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The government deliberately misreads the vox populi again, as pictured below…

But once kindled, the fire of democracy shall never be quenched! Fight on for your rights and God bless you, Amoy people!!!

Some of my friends who have subscribed “Language Utopia” (my former main blog in MSN Spaces) wrote me emails complaining that they can’t read my blog anymore. The most “frequently asked questions” were: “Why don’t you set it public?” and “Did MSN delete it because of your reactionary viewpoints?” Ha, really amused me… In fact, I never blog for private purposes; and I don’t think my “Language Utopia” was notorious enough to attract the government’s attention (although MSN did have done such filthy things). But anyway, I should provide an explanation for its death - I deleted it myself.

First of all, I have to admit, there were too many “counterrevolutionary” articles on it (that site wasn’t only about languages), which were immature, radical, yet demagogic. However, the world is rapidly changing, so are my opinions. When I eventually realized I was too weak to be responsible for what I had said, I felt much obliged to delete it. The second reason is perhaps more important: I gradually lost my interest in blogging. Some blog readers, most of whom were stupid Chinese patriots, never intended to have a constructive discussion but only shouted abuses and curses at me (shouting with the keyboard, of course); and much to my disappointment, those cowards just disappeared without leaving an email address or a link! As a blogger I’ve always been frank and honest, but not all my readers are. If this is an unfair game for me, I’d better quit it. And so I did it.

After more than one year’s blogging, it suddenly occurred to me, that it still needs time to rebuild my understanding of the world, before I write again anything concerning politics. At present I maintain two blogs, which are mainly for practicing foreign languages: English and German. (Writing Chinese has become quite a boring stuff for me, though I do have a Chinese blog in Lilybbs.) I began to learn English when I was 7 years old; however, I still speak and write Chinglish. As a university student, I chose German as my second foreign language owing to some sort of Liebe auf den ersten Blick, but I soon realized that I have picked up a hamburger, so large and hard that I must spend all my life eating it.

Anyway, I’m still a blogger, who always welcomes his guests and never hides his feelings. So don’t feel sorry about “Language Utopia”: it’s still there! It’s still in my heart, and maybe also in yours…

I’ve come across this afternoon a news video on CNN. Its title is Western Influence on China but in fact it only deals with the new Chinese generations’ nontraditional attitudes towards work and life. It is reported that only 2% say they will work hard to get rich, and that 68% say they have no passion for the their job.

Well, that may be true for most youngsters in China, but as for me, things are somewhat different. I won’t be enthusiastic about making big sums of money, as long as I can lead a respectable life. However, I really can’t imagine that I was performing any work for which I had no passion, because that would make my life meaningless. So what is my ideal career that best suits me? For now, I wish to be a linguist or a social activist who fights for minor languages (especially my mother tongue, Foochowese).

Unfortunately, few people can understand me…