tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756425817936242482024-02-18T22:24:17.638-08:00Ellen0526ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-32934737338025075302012-02-22T06:28:00.001-08:002012-02-22T06:28:06.934-08:00Last letter to youHey,<div>
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This might be the last letter I write to you.</div>
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Realizing you and I are over just makes me sad. </div>
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We've been through so many things together. There were many beautiful memories between us. It's not easy to put down all of our memories and move on. Hope this is the last time I cry for you. You have your goals and dreams. Sorry I won't be the one to be company with you till the end. No worries, you will find your dream girl.</div>
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The one thing I love to have business trip in Vietnam is their inexpensive SPA services. </div>
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I was looking for SPA information the other day, and I found out this beautiful one, L' Apothiquaire. </div>
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You will see the house is in the end of the lane. It's easy to find and it's not far from downtown.</div>
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They have beautiful swimming pool and sauna room for free whenever you are the customers.</div>
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Ladies can speak English quite well. You can also choose the flavor of oil and body scrubs.</div>
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Compare to the price with other SPA areas, they are a bit higher. With this beautiful area, I think it's quite worthy.</div>
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The SPA room my friend and I used were quiet and beautiful, too. They have a nice bath tub in side. But the treatment I chose didn't get to use it. For those who are shy about being naked, don't need to worry. They will so cover your eyes with towels. =D</div>
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Here's the website: www.lapothiquaire.com</div>
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I was lazy when I was at China.</div><div>It's really weird I talked about marriage with you. I am the woman refuse talking about future.</div><div>Don't know how you feel when u heard the news tiffany got married?</div><div>If my sis is getting married I will be so overwhelmed. </div><div>This is the most important decision I will make in my life. So will you.</div><div>Do you think I am the one for you?</div><div>Hopefully, i am the one.</div><div>e</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-7907948399021472532011-04-06T07:28:00.000-07:002011-04-06T07:44:45.068-07:00Letter to Cory 4/6Hi baby C,<div><br /></div><div>I like this nickname. It's so cute. Don't you think it sounds like a drink or something?</div><div>It's been a month that i didn't write to you. Maybe cuz i was angry at you last half month. I spent time staying with you the other half month.</div><div>There are so many things i want to let you know. </div><div>But ellen's sweaty and tired and smelly now.</div><div>I will do it on next letter. hahaha</div><div>miss u, baby C.</div><div><br /></div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-38271571292778761212011-02-23T05:20:00.000-08:002011-02-23T05:25:10.678-08:00Letter to Cory 2/23Hi Cory,<div><br /></div><div>Kinda miss you now...</div><div>I was being very busy in Indonesia. Sorry i didn't have much time for you.</div><div>Things are not so cool here. We rent a car w/ a driver. He looks so mean, Lisa and I are so afraid he will sell us at the end. When I'm in here, the other stupid cunt in Taiwan tries to replace me but makes things worse. Not so happy by that.</div><div><br /></div><div>How about you? Do you miss me much as i do to you?</div><div>e</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-61636846606598191092011-02-19T11:09:00.000-08:002011-02-19T11:13:27.586-08:00Letter to Cory 2/20Hi Cory,<div><br /></div><div>So now you know I'm going to visit you.</div><div>I can feel you are happy about that.</div><div>But stop saying those mean words to me...</div><div><br /></div><div>Why on earth will i spend my money and time to visit a normal friend?</div><div>I'm sure you know the reason. </div><div>e</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-68280092348161802011-02-13T06:28:00.000-08:002011-02-13T06:34:24.630-08:00Letter to Cory 2/13Hi Cory,<div><br /></div><div>It's Valentine's day tomorrow. Wish you have nice time.</div><div>I could not remember how we celebrated it last year. </div><div>Maybe we did not do anything. haha</div><div><br /></div><div>I went to my uncle's place and had lunch w/ the relatives. They moved to a bigger place for their factory now. I think you might want to know this. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the little secrete, i'm going to visit you after the show for wholeeeeee week. </div><div>Let us count down!</div><div>e</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-35607271307898222172011-02-08T07:06:00.000-08:002011-02-08T07:28:51.904-08:00Letter to Cory 2/8Hey Cory,<div><br /></div><div>Big news! One of my best friend is going to get married, Carol.</div><div>She gave me a call today and asked me if I have time this Friday noon.</div><div>Unfortunately, she totally forgot I needed to work...</div><div><br /></div><div>I will squeeze my time and have a nice afternoon tea with her no matter what.</div><div>It's so wonderful to hear best friend is getting married. I feel so touching.</div><div>Don't you think you have to determine yourself to the other one for your entire life is really a crazy thing. She said she's getting older that she needs to get married.</div><div>She and her bf has been together for four to five years I think. </div><div>Marriage is so sacred. Wish we can both find our "the one" someday.