Hi again Yokohama

It has been for a month to recieve the letter from Yokohama city. She wrote to me 10 pages, and asked me many things from our culture differences. I am happy to talk about our politics with her. And she asked me for our reunion dinner on New Year's Eve. Originally I thought it is hard to inform her. But I think she can read kanji, therefore I still print down the pictures of reunion dinner and inform her meaning to her. However, it is really normal dinner for our people now, because as long as you want to eat abundant meal and have enough money, you can eat anytime or every day. For example, if I really want to eat shrimp, my mom would like to cook shrimp for me every day. I don't need to wait for the New Year's Eve to eat once in a year. Therefore our people don't need to wait for that day to be special day.And because I replied to the letter since I was in boring midtern exam, when I finished has been for 17 pages. It broke my record. I drew a upside down world map for her and told to her how I think Taiwan and inform my other Taiwanese friends to change their world view. The first step is to upside down the world map and notice our other choices. Moreover, I also sent a sentence to her as gift. Truly, I don't mind the history what Japan did, and I could not change other countries mind; however, I thought she would not feel sorry for history. Now is present, because yesterday had become history, and tomorrow is too far-off always, only the moment now you can hold and cherish. So it is also a gift as present. I hope she would smile when she read the sentence I gave her. Furthermore, I only hope their scholars revise and correct their research in our people's group. Then history just let it go. At least, before we are clear to our identify, don't push us to chine's side and arms though you don't want to hold us tightly. We are still in confusion.
As following, those are the food we eat on New Year's Eve, but you also can change the dishes you like.

Move on to Turkey

This is the first time I sent a letter to Turkey from Taiwan. About my Turkish penpal, it was a long story that we met for a long time. However, one day she asked me whether she could send the postcards of Turkey to me. But she told to me that she is busy because of her studies, and she could not write more to me on letter but for postcards. Besides that, she asked me do I want more things or gifts and she could buy for me. It made me impressed and I also sent to her a postcard when I stayed in New Zealand immediately. Until I went back to Taiwan, I recieved her postcards and was shock that she sent more than one postcard to me. Okay, it broke my impression of Turkey. In the past, I read Turkey from Germany viewpoint, Europe viewpoint, and chine's viewpoint, as well as the food and architecture from our people's thought. So beautiful country I must visit to. And then I would introduce my city to her indeed. Every one knows that I love my city most. But last night I was a bit unhappy to hear a rude guy to criticize my city's people. I think our people are reserved in sexual relationship, it is not a bad thing at all. Just we think girls are apporpriate to guide foreign female friends, and boys guide foreign male friends. I don't think it is crzay and old-fashioned mind. Also, I don't think the motorcycle culture is an uncivil culture. He told to me every advanced country should use metro as major transportation like Japan. I feel impatiently to hear from him. In addition, if he thinks my city is uncivil because of motorcycle riders, he could decide not to come to my city. Good bye, a person who is self-observed. I really want to close my door to listen to him anymore.
At last, I really hope that one day I could meet my Turkish pen pal in Turkey, she is really kind to me. Of course, I also like to treat her a great meal in my city and guide her around my city. From postcards started to keep our friendship forever.

Head to Kawasaki City

I have troubled mind this afternoon, perhaps I am still in midtern week. After I went back home, I saw the letter is from Japan and is written by my another best Japanese friend, Shopping Queen Ayako. Every time she tries to explain not only she loves to go shopping but my neighbor and other Japanese do buy lots of things. And I still call her shopping queen not shopping prince, haha~ Anyway, I don't know why she always laughs whatever I say. It made me want to look at myself in front of the mirror when I speak. My conclusion is she has the low laugh point. Besides that, this is the first time I heard a person to tell me that one of dreams is to speak in chinese with me. Because this sentence, I would like to treat her more better. Every time I heard Japanese telling me that our people are kind, but they don't know we are more kind and generous if we have well enough relationship.
I can feel the passionate from my Japanese friends, because almost the Japanese friends I met in New Zealand work hard and save money in order to come to Taiwan and meet me again. I smiled when I read it. As for Fuji Mountain, I think in recent half year, I would not consider to visit there. You know, I am really fear of volcano. But what if the nuclear problem in Japan, I think that is not a big deal at all. Maybe she could consider to visit our Yu Mountain, it is more higher than Fuji Mountain but safe. I have controled myself to write in shorter, because I am afraid that she would reply for a long time in next letter. And she would come to my city before this summer. Moreover, she has added my skype just now. We have a lot of time to chat. Same, recently I just want to live in a small island nearby my city. So I also chose another sea view of postcard to her.

