Viva la Vivo.

It's actually about damned time to visit Singapore's largest shopping center, and probably the only major one I've yet to step into.

What better way, than to walk into it with friends that you've not seen for such a long time?

Alright, fine, excluding Fengzhi, Xin Lan, I've not met Joanne since the 14th of July. (The other two are important too! I wasn't intending to mean otherwise!)

Vivo, as the advertisements said, it is huge. The sky pool at the top allows children to wade in, as well as for everyone else to enjoy the scenery of the trees found in Sentosa.

All in all, a pretty huge place to relax in when you're bored.

Too bad it's all the way in HabourFront. XD

The movie, Casino Royale, isn't too bad. However, I was deeply disappointed in that there isn't a new gadget which is the usual front of James Bond.

The new actor isn't too bad, but I guess everyone has their own unique properties.

A very fun day. Nice to meet everyone.

Hope you enjoyed the chocolates! (Assuming they didn't melt)

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Plastic bags for 10 cents each.

Hmm...

So, there was this article in the forums a few days back where a woman was backing the move to charge for a plastic bag.

What amused me was her saying that, by being charged for a bag (in Ireland), it "raised awareness about saving the environment". However, it isn't exactly raised here because we aren't charged for it.

So, from what I gather...

You'll only feel the love for something, AFTER you feel the burn in your wallet?

Wow.

Mother Nature thanks you too.

While I do believe that saving the environment is important, I believe that, if forcing one to pay is the only way to "educate" you, then it is rather meaningless.

The example I would have used, would be one from Australia.

People are encouraged to buy reusable plastic bags which cost a few dollars, but is way more stronger, and bigger. Almost everyone in a supermarket brings one (Except for the occasional forgetful ones like me, or maybe I was just too damned lazy), and being reusable, it helps protect the environment.

Even then, they do not charge people for using a plastic bag. The people has this concept in their heads, and keep these bags in their car/drawers (The common drawer is somewhat filled with it), so that they will use them.

Charging people to make them get used to it is simply stupid. Moreover, to do it just to raise awareness of it isn't the way to go. Australia has shown that it can be done.