Bad News, Bad Mood?

                          Bad news, Bad mood? ( 一看不好新聞心情就壞?)

 

I was once a member of English learning club, and spent a lot of my time talking to people from different sectors 15 years back then. The most 2 unforgettable things I still remember are 2 sentences I heard from my fellow classmates. One, a factory worker, said that he could not feel happy every time he saw the news on TV. The other, a student, said that she felt upset living at home, and did not want to face it. These 2 people were from 2 different classes I attended. Each class had approximately 10-20 students at a time. Now in the year of 2015, I found a few students in my class, 10-15 students in a class, have problems controlling themselves such as shouting, screaming and caring very much about their scores. One pretty girl with dark circles told me that she had insomnia and constipated for 3 days. The other boy cries and throws things when he is under pressure. He refuses to talk to anyone and plays with a knife in class. The environment in Taiwan is getting more unfriendly to people than before. The environment means the air, water, food and people themselves. Children are facing more pressure than those a decade before. Adults are trying hard to make a balance life these days. People worry much more than before although the technology advances a lot.

 

Did you ever picture the environment we will have 15 years later? Did you ever feel so happy when you played with your classmates back then? Did you miss the fresh air and clean rivers during your childhood? Did you ever do anything benefitting  Mother Nature or instead get as much as what you want from it?

 

We Taiwanese are a diligent people, and have great virtues. We work hard and rarely indulge ourselves in many ways. Since when the good people become so greedy and don¢t give a shit about the environment?  I never think it is the heart changes, it is the leniency that goes too far. We forgive the bad people again and again, and believe in their insincere repenting. The truth is bad people never appreciated our forgiveness and continue in their own ways. It is the leniency that ruined and wrecked our environment and people. Some will say that is the depression which you cannot do anything about it, yet I believe a depression alone could not have done so much to people. It is a circle that every factor connects every point. A small nail got loose and the whole system does not function as it should be.

 

I urge the legislature to enforce a stricter law like Singapore and the public to care more about our land, water and people. Make Taiwan a better place to stay. See more smiles on people¢s faces.

     Am

     8-Dec-15