Global Warming

Recent earth hour where the whole world shows its support for anti global warming by swtiching thier lights and air con off for a period of an hour to show thier support a cooler earth caused by Global warming. Many people if you ask them, what causes global warming, many would say deforestation, release of excessive greenhouse gas like carbon dioxide and methane contributed by combustion and biogas creation like methane from Cows... well.... the whole world and leaders have been putting an effort to reduce such problems which causes global warming, which in turn causing the earth to function in a weird way like weather and climate which ecology can be affected... Such focus is only 30% of the earth as earth land mass is 30% land and 70% ocean...

Many people will not know actually the Ocean is the biggest earth support system which also do its part by regulating the climate on earth? and also converting carbon dioxide to oxygen in terms of carbon cycle? such cycle the main contirbutor is the planktons found in oceans around the world... the current state of the earth which is in the state of global warming can be caused by excessive reduction of planktons in the ocea... ahhhhh why?

Many people on the earth especially Chinese love to eat or drink shark fin soup... i do admit in the past i do that too but now no longer.... Shark fin soup has been sought after as food of luxury that by eating it shows dat u are quite well off.. and shark fin soup is a delicacy for the emperor which is a royalty food.. therefore, due to the boom in population of chinese and and sharkfin soup made common to people... plus non chinese finding the soup is delicious (is the soup not the fin cos the fin has no taste at all! just add texture like having pearl in ur bubble tea). Due to such high and increasing demand now... ppl have been shark finning non stop as it brings a lot of money to them if the shark fin... therefore in places where sharks are present and the ppl in the area are poor.. due to money pressure... they shark fin to survive and in turn prosper... as a result... the world looses 90% of the shark population due to such killings and such killing is cruel... imagine someone thinks dat ur ear is delicious... they cut it off and throw u away... pretty inhuman right? yeapz this is what is happening to the sharks due to shark finning.... as such huge reduction... the ecology system is unbalanced... which will reduce the plakton count due to the reduction of such ocean predator....

Sharks are not as ferocious as we thought... the no. of ppl killed by lions or elephants are even higher than sharks according to statistics.... even shark attack fatality rate is less than a person being crushed by a vending machine... therefore i was wondering why saving the shark is not popular.... and earth hour is being well recevied by the public... think about it... earth hour control the earth surface only 30% ... saving the sharks control the earth surface 70%... as a result... think they should introduce a world wide campaign to educate ppl not to eat shark fins and lets try 1 yr no eating shark fin... all wedding dinner ban shark fin.... and sevrely punish shark finners.... After watching Sharkwaters for the 2nd time at my new house... and the on going earth hour... puts me in deep thoughts....

Come on save the sharks... you can do this to stop global warming which covers 70% of the earth life support system... and the earth has more oxygen and less greenhouse gas.... do your part... stop consuming shark fin and put pressure on shark finning...

MIA

Guess i have not been blogging for almost a month... indeed... for the past month many things had happened... really putting a strain physically and emotionally on me... life is indeed tough... as usual... School work.. Sports Camp... Moving House... and people issues.... currently running my last lap for school... now i only have like last 4 weeks in NUS.... my NUS "ORD" date will be 29 April 7pm... so pls meet up soon ok? last 1 month already... i really hope i can graduate with at least 3.2 and secure a job in Mindef as HR Policy Executive.... or DSTA Business Development Executive.... Currently i just finished moving house... there now i am staying in West Coast... no longer Jurong West... still trying to get used to the new living envrionment and arrangments... moving indeed is a chore... but after moving new house... i really hope i can start a new life just like pressing the reset button.... before i do a special mention on peeps.... my current plan until last day of NUS will be doing transport project and sports camp info paper... tourism presentation.... GEK2507 last test then mug and final exams... and i am done... currently looking for plans for grad trip and operating sports camp right after exams...

These are the people i would like to mention after i moved my house whom live near me....

Vanessa Poh:
Hey naybor really wanna thanks you for ur frenship while being ur naybour just living opposite your block... thanks for the gift from new zealand and ur sandwhich freshly delivered from ur home in rollerblades... really appreciate it and i enjoy ur company online... i remember i know you when both of us waiting for cab to Expo... lol... what a weird way to know ya... but nevertheless... is my pleasure knowing you! meet up soon after my school ok? and i really hope u can come NUS... must come sports camp ah!

