straits times reflections 5
Question 1. In the last line, what did the writer mean by suggesting that “he may have found more porcupines than rats?”

1)The writer meant that Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong suggested that he had found more brave people like porcupines than timid people which hide when they faces obstacles. (In the Total Defense campaign).

Question 2. What’s worth giving up your life for?

2)If I had to protect my family and close friends from trouble, it is worth giving up my life for them as I would not want to see my closed ones suffer or perish.(family is the most inportant thing it is because it is our family which brought us up and raised us up to be what we are today)