I havent had time to buy Martin Jacques book on the rise of China as a global power but I listened to his talk and seem to see a remarkable transformation in short span of half a century.When Deng Xiao Peng started on opening up China,special economic zones were opened up in the eastern coastal areas in the 1970s when China's GDP was less than the African states.It projected by 2030,China's GDP will make up 34% of world GDP,followed by India at 18%,US at 15%,EU at 13% and so on.That remarkable leap in GDP is due to its export of electronic goods,its base as a contract manufacturer and push into heavy in dustries like ship building,drone building and intermediate manufacturing goods.Its rise is also based on the meritocracy system of competitive education system.
A member of the audience posed the question that since it is a patriarchal system of governance,what would be the unequal status of females.Looking at it,indirectly the one child policy to control population boom had benefited the female's status in society.Whereas in the past the males would have the best of educational and career opportunities,with the one child policy,Chinese females had the chance of education and career opportunities in which previously marriage was the only means of economic advancement for a Chinese female.The number of female Chinese entrepeuneurs and billionaires in China far outweigh those from countries like Japan,Korea or India.
It seemed a blessing in disguise when the reproductive rights of females was limited to one child because mothers could have more time and energy to devote to small businesses and contribute to the household income ,thus giving them a bigger chance to be decision makers in the family as they had a louder voice unlike the past.I feel that statistically the college admissions of females could have outnumbered the males as trends in education show the female applicants are more focused and less distracted.In many ways even in the US,females reproductive rights are curtailed by the religious right's control over planned parenthood which doesn't give females as much freedom as in China which is basically agnostic.
It's only in the field of politics that women haven't reached the representation that they should hold or in the legislative arena.But so too ,that was the low representation of women in the US until recently.
The 21st century might see the emergence of female participation in the political and legislative arena and it would impact on how global policies would change to a more inclusive priority on education,healthcare,food policies,access to basics of sewage,water and electricity and etc.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
Quiet as a mouse
In Asian society,females are expected to be submissive,docile,passive and quiet as a mouse.So Western men who can't handle the dominant Western female counterpart has a fetish forAsian females cause they can "lord" over them and be flattered and served hand and foot.
Unfortunately,our sisters in the West gave us a wake up call to fight for gender equal rights and not to take harrassment sitting down.So Korean women would expect to have a say over their own reproductive rightsand lobbying for laws to change.They are at forefront marching for laws to ban upskirting and punishment for perverts who make spycam porn and publish them on the net.
Time that japanese women stand up when laws say if you don't fight aggressively against the rapist,it's a sign of consent.So children raped by parent should be more severely pun ished than that by a stranger because the victim has been psychologically emotionally abused by the very person who gave her life.Disgusting animal parents.
Indian women are going down to the streets condemning the brutal gang rapists that rape and kill the victims to silence them forever.
When the Western women are assertive in pushing for laws to personal safety and privacy,they start a ripple that grows into a bigger and bigger circle all over the world.They raise awareness that to remain silent allows perpetrators to act with impugnity that they can get away with their perverse actions and act above the law.
No wonder mail order brides areassociated with Philippino women or Child sex actors with Cambodian females.Time that gender rights be taught in primary schools so that females won't be exploited.
Unfortunately,our sisters in the West gave us a wake up call to fight for gender equal rights and not to take harrassment sitting down.So Korean women would expect to have a say over their own reproductive rightsand lobbying for laws to change.They are at forefront marching for laws to ban upskirting and punishment for perverts who make spycam porn and publish them on the net.
Time that japanese women stand up when laws say if you don't fight aggressively against the rapist,it's a sign of consent.So children raped by parent should be more severely pun ished than that by a stranger because the victim has been psychologically emotionally abused by the very person who gave her life.Disgusting animal parents.
Indian women are going down to the streets condemning the brutal gang rapists that rape and kill the victims to silence them forever.
When the Western women are assertive in pushing for laws to personal safety and privacy,they start a ripple that grows into a bigger and bigger circle all over the world.They raise awareness that to remain silent allows perpetrators to act with impugnity that they can get away with their perverse actions and act above the law.
