Monday, April 6, 2009

To me, kindness means the act of being kind or the act of courtesy to others. Being kind is very important to me as I think if every one is kind to one another, then there will be no riots, no war, no murders and no crimes. If you meet someone and you act kindly, the impression of you to others will be, 'this persons's so kind'.

We can show kindness by gicing the simplest effort. Like giving up a seat for an elderly or a pregnant lady, to helping someone. Offering to help, or volunteery work is very important. (Except some of the work we don't like. E.g. washing toilet bowls :P)

Singaporeans, according to what I think are rude. They rather pretend to be asleep than do a good deed -- give up their seats for the needies. This type of attitude will cause the person to develop a selfish character, which most of us hates. But when we're rude or being selfish, we do not notice it at all. I think that's the reason why most people say Singaporeans are 'kiasu'. We don't like to be left out last.

Here are some more examples of what I can do to demonstrate kindness:

Placing library books into book bins after reading
Encouraging kindness in other by demonstrating it first
Initiating friendly conversations with neighbours and colleagues while in the elevator
Joking and smiling are my ways to be friendly
Understanding and respecting people's cultures and beliefs
Noticing the people around to offer assistance when needed

Since it's my second time to the museum, the galleries did not 'wow' me much. Though they really deserved to be 'wow'ed at.

I always thought museums were haunted. They always looked so dark and creepy, so haunting. They gave me an impression of a huanted house.

Not until I visited the Singapore National Museum. It was defitnitely a really fascinating place. It's just like a library, but stored with juicy imformations of the past, the history of Singapore. I really enjoyed the trip there, with my family (1st trip) and with my classmates (2nd trip).

It's important to have a museum in Singapore as not most Singaporeans can tell tourists anything about Singapore. So, the Singapore National Museum is defitnitely the best place for telling histories of Singapore, especially with the cute-looking companion.

I like the food gallery the most. Since my first trip there, it has been my favourite galleries of all. I like it because we get to smell the spices. I like the smell of the wolfberry the most, though I don't like eating it. From the smell, we can actually know how food we eat smell like before we actually eat them, like the wolfberry. It smells completely different raw and cook. Like two different planets.

I learnt a lot of things from the trips. One thing that caught my attetion was the electronics stuff during the olden days. They're really cute looking and they don't a single bit look like the old electronics.

Greetings, everyone. To me, Earth hour is a very priceless hour in which saves the Earth (for one hour). What I mean is, by switching off the lights during Earth hour, we can save more electricity for that one hour (not ust because of money). But if we cut down our usage on electrcity,every single day, then the Earth will not 'suffer' from Global Warming and thus, we will not get 'BBQed'. (I mean, hello? It's just like bakin' everyone out there...)

Earth hour is held on the 28th March this year, from 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm.

Organising this event will let people understand the importance of Earth, and how it will be like without lights. It also encourgaes all to cut down the amount of electricity we use everyday.

I joined in this event, but technically, only for 10minutes. I went Orchard to shop that night. I reached home only about 9. 20pm. But I was the very-scared-I-would-fall-in-the-dark type (or simply, I'm the afraid-of-the-dark type), so I used the mini torch I bought for camping last year. I really really can't see a thing. I was watching television after I bathe. I was thinking, the electricity I saved just now, is wasted. I'm using it for the television. Oops! Didn't knew that!

Earth is now facing its most dangerous sickness, Global Warming. Global Warming is caused by too much of burning, resulting the layer of air protecting Earth to wear out. Global Warming is also caused by too much of cutting down of trees. Trees help to give out air we need for breathing and other purposes. Thus, if we cut too many of them down, Earth will die... (Oh no!)

We can prevent Global Warming by recycling our items and not using too much of plastic bags. (They look so aunty anyway... Haha... No offence...) The 3Rs. Reuse, reduce and recycle! Yeah!