tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post4832894057786571218..comments2023-09-26T04:56:13.105-07:00Comments on Guilty With An Explanation: How do you say "Milli Vanilli" in Chinese?heartinsanfranciscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-49890619789842120752008-09-01T11:39:00.000-07:002008-09-01T11:39:00.000-07:00Miao,Oh, yes, he is very charming.Brad Pitt, eat y...Miao,<BR/><BR/>Oh, yes, he is very charming.<BR/><BR/>Brad Pitt, eat your heart out.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-14861364661263725142008-09-01T02:33:00.000-07:002008-09-01T02:33:00.000-07:00Chow Yun Fatt is very charming, isn't he? ;)Chow Yun Fatt is very charming, isn't he? ;)Miao 妙https://www.blogger.com/profile/02530675682644268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-25885136054429808832008-08-31T10:06:00.000-07:002008-08-31T10:06:00.000-07:00Miao,Pitt looks like an ape to me, an ape in good ...Miao,<BR/><BR/>Pitt looks like an ape to me, an ape in good clothing. <BR/><BR/>Now Chow Yun-Fat -- that's different!!! He is a seriously gorgeous man.<BR/><BR/>Please do come back. I will always welcome your visits.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-30043572605991538562008-08-31T05:51:00.000-07:002008-08-31T05:51:00.000-07:00Wow. This is the first time I hear someone describ...Wow. This is the first time I hear someone describe Brad Pitt as 'simian'!<BR/><BR/>Your blog is interesting. I will return more often in future. :)Miao 妙https://www.blogger.com/profile/02530675682644268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-679247225724347862008-08-30T14:33:00.000-07:002008-08-30T14:33:00.000-07:00Miao,What an interesting idea you put forth regard...Miao,<BR/><BR/>What an interesting idea you put forth regarding Stephen Hawking and Brad Pitt. Personally, I think Pitt looks quite simian, but that's irrelevant.<BR/><BR/>The message is a wrong and harmful one, wherever it is delivered.<BR/><BR/>I also consider China to have one of the richest cultures on earth and have always been drawn to many aspects of it, so the way the Olympics was handled in some respects was disappointing.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your visit!heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-1674403568850909352008-08-29T21:11:00.000-07:002008-08-29T21:11:00.000-07:00By the way, I am Chinese by race as well, but I'm ...By the way, I am Chinese by race as well, but I'm a Singaporean. I think China has one of the richest cultures in the world and Chinese is arguably the most beautiful language; so it really puzzles me how such a wonderful country can produce such superficial, dishonest and unreasonable leaders.Miao 妙https://www.blogger.com/profile/02530675682644268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-49290959298874327242008-08-29T21:07:00.000-07:002008-08-29T21:07:00.000-07:00China was also sending a very wrong message to the...China was also sending a very wrong message to the Chinese people: It is perfectly all right to claim credit for other people's effort and contributions, that it is totally OK to discriminate someone because of his appearance. I have no doubt that if Stephen Hawking were born in China, China would be greatly ashamed of his disabilities and deformed physique, and would allow a Chinese 'Brad Pitt' to take credit for his brilliant scientific discoveries instead. Shouldn't we all be glad that Hawking wasn't born in China?Miao 妙https://www.blogger.com/profile/02530675682644268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-64657293616064176182008-08-18T13:00:00.000-07:002008-08-18T13:00:00.000-07:00Scarlett,And a McDonald's on the Champs Elysees. ...Scarlett,<BR/><BR/>And a McDonald's on the Champs Elysees. <BR/><BR/>Increasingly it seems that mediocrity rules, and that is terribly sad for all of us. I would rather fail on my own terms than succeed by conforming to some popular notion of merit.<BR/><BR/>Angela,<BR/><BR/>What were they thinking? Well, we know what they were thinking, but WHY?heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-26580329099334385312008-08-17T19:51:00.000-07:002008-08-17T19:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for calling this out. Absolutely. *Shakin...Thanks for calling this out. Absolutely. *Shaking my head in sadness*Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609676792430545424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-53340514737688262602008-08-17T12:13:00.000-07:002008-08-17T12:13:00.000-07:00I knew it was serious when I saw a Krispy Kreme do...I knew it was serious when I saw a Krispy Kreme donuts stand in Waterloo station, in London.