Lying

There are 2 types of lies, one is to cover up for a mistake that you have made, and another is to please others.

Lying to cover up is used more commonly than lying to please others. Majority of people who lie to cover up are teenagers and young children. The reason many people lie to cover up is because they are afraid of the consequences that they will face if other people find out about their mistakes, mainly their parents.

An example of lying to please others is many people in China are now lying to their parents, by bringing fake dates home for chinese new year. The date is paid money to go home with the payer. This is because many "pushy" parents are forcing their children to bring home their date. The singles would pay the opposite gender that they are so called "dating" if they were to go home with them for chinese new year. The children are doing this in order to please their parents.

Chinese New Year

1 year has flown by and now I am 14 years old. However, this year's Chinese new year celebration at my school was not as interesting as last year. Last year, the various performance by different CCAs were much more interesting an attention grabbing as compared to this years. It is evident as seen from how restless the student body was during the performances. Most of the teachers present at Kah Kee Hall were talking amongst themselves as well. Well after the event ended, most of my ex-schoolmates went together towards the bus stop to take a bus back to our primary school.
However, instead of going with them, I went home. Although that day was pretty boring, i could still feel the excited atmosphere of new year coming from my family.

Misplacing of public property

As many people living in Singapore may have noticed, many public properties such as trolleys at supermarkets are often misplaced. Is this because patronizers are just too forgetful to put the trolleys back? Or is it because of convenience that they just leave trolleys lying around? Either way, Singaporeans should have more personal responsibility. What would visitors from other countries think about Singaporeans if they are to see such behavior? This will tarnish the good image of Singapore in the eyes of many and other countries may start looking down at Singapore. Why is it that it is so hard for us to just return the trolleys after using them? Some countries even have security guards patrolling near the supermarkets to ask patronizers to return the trolleys on time.
Through this small act of returning trolleys after usage, we can see just how much responsibility people have. Additionally, some people even tend to damage the trolley! Sometimes, when we take a trolley, we often find out that a wheel is dented, or that there are bumps in the trolley. Could this have been caused accidentally or deliberately by the users?