The Journal Writers

To Miss Goh and 2e2'07

2008-02-27T21:34:00.002+08:00

Miss Goh, if u ever come by here again.. could you give us any topics again? Reasons are, to make this blog lively and to bring back memories of 2e2'07. It would be good if the whole 2e2'07 could be posting journals again. Also, you can read what we post, according to your topic. We can see the reaction of past 2e2'07 class, if they comes here ever again and do the journal. It's a waste to let the blog "die" after it's "birth" less than a year. It contains all our own thoughts and feelings. Hope you would understand.

2e2'07!! Make sure all of you, or rather, maybe half of the class, continues to come to this blog. I'm posting this thread as to let you all know or remember, no one or nobody can replace us, even the current 2 sapphire'08. I know it's a brand new year with everyone in different classes, but do not lose 2e2'07. People who comes by and read this post, please come back next time to check whether Miss Goh posted a topic. By doing this, we might get more bonded, and memories of 2e2'07 will be more for us to remember in the future.

Best Regards,
Si Yi

The beauties of 2E2?

2007-11-01T09:14:00.001+08:00

Hello boys and girls! Are you enjoying your holidays? Do have a well-deserved break yup! Wow you'll be coming back to school next year as upper sec students! The guys can finally wear trousers rather than shorts bet you boys like that huh?

Anyway here are the pics I took for/with the girls at ARMS the other day. Sorry for the wait!

Hmm...am wondering what to do with this blog. Do you want to keep it? All of you will be in different classes next year, no point keeping it right? Since you already have a class blog of your own? Let me know if I can delete it ok?

Most prob won't be teaching you guys next year. But you still must greet me when you see me k? Don't try to shift your eyes like I can't notice it haha...

Take care, 2E2! Love you guys!

Smiles and hugs,
Miss Katie Goh

WeiLin

2007-10-09T13:56:00.000+08:00

Hello people. nobody bothered to update eh.
haha. yeah, everybody is busying studying.
2 more left yeah.
GoodLuck to those who have Homec tomorrow, i know it's a lot of content.
how i wish it's open book.
well, the D&T people, i know you hate D&t, it's not sucky at all.
It's because of MrTay that's why. he dunno how to teach. haha
Ya, im scared of him. when he's near me.
it's not because of this, i say he dunno how to teach.
some of you said that.
Mr yap is the best man!=)
just rmb the formula, and understand what the hell is going on.
example, triangular bass? or sth. why the structure need to be triangular bass? ?
because it is to support and stable the structure.
sth like that. and rmb to kp complaining that you dunno how to do so you can get the highest for D&t. yeah. this is how i gt it=)
I know it's stupid. haha.but i bet you ppl will kp complaining after the paper. hhahaa

and people pls put in effort for your Art.
I know it's.. Meaningless? boring?
but it is counted. it is going to affect your overall result.
it is very easy to score so dun waste the opportunity.
For just this one and last time?
well, good luck people.=)

Comments for Topic 3

2007-09-05T12:19:00.000+08:00

Hey hey how are you guys doing? Hope you are enjoying your one week break!
I'm in school everyday, doing work...holidays are non-existent for teachers haha...But it's good in the sense that I can wake up late, come to school at my own sweet time, and have no students knocking at the door every few minutes asking to see teachers (that's the peril of sitting near the door...I have to answer the door!)

First of all I'd like to thank all you sweeties for your gifts and cards. I've never received so many gifts before! It really warms my heart to read the words you wrote, to see the effort put in in making the cards and selecting the gifts. Even every 'Happy Teachers' Day!' wished when you see me is an encouragement for me.

I'm so touched! Thank you people!

Your entries for this topic serve as an inspiration for me too! Reminds me of what kind of teacher I am now and how I can improve myself. Oh btw, many of you told me in your cards that you enjoyed my lessons. My eyes nearly popped out, because judging from your facial expressions (dazzzzzzzed) and the number of people sleeping or not paying attention during my lesson (many many many), I would have thought my lessons were the most boring ever! Thanks for the comfort, even if it's just out of politeness (ha!) or just to appease me (hoho!), I appreciate it anyhow :) This will be my motivation, at least till the next Teachers' Day! :p

I realise that for most of us, the teachers that impacted us most are our primary school teachers. Maybe for you guys, it's because you are only in Sec 2 and have not had particularly memorable experiences with a teacher. But after asking my peers the same question, the trend is rather apparent - primary school teachers do make a more lasting impression on students.

For me my favourite teacher is my Chinese teacher who taught me in P4 and 5. His name is Mr Kho. He was already rather old when he taught me, and for some time I've wondered if he's still alive. Imagine how pleased, not to say relieved, I was when I saw him recently. It turned out that he lives in the same block as my boyfriend haha! Anyway I can still remember his lessons. Always very interesting, gets me all psyched up for Chinese! With this kind of learning environment, it's no surprise that I became very good at the subject. So good that I could take Higher Chinese as a subject! But things took a down turn when we had a change of teacher in P6. Man, how I disliked the teacher! To be fair I think she was a rather good one, just that with such fond attachments to Mr Kho, I couldn't relate to her at all. So my Chinese went downhill from then on, eventually got forced to drop Higher Chinese in Sec 2 when I failed to perform in the examinations. Sad... But I'm glad that my English improved and hey now I'm an English teacher!
Well it's disheartening to read about the existence of abusive teachers in our schools. I really hope someone will put an end to this. Another kind of teachers, the oppressive kind, are also every student's nightmare. I had my fair share of experience with these, but now that I'm a teacher myself, I see where they are coming from. I don't pretend to speak for them, but I'm quite sure every teacher would want the best for our students. We have different ways of dealing with students based on our personalities and convictions, some effective, some not. But one thing for sure, everybody works hard for our students. If only all students can appreciate that. It's not a good feeling to slog yet get dissed, scolded, or blatantly booed by students!

In that light, I would say that Teachers' Day is a good day for students and teachers alike. Students would reflect and hopefully realise the effort teachers put in for them, and teachers may get huge doses of encouragement and satisfaction when their students express their appreciation for them!

Ahh...Teacher's Day would go down as one of my favourite days of the year from now on! :)

Happy Holidays people! See you in a few days' time!

Love,
Miss Goh

Journal Writing 3 - Lee Pin Hui :D

2007-09-02T20:49:00.000+08:00

What are the qualities of a good teacher?

Well , actually it is really simple.Firstly,they must be caring towards students amd be patient to them as different students have their different level of understandings.They should be able to teach the students well and make sure that each and every one of them understand what the topic is all about.teaching at a pace which everyone can absorb it is also very important to students.When a student need help ,they will help and teach them without hesitation.Teachers could also come up with some interesting games which enable us to learn a lesson after it.A teacher should also be humorous and friendly towards their students.Students will be able to enjoy the class and have some fun instead of boring lessons.Besides these,students must also coorperate with the teachers to make lessons much interesting and enjoyable.

Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

I have two favourite teachers in my primary school life.They are Mdm Xu and Mr Beh.Mdm Xu is my chinese teacher for Primary 6.She was really a good teacher.Why did I say so?Evidence?As many agrees,chinese is really a difficult subject to learn.It requires alot of effort to be able to score well in this subject.When I was in primary 5,my chinese results was really bad.I could hardly pass the subject.She was the one who showed me that actually it is not so difficult.She make the effort to find us information and research that was related to the topics.She would tried to explain each and every word clearly to us and make sure we really understand it well.She would also try to joke at times to fill the lessons with some colours.Even if she was really busy,she would still find time to give us extra lessons.The effort she had put in was really unable to describle.She was really a wonderful teacher and I will always remember her.Another teacher who I mentioned previously was my form teacher during primary 6.He was Mr Beh.Althought he was a male teacher,he was really caring and friendly towards students.He likes to joke with us and also to tell us stories as it was really stressful that year.He teaches us techniques to relieve stress and give us toilet break every now and then.His lessons is always lively and fun.He also taught us things that was out of the textbooks and explained things very clearly.He would also reward us with a small token if we show improvement in our results.I think this is what makes a wonderful and great teacher.

HAPPY BELATED TEACHER'S DAY!
A big thank you to all the teachers out there!:)

Journal Writing 3 - Celeste Yeo :D

2007-08-31T20:57:00.000+08:00

Happy Teacher's Day!

What are the qualities of a good teacher?
To me, a good teacher should be one that is able to teach well. They are suppose to make their students understand what they are teaching, so that the students are able to learn. A teacher should also be friendly and humorous towards students. This makes lessons fun and exciting to learn and it can also be enjoyable. A teacher should also have passion in their job. They should really understand the students well and know each student's strength and weaknesses. A teacher should also be wise to give students good and appropriate advice at times. A teacher should also be forgiving towards his/her students. When the student forgets to bring his/her homework or forgets to bring things, a teacher should be forgiving and are willing to give chances. But of course, a student should not take advantage of a teacher's kindness and go overboard. Lastly, a good teacher would be one that respects the students. Student and teachers should respect each other in order to work well in the class.

Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.
My favourite teacher is from my primary school. She was my form teacher during primary 6. As it was a crucial year, she puts in effort to teach us and she understands us alot. On top of that, she is forgiving towards us and is willing to forgive us if we make mistakes. She believes that we can learn from our mistakes and not repeat the same mistake again. I think that she is really passionate about her job. A few months before my PSLE in October, she gave us extra lessons during the holidays and sometimes after school if we were free. She sacrifised her free time for marking and doing other things for us. I think that it should be the correct thing for a teacher to do for his/her students.

I don't know what to write already! Hahaha.
To all teachers out there, enjoy your day! :D

Journal Writing 3 - Siyi

2007-08-30T22:12:00.000+08:00

gee~ last min forgot bout this journal writing.. *pif* such a hard topic for me..!! *ma ika!* <--don't need care ^^

1) What are the qualities of a good teacher..?

*silence..* Well, I'm not really sure about what makes a good teacher. However, i believe that the basic qualities of a good teacher must include being kind to students(but not too kind until got bullied), understanding(stress of students, etc), knows how to teach in order to let his students understand what is he teaching about(not like Mr Kaan..*no offense*), sometimes includes FUNNY jokes during the lesson(to make it more interesting) and NEVER EVER use violence on students(may cause phobia to students. like me..)

2)Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.(*Pif* This question muted me..)

It's needless to say, as I stated above, i had phobia against teacher. So, how did i even have a favourite teacher? Well, i don't really remember any of my teachers in my primary schools, except a horrible experience. *Should I really type it out? ^^ Don't think so XP*

Let's move on.. So, why i don't have a favourite teacher? It's simple! Whenever i sees a teacher, i stiffened up. I don't really communicate with teachers well and sometimes i tried to avoid them. I was afraid of teachers more then in secondary school. Why..? It's just because that i wanted to get rid of my phobia. I tried many times but yet I can't. ^^ I don't really hate teachers. Instead, i respect them..*rubbish I'm typing* However, if i have a choice, i would rather have a teacher that is not so easily bullied by students.*Nothing else to type.. Going more off topic..* But, a teacher like my primary school teacher should NOT be a way to teach students to obey.

This thing causes my phobia to get worst. I still remembered her face, her *treatment* towards students. That time, if i hadn't remembered wrongly, I was in primary 2 or 4..? *ahh!! i forgot!!*
However, i still could remember her name. *Let's name her Mrs N* Since the beginning of the year, Mrs N had been treating her students like trash. She uses violence, such as slapping the student on his face, pulling earlobes and using book/paper to hit on student head*not sure how hard it was* If you didn't bring a textbook/homework or pencil case for writing(whatever she needs to use), Mrs N would punish that person. I still remembered a horrible thing that happened to my friend. It happened after recess and she forgot to change into school uniform. Mrs N told her to change in front of the whole class. She cried but still obey. Mrs N is unreasonable! Isn't she? Even with small matters like not bringing a green pen for correction(such as pen no more ink reasons not accepted), or any other things,she would either slap/pull the ear. Of course, i had it once before. It made my phobia worst and i almost felt like crying. I was wondering why she didn't get sacked for the next year.

For no reason, whenever a teacher scolds/reprimanded me, i would feel like crying. However, it's not so worst as in now. I was very weak in primary school and thus very easily cry for no reason. I have more friends in secondary schools to support me and always there for me. Also, there are few numbers of teacher's there for me as well.. ^^ Not to mention who as i hadn't approached any yet.

Ek!! Is it off point? Opps.. I just typed what i think that's related.. ^^ *I'm hopeless* Please do not comment anything about my post. Thanks!

EOY IS COMING! EVERYONE, STUDY!!

Journal Writing 3 - Dini xD

2007-08-29T20:15:00.000+08:00

First of all..

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY!

(in advance)

Qualities of a good teacher!~~~:

- patient

-understanding

-can teach well

-must not "spam" us with piles of homework/projects and expect it to be done the next day.

(dunno wad else.. i can't think properly right now anyway wagagaga)

Favourite Teacher?

I don't have a favourite teacher because I believe that all teachers are doing their best in their jobs and maybe i'm just unappreciative (is that even a word?).

But teachers who have helped me or at least impacted me (in primary school) are:

-Ms Chai (primary1-6)

-Mdm Yap (primary3&4)

-Mrs Lee (primary5&6)

Well the 1st teacher Ms Chai wasn't exactly nice when I was in primary one and two. I guess she just doesn't know how to handle young children.

She was always criticising people anyway, which is bad for a form teacher >:(

But she was nicer when i was in primary 4 to 6 hahaha. She teaches social studies and health education for my classes lol!

2nd teacher Mdm Yap was a very nice and cheerful teacher.

She is well liked by the class and was understanding and sensitive to every student's feelings. One time i broke my foot and coudn't come to school, she sent me a giant get well card that was also signed by my classmates.

And she comes to see how i was doing a few times and bought small presents for me yay~!

Then she gave one of my classmates a giant cheer up card cause his cousin just died afew days ago, but he didn't tell anyone about it.

Mrs Lee my 3rd form teacher was very patient and understanding well that is until my class crossed the line and she became very frustrated by the end of the 2nd year she taught us :P. She was worried about our PSLE but some students in my class were still fooling around.

She always encourages people to do their best and to aim higher.

Ok as for secondary school all the teachers that are fun, kind, understanding and patient~~!!

like: Mrs Luke :D, Ms Katie Goh :D, Ms Gordon :P, Mr Wamback (sry if wrong spelling!),Mr Poh.(just to name a few) ok thats it xD

+*~END~*+

Sorry for the late entry~!

Journal Writing 3-Christin Choy :D

2007-08-27T22:31:00.000+08:00

hey hey hey!! Am i too late to post?? Hope this post is still valid! well,I shall start now..

HAPPY EARLY TEACHERS' DAY TO ALL TEACHERS!!!

I) What are the qualities of a good teacher? (Please be realistic!)

For me, I think that the qualitites of being a good teacher are..

-Understanding-

-Patient-

-Cheerful-

-Kind-

-Caring-

-Reasonable-

-Trustworthy-

-Honest-

-Willing to lend a listening ear-

-Respectful-

-Forgiving-

-Humourous-

-Responsible-

-No showing favoutism- <~don't know how to spell that word..hehe XD

hmmm.. can't think of anymore..haha. Is my expectations too high for a teacher? haha. :D

II) Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

Well,of all the teachers i've known,I think so far only three teachers managed to have all the qualities I've listed above. They are my primary 5 teacher, Mrs Chua, primary 6 teacher, Mrs Chong and Secondary 1 teacher,Mrs Luke. All of them are my form class teacher of different year. I don't know which is my favourite teacher, but all of them seems to be equal.

well,shafiqah is same class as me since p5 so we share the same teacher.From shafiqah's experience, I sense Mrs chua's caring personality. ya. and for all 3 teachers listed above, they all are willing to lend a listening ear to me whenever i met with problems and they also show kindness and care towards me. They also cheered me up too. I think that's makes them my favourite teacher. yup. :D they make great things for us too.. XD

Journal Writing 3 - Thia WeiTing <3

2007-08-27T19:54:00.000+08:00

what are the qualities of a good teacher?

- reasonable
- understanding
- humourous/able to take jokes
- able to teach us clearly
- patience

i have a favourite teacher in my Pri sch.
he's a nice teacher! a 'joker' too sometimes.
he can be fierce at times!
he taught me when im primary 6.
my maths were super lousy at that time but after his teaching,
i could understand better and i managed to pass my Maths for PSLE.
he is humourous too.
i rememberd my primary school friend slapped him!
luckily he didnt flare up ^^
i also still remember that i cried when i got my psle result and he comforted me.
however, he had been tranferred to some other school.
i think Nanyang Girls' School.
Don't think that he'll go back to my pri school during teachers' day.
oh wells.i have nothing to say anymore.
so, HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY to all teachers in the world :DDDDDDDD

Journal Writing 3 - Abel Goh

2007-08-26T21:23:00.000+08:00

Qualities of a good teacher ,

Frankly speaking, I personally believe that a good teacher should have some good qualities like passion and wisdom to teach , love for students, clear understanding of students' welfare and such.

*i will use 'she' as teacher in my post.

I will start off with passion and wisdom, a good teacher firstly have to love teaching, love until the heart drop! With passion, i believe that the teacher will teach with enthusiasm and the students will absorb what he/she is teaching.

Wisdom, a good teacher have to know what she's teaching, she have to understand situations and sometimes, share great experiences with students and thus , motivation comes. Hence too, the teacher will be able to handle difficult problems under different circumstances.

Love and Understanding, to love is an affection to one, with love, teachers care and help, they will help us when we are in need. They will shower us with care and give us encouragement. Understanding takes some time to evaluate. From this, teachers will show patience in getting know more about students, their family condition, rationale of some behaviours and attiitudes. Lastly, we can see close interaction between teachers and students.

So you are interested to know who my favourite teacher is? let me share some experiences....