<BR/><BR/>We are all falling to even less than mediocrity and individuality has become the bane of humanity.<BR/><BR/>More's the pity.Wanderlust Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-77699513714379467562008-08-17T10:16:00.000-07:002008-08-17T10:16:00.000-07:00Mojo,Me, too. It's just wrong.CJ,Children learn va...Mojo,<BR/><BR/>Me, too. It's just wrong.<BR/><BR/>CJ,<BR/><BR/>Children learn values from their elders. These are really crappy values, ergo the kids don't have a chance. <BR/><BR/>I would have hoped that the Olympics would raise the bar for everyone, not deteriorate into meanness and cheating.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-23105078434130859812008-08-17T07:10:00.000-07:002008-08-17T07:10:00.000-07:00Heart,I don't have anything good to say except tha...Heart,<BR/><BR/>I don't have anything good to say except that this disgusts the hell out of me. <BR/><BR/>CJcomfortandjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833023025228216694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-23917004247877941402008-08-16T07:25:00.000-07:002008-08-16T07:25:00.000-07:00I just can't tell you how disturbing this is to me...I just can't tell you how disturbing this is to me!RED MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724459820113337438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-17285393982046181602008-08-15T17:38:00.000-07:002008-08-15T17:38:00.000-07:00Claudia,Awwww, you're going to make me cry.Look wh...Claudia,<BR/><BR/>Awwww, you're going to make me cry.<BR/><BR/>Look who's talking!<BR/><BR/>Stinky Paw,<BR/><BR/>It sounds so easy, doesn't it? I think the obsession with winning is as much a drug as any of the so-called performance enhancers.<BR/><BR/>Scarlett,<BR/><BR/>Chani is a very smart lady. and you ain't no slouch neither.<BR/><BR/>It saddens me that there is less and less difference among cultures. We are all sacrificing our uniqueness for a kind of one-size-fits-all monotony and it's increasingly difficult to tell where in the world you are.<BR/><BR/>Maria,<BR/><BR/>It almost sounds like a Grimm's fairy tale - and they were very grim indeed.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-41695155473026503222008-08-15T17:31:00.000-07:002008-08-15T17:31:00.000-07:00And think of the lesson those two girls came away ...And think of the lesson those two girls came away with. The prettier one knew that she was a fraud and the one with the voice was made to feel less than.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049511202014141182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-37576750069173722562008-08-15T16:03:00.000-07:002008-08-15T16:03:00.000-07:00It's sickening. All of it.A beautiful facade ...It's sickening. All of it.<BR/>A beautiful facade for a whole country to impress the world.<BR/><BR/>It's the equivalent of putting liptstick on a pig (not one word about Miss Piggy). Glossed up garbage. False advertising. <BR/>I love what Chani said: "...infected with vanity".<BR/><BR/>And all the while fueling the destruction of other cities and countries and people... for what?<BR/><BR/>It strikes me as shocking irony that this culture which has put on it's painted face for the world, in its effort to be seen as a civilization of beauty, peace, tolerance, patience, morality and values, is inherently saturated with the deeply juxtaposed ideals that they are trying to mask.<BR/><BR/>Scarlett & ViaggiatoreWanderlust Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551514192060606454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-37142709713265749152008-08-15T15:57:00.000-07:002008-08-15T15:57:00.000-07:00Not only are they aiming for perfection in sports,...Not only are they aiming for perfection in sports, now this! TOtally ridiculous and as bad as doping among the athletes... why can't we just accept people for they they are and look like, geez!stinkypawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418558395508830375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-91997831795565454112008-08-15T12:33:00.000-07:002008-08-15T12:33:00.000-07:00((hug))You have such a great heart. I'm delighted...((hug))<BR/><BR/>You have such a great heart. I'm delighted to know you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-76240800962426499652008-08-15T11:11:00.000-07:002008-08-15T11:11:00.000-07:00Sister,I LOVE Debra Winger, especially her wonderf...Sister,<BR/><BR/>I LOVE Debra Winger, especially her wonderful husky voice.