite CCA. I have a suggestion for the school, that is to allow all these elite sport to have a recreational team so that people like me who love to play example table tennis will be able to have the sport as his CCA. I also understand that other CCAs may not have enough people. Thus I recommend that the recreational team be a second CCA and that it is optional so that those who cannot cope or those whose first CCA clashes with the time of the second CCA do not join it. In this way, there will be enough people for each CCA and also everyone will be able to join the CCA which they would like to join. I do think the NPCC is a good CCA as it can make us very fit and well-prepared for the National Service. It is truly a pity for me. However, I have no choice as I have the skin problem. I hope to get an indoor CCA.

Pictures taken during celebration of Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is a festival which we celebrate and it lasts for fifteen days. I will always look forward to Chinese New Year as I would be able to get a lot of red packets and have a lot of delicacies to eat. I will also be able to meet up with all my cousins to have our reunion dinner. Then, when we have nothing to do, we will play some card games to raise the festive mood as well as to celebrate Chinese New Year. My father would play mahjong with my uncles. At the eve of the Chinese New Year, I slept at 3 a.m. as we have the belief that the later the child sleeps at the eve of the Chinese New Year, the longer their parents will live. The next day, my uncles and aunts came to my house and they gave me a lot of red packets, then, we played till 12 a.m.. Now, I will talk about the celebration held in school. I must say that it was excellent! The performance presented to me was simply brilliant. The performers were all very enthusiastic. There are students and teachers who performed on stage. I like the wushu performance most. The wushu team had worked together to perform a lion dance performance and also the skills of wushu on stage. It was commendable to be able to perform like this at their tender age. We also had teachers from our school who are singing on stage. It was really unbelievable. Our strict and serious teachers are actually performing for us on stage! The whole cohort was excited and the Chinese New Year atmosphere was really good. I must say that the performance was a total success. However, the good times are already over. I am back to school now and I look forward to the next Chinese New Year!

Comparison between Lamb to the Slaughter and The Way Up to Heaven

There are similarities and differences between the two stories. The similarities are that both of them involved couples where the wives had a sudden change in character and took the drastic step of killing their own husbands. The husbands of both stories had taken their wives for granted. The wives were very pleasing, loyal, loving and had changed to vicious and ruthless women when the story reaches the climax. The impression the wives presented to the readers is that they are shrewed, calculating and extremely talented in acting. They showed no remorse about the death of their husbands and had taken it very calmly. This is a sharp difference from the wives presented in the present of the story to the readers. Both the wives had planned very well on what to do to get away with murder. One could only guess which is the real wife in the stories... The differences in the stories are that the wives had destroyed the evidences in different ways and the husbands in the stories are bad in different ways. The husbands had died in different ways. The husband in the Way Up to Heaven had died slowly in the lift while the husband in Lamb to the Slaughter had died a quick death. I think Lamb to the Slaughter is a better story than Way Up to Heaven although their storyline are about the same. Lamb to the Slaughter had some parts which are humorous. I think the disposal of evidence in Lamb to the Slaughter is interesting and Lamb to the Slaughter had the ability of hooking the reader onto the story and let the reader want to finish reading the story. On the other hand, The Way Up to Heaven does not hook me on the story that much, therefore I like Lamb to the Slaughter better.