TITTLE: Searching for Marita
NAME: choozhiying (4)
CLASS: 3G

summary:
This article is about a woman named Susana Trimarco finding her missing daughter. She had to disguise herself as a prostitute in order to increase the chances of her finding her daughter. On the way, she found many teenagers that are forced to become a prostitute. She also found out the cruelty of the human trafficking. She managed to save many of the young girls from their misery, she gave some of them shelter. Because of her determinations to find her daughter, it used up most of her savings and her husband had left her.

Reflections:
I think that her love for her daughter is so strong that made her so determined to find her. I believe the power of love that our parents had for us, will give us the strength to overcome any obstacle. Ms. Susana must have really love her daughter deeply that she is willing to spend all her savings on the journey of finding her daughter. I believe that if I am Ms. Susana, I would not be able to accept the fact that my daughter was kidnapped, and would also not have the courage to find her in the whole of human trafficking. This also shows that parents are willing to do anything to exchange for their children safety.

The girls that are forced to become prostitute are very pitiful. They were beaten up and forced to take drugs. I do not understand why people would want to kidnap young girls and force them to become prostitute. If I were captured, I would rather die than to become a prostitute. It is very lucky that Singapore has a government that protects the people, unlike the Argentina. The security in Singapore is much better as compared to Argentina.

It is also mentioned that pregnant girls undergo forced abortions with a coat hanger. I think it is very cruel of them to do that, I really could not imagine how they managed to use a hanger to carried out abortions. Imagine the pain the prostitute had to go through, and I believe, when the abortion is carried out, there are no pain killer for the pregnant girls to take. It is also very unfair for the prostitute as they were not given a choice to keep the foetus or to abort it. The pregnant girls must be suffering when they are being forced to go through abortions.

Ms. Susana effort of finding her daughter alerted the media. I am glad as the media are able to help her to find her daughter and to save other girls that are forced to become a prostitute. With the media help, those human traffickers would not be so daring as to capture girls on the streets. This would also warn the human trafficker about the consequences of kidnapping them and forced them to become a prostitute.

In conclusion, I think Ms. Susana is a very brave mother. She not only finding her daughter but also helping girls in the country that are forced to become prostitute. I respected her and her actions made me feel proud to be a female. Her actions not only help the prostitutes but also help the whole country of girls to prevent them from getting kidnapped.

This article is about a woman named Susana Trimarco finding her missing daughter. Instead she discovered a shadowy world of human trafficking and forced prostitution. She disguised herself as a prostitute in order to finding her daughter. Even though she could not get help from the police, she did not give out to search for her daughter because of her determinations. In addition to helping victims and their families, Susana has travelled the country persuading the politicians to enact a law that would make human trafficking a federal crime. She is also pressuring government officials to establish a federal office to help victims. She also helps victims of sex trafficking get medical and psychological treatment and job training and provides food and shelter.

Reflections:
Miss Susana is a determined person. She will not give out in doing something easily. She is also a wonderful mother. From the story, we can see that she love her daughter very much. No matter what, she wanted to find her missing daughter and she is willing to spend all her savings on the journey of finding her daughter. Most of all, she willing to disguise as a prostitute to find her daughter. This shows that her sacrifice made is really very big. This made me realise that all parents love their children just like susana love her daughter and the power of love could give us the strength to overcome any obstacle we met. This also shows that parents are willing to do anything for their children. She is a very brave mother. She not only found her daughter but also helped many girls in the country that are forced to become prostitute. Her actions has made all women proud. Her actions not only help the prostitutes but let the others know more about it. As her efforts have alerted the media, the levels of human trafficking will surely decrease as human traffickers would not be so daring as to capture girls on the streets. This would also warn the human trafficker about the consequences of kidnapping them and and forced them to become a prostitute. The girls that are forced to become prostitute are very pitiful. Their freedom was lost and they could not live like those happy children. They might also suffer a lot from it as this is not what they want. They might be abused and get pregnant. Since if they get pregnant, they will have to go for abortions. I think it is very cruel of them to do that as it really painful for the girls to go for abortions and too much abortions may make their lives at risk.

Name: Jaslin Chua (5)
Class: 3G

Terrosim this day has threaten almost all state around the world as they used nuclear weapons to attack cities which are highly populated.the material required to creath their weapons are hard to find and so they would be either buying it from "rogue country" or even resort to stealing from the countries.people and the economy would be badly affacted by the attacks and the whole world would go into tight sercurities every time after an attack. in feb 2007, the united states, china, russia, south Korea and japan persuaded North korea to freeze and ultimately dismantle its nuclear programmes.that was a terrific accomplishment. however, north korea broke a similar promise in 1994.In Iran, France, Britian and Germany tried to negotiate an end to the uranuem programme but had failed.

