香港VS中國

這兩年中國與香港兩地關係有明顯的惡化。

我不敢保證或者認同香港在英國統治下時，英國對香港人好。

英國人需然當其他國家的人，包括香港人做 “二等居民”

不過我地而加反應，我們在英國的統治下有比較好嗎？

英國沒有共產黨，英國人more democratic..

英國幫助我們發展經濟，provided us with more education.

香港人在英國人統治下佔佔的進化和改變。

香港1997 年回歸了中國，當時說好的50年不變。。這只不過時當時為了安慰香港人的好聽說話。什麼50年不變，現在的香港已經不知道變成了什麼。中國人一直話 "要不是我們中國人來買你們的東西，你們中國早就沒了” 我地真系好多謝晒你地lor如果真系。我地真系多得你唔少。

香港越來越無自由。自由行來香港搗亂，周圍大便。。香港文化也會一直被暴發戶拖累。

房價比你地炒到高晒。。。唉。。Wonder how HK will become 3 or 4 years from now.....

我終於明白點解D人要duo-citizenship.....

Long time since the last blog..

It's been quite a while since I've last posted....So...Here I go again..
What have I been up to? I've actually been up to a lot recently...
Mid terms...Partying after mid terms, getting drunk..
Ohh...Talking about getting drunk..This will be my next topic then
Alcohol...Warning: People who are under the age of 19..please do not read on.
I've gotten into a few awkward situations recently due to the after effects of alcohol..
Why drink alcohol even though you get really bad hangovers afterwards?
It allows you to forget about all your stress and worries momentarily, until you become sober again..
It kinda feels like ecstasy I guess (not that I've taken any, I am not on drugs....)
But please...be careful of how much you consume..you wouldn't want to be intoxicated

The Story of Amanda Todd-- It's scary to imagine how ruthless humans can get

 
Amanda Michelle Todd, died October 10th 2012 at the age of 15.

Here is a brief summary about the tragic story of Amanda Todd:
When Amanda was around 13, she got into online chatting, and started to meet new people on facebook where she met a 32 year old man in B.C. She fell in love with the man, then she made a foolish choice of sending a picture of her to him with her upper body naked. That's when her horror started. The man threatened her, made her do stuff that she didn't want. That Christmas, the RCMP knocked on her door, informing her about how pictures of her naked were posted all over the school. She was bullied everyday. She had moved to many different provinces across Canada in an attempt to escape from her bullies. The guy soon found the new school that she was attending and sent in the pictures again. She finally committed suicide, but it took her 3 tries before she finally succeeded.

Thoughts:
- She was only 13, everyone makes mistakes. Why can't we just forgive and forget? Does she really deserve these types of treatments?
- It is scary and sick to just think about what humans are capable of doing. The harm that we can inflict on others, and enjoying it at the same time...it's just ....inhumane.
- We didn't give Amanda a chance to change. Yes, she did make a stupid choice; she was childish, but so what? She will eventually grow up, and look back at what she did. We didn't even give the chance to reflect back at what she did.....Even criminals get a second chance after coming out from prison, why can't a 15 year old girl be given the same opportunity?
- The man was the person who was seducing her, she was just a victim of cyber bully.
Please stop with the bully....One person has already been sacrificed, we don't need another victim to see how much damage bullying can cause a person. I have personally been a victim of bully before, and I know how it feels. I wouldn't want other people to have to go through the same thing again as Amanda did. I was lucky enough that I was optimistic about things..not everyone has that ability.

Why is Roger Federer the best tennis player?

Why is Roger Federer the best tennis player.....First take a look at 2012 Men's single rankings!!
1. Roger Federer
2. Novac Djokovic
3. Andy Murray
4. Rafael Nadal
5. David Ferrer
6. Jo Wilfried Tsonga
7. Tomas Berdych
8. Juan Martin del Potro
9. Janko Tipsarevic
10. Juan Monaco

I am not saying players like Djokovic, Murray, Nadal are not good players, they are just comparatively better when put against other current players. If they were to play with the legends like John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and like Boris Becker, they wouldn't even make it into the top 10. The only person that would stand a chance against them would be Roger Federer.

