Happy CNY!

Went back to WSPS yesterday. Met Mdm Nazia... :)

But the VS concert yesterday wasn't very good. The sound quality sucked, making it impossibel for us to hear what the performers were saying.

Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year!

To Brennan:

I know you think that NJC is good and all, but I think you're going a bit too far. No one in their right mind signs off as NJCian no matter how much they love their school. And that's two-no...three posts talking about NJC in your blog.

And as for thinking of going back to VS for CNY, as your friend, I would advise you not to go unless you want to be beaten up by Melvin, Yijun, Nic Chew and Jon Phua.

From,

An Jie

P.S. You haven't sent me the email that you wrote to Gopalan Nair.

Caning? Good?

Read an interesting article in the Sunday Times today. It was debating over the issue about caning children after a case where a father caned his stepson about 100 times. I thought many parents would now see what corporal punishment does to children.

I was wrong.

According to a study, 57 parents out of 100 interviewed said that caning was an acceptable form of punishment. This result is appalling. It is well known that corporal punishment rarely produces long-lasting results. Instead,it instills fear in the child and may result in him/her hating his/her parents. Let's look at this example:

A parent canes her child because he did something wrong (eg: made a mess,broke something,got bad results etc.) There are two things which might happen to the child. Either a) The child learns from his mistake and becomes a better person. Or b) The child is hurt and is now fearful of being caned again.

In both scenarios, the child stops doing that wrong act. But for how long? If scenario B happens,what do you think will happen to the child as he grows up? He may become rebellious and commit other offences just to show his parents that he does not care if he is caned. When this happens, it will only lead to more punishment. A vicious cycle is formed.

I will be continuing this in the next post.....

Went bowling with Melvin yesterday....got 2 gutter balls at first....then got double strikes.


After that, we went ot the arcade and played Silent Hill. Damn expensive, $2 for one player. Made it to the 2nd area, stage 1. For some weird reason, the bosses kept on hitting me.....then Melvin said that the bosses didn't like me so.....

Post next time.

First day of Sec 3 today! All is good so far; the teachers I have met aren't evil or sadistic...at least not now...

Better enjoy it while it lasts...when homework and CCAs start......I'll meet this guy...