No wonder mail order brides areassociated with Philippino women or Child sex actors with Cambodian females.Time that gender rights be taught in primary schools so that females won't be exploited.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Laughter is the best medicine
A kid wrote in his farewell note to me that he would miss the fun he had in my class and my louder than life laughter.Yeah ,there will be days when it's so dark and you are so down and we shouldn't take life and ourselves too seriously.The lighthearted moments remind us to enjoy the simple things like jokes,food,dance,nature and music.If I can make 30 kids laugh until their bellies ache,then I would have done my job better than to drill 1,000byte of facts into their zombie dazed brain.
If they become more compassionate to the less fortunate like refugees or donate to help the homeless and put aside stereotypical views to listen to a poet with Rafstafarian locks or the guy who dressed as Juliet or a gangsta in a student video,then I have done my job.I'm mighty proud of the guy who changed course from a career in accountancy to follow his passion in music and Spanish guitar,or the student whom I attended his performance in a choir and sings opera songs for hobby or the Indian students studying engineering who published a book of poems and wrote a novel or the archiectect who became a celebrity youtube star and a celebrity comedian host on national TV,the students who directed and put up a dancevideo and do other creative passions.
Does a Finger Fing?
by Nedra Newkirk Lamar
Everybody knows that a tongue twister is something that twists the tongue,and a skyscraper is something that scrapes the sky,but is an evesdropper someone who drops eaves?A thinker is someone who thinks but is a tinker someone who tinks?Is a clabber someone who goes around clabbing?
Somewhere along the way we all must have had an English teacher who gave us the fascinating information that words that end in ER mean something or somebody who does something,like trapper,designer,or stopper.
A stinger is something that stings,but is a finger something that fings/Fing fang fung.Today I fing.Yesterday I Fang.day before yesterday I had Already fung.
You'd expect eyes,then,to be called seers and ears to be hearers.We'd wear our shoes on our walkers and our sleeves on our reachers.But we don't.The only parts of the body that sound as if they might indicate what they're supposed to do are our fingers,which we've already counted out,our livers,and our shoulders.And they don't do what they sound as if they might.At least,I've never seen anyone use his shoulders for shoulding.You shoulder your way through a crowd,but you don't should your way.It's only in slang that we follow the pattern,when we smell with our smellers and kiss with our kissers.
Sometimes occupational names do reveal what the worker does,though.Manufacturers manufacture,miners mine,adjusters adjust-or at least try to.But does a grocer groce?Does a fruiterer fruiter?Does a butler buttle?
No,you can't just trust the English language.You can love it because it's your mother tongue.You can take pride in it because it's the language Shakespeare was dramatic in.You can thrill to it becaise it's the language Browning and Tennyson were poetic in.You can have fun with it because it's the language Dickens and Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll were funny in. You can revere it because it's the language Milton was majestic in.You can be grateful to it because it's the language the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence were expressed in.
But you just can't trust it!
If they become more compassionate to the less fortunate like refugees or donate to help the homeless and put aside stereotypical views to listen to a poet with Rafstafarian locks or the guy who dressed as Juliet or a gangsta in a student video,then I have done my job.I'm mighty proud of the guy who changed course from a career in accountancy to follow his passion in music and Spanish guitar,or the student whom I attended his performance in a choir and sings opera songs for hobby or the Indian students studying engineering who published a book of poems and wrote a novel or the archiectect who became a celebrity youtube star and a celebrity comedian host on national TV,the students who directed and put up a dancevideo and do other creative passions.
Does a Finger Fing?
by Nedra Newkirk Lamar
Everybody knows that a tongue twister is something that twists the tongue,and a skyscraper is something that scrapes the sky,but is an evesdropper someone who drops eaves?A thinker is someone who thinks but is a tinker someone who tinks?Is a clabber someone who goes around clabbing?
Somewhere along the way we all must have had an English teacher who gave us the fascinating information that words that end in ER mean something or somebody who does something,like trapper,designer,or stopper.
A stinger is something that stings,but is a finger something that fings/Fing fang fung.Today I fing.Yesterday I Fang.day before yesterday I had Already fung.
You'd expect eyes,then,to be called seers and ears to be hearers.We'd wear our shoes on our walkers and our sleeves on our reachers.But we don't.The only parts of the body that sound as if they might indicate what they're supposed to do are our fingers,which we've already counted out,our livers,and our shoulders.And they don't do what they sound as if they might.At least,I've never seen anyone use his shoulders for shoulding.You shoulder your way through a crowd,but you don't should your way.It's only in slang that we follow the pattern,when we smell with our smellers and kiss with our kissers.
