flowersofnight wrote:
WOOOOOO!
Judging from what China normally does, I think the government will either renew the law or renew the law with some changes. It could have easily done whatever it wanted with Hong Kong, but it doesn't want to upset social stability so I don't think it'll go for any radical changes. This is similar to how they're dealing with land rights in general, they're inching their way to full ownership through longer and longer lease periods or just renewals of the leases and now are going a bit further with strengthening rural land rights, but I doubt they'd ever do a full-on private ownership thing unless the government itself changes.
He also made silly jokes about the letters, like saying the whole thing sounded like a fortune cookie.
We then had a long discussion about generalizations made on nationality/ethnicity.
Yeah I bet
LOL, he jokes around (I do too and I'm pretty awful), but I don't know why I'm continually surprised at how good he actually is XD But I still like to think of him as a John Smith though, even though most of his "outrageous" comments are done because he likes to see me get all "upset" and "OMG!!!!" XD
We had talked about a party he went to a couple of years ago and I think it was mostly faculty at the party. He said that the professors were talking about nannies and said they choose Filipino nannies over Caribbean nannies because Filipino nannies are more hard working and not lazy and do more hours, in comparison to the Caribbean nannies.
Ugh, I hate generalizations like that. (And what about Latina nannies? WHERE ARE THEY?) Richard said that they retorted with a, "But my children's lives are on the line!" He felt disappointed because they espouse their values until it inconveniences them.
BUT MY BABIES!!!111
I said that I really disliked generalizations like that. "Caribbean nannies are lazy" and that Filipino nannies are SO GREAT. XD It interested me because it's not the typical discrimination situation, but generalizing negatively based on home country. If I had to choose a nanny I'd really have to see who they are on an individual basis and do my research. And have a camera system installed!
I got another internship offer that I had to decline. I feel bad declining because they're all (except Incredulous Lady) such nice people. They're all SO nice. I even felt bad declining the Corrections lady because she was happy that I'm making the best decisions for myself and she said to look for any postings whether internships or full time from them if I want anything. SHE'S SO NICE GOD. THEY'RE ALL SUCH NICE PEOPLE XD