Roger Federer is a well rounded player; he makes excellent drop shots, volleys, backhands, etc, but he has an exceptional forehand. Anyone who plays tennis would know about Federer's between the legs shots, behind the back forehand etc. He is an extraordinary tennis player.

Roger Federer has the most grand slam titles, 17 total. The last grand slam he won was Wimbledon this past summer. Whereas, Sampras has 14 titles.

However, Federer isn't perfect. He does make some unforced errors, but not much. Why is that? His attitude towards the match. He rarely gets upset. Unlike other players (McEnroe, Murray etc.), he stays calm. Take the US open finals as an example. Federer vs. Agassi. He wasn't playing his best in the previous rounds, but when facing Agassi, Federer was destroying him in the finals.

He is really focused in his game, his mind is really clear. Notice how after every single shot, his hand doesn't just wave around unlike Nadal. He gets back to the middle if he isn't sure what the opponent will do, but he is usually a step ahead of his opponent. Being ahead doesn't mean he is jumping to conclusions. He is very observant; he isn't just guessing about what the opponent will do. Would he make an inside-out shot? or will it be a shot up the net? He doesn't just guess, he is observant, smart, and has got real skills. Nadal on the other hand, all he has is power. Federer isn't as strong as Nadal, but he has techniques. Players like Nadal will get injured a lot, and will have to retire at an early age. Federer is pretty old, but he is still healthy and playing.

Learn from your mistakes, and move on

Life is what you make out of it. If you choose to do nothing with it, you will never be successful.
I know this sounds kind of like the American Dream "Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement," and not a lot of people belief in this. But I think this is true. I am not saying that social class or circumstances of birth doesn't have an effect on your future. As a matter of fact, it does somewhat effects your future, but as long as you try hard enough, nothing's impossible. It doesn't matter where you come from, or what social status you have.....As long as you try your best, follow your dreams, your life will become meaningful and happy.
I've made a lot of mistakes throughout my lifetime (not that I am that old), and I am young, so I guess I am allowed to make mistakes...lol..but what I am trying to say is...Even though I really regret what I did, and I know that if I can relive my life, a lot of things would have changed. But what has happened has happened, and we can't do anything to change that. So why not make what's left of your life more meaningful? Learn from your mistakes, don't make the same stupid mistakes that you've made when you were young, and just move on!!!

Hong Kong People's Common Mistakes in Written English

I was going through my friend's essay today, and found some typical mistakes that a Hong Kong person would make.
1. Although there are many rich people living in Canada, but poor people still exists.
- Although already indicates but. There is no need for a but after the comma.
- People is plural, therefore, no s is needed
Although there are many rich people living in Canada, poor people still exist.

2. Not only was I late, I also missed my class.
- "Not only" is always followed by "but also"
Not only was I late, but I also missed my class

3. You remember me to bring an extra shirt
- remember me (.....I am not dead yet, no need to remember me) (記得我)
- remind me (提醒我)
You remind me to bring an extra shirt

4. There are too many water
- Water is not a countable object..."many" is used for countable object only. Should use "must"
-  Same thing applies to are..."are" is used for countable object too. Should use "is"

5. How to go to the office.
How do I go to the office

As I've said in my previous post. Reading more English books will help improve your English!!!

Is university overrated?

Is university overrated? Why do we go to university? To get a piece of paper which proves that you have finished your course. To fulfill your parents' desire. POSSIBLY gives you a higher position in a company (not guaranteed).......what else is there? There is actually not much to it.

Many students come out of university with a huge amount of debt. I don't know about others, but I really like learning, and I am always reading books or going to interest classes. Let me take learning a language as an example. I am a language person, I am always trying to learn more languages. Over the summer, I took Japanese classes and I actually enjoyed the process of studying. I learned a lot even through watching Japanese drama.  When I am studying things that I like in university or in school, like French, I still feel like I am studying for the sake of writing the exam, then I've quickly lost my interest in learning that language. In those interest classes, I learn, and I remember. In university, I memorize, write the exam, then I forget everything. I am in my 2nd year now, and I think I've never really learned anything.  Even if I go out into the workplace in the future, I am not going to use anything I have learned in university. So what's the point? I would rather learn something that I have an interest in, and remember it, rather than learning something that you will never use in your life after you graduate.

