Mr Sun Ding Guo wanted to test himself through hardship and diligence and challenge himself by doing things like rewarding himself a 36th Olympic-themed tattoo after completing a 10 month journey across China pedalling his rickshaw for the Beijing Games.
He also gave up his job, his dreams and the chance the get a girlfriend as he single-mindedly promoted the Olympic spirit. He is now a walking billboard depicting symbols of different sports. Not only that, he went to China's Zhejiang province to just to get signatures of people who support the Games.
Personal views:
Mr Sun Ding Guo is really a noble person to be able to sacrifice himself and his love life just to promote the Olympics spirit.All chinese should be proud of him as he did all these just because of his love and devotion to his country.His perserverance paid off and he is now a walking billboard depicting symbols of different sports.But isn't him giving up his job to promote the Olympics spirit foolish?How is he going to survive without any income as he still needs to eat like any other human beings.Not that i am trying to demoralise his courageous act,but what i am trying to convey is that it is unnecessary for hm to give up his job but instead he can promote the Olympics spirit and work at the same time.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Jaclyn-12 inmates compete in Yellow Ribbon songwriting contest
Singapore Prison Services' fifth annual Yellow Ribbon songwriting contest is a part-rehabilitation, part-talent programme.
With the theme 'Celebrating Second Chances', it gives inmates the opportunity to impress family and friends.
A total of 12 singer-songwriters, who beat more than 300 participants to the finals this year, will compete on Thursday, in front of their loved ones.
And for the first time, 17 inmates sat for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music theory examination and 13 of them scored distinctions, including four perfect scores.
However, the success means little, without their loved ones. One of them said: "The most important thing I want to tell my parents is that I'm really very sorry for what I've done. And I wish all of you will take me back."
Personal views:
I feels very happy and proud for the inmates as after they were imprisoned,they were remorseful about their past actions and were repentent so by participating in the Yellow Ribbon songwriting contest,they showed others that they are willing to turn over a new leaf and change for the better.Hence,to encourage them and show our support, we needs to accept their flaws.After all,nobody is perfect.Parents whose child are in prison should forgive them as ultimately,they are the ones who should be held responsible for their child's action.Since the child are willing to change for the better,they should let bygones be bygones and strive for the better n life.
With the theme 'Celebrating Second Chances', it gives inmates the opportunity to impress family and friends.
A total of 12 singer-songwriters, who beat more than 300 participants to the finals this year, will compete on Thursday, in front of their loved ones.
And for the first time, 17 inmates sat for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music theory examination and 13 of them scored distinctions, including four perfect scores.
However, the success means little, without their loved ones. One of them said: "The most important thing I want to tell my parents is that I'm really very sorry for what I've done. And I wish all of you will take me back."
Personal views:
I feels very happy and proud for the inmates as after they were imprisoned,they were remorseful about their past actions and were repentent so by participating in the Yellow Ribbon songwriting contest,they showed others that they are willing to turn over a new leaf and change for the better.Hence,to encourage them and show our support, we needs to accept their flaws.After all,nobody is perfect.Parents whose child are in prison should forgive them as ultimately,they are the ones who should be held responsible for their child's action.Since the child are willing to change for the better,they should let bygones be bygones and strive for the better n life.
Jaclyn-A child prostitute at 14,an AIDS activist today
Ms Srey Mom, from Cambodia, started working at the age of seven, was abandoned at 10 and was totured into becoming a child prostitute at 14.
At 16, she contracted the HIV virus.Now, at 20, she is an activist and determined to help other Cambodian girls avoid her fate.
For many of the Singapore students who attended the World Vision's 30-hour Famine Camp at the Anglo-Chinese School in Barkey Road, she voiced on out the problems of human trafficking and child prostitution which affect Cambodia and other South-east Asian countries.
The World Vision agency has run the camp annually since 1985 to educate and motivate Singapore youths to act on global issues such as hunger, poverty, HIV/Aids and the environment.
It is estimated that up to 30,000 sex workers are estimated to be below 16 years old and about a fifth of the country's female sex workers are infected with HIV.
Personal views:
I trult sympathize with those who were forced and tortured into the service of child prostitution.I felt really blessed to be living in Singapore,which thankfully is one country which stresses on the importance of human rights.Therefore,we should help the less fortunate by playing a part and help to prevent these situations from happening.The World Vision agency has played a great role in spreading the messages such as prevent from having unprotected sex.Hence,in order to prevent the shocking number of 30000 sex workers to fall in the hands of HIV/AIDS,we should use all forms of communications to spread the messages.
At 16, she contracted the HIV virus.Now, at 20, she is an activist and determined to help other Cambodian girls avoid her fate.
For many of the Singapore students who attended the World Vision's 30-hour Famine Camp at the Anglo-Chinese School in Barkey Road, she voiced on out the problems of human trafficking and child prostitution which affect Cambodia and other South-east Asian countries.
The World Vision agency has run the camp annually since 1985 to educate and motivate Singapore youths to act on global issues such as hunger, poverty, HIV/Aids and the environment.
It is estimated that up to 30,000 sex workers are estimated to be below 16 years old and about a fifth of the country's female sex workers are infected with HIV.