P4, name's ms Lim Kai Leng, still remembered her name....i was supposed to be in 4-3(third class) but somehow, i was transferred to 4-1 (first class) , i was shocked, definitely. Then i asked my form teacher. 'You deserve to come to 4-1 because you are such a good boy.' Does it make sense? Life in the 1st class is hard, you get some type of treatment and you often get isolated. My grades are like the lowest in clz? ok, so she did showed love... year passed with painful stares and remarks....

I was appointed to the 5-6. wad the hell? ok, P5, ms lee yuan fan, form teacher, she's kind and strict? ok, the year passed with same thing, remarks, comments about me, my grades was the top 3. P5, ms Lim is like ignoring my prescence in school....

P6 , 6-3, i made it back up, mdm wendy wong, i think she's my favourite teacher. She's funny and such, she's experienced ... okok, she helped me in making gd choices lyk not choosing NA over Express. .... okokok, so on....

ok, my P6 years went bumby slopy... teachers from previous years all totally pretend that i never exist, once, they asked for my help, then they just left....i dont remember any thankyou.

.... There's too much to say and i do not want to carry on.....without mdm wendy wong's strong words to me , i would have ended up in DSS N(A), coz i had a foolish thinking , coz if i am in normal, i can go to much better schools with 224. mdm wong showed me care and understanding, she was incharged in TAF and she was always motivating, telling me my mistakes.... thankyou very much. And also, to all teachers that have taught me, wish you all in advance, happy teacher's day.

Journal writing 3- Sherilyn

2007-08-26T12:36:00.000+08:00

What are the qualities of a good teacher?
-Caring
-Understanding
-Humorous
-Able to teach well
-Patient

My favourite teacher, well, I don't really think about it in secondary school, because I trust none of them. I have a favourite teacher in primary school. She was my form teacher when I'm primary 6. She was the teacher in charge of scouts then, and teaches us mainly all subject including P.E. She never fails to make lessons interesting and she was a very justice person, she punish those who make mistakes and even treat us if all of us were good. She leaves me the best impression because she was strict, but none of us in the class hate her. I think she was the favourite teacher too in our class. Whenever she sees us seemed to be tired after a long lessons, she would tell us joke to cheer us up. Also, she shares her stories when she was in Vietnam doing volunteer teaching those poor students at there. She also have an "adopted" son at there. But sadly, she leaves my primary school after we graduated. She told us she was going to a church to teach. I don't know the place where she is teaching now, and thus, could not make a trip to visit her. However, she was the favourite teacher I ever had.

Happy teacher's day!! =)

Journal Writing 3 - Chong Thiew Hiao (:

2007-08-24T20:28:00.000+08:00

This week's topic: Teachers' Day! :)

to all 2e2' teachers,
happy teacher day to you,
happy teacher day to you,
happy teacher day to......you,
happy ...teacher ...day .... to ......you!!

I) What are the qualities of a good teacher? (Please be realistic!)
*Understanding
*Caring
*Reasonable
*Patient
*Happy
*Serious

II) Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

My beloved teacher was Mdm Nerwati and Mdm Wendy Tan. Well, Mdm Nerwati was my form teacher for Primary 5 and 6. She fulfilled all the qualities i named out in the first question.She was a caring and serious teacher in my mind. She taught me maths and gradually my maths improve significantly and i am quite contented with the results. I remember when i was struggling with my maths one time, she came by and sat down beside me, asking if i had met any difficult problems or there is something about maths that i would like to ask her. I requested her to be my temporary tuition teacher for the time being until i found a tuition teacher. She teach me after school when i needed her. She even stay back as late as 6pm to teach me maths.I believe that she can go home on time but instead she sacrificed her time to teach me. It is quite hard to find this kind of teacher nowadays. She dote on me and i love her being my form teacher. i had a great time in my primary 5 and 6 life.
Next, Mdm Wendy Tan, she was my primary 2 form teacher, although she had only taught me one year but the impression she gave me was rather memorable. I remembered that she was a nice and sweet teacher like Ms Katie Goh, both of them look really sweet to me. She always make the lessons interesting and fun, I am always looking forward for her lesson everyday. She likes to smile a lot and she is a very understanding lady . I remember that i fell down during PE lesson and i cried, she quickly rushed down to get the first aid box for me and carry me to a corner to apply the medicine. She even sent me home that day and told my mother about what happened in school.This was the first time a teacher ever sent me home and called to my home about my injury.
i believed that small things that each teacher do will accumulate and become a big issue in student's heart.

teachers can be wonderful sometimes.

okok. good day everybody
good luck for all the small and big tests.

Journal Writing 3 - Shafiqah Nurul

2007-08-24T16:51:00.000+08:00

Teacher's day is coming yeah! Happy teacher's day in advance =D

Qualities of a good teacher:
-Must be caring
-Understanding and make people understand
-Not to differentiate students just because of class gaps
-Spend some quality time with the students, not just "STUDY STUDY STUDY!"
-Reasonable, as in not to give so much homework to us in a short amount of time, we are not robots
-Do not blame students, thus they won't blame you as well
-Smile!

My favourite teacher is Mrs Chua, a teacher who taught me in Primary 5. She's my favourite teacher because on the 13th of February 2004, I had a surgery. I had tumour cancer and it needed to be removed. It was not such a serious cancer and the removal was nothing much. After a night at the hospital, I stayed in my grandmother's house. While I was there, Mrs Chua came and brought some stuff. It was really nice of her to bring goodies for me. She even brought a stack full of Get Well cards from my classmates. They were so fun to read, I even kept it until now. I had MC for 2 weeks, when I came back to school, it was a day before CA1. Mrs Chua requested that I am excused for the exams. Because of her, I can rest for the whole exam period at home. My record showed VR, valid reason. After the exams period are over, I worked hard to buck up my studies. She helped me a lot, and I succeeded. I got highest for my Mathematics, it was a miracle. The whole year, my classmates and I could see how much she cared for her students, and how we were so fortunate to have such a teacher. She even broke down and cried in class because she wanted to tell the story of her ex-student getting in jail. I was moved by her compassion in being a teacher.

Wahhh so long XD lol I had to tell the whole story, or else everyone would be confused hehe.

~pUnkrOckIngEEk~

Journal Writing 3-Gary

2007-08-24T16:25:00.000+08:00

1st part
What are the qualities of a good teacher(please be realistic)

I think if a good teacher must be caring and friendly and can teach well.This way , if we have met some problems regarding the subject, we would dare to go and ask the teacher as he/she very friendly and also that subject that the teacher teach we will get high marks as that teacher teach well so a good teacher will have you to score well in examinations.
A teacher should also be understanding and smart.This way , they will know how much stress we have and how much homework we have.It's alot!So that they can reduce our stress by giving us less homeworks and a teacher must be kind and lenient as this way our test paper we will get quite high marks if the teacher is lenient.

2nd part
Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

Favourite teachers are those that have good qualities and you like them.One example is during my primary school , my subject teacher who is my favourite teacher is very kind.He doesn't give so much homework and most impotantly he understands us.He play the same online computer game with us to communicate with us.He doesn't give us stress and teach well.He is also very helpful as if i don't anything about the subject , i can ask him for help and he would help me.Such teachers are seldom seen.
He is the best teacher you can ever have.However sometimes he can stubborn as he won't change his mind after he had done his choice.But in conclusion, he is a good teacher and is my favourite teacher.

Journal Writing 3- VALERIE LOW :D

2007-08-24T16:13:00.000+08:00

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY! ;DDDDDDD

-What are the qualities of a good teacher?

A Teacher Is…
Someone who is wise...
Who cares about the students and wears no disguise.
But is honest and open and shares from the heart.
Not just lessons from books, but life where you are.
A teacher takes time to help and tutor.
With English or math or on a computer.
It's Miss _____ who's patient, even in stress.
Who never gives less than the very best.
Not that I was the perfect student,
But you were the perfect teacher for me. ;)

- Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

I have quite a number of favourite teachers. :P My favourite teachers are Mrs Ivy Lee, Ms Valencia Ang (Primary School) and from Dunearn 3 teachers. They are Miss Kelly Chia, Mr Alvin Ng and Miss Katie Goh. Miss Goh, don't you feel honoured? HAHAHA. :) Mrs Lee is a very nice teacher. She can be strict and scary (not really scary lah -.-) and she can be fun and nice. Actually i'm one of the students she dotes on. Hahaaha she's not biased though. I was very good in my work (english) in P6 and before PSLE came, she told us to try our very best. Yes, i did. However, i was not qualified to go to my dream school. She also told us that she would not be writing any appeal letters for any students at all. I told my mum that, yet she still asked me to persuade Mrs Lee to write an appeal letter for me. So i went to ask Mrs Lee, knowing that she wouldn't write it. To my surprise, she said that she will only write it for me but i wasn't allowed to tell anyone or else it would be useless. (She's not biased lah! is she?) yeah this my story. (like no point T,T)

OH YAH, i totally forgot about my teachers from Hong Kong! My form teacher in Hong Kong in Primary 4. She's very sweet and kind. The story goes like this:

I was going over to Singapore soon. I told my Hong Kong friends and teachers, i saw the look on their faces when i announced it. I didn't want to leave either. I love my friends, teachers and my family {father side} in Hong Kong but my mum wants me to leave HK for better education in Singapore. Well, i had no choice. The last day of school, i gave many of my friends farewell gifts. I couldn't believe my teacher organised a surprise farewell party just for me! I was so touched. The party was FUN! I cherished those last moments with my beloved friends and teachers. I went home with 2 BIG bags of presents 2 from my teacher and more than 10 from my friends. You people rock man! :)

For Dunearn teachers, i have to say that Ms Kelly Chia motivated me quite alot. She gave me the courage through Christ and she taught me alot of useful things. :) Mr Alvin Ng is the one who can always cheer me up although he doesn't really notice. For Miss Katie Goh hor, this one ah no hope. hahaha no lah. You're doing great okay. Much better than our previous English teacher. SHHHHHH! :X Thank you so much for spending so much time on me. :]

TEACHERS ROCK ON YEAH! ;D

`The best teachers teach from their hearts, not the books.

Journal Writing 3- Angeline

2007-08-23T21:12:00.000+08:00

Okay. Its my turn!

PART 1
What are the qualities of a good teacher?
To me a good teacher can:
- Teach well
-Make people laugh
-Not make the students feel stressed during the lessons
-UNDERSTANDING :D
-Forgiving!

PART 2
Who is my favourite teacher?
Actually, I never thought about it seriously before. I feel that there is one teacher, who taught me for 2 years in primary 5 and 6, has left me a very deep impression. He makes lessons interesting by telling us jokes and later continue with the lessons. He was quite a comedian. In class photos, he will join in the fun with us. He is a really fun teacher. I always looked forward to his lessons everyday although he only taught English. I feel very relaxed during his lesson. He will help us with problems that we face. Although our problems may seem small, he still listens attentively and gives us good advice.

That's all! Have fun reading! BYE!

Journal Writing 3- Soh Rui Yi [=

2007-08-23T20:26:00.000+08:00

Part 1:

What are the qualities of a good teacher? (Please be realistic)

For me, a good teacher must be:
caring
understanding
make the lesson more interesting
don't give floods of homework
*drum roll...*
and of course, he or she must teach well.

Part 2:

Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

Who is my faovourite teacher? I don't think I have any favourite teacher. but the teacher that gave me a very deep impression is none other than my Primary School teacher, Ms Goh.

Yup... still remeber that time, our class is totally hopeless but she did not give up. Gave us floods of homeworks. Lots of extra lessons to make sure that all of us understand what the chapter is about. Yeah... most of us improve lots and went to a better class the following year (:

Don't really have a favourite teacher but only got a teacher that leave a very deep impression in my mind (:

Journal Writing 3 - Norlyana! (:

2007-08-23T19:48:00.000+08:00

Hello world! Ha. (:

Part 1.

Alright. So, the qualities of a good teacher. Let me be realistic.

- Cheerful. Having a face that you do not want to smack. Hee. (:
- Must know what they are teaching.
- They have to try to understand and know the student better.
- They must be able to make the lesson interesting.

Yeah. So that's what I think makes a good teacher. Heh.

Part 2

I don't really have a favourite teacher and its because I find them all the same. They just teach me. No teacher in particular have actually helped me personally. I guess its bacause I don't try to seek help with teachers or something or teachers are actually trying to help me with my problems but I just don't realise it.

That's all fr my post today. Have fun reading. Much loves! (:

Journal Writing-esTEHr

2007-08-23T19:19:00.000+08:00

I) What are the qualities of a good teacher? (Please be realistic!)

I'm being realistic.
I say a good teacher must be good.
Define good.
Good in my POV ( Point of view) means opposite of bad.
Okay, I'm seriously crapping.

Right. Qualities of a good teacher................
Good teacher is one who makes a lesson interesting.
Good teacher is one who makes the lesson funny.
Good teacher is one who allows us to have breaks.
Good teacher is one who is willing to give us chances when we forget our stuff.
Good teacher is one who will not nag ( like as if we do not have enough at home)
Good teacher is one who will respect us, students.

Heh. Yea.

II) Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

No teacher so far has ever been so memorable and impacted me alot before. I'm real sorry to say that. (seriously im being realistic, dont ask me to re-do this, this is from the bottom of my heart and im not critisizing you, teachers.)

Journal Writing 3 - beNediCt :) !!!

2007-08-23T17:41:00.000+08:00

Hi this is me again !!

For the 1st Part
1)What are the qualities of a good teacher? (Please be realistic!)

For me I think that being a good teacher of cause have to be good to students that always the first aspect. Because being good to the students, then the students will tend to leave a good impression on that teacher. 1 of them I can currently think of is of cause Mr.Poh who have just leave the school. What a sad case! The next quality a good teacher should have is that he or she can teach the students. Because if the teacher cannot teach then how would the students be able to score good grades for our tests and our SA. Although some teachers would say that self study is the most important but i do not think so. Without the teachers advices, we would not be studying. If we do not know how to do a question then who should we ask?

A teacher should also understand we students like how we sometimes think for teachers. The teacher should not give to much homework as although YOU teachers think that by giving 2 homeworks isn't to much than you are all wrong teacher. Because if all the teacher all think this way then the students will be flood with many homeworks. I think all teachers also have a hard time marking we students work so I think we should help each other! Teachers don't give so much work and we students will not give the teacher CRAPPY works!

Okay, we will end here how question 1 and I will proceed with question 2 without further ado.

For the 2nd Part
2)Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

Actually, I do not have any favourite teachers and if I really do than I will have lots of favourite teachers. Because for me, I think that if a teacher can fulfill all the conditions that I have stated in the 1st part then I think he or she is a good teacher and is my favourite teacher. I think that a lot of teachers can fulfill at the top stated in part 1 just that they do not want it. I can share 1 situation which is the best of the best teacher in my life I think although I think all teachers are good.

He taught me for 2 years in my primary school life which is primary 3 and 4. I think he is the best of the best because he is really really kind to us as in he is very friendly. Example if we did not finish our homework, he will talk to us very nicely and then give us grace period to do the work even if we forget. He is also very helpful because when I lost my notes, he will reprint it for me. He has lots of students respect. He had never scold me during these 2 years in my primary school life even if I did the wrong thing. He can teach well too. I remember there was once he teach me how to do a certain question than in the exam it came out I remember what he said and I apply it on the test then I got that question correct. He is also very understanding, when we complain to him that we have lots of work to do, then he will tend to give us as little as he could even if he take away 1 homework, we will be very happy too. He is my Idol!!

Okay, i have finish publishing.

SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN!!!!

~END~

Journal Writing 3 - Ng WeiLin =)

2007-08-22T19:27:00.000+08:00

A good teacher must of course have the capability to teach the students. You had to be responsible, helpful, understand the students etc.
Some teachers who lost your assignment would admit it and apologise to you but you had to redo everything from the beginning.
Some teachers would act innocent and claim that you didn't hand in the assignment to her.
Don't be surprised, there are some teachers who are so irresponsible.

Hmm... I do not have any special favourite teachers. Just merely understand what they did to me is for my own good.
My primary 5 and 6 form teacher, she taught me for two years. She will cut out newspaper articles and paste it on the notice board every Monday. We then had to choose one of the articles and write about your personal opinion.
She also shared with the class the experiences she had.
She prepared us for secondary school which we had to take about the double of the subjects we already had.
She always reminds us not to be influenced by the people outside as in the gangster.
She told the class that being a gangster is totally a dumb decision.
She said that her ex-students came back and they told her about their life in secondary school and most of them regretted joining the gang.
When you had problems, just tell her about it and she will be a counselor and give you some advices. She will be fair to each and everyone, if you did not do your project, you will not get the credits.
She also reminds us not to be involved in BGR as BGR cannot last and it is just a waste of time and don't let it affect our studies.
From her, I learnt a lot. I learnt how to think for my future. For 2 years, under her teachings and care, I had grown a lot.
Without her, maybe I will be having attitude problems which everyone hates. I used to ignore people whenever they talk to me but ever since I became her students, I had changed for the better. She is a good teacher. I bow to her.

Journal Topic 3

2007-08-22T09:03:00.000+08:00

Hey my dearies (don't puke),

Time for blogging again! This week's topic: Teachers' Day! (Since Teachers' Day is coming :p) This post will be dedicated to your favourite teacher.

I) What are the qualities of a good teacher? (Please be realistic!)
II) Tell me about your favourite teacher. He/She can be from your primary school or secondary school. Share about an incident which is particularly memorable to you. If you don't have a favourite teacher, share why is that so.

Have fun!

Miss Goh

Journal Writing 02 -Azimah

2007-08-04T17:27:00.000+08:00

01.Part One

Who are your best friends in life?

My best friends in life are usually those that could be trusted one. 'Best friends don't happen to be there. They're just there.' This so called phrase is very very true as you can see. Best friends will always be there for us and they rarely let you down. All these may not usually succeed but they always try to make you smile to replace that angry frown. They are just there for you when you need a helpful lift. They guards your secret seriously like a special gift. Best friends are also known as true friends. To all my true friends: I hope i'm the friend to you like you are to me.Cause friendship that we share is a special one indeed.

