Wednesday, October 04, 2006
I thought this sounds kinda silly...
...but anyways, during my macroecon prelim today, while i was arguing why as a President of Africa, i want to use the 1 million dollars donation to buy shoes for children instead of investing in research to eradicate the feet-attacking worms, which both increases labor efficiency, i suddenly felt deeply how much a not-very-large amount of money can do for these people living in poverty, and sometimes for all those lofty policies with lofty claims of "bringing a better future to the poor", these seemingly-altruistic rich countries/people seem to forget the simple fact that all these people need is just a little love and empathy to what they really need.
well, i think i am reading way too much into ONE prelim question, and in any case i might have been arguing in the wrong direction bleaghz, but actually, i am kind of suspecting this is exactly the hidden agenda of my professor who, despite his punch-deserving i-think-i-am-way-superior-to-all-you-smug-americans-HAA arrogance, has been subtly weaving in the idea of helping the economically underdeveloped countries while teaching us his favorite Solow model. :P
oh did i mention i am very entertained by his suanings of the americans? hahaha. not tt i am anti-americans but it's just very amusing i thought haha.
today, my Japanese teacher explained to me her pet phrase "na ru ho do" (she doesnt even realised how often she's using it hahaha) means "yuan2 lai2 ru2 ci3" and my eyes bulged in surprise, "you can speak Chinese???" lol. her intonation was flawless - very impressed.
the days are getting colder, permanently. after tmr's hot day (20 deg C), it's gg to drop to close close to zero deg C at night. BRRRRR....
shucks, i need to
stop thinking of getting ANOTHER new jacket.
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