Weekend Assignment 3

My favourite part of the school is the Swimming Complex as I go there thrice a week for my water polo training. Furthermore, there is a poolside cafe at the swimming complex. Whenever I go for trainings, I would eat there with my water polo friends. We would usually talk about a variety of subjects ranging from games to studies. It is a good place for me to unwind after school. This place links to my identity as I really like to swim.

Although the trainings may be though sometimes, I still really enjoy as I am going through it with my friends. This really inspires me to train harder this year to try to win a medal for Hwa Chong. Whenever I walk past the pool, I would reminisce about my the times during my water polo training. By remembering these arduous journeys, I would constantly remind myself to strive further and achieve better in both my academic and sports areas.

This pool was built by the generous donations of the Hwa Chong alumni. When I grow older, I would most certainly remember my times in this school and try to contribute back to this school.

In conclusion, this is the place in Hwa Chong which I have the most memories in and the place I would enjoy myself.

I chose the background as the character is at home and he is watching a movie while having a drink and snacks.

It contributes to the plot as many people are too lazy to leave what they are doing just to throw away something.

The characters actions showed that after he threw the bottle down the window, it hit his car and damaged it. Thus it does not pay to be lazy.

Where Is The Love?

The main message of this song is about the insufficient love in the world. All over the world many countries are suffering from terrorism, racism, war, greed and more. This reflects how this world has lost love resulting in many people suffering from these issues. This song has a few verses where it talks about terrorism such as the "KKK" who are the Kool Klutz Klan in America who are terrorising Negros living in America. This shows racism and terrorism. Also, this song was launched a few months later when America attacked Iraq. Thus, this song is also singing about war.

The part which I have the strongest feeling for is:"

Yeah madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
You gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love y'all

People killing people dying
Children hurtin you hear them crying
Can you practice what you preach
Would you turn the other cheek?
Father Father Father help us
Send some guidance from above
Cause people got me got me questioning
Where is the love?"

This is because this part mainly relates to issues that the world face today. In the part talking about anger, I feel that it really applies to everybody. For example, even for minor issues, we should still control our anger and our actions to prevent harming others. Furthermore, we should "gravitate to the love" so as to put others before yourself.

In the chorus, I feel that it brings out the truth of this world. People from all nations are killing and dying and children are also being abused. For example, terrorism brings harm to innocent people. Another example is child labor. Children are being abused in several parts of the world. I feel strongly for the last few lines of the chorus as people because of my religion. I feel that people should turn to a power higher than them and seek help and peace. In conclusion, I feel that the actions of people in this world has really affected others and that they should really think about the consequences of their acts.

A Book That Impacted Me

The title of the book that impacted is,"Have a Little Faith" by Mitch Albom. It is a non-fiction book. This book is about how the author went through a eight year journey between two worlds -two men, two faiths and two communities. The story begins when the author's eighty-two-year-old rabbi from his old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy. As the author feels not worthy of doing so, he decides to understand the rabbi better. This results in him going back to faith to religion which he left years ago. The author also meets a pastor who was a former drug addict who preaches to the homeless and poor.

This book has impacted me as it contains many lessons about how to endure when difficult things happen. In the book, when the pastor's church roof was collapsing, the author donated money to help him. This really impacted me as it taught me to help those in need. Furthermore, as the rabbi passed away, the book taught me about the profound comfort of believing in something bigger than yourself.