world of my own

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood,
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

*loves *

the colour orange
the sky and the water (:

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

A Levels started with gloomy weather.

Walking through the light rain, I knew without a doubt that my poor feet would get wet even as I tried my best to avoid the puddles and rivulets of water.

And they did freeze in the cold sports hall.

Nevertheless, it was a nice day. I rather like the rain. Once in a while I'll recall the time we walked through the thunderstorm, got absolutely soaking wet and then dried off as we trekked back. That seemed like such a faraway experience. Sometimes I wish that I could do that all over again.

Its times like these that I consider myself somewhat a perfectionist. Strangely, when I handed in my papers I didn't feel satisfied. I didn't have enough time to express all that i wanted to say for my AQ and upon reflection I felt that my essay didn't adequately answer the question.

Actually I know that it isn't that bad. I just wished that I could have produced a work of high quality. It just doesn't seem right to submit in a piece of work that I'm not entirely satisfied with for such an important exam.

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Alright. I'm finally done grousing about GP.

It would seem obvious that I write about the environmental question. If I'm not wrong it goes like this. "It is impossible to protect the environment when countries require increasing amounts of energy for progress." something like that.

Partly because its something I feel pretty strongly about, partly because I've done more essays on environment issues than any other topic and also because the articles I read yesterday somehow all had something to do with energy sources. From the biofuels in Brazil to the energy demands in Vietnam...

It seems as if I was to write this question.

On a side note, I had a fun time reading TIME yesterday. Seriously, reading about news really enriches your knowledge.

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The Straits Times posted an article on this. I shall just quote some excerpts.

Planet in peril
Future of humanity itself now at risk, warns UN study

PARIS - THE human population is living far beyond its means and inflicting damage to the environment that could pass points of no return, warns a major report issued by the United Nations.
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While action has been successfully taken in some regions and on some problems, the overall picture is one of sloth and neglect, said the report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which issued an 'urgent call to action'.
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'The global trends on climate, on ozone, on indeed ecosystem degradation, fisheries, in the oceans, water supplies... are still pointing downwards,'
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The 570-page report, the fourth in a series published by the UNEP, was compiled by nearly 390 experts from observations, studies and data garnered over two decades. It offers the broadest and most detailed tableau of environmental change since the Brundtland Report, Our Common Future was issued in 1987 and put the environment on the world political map.
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The GEO-4 report said that the earth has experienced five mass extinctions in 450 million years, the latest of which occurred 65 million years ago. 'A sixth major extinction is under way, this time caused by human behaviour,' it said.
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Mr Steiner said: 'There have been enough wake-up calls since Brundtland. I sincerely hope GEO-4 is the final one.
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'The systematic destruction of the earth's natural and nature-based resources has reached a point where the economic viability of economies is being challenged - and where the bill we hand on to our children may prove impossible to pay.'

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES

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more interesting to read was various people's response. while most agree that something needed to be done, there were some which defuted these claims.

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