Racial Harmony Day

Some people might think what is the point of Racial Harmony day as they believe that it is simply a waste of time to celebrate something as "useless" as Racial Harmony Day. Take my school for example, during Racial Harmony Day, there were are sorts of activities held, such as an Indian mass dance, performance by different cultures e.t.c. However, during all of this activities, some of the students were either talking to their friends or slacking off, only some were really participating actively during the activities.*not that I was any better*
Racial harmony day is to celebrate Singapore's success as a racially harmonious nation and society built on a rich diversity of culture and heritage and to commemorate the Racial Riots in the 1960s, that took place in Singapore during two separate periods in July and September between Chinese and Malay groups. Different reasons have been cited for the riots. Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak blamed ethnic Indonesian and Communist provocateurs.On the other hand, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and several foreign observers attributed the riots as the result of agitation by Syed Jaafar Albar and other elements of the ultra-nationalist faction in United Malays National Organization.
As to prevent future riots such as the previous one and to maintain its religious equality, Singapore is using Racial Harmony for the sake of maintaining peace among the various religions to prevent conflicts from happening again. Using such means by also allows the various religions to learn more about the other cultures and strengthens the bond between them.

Hols

Most students look forward to the June holidays as they plan on going on vacations or relaxing at home and playing computer games. However, during my June holidays i was occupied with CCA and homework which have been assigned. Although this may not seem much, it is rather hard to juggle between these two as students tend to have the desire to play computer games and do their homework on a later date as the holiday is still rather long.
Due to this procrastinating, it was only two weeks before school restarted that i began to rush my homework. Although the amount of homework i had and the time i had left to complete it may seem rather fair, i was under pretty much stress as i felt that i could not complete the homework in time. However as i finished homework after homework, i began feeling that i had enough time to finish the remaining few pieces and began slacking off again.
I believe that i am not the only one that constantly has this thoughts as many other students often complain about how much homework there is to complete with the time limit set by the teachers but they soon find that they have rather enough time to finish their homework and play computer games. Many students also often feel that relaxation time, weekends and holidays, are rather short and often whine for longer breaks. However, i feel that this complaining is often caused by the fact that school starting means more homework and more studying which results in less sleeping time and gaming time for students which causes their complaints.
However, if students were to enjoy what they already have and not complain for more, they may find holidays more enjoyable than what they find it now and may actually have a much better time during the weekends and holidays.