Go to the Netherlands

I am really sorry that I replied the letter so late to my Dutch friend. I think this time I would like to introduce our spirit. So I drew the Taiwan buffalo on the cover. In Taiwan, I think our people like to make a metaphor as a Taiwan buffalo. Because it always works hard and doesn't ask any rewards before it works. Also it works dilligent and devote its life to others. In the past, Taiwan was a agriculture society, and every farmer needs a buffalo to assist them. Our people thank the tribute of buffalo, we seldom eat beaf. Because we would think they are the best friends for farmers, even now the beaf are not killed by buffalos.
In addition, I send the banana cake in the small package. We are the so-called the country of fruits. So we have many cheap fruits to eat. Our fruits also become the good ingredients to make delicious food. As for the postcard is my grandpa's hometown. I really want to get earlier retire and live in there.

Haircut Last Night

Last night I went to cut my hair. Because now I feel my city is almost no spring but summer. It is so hot to me. Originally I didn't want to take photos, but my friend asked me, then I would like to do that for my friend. I think it's hard to take a photo with smile. Maybe from now on I should practice how to smile in front of the mirror every day. And I think I cannot tan my skin anymore. I should accept my friends' suggestions to protect my skin. But I didn't know why when I stayed in New Zealand, their people would not think I am a Thai but not chinois. I thought chinois are pale than me and they have the small eyes with single eyelid. My schoolmate told to me because I wear on eyeglasses to be judged. And then I found not many Aisan girls wear on eyeglasses all day along like me besides my schoolmates. Ah.. I would like to be a tribe of aborigines. But I don't know which tribe should I belong to.

Hi Tokyo City

I found I lose power for a month. And now I need to update my life as usual as before. I specially went to pray for my best Japanese friend a Buddhist amulet. I hope she would bring it anytime, in this way she would be safe always. And I am really happy that she said Taiwan is the best country and she would consider to regard Taiwan as her second home. See? I wrote Taiwan love Japan. I think what if the postmen of Japanese see that, they would smile. Let's be family forever. Besides that, I think I am really easy to be impressed by some sentences. After I heard that my best friend and another good Japanese friend work hard for their part time job in order to come to Taiwan to see me, I felt so warm. By the time, I want to treat them great meal in my city.

Japanese Newspaper

Today we have two hot topic news in Taiwan, one is from Japan. Because Japan government didn't publish ad in Taiwan's newspapers. I never heard that Japanese media critize their government in open. But this is the first time that they broke the tradition of silence. Actually it doesn't matter because our people are happy to help them always. And I am happy that we donated 13.4 billion Japanese Yen to Japan so far. Soon our donation to Japan would beyond than before we donated for chine. But the Japanese travel agency published an ad to thank Taiwanese in Japan's newspaper. Moreover, I am happy that my Japanese friends told to me that Taiwan is the best country and we are true family. Yes, I would like to treat them as true family. The another hot topic is gossip from our political officers. A rinky-dink male critizied and doubted the sexual orientation of our only female presidential candidate, because she is a single lady but not get marry. Since he hold the news conference to say that from morning time until now, our television and radio had called in by many people to blaim him. Even my mom was angry , for he had a life of debauchery and he blacken my mom's favorite idol of political officers. Well, now he got a new nickname by my mom, dirty man...

The East Asian Economic Development Model

It is a hot topic in economic studies. In short, it is an export-oriented development strategy. And the features are as follow: with a strong government intervention for an industrial policy, cheap cost of the labor and land, foreign investment. The key point to have the cheap cost of the labor and land is keeping the currency devaluation.

Because it was originated from Taiwan, then Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea. Next, you can see the copy model in Thailand, Vietnam even in Chine and so on. But now I feel very sad that the end of the East Asian Economic Development Model, it also means that my country needs to transfer and adjust in time. And it is the best timing. Every time I look at our government miss the good chance again and again, and I wish iron could turn into steel at once.

Many people just like to see the surface and seldom try to find out the truth. Some experts think that chine maintains 20 years 8% GDP in economic. And chinois insist they did maintain 30 years. Whatever, only a British expert found that Taiwan did maintain 40 years at least GDP 8% until 2000. In economic field, chine copies our development model, and thought their land is our land's 267 times, poulation is also more than our labors. In this way, they think they can maintain our model more longer than us. Yet they still cannot reach the Miracle of Taiwan which is the word first used by Simon Kuznets in his sutidies. And then World Bank also used our case in 2008 World Development Report. We are the only one to maintain the high GDP and the equal prosperity.

The differences between other copy model cases, we develop the small and medium enterprises in economic development. Same, I found Germany prefer to SME model. We don't have any enterprises too big to fall. But chine learns from the Korea's big enterprises as nation power. In another word, chine's 60% GDP is from cement and steel kind of national enterprises. Only 8% is from the people's income. On the contrast, Taiwan's small and medium enterprises at least are 30% in our total GDP. So GDP data can cheat.

