Woman’s future: A change to be made from the past

Gender equality is no longer a new issue. In fact it has been often related to the idea of feminism. The world today is very much globalized and developed but then, there is still some part of it having trouble with the very basic humanity issue of gender. According to Professor True, who is also an author on international relations and politics, “Discrimination against women in all forms-be it education, race, ethnicity etc., has been happening all this while and even seen to be legitimated in some countries. “

India, Pakistan and Egypt are among those countries which have a pronounced gap in the belief of gender equality, according to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project in association with the International Herald Tribune in April and May. Opportunity for jobs and education are favored to men and boys even when women were as qualified.

The rise of more egalitarian attitudes toward the roles of women and men is a good thing at least, as people starting to question the issues of gender discrimination and injustice. Women rights, which is part of the human rights, has been given adequate attention in United Nations Commissions on Human Rights (UNCHR). Several programs had been carried out to promote the idea of gender equality. In addition, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has been trying to include boys and men as a part of the body to promote women rights and “will make its commitment to gender equality a central and visible element of all its plans, policies, instructions and guidance.”

On the other hand, Women for Women International is a humanitarian organization that provides financial and emotional support to women survivors of war, which is co-founded by Zainab Salbi, an Iraqi-American writer and activist. Their programs help women achieve self-sufficiency through direct aid, rights education, job skills training and small business development. In 2005, the organization distributed $9.3 million in aid to 30,000 women.

As a feminist, I strongly agree that women deserve equal rights and opportunities as men. The entire societies can in fact develop better with contribution from woman and girls. Human- be it man or woman, we were born with the same inalienable rights including life, liberty and property. There should be no gap or differences between gender and women especially, should be given equal access to the opportunities as men. However, “it often took two generations before reality caught up with the changes in attitudes”, said Professor True.

拥有天赐的金嗓子-音乐天使符琼音

她是继来自砂拉越歌手Karen Kong 龚柯允之后我见到的第二位本地歌手。

自从见到Karen Kong 之后我就一直期待符琼音也能来Batu Pahat, 甚至想好了很多话要对她说。。。皇天不负有心人也！！盼啊盼，终于在5月9号让我盼到了符琼音！

如果说龚柯允的声音是甜美的，那符琼音的声音则属于那种令人不容忽视的、深具爆发力至足以将人吞蚀在音乐漩涡中的；就宛如巨人的斯吼声一般，让人沉醉而听出耳油。

说起符琼音，还真得感谢我的同学。还记得在她房里第一次听见符琼音的音乐-一首还旧金曲“酒干倘卖无”。轻柔的开头一直到令人激动的结尾，我还是第一次见识到一个人可以把一首歌诠释得那么有味道。把老歌重新演绎，却能在新编的曲风里保留原有的感觉，真得不得不佩服这个小妮子。

一首新歌“STAR”掀开了签唱会的序幕。那时我第一次听她现场演唱：哪有人把高音唱得好像喝水一样容易啊！！？？实在是太好听了！说真的，我真的被震撼得汗毛都竖起来了！（不过回家看了英文的歌词，有一点拗口，下次有机会的话我也想写写歌词　:P）

接下来一首“58度寂寞”同样也很好听，像晚安曲一样舒服。

没想到符琼音是永平人，为了这个签唱会她多唱了一首碧昂丝的歌曲“Listen”。好的程度我也不必说了，大家就站在那里静静的Listen. What else can we do?　 听着歌曲之余我也在想，或许她曾经在小镇的某个角落经过我的身旁吧？（笑）

原来她出道历程也不是一帆风顺的。在成为歌手前，外貌平凡还有些微胖，这样的外在条件离成为一名艺人何止是遥远。撇开本地歌唱比赛不说，一个人在海外歌唱比赛里拼搏也不是简单的事，比赛过程中也无可避免遇过一些瓶颈，可是到底是什么让她过关斩将，打败众多对手一举成名---除了那把得天独厚的好嗓子外我更佩服她的决心与毅力。

出道后，她瘦了好大一圈。人也变漂亮了，轻盈多了。对于一直苦于减肥计划却频频失败的我还真是一个好典范！ :P

人总在经过各种困难后更能茁壮成长。或许因为这样，符琼音一点架子也没有，亲和友善的态度更加让人不能不喜欢她。（比起来，那些跟在旁边做事的工作人员更显得糟糕。台上台下两张面孔这样不行，改一改吧朋友？）希望符琼音能以这样的心态一直走下去，珍惜自己拥有的，毕竟懂得惜福的人最知足。　：）

我也喜欢唱歌，虽然小学也是比赛的长胜军，但毕竟是n年前的事了。现在人老珠黄啦，好像没以前那么大胆自信了。可是我仍然感觉到有一股对音乐歌唱小小的热情仿佛还我内心深处的某个角落蠢蠢欲动着。。。或许我应该站起来勇敢的踏出第一步吧？

符琼音---你真的是让我学习的对象！不管是瘦身也好，练习唱歌也好，我都会向你看齐的！

--*期待你的个人演唱会，我一定报到！*--

永远的SUPERSTAR!!!

A funny day in Kinokuniya

I was browsing through some books on East Asian Study when this guy approached and tried to talk to me. (I forgot his name, so just call him whatever you like.)
He told me that he already finished reading one of books which I had in my hand, and that he’s a professor in France, majoring in Political Science- that’s interesting I think! And I did respect him as a professor.(1.Note this, he said “French” instead of “France”. This shouldn’t be happened to someone who lives in FRANCE.)
Well I told him that I’m learning French in university too, and it’s very difficult for me. “C’est tres difficile!”… but he didn’t seem to understand what I said . So okay, maybe my pronunciation is a bit different, or maybe he didn’t understand my slang. Just forget it.

