Ban promises to do good
SINGAPORE’S new smoke-free measures promise cleaner and healthier air for me.
My experiences with smoking have always been painful. Inconsiderate smokers have flicked hot ash on me, and I have felt choked by cigarette smoke while standing with smokers at pedestrian crossings.
I hope the extended ban will also deter underage teenagers [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nurul Asyikin Mohd Nasir’
Can wider stub-out ban change our lifestyle?
January 12, 2009Could a dorm for young adults work?
October 20, 2008With the cost of renting apartments so high, what about dorm rooms for young adults? YouthInk writers consider the proposal.
Home is where the heart is
WHEN I graduate in a few months’ time, home is where I will gravitate to from my campus hostel.
Specially built dorms for young working adults? No, thanks – I’d rather drown [...]
How far should discussions of religious faith go?
October 6, 2008Why stop at tolerance? YouthInk writers call for understanding.
Understand, don’t just tolerate
EVEN though I am a decidedly non-religious person, I believe in understanding other religions rather than merely tolerating them.
‘Tolerance’ suggests passivity, while ‘understanding’ implies proactive attempts to seek comprehension.
Besides, the diversity and complexity of religious faiths demand understanding, not ignorance. Even the major Abrahamic [...]
S’poreans v the ‘outsiders’
September 8, 2008Why are some S’poreans so unwelcoming towards foreigners? YouthInk writers speak up.
Contributing in their own way
SOME weeks ago, I was immensely annoyed with a construction worker from China working on the lift outside my flat.
He was shouting at the top of his voice in a thick incomprehensible accent, disturbing my enjoyment of the Olympics’ table [...]
Exams, rankings, stress – isn’t there more to school?
August 25, 2008YouthInk writers wonder what it will take to bring some balance into the school system.
Why must life be a competition?
I ONCE met a trumpet player from the United States and asked him which competitions his school band had taken part in. Stunned, he replied: ‘Not everything in life is a competition.’
It was inconceivable to me [...]