See me trusting you and i'll always smile whenever i'm with you. You'll know and you'll feel it yourself if you're my true friend and my best friend. =)

Are they of the same race as you?

Friends that i'm always with or i'm close with and have the same race as me don't mean that they are my best friend. I'm not much of a racist. Haha. My true friends aren't always Malay. In fact, my chinese friends are much more closer to me than my malay friends. I'd prefer to be Chinese than being a malay. Couldn't understand myself why but surely i have a reason for being that way. I love Chinese people! Not neglecting my malay friends. I love my friends! Yay!

02. Part Two

01.Character

Basically to me, character is the most important factor to choose a friend. Their attitude and stuffs is the most important one. It would be much more better if they have the same interest as you. Most of my friends have the same interest as me and most of them are musicians. Maybe people with same interest would get them closer together. But even so if your friend don't have the same interest as you, you can try out different suffs with them and you could understand other people better. Look out to the big world. Not only to the people living around you. The way different and each individual person/people do things are so unique. Not everyone do the same stuffs together. Not many people understand the expression of music and even art. It's just so different which makes each of us are ourselves. Life isn't as simple as it may seem.

02.Circumstances

People who is your classmate, groupmate, and even have the same cca as you or etc. would usually mean that they know you much more better as they always see you and are always with you, isn't it? Which means then, obviously circumstance is important but not as important as character.

03.race

To me, race isn't important but since there are no more other options, i guess i feel that race is much more important than gender. I don't mind race that much when choosing a friend.

04.gender

Gender refers to girls and guys. There's not much of a problem with me with gender but girls are usually more understanding than guys. Not to say that guys aren't understanding. Not all guys have the same attitude. Guys can also take care of girls's feelings. It just depends on who the guy is that we're refering to. Girls usually understand girls better. But there's nothing wrong to have a guy friend. We could understand each other's gender better and who knows, even learn from them some things such as how to be strong in everything and how to control your tears?

05.age

Age don't matter to me at all except there's really a big gap, then it's over.

03.Do you think Racial Harmony Day has served it's purpose?

To me, probably yes as we could understand each other's culture more now and we could learn from each other.

Journal Writing 2- Nur Dini T_T

2007-08-04T15:42:00.000+08:00

Part One.

1)I don't really consider if the person is my best friend or not because i'm the type of person that does not really bother about contacting friends during long holidays/after they move overseas or far away. I guess i'm just contented with having someone to talk to everyday or something? 0_o?? not sure la. I don't even really know my "best friends" in primary school. But my closest friends now are shafiqah and si yi. :D
2)Shafiqah is malay and Si Yi is chinese (DUH!!).
3)I find it would be very boring if you only have friends of the same race. And you may not be very open mided to other races,practices or religions if you don't have friends from other races. d:

Part Two.

1) Character
The most important thing about friendship is character. If you find that the person is a very annoying/heartless/whatever you hate type of person, you would surely try to avoid this type of people. First Impressions should also be good as people would normally jump to conclusions about what type of person you are. It is normal to judge a book by its cover.

2) Gender

I think gender is important because different genders act differently and also like different stuff.
But sometimes you can find girls that are like guys [this is a little normal] and guys that are like girls [omg creepy!!!]. Usually girls they talk about TV shows or superstars or their problems or stuff. But I find that SOME guys always talk about GAMES GAMES GAMES AND MORE GAMES like dota, maple, granado espada, warcraft & counter strike [wow!!]. I know some girls also play these games >:D. So basically we are different and it depends how we get along.

3) Age

Well, age IS important as we have different opinions. Adults usually disagree with our actions as they have already experience something like what we are going through though it may be different, it might be similar and they don't want us to make the same mistakes as them. And of course you can't talk to your grandma about games or fashion or teen stuff [unless your grandma is cool and sporting :D]. Though I don't mind making friends with people who are at least 6 years older than me. It all depends. S:

4) Circumstances

Dunno about this ): Maybe it also depends d:

5) Race

This is unimportant because we are only of different races and race is not so much of a barrier since everyone is human. and not aliens. I suggest that any racist stop using products that are made/invented/found/etc in the country
(eg: racist against race ABC. Stop using the products that were made by race ABC at any time. if they invented water 1000yrs ago, you CANNOT use water ok? GOOD)

Part Three.
Do you think racial harmony day served its purpose?

YES. We are reminded that we live in a multi-racial country and must work together.We must understand different cultures and why they do things. Also they gave out a magazine that showed that through the co-operation of different races people have "invented" unique food :D

~END~

EH I'M USING SHAFIQAH'S BLOGGER BECAUSE I FORGOT USERNAME!!!!!!!!

SORRY FOR THE VERY LATE ENTRY~~~~~~~

Journal Writing2-brandon ong

2007-08-04T13:57:00.000+08:00

Part One (who are the best friends in your life)

I have a best friend (i think)...and because of him... i came to this school (am i stupid or wad?)
he's in the same school as me. We'r in different classes. We talk only when we meet and seldom
approach each other. I met him when I started primary school. We did alot of things together.
In the end he had to shift house and left me when we were primary two. We kept in contact
for the 4 years after that. Despite my house was hell far from this school. I still came. Now...
it weren't like before. We talked much less. Is he still my best friend?

Part Two

Character:

Everyone likes friends with good character. Who doesn't?

Circumstances:

To be frank... i don't know wad is the word above this line.

Age:

As long he isn't related to me by blood. He is my friend

Gender:

Gender doesn't matter.

Race:

Oh. Race. I love Racing, who wants to play Daytona raise your hands!!!!
(ok.. race doesn't matter)

(i'll add another point)
Background, disabilities and looks

As long they are okay with it. what if i tell you i am a liar...?

Part 3

Racial Harmony = peace between races

Journal Writing 2- Lee Pin Hui (:

2007-08-03T22:19:00.000+08:00

Part One
Best friends are really hard to come by.I found myself really very fortunate to have many best friends in my life,especially Beloved Eights.We are all from the same races but some are in different classes.Not just chinese friends,I do have some malay and indian friends too.No matter what is the races you are in,I will still treat you as well if we can get along.I believe that trust and how friends communicate are the most important thing between friends.The races you are does not matter at all.

Part Two
1.Character
2.Circumstances
3.Age
4.Gender
5.Race

Character
Everyone have their bad points and good points.Everyone have their own characters too,which is important when we are getting along with friends. If both character does not match,then it will really be very difficult for them to be force to be friends.Nobody wants a friend with bad character.Therefore we must always be careful when choosing our friends.Before that,you yourself show also have good character so that people will like and enjoy to be with you.

Circumstances
CCA friends,schoolmates,classmates are important people in our life.We have to work together in project work and projects,which is especially important in our secondary school life.We must help one another and learn to work together as a group.Without them,you will never be perfect.

Age
I think age at times really matters,as it is really hard to communicate with someone older than you.Our thinking and feelings towards something may be alot different. Friends whose age are closer to us can communicate better and easier.Our feelings and thoughts will be closer and better to share our feelings and things with them.At times,we will need someone older than us to guide us along our road when the challenges ahead gets tougher.Their wise words and advise will benefit us as they had went though alot of problems and have alot of experience.

Gender
I don't think that this matters at all.We should always make friends with people of the opposite gender.I believe that there is people whose best friend is of the opposite gender.We are all the same.Just don't care about other people's views and do the things you thing it is right.

Race
Obvisely,this does not matters.We are all the same as I said.We like one another and enjoy being friends with different races.We can even learn and understand each another's culture and religious.Learn to respect one another and communicate.

Part Three
I think racial harmony day served its purpose.It is a very meaningful day.We can learn more about the different races's cultures and traditions,which we do not learn during lesson time.We learn not to be racist and help one another in all ways.We even get to play games, celebrate the day and try out new stuff.In fact,we should celebrate it everyday.

Enjoy!Have a nice day!:D

Journal Writing 2 - Joey

2007-08-02T22:30:00.000+08:00

Who are my best friends in life?
I have many best friends in life. They are from the Military Band and some of them are from my class. After my arrival in this school then I've realised what is called 'Best Friend'. Only when I came here, only when I've got to know many friends from this school then I realised. You can basically call everybody that I can get along with well my Best Friends! Well, there may be times when I really got help from these BEST FRIENDS where I treasure it.

Are they of the same race as you?
They are of different races. Chinese and Malays. I won't be racist and only talk to Chinese and not Malays. If you are racist, then you'll miss a whole lot of friends. A whole lot of truthful friends.

Gender
Age
Race
Character
Circumstances (eg. classmate, groupmate, cca-mate)

Character-1
I ranked character as the most important one because I feel that the character is the main idea to get a true friend, a good friend. If a person's character is bad, I wouldn't want to get along with him/her. So I feel that it is the most important.

Circumstances-2
It's obvious that if the people are your classmates, groupmates or cca-mates you know them better and you see them more often. For example cca, most of us, we would love the cca that we chose so we would have friends who have the same interest with us in the cca. Hence, you would get along with them better. Classmates, we are in a same class, we always meet each other. You would surely find someone that you can be with together as friends. So, I feel that this is also important.

Age-3
Maybe age would be the 3rd most important factor in the friendship. Some teenagers wanted to feel mature, therefore they went to chatrooms to meet friends of ages in their twenties. It is also dangerous to get to know friends of a very different age. You might not know what that adult is thinking. So best is to stick to friends about the same age.

Gender-4
Gender would be the next important factor. Some girls prefer to have friends of the same gender but there are girls who could get along better with guys. It's best to have the same number of different gender of friends. So as not to be biased to each gender.

Race-5
Race to me is really not important. All the different races should get along well with each other and not to go separate ways. I have friends of different races, but sadly I didn't really have Indian friends. We should treat every race equally and stuff. Not to categorise each race.

Do you think Racial Harmony Day has served its purpose?
To some, maybe it has serve its purpose. But for some, they don't give a damn about Racial Harmony Day. What they enjoy about is the celebration and that they could study for a shorter period of time. That's why these days, in schools, there are programmes during Racial Harmony Day for students to take part and learn about Racial Harmony and seriously, it works. Programmes which are fun and challenging are always attractive to students. They could have fun and learn at the same time. One stone kill two birds!

Journal Writing 2 - Lye Jue Ying ;DD

2007-08-02T21:48:00.000+08:00

Part One
Currently, i don't have the BEST friend in my life because i can't find the right one. Maybe this comes later in my life? But, i do have good friends for now. Some of them are from the same race as me. But anyway, some of them are from the same race as me because we see each other more, so we interact and talk to each other more. We shouldn't discriminate other races also right? If this happens, then history will repeat itself.

Part Two
Rank :
1st: Character
2nd: Age
3rd: Circumstances
4th: Gender
5th: Race

1st: Character
If the person's character isn't good, why do we want to make friends with them? What if the person always likes to critise people, bully people, do you want to be part of them? Of course, one must have integrity and honesty in them. You don't like your friends to lie to you right?

2nd: Age
I think there will be a age gap in between. Like you can't discuss homework with them. You don't know what topic to chat with, like we may want to talk about our own school life, but they may want to talk to you about how much he earn or whatever.
But one good thing about having friends of older age is that they have more experience of life, so they can give you wise quotes ( Chwee Choon lol) or wise sayings.

3rd: Circumstances
This factor is quite neutral. Actually, classmates, CCA-mates and groupmates are quite important also. We need someone to support you, talk with you when you are lonely, sad or moody. When you are happy or angry, at least you have someone to ease out all the angers and share the happiness with your friends right?

4th: Gender
Actually, i don't really like to stick with a bunch of girls together. Sometimes it can be quite boring. You must try to make friends with the opposite sex, so you can understand them, look at the different side of view from their situation, and other stuff. They may look like bullying you, but sometimes they don't mean it right? We shouldn't be sexists ;PP

5th: Last but not least, RACE.
We should make friends of the different races, because we wanna know more of their culture right? We should understand each other if not we may hurt them without knowing it. Or aren't you all curious of their daily routines or what? Not being a stalker, but we want to know what they do during their celebration day. It does not matter who you want to make friends with, because anyone of them out there can be your friend.i would want to make friends with the japanese (:

Part Three
Do you think Racial Harmony Day has served its purpose?

YES of course. If there isn't Racial Harmony Day, we might be having world wars now. Basically there won't be peace in every single corner of the world. Do you want to see riots on the street( yay history )? We should believe in each other races and understand them.
Once again, we shouldn't practice racism.

i shall end my speech here. :D

Journal Writing 2 - WiNsToN

2007-08-02T20:12:00.000+08:00

Part1

Best friends are important in life. They are the usually the ones who go through thick and thin with you. I only have a few best friends. I don't have many best friends though. I treat everyone the same way.(Except for some people i dislike) For people of different races, i treat them the same way too. Like Mirza who is one of my best friends, is a malay. i don't mind that. I feel that people of different races look at each other differently. For me, i do not have that same mindset as them. I feel that everyone is the same, all humans. So, everyone should be treated the same way. People of different races should live together in peace and not find fault with each other. In life, sometimes you have to give and take. Do not expect too much from anyone else. Expect what they expect from you.

Part 2

Character(1)

The attitude in which people you work with is the most important. With the right attitude, you can get things done quickly. If you work with the person with the right attitude, it will be much easier to complete the task. For the person with the right attitude, he/she have the qualities in which have the correct learning attitude, wishes to excel and gives his/her best in everything they do. With this, they have the potential to excel and do well in everything they do.

Circumstances(2)(eg. classmate, groupmate, cca-mate)

Our classmates, groupmates, cca-mates etc have something in common. We are therefore able to communicate much better with them in certain aspects. We are able to work together compared to others. We have interests in common which we both appreciate. Hence, we are better friends.

Age(3)

People of different ages have different thinking. For example, people older than us tend to have thinking that is much more mature than the younger ones. Hence, we may not be able to communicate well enough with them. But still, we can still communicate with them if we put aside our differences.

Gender(4)

Although we are of different genders, we can still be friends. We may get along really well with someone of the opposite sex. For example, i get along really well with Esther whom i regard as my best friend too. Though we are of different sex, we can still be friends or even best friends.

Race(5)

I don't really bother if others are of different race as me. As long as they are humans, its all right. They are still friends. I myself have many malay friends too. I don't look down on them. I treat them the same way i treat everyone else.

Part 3

I feel that racial harmony have indeed served its purpose. To help improve relationship between the different races. Each time racial harmony is celebrated, we learn different things from the different races. Singapore as a multi-racial society, we have to accept the different races.

Thats all i have to say. gd nite. hoped you enjoyed my journal!!!

Journal Writing 2-Gary

2007-08-02T18:43:00.000+08:00

Part - 1
Best friends are those who help you.So Best friends are inportant to you.Best friends can come in different races and religion.So we must learnt to accept other races and religion.Different races or religion doesn't matter as long as they are true to you as a best friend.
Part - 2 1)Character
2)Circumstances
3)age
4)gender
5)race

Character is important for someone if you do not have character, then you will not be a goood person.Character helps you to build trust in someone so character is important.And you want to befriend with a person with good character right?So character is important.
Friends can help us in some circumstances like when you are not in school, they can help you to take the homework to your house for you and with friends, you will have a wider range of communication and friends are able help you.
If you befriiend someone the same age as you, it will be easier to communicate.But age is also not a problem in communication.One example is, your parents is also different age of you but can you communicate with them?You can right?So age is not quite important.
Different gender of friend is also not quite important as you can also click off quite even though you are of different gender.But if you are with your same gender, you can communicate better.
Race is not important as you still can communicate with one another even thongh you are of different race and you can also share your culture and food with your different race friends and there can be a culture exchange thus different race sometimes also can be quite good.
Part - 3
Racial harmony is important as it lets us share the different culture of the different races and we get to know the different races of food, clothes and culture.Most importantly, it teaches us to live in harmony with other racial.

The ENd

Journal Writing 2-Christin Choy :]

2007-08-01T22:33:00.000+08:00

Part 1
Actually,I never thought of this question before. Why ask who is my best friend? I just think that best friends and normal friends are same. What's the difference between best friends and normal friends? i don't really know.Well I think that I have a lot of best friends that I don't know how many I got in total..haha.uncountable.ya..my friends all are of different gender,age,race,religion.We do not need to make friends of same race or religion or whatever.Don't be anti-social!!!

Part 2
1. Character
2. Circumstances
3. Age
4. Gender
5. Race

1.Character
I think that character is the most important factor for a friend.It tells us about his/her personality.A good character will get to make more friends and more well-liked by peers,don't you agree? therefore,character is the most important factor.

2.Circumstances
CCA-mate,schoolmate,classmate,tution mate,teammates..all of them are your good good helpers..We need help from each other and teamwork for projects and stuff like that.Friends help each other."Two heads are always better that one".We need them all for different reasons like helping to correct mistakes and so on..."Two heads are always better that one".Together we strive for succeed =D

3.Age
well,for age,I think that there's a limited age for friends to make.For me,I think we can make friends with the ones who is older than us by 1-5 years and younger than us for 1-3 years too.No more smaller or older ages.If we find friends who were too young,I think we will find them childish as they always talk about "kids stuff" which already had expired for us in our teenage years. hehe. And if we find friends who were too old,let's say 20 years old,I don't think we can communicate with them as they already had an adult mind and a different concept from us-teengers.We may not understand each other's mind and thus result in less topic to talk to,very difficult to communicate.So make friends whose age are jus around us by few years. :]

4.Gender
Males and females are welcome,of course,to me.We are studying in DUNEARN SEC school,so there is no reason why we should not mix with differet gender.DUNEARN is a mix school,not a boys' or girls' school,is mix!! Secondly,we cannot possibly stick forever with girls to communicate with each other and when saw a boy,then whisper to each other saying "eh,faster siam him.Bacteria leh.Anti-boys.Go quick." or the boys saw a girl and say "girls coming liao.eeeww.faster run." It's so unpleasant and uncomfortable. Thus we mix around,at least we can understand different gender's mind concept and have more topics to talk to. XD

5.Race
Ahas..this one..one answer "yes!" We make friends with one another,not like i am chinese so i make friends with only chinese people and not malay or indian or caucasian.Race is not important,the most important thing is to feel comfortable when you are with that person.We must mix with different races so as to have racial harmony!!! We must be united with one another to make Singapore a united nation!!! PEACE all day long!!! =P

Part 3
hmmm..definitely yes!! In fact,it served a very important purpose to all.It makes us all from different family or whatever come together as a nation!! Racial harmony helps us get to know different races culture or religion culture.It makes us understand one another better. =D yaye!!

