Singapore IR Casino - Boon or Bane

Singapore IR Casino - Boons or Banes?

Recently, Singapore built a casino in Marina Bay in order for Singapore to earn money to enhance the country and also to provide jobs for those who are unemployed. However, many Singaporeans have raised their opinion on the casino, many think that this will be an advantage to them whereas some of them may think that the casino would be actually be like a "virus" to Singapore.

Now I will start with the advantages to Singapore by building the casino. Who will it be beneficial to? Let's start with the obvious. Gamblers would obviously be elated that a casino is finally in Singapore. They would not have to head to Genting for the casino or Macau where the largest casino is located.Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong stated that the tourism's sales have been dropping tremendously despite the Singapore Flyer and Sentosa. By starting the casino, Singapore tourism industry would be improved and the government would then turn Singapore into a better place. Unemployed people may also have a chance to be able to work in the casino which improves the status of life for the unemployed workers.

Now let's move on to the disavantages to Singapore's casino. Gamblers may be afected and are addicted to the casino. Saying that they lose $1000 per day and they are very desperate to repay the casino. There are only 2 alternatives. One is to borrow from a bank which they may reject the request or not is to look for loan sharks. Loan sharks will obviously lend you the money but you pay a higher price. The interst rate is rocket high and you would find yourself still unable to repay the loan back. Is this good for Singaporeans? Many people will obviously be paying their loans for the rest of their lives and some may even lose their jobs.

Personally, I feel that the casino should not be constructed at all. Looking at the pros and cons, the cons really overpower the pros easily.Despite increasing the tourism industry, it would affect more people and thus, the tourism industry would also fall soon. "Stay away if you don't want to play" is all I can say.

Online Gambling - Boon or Bane?

Online Gambling - Boon or Bane
Online gambling is a very recent add on to the gambling practices known to the world. Despite it may not be as thrilling in the casino, the effect and popularity of the same is quite huge. Now I will discuss the boon or bane factor for the same. Now I will explain what gambling is about.

Gambling is a pleasure activity and like all games have rules so does it. If one forgets the ground rules and gets over involved in looking for pleasure, the game’s reputation should not be at risk. Online gambling then will be at an advantage.

To start,online gambling is very popular nowadays is the convenience factor. The convenience of it being played from anywhere, where one can find an Internet connection attracts lots of people. If you are above the age of 21, is able to connect to the Internet and loves to gamble then online gambling is just a click away. Some online gambling games can also be accessible to everyone at any age and children may chance upon the gambling games.This may cause the children to have a mindset that gambling should be allowed despite the law of having to be above 21 to gamble. Next online gambling has many differnet versions of games available online. One can choose from varieties of poker, roulette, blackjack, slot machines and jackpots available online. In order to keep the gamblers continue playing the game on one site, the online casino owners have to ensure satisfaction in terms of returns. They will bait the gamblers like saying they weill earn rebate for every match they gamble in.

Next online gamblers is the online identity. The casino site owners promises maximum confidential of the personal details which are shared by the gambler. As their online identity is a not revealed. People generally play with fake identities, to the extent of pretending to be opposite sex many times. They can also alter their age so that they are able to gamble despite underage.

Another advantage to online gambling is that it is generally free to register on to these sites, and thus, the gamblers do not need to pay the admission fee,unlike a casino. A gambler can even take trial games to have a feel without actually involving the money, but only virtual ones. This allows him to be able to understand the game and still do not need to risk their own money at all.

The negative aspect of online gambling is mainly the addiction factor. Gamblers are so addicted to the gambling that they fail to be able to contril their gambling desires. Online gambling may cause people to lose money but remember, it is only virtual money. Gamblers are still willing to risk virtual money as they feel that it us worthless. Since it is all in electronic form the money they earn or lose are generally "loseable". In real casinos, you risk your own money and the atmosphere is really intense and the gamblers would leave the casino immediately, if they suffer a loss more.

