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4月12日

How about Some Free Hug...

 
Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.

In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.

In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person...

Music by Sick Puppies. Their album is out April 3rd called "Dressed Up As Life". Go out and support these guys.
(Visit http://sickpuppies.net or http://myspace.com/sickpuppies for the music)
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PS. The response to this video has been nothing short of overwhelming and touching. Hugs to every single one of you who messaged. There has been thousands of emails from all over the world by people seeking to participate in the Free Hugs campaign and asking for permission. You do not need permission. This is the peoples movement, this is *your* movement. With nothing but your bare hands you can make THE difference.

Imagine all the people.
   
  
 

 

 

4月11日

Just have to do it.

 
If not for those ANNOYING events happend during the Torch Relay, I would have just quitely enjoyed my Olympics Games.
But now, I am really got pissed off.
 
Suddently,we got so many people in the western countires full of love, caring towards to those poor helpless people in China. Well know what, I didnt recall anybody did anything when Hutus killing Tutsis all over the place in Rwanda ten years ago. In spring 1994 800,000 Rwandan people were killed right under the eyes of western governments. Nothing, NOTHING was done. And I am really wondering WHY now, Tibet, and China got all the attention.
 
A piece of interesting history fact is that thousands years ago, before any Europeans put their foot on the land of Africa, Hutu and Tutsi were totally get alone well with each other, UNTIL Belgian colonists made the minority Tutsi superior to the majority Hutus . Tutsi were consequently favoured over Hutus . The Belgians “systematically removed Hutus from positions of power and they excluded them from higher education, which was meant mostly as preparation for careers in the administration. They thus imposed a Tutsi monopoly of public life not just for the 1920s and 30s, but for the next generation as well” (DesForges 1999:34). This of course left the Hutus very unsatisfied with their situation and therefore set the stage for future conflict between Hutus and Tutsi * (HAUS RISSEN HAMBURG International Institute for Politics and Economics)...
 
Noticed? Something is smelly, something sounds awfully familiar... purposely seperating two groups, manipulating the minority against the majority, artificually creating some conflicts ..Ummm. did you see what I see? So the goal is not to free Tibet, the goal is to destry China from inside, to tear China into pieces.
 
Being a chaotic person, I always try to stay away from politics as far as I can. But any attemptation of destorying my country makes this a personal matter. One recommendation, how about we all focus on our own country, you take care of yours and we will work on ours. Maybe we can work on something together from time to time, but please do not come over and tell us how we should do. I seriously doubt that any other countries, for instance, France, US, etc, would have China's best interest in their mind. A wondeful thought, but I dont think it would happen. So, do not tell us what we should do about our own matters.
 
Envy and fear are the root of all these mass. Those countries envy of China's development and fear of what China could become. But you know what, find yourself a shrink and go through some sessions. Maybe go through your childhood and your past then tell us where this insecurity come from.
 
 
 

Trackbacked from La VIe a Paris: 奥运火炬巴黎站

 

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关键字:2008.4.7 巴黎 奥运火炬传递 复杂的情况
 
