The Power of Social Media

I’ve done my assignment on Facebook and its network effects for the module, Economics of innovation during second year, back in Nottingham. Back then, President Obama and other politicians in Malaysia had started using social media tools to communicate and interact with their supporters.  Never have I imagined that Facebook would play an important role in the recent Egyptian Revolution… to such extent.

Facebook no longer merely serves as a social media tool to connect people, but to organize a Revolution which successfully forced a President which has ruled a country for 30 years to step down. Its importance has gone beyond our imagination.

Perhaps China is brilliant enough to have predicted the power of social media and it has banned the usage of facebook, twitter and youtube. The recent success of the Egyptian Revolution has indeed proved that these social media tools are too dangerous and they will definitely threaten the regime.
China has been aware of the development in Egypt and the authorities have been controlling the news and information available online in China since the beginning of the protest. However, the situation in China is not as bad as Egypt. People in China are still quite satisfied with the ruling regime. (I exclude Xinjiang and Tibet, can I?) Economy is doing good. High growth rates in recent years. The standard of living in China has improved significantly compared to decades ago. Liu Xiao Bo’s case doesn’t seem to be an issue back in China, though it created some attention outside. There are some issues about inflation, income inequality and corruption but everything still under control, I guess.

However, if history does tell us something, when the time has come and when there is a need for a Revolution, banning these social media tools may not really work. They are just tools after all. I believe Chinese are always creative. Ancient Chinese once used mooncakes to conduct a Revolution, back in Dynasty Yuan.(according to the textbook in my first year, during my kindergarten time… XP) Small pieces of papers with the information of Revolution were hidden in the content of the mooncakes. 

It is always the will of people that counts. The authorities try to influence the will of its people by suppressing the freedom of speech, controlling the media, internet censorship, banning facebook, twitter, youtube. It may be the way, in the short run, but not in the long run. People cannot be fooled and controlled forever.

And of course, when there is a will, there is a way.

Mooncake… hmmm… Great idea, isn’t it?
*wink*

(My first time to pen down my thoughts in English. XP)

I recommend this article too if u would like to read more on Egypt Revolution:

Reflections: Egypt Revolution

And also, an interview with an Egyptian lecturer in the University of Chinese in Hong Kong,
Nasser El-Morshidy（埃及學者，中文大學全球政治經濟碩士課程講師）
The interview is in Chinese. 
http://commentshk.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_13.html