I really don't agree with people attending university. Unless they wanna become like a scientist, engineer or something professional. If you just wanna become a business person. Don't bother with university. Even people like Bill Gates, they dropped out of university. University is just a waste of time. University is just a result of peer pressure and social norms.

生於環境好一點的家庭就代表開心嗎？

好多人見到我就會覺得比起好多香港人，我好幸運，因為生於中等家庭。好多花費都不用擔心，可以外國留學。。。。。。。。
不過這樣會開心嗎？我覺得我壓力非常大。。。。。以下用英文解釋，比較容易描述。
I have a really intelligent brother....always top of his class, and super athletic.....
My mom has great expectations for him, like getting into Ivy League universities in the States....hopefully Harvard...
I on the other hand, is just a super normal average girl....slightly more athletic than other Asians, but academic wise, maybe......average or lower than average....My parents were just happy about the fact that I got into a university.....
Every time I go home, I feel really stressed. I am always compared with my LITTLE brother....notice how I emphasized the word "little". He can do calculus. He knows how to do differentiation and stuff...but he is only 13.
That's why I feel really stressful. A home is supposed to be a place where you can relax, lay back and do whatever you want...but every time I go home, I feel like someone cutting me open and putting a huge bad of rocks in me, like in the Little Red Riding Hood. I had a huge argument with my mom the other day, and she hasn't talked to me for three days now, and still is ignoring me.....My mom would never have such a huge argument with my brother......Both of my parents love him too much, they won't even bother to ask him to do some simple housework like taking out the trash.....I got really upset of course, and I couldn't hold it in anymore. I had a huge outburst. Right after my mom got mad, I left the house and went to school to study.....Did the same thing the second day, then went to my friend's house to celebrate a Chinese holiday, and did the same thing the day after. I always wonder, had I been born in another family, one not having university educated parents, would I be as stressful as I am now? Maybe they will take it easy on me? Or, if I am like my brother, they would treat me way better than they are treating me now......They don't even care about what I think....I HATE THEM.....I am just really unlucky....I need to regain my status in this household, that's why I always tell myself, I need to work harder and get a better job in the future. This is the only thing that can help me now...

黑人

好多香港人，even當地加拿大人都認為黑人只會搞破壞。這種行為叫stereotyping。你們所看見的只系一部分的黑人。其實我個人覺得黑人這個種族真系非常特別。黑人分好多種：
1。讀書非常差，成日搞破壞，犯法
2。一定擁有特殊技能 （運動，唱歌。等等）
3。讀書好厲害 (Michelle Obama)
4。非常好人，好容易溝通，可以做資深朋友，好friendly
5。一系就身材好好，一系就過肥。女人要大的就大要細的就細，男人好多肌肉好型
我好多偶像都是黑人，我的偶像包伙：
當然排第一就一定系~ Kobe Bryant
之後就 Michael Jordan, Paul Pierce, Derrick Rose, Serena Williams, Usain Bolt
歌手包伙有Beyonce, Usher, Rihanna
黑人都特別有正義感，譬如Martin Luther King Jr.............
講真一句需然我自己系一個亞洲人，我覺得亞洲人同白人都5夠黑人有特色。亞洲人只會讀書，講運動又不夠外國人。。。世界上有多少個李娜，劉祥？中國人Olympics拿金牌方法永遠不及美國人，中國人的運動training同外國不一樣。亞洲人除了揾錢，同讀書還會做什麼。
止於白人。。。。白人頭腦簡單讀書又比不過亞洲人，需然運動細胞同Arts方便需然比亞洲人好，不過點都比不過黑人。可能外表好看D。。。令仔D，令女D。。
分享下偶像的照片
Kobe Bryant

