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Dragon Boating

Today I went to the Kallang basin for the school's exchange program with BPGHS. We were there for dragon boating. quite a few of my classmates did not expect to be very wet after the activity so they did not bring an extra clothing or an extra plastic bag or a towel. including me on the towel part. we started off quite nicely, until when we reached near the Singapore flyer, the instructor suggested we spray water at each other. SOME people started to and irritated others. They then started to retaliate, resulting in a huge dragon boat water fight. I and Benny was the 'dormant' ones, not retaliating nor attempting to attack, until Benny finally 'erupted' of course. THEN, the one thing happened that made me attack ferociously(ok maybe not so lah but then...) someone, spray so much water that 80% of me was wet. That's it man, i thought, I immediately poured all my remaining water on someone behind me and proceeded to refill... (continued tomorrow because I have to sleep already)

My idiot Brother

I'm so darn pissed about my brother. He, EVERY SINGLE DAY, makes me angry. He refuses to listen, refuses to do housework, refuses to do ANYTHING except for, maybe, eating once every now and then. Once, he almost made my mother commit suicide. She absolutely just broke down man, bawling her eyes out just like that. AND, worse of all, I have to listen to all that scolding and stuff. God Damn. What have I done to deserve this kind of brother? And my mother. She is currently having 'split personalities', so to speak. On a lot of occasions, she have to scold me, go on a rage and talk nicely to me afterwards. It's very difficult for her to do that you know.

Please excuse my language, I'm just pissed off at myself .

The Lottery

The Lottery, as we know it, is a joyous occasion, with people anticipating and hoping that they will win. But, in this text: 'The Lottery', it is the exact opposite. The one who 'wins' get stoned to death, instead of getting monetary rewards. But why do the villagers stone people every year? Is the reason given, "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon" a bit too superstitious? Or is it just the bit about 'mob mentality'? I feel that it is a little of both. The story tells us about how the villagers follow the tradition of lotteries, one per year to stone a person each year. Isn't it a bit like how our society's been like? The fact about bullies, aren't them like the people in The Lottery? Each group of bullies have a leader, and a band of followers. The leader, or the person who starts the mob to attack the 'weaklings', is like Old Man Warner. He insists that the village continue with the Lotteries even though some show doubt about it.

"They do say," Mr. Adams said to Old Man Warner, who stood next to him, "that over in the north village they're talking of giving up the lottery."

Old Man Warner snorted. "Pack of crazy fools," he said. "Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live hat way for a while. Used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.' First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery," he added petulantly. "Bad enough to see young Joe Summers up there joking with everybody."

"Some places have already quit lotteries." Mrs. Adams said.

"Nothing but trouble in that," Old Man Warner said stoutly. "Pack of young fools."

A very good example happening in our lives right now would be Philmann. Everybody discriminate him and 'mob' him, just like how the villagers from The Lottery stone Tessie to death. Although it SEEMS like a small problem, mob mentality is a growing problem in our societies. Think about it, there are already bullies in schools, what about the working world? It could just take over the world or something if left untreated. I feel that if we give Philmann some breathing space, he might just change for the good, and not just discriminate and hurt his feelings. I agree, though, that Philmann is irritating, even when no one is there to discriminate him, because I have personal experiences. But, as I have stated earlier, give him some breathing space and he can change for the good. The reference to superstitions is when Old Man Warner say that "Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon". It obviously is a superstition as how could killing a person get you more corn? It's just like praying to gods and stuff.