Sometimes occupational names do reveal what the worker does,though.Manufacturers manufacture,miners mine,adjusters adjust-or at least try to.But does a grocer groce?Does a fruiterer fruiter?Does a butler buttle?
No,you can't just trust the English language.You can love it because it's your mother tongue.You can take pride in it because it's the language Shakespeare was dramatic in.You can thrill to it becaise it's the language Browning and Tennyson were poetic in.You can have fun with it because it's the language Dickens and Mark Twain and Lewis Carroll were funny in. You can revere it because it's the language Milton was majestic in.You can be grateful to it because it's the language the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence were expressed in.
But you just can't trust it!
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
imagine the future
I've been showing the kids some documentaries about lifestyles of the future.
One would be smart clthing that can monitor heat,body temperature,heart rate,sweat or caps that monitor brain waves so with that a user could receive timely updates on his health condition,if he has potential heat cramps,a stroke coming or imminent cardiac arrest,it would notify emergency unit of hospitals.Even smart toilet bowls can do urine analysis or detect piles.
I think fridge doors should act as interactive display screens of recipes by looking at the contents of veg and meat in our fridge and advising the best recipes and cooking methods to us to achieve optimum health.
Floor tiles that have vibrators embedded could do foot reflexology or sofas with rollers embedded at the back for back rub.A smart installation at the balcony could have hydroponic vegetables like lettuce and herbs growing with an automatic greenhouse glass enclosure to shield from strong light and regulate UV light, with automatic sprinklers that deliver liquid fertilisers at designated times.
Robots that have dual function as a refrigerator and oven and slow cooker means that if I'm at the office,I can activate remote control devices that would switch from fridge mode to defrost mode the marinated chicken or meat and roast or grill or stew ingredients I've put into its central holder.Best would be if i pour in detergent,it would clean itself.Yipee,Then the robot can transfer food to s serving dish and put it on the table when I want hot,piping meal.Now that robot is called MOM.She can be moody and so the recipes turn out with different taste everytime according to her whims and fancies.When all measurements are digitised and so on we just put the ingredients on a serving dish and the robot selects and weighs exact amount of spices and sauces.
Appliance makers like Haier are moving offshore productions to be nearer to source of raw materials,cheaper labour and mass markets in Africa.There is synergy
as R and D could be done to suit local needs of consumers.
One would be smart clthing that can monitor heat,body temperature,heart rate,sweat or caps that monitor brain waves so with that a user could receive timely updates on his health condition,if he has potential heat cramps,a stroke coming or imminent cardiac arrest,it would notify emergency unit of hospitals.Even smart toilet bowls can do urine analysis or detect piles.
I think fridge doors should act as interactive display screens of recipes by looking at the contents of veg and meat in our fridge and advising the best recipes and cooking methods to us to achieve optimum health.
Floor tiles that have vibrators embedded could do foot reflexology or sofas with rollers embedded at the back for back rub.A smart installation at the balcony could have hydroponic vegetables like lettuce and herbs growing with an automatic greenhouse glass enclosure to shield from strong light and regulate UV light, with automatic sprinklers that deliver liquid fertilisers at designated times.
Robots that have dual function as a refrigerator and oven and slow cooker means that if I'm at the office,I can activate remote control devices that would switch from fridge mode to defrost mode the marinated chicken or meat and roast or grill or stew ingredients I've put into its central holder.Best would be if i pour in detergent,it would clean itself.Yipee,Then the robot can transfer food to s serving dish and put it on the table when I want hot,piping meal.Now that robot is called MOM.She can be moody and so the recipes turn out with different taste everytime according to her whims and fancies.When all measurements are digitised and so on we just put the ingredients on a serving dish and the robot selects and weighs exact amount of spices and sauces.
Appliance makers like Haier are moving offshore productions to be nearer to source of raw materials,cheaper labour and mass markets in Africa.There is synergy
as R and D could be done to suit local needs of consumers.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Some novels are so comical
It's easier to write a tear jerker than a comedy.Somehow sob stories are a dime a dozen but witty writing tickles the funny bone.I was giggling reading Will Hodgkinson's novel The house is full of Yogis".He has a far from boring childhood with such eccentric parents.His dad was a madcap overindulgent parent who never really mature-did things equally childish as his kids like setting out ridiculous fireworks.
