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Thursday, April 5, 2007
Television Set:
Alas, make way for the ever so addictive, so popular, so convenient television set!
Yes, that’s right! With just a click of the button on the remote control, this box-like machine can take you down to the ocean bed to visit the creatures of the deep and with just yet another click, transport you to the United States to witness first hand the 911 crashing of the twin towers.
The television set is indeed an amazing tool, having the ability to let us see things around the world without literally leaving your door step. Through this, Cultural globalization has silently invaded our lives and it is taking us by storm! News channels such as CNN and BBC can be watched globally around the world anyplace, anywhere, anytime so long as you have a television set.
Now, tell me, which country doesn’t have a television set?
Vending Machine:
Goodbye troublesome bottles, hello convenient packs. Consuming your favourite drink has never been so convenient!
Vending machines are the biggest source of convenience food e.g. packets or cans of drinks, instant sandwiches, snacks and instant passport-sized photographs since its invention in 1888. We have vending machines in school too, right here in the canteen. Vending machines are convenient and simple to use, just the thing for busy people like us! :D
Vending machines are now found in the corner of every street! This is the perfect example for globalization as there’s no country in the world without a vending machine now in the twenty-first century. Vending machines have ingratiated themselves into our technology-addicted generation, and are irreplaceable in our endless pursue for an even faster pace of living. There’s nothing faster than to toss coins into a vending machine for a quick snack or drink, or even lunch if we are in a rush. Vending machines have indeed achieved globalization, as its usage has spread worldwide and continue to grow.
Projector
Hitachi was founded in 1910 in Japan as an electrical repair shop. Today it is one of the leading retailers in new technology whose products, which include air-conditioners, batteries, computers, televisions, mobile phones and camcorders, are found all over the world. Even in 2D's very own classroom - the projector!
 These projectors are used in every classroom in almost all schools in Singapore and I feel that they are a very good example of globalization and companies expanding and going beyond sales in their own countries to become international.
Converse Pencil Box
 
What’s this? The pencil box of “Converse”. In our college, you can find lots of products of Converse. For example: shoes, class T-shirts, schoolbags, pencil boxes, socks and so on. Even around my sitting area in the class, I can find more than 2 Converse schoolbags and more than one converse pencil boxes. Converse is a global famous brand for sportswear. It’s one of the evidences of the effect of globalization on business! Similar brand, such as Nike, Puma, Adidas are all young people’s favorites. Wherever you go, Europe, Asia, America; you can find these brands in the shopping mall, you can find these brands on hundreds of young people’s sportswear. They even become the basic knowledge of youth. Nobody would not know what Nike, Puma, Adidas, Converse are! That’s the powerful impact of globalization! Globalization helps local businesses extend over the whole continent or even the whole world. If these companies are really strong enough, their products would soon become global famous brands. Their brands would be known by everyone living in the earth!
Globalised @ 2:00 PM
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These projectors are used in every classroom in almost all schools in Singapore and I feel that they are a very good example of globalization and companies expanding and going beyond sales in their own countries to become international.