~End~

hmmm..long enough i guess? i've squeeze all the brain juice out from my brain..haah..

~final ending~

goodbye!!

~never ending~ << hehe

Journal Writing 2- Norlyana! (:

2007-07-31T21:08:00.000+08:00

Part one

I have 3 best friends right now. We call ourselves the WMWC (World's Most Wanted Crew) Vanessa and Winnie are chinese while Afiqah is a malay. Why? I dont really think that race really matters. Its how we get along and the same interests we share that matters.

Part two

1) Character! To me, a person's character really matters alot. For example, I cannot possibly be good friends with a person who do not share the same interest as me or we simply just do not click at all. I do not care about what they've been through or what they once were. All that matters to me is how they are now and how their character is like right now.

2) Circumstances! Classmates, groupmate, cca-mate. It matters as I treat people differently if I get to know them through a different way. For example, if I go to talk to the cheerleaders, I will talk about totally different things and behave differently as to when I talk to my classmates. I am not being hypocritical. Its just that, the way we have bonded with them is different. Do you get it? Nevermind. Hah.

3) Age! It will be easier for us to click off with people who are of the same age with us but there is no rule that restricts us from being friends who are older or younger from us. By all means, expand your friendship circle man! (:

4) Gender! I dont really think that it really matters if the person is a guy or a girl. For me, I am not a sexist. Heh. I have alot of guy and girl friends. So, gender does not matter.

5) Race! Race seriously does not matter. I dont care if my friends are malay, chinese or indians. I treat them the same. They are still human beings. Just treat them the way you want to be treated. Do not be racist. Nobody likes a racist. Agree 2e2? =D

Part three

Honestly, I must say that Racial Harmony only served its purpose to some people. I mean seriously, majority only likes Racial Harmony Day as they get to have long breaks, get out of lessons earlier, wear pretty clothes or see the guy you like wear pretty clothes or vice versa. For me, it doesn't really serve its purpose. Yes, we get 'educated' about other races and all but frankly, we don't really care do we? Look at all the guilty faces! (:

Journal Writing 2 - bEnEdicT™ :)

2007-07-31T17:10:00.000+08:00

Part 1

Actually I have many best friends in life. There are many races and from different religion.They are not from the same races as me because everyone must help each other. We cannot mainly have the same races of friends.Because I believe that karma will happen. Next time maybe I would not even have a single friend.haha. That will be worst then ever.

Part 2

1.Character
2.Circumstances
3.Age
4.Gender
5.Races

1.Character
I think this is the most important factor because we must have friends with good character.We cannot go out with people who have bad character.Who wan to have a "useless" friend. Freeloader? NONONO i would not want a friend like this.1 who always action?No to him.

2.Circumstances
Why must we have friends in only school? We must make friends outside. We must have a wider range or communication. If we go out without friends people will say that 'eerrrh that loner'. Maybe some people will like that but for me I don't.

3.Age
Must we make friends with only our age? No. If we do not know how to do a sum (example) then all my classmate don't know we need other older people to help me.

4.Gender
I do not think that we need to have a same gender friends. If so then the class will be very quiet. Boys will whisper same for the girls. When we grow up if people keep seeing you following a group of boys they might say you are a gay.

5.Races
Friendship can be found in any race. RACES DO NOT MATTER!!!!! We must have a wider range of contacts as i mention.Sometimes good advices are come from other races.

Part 3 (finally)
Yes, i think Racial Harmony served its purpose. As it is when , when all the races come together to serve the purpose.It helps us to know more about other races.(Example) the food they eat and what are the traditional dresses. I have know alot more about malay from racial harmony so I think it serve the purpose.

(Sorry if I wrote a lousy journal hahaha)

~The end ~
~See YOU ~

RACIAL HARMONY- ESTHER.

2007-07-30T20:38:00.000+08:00

Who are my best friends in life?
Well, they are practically who ever you think my best friends are! If you think my best friend is _____,(Fill in the blank) so shall _____(Answer should be same as first) be my best friend!

Are they of the same race as me?
No they aren't, they are dini, shafiqah, afiq? Haha. Ok, this is some I can think of. Obviously, I'm friends with Dini cos she's next to me, duh.

1.Age
2.Character
3.Circumstances
4.Race
5.Gender

AGE
I say this is most important because I FEEL this way. People that are older than me by like 10 or 20 years or so most probably won't get along with me cos I don't normally get along with them as well.

CHARACTER
They're character must be good cos I said so. No, haha, I'm only joking. Well, I say that Character is second important because with a friend with a bad character really would annoy you and influence you and later you become like them which is obviously, bad.

CIRCUMSTANCES
I don't mind having a best friend from my CCA, Church, Other classes. As long as we both get along well, there ain't have any circumstance that can stop us from being best friends yeah?

RACE
I say race is second least important cos that how I feel, why do I feel this way. I really do not know how to explain ( seriously).

GENDER
Male or Female, I think Gender is the least important. I do not mind having a best friend as a guy. Neither do I mind having a best friend as a girl. Both genders are equal to me, I'm not a sexists!

Has Racial Harmony served its purpose?
Yes and No.

Yes: We really enjoy the activities we do and I gotta admit it is pretty fun and I really learn alot. I also get to know people much more through this kinda activities. I guess the rest have already said and explained about what good it has. LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT THE BAD!

No: We get bored of it, peace among races, harmony, religious harmony, knowing other culture, we ARE bored man. Come out with something new!

BUAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

Journal Writing 2 - Cheng Si Yi ><

2007-07-30T19:54:00.000+08:00

Er.. me not quite used in changing fonts.. -.-ll sorry if there's any mistake.. ><

Part One

Who are your best friends in life?
Well, you can say that i have none. Even thought sometimes i treated someone else as my best friend, they do not regard me as one. Thus, I have none. However, i do have some friends quite close to me in class. Also, I trust that I will find my best friend someday, in the future.

Are they the same race as you?
Are they the same race? For best friend, it's in the future thus I am not sure. But, my current friends are definitely not the same race as me. Both of them were Malay. There were also a few friends which are the same race as me, Chinese. However, I am more closer to my Malay friends.

If they are, why so?
Sometimes, races doesn't count. So what if we speak different languages? We can still communicate in English! Student have been educated in schools to be racial harmony. If we do not like each other's races, it would be called raciest and it will be very hard to communicate when you hate someone's race. So why not make your own life easier? By making friends with other races, there will be a lot of benefits.

Part Two

Gender - 3
For my own personal thinking, i prefer having the same gender as me as we can talk along more well. However, if we sides too much to our own gender, it will cause us to have an anti-feeling towards the other gender. This may cause a side effect when we become adults. Thus, it is important that we communicate to both genders well but if i would prefer, i would stay closer to my own gender, IF possible.

Age - 4
Age is quite important as generation gap occurs. Sometimes, having to know a person older than you could be bad. As we were talking about modern things like mp3, mp4 or more new technologies, our old friend may not know much about it. It will also be easy to have conflict happening between us as we had a different thinking. Also, if a person is younger than ourselves, it will also be very hard to communicate as they may not understand what you are talking about. Thus, age is VERY IMPORTANT. For me, i prefer friends which are 3 yrs younger or older than me. Then, the things we talk about would be quite alike.

Race - 0 or 1?
I very much wanted to put 0 as it DOES NOT REALLY MATTER! That's my view. As long as we could communicate, race doesn't matter to me. I accept every type of races. Having different types of main language will not affect our communication towards each other.

Character - 5
-.-ll Character sure is the most important point of it all. You do not like to go out with a person that you totally hate his/her character, correct? The person's character reveals himself/herself and brings out the him/her inside themselves. Having a bad charactered friend may cause a lot of troubles as you cannot communicate with him/her well. Both of us will have very different thinkings thus may cause sparks in between us. If you met a friend you can make with a good character, it will be of good news as both of you could communicate well and even like each other's way of thinking.

Circumstances - 3
Er, i think it's reasonable? Cause we can communicate anytime, anywhere using hand phones or via emails. It can be easy to communicate to friends. But, places like underground tunnels may cause you to lose contact with your friend. So, it is also quite important.

Part three

Oh my gosh.. finally going to end.. ^^ i don't know if it's relevant or not.. >Do you think Racial Harmony has served it's purpose?
I would say yes. If schools did not educate students in racial harmony, there may be racist wars starting all over in Singapore and other countries. Racial harmony's purpose is very important for the peace for the whole world. It made almost all the countries avoid raciest riots and other demolishes that may occur when that happens. The Racial harmony now days are celebrated, to remind us not to be raciest and communicate well with other races. it also gives us opportunities to learn more about another race' cultures and we can also introduce to other races our own culture.

THE END!!!!! finally..

Journal Writing 2 - Celeste Yeo :D

2007-07-29T22:07:00.000+08:00

Part One
I have many best friends in life. They are all in different races like Chinese, Malay and Indian. I believe that we do not judge a person by his/her race but by character. If you trust them and they trust you, these is called best friends. Best friends are friends that you share your relationship closest with, and not about their race. But then, I have a higher percentage of Chinese friends than Malay or Indian.

Part Two
1. Character
2. Circumstances
3. Age
4. Gender
5. Race

1. Character
Character is mostly about your personality. A good character will reflect the best upon yourself. For me, I judge a person by his/her character more because it is the main and most important thing of all. A good character will benefit you because people will like you and would want to make friends with you.

2. Circumstances
Another important thing to notify is the people you are with. Your classmates, schoolmates, CCA friends. If you are indirectly or directly connected to them in one way or another, it would be most likely that you will get to know them and maybe make friends with them. In all this things, teamwork and co-oporation is mostly needed to complete a task successfully. If you are doing group work or a project, your friends who are in the same group as you will have to co-operate with you well in order to complete the task. So teamwork is very important. Without teamwork, nothing will be accomplished.

3. Age
I believe that I will communicate better with the people at my age. I think that people at my age will have the same common thinking as me as from people from the different age as me. We have to choose appropriately for the age groups we choose to communicate with to share your thoughts with them. It is important if you want to pour all your feelings to a friend, you must make sure that are able to understand you and give you the correct answer. But of course, sometimes, you will definitely need a person at an older age to tell you what is the correct path to take because sometimes they have more experiences than us. Past experience and lessons learnt are very vital.

4. Gender
For me, the gender does not really matter in communication. Whether you are talking to a male or a female, they will sometimes have the same kind of thinking as you in one way or another. We have to mix around with the genders sometimes to understand more and communicate more with each other. This also helps you to understand more about someone. Sometimes, being with different genders of yours might also be interesting because you will be experiencing things that did not happen to you before and it might be fun too.

5. Race
I think that we should mix around with people of different races. Especially when you are leaving in a country like Singapore. I don't really care about the different races of friends that I'm mixing with as long as I have fun. Even with a different skin colour, we sometimes also understand each other and we work with one another well. I would really want to have a circle of friends of different races. It would be interesting to learn about their races and cultures.

Part 3
I think Racial Harmony is very important and its needed in a small country like singapore. You have different races and you will get to experience Racial Harmony, where you can learn about the different races and cultures they practice. Its important to Singapore that we get to know all the races so that we can work together and create a better future for our country. We are all people so it does not matter about the races, the skin colour, or the language we speak. Its the common goal that we are all working on.

DONE! Finally lah :D

Journal Writing 2 - Shafiqah Nurul

2007-07-29T17:00:00.000+08:00

This week's topic is on your view on friendship. Take a moment to reflect and think thoroughly before you write. There are 3 parts, so do be sure you answer all!

Part One

Who are your best friends in life?
My best friends are usually people I enjoy being with, and people who I can interact with very well. I have a best friend since 10, and we are still together and best friends until now. Although she is not in the same secondary school as me, we always talk in the phone and chat using the Internet. We always get trouble after communicating for so long XD My best friends in secondary school are very complicated. It is not that I don't have any, but I do not know who are my best friends, and who are not. Basically, everyone who I hang out with most of the time can be considered my best friend =).

Are they of the same race as you?
Some are the same race as me and some are not. Race does not mean you are mean, envious or happy. What is more important is your character and who you are inside. Your skin colour certainly does not mean you're more of a straightforward person, or any of your character. Same goes for your race. Character shines through more than what you look like. I do not have any liking in any race, I believe every race has different types of people and thus different character. ^^

If they are, why so?
I agree that having the same race means you get to communicate better, but it does not mean the relationship you have with that person is better because of your race. That is being very bias and an obvious racist act.

Part Two

Rank the following factors on their importance in your friendship with a person. 1 being most important, 5 being least. After each choice, give a brief explanation of how the factor is important.

gender - 3
Gender is indeed very important as you cannot talk to boys about good looking guys and about your crush. It's pretty much in the middle because sometimes relationships can work with a person with an opposite gender, but sometimes things don't work. It depends on their perspective of the situation.

age - 4
Age is also important as it gives better communication. Although it is not the most important characteristic in someone, age is quite an important matter. Age similarity has a lot of advantages. You can understand the person a lot better and will have no difficulties opening up to that person whereas is there's an age gap, you may feel a bit uncomfortable.

race - 1
Race is the least important criteria because your race does not mean anything other than your mother tongue language or how you look like. In my opinion, race sometimes bring very troublesome issues such as racism. We should not see someone with their race, but instead who they are. In other words, character.

character - 5
Character really brings out the person in you. Character is certainly most important because if your character is such as being insensitive and cruel, no one will want to be your friend and will be hated by many. You should learn to care for other's feelings and be fair to everyone, hence having a good character. A good character is essential for making friends and getting a job. No one will want to hire a bad-character person.

circumstances (eg. classmate, groupmate, cca-mate) - 2
I think circumstances is not important as now you have high technological devices such as handphones, online chatting and emails. Even though your friend is miles or countries away from you, you can still communicate with that person easily. Although circumstances is not such an important criteria, it certainly makes things easier for the relationship to grow because it is very easy to communicate and you do not have to switch the internet connection on to talk, you could just approach the person for a talk.

Part Three

Do you think Racial Harmony Day has served its purpose?
I think Racial Harmony Day has served its purpose as it reminds others about all the races that is living in the same country as you. Racial Harmony Day also reminds you to appreciate other's races and cultures. Racial Harmony Day definitely tells me other races and cultures are as nice ad mine, and I should try having a day in their culture =)

~pUnkrOckIngEEk~

what a long journal xD

Journal Writing 2 - Thia WeiTing (:

2007-07-29T14:52:00.000+08:00

Part One

Well, i have a best friend.She was in the same primary school as me.But too bad, we aren't in the same secondary school.Yep, She is of the same race as me.Actually, the race don't really matters.It matters whether if you can communicate with each other despite of the different races you are in. (:

Part Two

1 Character

2 Circumstances

3 Age

4 Gender

5 Race

Character

I think that character is the most important one.If you have a bad character, would anyone want to make friends with you?You must have a good character to get along with your friends. Right?Thus, i think that Character is the most important one.

Circumstances

I think this is the second most important one.Example, if your best friend is in the different school as you,will you still be able to communicate so often like you were in ur primary school?Unless you can everyday 24hour talk on the phone which is impossible. -.-"'If the friend u are close with is in the same school as you, it'll be easier to communicate.If it's in the same class, it will be great!because you can see him/her during school hour and can share your views whenever you want to.So, circumstances will come in second for me.

Age

Age would be quite important too.If you and your friend's age gap is very big, you sure won't get along with each other well.This is because they'll have the different thinking as you and different views as you.so having a friend that is around ur age will be better as you will most probably have the same thinkings and views.And you can talk about it too.

Gender

Gender don't really matters. Males and Females = Humans.You won't die seating or talking to ur opposite gender.So long we can get along well it'll be okay.

Race

Race is certainly not a big problem.They are all human beings! Moreover, Singapore have 4 different races.If we all do not like some particular race,i think Singapore will fall.

Part Three

Racial Harmony of course had served its purpose!It tells us to stay in harmony regardless of our race and religions.Therefore, we must not be racist!! :DD

TATA :P

Jornal Writing 2- SERENA SEE [:

2007-07-29T14:18:00.000+08:00

PART ONE

We can easily make friends everywhere, anywhere or somewhere!
I don't really have a best friend in life.
Every friends are equal, it will be unfair to treat one so nice while others are like nobody. A best friend doesn't means that he/she will lead you to a right path. A best friend doesn't means that he/she will treat you like a sister or daughter!
Friends should treat each other same, not base on whether he/she is intelligent or famous, just to gain something from him/her.
No matter what, sometimes having a best friend is better than none and most of the time we depend on them when we are not at home. (:

I have friends from different races. Many are the same race as me. [: We dont choose friends from their skin tone. Although we often see chinese mixing around with indian. From primary school till now, i dont have many indian classmates. HAHAHS! (:
Friends of the same race interact better than different races. The way they speak in their language while we speak ours are hard to communicate. (:

PART TWO

1 Character
2 Circumstances
3 Age
4 Gender
5 Race

Character

A person must have a good character in order to make more friends. Who would want to make friends with someone who always scold vulgarities. Looking for friends is not an easy task. The person must not mix with bad company, those always gang-fighting , going for drugs and stuff like that. Character is the most important comes to making friends.

Circumstances

Most friends would confide in each other secret. And friends talk everything under the sun. From waking up in the morning to getting to bed at night. That's friends. If friends of the same class will be better than those from different classes as they will make their own friends in other classes. Friends are those talking to each other for hours and feel that only minutes have pass.

