Mother Tongue...Is Singapore Willing To Drop Sacrifice???

Recent news talked about MOE deciding whether to lower the weightage of Mother Tongue language in PSLE. This let me to think; if we really do that,would students still be encouraged to study the language? Would this let to future Singaporeans not being able to have a good understanding of the language and also thus making Singaporeans not being able have an advantage which we initially had...

Many parents are making a fuss about Mother Tongue language pulling their child's overall grades lower, thus not enabling them to enter a good class or even a good school that they intended.
I learnt that if all of your results were to be A's and your Mother Tongue got a D grade, your eventual result would not pass 200 points .This caused many parents to be worried about the future of their child being limited by the "un-important" language.

Singapore is on the tip of the Malaysia Peninsular and thus we heavily depend on trading between the East(China,Taiwan,Japan) and the West (US, EU). This makes us the middleman i believe, between the two.Thus the understanding and fluency of speaking the two language is important to Singapore. This was why MOE initially intended making Mother Tongue language important, thus giving us the advantage compared to other countries within this region.

I believe the weightage of Mother Tongue shouldn't be lower, cause Singapore should maintain this edge thus allowing Singapore to maintain as the priority choice of trading between the East and West.....

Colourful Bands... Careful What They Mean!!!

These colourful rubber/plastic bands are the hippest fashion accessories in town. However, do anyone really know the true meaning behind these bands?

I was watching the news last night and came across this news about a 13 year old Brazilian girl being raped by 3 teenagers. Police was called in and the teenagers reason for raping the girl was because she was wearing a black band of such and it broke.

This story got me interested i did some research on the net and came across a definition for this bands, on Urban-Dictionary.com. These bands are known as "sex-band"s or "sex-bracelets". They originated in the 90's and the idea is that depending on the colour, when the bands get broken, the person wearing that band is obliged to commit certain sexual acts.

Meanings Of Different Coloured Bands:

black: sexual intercourse
blue: oral
green: outdoor sex
clear: whatever the snapper wants
orange: kiss
yellow: hug
red: lap-dance
purple: full-on snog
white: flash
pink: love-bite
glow in the dark: using sex toys
gold: all of the above

Many Brazilian schools have already banned their students from wearing such bands. Some Brazilian states have also restricted selling such bands to people above the age of 18, to protect the minors.

Many teenagers in Singapore are also wearing such bands.But how many really do know the real meaning behind it? Or are they just following the trend, wearing these bands because many other teenagers are all wearing it?

Nevertheless, it would be wise to do some research on such accessories, and know the real meaning behind some of these accessories, before you wear them...

"No Food and Water.....No Problem For Me"

Prahlad Jani, an 83 year old holy-man from India claimed to have spent 7 decades without food or water, just by practicing a yoga routine.

The holy-man is now kept in a hospital in Ahmadabad, where he's being closely observed and tested by a team of 30 doctors.

Jani had not eaten or drank since 22nd April when the observation had started. He had been just practicing his set of yoga routine and also meditating; that have been providing him with energy.

India's defence and development organisation hope to harness this mystical ability, to help work strategies for survival during natural calamities and also during space explorations to the Moon and Mars.

Jani however had explained that his ability was granted by a goddess when he was eight. Thus enabling him to survive without food or water.

It will take 2 months more before researchers could discover his secrets or expose this fraud.

Therefore ladies and gentlemen, do you believe that one could survive without food and water ?

Well in my case, i could barely endure without eating for an entire day, not say 70 years....