What comes to you first when you hear of ‘Chinese New Year’?
To the Chinese, it is when you get new shirts, angpows (or red packets) and when you gather with your family with good food. To the Malays and the Indians, it is when you get free holiday and when you see the Chinese walking around in red clothes.
However to me, Chinese New Year is not just any day to me. It is when I can forget about everything, forget what day it is, forget what I need to do, when I truly relax.
Having a hometown in a calm and almost forgotten place, is a great thing to have. Every time when I go back there, I feel a sense of comfort, because it is stress-free there, I do not need to worry about what to do, what I have not finished, it is just that I do not need to worry about anything. Also, it is the only time when I find peace in my mind, when I totally forget about everything here, all the exams, the home works, everything.
Also, it is only during Chinese New Year when I get to meet up with my cousins as they are all spread out around the word having their University degrees. Being the only time when I meet them, I cherishes these times the most, we would normally stay-up throughout the whole night, talking about how we are lately.
Chinese New Year is also the time when I get a taste of my grandmother’s cooking as I have to attend to CCA training during the holidays so it is only during Chinese New Year when I get an exception so I can go back to my parents’ hometown.
Chinese New Year is indeed a very meaningful day to me. However, I wish that our school can have an extra day of holiday so we can spend more time with our family and to recharge ourselves to cope with the everlasting school works.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Creation and destruction
Before I start anything, I hereby swear that this has nothing to do with racism or religion prejudice, that this is purely an opinion, or rather idea.
Every religion has a different version of a story, a story telling you what you are, how you became you and most important of all, how this universe came into place. But what I am about to tell you, is totally different from what you are told since young, what your parents, teachers, elders, peers, friends, anyone had ever told you. Before I start telling you about this, clear your mind, forget everything that you were once told, forget who you are, forget where you came from, forget what’s your religion, the only thing that you need to remember is that you belong in a place having mysteries more than the stars in the night, having secrets more than the hair on your head, having unknowns more than the sands on the beach.
You must be wondering, if no one created this universe, then how did it come about, did it just pop out of nothingness?
This question is one that many had been thinking about since the very start of civilization. How do you think of the come-about of religion? Religions are what people go to when they find questions, questions that only leads to a dead end, questions that have no answer, questions that can’t be answered, yet. And at this time, people go to religions, to have a sense of comfort, thinking that if anything strange happens, it is because the gods are angry, the gods are punishing people, that it is the act of god.
However, is it real that all these ‘strange’ things are the very doings of god?
This question is one of weight and I am in no place to answer this place but I have one thing to say, and that is no matter what happens, there is always a reason, a answer to it because nothing comes from nothing. Just as once people thought that earthquakes are caused by the gods’ angry feet, that above the sky lies heaven, and hell lies below but now we know that it is not so and this very situation is similar to our view on the creation, we do not know about the creation so we use god as a reason, that god created all this but this will no longer be the reason when people start knowing more about the universe as the scholars can no longer say lies, that this universe is created by god.
Have you ever thought about the end of the Dinosaur Age?
Many believe that by knowing more about the end of the Dinosaur Age, will give us a better picture of how will our age end and what will come after us but this is not the main thing here. The main thing is that have you ever even think that we are not the only humans ever lived, that there is humans living somewhere else in this universe, that somehow we are not the first humans to live on Earth, that Humans had already once lived trillion years ago but already died out due to the problems we are facing now, that we are going to die as they did?
We do not know of anything about this but the thing is that after we are to meet the end, who or what will live here? Will the flow start again after million, billions of year later, having dinosaurs living again, then to humans again and to end again? Maybe this flow has already been here trillion years ago or maybe it is going to start now.
So look out to the future, as there is still more coming our way~
Every religion has a different version of a story, a story telling you what you are, how you became you and most important of all, how this universe came into place. But what I am about to tell you, is totally different from what you are told since young, what your parents, teachers, elders, peers, friends, anyone had ever told you. Before I start telling you about this, clear your mind, forget everything that you were once told, forget who you are, forget where you came from, forget what’s your religion, the only thing that you need to remember is that you belong in a place having mysteries more than the stars in the night, having secrets more than the hair on your head, having unknowns more than the sands on the beach.
You must be wondering, if no one created this universe, then how did it come about, did it just pop out of nothingness?
This question is one that many had been thinking about since the very start of civilization. How do you think of the come-about of religion? Religions are what people go to when they find questions, questions that only leads to a dead end, questions that have no answer, questions that can’t be answered, yet. And at this time, people go to religions, to have a sense of comfort, thinking that if anything strange happens, it is because the gods are angry, the gods are punishing people, that it is the act of god.
