Home Learning---War Diary

Dear Diary,

Another blood-splattered day. I can't practically imagine what is going to happen from the future if this were to continue. I keep having nightmares almost everyday, and I could even suddenly wake up in the dead of the night, my body drenched with perspiration, the bloody scenes of soldiers dying ingrained in my mind, their screams echoing through my ears. What has the human come to? Why do we invent such artillery just for the destruction of mankind? Why do we go against our beliefs, and slay countless of innocent men, who wish for peace and tranquility?

Had a terrifying experience today too. As me and my comrade, Roran ran into the battlefield, we saw bullets strafing almost everywhere. As we fired our guns and used knives to slash our enemy, a bullet powered deep into Roran's legs and he collapsed like an axed tree. He was howling in pain, but I could not do anything to help him. If I carried him back, I would be endanger my life and his as we would be sitting ducks as we walked through the battlefield. But I couldn't just leave him alone. But better me than both of us killed. I could not stop remembering the despaired look on his face as I left him. The emotional torture is too great. I feel that my soul had been mutilated beyond repair.

I could only wait. And see. Hope I would survive.

Yours truly,

Saphira

Error in date of blog posts

I had just realized that the date given to the latest three blogs were given at a wrong date. They are posted on the 20th of April, 24th of April and 26th of April respectively. This blog post is not on the 6th of May, it is on the 7th of May.

Gambler's fault or Casino's fault

Many people claimed that the casinos in Singapore should not be set up as compulsive gamblers might take the chance to sneak in and gamble all their money away. Although the government has tried its best to deter Singaporeans from entering the casinos such as imposing a fine on Singaporeans who enter, some still say that it is not enough. However, I personally feel that this is caused by the gambler's lack of self-control and his inability to stop his addiction.

The casinos itself, has a lot of advantages to the country. First of all, it will be attractive to tourists in other countries as Singapore explores more innovative ways to make Singapore a excellent tourist attraction. In addition, it helps to improve the economy. From the casino operators, the government is expected to collect tax revenue thus this adds more money to the government. Legalising gambling could also hamper the growth of underground activities. Impulsive gamblers might turn to illegal gambling dens to satisfy their needs.

However, gambling is a malicious habit. A person who is addicted to gambling will first be addicted to it as he gains a lot of money through it. However, as he continues to gamble, he would begin to lose again and again. However by then, the gambler cannot stop gambling, and would still continue to gamble and give reasons to assuage his conscience. Therefore it would definitely be more of the gambler's fault than the casino's fault

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Will Singapore forever escape the wrath of nature?

Recently, there has been a lot of catastrophic natural disasters happening to other countries, such as the Japan earthquake. Fortunately, Singapore has been safe from the wrath of natural disaster for such a long period of time. Will this tranquility continue to persist, or will Singapore encounter natural disasters in the upcoming future? Nobody knows. However, are we prepared to face natural disasters should the need arises? The answer is a definite no.

People in Singapore, are generally selfish and only think about themselves. Should a natural disaster strike, the people will panic and chaos will reign. They would only think about escape and are not willing to care for others, as opposed to Japan. In Japan, many people are still willing to help each other even when there is a disaster. People do not panic and run around like mice being chased by cats. They queue up orderly to receive their food and water given by other countries. There is no sign of pandemonium being shown when the disaster hit Japan. Singaporeans had proved themselves to be selfish people, for example, not giving up seats to the elderly or pregnant ladies on public transport. What would happen to Singaporeans should a disaster happens? The answer is obvious.

Hence, we should all try to curb the selfishness and "kiasu"ness in our hearts. Singapore would definitely be a better place if we all do so.

Should capital punishment be carried out in Singapore?

Capital punishment, or also known as the infamous death penalty or execution of a criminal, is a sentence of death upon a criminal. A criminal who is sentenced to death is hanged. Some might say that capital punishment is useful in deterring crime in Singapore. However, it also brought about several issues as some people do not agree to the use of capital punishment.

Some people see capital punishment as a violation of human rights. It is seen as the most degrading, cruel and ultimate sentence a criminal could have. It denies and overrules the most basic of human rights--the right to life. Life is considered as precious, yet it is denied through the capital punishment. In addition, there might be a risk of error. Innocent people had got the death penalty in the past, and as the purpose of the death penalty is to serve justice, it completely defeats the purpose of hanging.

Also, capital punishment, is in itself, murder. This is perceived by others as unacceptable even though it is passed by the state of authority as people feel that it lowers the value of life greatly. This might result in the society having a "revenge is good" attitude. By giving capital punishment on a criminal, it also has a negative traumatic effect on the his/her family members.

Therefore as people are affected and disagree to capital punishment, it might not be a useful sentence to deal with crime in Singapore.