Age

Imagine making friend with a guy age 40. Finding friends around the same age is better. Like that example. She may be working while i will be studying, she and I will have totally different thinking, while i am still at the "growing up" group , she is already at "working/adult" group and definately had experiences much more than me. The way we talk would be different, the way we do things would be different too, she is serious in her work as compare to mine. Even the kind of music would be different too!!! I would actually prefer to make friends someone around my age.

Gender

No matter if the person is a guy or a lady. It doesn't matter unless gay or something like that. If not we have the chance to make more friends, why not? (:
If you have some bad experience with the opposite gender, you must also try to get over it. Everywhere we go, we need to work with guys or ladies. It doesn't makes a different making with a guy or a girl. Girls like barbie dolls while guys likes cars or superman, batman, spiderman, ice man or fireman. (:

Race

Race doesn't matter! The colour of the skin is not the same as the colour of the heart. Seen a RED SKIN person before?

PART THREE

Racial hamony Day indeed serve its purpose. Racial harmony Day has events to make us understand more about others cultures and traditional . We must also learn to respect each other races in order to make PEACE! (:

Journal Writing 2-Ong Shi Hui

2007-07-29T13:42:00.000+08:00

Part One

Who is your best friend in life?

Frankly speaking i don't have a best friend.Although i have alot of friends around me but i don't have a friend that i can confined with but recently i found a friend that i can confined with and i am veri happy about it.

Although i don't have a best friend now but my friends around me are mostly chinese. I think that races are not important as long as you feel comfortable with one another and you are always happy when you are always with your friends that is the most important things.

Part two

1.)Character
2.)Circumstances
3.)Age
4.)Gender
5.)Races

Character
I think character is very important as you will not want to be friend with someone who is greedy,selfish. If the character of my friend is not good,I will not feel comfortable with him/her.And If your character is good, many people will want to be your friend and many of you friends will trust you.

Circumstances
I think that circumstances is also important as when you are in school especially during secondary school you will need to do alot of project work and most of our time is spend there, if our friend is around , it will make things easier especially when we are in the same group and can do teh work well and successfully as we understand each other well and know how to communicate well and will not have trouble in the work

Age
If the age between our friend is too big we will have diffculty communicate with each other. An example is our pareny. We find it hard to communicate to our parent as our age gap is too big and what we are thinking may not be the se#ame and this apply to friend. When the age group is different , it is hard to communicat unlike those friend that is the same age as us. We found it easier to communicate as we have the same kinds of thinking

Gender
I feel that the gender is not so important as long as we feel comfortable with one another anhd this does not matter if they are boy or girl.But when people see a girl and boy sitting down talking to one another, people will think that they are couple when they are not .

Races
As i have say in part one , race is not important as long as we feel comfortable with one another and can commnuicate with one another.

Part three
Yes, racial harmony had served it purpose . Why do i say so . It is because during racial harmony, we get to learn more about other races culture and becoming more understand of one another culture.

Remenber to treasure you friends well as friends are hard to find especially those who understand you alot!!
Hera a poem to all my friends:Birds fly high hard to catch,Friends like you hard to forget!! :)

Journal Writing 2- VALERIE LOW :D

2007-07-28T22:18:00.000+08:00

Part One

I have a friend, named Eugenia. She's the best friend a girl could ever have. I knew her since primary 4 from PHPPS. You could simply tell her all your problems and worries, she will always lend you a listening ear. She will always be there to comfort you and to help you through the difficult times. She will never abandon you just because she have some new friends. She's the one you can trust in. She will always be there whenever you need her. You can always count on her. When you're happy, you can share the joy with her. When you're feeling down, she'll always find a way to bring back a smile on your face. She's like my guardian, guarding and guiding me through each and everyday.

She's a Chinese too. It does not matter which race your friends are in. Black or white, Malay or Chinese, does it really matter that much? Friendships are strong and powerful. Different skin colours does not make any difference.

One of the reason, why we're so close, it's maybe because we share common interest. We stay close to each other and we're just.. UNBREAKABLE! Friends like her are really hard to get. Like looking for a pearl in the endless ocean. She's a friend i can never afford to lose.

Part Two

1. Character
2. Circumstances (eg. classmate, groupmate, cca-mate)
3. Gender
4. Age
5. Race

Your character and personalities tells everything. It is the most important thing when it comes to choosing a friend. If you're very greedy, selfish, dishonest and rude. Do you think you will have friends? Friends are there to help you to change your ways and lead you to the right path. Character is very important.

The second point is circumstances. If you're in the same class with your best friend, things will be much easier! You can communicate more conveniently and quickly. In class, projectwork or even CCAs, all of us must work together to achieve for the best. We may be working together even in the future! So, circumstances is very important too.

Gender. It makes quite a difference. As teenagers now, they love to gossip, which of course lead to misunderstandings. If you see a guy and a girl sitting together, you might think that they are boyfriend and girlfriend, that's why some people do not really dare to approach the oppsite sex. But it's alright, the misunderstandings will soon be cleared.

Age? People of different ages may find abit more difficult to communicate. Example: You and your parents might not be able to communicate as well as with your friends as teenagers and adults have different point of view or opinions. When people talk about topics like love and school, would you rather talk to a 50 year old auntie than a 14 year old teenager? People of same age group tend to communicate easier and think mostly the same.

Race. As i stated above. It does not matters what skin colour you are. Friends are friends, you do not judge people by their appearances. As the saying goes, "Do not judge the book by its cover." . We should never insult or criticize people who are different from us, instead, we should respect and learn from them.

Part Three
Do you think Racial Harmony Day has served its purpose?

Yes. Racial harmony is a day where people of different races come together and celebrate. To know more about each other's culture and religion. As you know, Singapore is a multi-racial country. Without racial harmony, Singapore may not be as peaceful as now. Singapore may experience riots and disorder as the different races cannot live in harmony with each other. Racial harmony is also a great day to clear your misunderstandings about other races and to make friends! :)

Treasure friendships`

journal writing 2 --- MELody

2007-07-28T21:46:00.000+08:00

Part 1:
i love all my best friends! i got so many i lost count... my best friends always encourage me when im in trouble. they make me feel so touched. i have lots of malay and chinese friends. indian friends, i have a few percentage of them. because, there are not many of them in our school. having best friends, that means that you have trusted friends.

Part 2:
1 character
2 circumstances
3 age
4 gender
5 Race

1 Character:
character is just almost the same as attitudes. if you have the right character, show it off! charcter is important. if you have good character, many people will trust you.

2 Circumstances:
Second most important are: classmates, groupmate and cca-mate. it's natural that you will eventually be friends with them right? we need them to work together, as a group. this is called team. Losers rely on luck. Winners rely on skill.
Together
Everyone
Achieves

3 Age:
it's best that we communicate with people of nearly the same age as us. because, we can understand one another this way. but still, people of older age (like our parents) than us usually nag at us, scold us. its for our own good. they are more experience than us and they can give us advice on what we do.

4 Gender:
there are males, females and some mix. whoever they are, they are still people right? it doesn't matter. we can still have friends of different genders. being friends with different genders can be fun.

5 Race:
hey, race also does not even matter. no matter what, we are still humans. different races makes the whole world colourful!

Part 3:
racial harmony... hmmm... we can learn about different cultures, traditions and stuff. i'm now currently learning malay language from my malay friends. HAHA. its fun. i also teach them chinese at the same time. :) i'm anti-racist!!!! without racial harmony, riots will occur. no one will live in peace man... :P

Journal Writing 2 - Koh Hwee Bin

2007-07-28T20:39:00.000+08:00

Part 1:
I have a best friend who I know when I’m primary 6 in exact should be primary 4 because we were in the same tuition back then but we did not chat. Only until primary 6 we started to chat. She is the race as me, Chinese. Now both of us were in different school but we will still meet up once we are free. To me she is my best friends, the both of us will always chat until we have nothing to chat and in the end we still have to chat about what topic should we chat!!! :D So to me I think that best friends should be like this chat until we have nothing to chat!!!

Part 2:
Character:
People always will prefer to have friends who have good character or almost the same character as you. No one will prefer to have a friend who always quarrels with you only if we know that person very well. If your friends have a character which he or she will become moody very easily and then scold people for nothing I may not be able to withstand that kind of character but if it was only sometime I thinks it’s alright.

Circumstances:
Classmate, group-mate or CCA-mate can be a good helper of yours as there will be people who can help or support you when you are in trouble. And all this could also be important to have a good friendship.

Age:
If the age between our friend and us is too big we might not be able to communicate too well. But if the both of us try to have the minds of the others we will be able to communicate. So age really can make a different in communicate with ours friends.

Gender:
I think that it’s actually nothing too much. Is just that what the boys are thinking is very different from girls. Other than that I can’t think of anything.

Race:
It’s actually nothing matter so I think race is not a problem.

Part 3
Yep. Racial harmony has served its purpose. All people know more about others races traditional.

Journal Writing 2 - Angeline Kwok

2007-07-28T09:50:00.000+08:00

Part One

I do not have a best friend neither did I regard anyone as my best friend. I treat all my friends equally. My friends are from all races and religion. I do not think "ee.. you not chinese. I don't want to be your friend". I feel that this thinking is very childish. It is like in primary school that we say all these. The skin colour does not matter. Your skin may be any colour but I look at the person's personality. I think that it is the heart that matters!

Part Two

1. Character
2. Circumstances
3. Age
4. Gender
5. Race

Character
I feel that the character is the most important. If a person's character does not go well with me, I do not feel comfortable talking or working with that person. I will feel quite irritated in fact! A person must have a good character in order to work well with his/her team mates. If someone points out a point that needs improvement, we should try to change and not be stubborn.

Circumstances
In sports, it is important to have sportsmanship. If we do not have sportsmanship, team mates will feel rather difficult to work with us. If we do not have team work in games like netball, I would not be able to play properly. That is why the coaches always shout for us to communicate with each other during games. If not we will all run the same place and it would be very messy. This will not help in the game. It is the same in school and everywhere else. If we need help we can always turn to a friend!

Age
Image a person older than you by maybe 10 to 20 years. Would you be able to communicate well with them? I don't think so. They would most probably misunderstand what we want to do.
Because of this age gap, it is difficult for us to commmunicate well. Nowadays, students usually talk about some popstars and singers. But in the past for the adults, they do not talk about the same topic like us. There are bound to have somethings that we do not understand about each other.

Gender
Be it male or female. I do not mind. As long as I can work well with them. It is okay to sit around and talk to a guy. When we were young, rumours will pass round if we start to sit and talk to a guy. This never happen to me before because I'm from a girls school.

Race
No matter what colour each and every person's skin colour is, it is important that we do not think that it is because of their skin colour that we do not want to work with them. It is rather insulting if a person finds out that you do not want to work with them because of their skin colour. Race is not a problem!

Part Three
YES! Racial harmony day has definitely served its purpose. I got to know more about other races' traditional costumes and food. I learnt alot during racial harmony every year. It would be better if we could learn about the traditional games that different races play. Hope this would be part of it next year.

Journal Writing 2- Sherilyn Pua

2007-07-28T09:47:00.000+08:00

Part one

Who are your best friend in life?

Well, I do have a best friend, a friend that I could not afford to lose. I knew her since primary four, and we are best friend till now. Close enough? We are in the same secondary school, but different class, though we do not meet each other often, but we could really chat for a long time once we started. It's hard to get a friend like that though, that you could chat everything, and you would not be afraid that she would say it out. We share lots of secret together too. But now, if you ask me do I have anymore best friend other than her, I afraid that I could not answer. I do have close friends, but not until the extend of best friend. Somehow or rather, I find that once we are in secondary school,best friend seems hard to find now. Might be it's because the time we spend together is really lesser than we do in primary school and we came from different background too. Everyone seems to have their own things and till now, I believe that those close friends we have, we don't really trust them lots, sometimes we have things to say,we still have to think thrice. But no matter what, friends are hard to come, and best friends are hard to find, but, we must still treasure the fate between us. Though we are not close or we were just an aquantaince, a smile or a hello would make us closer too. Races does not mean anything, as long as we live in the same world and place, we are a one.

Part Two

Character
Circumstances
Age
Gender
Race

I think Character would be the first thing I would notice when choosing a friend, what for choosing a friend who is self-centered and only care about themselves. A friend who will say out every secret you told them, a friend that would backstab you behind your back, a friend who would say to other friends how bad you are when you were not. If I have a friend like this, I rather be dead. Or my eyes need to go for a check up. To me, character is very important, without a good character, I don't think they will help you, or instead they will harm you. So if you are my friends, it means that you have a good character! =)

Circumstances is the second important, especially in secondary school, where most of our time invovles in school project, cca and in classroom. If we have close friends that are in the same class as us, it would be really easier for us to keep in contact. If we were from different class, we would really need to find time to keep in contact. So, circumstances is quite important too.

Age, over 30 years old, there would surely a generation gap. Like our parents, they thinking would be different from us, so having a friend that is 30 year old is really quite difficult to communciate. Having friends around our age would be easier to communicate and hang around too, as our thinking would be almost the same.

Gender, well girl or boy, we are still human, and human needs friends, as long as we could communicate well with one another, what's wrong having an opposite gender as a close or best friend? So I don't think it's a weird or strange scence having an opposite gender sitting beside and chatting

Race, haha, it's doesn't matter at all please. What really different is the skin colour and our tradition, the rest, I think it's all the same yeah? So it's doesn't matter at all.

Part 3

Racial harmony of course serve it's purpose. It teaches us what's the meaning of racial and harmony. It tells us not to be racist and stay in harmony, which would benefits the world yeah?! haha!

~The End~

Journal Writing 2 - Chong Thiew Hiao x)

2007-07-27T22:32:00.000+08:00

Part One

Who are your best friends in life?

I have a lot of friends but i still could not find one friend that could represent "best" at the moment. During primary school's days, i remembered whenever we argue with our friends, we
tend to say out the words like"don't friend you liao,you are not my best friend anymore". Agreed? But at that time, we do not really know who is your best friend,and who is your friend.
During primary school, i often write in my journal that i have a lot of best friends and i could really named a lot of them till the page is full and often when i got to write a Friends Corner Page, i could too named a lot of them and also put them into good friend, bad friend, etc. But when i reach secondary school life, i find that it is really a tough question to answer and sometimes, it is quite sad that people have friends, you don't. However, i hope my best friend is going to appear sooner or later.

Don't worry! I do not have best friends, but i had a lot of good friends. We all come from different races and we got along with each other quite well. Sometimes, we also share the same interests and hobbies. Although we come from different races, we are still able to stay together and at the same time, have fun and laughter. I think is rather fun to have a friend that is different race with you, as both of you could have endless topics to chat about, and you would not feel bored. No matter what, you don't judge your friends according to their races, do you? i hope not. I think it is alright that we do not have best friend at this time, as we still have other good friends that will accompany us throughout our life.

Part Two

1. character
i believe that majority of people would rank this first as i really think that character matters a lot, consist both the inner and outer side of a person. Would you like to be with someone that is a kind,caring and helpful person or would u rather to be with a bad,not honest and naughty person?
For me, i would chose the first one. I think that is rather difficult to work with somebody with a bad attitude and lazy person. You would want to trust the person instead of suspecting the person. Am i right to say that? I strongly agree that CHARACTER is the most important factor on the important in our friendship.

2.age
Sometimes, it is rather hard to communicate with somebody older than you, as different age group of people would have different thinking and ideas. It is rather difficult to understand the person who is smaller or bigger than you when you come to certain types of topics,i.e. Love, studies. It is much more easier to communicate with somebody who is the same age as you as because there isn't much gap between you two. I believed that if you were to choose to talk to a 30 years old man or a boy at the age of 14,15 years old, you would rather choose the second option as he is closer to your age. It depends.

3.circumstances
classmates,teammates,schoolmates are all helpers in your life. You all must be united as a group to achieve good result. We need teamwork for projects, we need classmates when we need help in school work and for schoolmates, we may need help in the future. We need them for many reasons, and so this is important too.

4.race
NO racist please. Sometimes, we like to crack about racist jokes but to me, it is just a form of entertainment. We should not hates the other races instead we should love each other. You would never know one day that your best friend turns up to be a different race with you, so don't make a assumption that race is important or we should not have friends from other races. We must learn from each other, if we don't understand, we used our mouth to ask.

5.gender
Gender? male or female? i understand that when we are young, we don't dare to touch the opposite gender's hands,hair or shoulder because we thought that people will misunderstood and rumors would be passing around. It did happened to me before, but no worries, we are all grown-up teenagers and we all know what is gender all about.So, it is okay to see a boy and a girl to sit together and chit chat. Don't worry about that.! You will soon get over it.
gender is not really that important to me.

Part Three
Do you think Racial Harmony Day has served its purpose?

i believed that every festival served its own purposes. It is just that different people have different thinking and we look at things at different angles.
Many people would think that it is a stupid day, waste their time but for other people, they think that this is a meaningful day that every different races come together and celebrate the day. The day that we could exchange things that we do not have in our races, there is no harm to learn a new language, try a new food.
It is a day where every different races come together and share things together.
i had fun during Racial harmony day, do you?

everybody! be happy!
have a nice weekend!

thiewhiao

Journal Writing 2 - Ng WeiLin=)

2007-07-27T17:49:00.000+08:00

Part 1

I do not know who is my best friend, seriously. i had never thought of this before. I just let my life go on and on. We do not have to like classify friends into Best Friend category, Good Friend Category, Bad Friend Category etc. As long as our friends treat each other well, who cares whether you are my best friend or not. Everyone is equal.
I have Malay and Chinese friends. I have no Indian friend. Not that I’m racist. I just do not have any Indian classmates. It does not matter what colour is your skin. No discrimination. It is your heart. Is your heart black?

