Page A5: Housing Minister in China said that the government would increase the stock of affordable housing and crack down on developers who hoard land and apartments to force up prices. In other words,some greedy folks in China but the government is promoting a harmonious society with roof above their heads.
In US, foreclosures are prevalent i.e. mortgages are foreclosed causing folks to be evicted or displaced. Americans need to have life,liberty of pursuit of happiness guaranteed by the Constitution. Happiness means a place to live and nobody would impugn except the homeless and the number seems to be going upward unfortunately.
Page A11: Professors pull the plug on laptops with a photo of a professor of law at Georgetown University with his students in a class: "The cone of distraction"- the notion that the students can fully attend to a lecture while intermittently toggling over to e-mail,ESPN and Facebook. Do you agree or disagree for such flip-flop manipulation? In Pin Yin: "Zhuan lai zhuan qu" for fun?
Comment in Pin Yin of the Chinese language: "Xin wu er yong" i.e. the heart(mind) is unable to focus on 2. That would mean only one concentration at a time. Or "Xin bu zai yan" to be absent-minded altogether. Such is not desirable for students to learn in a class. Don't you think?
Reflection of bygone years: Lives in the 21st century are full of new high-tech products that folks can't imagine not having. I was born before TV was invented and I remember seeing a TV in Chicago on my way to Washington in 1948. Nine years later,I bought my first TV on credit in San Jose,California in 1957 when the first boy was born. Now the internet is widely used in China and in USA. As a matter of fact, there are more netizens in US now.
Well,that is advancement in science and technology but we need languages for communication so I am still a student to learn the American language and culture from various sources. Such daily routine makes me feel young as a lifelong student to be a "xiao-huo-zi", a young guy for my mindset,off the ship to USA for advanced studies since 1947. Living is learning and all folks are my teachers with a humble heart and a modest mind.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 10.10 a.m.
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