Monday, March 31, 2008
past present future
We sometime get too obsessed with our past, we stop moving forward. We stop improving. Our past is for us to learn and gain experiences. Not for us the feel regretted or admired.
In present, we tend to waste our time. Nothing much is done as the time past. From this quote "today is a gift that is why we called it PRESENT", therefore we need to fully utilize our present make the greatest use out of it.
When think about our future, we tend to day dream. In the end we archive nothing at all. From present we think to build our future not dream of it. Our dream is show in the past not present. Time is ticking even when we are breathing. Each second past become our history, each second come is our present and each second coming to us is our future. They will not stop for you nor run faster for you.
So how could we not move into the wrong path? Believe it or not, we can do self hypnosis to correct our path. Our mental can be the greatest tool to success or obstacle to success. You may think it is strange to self hypnotize. How can we hypnotize ourself with clear mind? Simple do it when we are subconscious(just like when we feel sleepy). Then we keeping repeating in our mind on the thing we wanted to do. Those thoughts will be imprinted on our mind, and those unwanted thought will not be able to preoccupied our mind. At least now we will be more focus.
In summary, the way that our past, present and future turn out depend greatly on our mind set. And with great determination on self hypnotize we can set thing right.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Man-kind over rule nature
It is because human are having better life due to urbanization, population has been increasing all this while. According to Stock and Rochen (n.d.), "population is continually growing in the third world" (Stock and Rochen, n.d.). This tells us that population in Southeast Asia is growing. And because of this growing population, more urbanization has taken place to meet the people's demand for better life.
To summarize, since countries in Southeast Asia are still developing, and urbanization is employed for the development, they will certainly face serious deforestation problem. Land is not something that can be created without sacrificing other element, so we cannot have land without clearing anythings. Therefore, deforestation becomes unavoidable for urbanization's sake in Southeast Asia.
In view of the fact that to keep a balance between anything we follow this example. After we spend some money, we always find a way to earn money, so that we can keep a balance between our cash flow without exhausting all our wealth. But in this case, the balance cannot be established. It is because forests size is not easily maintained without using other lands for reforestation.
Stock, J., & Rochen, A. (n.d.). The choice: Doomsday or arbor day. Retrieved March 11, 2008, from http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/deforestation.htm
Lindsey, R. (2007, March 30). Tropical deforestation. Retrieved March 11, 2008, from http://eob.gsfc.nasa.gov/Library/Deforestation/
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
disposal schmees
Firstly, Singapore has limited land. If an incineration method is employed as the main way to clear wastes, one day there will be no more land available for development and we will have to stay in an environment full of waste ashes. Since all humans have to breathe, we will face problem like getting those ashes or flue gases into our lung. In the end we face serious health problem. On other hand, if we follow the ‘zero waste’ method the problem mentioned above will be greatly reduced.
Secondly, Singapore has no natural resources. Since the ‘zero waste’ method enables us to reuse or recycle waste into profitable resource, we will be less dependence on importing more outside resources. This will make Singapore less vulnerable to resource cut off from other countries.
Lastly, the ‘zero waste’ method is more environment friendly than incineration method. As fewer natural resources will be excavated, cause mostly the resources are recycled and reused. In addition, this method reduced pollution because less burning is done compared to the incineration method.
In the nutshell, in Singapore ‘zero waste’ method should be preferred compare to incineration method.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
"Saving Nature"? Is it sane environmentalism to emphasize humans over nature?
Basically, the nature food chain cycle of living being start from plant, plant is then eaten by herbivore, herbivore is killed by carnivore, carnivore is killed by either a stronger carnivore or bacteria , then with the help from the bacteria plant get it nutrient from the dead carnivore. Again why is this been disturb by human?
In the past, we humans are just as wild as wolves, lions or dogs. The only instincts humans have are hunt and breed. As time past humans' brain ability grew stronger and develop new skill like starting a fire, create weapon and etc. Although, all other animals do evolve, they only grew stronger in their physical body to accommodate to the changing Environment.
Finally, in present, humans' brain has the ability to think and feel. It is because humans can think more complex things, they found ways to prolong life. Furthermore, it is because humans can feel and with their ability to think act as catalyst, they create emotion like love, kind, or even terror. Since emotion can classify as good and evil, for survive sake human enforce law to protect themselves from the evil emotion.
Therefore with law restriction, sane environmentalism is employ. If we remove all those factors human will just be ordinary animal and is part of nature, no special attention will be made in protecting them. We will not have any policy to employ to favor any beings, humans over nature or nature over humans.
We know that what is done cannot be undone. So we have to prevent rather that amend for the destruction made. Sane environmentalism is just utter rubbish point of view in showing the love of our nature. Most importantly, Greed is the greatest threat to all humans and nature. It is because of greed we want more land to better life, more food for better living and more money for better future.
In a nutshell, throw away our greed, humans and nature can coexist, there will be no priority over and beings.
(p.s. I know that greed also help human in moving forward. In the mean time it has cause too much trouble.)
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
healthy logging versus unhealthy logging
We were told that trees are a renewable resource. Yet it can also be state as a non-renewable resource. This has to due with what kind of logging policy been employed.First of all an unhealthy policy of logging is a method that people follow when cutting down of trees and they never replenishes the trees lost. Whereas a healthy logging policy is a method that people follow when cutting down of trees they always sustain the rate of planting of trees to the rate of logging of trees. So there will be no depletion of forests. Therefore trees will be renewable resource when healthy policy is been follow and non-renewable resource when unhealthy policy is been used.
One situation on how healthy logging policy is been employ is, for every 1 tree been chopped 7 trees seeding is been planted. This
In a nut shell, healthy logging is to make sure trees become a renewable resource and unhealthy logging make trees become non-renewable resource.
very very short paragraph
The main cause that gives rise to deforestation in Southeast Asia is urbanization. During urbanization land is required to provide accommodation, food and economic activities. For this development, the only source of land would be either from forests or highlands. Since clearing of forests is easier than clearing of hill slope when creating land for development, forests face the danger of being wiped off.
Normally when we spend money we always find way to earn money, so that we keep a balance between output and input without exhausting all our wealth. But in this case, the balance cannot be established. It is because forests size is not easy maintained without using other land for reforestation. Furthermore, land is not something that can be created without sacrifice other element. Therefore deforestation becomes unavoidable for urbanization sake.
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
how ironic
All around the world everybody wanted peace not war. So weapon is created to stop war invasion, riot and all other disturbance actives. Ironically, weapon is the source of all problems.
Since the occurrence of World War 2, many countries adopt the idea of deterrence to protect their country for invasion. Yet there is no perfect solution for a problem, when thing is meant for good intention people is always able to use it for evil plot. For example, pen is use for writing but people can use it to harm other by stabbing it through the ear of a person to kill them.
Moreover, weapons created have more destructive power it not only disturb the peace but also destroy the natural environment.
First of all, to create anything we need materials. So where can we obtain the material? The answer is from the Earth itself. And human activity on mining has greatly destroyed landscape. Plus with the destructive power of weapon land can be easily destroy.
Even the ban of creation of weapon could solve the problem. However, even simple item can use to harm people, and disturb the peace.
In conclusion, the creation of weapon is not to be blame; it is the mentality of human that affect the peace they wanted.