Thursday, April 10, 2008
Attention to group member!
Can anyone call Wan Qi to at least post something on the blog? She is part of our group member so everyone must help her. If she did not contribute, we will be minus marks for that. Please everyone time is running out , inform wan qi as soon as possibly. Thanks
This picture is taken on 1933.
People said"The worst of times can bring out the best in man".One of the example is the Elizabeth Choy,the great girlguide who leaves a story behind in the Double Tenth Massacre of 10 October 1943.
On 27 September, seven Japanese ships were sunk in Keppel Harbour. Despite a thorough search of the surrounding waters, the Japanese failed to track down the saboteurs. The attack, dubbed Operation Jaywick, had in fact been the work of Force Z, a team of 14 Australian and British commandos. While Force Z celebrated its successful attack, Singapore was made to pay for the devastation to the Japanese ships.
Detainees of the Changi Prison internment camp as well as some members of the public were punished. On the morning of 10 October, the victims were assembled for a roll-call. Followed-by was a search for radio sets hidden in the prison. Some of them had smuggled in radio parts and assembled their own sets. That these radios could only receive and not transmit information outside the prison, or that no one had even heard of Force Z were related to the Japanese. Someone had to pay for the betrayal and secret police tortured the victims with unabashed vengeance.
It was during one of these interrogations that the policemen found out that some radio parts had come from a hospital canteen operator,Elizabeth Choy's husband,Choy Khun Heng.He was arrested first on 29 October at his Tan Tock Seng canteen. Days later, Elizabeth Choy was lured to the YMCA in Orchard Road on the promise of seeing her husband. She was to spend the next 193 days and nights there in a cell no bigger than three by four metres with only a narrow air-vent on one wall and no windows. This she shared with twenty other people, a mix of civil servants, doctors and businessmen.
The interrogations were frequent at first and could take place any time of the day or night. The kempeitai liked to alternate between being civil and being beastly in demanding for names of collaborators. She was slapped, kicked and spat at, but it was the electric shock that was to leave her with a life-long fear for electricity. "During the torture, it was impossible to show defiance and be brave; it was impossible to suppress the screams, or to stop the tears and mucus from streaming down her face." But she refused to confess. To Elizabeth Choy, "she could not confess to something she knew was untrue. It would implicate others. It was not right and she could not do it. Not even if it meant more physical abuse at the hands of her jailors." No matter how severe the torture, she always managed to walk back to her cell with as much resolution as she could muster. Typically, she was far more concerned about the welfare of her cell-mates than her own suffering. Her compassion and selflessness, as well as the fact that she remained undefeated to the end won her the admiration of her fellow detainees. In recognition of her valour during the Japanese Occupation, Elizabeth Choy was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946.
There are many lessons that we can draw from the Elizabeth Choy story. One of them is that her psychological resilience and principled stand helped her in enduring her treatment and interrogation at the hands of her Japanese captors. In trying times, showing care and concern for our fellow man is a show of humanity that binds and unifies. From this unity comes strength to overcome the odds.
On 27 September, seven Japanese ships were sunk in Keppel Harbour. Despite a thorough search of the surrounding waters, the Japanese failed to track down the saboteurs. The attack, dubbed Operation Jaywick, had in fact been the work of Force Z, a team of 14 Australian and British commandos. While Force Z celebrated its successful attack, Singapore was made to pay for the devastation to the Japanese ships.
Detainees of the Changi Prison internment camp as well as some members of the public were punished. On the morning of 10 October, the victims were assembled for a roll-call. Followed-by was a search for radio sets hidden in the prison. Some of them had smuggled in radio parts and assembled their own sets. That these radios could only receive and not transmit information outside the prison, or that no one had even heard of Force Z were related to the Japanese. Someone had to pay for the betrayal and secret police tortured the victims with unabashed vengeance.
It was during one of these interrogations that the policemen found out that some radio parts had come from a hospital canteen operator,Elizabeth Choy's husband,Choy Khun Heng.He was arrested first on 29 October at his Tan Tock Seng canteen. Days later, Elizabeth Choy was lured to the YMCA in Orchard Road on the promise of seeing her husband. She was to spend the next 193 days and nights there in a cell no bigger than three by four metres with only a narrow air-vent on one wall and no windows. This she shared with twenty other people, a mix of civil servants, doctors and businessmen.
