What will you defend?

Ekaphat Mathiprechakul (8)

Q1) In times of threat or crisis, I would definitely choose to defend and protect my friends and family members. Firstly, my parents were the ones who took lots of effort to bring me up in this very world. They sacrificed lots of time and money too, by giving me a proper education, providing me with at least 3 meals a day, my daily necessities etc. Despite the many setbacks and challenges that I faced during entire life time, my friends, family and loved ones were always the ones that stood by me and never lost hope in whatever I did. If I ever did something wrong, my parents would not punish me harshly, they would just use words to enlighten me on the consequences. So without the existence of them, I'll say that I would not have made it this far and I may not have even existed in this very world.

Q2)For the above question, my three different aspects would be friends, family and country. Firstly, whenever I am overseas studying or out on a holiday without my parents by my side, my friends would always be there to support me to thrive for success in everything that I do. Similarly, when I am in Singapore with my parents by my side, they would be there to shower me with love and concern in every single way that they can. As for my country, without the advanced technology and good education that they have provided for all Singaporeans, we would not have been able to make a name for Singapore in different ways like in sports, studies. economy etc. We would also not be able to achieve what in life without the help of our country. We are "One Nation, One Singapore". So, "We ourselves must defend Singapore" for we would be the only ones who are able to do that.

Reply to Jerome's post.
I have to agree with jerome on what he has said on family. They are our pillar of support at home. Without them, we would have collapsed a very long time ago. So we must cherish them in whatever way we still can as they are all not young anymore. We cannot just neglect them if they are unable to give us things that we want as they have our interests at heart. They have experienced many things that we have not and they would know what is good and bad for us.