dare to bring phone to examination hall???
Sunday, January 9, 2011 @ <
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Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) has done well in terminating the O-level results of Xavier Ong, the teen who uploaded photos of his exam papers on Twitter.
Last November, the teen tweeted photos of his exam papers and boasted: 'Do you dare bring phone into examination hall and take a picture?'
After its investigations, SEAB has decided that Xavier will receive a 'T' for every subject he sat for, which means "termination of results due to exam misconduct".
When Xavier was interviewed by The New Paper, he said his mother was upset with him, but he appeared blase about the whole incident.
He is currently working as a used car salesman, from his point of view, O-level is nothing for him as long as his current job is not affected. His current job make him earned $6,000 in the last three weeks. So, he dint even care about education as money is the only thing he wants.
I seriously feel that what he is doing will make him regret in the future. In this 21 century, education is so important to the teens. Without education, it’s hard to guarantee a comfortable life in the future. He thinks that the current job is good enough for him for the rest of his life? Such a stupid thinking, the present earning wont last forever, what if he lose his job in few months time?! Who will want to employ a guy who don’t even have O-level certificate? I feel so sad for his parent as in no parent will hope the children to behave like this.BE MATURE, TEENS!!!!!!Labels: JIEYI
innovation recycle bin
Monday, January 3, 2011 @ <
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A group of Singapore Polytechnic students has come up with an award-winning recycling bin which makes it more convenient for households to recycle.
The students conducted a poll with 100 HDB households, and found the majority would recycle if there was a convenient and space-saving bin that could fit into their kitchen.
The six students then went on to design a 106-litre bin -- significantly smaller than typical recycling bins seen in public -- which can fit into the kitchens of most households.
The three recycling compartments of the bin are flexible, and can be enlarged to hold more waste when necessary.
The bin also features a built-in compactor which serves to maximize space for waste.
There is also a "foot pedal" attached to the base of the bin, designed to flatten plastic bottles or cans.
For their innovative design, the students won the Special Merit Award of S$2,000 from the Green Wave Environmental Care Competition, organized by Sembawang Shipyard.
The students, who are currently looking for a manufacturer, said the bin would likely not cost more than S$20.
I think that this innovation is really useful to our life. As we know, the earth is getting worst on environmental issue. We need to do our best to save the environment. As a part of the earth, we need to do something on it. we can start from the smallest thing which is reduce the use of plastic begs instead we use recycle beg. So, having this innovative recycle bin, it makes us easier to do our part even at house. Let’s get start from now=)
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molester in NYP?
Saturday, December 4, 2010 @ <
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Police have arrested a 23-year-old man believed to be involved in several cases of outrage of modesty at Nanyang Polytechnic in Ang Mo Kio.
Police received two reports of outrage of modesty in November, involving female students at the polytechnic.
The suspect was arrested at his home in Bukit Batok Street 31 on Wednesday.
Police said the suspect is believed to be involved in at least four cases of outrage of modesty in the Ang Mo Kio area.
Several pieces of lingerie, believed to be stolen items, were also recovered from the suspect's residence and seized as case exhibits.
The suspect will be charged in Court on Friday. If convicted, he may be jailed up to two years, fined and caned.
Dubbed the “sleeping girls” molester preying only on unsuspecting students who had fallen asleep at their study desks or corners.
He would allegedly approach them from the back and stroke their thighs, legs or backs, fleeing when the victims woke up.
Among the items seized from his home was stolen lingerie, which did not appear to belong to any of the women he is believed to have molested.
While it is not known whether the suspect is still attending classes, the school has arranged for the affected students to receive counselling.The school also keep in touch with the victims’ families to provide any further support and assistance.
Many students still do not aware about the arrest. I am quite shocked when watching the news. It is even more surprise when I know the girls are being molested in a public area, library. The school authority has informed the students about this incident via email. They re-assure all students that school is taking the necessary measures to make the campus a safe place for learning. They have increased the frequency of patrol in the library and are stepping up campus security. The offender is also not permitted to return to the school until police investigation is concluded.
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teen gang
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 @ <
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A series of slashing incidents happened in this few weeks. To my surprise, it is all did by the teens. Singapore is such a developed country and yet the teens acted like not educated. A slashing case happened at Downtown East which caused the victim dead. The teens involved aged between 19 to 22 years old including the victims.
