On Tuesday, 6 Faith read the article on Page 18 of the LRD and did the comprehension questions.
After we had read the passage and attempted the questions, we held a quick poll of our class to see who believed that the story was true. 20 out of 27 of us (74.1%) did not really believe the story.
After we had read the passage and attempted the questions, we held a quick poll of our class to see who believed that the story was true. 20 out of 27 of us (74.1%) did not really believe the story.
Surprisingly, many of these 20 girls said that they had seen animals like frogs and crabs survive after being put in the freezer, so they felt that the catfish in the story was not really that special.
"It's just superstition!" one of my classmates said.
We then had a discussion about the kinds of superstitions we knew. Have you heard that shaking one's legs means shaking away good luck? Or that eating at a transparent table means you're eating on the floor? Or that sleeping beside your bed means that you're sleeping outside the house?
Then, Miss Wong told us something quite amazing. Originally, the Singapore Flyer was built to turn from the land toward the sea. However, after it faced bad business and some technical glitches, feng shui experts were consulted and guess what? They reccommended that the Flyer turn the other way instead! A lot of money had to be spent to make the Flyer turn the other way. After that, the Flyer became more popular and business started to improve.
"It's just superstition!" one of my classmates said.
We then had a discussion about the kinds of superstitions we knew. Have you heard that shaking one's legs means shaking away good luck? Or that eating at a transparent table means you're eating on the floor? Or that sleeping beside your bed means that you're sleeping outside the house?
Then, Miss Wong told us something quite amazing. Originally, the Singapore Flyer was built to turn from the land toward the sea. However, after it faced bad business and some technical glitches, feng shui experts were consulted and guess what? They reccommended that the Flyer turn the other way instead! A lot of money had to be spent to make the Flyer turn the other way. After that, the Flyer became more popular and business started to improve.
Click on the link below for a report on this
http://www.asiaone.com/Travel/News/Story/A1Story20080811-81704.html
http://www.asiaone.com/Travel/News/Story/A1Story20080811-81704.html
After we had heard this story, we were a bit unsure if such superstitions were really true afterall....
What do you think? What kind of superstitions do you believe in?
Or if you don't believe in any superstitions, why not?
Leave your comment below!
6 comments:
I do believe in it sometimes,but sometimes I don't.
I think if you put the catfish in a freezer for a long time it will die...
This fish is cool and awesome! It is the fortune fish, right?
The fact that that guy helped the catfish, I guess it is counted as lucky but then if he killed it and ate it, it would be counted as luck and injustice. BLEHH
SO COOL!!!!! we should try an experiment with a catfish...... i put FISH in the FREEZER!!!!! I think that if there is too many coincidence, isn't it became true? I half believe it half not.... everybody has a lucky moment.....
cool..i belive things that are unexpected..when i see them with my own eyes..
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