Even we don't have the highest inflation and unemployment rate if compared to other countries. But for each jobless, the unemployment is 100% exactly for them. Also, our people always live under the nightmare of history and politics, so our businessmen are lack of ambition like Korean. They just know how to keep escaping to develop and copy our model in other developing countries. I don't know whether I should be happy or not. Because this time the export-oriented development strategy should go to the end on the world stage. Perhaps our businessmen would stop to escape and creat new model. But I am still sad for its end.

Let me speak out my thought

Because I give myself a restriction, what if I want to analyze the policy, I cannot type in chinois. In this way, I would be silent. But the currency war since last year until now, I kept patience for a long time. And I am sure to know that the USA will win even they would have the damage. I don't know why some of our people feel sad for chine. When I saw the comments and news from chinois on the tsunami event, I laugh too hard to hurt my belly. Maybe they are overconfident on their economic situation, and they believe that they will defeat the great nation and become the great nation in the world. However, let's look at the currency war events in the past.

In 1997, Thailand was the first Asian country to hit with the Asian financial crisis and the Thai baht for a short time peaked at 56 baht to the U.S. dollar compared to about 25 baht to the dollar before 1997. I still remember they rose the interest rate at around 13.25% to save the hot money and to keep their GDP rate. And the major reason to let Thailand bankruptcy is because of their Easing Monetary Policy. After hit Thailand, then the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Korea. Taiwan was lucky and the only one got light injury in this currency war between Asian countries.

Next, the second easiest Asian country to defeat is Vietnam. Before 2008, Vietnam is the second highest GDP country in Asia. And the old trick is to use currency war. At that time Vietnam's business building price was more higher than Japan's capital city. It made Vietnamese do not want to work hard in real economic industry but invest in stock market and real estate market. And then USA devalued their currency, USD, in this way the oil price and the price for raw materials rose dramatically. And it made Vietnam been in hyperinflation. Same, the wrong policy from Vietnamese government is because they increased the interest rate until 14% on 10th June 2008. Now Vietnam government is still in debt.

The third example is Hong Kong, because it's hard to defeat their currency. Why? In brief to explan, Hong Kong Dollar is the USD token currency. But in my mind, Hong Kong is our brother country always, I feel pity they happened the economic tragedy in 1997. Back to the skills how Soros hit Hong Kong financial system, he made a feint to the east and attacked in the west. Actually he didn't lose. Only chinois always feel how smart they are and think they won the currency war in 1997 because of chine foreign exchange reserves. Soros did not want to hit Hong Kong currency to hurt USD, so he annonced that he would hit it and at the same time he did a short selling on Hong Kong's stock traded. Besides that, Hong Kong people were worry to increase their interest rate from 3-4% to 280% in a day. They thought as long as all Hong Kong currency controled in their hands, they would not worry to go bankruptcy like other East Sounthern countries. However, it made Soros earn at least two sides. One is from the traded, in the day after that stupid policy, 23rd October 1997, Hong Kong's stock market's traded decreased 60% in a day. He earned at least 40 billion USD in a day. On the other hand, he earned the highest interest rate 280% in a day. And he just needed to say that he lost in the war to keep chine government's face. How easy it was. After that, I am not sure whether he bought the lowest price in Hong Kong Real estate to invest or not. Otherwise, he would earn more in private. Because he is smart to know that chinois government likes to keep the face always.

Last, the most difficult Asian country is Japan in 1985. It's a more complicated case than Hong Kong. Same, I just can feel pity for Japan, but at that time they could save the situation, if their government had the view like chine to creat the Asian Dollar. Their government didn't know how to change and adjust in time, it made them have the so-called two lost decades in economic situation until now. However, I don't want to criticize the worst key policy they did, but the bad timing is in 1985. Whatever, after the several months in this year, their economic would grow better until next year.

I don't know the direction of wind

Now I feel like I am in a boat and I don't know the direction of wind. I watched the sea for half month, but I still cannot get the answer what I want.

每一次

你問我相同的問題
我都只能笑而不答
然而你追根究底
我只能說秘密
因為我不想說謊
可以停止了嗎?

Happy April Fool's Day

On the first day of April, I am going to the Buddhist ceremony today. And then I would pray for my Japanese friends and our people for security. Also I would like to get a good luck charm for my Japanese neighbor. Because I believe that good luck charm has the best power of Buddhist doctrines, I also brought it when I was in New Zealand. Every time I faced the dangerous situation, I would be safe. The good luck charm gives me strong power. It's a Buddhisim classifacation from Tibetian and Indian.
I have to read the Buddhist Scripture or the so called sutra in ceremony for several hours. Also I cannot eat the meat but vegetable meal only to reduce the hatred of the animals I ate. Long ago, some fortune tellers have talked to my mom that I have the deep affinity in religion. Anyway, something happened and I felt hurt from my heart, since then I don't want to believe Buddhism at all.
However, I just think it can protect my friend and I have to pray by myself. So I am going to there.