The society sensed the seriousness of the teens slashing issue. School should plays their roles in avoiding these kind of incident to happen again. From the newspapers, recently at least 8 secondary schools have engaged counsellors to protect their students from gang activities following recent gang fights involving teenagers.
Youth counselling experts say what teens need is actually a boostto their self confidence to keep them away from gangs. From the view of a expert,14 to 15 year old students are ideal targets for gang recruitment. This is because at this age, they have a high level of curiosity and want to try new things. While these teens are able to tell the difference between good and bad, what they lack is self-control.
Some schools are sending such problem students for a weekly two hour counselling programme over a three month period to give them the confidence to make better choices.The students have no courage to say no, simply because they are lack of confidence.Teens are often just looking for a sense of belonging, love and acceptance.
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FACEBOOK
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ <
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Nowadays, which of the youth doesn't own a facebook account ?I guess 99% of them have a facebook account.So do am I.You will not feel bored since you logged into facebook. Others than playing games ,you can share the photos, videos and even some links that you wish people to have a look.You can have a nice chat with friends who online too. The status update let us know what had happened to our friends. When one of our friends posted something saddening, you can show your concern to comment in the status. When something bad happened to me ,I feel so relieve to have my friends support and comfort. It does help a lot in comforting me!
Actually I’m not addicted to the games such as Restaurant City, Farm Ville, Frontier Ville in facebook. I am not good in playing games and you need to have patience to play the games .For example, when you started playing Farm Ville, you need to spend the time to farm and even check on it from time to time to harvest the vegetables. I really have those friends that crazy about farming and keep an eyes on their farm everyday .Luckily, I am a game idiot.
Let me introduce my facebook profile to you!I started using facebook in April 2009 due to my friends’ influence. By now, I have550 friends in my friend list. I will not add people that I don't know as my friends. Some people have more than 1000 peoples in their friend list. I had 10 albums in facebook. The photos posted are just to share the photos easily throughout my friends and family. No doubt, most of my friends and family play facebook .T his included my middle age aunt and uncle. They try to follow the new trend nowadays. You can amend the privacy setting in the facebook account so that only your friends can view the things that you posted. I do have done with this setting. This is just to have a little bit of privacy although I knew that is no privacy guarantee in these social networking.
Think of it,what if Singapore goverment banned facebook? The youth will certainly raise up their voice to get back to facebook. However, think of how we survive before we get know to facebook and why nowadays we cant bear to leave it??
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SMARTPHONE
Monday, November 8, 2010 @ <
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You probably hear the term "smartphone" tossed around a lot. But if you've ever wondered exactly what a smartphone is? How is a smartphone different than a cell phone, and what makes it so smart?
A smartphone is a device that lets you make telephone calls, but also adds in features that you might find on a computer--such as the ability to send and receive e-mail and edit office documents.It makes our works much more convenient than before.The internet access is working all the times.Without a computer, we can deal with our works immediately.Smartphone is definitely a GREAT helper for those business man.Furthermore, the new trend for the youth nowadays is that it's cool to own a smartphone!So,we can see that most of the students owing a smartphone like iphone,samsung galaxy or blackberry.
Nokia company is not having much more choice for the smartphones and it's not so popular in the market compared with those brand mentioned above.For your information, Nokia has come out with the latest smartphone N-8.This phone is just available in Singapore on 28th October 2010.By now,you can get it from the retail outlets.
FEATURES:
The Nokia N8 is a great portable entertainment centre that offers a cinema-grade audio and visual experience. With its built-in HDMI interface, it allows users to play music, videos and images through HDMI-compatible televisions and home theatre systems, with full Dolby Digital Plus surround sound.
The new Nokia N8 also have a easy-to-use features which allow you to effortlessly capture and edit still images. With its 12-megapixel Carl Zeiss Tessar optics camera, Xenon flash and the largest image sensor of any mobile device, it captures superb, pin-sharp images every time. The Nokia N8 provides the creative freedom to capture and edit HD quality video on-the-go, and view content on its large 3.5-inch AMOLED screen. Users can quickly share their photos and videos online in a few easy steps.
The Nokia N8 is packed with the latest and most popular games to ensure that there’s never a dull moment. It is really a good entertainment when you are free and to get rid of your boredom. Favourites such as Angry Birds will keep gamers entertained for hours. It's really amazing with the superb responsive touchscreen.
As whole,the Nokia N8 is the ultimate multimedia entertainment device that offers endless possibilities for our mobile lifestyles. If you are affordable, why don't you get one for yourself ?I am looking forward it.
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