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Animal's "rights".
We had a discussion last Tuesday about the ethical issue of eating factory-farmed meat.
It was the most serious Tuesday Lounge topic that we've ever had.
However, we need to be careful of the argument of some people who were opposed to the factory-farmed meat practice. Some people equate animals' suffering with human suffering or even equate animal and human with regards to this issue.
Anyway, I strongly agree that we can't torture animals, but it's not because animals have "rights". We are human with dignity, that's why we do not torture animals. We also need to be careful of the use of the word 'suffering' for animal. (just like biologists avoid phrases like 'the monkey is angry').
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Yesterday was Valentine's Day! Today the kids in girls' club asked me what Paul gave to me (does he give flower? etc) Then, I said, "Nope. I refused to be given flower on Valentine's day, so expensive!! Better use the money to buy ramen."
HAHAHAHA
Anyway, we had a nice chat yesterday. I think I really need to rest more and relax. I love to squeeze many things in one day and rush from one place to another place, so it's really hard to get an opportunity to feel restful and to contemplate things. I've also stopped writing diary for quite some time. As a result, every attempt to have a serious discussion has been a tension (or even little unimportant things can trigger horrible fight), so I really really thank God for the time to sit down and to listen and to talk about things with a clear mind.
Seriously, I think this is a nice Valentine's gift compared to roses :)
(Oh well, I still want flower though - or modified leaves, as Paul said - but definitely not on Valentine's day, hahaha)
- 3 -
My mom kept telling me to write something when I'm free.
Any idea?
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I've just finished reading The Great Gatsby.
Umm, I think, I would prefer reading books written by female authors. Hahaha. It just feels different.
I didn't enjoy the book as much as I read Pride and Prejudice or Brideshead Revisited (well, I peep the ending of those two books once I reached certain pages hahaha).
Anyway, I like Fitzgerald's way in describing the characters. I was imagining a cool guy, distant, untouched, yet powerful every time this Gatsby speaking in the book. I mean, the character became a 'Great' Gatsby because there is this feeling of you know something about him, but you don't know enough as you read the book.
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Next Tuesday, my friends and I will be watching Shattered Glass for Tuesday Lounge!!
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Today we made button crafts for Girls' Club :)
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| My 'masterpiece' |
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| The sample, from a website (sorry I forgot the site name) |
I let the girls designed their own cards with buttons and they were so enthusiastic in creating their own designs :)
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I finally started reading this book on personal style. The title is "It's so You".
I think this book is very useful for a beginner like me who is trying to make sense of 'style' and 'fashion' (well, this book clearly says that there is a difference between style and fashion)
I always know that horizontal lines on clothes make you look fatter, BUT...apparently for someone with pear-shape body like me, I should avoid vertical lines as a top because it will make my bottom looks bigger!
Next 'lesson' is to go for a window-shopping trip with Pheara :) Honestly, I don't like trying clothes (and find that everything is too long, or the cutting is not nice etc). That's the reason why I shop my dresses online. However, I guess Pheara is correct, I need to try, to feel it, so I can learn which one is nice and which one is not :)
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