Another disavantage is that people as mentioned before, people may use fake identity to access the gambling games. This may cause children who access the game to be addicted to be gambling and pick up the habit of gambling at a young age. No doubt that online gambling is heading towards a negative social impact where school going kids are also developing an addiction towards it. Look at the advertisement of a father begging the child to lend him her piggybank. This shows that gambling causes pain not only to the gambler, but the whole family. Since the accessibility is easier so the urge to gamble would developed faster which leads to oweing debts or borrowing from banks to repay the loansharks.

In conclusion, I feel that gamblings have more banes than boons as naturally, gambling is a bad habit and online gambling only attracts more people to pick up this wrong action. Thus, I feel that online gambling is even wores than casinos to a certain aspect. One last warning to all gamblers : Don't Gamble! Think of the Consequences before You place your Bets down!

To Kill A Mockingbird ( Using MI )

Is Maycomb a good place to live in? Is Maycomb corrupted?
[Focus on 2 main themes: Courage and Prejudice]
My 2 highest MI are Naturalists and Interpersonal respectively. I will be researching on the natural habitat of mockingbird. In my research, I will include the kind of flora and fauna you think exist in Maycomb and explain why the mockingbirds live in Maycomb. For Interpersonal, I will conduct an interview with a friend or family member. I will find out from their point of view on prejudice and discrimination. I will write out the interview.
Naturalists - Research

Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. I think that the mockingbirds live in Maycomb due to the fact that it is a rather desolated and peaceful town. Mockingbirds are also willing to nest near houses which the Maycomb citizens who are peaceful and do not resort to violence straight away, also attracts mockingbirds to come to Maycomb. The people in Maycomb also fond of the Mockingbird’s song, therefore more mockingbirds come to Maycomb. I think that the trees and fauna which grow in Maycomb are the maple trees and oak trees. As the mockingbirds love maple, I think that the Maycomb citizens grow maple trees. I think that they also grow oak trees as there is a forest behind Maycomb. I also think that grow rice plants as Maycomb is rather isolated and there are fertile land which they can grow wheat to harvest crops like the Cunninghams.


Interpersonal - Interview(Interview)
Interviewer: What do you think is prejudice?

Interviewee: I think that prejudice is a a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation and it is synonymous to ''bias'' and ''prepossess''.

Interviewer: Can you tell us some example?


Interviewee: Jane Austen's famous novel ''Pride and Prejudice'' is the best suited example in this respect. When you read the novel, the very first line that would strike you is it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. It is an example of 18th century English middle class prejudice that eventually looked upon women just as an object.

Interviewer: What is discrimination then?
Interviewee: It is the action or behaviour on somebody due to the fact of prejudice.

Interviewer: Can you show us some example?

Interviewee: There was a case in which a company laid off 28 people but only one of them was under the age of 40 years old. The case was then sent to court by the person who was fired under the age of 40 and it was considered age discrimination.
Interviewer: Can you tell me which aspect do you feel is more important?

Interviewee : I feel that it is prejudice as if they is no prejudice, there is no discrimination. The belief of someone then results into the actions of discriminating of that someone.

Multiple Intelligence Test

When I last took the Multiple Intelligence Test, the 2 highest scores of my results were Naturalist and also musical. Lately, I took the Multiple Intelligence Test again and the results were different! My 2 highest score became Naturalist and Interpersonal. I feel that the Multiple Intelligence Test is really accurate. Naturalist means that is the scientific research of animals and plants, using observation rather than experimental ways to study. Personally, I feel that this aspect is really one of my highest intelligence. From young, I have always been interested in animals and I’ve dreamed of becoming a vet one day. For the other aspect, I’m really astounded as I’ve never expected myself to be there. Interpersonal means that you can interact with people easily and have the ability to cooperate well in a group. Personally, I feel that I can interact with people easily but I do not really how to cooperate well in a group as I’m a bit talkative. The Multiple Intelligence Test is really useful as it tells you what jobs and tasks you are able to perform better than others. Like I’m from the Musical type and I took up a kinetic intelligence task, I would not perform well than a person who has that intelligence. Therefore, I feel the Multiple Intelligence Test is useful and beneficial to everyone.