Part 2

1 character
2 circumstances
3 age
4 gender
5 Race

1 Character

I think character is the most important factor as no one would want to befriend someone who cannot be trusted, who have attitude problems which everyone hates it, a troublemaker who always get you into trouble, who always take away your credits.

2 Circumstances

Classmates, group mates and cca-mates. Although we must learn to be independents, we still need friends for support, classmates to help you with your work, cca-mates to correct you for things you did wrong during your cca, you also need them for teamwork. For example, basketball and netball, no teamwork, you might as well don't play.
Group mates, in order to do produce a perfect, nice work, we need these group mates to suggest some ideas, and put your heads in and discuss. United we stand, Divided we fall.

3 Age

You can't really communicate with adults who are about 30 years old or over. It is best to have friends who are around the age as you. It is easier to communicate with. They think what you are thinking.

4 Gender

Males and females. There's something the male cannot share with the female except married couple. In fact, some married couples still cannot share some personal things with each other. If we do not talk about these things. We can just communicate with each other. There is no problem at all.

5 Race

As I had said earlier on, it doesn't matter what your skin colour is. We may be from different religion, but that's does not matter. We have to respect people's religion. Does not mean that you believe in the god of your religion, everyone must also believe in the god of your religion. Everyone have the rights which god they believe in. Respect each other's freedom of religion.

Part 3

Yes. I think Racial Harmony Day had served its purpose.
We get to learn more as in the traditional culture of different races, the delicacies they eat, the differences of the clothes such as Chinese wear Qi Pao and Malay wear Baju Kurong.
We also get to know about each other's religion. Example, the Muslims cannot eat pork and the Buddhist cannot eat Beef.

Journal Writing 2-Soh Rui Yi [=

2007-07-27T17:22:00.000+08:00

Part one:

Who is my best friend in my life? Is like, all those who are close to me, we have either lost contact or left. Maybe they even forget that there is someone called Ruiyi in this world. So actually I don't really have a best friend in my life. Although I put ******** in my blog, I think that is already the past. Now I don't have a best friend in my life.

Although I don't have a best friend, I obviously have friends. Friends of different age, races, gender. But I have friends that really care about me which I am very grateful towards them.

I may not have best friends, but I'm sure that I am able to find them one day (: But I am content that I have friends that care about me. And found someone who is more than best friend to me. Just like brother.

Part two:

1. Character

To me, character is the most important. If the person does not have a good character, what for I make friends with them? Is like some friends just want to be with you because they will benefit. If you didn't give them any benefits, what will they do? Ignore you? Say bad things about you? Tell them a secret, they backstab u? So to me, a friend must be someone who have a good character and of course must be honest.

2. Circumstances

Classmates,teammates,schoolmates are all helpers in your life. As long as we are united as a group, we are able to achieve good result. We need teamwork for projects, we need classmates when we need help in school work. But still, we must not be too dependant towards our friends.

3. Age

To me, I get although pretty well with people of different ages, but I find that it is the best to find friends that is around the age of yours. So that it is much more easier to communicate [=

4. Races

I am totally not a racist person. I mix with people of different races, religion. As long as we get along with each other well, they is no reason why I should not mix with them. I, a Singaporean live in a multi racial country. Just respect one another race and religion. Peace in the country (:

5. Gender

I don't care if he is a guy or she is a girl. I just mix with them. I don't mind telling you all. I get along with guys much more better than girls. * no offences. Although rumors always occur to me. I don't mind that doesn't stop me from being friends with guys (:

Part 3:

Racial Harmony served its purpose. To me, racial harmony is not the day to eat different races food, know about their culture. Although it is important, but I still think that racial harmony is a day where different races come together. Not only Racial Harmony day, but everyday. (:

Journal writing 1 -Daniel

2007-07-26T20:57:00.002+08:00

Before lending money, I would have to consider the type of person he is . If he is a person that returns money on time and does not have to be pushed to return the money, I would let him the money. If he has borrowed the money from me before and does not return the money to me on time and has not even bothered to return it to me, I would not lend him the money.

Lending Money to someone also has to have a reason why the person wants to borrow money from you. If someone really needs the money and I will definitely lend him the money. Who would want to see their friend suffer when they can do something about it?

Lending money to a friend means that you trust a friend and He/She would return it on time since he /she is your friend. So far all my friends have return me the money I lend to them expect Gary who stills own me $5 since February.

So I would still lend my friends money if they need it.

Journal Writing 2 - Abel Goh

2007-07-26T20:57:00.001+08:00

Oh.... I'm the 1st to post this topic? allrites! ...abel so lame rite? okok, no more crap....

okok, who are my best friends? I don't really know.... it's just basically friends, perhaps i still need more time to know my friends.... Those I trust either left or either lost contact and i think they had long forgotten about this 'abel'.... Those 'best friends' i had( wonder if i really have or not) simply wanted ur accompany for their own sake , they wanted entertainment , they demand for it, they will always crictise you , making u feel bad and outcasted....

shuts.... should be talking about best friends right? hahhaa... Since i have none, will just say about friends then.... My friends are around me... my classmates, schoolmates , church friends.... teachers almost everyone that i have contact with. They're all either chinese or malay. Hmmm, the question asks why... how i know??? does race matters ? I don't think we should choose our friends judging by the race.

I don't know... sometimes i thought to myself, wads the difference between 'best friend' and 'friend' . The main difference is one contains the word 'best'. Meaning you like that friend around you, the person that you wana share your joy and problems with. They are people you think you can trust the most.

Maybe i do really have best friends, i think it's just that i did not went deeper into the friendship.

Here comes the part 2!

1.Character

I think this is the most important among the 5. Who will want to have a good for nothing friend? someone who make use of you? Always claiming other people's credit, pushing blame to other ppl. Err, i dont mean ' SAY NO TO BAD FRENS! SAY NO!' ... Our friendships should have a balance mix of both the good frens and the bad frens.....why is this so?

Friends with bad character played quite an important role in our lives. They will cause trouble in your life, adding interesting chapters into your life. We will be able to cope with the different types of problems next time in the future as we had experiences like these before and we will be able to solve problems caused by them.

Friends with good character helps us all the time. They let us know that there will always be someone behind giving support, they help you out when you fell. They also add wonderful chapters into our lives, happy memories. and all the good stuffs...

Saying all these, i have to make a clear statement, no friend in the world is bad. rmb tt.

2. Circumstances

Second most important....classmates,groupmate and cca-mate... Why do i have to befriend a person in clz? grp? in cca? Why? It's important as we need friends to work with , like in class, a group or in cca... we need friends, colleauges* ( donoe the spelling) ... without making friends... we'll have a hard time ... left out, alone... nobody to work with.....[ i don't really know what to write, sry]

3.Age

It's best to befriend with people with age same as you because they are in the same generation as you, they know what you are going through, while those older or younger don't, due to the generation gap and mind perspectives.

4.Gender

It's not very important as the others coz the main thing is friend, guy or girl doesn't matters... though both sexes can give u different types of support.
Girls- They will always listen to you, offer help, cheer for you while...
Guys- Morale support, they give you support differently from the girls, they don't really cheer, but crictise you abit to motivate you to do even harder...
that's what i think....

Lastly,5. Race.

As mentioned before, RACE DOES NOT MATTER! Friendship can be found in any race, its not a must for a chinese to befriend a chinese... Sometimes, friends different from your race can even give you more motivation....

ALL THIS 5POINTS i did not describe it very detailed.

Part 3! finally i can sleep after doing this.

Yes, i think Racial Harmony served its purpose. The event in school helped us learn more about different food from different races.... i can see that alot of people were happy on that day... tts all i gotta say? hahaha, sry for not giving a detailed post.

allrites! I'm done! woots.

Comments for Topic 1

2007-07-26T15:45:00.000+08:00

Hello 2e2!

Glad to see the majority of you taking the interest to blog! As for those who have yet posted, I'm still waiting!

I know this blogging activity is a new thing for many of you, and some may be cursing me for it (I've been sneezing more than usual these days), I do hope that you would be open-minded and cast away your displeasure and unwillingness to write your journals this way. We will never grow if we refuse to move out of our comfort zone. People reading this, do encourage your friends to post!

For those who posted, well done! I can see that all of you put in the effort in writing. No more half-hearted journals :)

Alright I'm going to share a little about myself with regard to the topic. If you read my other class' blog, you'll be reading the same thing. :p

I had a number of bad experiences with regard to lending money to a friend. Not once, not twice, but trice. I guess it doesn't stop at "once bitten twice shy"!

The first one was to an ahem...ex-boyfriend. He was into illegal betting, and he lost a few thousand dollars! Driven to desperation, he decided that the only place he could go to is the loan shark's. Boys and girls let me tell you now that going to the loan shark's is the most foolish thing one can do! No matter how desperate you are, DO NOT borrow money from them. They charge ridiculous interest that you will never be able to repay since you are in need of money in the first place. Anyway let me go back to the story. As he was my friend, I didn't like to see him live in fear everyday, thinking of how he could escape payment from the loan sharks. So I lend him money. Were there any considerations made? Of course! But our relationship overrode everything. Furthermore, I thought since we are going to see each other probably for the rest of our lives, it was alright to lend him. He could take his time to return me the money. Better than fear getting chopped up by the thugs. Well well, I was sure naive. BGRs don't last forever! A few years later, we decided not to see each other anymore because of some differences we couldn't resolve. But the money that he owed me complicated everything. As much as we wanted not to have anything to do with each other, we had to keep in contact because of this sum of money. I think he didn't feel proud to owe a girl money. That became a good thing as eventually he managed to repay me the full sum. I think I was very fortunate.

For the next 2 cases, it was less easy. They were not very close friends of mine, but for some reasons, I agreed to lend them (at different times). I guess I was just silly and too soft-hearted. After lending them, they disappeared for a while. Couldn't get them on the phone most of the times. At times when I do get to them, they gave silly excuses which were in no way verifiable, eg. Grandmother in hospital, family problems,bla bla...I thought it was a gone case. It was so exasperating! But I thank God that I had help from other people who know them, they helped me contact them and chased them. Finally after a long time, I managed to get my money back. *Phew*

After all this drama, I decided to be more prudent with my money. I simply cannot be blind anymore! Third time lucky is indeed lucky. There won't be a fourth time.

Does that mean that I will never lend anyone money now? No. I still believe that we should help people whenever we can. But we really have to be wise about it. After all these experiences, I've concluded that if I ever decide to lend again, I would have to be prepared not to get the money back.

That's all for now! Do feel free to give comments to any posts here! :)

Love,
Ms Goh

Journal Topic 2 - Miss Goh

2007-07-26T10:57:00.000+08:00

Hi class! Here's your topic 2!

Racial Harmony Day

Racial Harmony Day celebration has just passed. I'm sure your class had fun working together for this event, coming to school dressed in pretty clothes or watching other people looking handsome/pretty dressed up in clothes other than the boring uniform. Maybe some of you had your hearts miss a beat when you see your crush *gasp* looking like an angel / prince! :p

This week's topic is on your view on friendship. Take a moment to reflect and think thoroughly before you write. There are 3 parts, so do be sure you answer all!

Part One

Who are your best friends in life?
Are they of the same race as you?
If they are, why so?

Part Two
Rank the following factors on their importance in your friendship with a person. 1 being most important, 5 being least important. After each choice, give a brief explanation of how the factor is important.

gender
age
race
character
circumstances (eg. classmate, groupmate, cca-mate)

Part Three
Do you think Racial Harmony Day has served its purpose?

Remember to put 'Journal Writing 2 - (your full name)' as your title!
Date due: Thursday 2 August 2007
Happy writing now! :)

Love,
Ms Goh

Journal Writing 1- Norlyana bte Rokman. (:

2007-07-24T21:01:00.000+08:00

To lend or not to lend? That is the question. There is no doubt that advantages do arise from helping those in need.

The advantages towards this is that we will be able to help our friends when they are in need of cash. We might also be saving them from bankcruptcy. With the help of us, they might be able to pay off their debts and we will definitely feel better that we are helping someone who is in need.

There is also no doubt that disadvantages arise from helping those in need.

The people we lend money to may take advantage of our kindness. They might take us for granted and they will always ask for money even when they have money. They will not pay us back and we will end up at the losing end as it will get harder and harder to say no each time they ask.

So, the question of wheather we should lend or not is still open to individual opinion. But as for me, I'd rather not unless I know for sure that they really need the help. (:

Journal Writing 1 - Genevieve Koh

2007-07-16T21:15:00.000+08:00

Should i lend to a friend is a tough question to decide on. Like any other things we do in life, there would always be pros and cons. And this shall not be an exception. For me, i would see who is that person, what he/she wants me to lend him/her, and why.

Pros - Just helping a little may change part of a friend's life. For example, if a friend is weak in a certain subject, and you just simply help a little by tutoring her or whatsoever, she will have better grades and may even go to a better class next year. Equals to, better future. And most importantly, we can see our friend happy and smile.

Cons - We may be taken advantage of. For example, a friend always claim that he/she dont have money and always borrows it from you. And one day, when you need a sum of money urgently and wants it back from him/her and he/she doesnt wana return. What will happen to you if you cant get that sum of money. You lend a helping hand to others but others may not lend you theirs when you need it. And i guess thats the selfish side of a person.

Thats all. Goodbye.

Journal Writing 1- Hazizah. (=

2007-07-16T20:16:00.000+08:00

Be kind to others.

"Should you lend to a Friend?"
[Sorry for the late post]

If it was me I would try as much as possible to avoid lending money to friends. This is because I want to try to avoid misunderstandings. But if I want to lend money I would change my mindset to treating my friends. For quite an amount of money I totally have to make them take it as a loan.

I' m not an ATM machine which only service for withdrawal and not deposit. OR I'll become Bangkrupt!!! But overall, I think that whatever is taken from Person A has to be return by the borrower,then,its fair to all parties,don't you think so?

Toodles,
i have totally nth to say.

Journal Writing 1 - Joey

2007-07-16T18:22:00.000+08:00

Should you lend you to a friend?

If we talk about minor things, I would lend it to them. I wouldn't lend my stuff to them unless they ask it from me. Because I feel that it is rude if you don't ask for permission to take someone's belonging. Sometimes friends ask to borrow them things that they might not have, it's best to lend it to them. Best to help them. If you mention about personal items such as handphones and stuff, I wouldn't really trust the person even if he/she is my best friend. I feel that it's my personal stuff that I don't wish other people to use my personal stuff. Another thing is, if my friend needs help in some problem he/she is having, I would try to help without a second thought. The reason is because if I can help in things that I am capable of handling, I would do my best to solve my friend's problem. For example, if my friend has difficulties in his/her studies, I would try to teach him/her to do that sum.

There are always pros and cons for things and matters. Same goes to this. The bad example to lend it to a friend is because they might not return it to you! An example, you lend your friend a sum of money he/she said that they needed it and they don't return the money to you. That's the bad point of lending 'things' to your friend. I haven't got to know of this type of people but I hope people don't misuse your friends by taking advantage of their kindness.

If there's a need that I have to lend my friend the things that she need, I must have my total trust in her that she won't lose it and she will return me the next day. I will only lend to people I am close to and those are the people who I trusted the MOST!

I think it's long enough luh. You people WRITE SO DAMN LONG!
I hope mine's enough!

Journal Writing 1 - Alif Husaini

2007-07-16T17:59:00.000+08:00

Well, lending money to someone whom you trust or so called friend, is not a problem at all. To me, it is just a small, minor thing. It is not wrong to lend money to someone whom you trust especially he/she really needs it. He/she could pay it back in no time. In my opinion, lending something to someone is a very kind act. We need to give our helping hand wherever someone needs them. We must be generous, but not stingy. People will look upon us as kind and generous people if we at least do the best we can do and help them as much as we can. Lending money to someone is a very easy thing. This act could make people smile and build/gain trust with each other. Every people in this people surely are not alone from hardships and difficulties and they must definitely give a helping hand to each other when in need.

However, lending money money to a friend can be a big problem too. He/she could take granted/advantaged of you when you lend money to him/she too much. He/she could ask for more and more money from you. This could led to a row. This could break up the relationship between the two person. Not only that, this could led to a row and distrust begins to grow over the two person. He/she could be pain in the neck when the time comes. He/she could owe you more and more money when he/she did not repay you the debt he/she had borrowed from you.

So lesson learnt, lending money to a friend has it's advantages and disadvantages too. We must always know where to draw the line and its limitations. We should know when is the right time to lend money to a friend so our relationship with the person will not be affected.

PS: I did my Journal Writing 1 a day late. But at least I did it. Sorry! =)

Writing Journal 1- esTEHr

2007-07-15T23:22:00.000+08:00

SHOULD YOU LEND TO A FRIEND?

It all depends on the situation/item/duration/permission/person. Most of the times, we will ask our friend who is borrowing something these few questions. Why do you need it? Which one do you want? ( If you have two or more of it) How long are do you intend to borrow it? Sometimes we would tell the person "I need to ask my parent first." Of course, before lending it to a friend, you would ask yourself whether the person is trustworthy enough? Would he/she return it in time before you need it? Likewise, if he/she who you are lending to you is close to you and you know him/her very well this questions don't really matter to you.
( Point of information: there are a few factors you come across while upon deciding to lend or not)

We should always lend a helping hand to someone who truly needs it for right motives and purposes. Though sometimes we might feel a little poorer or as if your lifestyle has changed when you lend it to someone however do always bear in mind that the person lifestyle is much better now that you have lent it to him/her! Cheer up dull boy, it's only for awhile. However, there are cons to, if you lend it, would there be a negative impact towards you? I truely believe that you should never lend out more than you can afford to lose.
(Point of information: Pros and cons of lending )

Many of us are old and matured enough to know what is right and wrong. By lending, you are trusting that person to return, take care and use it well. Misusing, not returning and damaging is a big No-No.

In my opinion, we should lend and feel proud and contented that we have helped a friend :) And if we really can't lend due to some reasons then just let your friend know, and also as the friend who is lending, we should understand and accept it.

