Tuesday, August 3, 2010
SINGAPORE : About 1,000 people at AMK Hub in Ang Mo Kio had to be evacuated after a fire broke out on an escalator in the mall on Tuesday.
The escalator connecting basement one to the first level caught fire at about 12.30pm.
Firefighters managed to put out the fire in about six minutes.
However, the mall operator asked everyone in the mall to evacuate as it was afraid the thick smoke from the fire would pose a health hazard.
Business resumed about half an hour later.
The mall operator said it is working with the escalator company to investigate the cause of the incident.
It added that the escalator that caught fire was serviced about a week ago.
No one was injured.
The mall is linked to Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange. Bus services were not affected by the incident. - CNA/ms
During the break just earlier in the afternoon, a few of us from the class happened to pass by the scene at around 3.30PM, it was 3 hours later, yet we still were able to smell smoke. It was quite bad. The glass portion of the escalator was shattered. According to some news, no one was hurt, and all were ask to evacuate the area in case the smoke causes health hazards especially to those with medical breathing problems like asthma.
I think the police actually did a good job in the situation, they cordoned off the area to prevent customers and shoppers from using the escalator. However, the smoke was still unable to be cleared after 3 hours. This could mean it could have been quite bad if the fire department was not informed and aware earlier. Thankfully, we have the police head quarters nearby which indeed helped.
In Singapore, Police stations and fire departments are all almost everywhere, this helps and is really good. IN cases of emergency like the current above situation, having the police stations nearby and all, would really help as lesser people or even no one would be hurt and all would be safer. We should be thankful that we can spot these help zones almost everywhere easily.
8:52 PM
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Sat, Jul 31, 2010
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Holding a wedding in school may not be new, but this happy couple took it a step further – by inviting guests to turn up in their school uniforms!
Mr Terence Lin and Ms Goh Fang Ying, both 28, met in Temasek primary school, and returned more than 16 years later to hold their wedding at their alma mater.
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What's more, at the couple's behest, 40 of their close friends and relatives donned their school uniforms for the special occasion.
"Some of them were very very enthusiastic about the uniform idea and it wasn't difficult to persuade them (to do it)," said Mr Lin, a senior executive.
The unusual wedding ceremony was held in a classroom, crammed with more than 70 guests including many "over-aged students".
Said the bride, Ms Goh Fang Ying, a market researcher: "My husband and I were each others' first loves. We met when we were in Primary Six, in the school garden. We decided it would be meaningful to hold our wedding in the school, to start a new beginning together at the place where we first met."
Using the projector in the classroom, the groom proceeded to present a multimedia presentation on their love's journey, a relationship that spanned 10 years, since university.
"The relationship began when Fangying was in the first year of University, and I was in the army. However, we maintained contact since we left Temasek Primary and went to different secondary schools," said the groom.
Mr Lin was from Victoria School, while Ms Goh went to Tanjong Katong Girls' School. But they were reunited in junior college, when they both attended Victoria Junior college. |
This is an article I found interesting. It is rare to have relationships with someone you knew from primary school. However, this couple is already getting married, after ten years of relationship, and decided to get married in their Primary school in a classroom. The couples relatives and friends were also told to come in uniforms. The couple even wore their uniforms too as the ceremony was held. How sweet is that!
My parents got together during second year of their Secondary school. It has been 38 years since they had been together, and on going. Relationships that are formed in your younger days are rare to keep.
Thus, I found the article interesting. Although they did not get together since Primary school but after university. The thing I found interesting is getting into relationships with someone you know since young.
9:52 PM
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Lately, there have been many issues with regards to
the upcoming Youth Olympic Games.
This would be the first Youth Olympic Games, and the first country that would host it
is Singapore. The Youth Olympic Games would start on the 14th of August 2010 - 28th of August 2010.
Over the radio, advertisements and all, they have broad casted about giving way to
Youth Olympic Games Vehicles. Why? So that the games can be carried out on time. To make the participants feel welcomed.
On these advertisements, they have also added that those that give way to these vehicles would be rewarded if spotted. The YOG vehicle lane would be lane 2. There are many Singaporeans that are against this.
They do not see the point in giving way. They feel that YOG vehicles should set out early if they are suppose to be sending youths to their various venues.
Some even mentioned about following the YOG bus or vehicle during jams as it might just be more convenient.
Disturbed Singaporean drivers and tax payers feel that it is a waste of money for those signs that have been put which was meant to indicate lane 2, a lane for the YOG vehicles. They feel that it is a waste of money as they stated that these paintings of signs would have to be removed, so why waste the time and tax payers money to paint them for just a short time.
