If you live in the US, you should be receiving 2010 US Census Form shortly. As an advocate for our TAAMN (Taiwanese American Association in Minnesota), I would like to urge you to write down “TAIWANESE” in item #9 on the 2010 US Census form.
These are some interesting statistics provided by the Taiwanese American Heritage Week.
A heroic act? Don’t be a blind follower!
Oh my god! I can’t believe that someone can even think of this as a heroic act. I can’t believe that Joe Stack’s daughter would call him a hero. I can’t believe that there are people in support of Joe Stack’s act.
So, who is Joe Stack? Joe Stack is a software engineer, with an airplane and a house worth almost $300,000 dollars, who owned a software development firm and once falsely claimed his house as a church in California and attracted auditors by lying about his income. On February 18, 2010, he flew a small plane into an Austin building housing an IRS office with nearly 200 IRS workers in an attempt to blame the government for his failure in life.
班門弄斧 <to teach someone something that he already knows>
= to teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs <idiom>
= to teach fish how to swim
A diamond in the rough
= One who has extraordinarily great qualities or great potentials but lacks polish.
What I cannot stand
What I cannot stand is internet piracy. I cannot believe that people are so bald as to claim credit of other people’s work. It is just shameless. It is like stealing someone's money. It is a crime. You will get sued for copyright infrigement. If it is not yours, you should never claim it to be yours or mislead others to believe that is yours. Don't take this lightly. Don't be a thief.
A Peculiar Phenomenon
I like to read blogs. However, I am constantly puzzled by the English articles I came across written by some Taiwanese. Can you tell me if you are able to calculate that three plus four equals seven, why can’t you calculate that one plus one equals two? How can someone write a good article and then followed up with three or five poorly written ones? How can an article be filled with such beautiful verses yet surrounded by poor choice of words, usage and grammatical errors. I am not talking about articles written over the years, as people may improve their writing as time goes by. I am talking about articles written by the same person in close time proximity.
This is such a hard poem to translate. It is so long. I hate translating long poems as it makes my brain work. Aided by the reference below, I tried to portray the essence of the poem based on their interpretation. I still struggle to completely convey the beauty of this poem with my translation and at the same time make it rhyme. Anyway, this is all you get for now, as my brain needs some pampering.
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