Having heard a lot from TV and radio about the current China Japan tension, I followed up with the issue on BBC website this morning, and there is a webpage called "have you say", where everybody can post his/her views about the issue and where this is heading to. There is a clear division between Chinese vs. Japanese viewers" opinion and comments, and a very mixed view from others. The following is the essay I sent out: What the Japanese did in China and other East Asian countries can be forgiven, but not forgotten. And I believe this is the point that most Chinese people stand on today. Obviously, the common Chinese people are not in a good position to judge whether the Japanese history textbooks are accurate or not, and what the hidden dynamics are between the two governments on the issues of economy, natural resources and international politics, especially since we are so ‘blinded’ and ‘manipulated’ by such a controlling government. These issues indeed are way too comp
I've read some of Gates' speeches on his personal website. He's got quite a collection there, most which are about digital world, computer science, chips and software, etc. That's not really my type of interest, but I find the following words that he gave to a group of high school students are most interesting. I also find it's enlightening to young adults like myself too. To anyone with kids of any age, or anyone who has ever been a kid, here's some advice Bill Gates dished out at a high school speech about 11 things they did not learn in school. Rule 1: Life is not fair...get used to it. Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone, until you earn both. Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure. Rule 5: F
真是汗颜，晃眼一个多星期都没有来经营我的博客了，只在其间上来贴了一张图片，充满了偷工减料欺骗群众的嫌疑。相信许多人和我一样对于时间的感觉充满了矛盾，一方面常常在不经意中感叹时间流逝之快，另一方面不明白为何日子过得这么慢，自己总是走不出“目前”这个不满意的生活状态。呵呵，也许我又在一相情愿的在他人身上寻找慰藉了，也许只有我才常常有这种感觉吧。 回想过去的一周，是沮丧的一段时间。发生了很多令人烦恼的事情，心情起伏也很大，到周二晚上跌到了低谷。在和红狼的谈话间，我不得不象他提起了我怀疑自己有忧郁症前期症状的可能。也许是我有些太敏感，或者是因为自己经常接触到这个话题和病人，就总是爱怀疑自己。但无论如何，证据是无处不在的。我的博客中有一个专题叫做“sunny day”，到目前为止只有一篇日志；我每天都在自己的planner上面标识自己今天的心情，象这样，昨天翻了翻，一个月能有两三个笑脸就算不错了。 认识我的人一定很难相信我会把自己和忧郁症扯上关系，其实我自己也很难相信。我知道从某种程度上来说我还是那个我，乐观、好动、贪玩、对生活充满了希望和期待，但现在的我却感觉到从来没有的寂寞和消沉。最近我阅读了一些心理学方面