Interesting news.

Out of the many news that were shown on the TED speech, I found the miracle on Hudson the most interesting. The interesting part about this story is that so many lives were saved after a plane striking a flock of geese and losing its engine power. The pilot decision and skills to ditch the plane into the Hudson River of Manhattan. I was mostly amazed at this story with the pilot's calm judgement under such an extreme situation and as a result, saved more than 150 lives.

In the future, I hope to be able to get a job that I can be proud of. I think that this pilot would have been extremely proud of himself after this incident. I'm not sure what I can become, but I will try hard for a bright future.

My special place

When I was a child, my special place to go was the open space on the playground at my elementary school. The play ground was fairly big and there was a space where hardly anyone goes to. While being a child, I sometimes wanted a time to relax by myself. I'm pretty sure everyone will think that children need to play or run around during luch breaks, and I'm not saying that I never ran around with my friends. But we all have those times when we want some time on our own, and this special place of mine gave me freedom. There's one small tree on the open space, and on the tree there are sometimes ladybugs on it. It's kinda embarrassing but I used to play with the ladybugs. Sadly I had to say goodbye to it when I graduated that elementary school... I wonder if it's still there.

I'm sure there are many other places that are special to me, but in my childhood, but that place was my favourite. Right now, my special place would have to be Kwangaku. It's given me many special times just in the 8 Months that I've been to Japan. I hope to make more special places in the future.

My view on multiculture

In my opinion, I think that small cultures should'nt be pushd out of our society at all. If there are only limited choices of what  to do, they should be merged into another culture. Even hough they are not reallyrecognized well, they should have the right to exist. It is important to have the business and economic growth, but it is also important to have people's feelings in our mind. People in those small communities would not want their cultures to disappear what so ever. In Ausralia, where I use to live, people do not have the aboriginal culture in mind as lifestyle, but mostly used in a souvenier matter. I take this as a mistreat of the aboriginal culture, because I can only see the aboriginal cultures in souvenier shops, which make me think that they are only used for making money. Or am I thinking too much?

Bullies in Japan

Usually bullies are thought to be people who make fun of people and sometimes add violence to the weaker. But in fact I have never seen bullies hitting or kicking other people before. The most that I have seen with my eyes are people calling names, which only lasts for 2 days maximum. But those people who get bullied tend to be a so-called, 'geek' or 'nerd' looking. It is kinda hard to explain their characteristics so it may be good if you can google it. I think they get bullied because they look weaker than the ones who bully. Bulliers just go to take on some weaker than they are.

In Japan, there have been many news on bullying. I think Japan's bullying is going over the line. Saying things like 'die' or giving violence that is too harsh etc. This might be caused by the media, where some kids may have seen news on other kids bullying and be influenced by it. I think Japanese kids need to be able to know the limit of what is okay and what is not.

Should women be paid?

It is discussed whether women should be paid for doing houseworks, but in my opinion, it is too difficult to set the payment system. It is going to be really hard to decide on how the system works, whether it's going to reflect on how long the woman has worked or what they did. My parents don't usually come back home, so it was either me or my sister to do the chores. It seems to be successful enough.

If I get married in the future, I am willing to support my wife as much as I can because I don't want her to be too exhausted.

Gender Issue in Japan

There are many different types of gender issues in Japan, such as trains that only allow women, women's day etc. But the gender issue that I find interesting are the Japanese lodgings that only allow women in. It may be just for the security of the girls in the lodging, but what I thought was that 'why can't people trust men here?' To be honest, by making that lodging just for women, doesn't that mean that it is more dangerous for the women living there, since only women can live there? If a male criminal wants to attack a woman, that lodging should be a perfect target...

This gender issue is really confusing for me...

Japanese subculture: Otaku

When I was in Australia, many of my friends was talking about the Japanese anime culture, and I was often called an Otaku. It's true that I have interest in Japanese anime, and I didn't really mind if people thought that I am an otaku for that, but I do not appreciate people criticizing people about their country's stereotype. Even in the Japanese society, people treat otakus inappropritely, but I think it's okay for people to have their own interests. We should all respect what others have interest in.