However, is it real that all these ‘strange’ things are the very doings of god?
This question is one of weight and I am in no place to answer this place but I have one thing to say, and that is no matter what happens, there is always a reason, a answer to it because nothing comes from nothing. Just as once people thought that earthquakes are caused by the gods’ angry feet, that above the sky lies heaven, and hell lies below but now we know that it is not so and this very situation is similar to our view on the creation, we do not know about the creation so we use god as a reason, that god created all this but this will no longer be the reason when people start knowing more about the universe as the scholars can no longer say lies, that this universe is created by god.
Have you ever thought about the end of the Dinosaur Age?
Many believe that by knowing more about the end of the Dinosaur Age, will give us a better picture of how will our age end and what will come after us but this is not the main thing here. The main thing is that have you ever even think that we are not the only humans ever lived, that there is humans living somewhere else in this universe, that somehow we are not the first humans to live on Earth, that Humans had already once lived trillion years ago but already died out due to the problems we are facing now, that we are going to die as they did?
We do not know of anything about this but the thing is that after we are to meet the end, who or what will live here? Will the flow start again after million, billions of year later, having dinosaurs living again, then to humans again and to end again? Maybe this flow has already been here trillion years ago or maybe it is going to start now.
So look out to the future, as there is still more coming our way~
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A before editing speech
Good morning school, today I stand before you, as a to-retire President of the 26th Student Council. Four years ago, a 13 years old boy came under the shelter of this wonderful school, having dreams of his own. Three years later, that young boy, stood before most of you here, having a dream, no longer of his own, but a dream that I believe everyone here has, and it is to make this school a better place for all. And this boy gave a speech, a speech that gained your support, your acknowledgement and convinced you to vote for him, which made him the President of the Student Council. And since then, one year has passed, and now, he stand before you giving yet again another speech but this time it is not for you to vote for him, but is to ask for you to give your support and belief in those two gentlemen down there, for now is their time, their time to make their dreams yours, to make your dream theirs’ and make it a common dream for all and strife for it together.
Harold R. Mc Alindon once said, ‘Do not follow where the path leads, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail’ and this is what I believe that the person that I am about to introduce to you believe in too. This guy is Tay Wei Bin, one of the candidates running for presidency this year. To give you a brief picture of what kind of guy is Wei Bin, he has been in the student council since Sec 1 and he has excellent academic results. Wei Bin has also represented the school in national competitions and he is a charismatic leader. The only bad thing about Wei Bin, is that he is not a team-player.
Wei Bin has been a student councilor since Sec 1 which shows that he is very clear with how the council works and also he will have experience in leading. Also, by being a charismatic leader, Wei Bin can convince all of his ideas and so it will make his new initiatives more accepted. However, although Wei Bin is not a team-player, I believe that he will overcome this barrier and start working together with others. However, not being a team-player may sometimes be a good trait as if everyone of the EXCO agrees to something that Wei Bin thinks other-wise, he will not just agree to the matter, he will look into the matter first before making judgements and decisions.
And after this short speech, I hope that you will know Wei Bin enough to put your beliefs in him. And once again before I end my speech, I urge you to vote for Wei Bin, vote for a better Hwa Chong and vote for a better tomorrow.
Thank you.
Harold R. Mc Alindon once said, ‘Do not follow where the path leads, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail’ and this is what I believe that the person that I am about to introduce to you believe in too. This guy is Tay Wei Bin, one of the candidates running for presidency this year. To give you a brief picture of what kind of guy is Wei Bin, he has been in the student council since Sec 1 and he has excellent academic results. Wei Bin has also represented the school in national competitions and he is a charismatic leader. The only bad thing about Wei Bin, is that he is not a team-player.
Wei Bin has been a student councilor since Sec 1 which shows that he is very clear with how the council works and also he will have experience in leading. Also, by being a charismatic leader, Wei Bin can convince all of his ideas and so it will make his new initiatives more accepted. However, although Wei Bin is not a team-player, I believe that he will overcome this barrier and start working together with others. However, not being a team-player may sometimes be a good trait as if everyone of the EXCO agrees to something that Wei Bin thinks other-wise, he will not just agree to the matter, he will look into the matter first before making judgements and decisions.
And after this short speech, I hope that you will know Wei Bin enough to put your beliefs in him. And once again before I end my speech, I urge you to vote for Wei Bin, vote for a better Hwa Chong and vote for a better tomorrow.
Thank you.
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