Thoughts of the day...

               Just yesterday, after my dentist appointment,  I left the school without further ado and headed back home. My journey will last me around 20 mins. On my way, just passing the PIE expressway. A new mk6 Golf GTi came zooming pass me at around 105 km/h (estimated), its turbocharger screaming as the driver of the car slammed hard on the accelerator and much to my horror, the 130, 000 quid performance car slammed into the steel barrier, but with not much force. The car's shiny metalic axle and tyres came off and the car spun off a further few tens of meters, and the traffic following behing the GTi all braked hard but a few of them slammed into the GTi. The GTi by then was mingled and destroyed entirely! The honeycomb grille.... The double exhaust... But fortunately, the driver was still alive, he came out of the car limping slightly just to be showered with shouts of vulgarties and immoral gesture from the drivers of the other cars who slammed into the GTi.
    
              I think that the driver was not giving a damn about his life and people whom he endangered. That man may be rich, but his wealth couldn't buy absolutely everything. He was ignoring the signs of  ' Speeding kills ' that Singapore government spent millions of dollars investing. That man was extremely lucky to have escaped with his head still intact after the ordeal, and ought to be punished in a way that he would remember to be more thoughtful before carrying out actions.

              As many know, Singapore have extremely strict rules on speeding and "drink and drive", but apparently, complacent Singaporeans just don't take things seriously. The last time, when I was exploring Bishan, A Honda Civic Type R nearly ended up with the same fate. The car kissed the kerb and the driver immediately swiveled the driving wheel. The car then skidded into a temporary taxi stand. No one was injured, but the car was scratched, and had a big 'bruise' on it. This showed how Singapore's reckless drivers tend to easily put their safety and the pedestrians' safety out of the topic. Could be worse.... A "bendy" bus actually crashed into a bus stop! This happened at somewhere around Bukit Panjang. The driver was later found out that he had been talking on the phone whilst driving. In other countries, well, I would have to admit that none of the countries that I know had so few amounts of car or bus accidents. Based on many E.U countries, almost 60% are of "road kills" accident. The remainder contains others accidents (Drink and drive, etc.), while Singapore has almost 85% car accidents are of reckless driving, speeding and drink and drive, etc. So, in the end, Singapore still have a higher percentage of reckless-driving-caused accidents.

                 I am not trying to rant about Singapore's way of life. I have to agree that Singapore's millions of dollars invested on reducing automobile-related accidents is very well spent, I am just saying it is not entirely the government's fault that automobile-related accidents are still getting more and more here in Singapore. The blame should go into the reckless drivers. If you took a ride from the east region of Singapore to the west. You will find that almost everywhere; from gas station to expressway exits, there are always signs on SPEEDING KILLS...DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE, the reckless drivers would definitely see these signs, but just to ignore them and slam on the accelerator. I am rather sad to see those things happening in our dear Singapore and these people should really learn the lesson the hard way as they never seem to change or turn over a new leaf.

                 Overall, I think that Singapore is still an "okay" place. As many know, there is no rose without a thorn, I believe that it is inevitable that drivers will meet up with an accident, but I do think reckless driving is a very bad habit and it can be prevented in many ways.

Reflection

              Today, Ms Chia has taught us about an essay that is able to captivate people's minds and yet, is approved by all teachers who read them, regardless of their likes and dislikes (A.K.A: Sure-win composition).


              The sure-win composition is a very simple, but hard in a way that it is not easy to follow the procedure exactly. My first steps of composing the sure-win essay is to roughly plot the plan with the pyramid structure, then, summon your list of "sophisticated" words and try to add them to your essay, and after that think of some "secondary" problems to just spice up the essay a bit. Finally, we end the story with solutions that solve all of the problems and try not to write about things that maybe very sensitive to teachers and others reading and grading it (e.g, Sad, love endings, etc.).

               I think this is a very good way of writing an essay that any teacher who reads it will like it, although I think it is a bit.....Well.... You know what it is, right?