FrOM: NG WUFONG (41 )

SEARCHING FOR MAEITA
-----MAY 08 ISSUE Pg91-96
This is an article about a great mother who named Susana Trimarco of Argentina, sent out to find her missing daughter, Maria de los Angles Veron.. Instead she discovered a shadowy world of human trafficking and forced prostitution.

Marita was kidnapped in April,2002 by a trafficking network for sexual exploitation when she walked along the sidewalk. This is seen by a neighbour .However, this news only got worse. It broke the initial thought that Marita was just off with her boyfriend and would return in a day or two.

Firstly, Marita and her husband took action with the police but everytime her dear daughter had been whisked away shortly before they arrived because someone clearly someone had tipped off the owner about the raid. Susana knew she must find her daughter by herself or she would lose her forever.

To pay for her investigation, Susana lose a lot of things in her life but she determinedly find the daughter. Susana exhausted most of her saving and sale her house, Marita’s house, two cars even led to her and her husband separating.

Susana’s efforts have led her into dangerous situations, trolling bars and streets in search of anyone who might knew something about her daughter. She has been threatened, tricked and received false leads and death threats, but nothing has scared her.

During almost six year constantly searching, Susana discovered that many girls and women were also victims of this trafficking networks. She has rescued more than 200 girls who was forced into prostitution but sadly not her own daughter.

Personally, I think it is quite a pitiful thing in the society. I cannot believe human trafficking and sexual exploitation happens in the world while it actually exists. To reduce human trafficking, governments should make strict laws and develop systems of co-operation between different nations. Other action is raise awareness among the public.

For those victims, a group of professionals is quite needed in charge of psychological and medical assistance and searching for the most suitable path. So the victims can start recovering her self worth and can go back living in society.

In addition Once the victim is found the legal counsel continues to report the crime and to identify the trafficking networks existing in the country.
Done by : Wang Wenjia (27) 3G

Jump or die[RD May 2008,pg56-62]

Dear Ms Heng,sorry for posting the assignment late...Please accept it and mark it....
Tom Murphy went on a skiing trip with his travelling companion.On his last day there,he woke up early and left his friend to go"off-piste'' alone.At first,he was sure where he wanted to go.However,after skiing for a while, he was lost and even met with an avalanche.He survived by clinging on a rock.He continued to ski down steep slopes and then jumped thrice from different cliffs.The first jump was more successful but for the second and third jump,he hurt his legs and other parts of his body.Instead of giving up,he persevered and carried on until he was saved.
After reading the article,I have learnt many things from Tom.Firstly,we should be hardworking.Tom took his third A-levels while working as a builder's labourer and two years ago,he went back to college to learn plumbing.Secondly, to have perseverance.After the first fall,he forced his bruised limbs to work.But after the second fall,even with his hurt thighs,back and head,he continued to descend from the cliff.If he had not persevered but had given up earlier,he might not be living now.He might be starved or frozen to death if he continued to sit on the cliff and wait.With perseverance,we can do things more successfully.Therefore, it is very important to have perseverance.
Thirdly,we should never do things that we are not supposed to do.We should not break rules.Tom did not adhere to the rules and went "off-piste".If he was unlucky and if the search team had not found him,he would be dead.Fourthly,we should be brave and courageous.Although afraid,he jumped from the cliffs for his life."1 millimetre at a time,Tom edged over the rock." "one more and I'll go."
Lastly,we must always stay calm and have a clear thinking.If he did not think properly,he would not have used his handphone to call and message the others,clinged to the rock when the avalanche came and used snow to measure how far he was from the cliff and what was down the cliff.If he did not think properly,he might have done the wrong things and end up dead.Therefore we must always stay calm and have clear thinking ,especially when we are in trouble.

