A Beau+ifuL End

Thursday, February 09, 2006

no strength to write more cos last nite 2am sleep den 5am muz wake up n do the draft le... sigh... oni 3hrs!!! juz a word tired to end wif...

11:00 AM
watching sunsets together.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Stress to Distress???

Before going into the proper work, I would like to apologize to Mr. Ong for putting this entry so late up because of some technical problem with my PC. And a very big THANK YOU for you being able to understand and tolerate this... hehe... I am very sry and really thank you!!! Now, let's go back to the assignment!

Have you been through extreme stress? Well, in Singapore, I will have to say that most students, even adults will be nodding their heads tremendously. The main reason is that the educational standard in Singapore is getting higher and higher as occasionally as yearly. Adults underwent stress because of financial issues and the extremely competitive society like in Singapore.

I strongly agreed that if Singapore persists on this high standard of education syllabus, the country will either be losing more of hers citizens or the mental health of the people will deteriorate rapidly. However, I personally thought that an optimal amount of stress is at most welcomed. I may not perform with my greatest potential if no one gave me a definite standard to attain for.

Can you imagine a society without stress like competition? I believe that will be insensible because every single thing can be achieved effortlessly. Singapore will be just a low-developing country and no country will take us into consideration. War, confrontation and conflict can easily be happening between the third world and Singapore.

Although a certain quantity of stress can boost up results, different individuals have to fine tune the amount of stress one can cope. Without careful management, stress therefore, becomes distress at this juncture.

I am glad I do not have demanding parents. Instead, I guess I am the one who ‘insert’ pressure towards me. Each time my mother sees the results; she only threw words of encouragements and not reprimanding. My father does not over-question my studies. EM3 and normal (technical) students are those clusters that are affected intermittently because being in the last class is so-called a disgrace to the family. These students are thus, very often being blamed.

When students have symptoms like appearing worried, quiet, unhappy and tearful of late and frequent complains of aches and pains, parents have to step in. They can either help lessen their children’s burden or approach doctors, psychiatrists, counsellors and teachers. Lessening of burdens will be deducing extra tuition lessons and extra-curriculum like swimming, piano and ballet. These are some of the additional lessons in which demanding parents want their children to learn and excel equally well.

Another method will be to help them develop coping skills. Teach them how to organize their time. Make sure they have time for play, rest and nourishment too. Help them lead an all-rounded lifestyle.
If the child's symptoms persist despite the parents’ intervention or interfere with their ability to function habitually, you might want to speak to a doctor, teacher, counsellor or a psychiatrist.

So, from here, what have you, as a different individual learn? You will have to have fun learning, like what many schools are approaching nowadays. When you have a positive mind-set, everything you do will run appropriately and all problems will get to the bottom very soon.

P.S: The word count is only for the assigment...not the THANK YOUs and SORRYs.... and not this line...haha...
(470 words)

11:02 AM
watching sunsets together.

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Breathless

loads to do this wkn again... sigh...

there's:
-draft(el)
-blog(el)
-em hw(done!)
-am hw
-MT formal-letter-writing
-Chem. Ten-Yrs-Series
-Geo. Essay qns.
-Physics TA test(mon. 6/2/06)

-Chem. TA test(thur. 9/2/06)

today(sat. 4/2/06) muz try to finish everitin bcos my uncle cumin back tmr(sun. 5/2/06)... tmr aso thinkin of going to Civic Plaza to c e DJs... dey're staying in a glass house or sumtin and not to tok for 70 hours long... c which station wins and can hv e $70,000 or wadeva amt for charity... Yes 93.3 1st participant is Bukoh Mary, 2nd is Cruz Teng, 3rd is Lin Pei Fen, den aft. tt is dunno hu le... hope dey can win!!! READY GO!!!! 93.3!!~!!

5:30 AM
watching sunsets together.