The interrogations were frequent at first and could take place any time of the day or night. The kempeitai liked to alternate between being civil and being beastly in demanding for names of collaborators. She was slapped, kicked and spat at, but it was the electric shock that was to leave her with a life-long fear for electricity. "During the torture, it was impossible to show defiance and be brave; it was impossible to suppress the screams, or to stop the tears and mucus from streaming down her face." But she refused to confess. To Elizabeth Choy, "she could not confess to something she knew was untrue. It would implicate others. It was not right and she could not do it. Not even if it meant more physical abuse at the hands of her jailors." No matter how severe the torture, she always managed to walk back to her cell with as much resolution as she could muster. Typically, she was far more concerned about the welfare of her cell-mates than her own suffering. Her compassion and selflessness, as well as the fact that she remained undefeated to the end won her the admiration of her fellow detainees. In recognition of her valour during the Japanese Occupation, Elizabeth Choy was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946.
There are many lessons that we can draw from the Elizabeth Choy story. One of them is that her psychological resilience and principled stand helped her in enduring her treatment and interrogation at the hands of her Japanese captors. In trying times, showing care and concern for our fellow man is a show of humanity that binds and unifies. From this unity comes strength to overcome the odds.
[these article were found from;http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/world_war2/v07n10_history.html]
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Reflection,,
I'm really s0rry that I did not participate much.
But the problem isn't I don't want to help,the fact is all of your have planned everything,
Still,I feel really bad about not helping much.
I had tried to post some informations,hope they could somehow useful.
=))thanks for reading.
Planning on next video lesson~
Next video lesson,we will try to complete as much work as possible.We will try to voice over our shaky clips and put in the music and transitions.I know it's a lot of work but we will have to speed up a bit.We will go to the suggested website to look for audio which I think Joyce and Wan Qi should be able to handle.We will try to redo our storyboard for Miss Cassandra and we would discuss on deleting some clips.We will ask for help on our next lesson how we should make our video more interesting because I think it is rather boring.Who don't know how to read?I know how to read and that is what makes the whole video a lullaby.We would think of a few ways to make amendments to the videos and we better be quick because I think the videography course is ending soon.Please consider my suggestions.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Reflection.
I am happy to see things changes this few days.Although our blog is messy but i can see our group members effort.But something makes me very curious is that i keep telling and nagging on those who didn't done their work,they just ignore or they will just say"ok,ok,I know already"I really feel disgrace to have this kind of members in our group.Truth is,i won't ever accept to have this kind of members again.I really wish our group members will not fail all because we got some very irresponsible members which they keep finding excuse to do things.It is very easy to see who didn't do any work.I really hope that they can change this habit as people won't work with them anymore. I believe we can work hard and play hard.
ATTENTION.
Please,everyone,check YOU SPELLING before posting.I have already inform all of you to check your spelling,but looks like no one listen to me when i'm talking.i say one more time,CHECK YOUR SPELLING BEFORE POSTING.I wan t all of you to change the typo error.By tomorrow i must SEE CHANGES.
Reflection on our work thus far...
After viewing through our blog, I find that it is indeed not up to the standard/criteria that our teachers set for us. I find that our blog entries are not frequent in the beginning of the month. Our blogs are also very messy. We are also doing last minute work as we are not proactive when we are given lots of time. We also have conflicts between one another. I hope that our blog will be organised neatly. We are really running short of time. It is indeed a fact that I do not want to fail two main important subjects which is english and history. I will put in effort in all I do. I hope that all group members will do the same. It is not the time to idle away and do nothing. It is very crucial and hard if we do not work together as a team. I hope you all will be able to view this entry as a motivation to work even smarter and harder. Please put in all your effort. We do not wish to receive two red marks indicating we fail for our english and history. Let us work together! We can do it!
A suggestion..
Dear group,
this is only a suggestions please comment me of what you think.
I think that our blog is very messy, to solve this problem I think it will be better to label your work in a category.
E.g: Reflections, Researchers, videos and so on.
Thanks for your kindess attention!
this is only a suggestions please comment me of what you think.
I think that our blog is very messy, to solve this problem I think it will be better to label your work in a category.
E.g: Reflections, Researchers, videos and so on.
Thanks for your kindess attention!
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
About background music~
Please get someone to go to www.sounddogs.com to look for background music.Perhaps Wan Qi may be able to do it.Or Joyce can be in charged with the music while we are doing the bigger things.Downloading music is easy but it is hard when it comes to what music we want and if it matches the clip.Be sure to choose those which are free and related,okay?
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