Santa In Singapore LA!

PHOTO: COURTESY OF SONNY LIEW

This comic is using verbal communication to bring across the message of how Christmas can be bought to those people who live in the HDB apartments. It uses various ideas and opinions on how Santa would be able to go up the floors and into the house of the present recipient. I think it is a very different of bringing across the message of Christmas to the HDB apartment people.

Many of us, are comic readers. Be it comic books or comic strips from the news paper. I am one of those people who likes to read comic strips form the news paper. It makes me want to read more about the news that the comic strip is talking about. It uses language in such a way that it holds the reader's attention no matter how boring the topic of the comic might be. It expresses our emotion in general. The comic strip also uses feelings. Emotion and Feelings that are used in the comics are mostly comedy or tragedy. IF these two things were not used in the comic strip, we might not even be able to grasp what the comic is trying to tell us in a way.

The comics are abstracts of the whole picture. It is kind of like in intro to the whole news that we will eventually read and not try to figure out what is the news all about. Comics are all about using direct language to bring across a certain message. Although, they do tend to be flexible and often use slangs that expresses a particular group like the Singaporeans for example. We tend to use singlish more often then we do English. It is due to the very often used singlish that it gets around and more people start using it even the comic writers. This makes it way easier for all of us to enjoy the comic more. For Example, how the Mass Rapid Transit uses Pua Chu Kang; local comedian actor in their advertisements to bring across the courtesy message on giving way to passengers who are alighting forn the train.

But, would it be okay if we were to start using singlish in our daily lives??

Ex-South Korean Leader Commits Suicide!

Mr Roh's death was a tragic end for the humble son of farmers who never attended college but managed to pass the country's bar exam in 1975 by teaching himself law.

Mr Roh worked his way up from a farming village to the presidency, but in many ways remained an outsider whose bluntness alienated both political opponents and the public.

Now where is the Justice in this world. I am afraid, it's hardly anywhere. Yes, once in a while some people do get the justice that they need but for most i believe it does not exist. The most recent and shocking news was that Ex-South Korean Leader Committed Suicide. This news is looked at from various perceptive. One, being that it is sad news that the leader who made major changes to Korea itself died a tragic death. Second being the allegations that were held against him; accepting $6 million in bribes from a businessman.

The first perceptive that we should consider is that does it seem like he died a tragic death? It does not seem so as he was not pushed or slipped but instead he jumped to his death before which he wrote a letter to say why he did. As quoted,
"I can't imagine the countless agonies down the road. The rest of my life would be a burden for others. I can't do anything because I'm not healthy. I can't read books nor can i write...Don't be too sad. Isn't life and death all part of nature? Don't be sorry. Don's blame anybody. It's fate. Please cremate me. And please leave a small tombstone near home. I've long thought about that."

He was also ashamed of the allegations that were put on him even though he had a clean record. He was the only politician in the country which has a history of corruption. Despite all that, he was drilled by the lawyers as to why he had accepted the bribe. He did take the money from the businessman but claimed that it was a form of investment.

Now all these perceptions raise a question as to why a person who was well respected over the years and did so much for his country be accused within a snap of a finger?
Why was he not given some consideration or leeway for that matter of the allegations that were put on him?
Why was his family dragged into these matters unnecessarily?

Despite all this, he was a good man as far as i can see it from my perceptive. God Bless His Soul!

Miss Carlifornia's Press Conference - No Offense!

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I am sure everyone has heard of the controversial debate over miss California's answer to Miss USA pageant judge Perez Hilton. This was something which really caught the attention of a lot of people and especially now that the gay issue has also been raised in Singapore.

Miss California was also attacked by the media when her obscene pictures were posted online. The video shows how she answers back to all those accusations. while conveying her message, she uses certain communication principals such Kairos whereby she used the opportunity of the occasion to voice out the certain points that she wanted to bring across to the media. She also shaped her speech such that she addressed her audience who were the general public at the start so that they respond to her positively.

She also quoted Trump saying that not only does she have the belief that gay marriage should not be permitted but also the United States president as well as the States secretary hold the same belief. By using the persuasive appeal, she uses the Ethos term by which she uses the president's and the State's secretary's credibility. She very smartly also uses the Pathos by using using her grandfather's name and as well as bringing the hoarseness into her voice which made her seem vulnerable.

She uses the idols of the cave where she is prejudiced against the gays and stands firm on her beliefs. She refuses to acknowledge other theories; thus portraying the cookie-cutter mentality within the narrow understanding.

The one other thing that is portrayed through this conference is that it is a one way communication and does not allow the audience to give any feedback or to throw any questions at the speaker.

Just to conclude this, i disagree with what miss California has state in all of her speech. However, like she said, she has the right to her own opinion. She very cleverly uses various means as mentioned above to prove that she is right in what she is saying and that people should not be against her. But after hearing the entire speech like four to five times, i really am against her now. No offense! =)