HISTORY LESSON: Life During the Japanese Occupation

During the Japanese occupation, some people were placed in prison where all prisoners with different races, customs and religions were forced to behave naturally. Everyone in there had to shower together under a long pipe with only a piece of soap. They had to be quick in their actions on whatever they had to do. Some prisoners passed away from infections like dysentery which caused severe diarrhoea. One of the ominous policies of the Japanese was the wartime exploitation of women. Women were forced into flesh trade which was mainly known as prostitution and there was also force labour in those days. Japanese schools were also opened in those days, one of the school rules was that if you see a soldier along the corridors of the school, you have to bow to him if not the students would get brutal beatings by the Japanese

Educators say schools are the best starting points for integration matters

In my opinion, I would also agree that when it comes to the matter of integration matters, school is a great starting point for everybody. Many people are usually comfortable with local schools as they are able to communicate easily. Foreign students may feel uncomfortable in a school that is not their religion but as they get along with the local students, they will not feel left out in school and the local and foreign students could learn more about their country and culture

Did SBS Transit drop the ball on NEL breakdown?

In my opinion, the transport operator should have informed the commuters about the breakdown and they also should have make an announcement about it. They also should give advices about what to do when train services resume. If people were not informed about the situation, they may get hurt.

When someone asks for your opinion ,do you give them an honest answer? Why or Why not?

When people asks me for my opinion , most of the time I would give them an honest answer. Why? When sometimes people asks for their opinion whether is it on work or clothes, it is best to give them a straight and honest answer so that the person asking for our opinion they would know what we think of it . They would also think about our opinions if it is good or not, it is best to just give your opinions on a situation, that is why I always prefer to give an honest opinion. If we don't give an honest opinion example, to our friend who is trying on a dress and asks about our opinion, if we give a dishonest answer and say she looks good in it and she should buy it when she actually looks bad in it, she would feel disappointed with us for lying to her and she may not trust us again. At some situations, we give a dishonest answer just to make her feel better as she may feel more hurt if we give her the honest answer. In actual fact, we should always give the honest answer and also give her some advice about what she should do instead of lying and later feel bad about giving her a dishonest answer. The outcome of giving a dishonest maybe losing trust and faith in your friend. The outcome of giving an honest answer maybe gaining the trust of a friend, reliability and faithfulness. This is why we should give an honest answer at all times.

Dialogue writing Question 1

Sam: Hello , what are you doing?
Pump Attendant: I am pumping in petrol into your father's car
Sam: What for?
Pump Attendant: Your father needs petrol to help him travel different places , right now your father's car is nearly out of petrol.
Sam: Is everyone around this place doing the same thing as you are now?
Pump Attendant: Yes, we are, our job here is to help drivers to pump their cars with petrols
Sam: How long does it take for you to pump petrol into the cars?
Pump attendant: It does not take much though but to kill time, drivers may go to the convinient store right over there to buy things like drinks and food.
Sam:Then why don't he people in the store help you?
Pump Attendant: The people in there and here does different job, the people inside works as a cashier while over here we help to pump petrols only .
Sam: Thats interesting, what else could you tell me about this job?
Pump Attendant: You interested in working here?
Sam: I am just curious.
Pump Attendant: Well everyday there will be people driving here to pump their cars with petrols from day to night if they run out of petrol , the car would stop moving.
Sam: Is this the only petrol station?
Pump Attendant: Of course not, there are more than one petrol stations around so, they could drive to the nearest station for petrol.
Sam: No wonder sometimes my dad comes here!
Pump Attendant: Alright your father's car is ready I better get over to the other side, Take care.
Sam: Okay you too!