BLACK Market and organ transplant

I have found out that black market is also called the underground economy, underdog, shadow economy, black economy, parallel economy or phantom trades and it refers to a market where all commerce is conducted without regard to taxation, law or regulations of trade. Luckily, there is no black market in Singapore as it is against the law to have black market.

I feel that organ transplant in the black market is illegal and should not to be legalized because the goods are usually stolen by traders and they sell them below the legal market price but there is no receipt, guarantee, and so forth. So, when the buyers buy the organ from the traders and it is very unfair for the people whose organ was stolen. And the organ might not be disease-free so the buyers might not be get a good organ. Hence, the black market should not be legalized.

I think it is the black market that should not be legalized but not the organ transplant. The organ transplant should be legalized because organ transplant can save many people's lives and it is essential for badly-ill patients. Without the organ transplant, they might just died because of their illness. Hence, organ transplant is essential and should be legalized but the black market should not be legalized.

Reflection for blogging

I feel that blogging actually is not boring at all, which I thought it was at first, and it is more interesting than just writing diary entries. It is mainly because when we created a blog, we need to maintain it. However, I think that it is the most difficult part of starting a blog.

I like the wide variety of choices of templates to decorate my very own blog. I like to write blog entries as well. I was lazy to write blog entries at first but after writing some of the entries, I actually feel the fun behind it. Besides having fun, writing blog entries can actually increase your vocabulary power and improve your writing skills. I like blogging so much that I do not even have any dislikes about blogging.

I think that we can improve the whole process from starting a blog, maintaining it to writing a blog entries by allowing us to write blog entries on our daily life or not about school, instead of only writing blog entries about school.

Differences between graphic novel and the written novel

Yesterday, I had read a graphic novel. I tell you, it is so interesting. I have also finished some written novel. Hence, I decide to compare them and guess what?

I found out that the graphical novel can convey a clearer picture but the written novel can give a broader one. That is the difference between the two kinds of novel. I think that it is because the graphic novel is in picture form so others can understand the story when they "read" it but as it is all pictures, the novel can not convey too much information to the reader. Hence, the graphic novel can give a clearer picture but not a broad one.

Whereas, the written novel contains only words and words and words...... but, as we know, words can convey much more information than pictures and words are much more "smaller" so on one page, there can be more words than pictures. However, as there are more information, people can get confused while reading. Hence, written novel can give a broader "picture" but not a clear one.

Both novels have their "strengths and weaknesses" but they are both very interesting.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism means that someone use or close imitate the language and ideas of another author and make them as their own original work. I feel that this act is very irresponsible and it shows the personality of the person who plagiarize. That person is very irresponsible and he should also be considered as a cribber.

Plagiarism can cause a lot of consequences, such as expulsion from a university or loss of a job. Plagiarism can also cause a writer's loss of credibility and professional standing. When writers use material from other sources, they must acknowledge this source. Not doing so is called plagiarism, or infringing copyrights, which means using without credit the ideas or expressions of another. Hence, we should avoid plagiarism.

We should caution:

1. against using, word for word, without acknowledgment, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, etc., from the printed or manuscript material of others.
2. against using with only slight changes the materials of another
3. against using the general plan, the main headings, or a rewritten form of someone else's material.

These cautions can apply to information you find on the Internet, World Wide Web, or other electronic or on-line sources and to the work of other students as well as to the published work of professional writers. Therefore, we should not plagiarize and infringe copyrights.

Information on Plagiarism:

1. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism