It wasn't supposed to be a good year according to the Chinese Fung Shui for me, and it wasn't.
I counted myself lucky that at least my study goes smoothly, although I did not achieve very good results I managed to get myself graduated in time by the end of the year and got my honours offer from University of Adelaide.
Jobs are pretty hard to find I would say, none of my applications were even responded. But as I decided to continue my study and escape for another year, all I could hope for is that the next year would be better. I'm still on a part time job but changed spot, worse than the last job obviously but I won't stay in Melbourne for long anyway so I don't have to cope with it for long.
I've met the first horrible landlady in my life and stayed in her house for a month and a half. I've never met anyone so greedy, and slutty enough to screw the tradie working in the house in front of us, to get a special discount maybe?
I am starting to feel that I am getting old. I never had this thought before. In my plan for life ten years back I decided that I would never grow old, that is, I will kill myself when I'm... Back then I set a target of 30 so that I would not grow older than that. Seems this date had to be changed because I am already feeling myself old? That is, if I still wish to do so, which I'm no longer sure.
No luck in love as I said many times before. broke up with one and nothing comes my way after that. Melbourne is not the city for the one that I was meant to be with, it's quite obvious now after all these years. And I'm leaving Melbourne.
Will the world really come to an end at 12.21.12? I wasn't worried. There is nothing I could do if it is true and nothing would change if it isn't. Just live as we always live until the day comes then see what happens. Getting prepared for the end of the world is like an ant training his muscles the second before he was crushed between your fingers.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Copenhagen
Media coverage on the climate change conference in Copenhagen is everywhere these days that you can't actually turn a blind eye on. Seems that I should not just keep quiet on this one.
Although many would say that there is not yet scientific proof that human activity is causing global warming, I do personally believe so the same way that there is no scientific proof of existence of God but many still believe in it. Anyway this is not the point of this post.
The developing world is playing a bad role in this conference as far as I heard, taking climate change hostage to ask for economical compensation/benefits from the developed world. China, again, is one of the most shameless countries amongst.
The amount of greenhouse gas emission in China is only second to the United States at the moment and growing fast. It is foreseeable that the country will soon be releasing more greenhouse gas than any other country in the world. However, China is trying to evade its responsibility of reducing greenhouse gas emission because the US is saying that the funds it is giving would not go to China because they consider China a developed country. (Well it would do so anyway, that's just an handy excuse)
Should China actually be seen as a developing country? The Chinese government insists so naming a low per-capita GDP. Well, while the metropolitan people are enjoying every convenience of the developed world, there are people in the countryside living in extreme poverty. While the poor Chinese might be responsible of releasing ignorable amounts of greenhouse gas the metropolitan people are responsible of emitting the same or even larger amounts of greenhouse gas than people in the developed world. While one could split the poor countryside of China from metropolitan China and demands that funds only go to the countryside, the government would almost certainly never do so (just track back where did the donations for Sichuan earthquake go last year), all they want is free patented technologies and funds from the developed world and use them to boost its already deformed GDP, then use the data to continue deceiving its people of its growth despite the fact that people are ripped off by the government, and keeping its governence.
New vocabulary seems to be what the Chinese government is playing at the moment, 'reducing 45% of emission per unit GDP', clever, but hypocritic nonetheless. As we all see, China's GDP is growing at a significant speed and momentum (although its people are actually getting poorer). With the growth of GDP switching from second to third industry the emission per unit GDP would naturally reduce, but that does not mean the total emission of the country will decrease, quite the opposite, it would still be increasing. Let's do the maths, say the total GDP is 10 per year and per GDP unit emission is 1 in the year 2005, the total emission would be 10. There are 15 years between 2005 and 2020, with the GDP growth rate of 8% per annum, the GDP will become 31.72 in the year 2020, with 0.55 per GDP emission target achieved the total emission of China would become 17.45. See that? A 74.5% increase in the amount of emission! while the Chinese government blames that the target set by the US of a 17% reduction on greenhouse emission as not 'serious' enough, what about themselves trying to deceive the world and emit more greenhouse gases themselves? It is just a dirty trick because it's so obvious to most people that 45>17.
Tackling global warming is a global project that requires cooperation among all countries because the developed world and the developing world exist on the same earth. If the developed world works hard to reduce emission while the developing world is doing nothing or even increasing the amount of emission, it would just be an expensive political show with no winners eventually, because the global warming is not stopped and the huge amount of money the developed world spent on themselves and helping the developing world is giving nothing in return. The developing world might be benefitted by the funds at first but when consequences of global warming kick in they would be as fragile as everyone else.
Although many would say that there is not yet scientific proof that human activity is causing global warming, I do personally believe so the same way that there is no scientific proof of existence of God but many still believe in it. Anyway this is not the point of this post.
The developing world is playing a bad role in this conference as far as I heard, taking climate change hostage to ask for economical compensation/benefits from the developed world. China, again, is one of the most shameless countries amongst.
The amount of greenhouse gas emission in China is only second to the United States at the moment and growing fast. It is foreseeable that the country will soon be releasing more greenhouse gas than any other country in the world. However, China is trying to evade its responsibility of reducing greenhouse gas emission because the US is saying that the funds it is giving would not go to China because they consider China a developed country. (Well it would do so anyway, that's just an handy excuse)
Should China actually be seen as a developing country? The Chinese government insists so naming a low per-capita GDP. Well, while the metropolitan people are enjoying every convenience of the developed world, there are people in the countryside living in extreme poverty. While the poor Chinese might be responsible of releasing ignorable amounts of greenhouse gas the metropolitan people are responsible of emitting the same or even larger amounts of greenhouse gas than people in the developed world. While one could split the poor countryside of China from metropolitan China and demands that funds only go to the countryside, the government would almost certainly never do so (just track back where did the donations for Sichuan earthquake go last year), all they want is free patented technologies and funds from the developed world and use them to boost its already deformed GDP, then use the data to continue deceiving its people of its growth despite the fact that people are ripped off by the government, and keeping its governence.
