It has been noticed that there are more and more teenagers signing up to become members of fitness centers and slimming centers. This is to keep themselves fit and slimmer. There are two groups of teenagers doing this, the females and the males.
The female group of people believes that only by looking or being slim can they look good. An example provided by the article spent 600 dollars on losing 4 kg and up to half of her salary on beauty products and treatments.
The other example in the article, a male, signed up to become a member of a fitness center in order to look and feel confident. This was achieved by building on his biceps and chest muscle, making them more “noticeable”. This is as he felt that after becoming fitter he was not as shy as before and was treated better due to him becoming more attractive, according to the person interviewed.
After reading the article, I realized that teenagers nowadays cared a lot about their appearances. They go to a long and expensive extent to make themselves look good and most importantly, feel good.
Why is it important to look good and feel good about oneself? It is the thing that makes us able to feel a sense of satisfaction and achievement after doing something good. Moreover, feeling confident is the key to doing and making things we do successful.
The idea of being vain to get confidence and looking good has its strengths. You are able to feel good by looking good and this can be achieved quickly. This is helpful in situations such as giving a talk because just by tidying up one’s appearance, he would be able to gain a little more attention and confidence.
However, I feel that it is not good to gain confidence by paying money, especially so for teenagers. This is as we as teenagers change quickly and one cannot guarantee that he will look the same forever, being fit now does not mean you will look as muscular next time. If one gets his confidence from looks, does that mean that he will have no confidence next time?
Actually, I do feel for those who try to get confidence through being vain and looking good. Sometimes, it is just very hard to get the confidence from yourself. Also sometimes, we might feel that we do not look good enough because we are born like this.
When this happens, tell yourself that this is what makes you unique and different from others, and then you will feel good about yourself and love your looks. This is just one way out of the many others I do not know to make one happy.
Personally, I feel that people have rights to be vain sometimes however, they should know when to stop, because it is not how you look, but what you do and how you treat others that would leave a mark in peoples’ memories.
Article from: http://enewslink.asia1.com.sg/brsweb/read_1.brsw?this=result&QDT=1&QFLST=HD%3AHG%3APD&DB=BT%3AST%4006-07&QSTR=Why+so+vain&DTSTR=%28%28PD+%3E=+20060919%29+and+%28PD+%3C=+20070219%29%29&PSZ=10&MAXL=200&SUMY=1&HLT=0&LSTN=0&ID=000058646@ST06
Monday, February 19, 2007
Happy Chinese New Year
Well,
It is the time of the year again to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Everyone would be older and more matured....
Anyway here is wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
It is the time of the year again to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Everyone would be older and more matured....
Anyway here is wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Article 1: Hibernating Animals Suffer Dangerous Wakeup Calls Due to Warming (environmental issues)
This is an issue, not concerning us humans, but how animals suffer. It has been noticed that winters are getting milder and this causes animals which hibernate through winter to wake up earlier than usual. This means that they do not hibernate as long as before, one full winter, but instead, a shorter winter.
To animals which hibernate, this process is an important one. In the winter, food for the animals is scarce, causing trouble when the animals try to look for food. By hibernating, the animals are able to conserve the energy which they stored in their fats. Moreover, by hibernating, the animals sleep through winter and do not move about, allowing them not to lose any energy.
So what does it mean for the animals to wake up earlier than usual? It means that the animals are abnormally active. This causes them to lose energy stored more quickly than they can find food. Moreover, as mentioned, food is scarce, making it practically impossible for them to find food.
Looking at the consequences of a shorter, milder winter, we cannot help but wonder why this happening is. Well the answer is simple, “Global Warming”. Yes, global warming is causing our winters to be shorter. Although we as humans might not be greatly affected by it, animals are suffering, especially those which hibernate.
One example will be hedgehogs in England. Due to the changing climate pattern, hedgehogs gave birth later than usual. This resulted in the hedgehog pups not being able to put on enough weight, or in other words, store enough energy to sleep pass the winter.
I personally feel that the animals are very pitiful as they are suffering because of something mostly caused by humans, Global Warming. It is quite unfair that other creatures on Earth are suffering because of us. Polar caps are melting and many species of animals are decreasing due to weather changes. After reading this article, I really wish to stop Global Warming, but I as an individual cannot do anything much. But as a group, we should not harm animals anymore and instead try to preserve their natural habitat. We might not be able to help them by giving them food or providing shelter, but we should not harm them by damaging the environment. We can help by reducing Global Warming. This can be achieved by reducing the use of electricity and CFC products.
This is quite a grave environmental issue as there is a possibility that after a few generations of this type of occurrence, it might be possible that the particular type of animal goes extinct. This would affect our ecosystems and it might be damaging to Earth. Therefore, it is important that we try as best to stop or slow down Global Warming.
Think of yourself waking up early because you are suffering from a problem that someone else caused and you will understand and have empathy for the poor animals out there suffering due to a shorter winter.
Article from: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070202-groundhog.html
To animals which hibernate, this process is an important one. In the winter, food for the animals is scarce, causing trouble when the animals try to look for food. By hibernating, the animals are able to conserve the energy which they stored in their fats. Moreover, by hibernating, the animals sleep through winter and do not move about, allowing them not to lose any energy.
So what does it mean for the animals to wake up earlier than usual? It means that the animals are abnormally active. This causes them to lose energy stored more quickly than they can find food. Moreover, as mentioned, food is scarce, making it practically impossible for them to find food.
Looking at the consequences of a shorter, milder winter, we cannot help but wonder why this happening is. Well the answer is simple, “Global Warming”. Yes, global warming is causing our winters to be shorter. Although we as humans might not be greatly affected by it, animals are suffering, especially those which hibernate.
One example will be hedgehogs in England. Due to the changing climate pattern, hedgehogs gave birth later than usual. This resulted in the hedgehog pups not being able to put on enough weight, or in other words, store enough energy to sleep pass the winter.
I personally feel that the animals are very pitiful as they are suffering because of something mostly caused by humans, Global Warming. It is quite unfair that other creatures on Earth are suffering because of us. Polar caps are melting and many species of animals are decreasing due to weather changes. After reading this article, I really wish to stop Global Warming, but I as an individual cannot do anything much. But as a group, we should not harm animals anymore and instead try to preserve their natural habitat. We might not be able to help them by giving them food or providing shelter, but we should not harm them by damaging the environment. We can help by reducing Global Warming. This can be achieved by reducing the use of electricity and CFC products.
This is quite a grave environmental issue as there is a possibility that after a few generations of this type of occurrence, it might be possible that the particular type of animal goes extinct. This would affect our ecosystems and it might be damaging to Earth. Therefore, it is important that we try as best to stop or slow down Global Warming.
Think of yourself waking up early because you are suffering from a problem that someone else caused and you will understand and have empathy for the poor animals out there suffering due to a shorter winter.
Article from: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070202-groundhog.html
Hi I am a new blogger...
Hi,
This is my very first blog and this is meant to be for my english assignment....
But I might use this to blog and continue blogging despite the assignment ending.
So I hope whoever who reads my blog will like it!
This is my very first blog and this is meant to be for my english assignment....
But I might use this to blog and continue blogging despite the assignment ending.
So I hope whoever who reads my blog will like it!
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