Personal views:
I trult sympathize with those who were forced and tortured into the service of child prostitution.I felt really blessed to be living in Singapore,which thankfully is one country which stresses on the importance of human rights.Therefore,we should help the less fortunate by playing a part and help to prevent these situations from happening.The World Vision agency has played a great role in spreading the messages such as prevent from having unprotected sex.Hence,in order to prevent the shocking number of 30000 sex workers to fall in the hands of HIV/AIDS,we should use all forms of communications to spread the messages.
jaclyn-Sports bra saves hiker stranded in Alps
BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- An American hiker stranded in the Bavarian Alps for nearly three days was rescued after using her sports bra as a signal, police in southern Germany said Monday.
Berchtesgaden police officer Lorenz Rasp said that he helped lift 24-year-old Jessica Bruinsma of Colorado to safety by helicopter on Thursday after she attracted the attention of lumberjacks by attaching her sports bra to a cable used to move timber down the mountain.
"She's a very smart girl, and she acted very resourcefully," said Rasp. "She kept her shirt and jacket for warmth, but thought the sports bra could work as a signal."
An Alpine rescue team, including five helicopters and 80 emergency workers, had been searching for Bruinsma since she went missing June 16 after losing her way in bad weather while hiking with a friend near the Austrian border.
She fell 16.4 feet to a rocky overhang, where she spent the next 70 hours on the narrow ledge, sustained by water that she found by breaking into a supply box on the ledge.
She badly bruised a leg and dislocated a shoulder in the fall, and the cliff was too isolated for her to climb free, Rasp said.
Rasp said the cable was only within reach because the timber transport system was out of service. When a repairman restored the line on Thursday, the cable car started moving up the mountain and Bruinsma's bra reached the worker at the base. He knew of the missing hiker and immediately called police.
Rasp said his team followed the cable line up the cliff side in a helicopter and found Bruinsma standing on the ledge, waving with her good arm. After circling once, they lowered a winch to Bruinsma and lifted her aboard."
She did so well because she is in very good shape," Rasp said. "She has been training for a marathon -- her goal is to finish in 3 hours and 10 minutes."
Bruinsma told Rasp that she has scrapped plans to stay in Berchtesgaden to learn German and plans to return home to Colorado Springs with her parents. He said she still plans to run the marathon, if she recovers in time to keep training.
Personal views:
Using clothes to attracts rescuers' attention to the fact that someone was being stranded somewhere is a good idea.But using a sports bra as a signal is unheard of,especially by attaching it to a cable used to move timber down the mountain.Not only can the stranded person has a glimmer of hope that someone will see the sports bra and linked it to a missing person looking for rescue,she can also keep herself warm with her shirt and pants.Isn't that being resourceful!And also,even though she had badly bruised a leg and dislocated a shoulder when she fell,she had overcame her pain in the hope that she will be rescued.Most importantly,if not for the repairman
who had spotted the sports bra and linked it to the missing hiker,she would still be stranded somewhere in the mountain.Thanks to her perserverance,she is able to overcome every obstacles and be rescued.
Berchtesgaden police officer Lorenz Rasp said that he helped lift 24-year-old Jessica Bruinsma of Colorado to safety by helicopter on Thursday after she attracted the attention of lumberjacks by attaching her sports bra to a cable used to move timber down the mountain.
"She's a very smart girl, and she acted very resourcefully," said Rasp. "She kept her shirt and jacket for warmth, but thought the sports bra could work as a signal."
An Alpine rescue team, including five helicopters and 80 emergency workers, had been searching for Bruinsma since she went missing June 16 after losing her way in bad weather while hiking with a friend near the Austrian border.
She fell 16.4 feet to a rocky overhang, where she spent the next 70 hours on the narrow ledge, sustained by water that she found by breaking into a supply box on the ledge.
She badly bruised a leg and dislocated a shoulder in the fall, and the cliff was too isolated for her to climb free, Rasp said.
Rasp said the cable was only within reach because the timber transport system was out of service. When a repairman restored the line on Thursday, the cable car started moving up the mountain and Bruinsma's bra reached the worker at the base. He knew of the missing hiker and immediately called police.
Rasp said his team followed the cable line up the cliff side in a helicopter and found Bruinsma standing on the ledge, waving with her good arm. After circling once, they lowered a winch to Bruinsma and lifted her aboard."
She did so well because she is in very good shape," Rasp said. "She has been training for a marathon -- her goal is to finish in 3 hours and 10 minutes."
Bruinsma told Rasp that she has scrapped plans to stay in Berchtesgaden to learn German and plans to return home to Colorado Springs with her parents. He said she still plans to run the marathon, if she recovers in time to keep training.
Personal views:
Using clothes to attracts rescuers' attention to the fact that someone was being stranded somewhere is a good idea.But using a sports bra as a signal is unheard of,especially by attaching it to a cable used to move timber down the mountain.Not only can the stranded person has a glimmer of hope that someone will see the sports bra and linked it to a missing person looking for rescue,she can also keep herself warm with her shirt and pants.Isn't that being resourceful!And also,even though she had badly bruised a leg and dislocated a shoulder when she fell,she had overcame her pain in the hope that she will be rescued.Most importantly,if not for the repairman
who had spotted the sports bra and linked it to the missing hiker,she would still be stranded somewhere in the mountain.Thanks to her perserverance,she is able to overcome every obstacles and be rescued.
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