<BR/><BR/>It did occur to me that the little girl whose beauty was featured was not allowed to sing, but her instant celebrity probably makes up for it.<BR/><BR/>My Chinese-born doctor tells me that there are still areas of the country where baby girls are drowned. He says that in another generation, there won't be anyone left for the boys to marry. This kind of puts the cultural values thing in perspective.. at least both little girls were allowed to live.<BR/><BR/>No Fool,<BR/><BR/>I think they're already there.<BR/><BR/>Jocelyn,<BR/><BR/>It was unfair to both children, but more unfair to the little songbird. I also can't imagine why anyone thought she was anything but darling.<BR/><BR/>Julia,<BR/><BR/>The baby gymnasts look about 7 or 8 at most. It's a disgrace. <BR/><BR/>I would like to have better feelings about China than I do as I have always been interested in the culture, but the human rights violations in Tibet, Darfur, Burma and elsewhere overshadow the image they are trying to present at the Olympics. <BR/><BR/>Brissie,<BR/><BR/>It's especially sad when someone arbitrarily determines that Girl A is prettier than Girl B. Beauty is supposed to be in the eye of the beholder with no absolutes.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your visit!<BR/><BR/>David,<BR/><BR/>It's always disheartening to discover that we've been had, that the values put forth were mere merchandising. <BR/><BR/>I didn't see the opening ceremonies, so I really shouldn't offer an opinion, but there was much to be emulated in ancient Chinese culture (except for its treatment of females, of course.)<BR/><BR/>I think that Communism has eradicated much of the beauty of one of the oldest civilizations on earth, and that oddly, it has come full circle and behaves a lot like the Capitalism it eschews.<BR/><BR/>And I agree with you. The little singer is precious.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-48222297643878706482008-08-15T08:45:00.000-07:002008-08-15T08:45:00.000-07:00And the "real" little girl is cute a button!!!And the "real" little girl is cute a button!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-27796206432395323632008-08-15T06:24:00.000-07:002008-08-15T06:24:00.000-07:00Boy, it is an amazing story. More than Milli Vanil...Boy, it is an amazing story. More than Milli Vanilli, this one has an odd twist -- we learned and were reminded so much about Chinese culture during the opening ceremony -- symbolism and piety and the beauty of truth. It was amazing how much "goodness" was packed into those few hours -- things we should hold dear to our hearts. I watched and wanted to be a better person<BR/><BR/>And then this story breaks and seems to belie everything that we saw that night, all the lessons of living we were taught. Heartbreaking. <BR/><BR/>And welcome back. It is sooooo good to read you once again. What a joy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-78619577987629891332008-08-15T03:18:00.000-07:002008-08-15T03:18:00.000-07:00Yep, it sends a terrible message to young and vuln...Yep, it sends a terrible message to young and vulnerable girls everywhere, doesn't it......pretty wins and plain is always less desirable! Sad!Brissiemum2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11933172169962612609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-9667553170953592312008-08-15T00:36:00.000-07:002008-08-15T00:36:00.000-07:00The singing scandal is just one of the many things...The singing scandal is just one of the many things I'm angry at China for. Their underage gymnasts really have me fuming. You can't look at those girls and tell me that they're all at least sixteen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-28838609876080530192008-08-14T23:31:00.000-07:002008-08-14T23:31:00.000-07:00I read this news story, too, and was appalled--mos...I read this news story, too, and was appalled--mostly for that little girl with the great voice...and her own darling face that somehow didn't measure up. <BR/><BR/>Hand to heaven, but your posts get me riled in the best way.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29674249.post-46353642225426111862008-08-14T20:55:00.000-07:002008-08-14T20:55:00.000-07:00How American. They'll make great Captalists.How American. They'll make great Captalists.The Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962641109795032438noreply@blogger.com