Things that happened in 2016

2016 has been terrible year for some of us, but not all things is bad right? Here are some of the good things that happened :

Gene editing
Professor Sophien Kamoun is a plant biologist from Tunisia. He has always been interested in plant diseases, particularly after seeing the devastating effects of pesticides in developing countries.
Every year, thousands die after using pesticides on diseased crops. What if you could create a type of plant that doesn't get diseases?

Professor Kamoun's Norwich lab aims to develop novel disease-resistant crops
That's what Sophien Kamoun has been experimenting with in his lab at Norwich University, using a new technique invented in the US that came of age this year - gene editing. It allows scientists to modify the genes of living things like plants.
Professor Kamoun experimented with editing the genes of a tomato plant so that it would no longer be susceptible to a particular disease.
First they isolated the gene that makes the tomato vulnerable to that disease. Then they removed the gene from the genome of the tomato. "And it became resilient to the fungal disease," he says.
Gene editing is an incredibly powerful tool. There are real concerns about how such a technology could be used, but regulate it properly, and you could change the way we feed the world.
"Every year we lose enough food to feed hundreds of millions of people to pathogens and parasites," he says. "If we could make some of our crops more resilient, then that would be an unique achievement."

Media captionFergus Walsh explains how gene editing works
It is not only plant biologists who are experimenting with gene editing: doctors are using it to reverse the mutations that cause blindness, to stop cancer cells from multiplying and to make cells resistant to the virus that causes AIDS.
It is why some have called gene editing the invention of the century.
Malaria in Sri Lanka
In 2009, the Sri Lankan government decided to do something extraordinary: to try to eradicate malaria in less than five years.
Dr Hemantha Herath was one of those leading the campaign. He spent years going round the country treating people with malaria.
The lucky ones survived. The unlucky ones could fall into a coma and die. That is why the government wanted to get rid of malaria completely. They had tried to do it before, but when the civil war broke out in the 1980s, health workers couldn't get to the worst affected areas.

When the war ended in 2009, the government saw an opportunity. They decided to track down every last case of malaria, including people who did not even know they had it. It was a bold strategy which no other country had tried.
They tested any patient who came to a hospital who had had a fever in the past. If they had malaria, not only would they be treated, but their family would be tested and their home sprayed with insecticide.
Then health workers went after the mosquitoes themselves. And to catch them, they offered themselves up as bait.
Those efforts paid off. This year it was made official: Sri Lanka is now malaria-free. For Dr Herath, it was a moment of great pride. "We showed to the world that malaria can be eliminated."
Solar plane circumnavigation
When Bertrand Piccard was little he was scared of heights. One day, he decided to cure himself by hangliding.
He didn't just conquered his fear of heights: he became obsessed and was soon leaping off 3000m high mountains, doing hanglider acrobatics.

Bertrand Piccard was determined to fly around the world without using any fuel
Aged 40, he travelled non-stop around the world in a hot air balloon. He made history, but didn't like having to burn propane gas to keep the balloon airborne.
He made a promise: the next time he flew around the world it would be with no fuel. Concerned about rising carbon dioxide emissions, he wanted to show what clean technology could do.
And so the idea for a solar-powered plane was born.
Seventeen years later, after working on several prototypes, his plane was ready. On its outside were over 17,000 solar cells.

So, I hope you're having a good time. Happy new year!

The fear of age lining in families

Why does people always target someone who's in capable of defending themselves. Why is the whole so selfish? Why do people choose the second child over the first? Does the oldest child need to commit suicide just to prove their family wrong?
Call the doctor when you're sick, physically hurt. But not mentally hurt.
Is there a problem of being alive?
I've seen enough news. Students commit suicide because of the fear of exams, pressure from surrounding, family members and so on. People running away from homes. Can't you see, the pressure and selfishness has cause all this problems. Do you think that a child will be all okay just because you love the second but not the first? It's not fair for the first child. I have been surviving with the concept of single parented. And now you want me to get your concept of "the first child is a burden, the others is heaven"??
How pathetic, the fact that they always say that" the oldest need to respect the younger " but do you know, your" beloved" 10 years old grandchild loves swearing and pushing all her problems to me. Making me the black sheep? Oh it's been 8-9 years since she came here for "babysitting " and how much I just want to slit myself to sleep. Do you think this is fair? All those years, I've been telling the truth, and no one trusted me. The fact that I can't tell my dad because of personal reasons... But from all the things that I've remembered, I'm always the monster of this family. My friends always going around saying that their family only know how to harvest them without giving you any family feelings, but I don't wanna say out my problems. But not I just cant contain it anymore. The fact that"the longer the suffer, the easier to understand " have make me into the longer it gets, the harder to not understand makes me wanna... Well, end something.
This post was not really supposed to be published as I don't wanna my friends to go around and" pity" me. But I have nothing to post for my assignment. So here you go teacher, this is my I hate long writing, the longer I write the more I express, but not in a good way.

