Comparison and contrast

A term often used for people who are deeply concerned with the environment is “green.” Compare a “green” person’s attitude towards consumption with that of a person who is not “green”.

Ever since the issue of climate change emerged out some 20 years ago, the word “green” has been a hot word to use. The word “Green” is a term used in general, friendly to the environment. For products with the word “green”, it signifies that it does not cause harm to the environment or/and manufactured in a way that does not bring harm to the environment. As for people, the word “green” means people who are deeply concerned with the environment and their actions are often beneficial to the environment rather than bringing harm to the environment. The difference between a “green” person and a not “green” person is their attitude towards the environment. At home for example, a “green” person would not use air conditioning everyday and would only use it when necessary and even if he used it, he would set to a temperature of 25 degree Celsius and set timer. A not “green” person on the other hand would use as and when he like, so long as he can afford it. A “green” person would use environmentally friendly products like biodegradable detergents, energy saving light bulb, CFC free deodorant. All of which, environmentally friendly products, are more expensive than regular ones. A not “green” person would use any cheaper alternatives be it “green” or not. Another typical example would be during grocery shopping. A “green” person would bring his shopping bag to contain his stuff and if he needs to use plastic bag he would use it at a minimum but a not “green” person would use plastics bags and will not careless about. In conclusion, I feel that to be a "green" person generally requires you to pay extra for regular products and may sometimes brings you inconvenience but if we do it everyday it will become a habit and as time goes it'll be a norm. therefore I would say that the contrast between a “green” person and a not “green” person would be his attitude towards how much he could help lessen the environmentally damage. A “green” person would pay extra attention to his action but a not “green” person would do whichever way that is beneficial to him be it profitable or convenience.

When I meant be a "green" person, I didn't mean literally !!

Problem – Solution : Three Gorges Dam

The awsome Three Gorges Dam

Problem – Solution
Choose one recent “Engineering disaster” that has affected the environment in your/one country and explain how it could be avoided.

The Three Gorges Dam (长江三峡大坝)hailed as one of the engineering feats of the 20th century and the largest hydro-electric power station in the world is a Chinese hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze river in China. The Three Gorges Dam is able to produce a total of 22,500 megawatts of electricity which is 20 times more than the Hoover Dam in America. The dam is able to control floods down at the Yangtze River and help reduce flooding in important cities like Wuhan which suffered flooding in 1954 and 1998 killing over 30,000 people in total. But recently, engineers have admitted The Three Gorges Dam is a disaster in the making. Already, the quality of water in the higher banks of Yangtze River is falling slowly. This is due the preventing dispersal of pollutants caused by the dam. Pollutant such as algal blooms have risen progressively and soil erosion around the dam has increased, causing riverbank collapses and landslides. The dam is also causing a negative impact to the natural biodiversity around the surrounding river. Endangered wildlife species like the Yangtze dolphin and the Siberian Crane are all at risk due to the drastic change and destruction of their habitat. The government has since realize the problem and are placing preventive measures to prevent further deterioration. The government has invested heavily in programs designed to restore and conserve the ecology of the Three Gorges area in recent years, including 12 billion yuan spent on trying to harness geological disasters such as landslides. They have also closed or relocated 1,500 manufacturing ventures constructed more than 70 sewage disposal and waste treatment plants and resettled about 70,000 people from disaster-prone areas. I feel that the government could have done more studies and place more scenarios before engaging such enormous project. But better late than never, they have started in the preventive measure which is better than doing nothing.

Week 5 and I'm Feeling STRESS

According to this web site (http://www.mtstcil.org/skills/stress-definition-1.html)
Stress can be caused by many things like and some of the most common stress are:

1. Survival Stress i.e CAPs
2. Internal Stress i.e Examination Tension
3. Environmental Stress i.e Observe the Library
4. Fatigue and Overwork i.e Assignments and Project

Its just a "stress releasing" blog...

The two boys in my life...

Biscuit's 1st Birthday!!





It’s weird how someone could change your life completely be it habits or goal. I had always believe that fate had a way of making life interesting and miserable as well, it’s always a matter of how you would look back and think. As for me, I would say that it was destiny that had decided that these two boys would go through thick and thin with me and would be there for me no matter what happens to me. The “two boys” I am referring to is none other than my dogs Biscuit and Waffle.

I had known for sure that dogs are loyal, cute, cuddly blah blah blah... (The usual doggie stuff) But never had I expect to experience myself that they would change me. I mean, they are just dogs, how much of influence can they have? On the surface any typical person might say that to keep a dog comes with responsibility and never ending love. Believe it or not, these are just the tip of the iceberg, with responsibility comes with patient with patient comes with tolerant. The list would just go on and on like a butterfly effect.

I notice that when my two boys came into my life, they brought my family closer and helped mature my relationship with my girlfriend and I. There were occasions when we need comfort and the boys would lick us and stayed close by. There were also occasions when we were happy and the two boys would jump with joy with us. I remember once when I did badly for my test and was not in good mood, I went home and started throwing my tantrums around. The two boys came and lick me but I chase them away. Later I found out from my mum that even when I locked myself in my room, Biscuit stood by at the door while waffle lay at the corridor looking at the door.

From that day on, I had always tried to control my temper (though sometimes uncontrollable, but at least I did!!) And my parents also notice that I had become more patient (to my parents, girlfriend and the two boys). To me I don’t really treat my dogs as dogs but rather as my boys. I really love them and just thought of sharing this small experience with whoever reads it...

Biscuit (Left) and Waffle (Right) celebrating X'mas '07