My girl is rather weak in compo writing. Is it enough her to go for the english class or should she go for the creative writing class instead? appreciate your advice.

Hi,Can my girl go for a trial class for the P3 english course?

Hi,


is there any vacancy in P3 English class at AMK on Fri 5-7pm?

thanks.

mathsparks:

amylqf:

oh, that's interesting place.
Is it far from Beijing City. Address?

Not too far. We cab there. About 62km from beijing. We booked a guide online and the guide arranged our ski accomodation, transport, birthday cake, firecrackers etc. She's like a personal guide that tends to your needs. Not the kind that follows you around the whole day.

http://www.nanshanski.com

Hi, may I know how I can find a personal guide such as yours? and how much did she charge?

I'm interested in staying at Nanshan for a few nights too, but I'm not sure how to book the accomodation.

Thanks!

hi chic_savvy, that’s great!


are you interested in a playdate? you can come over to our place, or we can meet somewhere.

pm me ok?

chic_savvy, how old are your children?


i live in NE (hougang) too. my daughter’s 5.

gosh...


you guys got me thinking about tokyo now, with all that talk about tokyo disneyland

i was watching japan hour the other day and they were showing this place called the hawaiian resort, about an hour away from tokyo. it looks like fun! it's basically an indoor water theme park. has anyone ever been there before?

Emelyn:

Hi flim,

you mean can just wear the gloves and \"wipe\" over the areas to clean ?
Sounds good lei....
I must go look for it in NTUC.

yup yup. but i get her to use it just for dusting dry stuff. just to remove dust. not exactly 'clean' them. what i mean by this is, let's say, your tv has fingerprints. if i get my daughter to do it with the glove, it won't remove the fingerprints. i have to do it myself for that.

i feel that what's most important is how we react to each piece of news

we read. to remember that there are always two sides of a story.

in the case of kiasimom, a good company should write to a 'relatively'
more reputable paper, like the straits times, to present its side of the
story, ie. kiasimom's friend's account, in an objective way. it can take
some responsibility for the hooha, apologize but at the same time defend
itself and its employee's act.

a lot of companies do this, actually. i'm sure you've seen them before.
especially SBS Transit, for the obvious reasons that a lot of people
complain about its service :lol: poor SBS.

currently i'm especially concerned by the money page in the sunday
version of our 'relatively' reputable local paper. they would write about a
person who, in their mind, has 'made' it and how they spend their 'made'
money.

my husband is a cynic and he tends to scoff at some of these successful
people's investment and spending habits. of course, with his own
justification thrown in. prob subtly sending me a message that i should be
more mindful with my spending... haha!

but not everyone is like that. some people are more trusting, especially
when they haven't made it quite as big as these successful people. like
the young, the fresh grads, or the middle-mgt white-collar who work their
guts out trying to make half as much money as these so-called 'made'
men and women (pls delete this if it may cause some offence).

they prob think, hey, if this guy said it's good to trade in options, i prob
shd do that too. but how many ppl can really make money out of option
trading? and if they do make some in the beginning, do they realize that
they can also lose money from it?

recently, a guy got sued for falsely claiming he had a degree from a
recognized university. he was an options trader trainer. his students sued
him for 'misleading' them to trust him. after he was proven guilty,
the 'relatively' reputable local newspaper started to ostracize him. ok. so
he was definitely at fault.

but if you remember, not too long ago, the same person was featured in
one of the sunday's money page, complete with how he made it big
(which is of course, thru options trading), how he invested his money, and
proof of his success (property, cars, etc).

now, i'm sure a lot of his students were encouraged to sign up for his
training after reading the article. thanks to the great feature writing skill
of its journalists. these students have been misled, but in a way, they
allowed themselves to, so they are also at fault. and does the paper need
to be made accountable for it? they didn't ask you to sign up for his
training. but they are a newspaper, and with it comes a pre-conceived
nature of trust and credibility.

but the reality is, they are now the very ones who report on his 'crime' at
every possible opportunity and from the way they write it, it's as if they're
trying to make it sound worse than it actually is. i mean, come on. the
world is full of people like him. look at maddoff! don't you have anything
better to write?

so i do agree that the journalists are not saints. far from it. but it is up to
us to decide what to do with it.

hi buds,


thanks for your sincere comment. i’m so happy there are still people like you who are committed enough to help.

may i know what sort of programme it is that you mentioned? and if you’re still looking for anymore volunteer?