一棵幼苗，除了阳光、水分、土壤，更重要的是必须历经磨练，才能茁壮成长。
And indeed, growing a plant is not as easy as "putting a seed in the ground".
Showing posts with label viewpoint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label viewpoint. Show all posts
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Person
From Bakemonogatari:
Kanbaru: "I'm a lesbian."
"I would have been willing to die for her back then."
"But I was rejected with no consideration."
Araragi: "No matter how hard you try, you can't take Senjougahara's place. After all, you're not Senjougahara. No one can become anyone else's replacement. No one can become anyone else. No matter how much you like her or look up to her."
It matters not who you cannot be, for it is who you are that makes you 'you'.
「自分に自信がある！」 (jibun ni jishin ga aru, lit. "Have confidence in yourself!")
P.S.: Found through many many searches with the help of Google Translate. Hope it's correct... XD
Kanbaru: "I'm a lesbian."
"I would have been willing to die for her back then."
"But I was rejected with no consideration."
Araragi: "No matter how hard you try, you can't take Senjougahara's place. After all, you're not Senjougahara. No one can become anyone else's replacement. No one can become anyone else. No matter how much you like her or look up to her."It matters not who you cannot be, for it is who you are that makes you 'you'.
「自分に自信がある！」 (jibun ni jishin ga aru, lit. "Have confidence in yourself!")
P.S.: Found through many many searches with the help of Google Translate. Hope it's correct... XD
Friday, July 17, 2009
Racial Discrimination
Case 'A':
Last night, a friend told me he will be the only Chinese among the Indians in his course. He was worried that he will be left out and thought it's normal for people to form groups based on their skin colour due to familiarity. He even went so far as to suggest that we will always leave the good things to 'our own people'.
=> Friendly people are the majority compared to their radical counterparts. I would only agree that language is a barrier, but even an unnecessary one at that. Treating others differently due to their ethnicity is plain wrong to me.
Case 'B':
Just a while ago I was chatting with a course mate when he expressed his concern that Wonder Woman (a Marvel Comics character) might be starred by a Black singer/actress (Beyoncé Knowles, whom I did not happen to know). To my objection he invited me to try to picture "Black Wolverine, or Black Batman or Black Superman".
=> His futile attempt to justify his argument was duly shot down as thus (humorously, of course):
Last night, a friend told me he will be the only Chinese among the Indians in his course. He was worried that he will be left out and thought it's normal for people to form groups based on their skin colour due to familiarity. He even went so far as to suggest that we will always leave the good things to 'our own people'.
=> Friendly people are the majority compared to their radical counterparts. I would only agree that language is a barrier, but even an unnecessary one at that. Treating others differently due to their ethnicity is plain wrong to me.
Case 'B':
Just a while ago I was chatting with a course mate when he expressed his concern that Wonder Woman (a Marvel Comics character) might be starred by a Black singer/actress (Beyoncé Knowles, whom I did not happen to know). To my objection he invited me to try to picture "Black Wolverine, or Black Batman or Black Superman".
=> His futile attempt to justify his argument was duly shot down as thus (humorously, of course):
- A dark Wolverine (wolf? werewolf?) doesn't sound bad to me. It's mysterious and nocturnal (hey!).
- Batman (bat) is a a nocturnal hero (animal) and anyway he doesn't show much of his skin under the sleek (black) outfit.
- Superman? He's an alien so who cares... He can be as outlandish as he needs to be. :P Do you expect aliens to be similar to you (White viewers, etc.)?
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