Beyonce Knowles

Derrick Rose

Serena Williams

點學北美英文？

今日上課的時候有一個香港同學剛過來留學，問了我一句"點樣先可以學好北美英文"
其實這個問題好難答，不過我會盡量解釋比大家聽學英文其實並不難。

首先同大家解釋以下語言有分4個不同的部份。寫作，閱讀，聽，同講。
好多人同我講，識讀就自然識聽，講，同寫啦。。大家這個想法非常錯。

寫作，同閱讀系interrelated, 而講同聽都系interrelated。

不過4個不可以放在一起。為什麼？
先解釋以下North American 白人講英文。北美人講英文同英國人不一樣。英國人講英文同寫出來的英文是一樣的。不過北美人講英文可以文法完全錯。所以好多白人其實都不能夠寫出好英文。亞洲人寫出來的英文有機會比白人寫出來的好好多倍。

譬如白人會講:If I was a boy ....應該話If I were a boy...好多人會搞亂If I were 同If I was..
如果想明白兩句的差別可以去看 http://mleddy.blogspot.ca/2007/03/if-i-were-if-i-was.html

所以最好學會講北美英文的放發系，去看電影，聽電台等等，聽得多就自然會識講
香港人講的英文：
香港人講英文時候好習慣一隻一隻字講出來。北美英文系連埋一起的。
香港英文: There Is A Dog
北美英文: Thersa Dog (There is 同a 連在一起的....變成There'sa dog)
如果能夠從電影裡看出白人常犯的錯誤同多Dslang，英文可以好快進步。
譬如:Whatssup, 或者 Whatddupp...Chill out 之類的
另外一個香港人常犯的發音錯誤
大家可以嘗試下讀 Sell, Whale, Bitch, Beech, Shit, Sheet, Ordinary
香港人最難學的發音系L字未的，同含有R 字。。通常Whale 會變成 "Wao"如果有興趣聽真確發音可以自己上網查，
講到寫英文，我個人覺得寫比講難。
不過最快學ge方法系。。多看書。。因為個人認為老師上課教的grammar rules系完全無用。自己看書就可以學會。。。我自己的英文都系看書學的

Chinese Cultures vs. Western Cultures

I am involved in a few Chinese social groups in my university. I was also an executive for one of the Hong Kong student societies. My university is mainly made up of Chinese, Hong Kongnese, and Indian students. Before I got into university, most of my friends were Caucasians or people from other Asian countries, I have never had real Hong Kong friends before. I feel like it is really hard to get along with Chinese. When I applied and got accepted for a job position in the society, everyone was so friendly; I felt involved, and I was passionate and energetic about my job. Soon I've realized that I am an outsider, and I am glad that I am not the only person who thinks that way. I met another girl in the group, she will also an executive. She was a Canadian born Chinese like me. We both saw a lot of problems in the Chinese student groups: Always asking for money, super fake, very competitive, really unfriendly, very ambitious, and always thinking about things like how to climb up the ladder and using other people. I was in the marketing/promotion department. The president of the marketing department was discussing with me about our sponsorship proposal, I offered to write up and think about new ideas for the proposal. After I've finished, I posted it to the club's discussion page. It showed on the side that I was the one who posted it. One minute after I posted it, the president took it off the internet and re-posted it with her name. I was blamed for not participating and contributing to the group. I soon lost my motivation to work for the group, and stopped contributing, and finally I got fired. Most of the students in the group are Management students (BBA). They will soon be going back to Hong Kong to find jobs. If these people are the future businesspeople, I now fully understand how the workplace in China is like. I need to develop myself more in order to fit and succeed in the workplace. I understand from personal experience, and from looking at my family that businesspeople do not play by the books. To help myself develop more, I've joint another student group, and have already applied for a position. I am going to work harder this time, and not let anyone put me down. I am going to leave off with this quote.
"In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment."- Charles Darwin

香港人所謂的90後

家庭
　　90后的家庭突破了很多传统，父母的生活态度有了很大改变。他们主张独立与开放，追求的是成功的事业与高质量的生活。所以对孩子的教育脱离不了金钱，不能从情感的角度去感化孩子，势必使他们产生叛逆的心理。同时，90后的很多家庭都有过拆散重组的现象，这样无疑带给他们情感上和心理上的创痕，使他们变得冷漠与自私，缺乏应有的温暖感与亲切感。
　　部分家长在对孩子教育的过程中感到了迷茫，他们现在成了孩子的“钱包”；指责孩子自私，只有自我，没有他人。随着物质生活的丰富，孩子的自控能力越来越差，学习成绩令人担忧，与孩子的沟通存在很大的问题。而另一方面，孩子在巨大的竞争压力下，已经丧失了很多本应该拥有的快乐。还被冠以问题少年，觉得十分委屈，以至于矛盾双方很难找到一个平衡点，与父母之间有代沟。

