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ok hmms, i recently did teenage aug 2007 quiz on what kind of date are you? i fall in the good date category ( the best of 3 available) and inside it, i saw some words that really represent how i treat ppl and stuff.
inside the whole summary of the good date, SINCERE, THOUGHTFUL, CONSIDERATE, EASILY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF appeared.
sincere, yes i'm really sincere in treating ppl i know, esp ppl i like. thoughtful, yes i'm very thoughtful and i always think of other ppl and the ppl i like b4 i do anything or make any decisions. considerate, yes damn considerate, no matter how bad the thing is i'm so considerate that i'm owas pro the other person. thats why i'm EASILY TAKNE ADVANTAGE OF. grrrrrr!!!
jus feel very sian nowadays.
ok today went out with weikee, weiqiang, boon and shianyang. spontaneous outing got a sms from boon in the afternoon want meet for dinner at orchard so i went since i'm free. go there walk walk lor..get to see pretty gals hahahaas.. -_________________-" ate at far east plaza 5th storey food place.. den wanted to watch some chinese movie but either not showing or no timing hahas. end up walking ard.. walk also sian so went spenelli had some coffee.. chill out man.. got a jc gal to help us take pics there hahhas. . chill til 10 plus and we left for home. kao they nvr wear jeans if not can go into balcony bar and haf some shots le..
also i bought the LG chocolate KU800.. its an uber cool phone so far like its design and other stuff except its smsing..its kinda irritating cos the smsing isnt smooth and sensitive la..so ya..smsing might be a problem sometimes but other than that i can live with it cos its uber cool hahas..
oh yar forget to mention today was at orchard..very funny went out with my 4 buddies, den i dunno la, those gals out there giving out flyers just like to give me those flyers when i'm with my grp and even though i was some distance away from them. give flyers need to choose de meh? lols.. and i got some cute gal giving me 2 bookmarks at the nebo thing at cine lols..she picking targets to give those things and i look that young ah haha? nebo is for someone 12- 21. and i think she thinks i'm some 17,18 year old guy lols..so she gave me but a compliment la, i look young and liek a boy no wonder whenever i go hawker center buy food the hawkers will always say " boy ah wad u want ah? " lols.
la.
think my heart might been stolen unknowlngly by someone else. might be that unforeseen charm. i dunno. very long nvr had such a feeling, yar cos i held on loving someone in secret for like almost 2 years, not letting her know, and not moving on.
i did some econs work for cheryl just now. its been 1 years and 5 months since i did econs and i am real rusty. after flipping thru my econs books, i managed some answer to her question haha. and i think its crappy.
in most countries, sale and purchase of kidneys for human transplant is illegal. However waiting list for people requiring kidney transplant are long and growing. In some cases people die even before receiving a kidney transplant. as a result some have advocated developng a tradable market for kidney
1) using a diagram outline the current market for kidney transplant assuming the tradable market is illegal. given this situation discuss the various ways in which the kidney are currently distributed
2) discuss the argument both for and against a tradable market in kidneys and show using diagram how such a market might operate
sorry for the short and simple answer to the question, cos i really very long nvr touch econs le so cant really give u some essay, but point forms la. hope u understand and go elaborate on it la.
1) firstly i was thinking if it is monopoly market or oligopoly market, but i decided on oligopoly market.
remember oligopoly and monopoly has some similarity, but the market surely have a few sellers, not just one seller. so it has to be oligopoly market.
OLIGOPOLY MARKET
-oligopoly market is one with few sellers and many buyers ( elaborate using definations pls)
-commodity in question is kidney, which doesnt have any close substitutes.(duh! if not use pig de meh?)
-barriers to entry
EOS, why EOS? cos not everyone has the ability to do operations to retrive the kidneys, so only ppl with the necessary skills can do it and dominate the market. besides surgical apparatus and the necessary cover up paperworks(think bribery using money) proved to be too expensive to allow new entrants to operate.
product recognition. illegal market. usually ppl who need to buy kidney knows it thru word of mouth( word of mouth is also a kind of advertisement) ppl go for the right kidneys from those who know how to handle extracted kidneys with care. get it?
product complexity. kidney very complicated eh. human somemore how to give imitation? hahas.
-non price competition.
please, things that are illegal usually come at high price. so why would the sellers cut price and earn less? they rather provide attractive package or better services to keep customers coming
-price rigidity.
illegal market have the unspoken rule. set a price and dun disturb. all just want to earn money.
here draw e OLIGOPOLY MARKET DEMAND CURVE (AKA kinked demand curve.)
the various ways.
