G'day, everyone! I'm back from the week long hiatus that left me procrastinate in a very "efficient" way! Well, I guess I have to get back on track on the news happening around the world!
Today marks the 62nd anniversary of China's National Day [Wikipedia]
As in every year, the leaders of the Chinese government will deliver some sort of promise on further progressing democracy, yet people in Hong Kong would feel somewhat irritated by them because we were once colonised by Britain, and looking at things happening around back in Hong Kong, we felt everything is being influenced by the cultures and propaganda from the mainland. It can be said as some sort of indoctrination. This might not be what people had hoped after the handover, but I believe this situation will get worse as years gone by. I'm pessimistic, that's why.
Honestly, the national day no longer means anything to many people as they still believe they were once a proud colonised region occupied by the Brits. We had a separate legislation system, we have a free economic status and everything is much more freer than the mainland. Compare to the mainland where communism and whatnot is on full spring, we tend to think Hong Kong is still separated from China despite the handover that occurred more than 10 years ago.
So, just to make a point here, I believe after a separation from China for 99 years, I think there are so many thing we cannot keep up as same as our "country" because things have changed so drastically between these years.
Media has such a huge impact on our children, especially in bad ways. But what if we let our children to watch other children cook on TV? Would that be actually beneficial for them? Junior Masterchef has just started off on last Sunday, and apparently it's gathered a lot of discussions among viewers, and in this case, it is the kids who watched them during dinnertime.
"We found that kids were talking about food techniques in the playground and it's knowledge like this that can make them more confident about cooking,'' says the lead investigator, Clare Phillips, from Flinders University's public health department. ''The program has raised the profile of cooking. It's emerged from being a domestic chore to something quite exciting."
Yes, yes, it would be much better if the kids are talking about food and cooking techniques rather than cartoons, and I'd agree as well. Look, it generates a topic for kids that encourages them to share and exchange tips while they can learn from those as well, it's like killing two birds with one stone.
"If a lot of food eaten at home is pre-prepared, it's hard for kids to learn what the raw ingredients look like," [...] "Even with some prepared salads, the beetroot comes in strips, so MasterChef gives a sense of reality to where food comes from."
...And I believe kids these days have to understand that foods from Maccas and Hungry Jack's are not literally "real food", and they shouldn't be indulged with them. Instead, teaching them about the right food to eat and letting them understand how foods are came from are both important to guide their sense of eating and prevent them from eating unhealthy foods.
D.
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