Two steps from heaven TVB series

Hey there! Have you heard of "two steps from heaven"? It's a TVB series. Here's the synopsis of the series 😊

Sheldon Chun (Bosco Wong), Sean Fung (Edwin Siu), and Tim Yau (Louis Cheung) are the “Iron Triangle” of The Rainmakers, a well-known and influential public relations company in Hong Kong. With their canny tongues and sharp wit, the three PR masters slide smoothly into the upper layers of society.

Under fate’s calling, Sean re-encounters ex-girlfriend Max Ku (Priscilla Wong) and her younger brother Ted (FAMA’s 6-Wing), who turn out to be the children of a powerful real estate mogul Ku Fuk-sang (Pat Poon). Under the leadership of Max’s older half-sister Selina (Alice Chan), the business becomes one of the top players in Hong Kong’s real estate industry. With Max pulling the ropes behind the scenes, the PR trio enter a period of prosperity, and they do whatever they can to make their way to the top.

But the higher they climb, the more they have to lose. They eventually forsake their families, loved ones, friends, and even their dignity—all because of one woman.

After watching finish this series, I can believe that it make me mad, shocked and a whole lot more! If you're interested in PR, inter war against economic and violence (and lust if you are okay with that) then this is a must watch series for you!

The semicolon project

Have you ever seen a semicolon tattoo? Or a semicolon movement?
Not much people hear about it, but there's not less people are in the movement. Let's talk about the history shall we?
This began in the spring of 2013, when Project Semicolon Founder, Amy Bleuel wanted to honor her father whom she lost to suicide. Through the semicolon symbol many related to the struggle of depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide and their will to continue on. The title, “Project Semicolon,” also represented a goal – to believe that this is not the end but a new beginning.

As the days passed and the project was developed further, it became clear that this symbol was not just about one person. We heard from people longing to continue their story and live a life that would inspire others to continue on as well.

Over the years Project Semicolon has become much more than just one person honoring a parent. Through musician support and social media, the message of hope and love has reached a big audience in many different countries, more than we could have ever anticipated.

Project Semicolon is honored to be a part of those continuing stories, and to be an inspiration to those who are struggling.

The semicolon is an important piece of punctuation and is a perfect symbol for those who are struggling. As Amy says, “A semicolon is used when an author could've chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life.”

This is why when you saw a semicolon tattoo or a temporary tattoo, don't look low on them, as you never know what they have been through before. And me myself, have joined the movement for the better of those who had been through.

It's holiday! Totally boring! XD

Finally, it's the year end holiday! And in my country /place, there's usually the good news, and the bad news. Usually is only bad news but it depends on your family.
Usually the good news is that you can take the holiday off. For example, your parents will bring you for a vacation, sometimes you get to go to the museum or a science park. Other times, you get the best deal and to us it's the best coupon  to redeem 😂😂. This so called coupons can be known as "no homework month" because Asian parent tend to give us a lot, I say A LOT of homework.
Now, not just our parents are giving us work. but our "beloved" head master is pushing all our subject's teachers to give us homework for the rest of the holiday! I mean, come on its holiday. Cut us some slack!
So back to holidays or aka our slacking holiday season XD

Other than that, holiday is also the time where you can know whether your parents is giving- I mean talk bad about you. Trust me, if you wanna know, it must be now. Sometimes this will turn out to be pretty bad because they maybe saying stuff like :"oh, why is my child like this/why is my child so stupid and useless " and so on. Yes this is all the insults I get before and I'm kinda(?)  use too it? But anyways, parents are too much and their the main reason students these days rather commit suicide than talking to them about their problems.
Think about it, parents these days only know how to scold us, insult us. Did they ever compliment us, say oh, you have improved in your results even though it's only an improvement of 5 marks?? Do they??? Now a days as long as you're not first in class, you're consider stupid, useless pathetic. That's why I hate those parents, I can't trust them. How many times they betrayed you, how many times they scold you out of no reason, and you want to to admit all that? What you ever consider us as your child?

Ah, I can't just stop all the ranting just like this 😅😅anyways, thank you for your support.