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1. Why do people go steady?
2. When can we go steady?
3. Are there any consequences if we were to go steady at a young age?
if so, what could they be?
Aaron: In my opinion, people go steady because they want to have a strong, serious and firm relationship with the person theywant to be with (usually the opposite sex),not the kind of relationship in which either of the two people would easily break up. People go steady usually at the age of 21-30 for guys when they have a stable income, at the age of probably 19-24 for girls when perhaps they have matured and have become demure and gentle.If we were to go steady at a young age, we may devote ourself to her/him instead of focusing on our studies.
Vivyan: ??????
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A)
Aaron: No. People at the age between 13 and 17 will not be able to balance relationships and schoolwork as a result, they will find it hard to cope with their studies.
Vivyan:No I do not. I feel that they are too young. They will have a hard time keeping their relationships stable. And they are still schooling,this will affect their studies badly.
B)
Aaron: True. Based on my experience and point of perception, most people get horny just to crack some jokes and mostly for fun, they do not really speak about sex much-maybe just to start a conversation before diverting to another topic.
Vivyan: I believe that it is true. They do not really talk about sex much because maybe they are too afraid to do it. They may talk about doing it in the future but never really do so.
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.:Aaron / Vivyan blogged on 6:09 AM:.
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Part 1
AGE
Vivyan: A few years older than me.
Aaron:A few years younger than me in the future
LOOKS
Vivyan: Does not really matter. just average.
Aaron: Not too many pimples
CHARACTER
Vivyan: kind and funny
Aaron: Demur, kind, gentle,(not abusive)
CAREER
Vivyan: decent enough
Aaron: stable job and income
Must have:
Vivyan: Kindness
Aaron: gentleness
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.:Aaron / Vivyan blogged on 7:51 PM:.
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No child's play IT WAS his teacher who inspired Jason Chionh to pursue a career in video games, but not in the way you would expect.
While doing his final-year Computer Science project at Victoria Junior College, Jason was discouraged from proposing a games-related one. According to his teacher, his design could 'never compete' with the commercial games that are in the market.
'I didn't do a games project but it got me thinking that maybe I can do something in the future,' recalls the 33-year-old, who grew up playing Wing Commander, Monkey Island and Ultima role-playing PC games.
After receiving a computer science degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS), he followed it up with a Master of Science, all the while dreaming of entering the fledgling game industry.
'There were no game-related studies but I knew what I wanted to do and was prepared to move overseas if I had to.'
There was also the fantasy of creating his own game with a few friends, if no one would hire him.
All this while, he kept his aspirations from his family and friends, knowing that job opportunities were scant, with gaming still considered mere child's play.
In 2002, he applied through the Economic Development Board job attachment program to work with noted Japanese games company Koei but was not selected.
He found a job as a full-time teaching assistant at NUS and tried again the following year. This time, he was accepted by Sega, another noted Japanese games developer and publisher, and went on an 18-month stint.
What he found really useful was the on-the-job training and experience he gained from working on console games.
One title he worked on was Altered Beast for the Sony PlayStation 2 console.
He worked on all the programming aspects for implementing the fight scenario, the artificial intelligence behaviour of the boss character, the visual effects and the sound and animation of the characters, to name a few.
Upon returning home, he took on a job with G-Gadget, a local start-up working on games for the Nintendo DS-Lite platform.
His parents, however, did not like his job because they felt that game piracy limited any possible success in the industry.
Things took a positive turn when industry giant Lucasfilm of Star Wars fame announced that it was setting up an animation and games arm here.
Jason successfully applied to Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and soon found himself surrounded by his childhood movie and game heroes, from the Jedi masters, Indiana Jones to Guybrush Threepwood.
'I heard they were hiring and you don't question yourself if you want to join Lucasfilm,' he said.
As a games software engineer, he is currently working on several unannounced game projects. He already has one title under his belt - last year's Jedi Alliance game for the DS Lite.
His involvement in this game was more extensive, as he worked on programming both the engine for the game and the game systems, including the sound, visual effects and combat systems.
His parents have also come around and accepted his chosen profession.
For Jason, his long-time dream lives on. Although he is part of a large team working on several games, he still wants to create his own video game one day.
To turn that dream into reality, he realises it is going to take more hard work at Lucasfilm.
'What I find most valuable is to be able to work with a very talented pool of people here. We are able to openly discuss ideas and bounce these ideas off one another,' he said.
'Because of this, I have learnt a lot and I feel there is so much more that I can learn.'
After you read, I would like you to answer a few questions.
a) What are your views in pursuing a career with the gaming industry, especially in Singapore?
b) What qualities does Jason Chionh have that allow him to do what he wish to do?