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关于爱情《小短篇》

还是决定给你写个小短篇。请随意对号入座～哈哈。

未爱过，所以不大懂得爱。不懂怎么将爱定义。但你说你看见她会莫名地开心，喜欢跟她一起玩。
总喜欢找机会在言 辞上损她、取笑她。但是也会心疼她。

会维护她。会为她辩护。然后善忘的你，会记得带药给她。

“她绝对不是我的茶。”
那是你当时倔强的话。

后来你发现，只有她能给你温暖、幸福的感觉。

她很普通的一句问候、小小的动作，你却可以感动万分。
同时你也很感伤，因为你清楚知道，她从来不属于你。
她是他的啊。

你偶而会觉得气愤，怎么能够如此脆弱？怎么能够让一个人牵动着你的喜怒哀乐？

而且是 个不属于你的人。唉……

然后你发现所有的情歌，忽然间都充满了意义。
怎么旋律能够如此伤感？怎么歌词那么贴切？歌词的意境怎么似曾相识？

然后你怀疑，写词的根本是盗用你的心情、你的故事、你的感觉。


慢慢就可以戒了她的吧。 时间会默默支持你。

然后故事中的你会渐渐消失。你故事中的她也会渐渐消失。
然后故事渐渐消失。。

尝过了苦涩、酸涩，下一次，一定可以品尝爱情的甜蜜。

加油加油！！

P/s:
关于爱情，你好像懂了一点吧。
灵魂终究比较重要。
你发现你寻觅的是灵魂的伴侣(soulmate)。而那些预设的框框可以通通被打烂。

好像很高级的样子。升level了。哈哈哈哈


送你一首新歌吧~~~~ 因为爱情

随笔

天气开始热了新年真的快到了

cheh那个是杂牌啦炫耀个屁啊

哦你为情所困没关系啦谁不为情所困

我很喜欢你们在普吉岛给我选的手链仔细看了中间那颗珠子真的很美

昨天吃的 guapple竟然是假的这世界太险恶但我还是 太幸运有一群爱我的好朋友

试图用直线的黑色衬衫和短裙将身影拉长

唉一眨眼已经是2011 的第十天。。

今年是兔年啊~~~

2011

期待已久的聚会。
静静地，甚至贪婪地观察个人的表情语气，说话方式。

每个人的pattern 都不同，独树一格。好怀念。

大家好像变了，也仿佛从未改变。

鸟~话~连~篇~
LOL 应该去喝雪花啤酒。
我要吃烤肉啊~碳烧蚶+辣椒酱~~腊肠炒饭。

没有关系啦~~食物、地点只是配角。。

在车上说故事、谈梦想、讨论人生观，

融合哲学设计的豪宅配 非诚勿扰

配红酒也是不错的~~

一杯足以微醺

爱红酒的酒香   就不该嫌弃苦涩    

人生嘛~~
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

独自驾车回家的路途难免有点落寞。

静悄悄却灯火明亮的高速公路，

劲需要 Eason 的“我们都寂寞” 陪我共享这份

夜深人静  曲终人散遗留下来的荒凉。。

（后面这句 是驾车时想到的。“兰”文艺腔。。灵感源自张雨生的歌。《单身旅记》？）


见笑。

珍惜每一次相聚

 

探望舅公，在有点凌乱残旧的中央医院。

护士在忙碌着，医院很多人，来来回回，病床都满的。

当时没人陪在他身边。

他说他不用人陪。孩子都忙。

久病的人当然都不想拖累家人、不想扰乱家人的生活，

就算非常寂寞。

 

我老了会怎么离开？病榻会不会有人陪我？

我会不会不想麻烦孩子而逼孩子不用时刻陪在我的病榻？

我可不可以撒娇说我好怕寂寞，要孩子、孙子陪着我？

病人是世界上最寂寞、最矛盾的吧？

怕麻烦别人、拖累家人，却多么渴望有人陪伴。
 

每一次的相聚，都可能是最后一次。

探望舅公只是上星期一的事。 今天他已离开。

仿佛只是昨天，临别时跟他说的再见，叫他保重身体。

 

冬至，嫲嫲可以跟舅公在天上团聚了。

如果有天成为爵士歌手~~

fly me to the moon~



这首歌令我想起superman.... 然后 他会fly Louise Lane to the moon...
坐在月亮上面聊天。



你唸多jor 啦！！

月亮没有空气Louise Lane 会窒息的。

唉～科技和科学根本就是 浪漫杀手。

嫦娥的故事也变得无稽了。

现在只能听歌。
　

想

Ky 的照片。with Anthony n Munnie n Fren. Courtesy of Kyew Photography. haha..

我都希望在雪花纷飞的早上，冒着雪走路上学。

让皮靴在白茫茫的雪地里一步一步  留下印。

让 雪花 徐徐落在我的鼻尖，悄悄聚集在眼睫毛 之间。

（Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes）

偶尔停一停，转身看看沿路我已留下的足迹，正渐渐被雪覆盖 消失中。

顺 便拍拍肩上短暂停留的雪花。继续向前～

(我当然知道几天后我会厌倦风雪不想上学，只想躲进温暖的被窝抱着暖炉睡觉。并且希望梦见蓝天白云，还有温暖的阳光)



By the way， 我的眼睫毛鬼有长得可以聚雪花咩？　cheh…

现在只能多搽一层防晒油（赤道的太阳太毒辣）

然后拍拍肩上雪花般的头皮屑。。。+_+


(This post is inspired by Kwong yew's photo from the album "mobile uploads". Permission to use this photo is granted by the photographer himself. Copyright reserved.)

Special thanks to: TKY