教育
　　由于时代变迁，国家经济转型，“90后”的父母们当他们刚刚成家立业就遇到了与他们从小早已习惯的生活模式大相径庭的体制改革——多年沿袭的“铁饭碗”被打破了。他们需要重新选择职业，需要靠自己奋斗，许多人被卷入了下海的大潮，巨大的压力使他们绝大部分时间都放在了工作上。
　　90后的孩子接受义务教育，经历了多次教育改革，虽然体验过“减负”、“素质教育”。这个时代的孩子承受更多的还是学习压力、升学压力。繁重的课业负担和心理压力，使得部分90后对学习没有兴趣甚至厌学。

source: http://baike.baidu.com/view/816346.htm

大人們把什麼標簽在我們。他們把責任推在我們身上，不如先看看他們怎麼把我們變成現在的“90後“
只在意樓價，市場起跌，和每年income 幾多個億的香港government 和市民們。你們是不是應該先關心一下孩子的教育和發展？我們是你們的下一代，we will become the ones who takeover your economy, and community. 是不是應該告訴我們除了make money 以外，其實生活有很多其他有意義的事呢？世界上有很多人需要我們的幫助，我們可以用我悶有的去幫助別人。
一個人的人身不應該只有money money money, 生活質素也很重要的。你們只認為做人要一直往上爬。
這種想法已經傳達到我們的思想；要成功，要先令別人(你的boss)認同你是一個成功的人，而成功的measurement 就是money 和assets.
大家認為我們所說的，都只是一時貪玩，懶惰，沒有經過思考。 我們比你們勇敢，勇於發言。
很多時候在報紙上看到那裡那裡的學生因為壓力而跳樓。你們只會說什麼“我們弱，不能承受一點點的壓力。我們以前60年代多辛苦，我們也一樣挨落去，因為你們懶惰所以想逃避"
其實我們不是懶惰，是因為你們把我們洗腦說什麼譬如不拿一個BBA degree以後很難找工作。所以才會出現這麼多命案。
不是每一個人都適合／喜歡讀什麼 medical school/law/business/accounting的,不是只有這些科目才可以找到出路。我們做其他東西還是可以很成功的。只是現在的社會不給我們機會。我們不是不喜歡讀書，只是要看讀什麼而已。
父母就是不讓我們發展，develop 我們的ability.

Importance of friendship

Since this is my first blog, just want to talk a little about myself as an introduction. When I was young, before I left my country, I went to a prestigious school. It was a school where almost every single parent in the city would want their girl to be in (It's an all girls school). My time studying in that school was like a really long nightmare. Not only was I bullied in school, but I also got beat up at home everyday. I really hated myself. Due to my horrible grades and many other family issues(I won't go into detail about them), I had a really low self-esteem. It was when I left the country and went studying abroad that my life got slightly better. I lived with my aunt and my uncle for a few years, but I soon couldn't stand them and moved out. During that time, I started to enjoy school; I started to see the fun in learning, but I hated going back to their house after school. Even my parents knew how I was being treated, so they decided that I would go to boarding school. After going to that school, I met a lot of friends, and a lot of inspiring teachers. I soon developed an interest in tennis, basketball, Philosophy, Psychology, and Law. I got into a pretty decent university, and that's when my nightmare came back again. Lucky it didn't last for long. I had to study BBA (Bachelors of Business Administration), that just wasn't my thing. I had to study that because of my parents, they think business is the only real degree in university.....never understood that logic..but anyways...I am not in the business major anymore, thank god. But the point is, throughout my ups and downs, I had a lot of friends supporting me (after I left the city of course, I had no friends back then). And if it wasn't for them....my attempted suicide would have been successful. So for anyone out there who feel helpless, you are not alone. You will meet someone along the way that will help pick you up. Get back up on your feet....and you will be fine.