About boycotting fur One of my friend sent a message on the friend circle, she said, the government should kill all the people who wear fur. She is not alone in holding this opinion. It seems that wearing fur become a very sensitive thing in recent few years. When I was in university, there was a very famous DAF poster competition about fur, and we worked and discussed in groups, some of us think it is not necessary to boycott, but others think it is horrible to kill cute animals, and it is so cruel to wear the fur as cloth. Well, I think it is very extreme to let people boycott fur and hate those people who wear fur. I always believe, cloth is as important as food, it is one of the nature desire of human. In ancient time, our ancestor use the animal's fur to keep them warm. Today, we have cotton and other materials to make cloth, but fur still is a choice to avoid the cold. Some people may can't understand, because their weather is far too warm and lovely, try some place like Russian and north-east of China, you will understand the fur is very helpful to protect people from cold weather. I can't tell what is the difference between kill an animal to eat and kill an animal to wear. And I am disagree that some people think some animals like marten is too cute to make fur. The down coat we wear is make by duck's feather, I don't think the duck still can live when it lost all its feather... but what is the difference between a duck and marten, because duck is a normal animal so it is more deserve to die? Some website keep showing people the video about people killing martens, many people think it is very cruel, but I wonder did those people see how the other animal being killed, is that not cruel? I think to force people boycotting fur is as same as force people being vegetarian, people have their right and choice, it doesn't make sense. But on the other hand, I admit that the fur can be replaced by other materials today. And I believe kill wild animals to make fur for satisfying people's needs is definitely wrong. People says, no need, no kill. I AGREE. I think the best way to stop the immoderate kill, is to limit people's need. For example, rising the price of the fur product, limiting the number of fur produce every year, limiting the purchasing order, and as the same time, the related departments should let people know the drawbacks to harm wild animals.... I never buy fur, but I understand why people wear fur. What do you think? Is people in your country boycott fur?

The most happy thing 2 I find people are more joyful and enjoy themselves when they are in a comfortable environment and feel relaxed. Me and Nathan have a plan. We want to work hard and set our own business if possible in couple of years. In short, be rich as fast as possible. We so eager to live a good quality life, but the most important thing inspire us is, we are both family people, we love our family so much, and love is not enough, we want to do all the things for them that they used do to us, and give all the good things back to them that they gave to us. To be simple, we need a fortune to do these. But doing these can make us very happy, for ourselves, and for our family. That's what I am thinking about. The most happy thing is not about money, or myself. It's about someone we love. And love is not enough, It's all about give. Happy New year everybody :)

The most happy thing 1 My italki friend wrote a entry about why people try their best to earn money. He choose to live in a very poorly house for a period, and he think it doesn't make him feel poorly live in a bad environment. He find the most happy thing is not about money at all, why people put a lot of their effort to earn money, eat in a posh restaurant, live in a good house and want to drive car. I envy him, as the same time, I feel a little bit shame on myself. As a lot of people do, I love eat tasty food, a wonderful meal can very easily make me happy; A comfortable home with beautiful and clean sheet and cover on bed can make me very satisfied and joyful; Pretty clothes can make me feel confident; a bank card with adequate saving inside can make me feel safe about my life. It's all based on money. If I say these in my country, there must be a lot of people come out and judge me very seriously. People will say that girls nowadays are very materialistic. Is that true? Well, Nathan don't think so. We live in our own flat at the moment, reasonably size for both of us, but sometime when our friends or parents visit, we need to squeeze for a little bit. I can't find a job in this country at the moment, so our budget on everything is very tight at the moment. I need to walk 1 hour to do the food shopping twice a week every time, we don't have a car, I bought a trolly to bring the shopping home in order to save the taxi money. Because Nathan is working at the moment, so I do all the cooking and tidying ,tired, but I love the satisfied face when Nathan eat dinner. Our life is not bad, simple and happy, but both of us like to go back to Nathan's parents house. Not only us, all of his and my relatives like their house. We had three big parties in their house this Christmas. Nathan's parents are middle class in Britain. They have a lovely two story detached house, gorgeous kitchen, and huge open living room. Nathan's Dad used to be a chief, he can cook the most delicious food I ever eat. And Nathan's Mum is a very good organizer, she make the house very well arranged and beautiful. Every year, they take us go on holiday in some nice places.

Lulu in the UK The winter of Liverpool is much colder than London. Even though I already turn on the radiator, I can still feel the cold wind from outside. And it start to rain now, again. My home town is in the very north-east of China, it will have very heavy snow in the winter, and the temperature is very low outside about -30c. But inside, the room will be very hot because of the radiator. The weather is just a very small different in another country. Language and cultural is the biggest problem to a foreigner. Even though I finished the master degree and already stayed in the UK for more than one year. But there still are many things I can't understand and a lot of things I can't speak very well. Sometimes I go to a shop, if the sale assistant annoyed with me because I can't understand very well or they can't understand me, I will be so disappointed with myself. The difference of two countries let people have good fresh feeling, also give people a lot of challenges, I hope one day I can overcome all the problems, and enjoy the life here.