Things have been insanely busy here in Tianjin. Most likely, I'll get back to blogging more consistently when I return to Canada. I will keep a journal though so the memories will be fresh and authentic. I'm still alive just in case there is any doubts out there!
Upcoming topics:
Beach Vacation,
American Independence Day in China,
The Show at the Orphanage
Aaaand oh so much more.
P.S. When living in China, there's not a dull moment!
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3 comments:
Ah...things will get busy, and eventually, the excitement will fade...lest you be mindful and promise never to forget - and promises are, as they say, meant to be broken.
This blog about China, great work. You have surely painted a good image of China,...it almost seems like it's the place to be - THE only place to be. The same can be said to other countries, depending on where your heart is, there will your praise be....and in your case, it's in China, and I'd guess that you would feel the same regardless of your Chinese heritage.
Tis true what you said that the Western media portrays China in a not so positive light most of the time. Most of these people have never been to China. They have never set foot on Chinese soil, and their idea of Chinese people and food can be found in China Town. It is sad when people bash ignorantly.
As for my China expereince, I have seen many places in China, met so many locals, and everywhere I go, one thing strikes me the most - not the massive development currently on the works, not the amount of fancy cars on the road, not so much the fancy malls and their expensive products, nor the "squat toilets", nor the bicycles - what strikes me the most is how similar the people are from my home country, the USofA.
The people of China, I would say about more than 80%, if not all of the people here, desires a good life for their children, a better future. This desire propels everyone to go out there to work. Everyone wants a better life.
When I look and observe the movements around me, and feel the need of each to live; to work, eat, have fun, love,...etc, I see a people that are strikingly similar to the peoples of the West - of people everywhere.
If only more people can see this, then maybe, just maybe people back home wouldnt think of China so negatively, and we would all get along better.
Being able to travel has gotten us to a point where it is so easy to go from this place to another. I would encourage everyone to see as much as you can while you can....do it while you're young, do it now.
When I was young I used to hear the phrase "the youth is the hope of the future". I thought then "yeah right...you just want us to do what you want..." - but how true this saying is! The young people of the TODAY will take over TOMORROW. We need to have a better understanding of not just our little communities or counntry, rather we need to have a better grasp of the whole world. And what better way to understand a place, a culture, a people, than by living there, amongst them.
In retrospect, China is not perfect. It has plenty of flaws. Slowly they are being improved and changed. People hail China as the next superpower....but does being a superpower really a good thing? I wonder sometimes if we, the people, who see, are actually blind. We see a great China rising, on full speed construction and all; we see the people humming along, happy to ride the waves of prosperity. But where will it lead this country....truly where? Where has it led all the great powers that has come and gone in the past few thousand years?
With great power comes great responsibility, but power comes with money - and money, they say, is the root of all evil.
China is changing so fast, but is it heading the right direction?
We shall see soon enough.
We all do what we can to contribute in the great tapestry of life. We do what we can - we do our best, and we let it go.
Wow, great comment, thanks for that! I can agree with you on a lot of points, especially that people in China share a lot in common with people back home. If only we can put our differences aside to see what we all share, I'm sure we can get a lot more done through co-operation.
Glad you like the blog, I'll do my best to get back to updating it ASAP. With this insightful comment in mind, I'll do my best to put a special focus on issues surrounding the growth of China!
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