Blog Post 31

I woke up feeling giddy only to realize I was in deep inside a forest and out of the blue I saw an extremely beautiful dark brown deer with two long and magnificent horns and right behind it were two younger deer which looked equally beautiful just like their father and at that moment I realized that I had just seen my favorite animal of all times and I cannot describe how extremely delighted and elated I was at that time and I felt as if it was the best time of my life and how I wished that time would stop moving.

In-class Online Lesson 9 Part 2

Every day I go to the battle field terrified

And if I survive I count myself lucky

Every day I see thousands of dead bodies

And I always fear that I might be the next

One day I shot an enemy in the chest

I was shocked and could not believe it

I ran over to him immediately

He was bleeding profusely

The dying enemy was young

Less than 20 years of age

Yet he sacrificed his life for his country

Dying as a brave soldier on the battlefield

He lay still on the floor

Breathing his last breaths

He said his last words "Dad, Mom"

And he stopped breathing forever

Blog Post 30 - Will same-sex marriage ever be legalized in Singapore?

I feel that the chances of same-sex marriage to be legalized in Singapore is very low. This is due to the fact that Singapore is continuously facing a decreasing birth rate and the fact that Singaporeans are very Asian-cultured and they will not be easily influenced by western countries' thinking.

The fact that Singapore is continuously facing a decreasing birth rate is an important reason why same-sex marriage is very unlikely to be legalized in Singapore. This is because in same-sex marriages, couples are unable to produce any babies. This will result in less babies produced, and Singapore's birth rate will continue to fall even more. Since the government is encouraging Singaporean couples to have more children, the government would not legalize same-sex marriage in Singapore.

Secondly, Singaporeans are very Asian-cultured and they will not be easily influenced by the western countries' practice nowadays. Singaporeans usually follow a certain tradition, and the tradition is that marriages should not be same-sex marriages. The Chinese traditional practice is for a man to marry a woman, and the more babies they have, the better. However, same-sex marriages are unable to fulfill the wishes of the tradition. The government hope for Singaporeans to be filial these days, thus the government is unlikely to legalize same-sex marriage.

The above two reasons are why I think that the chances of same-sex marriages to be legalized in Singapore is very low.