      话说08的奥运圣火从希腊到北京再转回欧洲,今天经伦敦到达巴黎举行传递仪式,我虽然手上有一堆事情,不过还是去看了一下。传递仪式不是我想象中那么好玩好看的样子,不过今天形形色色的人都见了,这些人啊。。。
      1. 先说传递路线吧:火炬从埃菲尔铁塔上面下来,沿塞纳河曲折绕至凯旋门,经香舍丽榭到协和广场,过市政厅和众议院,再向南到达南巴黎的大学城和终点站Charlety体育场(没想到这个夏尔莱蒂体育场,居然就是法国奥委会所在地。。。离我住的地方才10分钟步行。。。平时我还以为是个卖乱七八糟东西的地方,吃了一惊)。
      2. 我参加的是学联的队伍,分在第一组,位于埃菲尔铁塔下,可以作为特许观众进入管辖区域内观看火炬手从埃菲尔铁塔上带下火炬(我们已在最前,但是隔得还是非常的远)。随后我们自发去了火炬的途径地点。
      3. 必然地,这次藏独势力抓紧了机会拼命地反对奥运和叫嚣独立
      4. 警力的出动已经超过迎接国家元首的规模,达到5米之内必有2~3个警察的密度,整条街都布满了警车,直升机都出来飞了。。。凡是有藏独势力敢在我们面前闹一闹的,只要稍微出格,全部被警察拖走(后来看了伦敦的情况,也一样,一律拖走)。
      5. 身在外,真的感到藏独势力在外国国土和国际舆论上下的功夫,今天一看就很明白。一是有组织,很专业,今天出来反对奥运和中国的,很多来自记者无疆界组织的活动,他们就在我们对面骂街,集会,宣传,真的是超有一套,超专业,很多路过的法国人还深信他们的理论,帮助他们说我们不对,如果不是我们这方整体处理相当冷静,不知道双发又会发生什么事情。二是外国人根本不了解情况,盲目反华,我们质问道那些喊藏独的法国中年人有没有去过中国,他们明明都没有。三是意识形态已经严重侵入,街上遇到有小孩子看到中国奥运旗很不爽,还有路过的一群法国小学生们用法语在脸上写着西藏独立两个字。
      6. 当然也有很多法国人站在我们这边,在沿途的欢迎队伍里拿中国国旗,帖中国标志的法国人也不是少数,很多人也直接说出他们的看法,他们认为法国的媒体也受国家控制,西方搞的所谓的新闻自由,都是为了经济利益,政治利益,他们心里明白,假的,美国是,法国也是。
      7. 我有点理解当年89出的事情,真的拿着旗帜被人一激,人就失去理智了。幸好我是出世的态度。
      8. 由于今天在学联一组被他们默认搞成了旗手,于是照片就拍得不多。。。一手拿旗还一手抽空拍照真是很考技术。。。
      9. 提个对我而言很感兴趣的亮点,当火炬从埃菲尔铁塔下到地面的时候,由巴黎的轮滑警察开道护送出发,看着超过瘾 ^_^ (关于这一点,交大轮滑版的人赞,法语版的人骂,算了,我还是站在轮滑版一边吧,别人穿轮滑鞋护火炬是没错的,错的是那些干扰的人)
 
学联队伍到达                                                    一小组进到管辖区内
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仪式快开始了                                                    舞龙和舞狮队
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中法友好协会的人                                              藏独势力的人。。。
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从铁塔上下来了(运动员很小...只有现场看得见...)    火炬下到地面了,能看到么...
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铁塔远景                                                          今天就让五星红旗占领一下塞纳的桥:)
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藏独分子队伍和我们奥运支持者对喊口号               马上被警察分开
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又一个想借藏独出名的人,引来了无数记者             一个冲上来骂街的藏独女人被警察顶回去
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三个支持中国奥运的法国mm                                 支持中国的老人
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超级无敌可爱的小孩儿                                          站到红绿灯上也要看火炬传递的行人。。。
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法语版老版主陈浩..今天接受N家媒体的采访..牛..       偶遇同济在X的XuYang同学
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PS:补充报道
      据今天下午去看后半场的同学回来说,下午的形势很不好,关键地方挂了藏独的旗帜,还起了肢体冲突,火炬很多次受到干扰和冲击,说混乱一点不过分。法国电视台的报道我正在看,镜头大多为藏独旗,极少出现中国国旗,但是现场来看明显是中国的国旗和奥运旗为多的。补上这点说明。
 
PS:
     回来之后,不断切换了一下中/英/法的报道,看得我头都大了。
     法国的报道非常偏向ZD分子,说ZD分子集会反抗人数众多时故意连用了三个“非常”来修饰,还重复说两遍,有那么多么,气死我了,不看看我们这边人有多少,一句不说。镜头两边都拍了,但是放出来的全是他们的旗帜,大片大片的五星红旗他们故意在报道中避开了。目前在法国电视台中没有发现倾向于我方的正面报道,你说我们还有必要留在法国么。幸好我没有全听懂,否则我肯定气死了。
     英文的报道主要是带着无所谓看热闹的口气在报着。
     中国的我没法看电视,网络上有提到ZD分子的扰乱,但是提得很轻,形势一片大好,也过了点头,说巴黎的景致篇幅多了点。新浪网上有几段报道有点意思:
    “陈浩在巴黎一所名牌大学学习,他热心地在周围向过路的人们散发奥运宣传材料。“奥运应该是一座桥,是让大家相互沟通的;而不应该是一堵墙,让大家相互仇恨”,他一字一句地说道”(不知道是不是正好是我们高科的陈浩,确实他接受了相当多采访:))
     还有一段说“身穿黑呢大衣的帕特西亚女士前襟上贴着五星红旗,手里拿着一面布质的五星红旗,静静地站在热情的中国学生旁边,似乎在用自己无言的行动表示对他们的支持。‘我儿子在香港工作,我去过中国一次。从中国回来以后我就开始学习中文,至今已经两年了,我喜欢中国’,她慢慢地说道。”这个我就完全可以证明是真的,因为当时她就在我旁边默默地站着,还有她丈夫一起,他丈夫比较积极,她比较内向,但是她的眼神很特别,我都感动了。
     Youtube上录下了非常多各家法国电视台的报道,以及发生在街头巷尾的小事。可以了解了一些我们主干道以外的场景,看得我很伤心 