For me, I feel that these lanes should be only reserved for these vehicles during non peak hours. Imagine jams that would be present during peak hours where everyone rushes for work,school and even returning home after a tiring day. Yes, we should give some good impression to the participants by being good hosts, giving way to the vehicles that will allow them to reach their venue for certain games on time, but we have to also consider our own people.
Thats all!
5:45 PM
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Hello all,
I'm going to talk about violence in this 2nd blog assignment of mine.
Lately, in the news, there have been many cases of violence
acts that have been posted on the net and all.
One of the most common one, is the one that happened in the lift.
Where a guy continuously slapped a girl, whenever she spoke a word.
and even when she did not.
However, the girl did not seem to care about the slaps,
she appeared to care for her hair more.
This tells us that, this guy has already abused her before,
and she is used to it.
But why did she not voice it out to the authorities?
Is she waiting to get abused more? The right thing to do,
when these cases come by, is to let someone like your parents,
or even the school teacher, or the POLICE to know.
Why get yourself into unnecessary harm?
Let's get back to the topic, why is violence constantly happening these days?
Is it due to parents that are neglecting their children?
Or is it due to youngsters trying to be funny?
There can be many other reasons. I don't really know.
When i surfed the net for more news, there was one,
whereby a guy was violated during his birthday,
through birthday bash, yup. his friends carried him,
with legs opened banging his private part against a pole.
It may appear to be fun to those carrying out the activity.
It does not appear fun to the person that is the victim.
THIS IS A FORM OF VIOLENCE, who knows what might happen
if he gets hurt permanently? Who is going to be responsible?
Are they all going to be? Will they be able to face the consequences?
It is quite easy to do things that you think is fun, but the consequences,
the end result, can you take full responsibility? even if you do,
damage is already done, and might not be able to be cured.
Abusing of children in many homes, also is common these days.
Many children have been silently abused, and dare not voice out.
Who would want to report or hand over their own parents to the police.
and also indirectly jail/fine them, violence can start from all ages.
youngsters, adults.. okay maybe we can leave out the babies and toddlers.
Here's a note for you: "If you do not wish to be harmed, don't harm or hurt others."
Just like how you want people to not hurt you in any way, do not hurt others.
Thats all folks!
8:03 PM
Thursday, April 29, 2010
BOON or BANE?
In this post, I'm going to talk about parents neglecting children and also parents that are over protective, are they doing good or harm to their child?
Firstly, some teenagers these days are turning rebellious, rude and also joining gangs. This is due to the lack of parental guidance and the fact that their parents do not care, or give attention to them. In a teen's mindset, the only way of seeking attention and getting their parents to actually care for them is to find fault, creating the unnecessary trouble. However, parents that normally neglect their children is partly due to the workload, and insufficient time to spend time with their children. One or two days not communicating with the child may not be that serious, but overtime if one does not communicate with another, there would be some distance between each other. This affects the teen, as he/she will think that their parents do not care for them.
Secondly, there are some teenagers that have parents that are overly protective. Parents will not let them out with their friends, thinking that their child would only find trouble with others. Do these parents know that by restricting the child to have at least a little bit of freedom, by forbidding them to go out once in awhile with their friends, they're actually encouraging their child to make online friends over the net? From my point of view, since a teen cannot go out to have the accompaniment of their classmates or real life friends, they only can turn to friends over the net. This is due to the boredom of oneself. Everyone needs to have friends, since they're forbidden to go out with friends and classmates that they actually know, they only can turn to those that they often meet online, that's the only way that they can have friends, because they will feel left out by the real friends, since these teens are always cooped up at home.
Parents being overly protective does not really mean a bad thing though. This simply means that the parents care for their child, and want the best for them. Not wanting their child to end up getting bullied or in trouble. However, being overly protective may also cause the child to rebel against parents. Freedom is what everyone wants, even though it is not that easy to gain it. For me, I think parents should grant their child some freedom, to let them learn self independence, not overly protecting them, if not it will only ruin the child's thinking of their parents. But of course, a parent should not neglect a child as well. Thus, a good mix of these two kinds of parents would be beneficial to their children.
What would be considered as a good parent?
Hmmms.....
-Melissa
7:15 PM
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Hello all! (:
Opened this blog for the
Effective Oral Communications module.
Currently in BF1001,
also known as FA ! :D
Signing off,
Melissa
9:14 PM
