China and Tibet issue continued...

To be honest, I am disappointed about all the reports on Olympic torch relay, people's comments on China and Tibet issue. :-(

So far I really like the note from Gregory Clark. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080321gc.html

"...But you judge a nation by the direction in which it is traveling, not by the road bumps. And China is clearly moving in a direction of very considerable promise to us all. The Olympics, like ping-pong diplomacy, will push China further in that direction."

Love Song

Ataraxia

I am still searching for interesting articles and comments about China and Tibet issue.

I found this article: Bias over Tibets cuts both ways, by Richard Spencer. I just love the comments from ataraxia. :D

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/foreign/richardspencer/march2008/tibetbiascutsbothways.htm

Best Free Documentaries!

http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/

First, I was searching for the BBC documentary film "One Year in Tibet". It is a pity that it is not available from the BBC iplayer web site for non-UK. Accidentally, I found this blog page. It is a great surprise! :D There are two episodes on that post. The film is really interesting, especially under the current circumstance (the tense situation in Lhasa or near areas).

Another interesting video is The Fake Trade. Here my interest is very obviously since I am a Chinese. :D China is THE country on that hot list. I am not proud of it. It may seem not harmful to buy a fake bag or a pair of sunglasses. However, it is scary to buy fake medicines or food. At least, I don' t want a world like that. People is losing their trust in things they are buying...in people they are buying those things from...or in the society. In China, we say we are losing public trust 社会公信.

One interesting question arising here is why we buy fake products. The material desire??? We are born-to-be customers? I think the story of stuff has pointed out the problem. Ironically, American fashion magazine Bazaar held the press conference to announce their web site: Fakes Are Never in Fashion.com??? In fact, I think the fashion industries are the problem! Every page of each magazine is sending a wrong message to people: you are defined by the material things you own. In the video, a woman told interviewer that the fake bags she owns are definitely knockout, fake but cheap and with good quality. In deed, it is a knockout if you get a fake bag in less than 100 euros and a real one costs over thousand pounds. By the way, she was doing a botoxing. She is fake too! :D

There is a campaign on the homepage of “Fakes are Never in Fashion”. You can make a design. The winning design will be produced on limited-edition T-shirts???? Limited-edition, how ironical!

Ich bin dabei!

From Sietepuntouno: Hello!

色 & 袜!

The cost of LDR!!!

I just read a blog about the cost of LDR (long-distance relationship). Average total amount long-distance couples spend a month to keep love alive is 278 dollars. I am in an LDR at the moment. It makes me to think about my expense on this issue! :D

Main cost is the train. I do contribute a lot to the German railway system, the DB. I do try hard to get those 29 euros special tickets online. However, they seem like ghosts. I am chasing them. :D Time to travel etc. is more of an issue. It takes at least 7.5 hours. Certainly, the weekend seems always too short.

Telephone??? Thanks for the Flatrate package.

Of course, the last comment is: indeed it is expensive, but it worths. :D

Back to life

It is the time to update my blog. Here is something new:

http://www.storyofstuff.com/



So...how much can you consume???

Sights in the city By GURU

[Carleen Anderson]
Sights in the city got people cryin..

Sights in the city got people cryin..
Sights in the city got people dyin..
Sights in the city got people cryin..
Sights in the city got people dyin..
In the city..

[Guru]
One Friday little Emmitt reached his limit
School was wack, he wasn't with it
His man told him, that he could make some dough
Deliverin packages, for Mac Money Joe
so he said, "Cool.. yo I need a hustle
Yo hook me up, plus I need a pistol or
a .380, a two-two or a .25
I'm gonna get large kid, I'm all the way live"
But he was sadly mistaken
Now he's locked up, he's doin time and he's thinkin

[Carleen Anderson]
Sights in the city got people cryin..
Sights in the city got people dyin..
In the city..

[Guru]
One Saturday, sweet Renee ran away
Couldn't take moms yellin, didn't wanna stay
Her girl told her, that she could get quick cash
Goin on dates, for Pimp Daddy Nash
She said, "Well I don't know, I gotta meet him
You say he's fly, mmm? I gotta see him"
The next thing you know she's out late nights
Makin dollars for Nash, wearin her skirts tight
Now she's a victim of the system
Man what happened to her dreams, and her ambition?

[Carleen Anderson]
Sights in the city got people cryin..
Sights in the city got people dyin..
Sights in the city got people cryin..
Sights in the city got people dyin..
In the city..

[Guru]
Old Mr. Fillmore, he owns a grocery store
It's a small little shop, the children call him Pop
But of course he keeps a shotgun
just for protection, cause he's got a little grandson
On Sunday, while he was there cleanin
He heard the front door slam, a lady screamin
He grabbed the shottie and walked out from the back
All he saw was two kids, wearin black ski masks
He fired, they fired, all at the same time
Now there's a funeral on Wednesay, a quarter to nine

[Carleen Anderson]
Sights in the city got people cryin..
Sights in the city got people dyin..
In the city.. in the city.. in the city..
In the city! In the city.. in the city..
In the city.. in the city.. in the city..
In the city! In the city!

[Guru]
Many sights and sounds in the city, knahmsayin?
People dyin, innocent victims
The babies ain't got no future
What are we gon' do? Brothers can't make a buck
Mmm, just some of the sights and sounds, that's all
Gues I'm just gonna get mine

Voice

Thomas Heatherwick, Rolling Bridge London

Culture Boat Bremen---Bremerhaven

wer frueher stirbt ist laenger tot

Mi monito

I am the one behind him! :D

Manu and Mamita

Malte--------New Zealand

Hello! Ray!

Little Ray from Xu Bei

Hundertwasser in Altenrhein, Switzerland 01-06-2007

Bremerhaven 2007 Little snow fox

Zoo am Meer