Friday, August 20, 2010

Comment on Joel 's post

I refer to Joel 's blog -http://jneater.blogspot.com/2010/08/religious-freedom.html


I agree with your point that everyone has the right to choose their own religion. In fact this does not only apply to religion, it apply to anything in life. Everyone should be given a chance. There are some religions which forced the child to be of the same religion. I feel that this is not right as religion is meant to be a BELIEF and not forced.

Comment on Xuan Meng 's blog

I refer to Xuan Meng 's post - http://yip-xm.blogspot.com/2010/08/review-of-emily-of-emerald-hill.html

I think that there are actually some places where females have a advantage over males. For example, when a foreign woman marry a Singaporean man she is granted PR/Citizen. However, the reverse is not true. Nowadays, many woman has better jobs than man and the number of houseman has been growing in recent years.

Comment on Sheng Xi 's post

I refer to Sheng Xi post -http://wonderfulllifeofplants.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-short-story.html

A lot of people do not treasure the lives of other species. This remind me of a advertisement on National Geog Channel. In a nutshell, it states that every single species in the world contributes to the balance of the ecosystem, what's ours? We only take from nature and never ever give it back. We have the power to save the nature but we do not exercise this power.

Comment on David 's blog

I refer to David 's post -http://typical-lifetalk.blogspot.com/2010/08/yog.html



Personally, I feel its OK to make some noise here and there. After all, its a Olympic game and its impossible to expect everyone to shut up and don't do anything for 3 hours. I believe hat is find to make noise as it increases the atmosphere which make the game more enjoyable to watch. As long as it not overdone, its OK. In your last line, you remarked that local should get banned from YOG. I feel that quite stupid as most of the supporters are after all Singaporeans and not all Singaporeans act this way

Comment on Ke Xuen 's blog

I refer to the post made by Ke Xuen - http://tankexuen.blogspot.com/2010/08/oil-spill.html


BP failed in its public relations. Its response to the oil spill has fairly quick. However, the way it handled public opinion was quite bad. For example, BP CEO Tony Hayward went on a sailing with his son instead of dealing with the oil spill. BP should have created a plan to help those affected by the spill earlier, instead of telling them that they will be compensated.

Comment on Joel 's post

I refer to Joel 's post http://jneater.blogspot.com/2010/08/swiss-vandal.html

I disagree with your point that because he is a citizen from another country he should not be punished severely. Many European countries find graffiti a form of art and has no strict rules regarding those who vandilise public property. However Singapore being a large conservative country has banned this. When you are in another country you should follow their laws. Being unaware or anything is not an excuse for committing a crime. Fricker should have checked the country 's law before doing anything out of the norm.

How did an arranged marriage affect Emily?

Emily was married to a man twice her age. "Before her breast were grown", Emily was married to a man he did not know. She had no feeling or love for this man neither did he had any feeling or love for Emily. It kind of awkward to spend the rest of your life with a guy you do not know.Furthermore, Kheong 's family "hated [her] before they knew [her] name. Also, her husband had not shown her any concern other than by asking Emily " you 're all right ah?" Kheong had no feeling with Emily and did not wanted to spend his life with her. In the end, he sought comfort in "that whore Diana Lee".


Emily had grown up with no one to love her. Her father was the only one who treated her well. However, he died at a when she was young. Her mother abandoned her. Also, the relatives took her "out of the gutter" and never actually loved her. Needless to say, Kheong also did not love her. This give rise to her dominating nature. In order to gain some position/social status, she controlled the lives of Richard and Kheong.