Journal Writing 1 - Celeste Yeo :D

2007-07-15T20:56:00.000+08:00

Should you lend to a friend? My answer is yes and no. There is 2 angles to look at when I answer this question, both positive and negative. It will depend on which angle you are looking at to answer this question.

I will start on the negative part first. But sometimes, you may find that your friend might be just using you. When you mix with a company of bad friends, they will tend to ask you to help them on some bad things that will lead you into trouble. Like for example, if your "bad" company of friends wants you to help them steal things, it is also a form of "helping" them but this will lead you into deep trouble if you are caught stealing. Sometimes, you friends take you for granted and always repeatedly ask you to help them. They use you to help them do things but they say that this is called "helping" them. We should know this clearly ourselves, whether we are helping them, or being used by them.

There is also a positive part about lending to a friend. When your friends have difficultities or they are in trouble whatsoever, this would be a right time to lend your helping hand to them. For example, if your friends are weak in a particular subject and you know that you can help, you should try your best in helping your friend by tutoring or something that can help him or her. This would be the best thing you could do for your friend too. This can also mean being helpful to your friends! This is a kind act of generiosity and you should be proud of it too. And this is not being used by your friends, but helping your friends who are in need of help!

Long enough? Cannot think already :D

Jorunal Writing 1-christin choy =P

2007-07-15T20:51:00.000+08:00

Should we lend to a friend? hmmm.. this topic has a lot of pointers. There are always two sides to an issue. A positive or a negative side.
Firstly, the kind of friends you have is an issue. Do you know the friends very well or just well or just met him/her? Do you know his/her character and what kind of person he/she was? If you know them well,I think you can trust them and you may proceed to next step or else,one answer-no lending.
Being kind and generous is a good moral value to have,but on the other side,being kind and generous will end up being used by friends of bad company.If you are in with a bad company,and then they ask you to shoplift something for them and they say that this is a kind of way to helping people too,but in the end,you will get into trouble because of them. The other bad thing is that for example,a friend always like to ask you for money and always give reasons like family poor and no money for repair or mum grounded him/her and no pocket money for a week and always kept asking you for money.And after for some days,it became a bad habit and they will just automatically ask you for money again and again.BUT...
this friend whom you always lend money to..never pays back your money.. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? So,you now realised that you are being used by this friend as a money tree,but how do you tell him/her?
Ahas..you are stuck in that situation right? So the perfect solution for this is never to start lending money until you got the real reasons and be sure that he/she will pay you back the money before asking you for money again.
Next,you must have a sense of alert. Don't end up being push around by your friends or being treat like an ATM machine..haha..and withdraw money from you frequently.Be wise when choosing a friend. If he/she really needs your help,of course,definitely I will 100% help my friend. But if he/she kept on thinking that i will help him/her forever,making use of my kindness and generousity,sorry to tell say that: forget about your dream,i will never make that happen. wake up!!
yeah..and just be wise when choosing a friend and always know your limits.When it's time to stop lending help to a friend,you should stop.But for good friends,you can just 100% trust him/her as you know that she won't make use of you to gain what she/he wants..
yup..and i guess it's alreadi exceeding 200 words right? i believe so.. and i shall end here now..goodbye :D

~the end~

Journal Writing 1 - Brandon Ong

2007-07-15T20:47:00.000+08:00

Borrowing money is a difficult decision because it.............................................................................................
............................................................................holds a risk that you may be cheated by your friend. You must be confident that the person...................................................................................who is borrowing money from you is trustable.................................................................................... also, you need to see if the amount your friend is borrowing is too much, or exceeds what .......................................................................
......................... you have, then just lend him/her what you think would be enough. If he/she says that he/she is going to buy food but does not have money and wants.................................to borrow $20 from you, i think that it is too much and you should lend him lesser money. ..............................................................................
.......................................on the other hand if you say no or reject his/her request, i think, it would be okay because if he/she is your friend, he/she surely would not mind and approach other people but if he/she minds, you probably would not have this friend anymore. For me, i think that the best solution if you are lending he/she ................................................................................................................................................
lend the amount you think is right or appropriate for what he needs to use the money for.

END

i have a question.
Why do we write on blogs if we are writing a personal journal? lol

Journal Writing 1 - Cheng Si Yi

2007-07-15T20:08:00.001+08:00

Should you lend to a friend? I would sometimes say yes and sometimes say no. If i' m already low on the certain things that my friend wanted to borrow, I would say no. Take money for example, my friend was low on money during recess time and she wanted to borrow some money from me. But, during that day, I am also low on money. Thus, i would say no to her although i trust her that she will return me back the next day.

There are also situations that i will agree to lend my friend something. That is, if i have extras or rather those which i do not need so much. Helping others is important but you need to see how much u trust them and if u lend it to someone, so be it. There's no point arguing about lending or not when your friend needs it very much, u have extras but you didn't want to lend it to him/her. Helping others is nice, helping friends are nicer as you could know your friend more and about her background.

Take my friend as an example. In primary school, I once had a friend which always has a lack of money. Every time when recess time, she ate very less as she did not have enough money to eat. During recess every time, I would lend her 50cents or so to let her have enough to eat. we are sort of best friends then. I trusted her a lot as i know that her mother is very strict with her and is quite poor. So, in return, she would either help me in my work or if she have some extra money from her mother, she would return some money to me. In the end, we ended up helping each other. Quite silly isn't it?

Helping friends can be both correct AND wrong in different situations. If you are helping a friend to steal or rob a bank(example). It's not correct as it is a common sense request. We should reject such request as the person who asked you to help is not a true friend to you.

Is this long enough and sensible? Hope so..

Journal Writing 1 - Lye Jue Ying ;DD

2007-07-15T20:08:00.000+08:00

Should you lend to a friend?

First, if somebody asks me to lend her things, like pen, textbook, and such, i will definitely lend them without hestitation. But, when she asks me to lend her workbook or worksheets for copying homework, i won't lend them, because when i lend them, i am not helping them, but to cause them into troubles. When the teacher is marking the work, she will notice that there is similarity between 2 person's homework, then you smell trouble.

So, if somebody asks me if i have money for her to use,
i will hestitate awhile to lend him or not.I have to see if i have the ability to lend her the money,
and if the person is trustworthy or not, and see what they use the money for.

If i don't have the money to lend her, what more can i say? i will feel a bit sorry for them and reject them. Then you have to see them walking out of your view in dismay. This will make them lose some trust in you. But if she is really your good friend, she will understand the situation and your feelings. Some may think you are really selfish, and starts to ignoring you the next few days questioning herself if that is what a good friend claims to be. I think this is just some childish and sensitive act from what you call a "good" friend.

If i have the money to lend her, i think i will, Because you want them to trust you more. But it depends what they use the money for. If they need it for bus fares, i think i will lend them. But, if they use it to buy useless stuffs, like " hey, can i borrow money from you because i wanna buy the latest BLAHH's CD!!!!!~~" Isn't it stupid to borrow people money to satisfy themselves? Those are the things they WANTS, not NEEDS. Or, if they use the money they borrowed from to do bad things, like buying parang knifes to murder people, what is the purpose of it?

So let's say, after you lent them and you need the money, it's time for you to get the money back. But, you will feel quite afraid to get back the money, they will think you are very "money face", get angry with you etc. And when we keep on reminding them to return the money, they will just pay back the money and start to avoid you. Problem comes. Now you gain back your money, but loses a friend.

But if the person is really too much, like demand and presses you to lend them money, i think you have the rights to not lend them money. Immediately sever ties with that fella. hah.

In conclusion, i think it is better to lend people a helping hand. You don't want bad karma do you? For me, i think what goes around comes around. If you help people, the next time you need help from friends, at least they will help you because they remembered you've helped them before.

END.

wow, i actually took 1hour and 45 minutes to finish this up.

Journal Writing 1 - Tay Ding Hao

2007-07-15T20:05:00.000+08:00

Should I lend to my friend? Lending things to friends, depends on the situation. Maybe when there is a real need, I will lend something that can help him/her out. However, lending money to a person who don't really need it alot is actually harming them.

An example is like, there is a guy who appeared to borrow money from you to buy something that is not needed. After he know that you will lend him money, he will always come to you for money.

Being a generous person is easy, however, there will always be a point when you are unable to help out and you will be said to be unhelpful. Some people tend to rely on people who are generous and they will take it as a will for you to lend he/her your things or money.

However, if you are generous, you will always be the most welcomed person among the rest who are not as generous. Being a welcomed person of course is good, but do you all think that it was easy to be a generous person?

Before lending things to a friend / stranger, there is a few points/risks to consider. If the person is a friend of yours, of course he/she will be more trustable than anyone that is a total stranger to you. Lending something valuable to others are strongly discouraged as he/she will make spoil of it accidentally and you will waste all of your money that you had accumulated for it.

For myself, I will lend my things/money only to my close friends. =)

Journal Writing 1-Lee Pin Hui :)

2007-07-15T17:07:00.000+08:00

Should we lend our money to a friend?I certainly will if I have the extra money he/she wanted.I will also depend on how much I trust the person and how close we are.The amount of money he/she wanted to lend from me is also another issue I will consider.If he/she is someone close to me and that I find he/she can be trusted,I will lent them the money.

As everyone agrees,by rejecting the person who wanted to lent from you,you may face a big risk of ending the relationship.Thus,at times,it may be difficult for us to decide if we want to lent the money out or not.So you may ask :SHOULD I LEND HER OR NOT?WHAT SHOULD I DO WHEN HE/SHE DID NOT RETURN?AM I GOING TO ASK HER FOR THE MONEY?Having thought of that, you may hestitate.As people think that by asking someone back the money you lent,it is hard.I think likewise too.Therefore when I borrow my money to someone,I will ask him/her the reason.If he/she is really in need,I will definally lent the money.But for my character,I will not as he/she back the money until he/she is willing to pay back.As by doing this you will be able to find out if he/she can be trusted.If he/she did not pay,you should know what to do by then.

Not just that lenders should notice and think carefully before lending out your money.Borrowers should also know that they must return the money back to the person to avoid conflicts between friends.Even if your are really close friends,it is still adviseable to pay back the money you have borrowed.

Friends are certainly much more important than money.Friends who understand you are hard to come by,therefore we must always treasure our friendship.

GOOD BYE!:)

Journal Writing 1 - Abel Goh

2007-07-15T16:26:00.000+08:00

oh man, it's sunday already ! Good question, should i lend to a friend? Hm... lending things lyk money, help or whatever to a friend, i think that's ok and i will too. But what if this friend of your's is taking advantage of you, making use of you? e.g , abel the living ATM, abel my hero or something...and yet, they will eventually become dependant of you.

From the other posts, will lending to a friend help or not help your friend? For this, you have to look deeper into the situation.

It's very hard to make a decision whether to lend to your friend or not. If you do, your friend will natrually be more happy, but if you don't, he/she will ofcourse have some different attitude to you. This theory is very obvious.

I don't think it's a good idea to keep lending to a friend.The reason is, when you keep helping he/she whenever they're in deep shit or something, they will always remember that someone will help them, making them very dependant as mentioned earlier. By doing so, you are not letting your friend to overcome problems faced in their lifes by their own.

From what i've said, it doesn't mean don lend to your friend, it's ok to lend to a friend but YOU have to know the limits. Those people who are always helping the others will eventually turn into a servant , a maid , a person that is being pushed around .

This is because the more you lend to a friend, the demand for a help increased next time. And for those people who had very little friends and these friends of theirs are people who are very dependant ...... 'loathers' i labelled. Those people with had friends like 'loathers', they will keep on helping coz they do not want to lose a friend coz without a friend by yourside when you need help, that feeling is very saddening, very lonely, you will start to think that ' Why isn't there anyone there to help me? Why?'

You will start thinking that you're an outcast. So that's why they kept helping...

But there are friends out there worth helping for. They are your true friends. They will lend to you when you need , they will be there when you need.

All these do you all understand? hahahaa...but in the end, lending to a friend is a good thing, you never knew who will help you when you need.

Yes, i agree with those that had posted, depending on the type of the person, u need to think whether to lend to or not. If you trust this friend of yours, if there's a close friendship between you both, helping each other is not a problem, but helping a friend that u don't trust, will you?

Ah ya, type so much...finally finished.... hahaha, is this enough????

Journal Writing 1 - Ong Shi Hui

2007-07-15T15:10:00.000+08:00

Lending money to someone should depend on who is the person and how much I trust them . If we reject we may risk the relationship of our friendship but if we say "yes" we are taking a big risk .

But if the person is someone whom i trust and the loan is not too much i may consider lending him the money . But if it is someone who I don't really know well ask me to lend them money i will not lend as i don't really know their character well they may denied to return back money to me and they will ask me to lend them money again and again and the sum getting bigger and bigger and they will take things as granted and even treat you as their ATM machine .

I once remember during my Primary 6 day , one of my classmates ask me to lend them money and I did as i thought she will return me the money but I was wrong . After a few days , I went to ask back my money but she denied and say that i accused her . I was angry and from that day onward i did not lend money to anyone again .

So when I lend someone money , I will not ask from them back my money until they remember to pay back or I will slowly forget .

Friends are hard to find especially someone who understand you . So don't ruin your friendship because of money . Treasure your friendship ! :p

Journal Writing 1 - Monica Soh (:

2007-07-15T14:33:00.000+08:00

Lending to a friend takes big consideration. If we say no, our friendship may just end like that. But if we say yes, nothing much will happen. But if we have to lend a big amount to him/her, we may not have the ability to lend him/her. This may be because we do not have the amount of money he/she wants. If we can give that particular amount to him/her, we will of course give her.

But sometimes it doesn't mean that we got the money we must give them. This is because he/she may be using that money for a unnecessary case. But life is like that. Everyone tends to use money to buy some unnecessary things. Me too! So if we did not lend her money to these things, we may be kind of helping him/her to save money too.

Another thing we must consider is that whether that person can be trusted. If we lend the money to him/her and he/she just get away with the money without paying us, then we can only say that we are stupid. :P But if that person is your long years friend and you think you can trust her, then just lend it! Some people will also lend it on their own accord whether or not that person will return him/her back.

So, lending to a friend is a good and bad thing. We must always consider first! (:

Journal Writing 1 - Koh Hwee Bin

2007-07-15T13:53:00.000+08:00

To me lending money to your friend may be a big problem to me. If the amount is small or they really have the needs to use the money I think I will lend to money to him or her. But if the amount is too big I might really have to think about it as we ourselves have other important uses in it.

But I would not lend to people who I already lend the money only if it’s for emergency then I will lend. I don’t think it’s good to keep lending the same person money as they have to solve their problem themselves but of course I will lend only a small amount of money as it’s hard to say no and I really don’t wish to see that person I trouble.

There’s a few time I reject my friend as she is just buying some unnecessary and this could also make your friend feel that we do not trust him or her. But I have a friend who told me not to lend money to her even if she ask me to lend as this could stop her from buying unnecessary item and she does not have the money to pay up.
It’s hard to borrow money from your friend and asking the money back. So sometime I will not ask the money back or I will just wait for the person to return me the money as time go by I will soon forget about it.

Journal Writing 01- Azimah Hussin(",)

2007-07-15T13:18:00.000+08:00

Actually, it depends on the person whom you're going to lend your money to. If the person can be trusted and he/she has been with you for a very long time and you know him/her well enough. Supposedly you can but it is still at your own risk cause a person can betray you anytime even though you're close.

If your own family members could betray you, the more your friends could too.So it really depends. If we never lend to the person, the person may say us name such as stingy and such but what to do? Life won't turn out the way you want it to be cause life is unfair and it's not perfect. The thing is we care for our own self but you can even lose a friend just because of money.

People say that money is everything. However, we can't buy time with money. Even love-we can't buy it with money too. So, it seriously depends on your own decision and your own risk if you want to whom you want to lend your money to.

Jornal Writing 1- SERENA SEE [:

2007-07-15T10:23:00.000+08:00

Lending something to a friend depends how much you trust him/her to return it. Lending small amount of money is still alright but a big sum of money, you might be on your guard. If you says "no", the other person may not be happy and it creates problem for the friendship. If the person frequently ask for money, kindly ask him what he does with the money.

If lending money to him always, he might ask for more and more. In the end, he might take it all for granted, and becomes a habit. Lending money to him might not solve anything but instead creates more.

The first consideration is whether you can afford it. If you can't afford to give the money away, you can't afford to lend it. Unless it is for emergency or helping someone. If it involved large amount, writing down in paper would be wiser; which would include the specific date of repayment. This would protect the lender, and make the recipient more comfortable, so as to remind him or her that it is not for charity. Other then that should inerest be charged both parties should come to term on it.

Often, it is the borrowing of funds that leads to the rifts between friendship of relatives and friends. It is adviseable to pay what is borrowed even for a small amount, but if for other reasons the lender just need the money urgently, so the urge to ask for the repayment would be involved. If the lender is lucky he would be paid otherwise arguements or conflicts would arise .

No matter what, you risk the relationship by saying no, but you are taking a big risk by saying yes.

GOODBYE AND HAVE A NICE DAY (:

Journal Writing 1-Gary yee

2007-07-15T07:32:00.000+08:00

It is hard to say 'no' when someone ask to borrow something from you. If you say 'no', that person will say bad things about you while at the other end if you lend the money to that person, that person will say 'thank you' to you but you dont know what she/he need the money for.
Most often they want to borrow money so whether you want to lend or not depends on the trust you have with the person.If you think the person will return , then you can lend him the money.
We can also seek advice from teachers or our parents on whether to lend the money or not cause they will have a better answer.Next thing is, you must see to ability if you can lend the money to your friend.If you do not have enough then ask him/her to borrow from other classmates.
Sometimes if they really need the money so badly, then we will have to lend it to them cuase maybe they need it for emergency.Before lending the money , we should ask what they want the money for cause maybe they used it for bad purposes.
So in conclusion, lending money to friends have its own disadvantage and advantage.

