Where Is the Real Paradise Where Is the Real Paradise New Zealand, a small beautiful and developed country, with agriculture as well as tourism are its two biggest supporting industries, has always ranked top 5 in “world’s most suitable places to live” chart in recent years. Winning the reputation as ”the last piece of pure paradise in the world”, NZ becomes a new considerable option for immigration among Chinese people. But now, just like other countries, NZ has experienced a strong economic depression which took place in USA first and then spread out to the whole world which affected NZ deeply. The low economic growth rate and high unemployment rate forced the government to tighten the immigration policy, which was a bad news for those who want to immigrant to NZ. One of my friends was very depressed the moment when she heard the news. Because in her opinion China sucks now, is even worse than ever. Things like polluted air, untidy and unsafe food, high living cost, unfair education cover, and the worst, the unacceptable house fee, all of these, she can’t stand any longer, is keen to move to another country. At the same time, the intolerable China in her concept is a promising country for someone who comes from the other side of the world. Some young adult from Spain expressed their hope of migrant to China while Spain broke out a national-wide strike this year, considering the booming economy in China. As a matter of fact, a millionaire overnight is quite normal sometimes. However, every coin has two sides, people from outside the country just can’t see and feel the dark side in spite of the great economy achievement. Meanwhile, if my friend immigrants to NZ successfully, can she handle the following problem like language and culture barrier, living-making, isolation and so on? Or she would miss China frequently. Is it true that “life is elsewhere” just like the Kundera’s book title? I believe so. Sometimes people just don’t want to face up the problems around, they pretend to think that they could be better in another place, choosing to be blind. Human beings are the same speci, the problems caused by human in one place would not disappear in another place, it just varies the way it has been made. Though every human being in this world has the right to move to a better living place, I just want to say that life may not that bad as you think, try to discover the bright side patiently(including me), maybe the real paradise is just where we are.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself Hi! I'm Vicky. I'm here because I really enjoy language learnings. I can speak Chinses since I'm a native speaker and I can speak Thai because I have worked in Thailand for two years.And then I can speak a little Korean,in very limited situation. I can also speak English,but the thing is I have learned English for many years, maybe more than ten years, I can't conquer it, I'm still not good at English. I think maybe because we Chinese are very shy and have very little courage and oppotunity to talk to Foreigners,lack of practical experence . So this italki community may build a bridge for us to say hi and make friends by using diffirent languages and sharing varied cultures. I very appreciate it and would value it as possible as I can. On the other side, travelling plays an important role in my life. I visited many cities both in China and Thailand. My biggest dream is leaving my footsteps all over the world. The new fresh air , colourful customs,stunning sceneries, nice people,all of them would make me fresh . Sometimes, a romantic street lamp , a delicious flaver of icecream, or a express out of love wins my heart. I feel like I can get inspirations to move on from travelling, it's not only a way of sight-seeing, but a way of grasping the sparkle of life. I wish I could live all my dream come true.