well well well, i haven't renew my blog for a year, now it finally comes back to life!!
i`ve been away from hong kong for a year. ( of coz my heart is awys there...ok i admit i m quite lazy in keeping up with the news) for now i live in barcelona, saving up some money to continue my trip. as i m not really a 'normal' person, when everyone stay at home i go clubbing & when everyone go out i decide to go to an internet cafe & recover my democracy blog.
today is carnival but it's raining non-stop. who wants to go out anyway?
1. political communication
---i want to introduce 1 of my best friend here in barcelona- Maribel (from bolivia), we work together & she graduated political communication--what the hell is that?? we in hong kong we don't have a major like that in any university (hopefully!!!!) she explained to me briefly it's about how to communicate with the public (which i didn't really got it)
after some time i met a (boy)friend of my flatmate who used to teach political communication partime in santiago, chile.
me: so what is political communication?
Frank: basically it's about how to win an election
me: ??? it totally sounds like propaganda to me!!!
as u can guess i m VERY sceptical about politicians. having a univerity degree about how to win an election campaign (....lies, lies, & more lies?).....is not really my cup of tea
2. work?
1 night i had a big argument with an isreali guy about politics. after that maribel told me she thinks it's better not to talk about politics coz there can't be a conclusion & people just offend each other. i know this is partly true---i'll post that story later. me & maribel almost never talked about politics before but .....what it has to come has to come--
we were having a drink with an irish guy who lives in london, & i forgot how we start the topic...oh yes, we saw a cute blonde homeless guy wondering on the street asking people for money. then we were kidding that we can bring him home & bath him.
the guy: in london there's a lot of homeless people
me: really?
the guy: yeah, more than barcelona
me: yeah, i heard in london is quite easy to squat?
the guy: not anymore
me: ? i heard that there're a lot of abandoned building, & many charities giving food.
maribel: (totally disaproved, shaking her head) squating is against my religion
me & the guy: ??
maribel: you MUST pay
(now i m the one who shake my head & disaproved)
the guy: what about people who can't pay?
maribel: you MUST pay for the place you stay, & you MUST work for that
the guy: what 'bout ppl who can't work? ppl who're mentally disabled...etc
maribel: there must be SOMETHING, even if it is small thing that you can do. if you can't work at all, you're rubbish & you must die
(now i started to feel scared...)
me: u sounds like magaret thatcher!!
maribel: no i m not!
2. future president
we went into a bar, the conversation continued of coz--
me: is there a prime minister in bolivia?
maribel: no, the head of government is the president
me: what position u want to be? which department u want?
(she didn't answer straght away, after a moment she admit she wants to be the president, then she was explaining the situation in bolivia)
the guy: there is a lot of corruption in bolivia, right?
maribel: yes, there is A LOT of corruption. people just sell the national resources (like, oil) overseas very cheaply. those people are corrupted, they are beasts & they must die for that(me: .....) we need a strong government. the people in country side are very ignorant. the government need to be very strong, through propaganda, radio & everything, (.....oh my god, brainwash!!!) clear the corruption & change the people
me (getting even MORE scared) & the guy: what about freedon of speech??? & democracy?
maribel: i don't believe in democracy. there are many people who are so ignorant they cannot comment about the lives of others
me: you totally sound like the communists!!!! (it's true, the chinese communists would say exactly the same thing)
the guy: love & peace
then maribel & the guy started an argument about ireland vs england, we were drinking so the stuff we said is not really coherent:
maribel: what are u speaking? u speak english becoz english ppl were strong & they took over you
the guy: no it's not true! english ppl didn't take over ireland! we stopped them!
maribel: but u are speaking english. the english were strong. the strong has the right to take over the weak
the guy (start bullshiting): we are not weak! now i m living in london, i feel london is mine
maribel: just like united states is the strongest nation of the world, and it controls all latin america
me: no it's not the strongest, it's going down (asia is rising, USA can go to hell)
maribel: yes it is
.....obviously this kind of conversation can never has a conclusion (no agreement is possible, probably worse than WTO meeting)
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