Journal Writing 1 - Nur Dini

2007-07-14T22:28:00.000+08:00

Topic: Should You Lend To A Friend?

In my opinion the most important thing in lending money is understanding and trust. If my friend needed money, I would probably ask what they were going to buy first. If I can afford to lend the money, then I will. It also depends on how much I trust them. For example if someone I'm not close to wants to lend some money, I will hesitate more and either won't lend them any or give them less than they need.

When you refuse to lend money to your friend it may be very hurtful and you might even risk losing your friendship. This also depends on your level of trust.
For the one lending, you may have high expectations that the person you trust will lend you the money. But if that person rejects you, you may feel very disappointed and even break off your friendship. Even though I think that is selfish, it is the normal reaction that humans have. However, if your friend needed the money for something important and absolutely cannot lend you the money, you probably won't feel as disappointed as when they can lend you the money but refuse to.

Lending also depends on how you're going to spend the money. If your friend asked you to lend him/her money so that he/she can spend it on something unnecessary, then you will most likely reject them. But if your friend doesn't have much money but only asks you to lend him/her money once in a while, it might be okay for you to lend. (:

Paying back the money may also be a problem for some people. It's ok if you cannot pay the money back all at once but you need to inform the lender so that you can work out a solution for you to pay back all the money. Paying bit by bit is ok as long as you don't lend more money and keep owing them more as that will irritate them.

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(Sorry if my post is contradicting :P)

Journal Writing 1 - Winston Ang

2007-07-14T20:08:00.000+08:00

Lending money to your friend can be a tough decision though. If u agree to a friend to lend him/her money, he/she will be back again to borrow money from you again. This could be quite a hassle. If u refuse to lend your friend the money, you may lose that friend of yours.

I feel that lending money to your friends should not be a problem. Since we are friends, friends should help one another when in needs. Don't you think so? That is what friends are for. As the saying goes,'a friend in need is a friend indeed'.

If you do not lend your friend the money, what more do you expect from him? He/ she will feel that you don't treat him/her as your friend. Why should he treat you as one when you don't treat him as one?

If you do him this small favour of lending him money, he may repay you with something extraordinary! You never know. If lending your friend money could help him turn over a new leave os something, why don't you just lend him the money? He needs it more badly then you do.

Your friend may take it for granted if you lend him money. If he comes back again asking for money before he pays his previous loans, don't lend it to him. He is just using you. Don't be duped by him! HE is not a friend of yours as he claimed to be.

Good friends are hard to find, so treasure your friends.

!?FINISH?!

Journal Writing 1- VALERIE LOW :D

2007-07-14T17:48:00.000+08:00

Should YOU lend to a friend? :)

Trust, is very important. When it comes to lending money to a friend, you may hesitate: Should I lend her money? Will she return it? Is she going to forget about it? Will I lose my money? Or more importantly, losing a friend because you said NO.
Personally, I think that lenders should look at it at different angles, like:
- Is it really very urgent?
- Do you even have enough money for yourself? Can you afford lending money to a friend?
-Can you trust that friend?
If a TRUE friend needs money for emergency, I will DEFINATELY lend her, because I know that I can trust her. And she will never ever cheat my money. You have to make your choices very carefully. Everyone knows this phrase: A friend in need, is a friend indeed. But once again, you must think, are your friends taking advantage of you or are they really in need?
Borrowers should pay back what they can, even though if it is just a little. Do not ignore it. If you can't pay up, be up-front.
You can lose trust very easily, if you didn't keep to your word, do you think people will lend you money the next time when you need it? So think twice before you do anything.

Money can never buy trust.`

Journal Writing 1 - Shafiqah Nurul

2007-07-14T12:55:00.000+08:00

I think it depends whether or not we should lend money to our friends. If the needy friend needs the money urgently because of financial purposes, then I suppose it's best to lend. At least if the friend does not pay back, I do know I have done what I need to and maybe remind my friend to pay it back.

If my friend asks me for money for unnecessary purposes such as shopping, I will kindly reject. My friend should know for unecessary purposes, they should use their own money to spend, even if they are paying it back I should not lend my money as they will never learn to save money for such purposes. Even parents act on this decision. If my friend disagrees with my decision, then I should tell him/her why have I done so. Money is not so easy to find and I can decide on how I spend and to who I lend my money to, not my friend.

Lending money is sometimes needed as problems might pop up out of nowhere and we do need help from others, but we must also learn that we should not lend money all the time as it's a bad habit and we might make lenders feel very uncomfortable lending too much. We must also know how and when to pay back the money we borrowed as money does not appear from thin air. Thus, we must either save money from our allowance or work for it. Things might get very complicated if the money borrower cannot or refuse to pay back the money. This could result in frienship breaks, arguements and hatred.

~pUnkrOckIngEEk~

Journal Writing 1 - Angeline Kwok

2007-07-14T11:58:00.002+08:00

I feel that if a friend comes to me and asks for money, we should consider the situation that person is in and the amount. The most important is to think whether by landing the money is helping or harming him or her. If the person is in need to buy things that are relevant, then I will consider of lending. However, if the person is involved in some gambling activities, I do not wish to see my friend ending up being punched by others but by lending the money to them, then it will become a very normal thing to come to me and ask for money if they need to pay for their debts. I do not wish to see my friend gambling and go around asking different people for money and not returning the sum of money after lending.

I will encourage the person by asking him or her to go and find a job before they go and gamble and lose all their money. I think by saying NO to a friend is very difficult especially to a friend whom you know a very long time ago. We must always consider the consequences before lending. We must also consider our own financial abilities first. If we lend money to others and cannot meet the needs for myself, we cannot lend others money. We must know when to say NO to certain things.

FINISH!

Journal Writing 1- Sherilyn Pua

2007-07-14T11:51:00.000+08:00

Should I lend to a friend? Well, why not? If that could help them to overcome their difficulties now. But, sometimes, we might lose both frienship and money, if we do not consider it properly, thinking that since he/she is my best friends, well, lending money to them isn't a big problem to them, well, we might tends to make a big mistake at there. If they were to use the money we lend to them for things that could harm them. If the amount is too big for us to help them, then, I don't think it's bad for us to say "No" provided we include the reason why we can't afford to help them.

If we were to lend money to them, make sure that, it's a friend that could be trusted. So that, we do not need to worry everyday that would he/she return the money to us. If they are a friend that treasure friendship, I don't think they will won't return the money. If we could afford to help them, we should, because, who knows? We might need their help in different situation that we faced. Sometimes, people tends to threatened to end friendship with you if we don't lend them the money, and if that really happens, I would say "yes", to end the friendship, but not "yes" to lend the money. I mean, why should we even bother, when they treat money more important than friendship? Ending the friendship might be better off.

Life is like that isn' it? Humans are to help one and other, especially in these society, where most people are self-centered now. People tends to have difficulties in asking for help, especially where it comes to money. But, to me, If have the ability to help my friends, I will. If not, might be, I would offered help in some other ways. No matter what, I believe everyone has the ability to help, not in money, but many other ways too.. unless, you are a people who only thinks of yourself, if not, I don't think why couldn't we help if we could.

Helping others isn't an offence, not helping them with a reason isn't an offence too, but, if we help them in the wrong way, then well, it is an offence. So, before we help a person, we've got to make sure that the whether the friend is trustworthy or not and we've got to understand the situation they are in. Then, we could help them
~End~ ^.^

Journal Writing 1 - Ng Wei Lin

2007-07-14T11:43:00.001+08:00

Lending something to your friend like money, what most people would ask from you is a big headache. Saying no may ends your friendship with him/her. Yeah. This is what most people afraid of. You would think that, if I refuse to lend him/her money, I would lose this friend who I always hang out with, tell him/her my secret, spent happy, wonderful times together, and I will be a loner.
A friend is someone who cares for you, be your listener, and be there wherever you are but not a loan shark who kept asking money from you. So losing a friend who does not know how to think because he/she tell the whole world you are a stingy little brat who doesn’t help his/her friend when they need you, is no loss.
Friends are everywhere! Make friends who know how to think.
When he/she grew up, he/she will realise that he/she had lost a great, true friend. Oh haha! Too late! =P

In my case, I would ask my friend why he/she needs the money as he/she had forgotten to bring her allowance.
If he/she faces financial problems, I would tell the teacher to help him/her.
Frankly speaking, hardly anyone borrow money from me or maybe only my close friend borrows money from me. I trust her, not that because she is my close friend, it is because I know her, she would not buy something useless or something she has no need or harmful to her. Most time, she borrows money from me to buy food or stationery and she did return the money to me, so lending her money is no problem. She knows how to think, I know how to think. Everything is fine. =)

Another problem that happens most is copying work. You can see that everyday in school!
I do not deny that I did copy work from my friends.
Ok, that is the past, I do my homework now and those questions I do not know, I would just leave it blank. Haha. At least I do not copy.

I would just lend my homework to my friend because he/she did not do it. Maybe because I’m self-centered, letting my friend copy my work cause no harm to me or maybe it had been already a habit to let my friend copy my work. I do not know. If it is an individual project, I would let him/her look at my product, to let him/her has an idea how to do it. If he/she copies my work, I would definitely be angry and report it to the teacher. That is a great disappointment. You trusted him/her but he/she did not respect you. No one likes other people to take their credits away.
If he/she repent and apologise to me, I would accept his/her apology.
He/she knows that he/she is in the wrong; he/she had learnt his/her lesson, why not forgive him/her, and give him/her a chance.

You suffered yourself under that friend of yours then never let other people suffer the same way. It’s not only beneficial to you yourself but everyone.=)

Journal Writing 1- Chong Thiew Hiao

2007-07-14T11:08:00.000+08:00

:D I think that I will lend my friend the money but provided that I could afford it.

We are helping each other in different situations. We should help each other but if
we are not able to help, we should not take the risk. Sometimes, we may lose both
friends and money. When the money is to be lent to your friend, your friend may take
their time to pay back and at the same time, if you pester them to pay up, they might
become your enemies in the future.

But this does not mean that I do not lend any money to my friend,sometimes i had to see
the situation if I can, I will, but if i cannot, i could not do anything about it. We have to consider a
lot of important guidelines and take precaution. If your friend said that you are not their friend just
because that you did not lend them any money, that friend of yours is not your true friend.
I believed that we can help each other in many ways not just lending money to them.

Many people lost their friends because of money. Sometimes, money is more important than relationship. As we can see, there were news about this kind of cases. People tend to see the value of money instead of the presence of a person. I know that money is important but just because of money, you did something wrong, do you think is worth it? I believed that if you trust the person, the person who borrowed your money, certainly will repay you back to you.

I hope that people will return money to me after they had borrowed it as I do not think that is good
for me to chase after them for the money. We should be responsible for what we do. True friends will never break up because of money.

`End
x) `Have a nice day!

Journal Writing 1 - beNediCt kOh=)

2007-07-14T10:45:00.000+08:00

Well I think that lending a friend has its advantages and disadvantages. It cracks my brain when my friend came to borrow things from me. Sometimes if you do not lend the things he need, he/she will think that u deliberately do not lend it to him/her. I say that it is a crack at the brain because sometimes lending to a friend somethings like money, it is hard to say.

If you trust the person, u might lend the money to him/her. But before lending, you must consider some factors like will he return the money? Will he take it and do some bad things? And most of all, do I trust him? Lending money is hard unless he/she is really in need of money and he/she is trustable.

Another factor is that we must first consult our parents. They are adults they know more about what the society is turning to. The money is theirs they gave us pocket money every single day. If you know that the person is not going to return you the money as fast as he/she could then we must think twice before lending it. If you are in need of money and u want to remain this friendship with the person then u must consult your parents. But mostly if you are to consult your parents, they will say stff like "You yourself also not enough money to spend and u wanna lend to ur friend.".

But if I do not lend it to him/her, and i know he/she is going to get trouble, i will try my best to lend it to him/her as many as I can.

That case was for money but if my friends wanted me to lend him/her my work to copy to get out of trouble from teachers, I will surely not give it to him. When we are lending something to a friend, we must see if it is to do good for him/her. Knowing that if I let him copy, he/she will not learn anything, then I will find an excuse to push him/her away not letting him/her copy. We must let him/her know that copying will not learn anything. If he/her promise to do it the next time, I will let him/her copy but once he/she break the promise then that might be the end of our friendship.

~The End~
See you =)

" journal writing 1" Abdul hakim =D

2007-07-13T23:42:00.000+08:00

Well landing a friend is not a hard thing if you ask me. It’s because you trust the person. but sometimes lending to friend might not seem as easy as it looks. Sometimes lending a friend might either closen the friendship bond that had been built up or break the friendship into pieces of shattered glass.

For example if your friend ask you to lend him some money to buy a packet of cigarettes, you should decline his offer as it is for his own good. If he persist you should break the friendship...but landing a friend is a help full thing to do. You could lend your friend who had forgotten to bring his wallet for recess.

Though lending a friend is a symbol of brotherhood or loyalty the person you land might not necessarily return it back. if you lend a friend who has financial and you well know that the person cannot return you, you should consider it first before lending because it might come from your pocket money thus you should consult your parents...

Lastly if your friend has a financial problem, but you cannot lend him the money it would
be a disappointment and could create sparks that would light up into a fire. This setback is very common because of family issues. For example “why you lend your friend money!!! ah earn your own...etc.” in my opinion to lend to friends, has its limitation. On how a personlending depends on the scenario, friendship bond and etc.

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Journal Writing 1 - Thia WeiTing (:

2007-07-13T16:31:00.000+08:00

Well, i think that lending has its advantages and also disadvantages.
It's like what the book said, 'you risk the relationship by saying no, but you are taking a big risk by saying yes'.
If one day your best friend came to lend something from you,
you would certainly not reject it right? If you do not lend him/her something, you might break the friendship you've built for a very long time.
However, if you cannot afford it, it will be very difficult to say no.
He/She might think that you deliberately don't want to lend things to them.

If that person wants to lend a big some of money or a very valuable thing,
you would first come to think of whether he/she will return your thing to you.
And you might also wonder if what will happen if they do not want to return it back to you.
If you don't want to lend them, you will be probably spoiling the friendship.
But it's really up to you to decide whether you want to lend something to your friend.
It is the trust you have in your friendship.
Do cherish it till the very last second.

And to those people who lends things from your friends,
do return their things back to them. It may be important to them.

Goodbye :D

journal writing 1- kelvin tan ^_^

2007-07-13T13:58:00.000+08:00

lending to friends can be a good thing for example if they really need help in their finances or other places that they are facing in their lives. For example, you will have to think through this, " does it really matters if i happen to lend it to him or not, is it really important?" if it is really important and you have the means to lend it to him then why not. But first you have to make sure that the person you lend to can be trusted and not so bad as to take away what you lend him and run away. If the person does not return you over a long period of time and the sum of the object you lend him be it a handphone, money or others then you should know not to lend him anymore things in the future.

if the things that is ask is a valuable and you treasure the object, you should in my opinion not lend it to him least he lost it for you, unless it is a matter of life and death. And if he does lose it, you got nobody to blame except you and your foolishness in thinking that you can trust someone to look at the object or borrow the object without losing it and when he lost it you got really nobody to blame.So i conclude that you should think properly before you decide to lend it to somebody.

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journal-writing 1-MELody

2007-07-12T21:26:00.000+08:00

yeah. what does it mean to lend my friends???
i dnt even know how to handle friendship problems. because im always the one that make my friends angry. it's as if i never care about others. ive never been kind to others. i felt like a useless idiot who never help her friends in the music project. i just have to say this out. because i feel so frustrated over it.
i've done them wrong in the first place, but it seems like our friendship is just torned over this music project. i can't salvage it at all. i seem to be making people cry or make them angry these few days...

if you lend it to them its like you don't care about them. same goes for the music project. you might be harming them if you lend it to them.

Journal Writing 1-Soh Rui Yi [=

2007-07-12T20:21:00.000+08:00

I mean should I lend my friends? It is really something that may cause headache. It is really hard to reject your friend. from saying no. That may the end of the friendship that takes years to build it. Every friendship is important. But if you lend it to them, will you be saving them or harming them?
They maybe having trouble in financial. Saying NO to them may cause their only hope to vanish in the thin air. But if he or she were owning someone money due to gambling or something that is bad, saying NO may help them to learn their lesson. Giving them the chance to solve their problem. By saying yes, I maybe harming them instead of helping them. But if I did not help my friend, I just can't see my friends just getting into trouble.Maybe lending money is something that I find it really difficult to answer. But if my friends need help in their studies, I will obviously lend my hand. But the problem is lending money$$$ to them.

Should I lend it to my friends? That is a question that I still find it very hard to answer. My advise is if you lend money to your friend, make sure that you trust them. So that they will pay back the money and also make sure that they have learn their lesson.

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Salutations from Miss Goh

2007-07-10T00:50:00.000+08:00

Hello students of 2e2!

This will be where you write your journal entries! We have a total of 5 pieces of journal writing (I call these 'official entries') to complete this term, but other than these 5 which *everyone* has to submit, you can also use this space to write about anything under the sun!

As the entries on this blog constitute part of the coursework, there are some guidelines which I would like you to keep to:

Use proper English as far as possible. I can overlook minor grammatical errors, but I do not wish to see sms language or Singlish, eg. Y e cher lik dat one? Oh, and needless to say, no, absolutely no vulgarities!
Respect one another's viewpoints. If you don't agree with what another person wrote, politely challenge his/her view by posting a comment or another entry. Do not engage in cyberwar.
As all of us have access to the blog entries, I appeal to you to have integrity and not tamper with your friends' posts in any way.
For official entries, a deadline will be given. Please submit your entries before the deadline or face disciplinary action.
Use this title for all your official entries:

Journal Writing (no.) - (full name)
eg. Journal Writing 1 - Katie Goh

Hope you will enjoy this way of journal writing. Your first topic is coming up! Happy blogging!

Love,
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