- thru rogue doctors( black sheep's in the medical society)
doctors are sworn to their code of conduct( recognised internationally, pls go find out urself, vital to gain points and make presentation more impressive hahas!) rogue doctors= 1 of the sellers
rogue doctors to earn more than wad they earning now (applicable in some countries, ie india), steals kidneys from their patients during operations, meaning most of the time they did help to cure the patients, but in the process also steals kidneys from patients, usually steal one of the 2. den they put it up for sale in the illegal markets.
-thru syndicates
there are surely some underground syndicates involved in this high earning activity. they usually approach the poor and promise them a sum of money for their kidneys. apparently they know how to handle kidneys with care. they will end up selling the kidney at highly marked up prices.syndicate = 1 of the sellers too
hmms cant think of much ways le.
2) headache liao!!! tradable market most likely means the government has approved the sales and purchases of kidneys. sales of organs is a very sensitive topic so government will tend to have control over such market.
THINK NATIONALISATION!(think become abit like monopoly market, check with ur bf pls haha, i cant cfm this)
FOR NATIONALISATION
- EOS. when one player controls everything ah, means they can cut down on advertising, over-investment and duplication. save operation costs. they also can make full use of their facilities available.
increased specialization. ie one doctor operate, the other handle storage, the other handle transplant all at same place.
indivisiblity of machinery. now government doctors more fully made use of. their time table will be packed for such operations LOLS (dunno if this is logical or crap sia!)
adminstrative/managerial economies. i.e more ppl in charge of different things, alot of paperwork is involved in operations. first step, need ppl to help donors or sellers understand the T&C of giving up 1 of the kidneys and get them sign legal terms form. second, sign hospital papers for operation. hospital den have to find those who need to get them sign papers too. haha papers and papers la. that means need admin and management side. can cut cost when all these are handled by experts
-controlling monopoly.
have to control the market so that the needy also can receive transplant. nationalisation works towards public benefits, not for high profits.
-key industries
can be considered a key industry. known fact that human can survive on one kidney, so if selling one kidney can help save another life, it might be somewhat impt. having good control over it can ensure general interest of public can be taken care of. ( dunno can or not la consult ur bf hahas)
AGAINST NATIONALISATION.
-take in human rights factor as one example to elaborate.
-lost of quality treatment and services.
-inefficiency of govt organisation might lead to higher admin cost.
-end up higher tax to the public
pls draw the monopoly market demand curve also.
damn looks crappy. hope get into uni will get my brain back again hahas.
okay, this took very long to get online. well last last fri (020307) i had off. then i dunno wad program to have on that day so morning i ask vicky out. vicky is someone i knew since last year,she's my junior from my sec sch la, she's 15. haha. so first time going out together, so dunno wad to expect of it. i suggested go vivocity walk walk, since the last time i met her in sch she mentioned abt it. vivocity walk long will get bored of it cos it's super big la. den cos i haven try b4 the new monorial service to sentosa, so ask her want try ma. end up got try haha. the monorail tix cost 3 bucks and it kinda like ezlink. tap tap de haha. train ride was fast, 5 mins reach beach there le. walk walk thru the beach lor. den start raining liao. we ran towards the underwater world area, along the area got the snake man la. u can play with the snake and take pic de, ahaha vicky scare of snake lor. haha e man approach her she siam very fast. den we walk towards the underwater world. she want to go in see. den go in lor. i very long nvr visit underwater world le. haha inside e visit very fun, touched those stingrays, she doesnt dare to touch it haha. the funniest thing is when we are abt to leave e place after 2 hrs touring and taking pics inside, we saw an old couple. this old uncle very funny, he was leaving the place le, but his wife still looking and touching the starfish. he used his umbrella try to hook her sia! lols. we see le super funny but have to wait for them to go le den laugh. the scene was just damn funny la. den we went back to vivocity, walk ard somemore. vicky let me ate some jellybeans, keep asking me try combinations. wa really got some cannot mix de will die. taste bad lor, esp e white and yellow jellybeans. haha overall i just had my fun that day. after that she went for dance, i went home.
dunno why, but that day i really enjoyed my day. i was out with a sec sch gal and we had a age gap. but turn out to be fine i guess cos i really enjoyed that day, luckily she came out too. and i din waste my off day. that was definately a great time, and it made my day and the weekend lor hahas.
below are some pics.