2.He said he was on vacation and he rented a house in KL, “you can come to my house!” (well… maybe he was trying to be friendly!)

3. He said he bought one of the books on the shelf. “I read it in French translated version” but hold on, I don’t think there is French version for that book… let me check online and see?…

4. Then he commented on Mr. Bush and Mr. Obama- he said Mr. Bush is Mr. War and Mr. Obama is Mr. Relax- easy come easy go. Then I said something regarding Realism and again--- no response from him. He is a professor and he didn’t seem to understand what I’m talking about… the basic theory for political study…surely not???

5. And next when he talked, I realized that he tried to get close to me, kept looking at me from up to down and from bottom to top, and even wanted to touch my hands! (Excuse me sir! Better make sure you put your hands at right place before I chop them off!)

6. He proudly said that he can speak 4 languages- English, French, Arabian and Spanish. Then I told him that I can speak English, Chinese, Malay, Japanese, Korean and now learning French. He looked amazed when he knew that I know more than him.
We kept talking a little bit, on some topics but the more we talked, the more obvious that he didn’t know and at last he wished me all the best and left.

So…. The conclusion is: Be professional---we must do some study before we lie!!

Something in french...When I was 10 years old~ 法文小品？

This is my french term assignments, completed one hour ago~

Title: When I was 10 years old...

Quand j’avais 10 ans, on habitait en ville. Je suis née à Muar il y a longtemps. J’habitais dans un petit appartement avec mes parents, mais tous les weekends, j’allais chez ma grand parents.

Voilà mon école primaire ! Ma mère m’emmenait en voiture tous les jours, parce qu’elle était institutrice ici de 1996 à… 2005. Oui ! Jusqu’en 2005 ! Le travail d’une institutrice est très difficile.

J’aimais  beaucoup l’école primaire !

C’est Chiow Pei ! Elle est mon amie d’enfance. Elle est ma meilleure amie ! Nous nous connaissons depuis longtemps. Certains amis sont très égoïstes mais Chiow Pei était très gentille et sensationnelle.    

Je sortais tout le temps avec lui. On jouait au foot, on se promenait à vélo, et on faisait des tas de choses ensemble. 
(这是巧佩！她是我童年时期的好朋友。 她是我最要好的朋友！我们认识了好长的时间。有些朋友自私自利的，可是巧佩非常温柔懂事。我常常和她在一起。我们散散步，骑骑车，一起做很多事情。)...幼稚园的感觉哦？哈！

J’étais bonne élève ! En classe, j’avais toujours de bonnes notes. Les instituteurs aiment les élèves travailleurs !

Et pour ma première histoire d’amour ? Oh là là ! Je me souviens très bien. Il s’appelait Cheang et il était très gentil, très beau ! Mais il était timide et parlait peu. Nous étions camarades de classe et c’était mon voisin dans la classe. J’ai été très amoureuse de lui de 1996 à 2006. Dix ans ! Apres, il est allé dans une autre université de l’Allemand.  

J’ai célébré mon anniversaire de naissance à la maison le 19 Décembre.

Je prendrai mes parents de me donner un cadeau. J’ai reçu un vélo pour mon anniversaire. Qu’il est beau ! Mes amies et moi - nous avons chanté et dansé jusqu’à minuit.

Mais Je me suis blessée dans un accident.  Rien de grave mais tout le monde me pose la même question ! ‘ C’est dommage. Allez-vous mieux maintenant ?’

J’ai cessé de pleurer et tout va bien. Merci!

Starbug Day~ *

After a long period of no-time-to-sleep struggle, finally I went out with Rudolf-The-Red-Nose-Adeliyn for a movie in Cheras Selatan. Too bad we were quite early and the movies were late so we decided to go Starbucks for some TiraMissU~~

I was, indecisive as usual so I took a last minute order for a Strawberry Smoothie. Apparently I was attracted by the colour- it looked nice and irresistible. But good-looking thing doesn't necessary to be nice. It was a bit sweet and too creamy for me to go until the bottom of the cup.
 
And we ordered a piece of Ipanema!

Ipanema was nice! Too nice for us to finish it in a flash without taking a picture! yum yum~

It really lightened up our day... So we ordered a 2nd piece of cake- the Rocky Road, and... it really will rock you up from the coffee table to argue with the waiter... for being suck. Imagining a layer of heavy peanut butter with some soggy crushed peanuts and soggy marshmallow cubes in between two blocks of dark, thick, hard chocolate cake----> Bizarre!!! Don't think I will order this lump again for the second time in my life.

                                                     Strawberry Smootie and Miss Rudolf!

In short.. it was a Starbug day!!! 

P/s: To Yuko-san, if you happen to read this post, wanna ask you

WHEN WILL WE GO FOR AN AFTERNOON TEA LIKE THIS ??

Regional Disaster

Well couldn't really believe myself that I'm actually blogging when the Regional paper is coming on its way at a rapid speed!!
The class, all this while, seems to be easy and relaxing but none of us foresees the dangers and obstacles laid behind. So woohoo!! here's the consequence!!

Right now I can do nothing but pray, nothing but struggle, nothing but staying awake in this late silent night.
Quoting somebody, "Go with God"- hey I wish I could, buddy!!