Reader Digest May 2008-----Pg 30~Pg 33

This article is about the nuclear incident in Brussels. On that Sunny afternoon, a terrorist presses a button and a small explosion occurs and propels a 'bullet' made of uranium into a cylindrical block cast from uranium. Within a few seconds, Ground Zero is heated to 100 million degrees centigrade, breaking all surroding matter into a formless plasma. Not only that, the gamma rays and neutrons killed a lot of people. The economic consequences of the blast quickly spread worldwide as Brussels had to cease all its commmerce. All the nuclear weapons are fuelled by either plutonium or uranium, materials that are extremely dfficult to make. If a terroist wanted to build a nuclear bomb, he would need to steal or buy fissile material from a country that had made it. One potential source would be from North Korea or Iran. I feel that there is no reason to buy from them as they are both rare materials and expensive to buy. Buying nuclear bomb and killing people does not mean any purpose either. Not only that, the thrist for buying these nuclear weapon would affect the country internal security as there would be more theft crimes. However, both North Korea and Iran still continue to sell their nuclear weapons so as to earn more money. Although they are being warned by other countres not to sell them, they ignored them. I feel that we must also clamp down on poorly safeguarded nuclear materials so that we could prevent terrorism. There are ways to reap the benefits of nuclear energy without putting our lives at risk, but it will take strong leadership. I suggest we could put the production of all nuclear fuel under the control of a global organisation like the International Atomic Enegry Agency so that the terrorist would easily get hold of them. To be sure terrorist cannot build a nuclear weapon, the world coummunity needs to lock up every bit of fissile material in Russia. However, even though we solved these problems, there is a one way in which the threat if nuclear terrorism would grow worse: after a three-decade lull, nuclear energy is coming back. We could prevent it by securing nuclear materials with well-trained security guards, adequate physical barriers, video cameras and remote sensors, new reactors could increase the availability of fissile materials.I feel that all these preventions could work if we have good leader to lead us.With the age of terrorism threatening to become an age of nuclear terrorism, perhaps it's worth another look. For the sake of all the innocent people and our next genrations, we must work hard to prevent another nuclear war.

From: ANG JUN HAO ( 30 )

A Healing Fire (June 2008, Pg. 116-129)

Author: Leow Jian Zhong (38)
Heading: A Healing Fire
Origin: Reader Digest June 2008 Issue Page 116-129


In brief summary, this piece of article from Reader’s Digest June 2008 is generally about a story of this Cambodian man by the name of Sokreaksa S. Himm, whose whole family had been killed by the Khmer Rouge during the Khmer Rouge occupation in 1975, Cambodia.

During that point of time, Sokreaksa was 11 years old. Together with his family, they were living at a village in Siem Reap. One morning, one of the Khmer Rouge agents, known as chlops, summoned his whole family, which includes his father, mother and 11 siblings, for execution as they had been identified as the enemy of the angkar loeu, the local Khmer Rouge leader. Young Sokreaksa witnessed how his father was brutally killed by the Khmer Rouge, and was greatly horrified. Soon, he and the rest of his siblings were killed and buried in a huge trench. However, Sokreaksa was very fortunate that he was still conscious enough to get out of the trench before the Khmer Rouge came back with more people ready to be killed. Sokreaksa managed to escape from there but he was helpless, as he saw how his mother was tortured to death by the Khmer Rouge. After the entire massacre, the Khmer Rouge carelessly filled the grave.

Feeling despair and infuriated, Sokreaksa vowed that he would avenge for their deaths. When he grew up and became an adult, he had opportunities to revenge those who had killed his whole family. But every time there is an opportunity, he just couldn’t do it. He left for Canada as he can no longer stay in Cambodia, which brings him sufferings and hatred. During his stay in Canada, he knew friends from churches, and Sokreaksa slowly realise that forgiving them is a better choice. One day, Sokreaksa was given a chance to go back to Cambodia to propagate Christianity and to counsel those who are scarred by the Khmer Rouge.
It took him years to decide to go back to Cambodia and to forgive those who had killed his family. When he was back to Cambodia in 1999, he went to search for those chlops who he wanted to revenge on. Instead of killing them, Sokreaksa counsel them and even give them a hug, which represent that he had forgiven all of them. Sokreaksa had also arranged to build a school in the village.

I was greatly touched by this article. To forgive a person is difficult. To forgive a person who had hurt you is more difficult. To forgive a person who had killed your whole family out of nothing is impossible. Sokreaksa managed to forgive all of those who had killed his family. I am very impressed by this guy, that after so many years, he still went back to Cambodia and in search for the former Khmer Rouge and to forgive them. This story also proved that a religion is able to transform and change one’s life and perception to the better. Sokreaksa is also a charitable person as he donated to build a school in the village that he grew up.
Personally I do believe in “Forgiving and Forgetting”. To forgive another person for their mistake is difficult, but it is only through this that you can cure the grudge deep inside your heart.

To conclude, I would like to say that to forgive somebody; it requires a lot of courage. Hence I’m very impress by what Sokreaksa did.