His mom was a radical feminist,not your stereotypical housewife-they looked like from the era of the flower power people,mary Quant and bell bottoms and platform shoes.The counter culture people who rebelled against conventional behavioursInvasion of the yogis into their household turned routine topsy turvy.A dad who taught a pet gerbil to meditate with him
This is a light hearted easy going novel -good to look at botchedup childhood.This novel would make a hilarious movie with melodramatic parents -a father who lights unique fireworks that ran haywire and shooting off in all directions,causing the dinner guests in the garden to run for cover and a control freak mom who insisted she knew how to captain a houseboat and lands up in the river.What a crazy family!Makes Home Alone a relatively tame movie by comparison.
If I had lots of money,I would finance a coming of age movie from this novel.I nearly choked on my breakfast ,spewing out hot earl grey tea,chuckling out loudly when I was reading at the dining table about the crazy nature camp Will was sent to where they had to learn how to simplify their lives and live without modern conveniences like dishwashers but the BEST part was the primitive hole in the ground toilet.They were asked to save paper and be environmentally friendly by using water to wash their bum which he described in freezing cold weather as "the bottom water torture" and while he was squatting on two filmsy planks placed above a smelly poo filled pit,he was praying not to make ONE false move or he wouldn't wish to live any longer."Ha Ha ha,reminds me of a PIT Stop we did in a rural village in Szechuan in which there were no toilet doors and we squatted between two planks ,trying not to off balance,which could send us plunging into the cesspit of human manure and excreta,excreta,excreta. ETC.But the melodrama didnt end there,just when he thought things couldnt get worse,a five year old girl came upon him doing his "private thing" and wouldnt leave him in peace by asking awkward questions and staring at him.He shouted at her to get lost and go back to the camp,whereupon she stumbled and pulled down the cloth screen tied between two poles .He heard howls of laughter as the whole team of guys and gals were exposed to him squatting down with pants pulled down to his ankles.It was a Show time" for the whole camp but He had to continue what he had started.The scene was so hilarious that I lost my appetite to eat breakfast and packed it up.Now if you see this novel at Book Excess ,Buy it.You can die laughing!!!!!
His mom was a radical feminist,not your stereotypical housewife-they looked like from the era of the flower power people,mary Quant and bell bottoms and platform shoes.The counter culture people who rebelled against conventional behavioursInvasion of the yogis into their household turned routine topsy turvy.A dad who taught a pet gerbil to meditate with him
This is a light hearted easy going novel -good to look at botchedup childhood.This novel would make a hilarious movie with melodramatic parents -a father who lights unique fireworks that ran haywire and shooting off in all directions,causing the dinner guests in the garden to run for cover and a control freak mom who insisted she knew how to captain a houseboat and lands up in the river.What a crazy family!Makes Home Alone a relatively tame movie by comparison.
If I had lots of money,I would finance a coming of age movie from this novel.I nearly choked on my breakfast ,spewing out hot earl grey tea,chuckling out loudly when I was reading at the dining table about the crazy nature camp Will was sent to where they had to learn how to simplify their lives and live without modern conveniences like dishwashers but the BEST part was the primitive hole in the ground toilet.They were asked to save paper and be environmentally friendly by using water to wash their bum which he described in freezing cold weather as "the bottom water torture" and while he was squatting on two filmsy planks placed above a smelly poo filled pit,he was praying not to make ONE false move or he wouldn't wish to live any longer."Ha Ha ha,reminds me of a PIT Stop we did in a rural village in Szechuan in which there were no toilet doors and we squatted between two planks ,trying not to off balance,which could send us plunging into the cesspit of human manure and excreta,excreta,excreta. ETC.But the melodrama didnt end there,just when he thought things couldnt get worse,a five year old girl came upon him doing his "private thing" and wouldnt leave him in peace by asking awkward questions and staring at him.He shouted at her to get lost and go back to the camp,whereupon she stumbled and pulled down the cloth screen tied between two poles .He heard howls of laughter as the whole team of guys and gals were exposed to him squatting down with pants pulled down to his ankles.It was a Show time" for the whole camp but He had to continue what he had started.The scene was so hilarious that I lost my appetite to eat breakfast and packed it up.Now if you see this novel at Book Excess ,Buy it.You can die laughing!!!!!
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