Vivien Cheng:
Hey my next door naybor... this naybor i know her is the most bizarre way too... she is my secret pal during a camp... and lo and behold... she stay just a few doorstep away from me on the same floor... we are shocked... really wanna thanks you for the sweet things u done like putting sweet stuff outside my door near my flower pots... i really appreciate it.. now u are in denmark doing you SEP... can't really meet up with u before i move... but i hope we can meet up after u come back ok? thanks naybor...

Jasmine Seah:
Hey naybor thanks for being such a sweetie when i was down.. i do not know you well... but when i am really down.... you came in to comfort me... i can never forget that... after that... u are indeed a very nice person who is there for ur fren.... will always be in my mind ok? yeapz.... thought we didn't have time to meet up for dinner... i really wanna take this time to thank you for the frenship and chat we had... thanks girl....

Meng Qi:
Hey naybor i know you during sports camp and never did i realise u stay so near me... hahaha so nice to u chat with me online and i really appreciate it... thought among all the naybor i know u for the shortest time... but i felt like i known u for quite a while.... hope u like the cheesecake i made for ya.... now i am ur naybor in terms of u staying hall... LOL! catch up soon! u are a very nice girl! =)

Clarice:
Hey girl... long time no see... u are not forgotten.... hope u are doing fine... enjoyed the mahjong session at ur hse... soon i invite u to mine ok? hahahaha know u during arts camp and yeah.... i am leaving sch soon... catch up soon!

Chun Fong:
Hey naybor... thanks for the dinner company i had with u... and also the listening ear.... really appreciate ya... i dunno how to say everything in words... but indeed u made a difference in my life ok? like the company i had with u... yeah... dun worry u will not be forgotten ok? =)

Melissa:
Long time no see u... but still remember u stay opposite my block... glad to know u... hope to hear from u soon

Lynn Choo:
Hey thanks for the frenship... thanks for listening to me... =)

Sharon Koh:
hey ah zhu.... thanks for the frenship i had with u ok? thanks for showing concern when i am down and give me sweet stuff... will never forget... thanks for hearing me and organising the outings.... thanks for the chat i had with u on the train and while walking u back.... catch up soon ok? seoul garden!!!!

Wen Hao:
Know this dude from sports camp... funny and humorous... thanks for the company home since we stay near each other... thanks dude... enjoyed the talk i had with yah.....

Gareth:
Hey never talk much to you... but still remember the time we talked while driving home from woodlands when u send teck home... yeah thanks for being a fren...

Special non naybour mention: Adeline Yeong

Hey girl thanks for the listening ear and also feedback you gave me... really appreciate it and also the times u ask me to join ya for activities... i really treasure it... hope after i grad we can continue to keep in contact and meet up for gathering and doing fun things... one thing i am impressed that when u trying to say soemthing to me... u do it in a tactful way which i will pause and think about it.... which some area i could have overlooked... really enjoy the frenship i have with u which i know u won't turn ur back away from me.... do take care ok? =)

Some Economic Analysis

"SINGAPORE: The economic crisis might not mean lower business for everyone.
For the past two months, a stall at Toa Payoh had seen its business increase by more than 50 per cent.It is one of the many stalls enjoying good business at Toa Payoh Lorong 7.The stall sold a plate of rice with meat, fish and vegetables for S$2.20. But its stall owner said this price was the lowest it could go. Many of its customers were from the low income group. And thanks to the cooked food stall, the drinks stall nearby is also enjoying better business."

Source: Channel News Asia (Sunday, 08 March 2009)

As we can see there is a phenomena of substitution happening where people turn towards cheaper food as their income is reduced or at risk, so we can see the concept of decomposition happening in this case. Price elasticity or even income elasticity might be elastic as consumer switch to cheaper food which contribute such high increase in revenue. There might be a Bertrand Competition happening as stalls are fighting with each other using price by undercutting each other, instead of quantities, but the stall selling $2.20 might be smart or rational enough to sell it at a small margin above its costs. We also can see how such reduction of price in cooked food can bring positive externalities to the drink stall. Therefore, from the article, during a recession, we can still have oppurtunities to make a profit if we have the brains and confidence to do business, as low demand doesn't mean no demand. =)

P.S: Too much economics going on in sch right now... now starting to write another 3000-4000 words essay due next week... now also trying to be emotional stronger too and mentally stronger... less than 2 more months in school... i am starting to dread it... but thinking of school work and exams i want to end it fast... its a paradox.... i love the ppl who cherish me in sch but time continue to pass... i still have to part them in terms of seeing each other in school... hope i graduate we can continue to meet outside and hang out =) which is one of my wish too...