Has technology and social media taken over the Singapore community????

Was watching the television show On The Red dot with my family last night, the topic showcased this week was are people in Singapore too used to going online on their phones and devices? The answer is yes; a study shows that 50% of people in Singapore go online everyday. Let me share with you the 3 age groups that use these devices the most.

Kids

Kids love to play with ipads and iphones. Even when I’m out having dinner with my family I’ll always see a random kid playing with the Ipad. Some parents say that it’s good for their kids to be exposed to such electronics because it promotes parent and child bonding. But a child development specialist says that it’s not very good for children to play while lying down because, their bodies are still in a stage of development, therefore their backbone might grow to be out of shape if they lie down or slouch while playing games. The specialist advised that children should engage in more outdoor actives such as playing at the playground.

Teens

It’s common to see teens like myself on our phones checking on our social media accounts. My sister & I like to take photos of food and post them on Instagram  When someone leaves me a message on any of my social media accounts, I’ll try my best to reply them as soon as I can. The first thing I do on a weekend is to wake up and check my Instagram for any likes or new followers. In my mind social media is a new way to connect with family and friends.

 People 40 and above

Don’t be shocked when I tell that my mum & dad know how to use their phones to download apps and watch YouTube videos on their phone, my dad watches videos on his phone for an hour before going to work. My mum can do her housework while listening to really old songs. My mum can sit at the dinner table for hours playing Candy Crush, my mum always asks my younger brother to download new games for her till her phone has no memory. Even my grandmother uses her Ipad to play games, every time I go for dinner at my grandmother’s I’ll always see her playing a game of Angry Birds!! What has this world come to!! See you Soon.

My Favourite Final 1 contestant

Hello everyone, is anyone watching The Finial 1 on channel 5? Well if you are I'm going to tell about one contestant that has caught my eyes over the past weeks. His name is Shaun Jansen I must say that he’s the best looking among all of the contestants! He is really talented I think he has the talent to be an artist in the Singapore music industry. He’s not only good at singing English songs he’s also good at singing Chinese songs, the other day I was watching the judges’ choice edition of the show and I heard him singing and it was AMAZING So, vote for him via the facebook I’ll include the link below See You Soon

Facebook voting link:https://apps.facebook.com/the_final_one/?fb_source=bookmark_favorites

An Awesome Weekend:)

It’s the weekend!! Now usually on weekends my family & I would go to my grandaunts house to spend the night, but this weekend is special. So I was coming home from school in my mum’s pick up. My mum said “ We’re going to your aunt’s house for dinner.” I went home to get my new wheelchair and pack my backpack for the overnight stay. Once we got to my aunt’s house the food was already on the table, it was my first time having an American dinner it was nice. After dinner I was wheeling around on my new wheelchair. When I was trying to reverse I kept banging into my cousin’s bike! At 8:30pm we had to say goodbye to my aunt and cousin as we were going off to my grandaunt’s house.

At 8:35 we arrived at my grandaunt’s house. The first thing I wanted to do was to connect my phone to my aunt’s wi-fi but I later found out that my aunt’s modem was broken! So, we had to use my aunt’s Iphone’s hotspot, whenever the connection was lost I had to go to my aunt’s phone to switch on and off the hotspot setting!! I was surfing around my facebook account when I got a message from one of my ex schoolteachers, we ended up chatting for 30 minutes! I slept at 2:30am that day.

The next morning my aunts told me to call my dad so that we could go for a morning meal together. After that nice meal my mum and grandaunts said they wanted to take a walk. That left me with my dad and younger brother to go back to my grandaunt’s apartment. Once I got back to the apartment I went to use my grandaunt’s laptop.

At 4:50 we were getting ready for our buffet dinner. The first thing I did after getting ready was, spray my Burberry perfume. At 4:55 we embarked on our journey to the holiday inn hotel. The first thing I went to get was a plate of roosted chicken and duck. I was halfway done with my meal; I went to get some desserts. When I was making my way to the dessert counter I could smell the stinky cheese, I was telling myself” I should get my desserts and GET Out!!”  When I got back to my table I heard my aunt shouting and I asked, “ What’s going on?” Then she said “ I just beat my high score at a game.”

After dinner my brother was singing the knife game song. He was pretending to stab himself with the knife. It was an awesome weekend See You !   

The power of Social Media

Social media is so widely used these days. I think it’s great for people like me because I can keep in touch with family and friends without having to go anywhere, I can just sit in front of my laptop and start chatting with my family and friends. Before I found out about Facebook, Twitter and whatsapp the only way I could communicate was by calling or meeting the person face to face to talk, there are 2 reasons why I dislike the 2 things I have just mentioned 1. Talking on the phone for long hours will make your bill high and you are talking out loud and everyone will know what you are talking about. 2. Going to meet the person- If I didn’t want to call I would have to meet the person, which is tiring for me and my parents to travel all the way just to tell that person that one piece of info. Now that most of us have whatsapps or facebook it’s ease to share info.

Social media is also an awesome way to remember events. Sure you can take pictures and save them on your computer but what if your computer breaks down the next day? If you upload the pictures onto any social network it’s going to be there forever, for you to remember and cherish the event.

Me and my extended family very rarely meet up but now when we meet up we have something to talk about. Let’s say my cousin just got back from an overseas trip and if he or she talks about it on facebook, we can ask things like “ Hey how was your trip?”  We start talking about it. Social networking is great but nothing is better than doing things as family and friends in real life because real relationships are what keep us close. J

never give up

Hey guys I'm back so let's begin our topic for today never giving up.
Have you ever been mocked by someone because of the way you look? Don't worry you are not alone.
I too also been mocked by people because of my handicap of not being able to walk whenever I  go out I will try to hide form people. Sometimes I even hear people whisper to themselves why is this boy so weird. It broke my heart once I head that. From that day onward I told myself I will prove these people wrong one day.
Sometime in early 2004 I was called by Mediacorp they said they needed some kids to sing the theme song of the President's star Charity. I  thought to myself  this is a chance to prove some people wrong.

Going to Mediacorp

So I was all set to embark on life-changing journey when I got to Mediacorp the first person I met was actor Mr Tay ping hui. So from there, we begun to bond with each other we were like best friends for a period of one moth. During the recording session which lasted over 5 hours. I have never been so tired in my whole life I felt like I wanted to give up. But with a few kind words from family and friends and more importantly the kind words of Mr Ping Hui. Knowing that my whole family was behind me the whole way I made up my mind to finish the song and not to give up.

The Big Night  

The night of the show finally came I was backstage trying to tell myself " you can do this your whole family is waiting for you to go live on-air!" So with that being said I sat down with the rest of the cast. At 8pm that night the show started off with a welcoming of the Guest Of Honour. Mr & Mrs SR Nathan that was my first time ever seen so many people in my entire life. After all the acts were over it was time for the Grand finale, this was my time to shine. When I stepped on stage I had the feeling of accomplishment the act of the entire cast singing Reach Out For Love ( The Theme song for the show) raised  a total of $4000 to the president challenge fund.I went backstage to tank Mr Ping Hui for being such a good mentor and friend.

And he said " You're welcome Wee Kiat you also have been a good fried to me too", so I said my goodbye to Mr Ping and all the kind people at Mediacorp. That night I went to bed with a smile upon knowing that I proved many people wrong.