♥ Monday, March 2, 2009
I would like to address the anonymous person(okay,it's Raymond) on ANGLES.Gui An had a bigger impact on the judges,although it was the negative way.Chun Jie could express himself,but it was worse than Gui An.Having a little kiasuism is okay and tolerable for this type of speech,but when he goes out and speak,it's going to be a failure among the crowd,due to what you had said. Having spoken kiasu examples of kiasuism isn't going to earn him credit in the outside world.Nobody talks like that when speaking plain english among the crowd.Your pinpoint lies in the fault that the criterion were not clearly stated well enough such that everyone could agree with the judges.This,I can understand well enough.This ANGLES event was not well-planned enough as the judges(or anyone else) had not clearly stated the criterion for we,the audience to understand.I have taken my stand in this topic of ANGLES and I will close my speech on ANGLES from now(as it is quite overdue already).Now,on to today's topic.In this 'modernistic' country like Singapore,we,the citizens,have been absorbed into a realm of technology and nothing else by the 'whirlpools of doom',namely,electronics.I would like to point out that I had some information from my mother that the people in the oldern days did not rely on any type of technology available to them.Instead,they had paper fans instead of air-cons,chatting with neighbours instead of watching television,playing computers,PSPs,Wiis etc... .This type of living was abundant in the oldern days,but what has happened to our common folk now?Are they too absorbed into using technology to continue their life?This,I would like to explore deeper into.As you know,today,we have gone through a worksheet on British children who watch television more nowadays.This phenomenon did not happen at all during the 1970s,or the 1980s.Having technology was the root of evil being sent/transferred to us to have a world full of technology.Although I disagree with the fact that no televisions,computers etc. was good,I also disagree with the fact that too much technological stuff was good too.Instead,during the modernisation era,having a communication system via all ways of telecommunication and other forms of communication, was the minimum(or maximum) the modern era should have.Even so,the extremes of this case have bad consequences to us.We,the citizens of this modern world,should try not to rely too much on technology and cut down use of electronics.This is my point.Now,I will elaborate.Imagine your teacher asking you a question,"What is 20 to the power of 9 times 30 to the power of 7?"Maybe some people could answer this mentally,but most of you can't.That's why we,the humans,have invented a calculator to help us solve this problem.What's the answer?At first,your reaction was scratching your head or even banging it on the wall,but your next reaction would be to take out a calculator and find that the answer was 1.119744 times 10 to the power of 22.(which I had found out with my calculator). This might be a good usage of the calculator.However,imagine your teacher asking,"What is 5 times 2?"This is so easy,you wouldn't need a calculator at all!However,some people who are so addicted to technology will type this in the calculator,find the answer and shout,"The answer is 10!"(I counted it mentally,as it was so easy)These type of people are a bunch of technological maniacs who rely on it everyday for every use.Secondly,if people could type compositions out,nobody would care about writing at all,which will decrease your skill of writing.How did the early Mayans or the Egyptians do business with others?Did they use typewriters or computers,type the proposal and print it,then submit to the chief(or whatsoever)?That's a bad influence of technology and a bad habit of not writing on paper.That is a case I will not tolerant(unless the teacher asks me to do so).I have ended my point and given examples of daily use of technology.If you have any queries or comments which you feel are important,please address me personally at
neo_jia_hao@hotmail.com .Alternately,you can address me via my blog,which is
http://www.xeniarawks.blogspot.com/ .All queries or comments are welcome and I will try to reply ASAP.Thanks for reading this attentively and hope you take a stand on this issue.
(BTW:Don't post on the CBOX.I don't read that often.I also forgot to tell Raymond that 3moDuDe is Alvin.That's all,
FOR NOW>.<)
~JIA HAO~
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