Blame

There has been a growing consensus on the concerns of collapsing tress in Hong Kong,meanwhile many canvass that who should take the responsibility to cope with the problem,in terms of tree-health monitor, ie.risk assessment and tree-maintenance.It has long been the responsibility of the Leisure & Cultural Services Department to keep the tree's health under surveillance,as reported by the government dated on June 15, 2010.It is not difficult to understand that the wounds of the tree-collapse victims' family cannot be mended just by a condolences as expressed by the related department,yet the government has started to work with the office to investigate the collapse and plan follow-up action.But dolefully the response on the actions taken is poor-- the continued tree-collapse in recent rainy days has shown a failure in preventing tree-collapse.While Mrs Fung,the Director of Leisure & Cultural Services, said, checking trees visually is an internationally approved method of inspection,manipulating this method in inspecting the trees in Hong Kong has raised loads of doubts on me.

Most of the common trees we found in Hong Kong are actually NOT native species ,meaning that most of them are imported from other countries,such as Acacia confusa (台灣相思), Melaleuca quinquenevia (白千層),Ficus elastica (印度榕),Delonix regia (鳳凰木) etc,as people are lack of the knowledge about the habits of these tress,including experts,it is pretty difficult to have an exact determination on whether the trees are ailing or not.

The second thing is that it can be comonly seen the cleaners but not gardeners take the responsibility of shaping the tree crowns.Literally,the bare wounds of where the branches are cut off will be easily infected by bacteria,they may then rotten and putrid.Moreover,branches that lap over can easily induce bacteria growth and other ailment.

Thanks to the frantic weather these days--infected trees could no longer withstand their own weight and fell,we shall see how this perplexity is tackled.

Hushed

For one more day,it will be the 20th anniversary of The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.For one more day,people will gather and glimmer the Vitoria Park.There,swell with sorrows.The flames, flicker the hollow faces,silently reflects the dreadful scene happened on the same day of 1989.Being an innocence one,I,had no ideas of what exactly happened at the Tiananmen Square.What I knew was only some fragments of this incident.

Tanks.Blood.Demonstration.

It just brought to my concern when I noticed the passages published on Magazines these days.These contributors are all having lively remembrance of the '6.4 incident',it's a wound that will never heal.Deeply.Terrible.All at once, I thought I was being concealed.And ashamed.Studying science is not an excuse for not knowing History,especially being a child of China.Apparently,the sensations of the '6.4 incident' in nowadys' generations are becoming dimmer and dimmer.Will there be still an amount of people staying in Vitoria Park in twenty years time?Will this memorial incident being Hushed?

See you tomorrow night.Vitoria Park.

Venerability

The voluntary work came back to me after the exams,they bonded together continuously throughout these three days,selling for charities and visiting the elderly.The previous one is for the Sichuan Earthquake,which mainly urge people to donate money for the redevelopment project.The response is pretty well in overall,especially the snacks we have made,'seduced' tots to come over and donate their money,food always works!The visiting followed by,is what I always be fond of and enjoy the most.

Elderly.What will you come up with?Aged?maturation?

They,are the symbol of wisdom and experience.Wisdom comes after the experience,with tons of experience passed by in their entire life,wisdom are then condensed and preserved .Similar to crystal granules after the crystallization,they are left behind after the solution is being washed out.They inspire the others and guide them into the right tracks,thus block the wrong way which they had chosen in early days.They share their hard lives,reflecting how stable and satisfied we are enjoying nowadays,today's life is what we should be cherished and contented with.

A Chinese old saying' 家有一老,如有一寶'( similar to 'Elderly is every one's treasure.' ),do squeeze time to chat with them and give venerability,trust me,they are always profitable and fruitful.