现在时刻11点半,我去睡觉了,难得睡得这么早的,气死我了,报道实在看不下去了,懂法语真是错。

This post is trackbacked from Liwaer 伦敦奥运火炬传递私记(一)

 

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  终于到家了,从唐人街到圣保罗,冷风飘雪中追着奥运火炬折腾了一天。虽然现在又困又饿,但还是决定先坐下来写点儿什么。明天开始,就要做回新闻人的本份了,关于这次伦敦的奥运圣火传递,却有许多上不得台面的私人感受,一定要记下来。

 

这一天里,人们对奥运圣火的关注已经完全偏离了主题。

所有的外国媒体都把镜头对准了那些拿着“雪山狮子旗”的叫哮者。守TOWER BRIDGE点儿的雪在回程路上告诉我:当她跟拍火炬的时候,有一个“藏独示威者”从两米高的雕塑上“生猛”地跳了下来,企图扑向火炬,“嘭”的一声摔在她身边后,警察迅速上来将其制服,而那些外国记者一下子全都涌了过来,开始狂拍,以至于完全“忽略了”正在传递的火炬。竟还有记者在拍完“突发事件”后希望火炬手能“come back”,好让他补拍一下,完成“正事儿”——还真是可笑。

不过,即便是我们这种占了很好的位置,紧盯火炬的媒体,也没能拍到什么。眼前晃来晃去总是一片“荧光黄”。在唐人街,火炬将要经过的主路上,警察似乎比悬挂的红灯笼还多。而当傅莹大使接棒起跑时,她周围起码有三层警察围成矩阵,让我们这些在采访区的媒体全部“望莹莫及”。

在圣保罗就更戏剧了。先是“大人物”讲话,乐队造势,再是警车开道,寒风中苦等的人们还没反应过来到底发生了什么,一个举着火炬的英国运动员就随一辆敞篷双层大巴一呼啸而过了。我倒是抓拍到一张,仔细看,那个运动员只是握着火炬柄而已,也就是说,那个人手里的火炬并没有点燃。这是个大“乌龙”到底是怎么回事儿,有待明天查证。

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即使大部分人都没能感受火炬从眼前传过,但所有传递点都被挤得里三层,外三层。各式各样的声音都试图借机传递到世人面前。意料之中的“藏独”、“法轮功”、“无疆界记者”就不用说了,就连“反对死刑”什么的也打着标语“赶来凑热闹”。英国人的日子真是“太过无趣”了吧,有些鬼子也许连西藏在哪里都没搞清楚,就跟着哄喊“Free Tibet”。

在圣保罗,坐在电话亭上的这妞儿,一边喊一边乐,而当我身处媒体区时,左侧人群中一个小男孩儿在对面一群“藏独分子”一波又一波的叫喊声中也像模像样的学着喊了起来,半大孩子可能觉得“Free Tibet”发音比较酷吧,就像很多英国少女会模仿怀恩豪斯把眼线画得又粗又丑一样——没什么大脑。

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不过小男孩的声音很快就在一句“×× shut up”中戛然而止。爆吼的是站在前排的一个中国男生——普通的留学生,像众多被“激怒”的中国热血青年一样。因种种原因不能完成“反藏独游行”的留学生们,在今天终于有了“宣泄”与“战斗”的机会,我们主编说,稍早在大英博物馆的“对峙”更加“精彩”。

我看到了他们的“反击”。我看到在特拉法加广场,一个女孩站在喷水池沿儿上怒斥一个拿着传单用英语“招揽”路人的“反共”人士,我看到与“藏独分子”面对面高唱义勇军进行曲的学生们,我看到有人推着车,把一瓶瓶绿茶递给声音已经嘶哑的学生。一张网上的倡议帖让这些学子们从四面八方赶过来。当时当刻,那些高举的五星红旗让我很震撼。

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peter

一个移民英国30年的马来西亚华人,在路边举着“让政治远离运动”的标语,他对我说“海外的西藏人被利用了……无论如何,用奥运会来达到政治目的是不对的。”

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        唐人街时,5个充气福娃相当“辛苦”,黄色的那只,里面是个女孩子,由于视线受阻身体笨重,几次“跪在”群众面前。

中国加油!Go China!

 


  

4月8日

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If you like to win, but you think you can't, 
 It is almost certain you won't.

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 But soon or late the man who wins
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