From: william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo)
Subject: Re: I'm very disappointed in Chinese 
Organization: IBM Australia/ACCI 
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 04:09:36 GMT

In article <9226010.20198@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> dht@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Joyous Dave baby) writes:
>yl2@cec2.wustl.edu (Yu-fung Liu) writes:
>
>>If "A Word from Chinese" can not convience you to do somthing for your
>>own motherland, I would used  the word from "AMERICAN".
>>"DON'T ASK WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT  YOU CAN DO
>>FOR YOUR COUNTRY" Just to  give you  a  lesson of "nationlism".
>
>>>|> "Drink Water, Think Source"
>>>The source is pretty bad now and I am now drinking other country's water.
>
>>You are really a ugly chinese!
>
>I agree!!!  It's sad to read Chinese saying "I am now drinking other
>country's water" implying that my original source is "bad", and so I
>don't have to care about it.  Sad Sad Sad.
>
>Take me for example, it's true that the Australian government is
>paying for my education here.  But, what has the Australian society
>done for me as a person?  What has the HongKong society done for my
>personal growth, and to make me the person I am deep inside?
>
>My life style is Australian, that's true.  BUT my values are Chinese,
>strong family values, believe in life-term friendships, respect for
>the elders, take control over my own studies, never give up when
>I fall, etc, etc.... that's what I think about deep inside.
>
[...Stuff(a non-typical example) deleted...]

>
>Now, THAT's part of the Chinese culture that lives inside me.  The
>characteristics that have kept me going and growing as a person,
>and as a blessing to people around me.
>
>And I think about the source.  I worry about 1997 more than the
>shrinking Australian economy; because as my motherland, the land
>which shaped me to be who I am today, I want to see it strong.

	Yes, I feel the same. Emotionally, and with the same moods.
I know why. Ties of family(my dad and my grandma're still in Hongkong),
ties of friendship(friends you never forget), memories of childhood
(playmates and events in the past you never forget), and just about
every little thing(yes, our history, too); they all lead you to 
believe home(Hongkong and China) is the one-and-only place to where you
belong. And that's the root of us. Moods of belonging and unbelonging. 

	I still don't realise what the Hongkong society has done for me
deep inside(I'm afraid...). Perhaps it's taught me a few lessons of  
self endurance, and apathy..., and maybe egoism and others(good ones). 

	But I've made this promise to myself, that I'll be heading home
when the time is due(I have to finish my degree anyway). It's always only
home that I want to give my loving caresses to. Just a kind of blind love
so to speak. And I've never worried too much about 1997. That just can't
overcome my expectations. Because I live for my home.  
 
	If we're hoping for a better home, and maybe realistically enough,
a secure future after 1997, we have to sow our land of hope with seeds now.
Because we won't have water to drink without effort. 
  
---Cheers,
	Bill
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