Aaron: A) In my opinion, pursuing a career in the gaming industry in singapore is a tough one as the income is low, the gaming market is small and the amount of effort you put in is a lot so one must have a really strong determination to continue on .B) Jason Chionh has an iron will and dreams great enough to help him overcome what he has to go through before becoming renowned and be employed with a high pay.
Vivyan: ?????
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Look at the following pictures taken from advertisements/comics & anime.
Tag line: "Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled with the new BK Super Seven Incher. Yearn for more after you taste the mind-blowing burger that comes with a single beef patty, topped with American cheese, crispy onions and the A.1. Thick & Hearty Steak Sauce."
In what ways do these images portray a sexual connotation?
With constant bombardment of such images from the media and the internet,what do you think can be done to protect your mind from being filled with such materials?
For the anime picture, it portrays a seductive girl, for the Burger King advertisement it seemed that the woman was going to perform oral sexual intercourse. With all these constant bombardment of images, I think one should play a computer game or handheld games or even read books and study, that could be done to forget about this kind of picture another way is to let the email manager scan throgh the mail and verify whether it had something to do with e.g. pornograghy, sexual videos befor opening the mail.
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.:Aaron / Vivyan blogged on 4:59 AM:.
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From online friends to underage sex
By Teh Joo Lin and Kimberly Spykerman
SEX makes babies - that was all the girl said she knew about sex when she was 11 years old, the age at which she lost her virginity.
Now 13, she recounted matter-of-factly how she met her first boyfriend on the social networking site Friendster last year.
They started exchanging messages before taking their online relationship offline, going out in groups with other people they knew from the Internet.
ABOUT THE CASE
THE girl was only 11 when she had sex with her 16-year-old boyfriend in her flat last year. They had met on the social networking site, Friendster.
The pair had sex again on a staircase landing of a nearby HDB block around the same period of time.
The boy, now 17, was arrested and charged with having sex with an underage girl - defined under the law as being under the age of 16.
Don't let children lose themselves in virtual world
The Straits Times runs the girl's answers past clinical psychologist Carol Balhetchet, who is the director for youth services of the Singapore Children's Society
The girl said she thought that after having sex with the boy, the relationship would last. Do girls her age normally think like this?
This is very typical behaviour for a young girl with an older boy.
At her age, she could not have processed the risks and consequences of sex.
She would only be able to focus on her need to hang on to the relationship and see what she did as an investment.
In this article,“The girl said she thought that after having sex with the boy, the relationship would last. Do girls her age normally think like this?” My question to you is: Do girls her age normally think like this? Also, do you think its appropriate to go into a relationship at your age?
No. I think that she thought that way all because she liked him too much and was in a deep
relationship with the boy. I think that it is not appropriate to go into a relationship at my age
as firstly, the main objectives now is to study hard and score well in examinations other things such as getting involved in a relationship can wait, secondly, according to the law, it is stated that
we are underage to have***.
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.:Aaron / Vivyan blogged on 2:15 AM:.
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John was checking his email one day, and he saw this particular one, which was sent to him from someone he did not know. The subject of the email sounded urgent, so instead of deleting it, John clicked on it to read it.
Subject: 81 feared dead from swine flu in MexicoI sent this email to you with a very heavy heart. I’m sure you have heard of the recent swine flu outbreak. Novel influenza A (H1N1) is a new flu virus of swine origin that was first detected in April, 2009. The virus is infecting people and is spreading from person-to-person, and has sparked a growing outbreak of illness in the United States with an increasing number of cases being reported internationally as well.To date, A/H1N1 flu has killed 337 people in 121 nations and regions and the number of the total infected exceeded 80,000, a top official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. There are already 1003 cases in Singapore, a country known for its stringent health measures.Just FYI, in 1918, there was flu pandemic -commonly known as the Spanish flu- which was caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1, claimed the lives of 50-100 million people. Researchers are speculating if the one that is ongoing will have that high number of death tolls, that is, if the pandemic persists. I’ve attached a file on how to protect yourself during this period of outbreak. I sincerely urged you to take a look at it, so that you can take the said preventive measures. You are not only protecting yourself, but also the people around you.My cousin, who lives in Mexico, introduced me to a type of medicine that is said to work effectively. I’ve also given you the link in the file attachment. I strongly encourage you to purchase the medicine, as I have also purchased it myself.
Yours sincerely,
Max Wilkertin
Now, what should John do? Should he open the file attachment?
Should he buy the medicine?
He should open the file attachment after he scans the attachment for
viruses since it sounded very sincere.He should not buy the medicine
unless it had been proven in the news or by a large group of doctors
which verified its abilities, then, consulting a pharmacist for more
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