New vocabulary seems to be what the Chinese government is playing at the moment, 'reducing 45% of emission per unit GDP', clever, but hypocritic nonetheless. As we all see, China's GDP is growing at a significant speed and momentum (although its people are actually getting poorer). With the growth of GDP switching from second to third industry the emission per unit GDP would naturally reduce, but that does not mean the total emission of the country will decrease, quite the opposite, it would still be increasing. Let's do the maths, say the total GDP is 10 per year and per GDP unit emission is 1 in the year 2005, the total emission would be 10. There are 15 years between 2005 and 2020, with the GDP growth rate of 8% per annum, the GDP will become 31.72 in the year 2020, with 0.55 per GDP emission target achieved the total emission of China would become 17.45. See that? A 74.5% increase in the amount of emission! while the Chinese government blames that the target set by the US of a 17% reduction on greenhouse emission as not 'serious' enough, what about themselves trying to deceive the world and emit more greenhouse gases themselves? It is just a dirty trick because it's so obvious to most people that 45>17.
Tackling global warming is a global project that requires cooperation among all countries because the developed world and the developing world exist on the same earth. If the developed world works hard to reduce emission while the developing world is doing nothing or even increasing the amount of emission, it would just be an expensive political show with no winners eventually, because the global warming is not stopped and the huge amount of money the developed world spent on themselves and helping the developing world is giving nothing in return. The developing world might be benefitted by the funds at first but when consequences of global warming kick in they would be as fragile as everyone else.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Eventful Day Huh?
Well.
Got a call from my boss in the afternoon, telling me that I don't need to work on Friday, which means, I completely lost the job I've been working for two and a half years... Well I am leaving Melbourne anyway and I have told my boss that, but I still need that money to pay back my credit card obviously... :S Anyway I couldn't say nothing hanging up the phone, all desparate and started working harder on my job hunting.
It was within a few minutes that I got an email from the honours coordinator in University of Adelaide telling me that I have secured my place for the Honours program for Viticulture and Oenology. I thanked him promptly of course and does not know how to react now, should I be happy or sad? It was all too sudden.
Then, just before dinner, I got another call from a restaurant that I left my resume last week, I was to be on training tomorrow there as a waiter. Well, a job is absolutely something that I am desparate for, and there it is. I thought my hope was gone and there it is. Well, hope this works out. This really relieved me a bit although I don't think this job would pay any good.
That's two good news against one bad then. I would consider it a good day.
Got a call from my boss in the afternoon, telling me that I don't need to work on Friday, which means, I completely lost the job I've been working for two and a half years... Well I am leaving Melbourne anyway and I have told my boss that, but I still need that money to pay back my credit card obviously... :S Anyway I couldn't say nothing hanging up the phone, all desparate and started working harder on my job hunting.
It was within a few minutes that I got an email from the honours coordinator in University of Adelaide telling me that I have secured my place for the Honours program for Viticulture and Oenology. I thanked him promptly of course and does not know how to react now, should I be happy or sad? It was all too sudden.
Then, just before dinner, I got another call from a restaurant that I left my resume last week, I was to be on training tomorrow there as a waiter. Well, a job is absolutely something that I am desparate for, and there it is. I thought my hope was gone and there it is. Well, hope this works out. This really relieved me a bit although I don't think this job would pay any good.
That's two good news against one bad then. I would consider it a good day.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Now
Exams, finished. Honours application, submitted. Job hunting, bit lazy but working on it. Results,my greatest fear is not how I did but rather whether they would be out at all. Visas, haven't started applying as I don't even know which to apply yet, depends on whether I'm getting a job or go for further study. Family, coming to visit me in Australia in exactly two weeks. My room, needs tidying. Graduation ceremony, depends on my results and whether they come out at all. Weight, I am scared to weigh myself now. Computer, upgraded to Windows 7. Love, no luck as always.
Well so here I am. Sitting here in front of my computer for the first time in quite a while - I've been cut back from my job as they needed to save costings and replaced me with the boss herself so they don't pay wage on weekends. The resumes I've sent out the other day got no reply as expected. But my situation is delicate anyway - I could work most of the time til one week before Christmas, then available again after Christmas. I don't think I could get a job before Christmas at all because there's only like two three weeks til then.
I think I might go out with friends tonight, well it's been too long since the last time I did so as I always work on weekends. Yes as I was cut back from my job I'm now pretty tight on money but I'll still go for it, just for one night.
Well so here I am. Sitting here in front of my computer for the first time in quite a while - I've been cut back from my job as they needed to save costings and replaced me with the boss herself so they don't pay wage on weekends. The resumes I've sent out the other day got no reply as expected. But my situation is delicate anyway - I could work most of the time til one week before Christmas, then available again after Christmas. I don't think I could get a job before Christmas at all because there's only like two three weeks til then.
I think I might go out with friends tonight, well it's been too long since the last time I did so as I always work on weekends. Yes as I was cut back from my job I'm now pretty tight on money but I'll still go for it, just for one night.
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