Sec 2 English E-learning Done By:Keefe Neo 2i(20)

1. What do you hold most dear in life such that you would strive to protect and defend in times of threat or crisis?

2. For the above question, state three different aspects and include in your responses, why you think these specific aspects are important to you

1)In my opinion,what i hold most dear in life are my friends and family.These are the people that help me conquer through the thick and thins in life and develop me to what I am today.Firstly,my parents and my little brother are the most important people in my life.The first thing a new born baby will see in his or her life is the eyes of his or her mother.We all should know what challenges and difficulties our mother has to go through in her everyday life when you are in her stomach.She is not able to move around much and every time she does,it hurts.She has to watch her diet and make sure she provides us with enough vitamins and nutrients to ensure that we grow up normally and healthily.Our mums have done lots of things for us.When we grow into toddlers,she will be overjoyed when we are able to take our first step as she feels a great sense of achievement into bringing us up.She also has to put up with our little tantrums that we throw at her and teach us life-long lessons that we bring with us as we continue to grow and mature.Many times when we are toddlers,we puke and cry and our mothers have to comfort us by giving us a milk bottle or so.But,as we continue to grow,her encouragement starts to change into speaking and comforting us with her hands on our shoulders and letting us learn how to stand back up on our own feet.As the saying goes'Our parents are our first teachers in life'.They help develop the basic qualities within us to grow into a useful and responsible adult.Our fathers are also very important in our lives as they go to work everyday and come back,tired and exhausted with only one objective,to earn money to support the whole family.My parents have provided me with necessities such as food,water and other daily needs to grow into a healthy boy which is what i am today.Without them,I do not think that i would still be here typing out this post.My little brother is also important as he is the one that cheers me up sometimes when i am low in spirits and play games with me when I am bored.Lots of times,i get into arguments and fights with my brother but after awhile,I will feel very hurt and remember all that he has done for me and just apologize.As the saying goes'He ain't too heavy cause he is my brother'so he is also very important in my life.As for my friends,they are also very important in my life as i see them almost every single day as i go to school.They have always spoke up for me and encouraged and helped me to the extent that i have done what seems to be impossible.They usually help me in my homework and also talk with me when i feel dull and sad.These people have deeply changed my life and without them,I would be nothing so that is why i would strive and protect them at all costs in times of threats or crisis.

2)The three different aspects include my country,relatives and teachers.Without my country,I do not know where I am going to live.My country has provided me with so much and i am most certainly proud of it.Unlike other countries,Singapore has quite an acceptable level of crime rates and many people are kind hearted and generous in donating to the less fortunate people in the world such as NKF which stands for the national kidney foundation.Alot of people in Singapore also offer to do voluntary work at places such as the old age home to take care of the aged and play with them to add laughter to what they have left of their life.Singapore also is the country for the 2010 youth Olympic games as many young talents who train very hard battle it out to achieve a gold in as many events as they can.Although Singapore may not be the best for sports,I am confident that this will improve as i believe Singapore will not give up so easily.I am also very proud of how Singapore has developed and changed so much over the years and over these years,we have also developed many friendships with other countries.My relatives are also very important as although I seldom see them,they will have a lot to say to each other whenever we meet and update them on how we are doing in our life and any random stuff that keeps the conversation going.My teachers are also very important as they teach us new things everyday that we cannot learn elsewhere but in his or her classes.They have to withstand the nonsense that we students usually give them and mark numerous amounts of homework that we hand up to them.Although they scold us from time to time when we misbehave and hate some of them,once we graduate from the school,we will just take these scoldings as a joke and return to them and thank them for what they have done for us at the end of the day.
This is Keefe Neo(20)and Thank you

Reply to Reynold's post
Very good post Reynold.It is true that we should all protect our family at all costs and we should also treasure the only brother we have as i myself also have only one brother to play with and we should take care of them even when we grow up.You also added that Singapore is also very important which i totally cannot disagree less and our friends are also very important and did i call you to ask if you were alright?I DUNNOE?:D