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A Simplier Time

I hung out after class yesterday with one of my students, Joyce, who invited me out mid-autumn festival night to go to the beach. Apparently there are a lot of people who go that night. We hung out in Mong Kok for a while and then I went to meet up with Kevin. Kevin was meeting up with his friend Henry and we went out for Drinks. Henry is an interesting fellow. He works for a Japanese company in Hong Kong who makes circuit boards that are used in Japanese mobile phones. This is one of his jobs since his father apparently has his own business as well. He is very into Japanese culture and loves to speak Japanese. I gave Tiff a call since it is quite possible that she would be interested meeting these people. Tiff has a good head on her shoulders, she picks up a lot of information and is good in these surroundings. Since she recently was in China, her and Kevin should have a lot of similar experiences dealing with Mainland suppliers. So yesterday was pretty relaxing, and it was nice to see and talk to Kevin again. he gets me thinking about business all over again.

Today I woke up and out of the blue decided to watch a few old Startrek TNG episodes that I happen to have with me. I rewatched an episode that I did not appreciate so much in the past, but I had a new view looking at it now. TNG is full of morality and human issues. The episode I watched dealt with Picard's "son", Jason. Strangely enough I was suppose to be called Jason because it sounded closer to my Chinese name. In this episode Picard, a renaissance man, is faced with meeting a "son" whom he did not even know existed. When they meet he finds out that the "son" doesn't appreciate the same things that he does and he also has some minor criminal records. My own father has been very paitent with me in my life. As I look back in my life I must have been a terror. To raise a child with unconditional love is probably one of the most difficult tasks a parent must face. I have made many mistakes, and I do have regrets. Some people say that you should never regret any of your decisions in life, but regret allows you to choose "right" the next time that situtation comes around.

I have had a few conversations with my class of housewives about raising children. It seems a lot of my learning has been focused around familes in Hong Kong. After teaching children I thought boys were the hardest to raise. But after talking to mothers, girls are a special difficult case. Apparently there are instances when mothers aren't aware that their child is pregnant until they notice that she's 3 months or more pregnant. One of the mothers at my work place monitors everything about her daughter, from the friends she has to when her period is each time of the month. In one of the books about influence that Ada had lent me, I read that 2/3 of females have problems with self confidence. This means they have a tendency to be influenced by other people. I think a lot more girls are smoking these days compared to boys.

So boys are a terror when they're younger, girls are more well behaved. But, which will be easier to raise afterwards? Is it fair that boys tend to have less restrictions than girls. But, girls might need a more controlled environment so that they won't stray off the "right" track as easily. I suppose I should find a girl friend before I decide to worry about raising children. But then again, I always try to prepare for the future. What choices will you make when you have your own children?

posted by Tempest7 @ 11:00