</div><div>e</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-70772515352532037692011-02-07T07:22:00.000-08:002011-02-07T07:27:49.042-08:00Letter to Cory 2/7Hi Cory,<div><br /></div><div>I miss my promised ring. I took it off from my necklace after we had fight couple weeks ago. It sounded like a puppy love when you gave me that ring. I was too young to understand the meaning from that ring. But i felt secured from you. You are the only man can make me feel this way.</div><div><br /></div><div>If I give you one promised ring, will you wear it for me?</div><div>e</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-70617282836234991212011-02-05T04:20:00.000-08:002011-02-05T04:27:06.155-08:00Letter to Cory 2/5Hey Cory,<div><br /></div><div>We didn't talk for days... How have you been?</div><div>Hope you are not stressed. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's Chinese New Year vacation this week. We had interesting CNY last year. You and I had our first CNY together. We enjoyed the dinner with my family and relatives. You also got your red envelops from elders. It's hard to believe you've left Taiwan for a year. </div><div>I miss you so badly.</div><div>e</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-72092328046990009162011-01-29T04:38:00.000-08:002011-01-29T04:52:01.211-08:00Letter to Cory 1/28 after watching movieHey Cory,<div><br /></div><div>Don't be surprised women are so emotional and sensitive.</div><div>Always want to tell you how I feel after seeing movies.</div><div>I believe I can't quit this bad habits until... forever again.</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><i>You meet thousands of people every day. And none of them really touched you. And then you meet one people. And your life has changed forever. ~Love & Other Drugs~</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to practicing Chinese with you tonight. :)</p><p class="MsoNormal">e</p></div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-73504038736633575042011-01-28T19:05:00.000-08:002011-01-28T19:41:45.702-08:00Letter to Cory 1/28Hey Cory,<div><br /></div><div>We had another stupid fight the other day. </div><div>Sometimes people get too lose to remember they are friends not haters.</div><div><br /></div><div>I believe there are still many culture differences between you and me.</div><div>You may feel hurt by my meaningless words.</div><div>I also feel hurt when you said something really harsh. </div><div>But it really seems that you enjoy doing this. And you feel i deserve all this pain.</div><div>I will not say thank god i broke up w/ you. Whether good or bad, we learned many things from each other. Thank you for making me a woman. </div><div>e</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-12181773688427804532011-01-21T21:07:00.000-08:002011-01-21T21:21:52.826-08:00Letter to Cory 1/22Hey babe,<div><br /></div><div>I'm sorry you can't read these email until... forever I guess.</div><div>You've moved on. I'm going to be one tiny little spot in your heart. </div><div>You told me you could remember everything from her. You did things for her. </div><div>She texts you when she wants. And I am in the other part of this world. </div><div>Always try to call you, but you dont have a personal phone. I always want to know how you are, where you go and what you eat and how you are doing...</div><div>I'm not the one anymore. I'm not sure if it's okay to ask you too many things.</div><div>Don't forget I have to move on too. Non-stop thinking about you will not make me move on. Everyone is selfish. You love the feeling of being cared. Who doesn't? </div><div>I am never a good girlfriend. Sorry if i hurt your feeling. I really do. </div><div><br /></div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-14954687562176999402011-01-16T05:09:00.000-08:002011-01-16T05:18:30.804-08:00Letter to Cory 1/16Hi babe,<div><div><br /></div><div>You are my one and only baby even we refused to call this name.</div><div>I took off your necklace and your ring the day we argued.</div><div>You should know I said those things to make you sad or angry.</div><div>It was memory. The day we still appreciated about each other.</div><div><br /></div><div>We used to ask how much we loved each other. I believe it's the distance from here to polestar. If you need to count in time, that means a lots of light years. For me, it will be eternity time to love you.</div><div><br /></div><div>e</div><div><br /></div></div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-5917613249025615012011-01-12T17:38:00.000-08:002011-01-12T17:44:54.042-08:002011 i'm finethis is a brand new year for me.<div>i quit my job.</div><div>back to single.</div><div>really should start to think for myself.</div><div><br /></div><div>move on, ellen!</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-30964459419916586892010-12-26T02:20:00.000-08:002010-12-26T02:27:27.213-08:00第一天我們一句話也沒有說<div>事實上,是你沒和我說。</div><div><br /></div><div>每當我思緒一停下來,想的就是你和她激情的畫面。</div><div><br /></div><div>無法停止</div><div>不敢看我們的照片</div><div>一切的一切 讓我噁心 讓我暈眩</div><div><br /></div><div>i feel lost and empty</div><div>心死掉了</div><div>沒有了心 就不會再愛人 也不會再難過</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-20997768726311215872010-12-25T06:39:00.000-08:002010-12-25T06:46:48.369-08:00完結篇就這樣 <div>三年半 ,一千多個日子</div><div>被迫畫下了句號。</div><div><br /></div><div>心好痛</div><div>眼淚憋不住 也停不下來</div><div><br /></div><div>謝謝你,讓我成長。</div><div>那句:你明年還會繼續愛我嗎?</div><div>再也不用問了</div><div>今天上班想的要做一本 我們的相冊 </div><div>有著我們回憶歡笑淚水的相冊</div><div>現在想起來 好滑稽 好自以為</div><div><br /></div><div>看得這麼多Chick flick。</div><div>天真的以為 自己也會像電影裡面的女主角一樣</div><div>有著幸福快樂的日子,</div><div>電影終究是電影...</div><div><br /></div><div>and i am still crying alone in my lonely room </div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-55580468741845268152010-12-10T06:13:00.000-08:002010-12-10T06:24:33.306-08:00你一定不知道,我很難過看到那一個一個的字,出現在電腦螢幕上。<div>就好像是一把刀,一劃一劃的割在我的心上。</div><div><br /></div><div>為什麼相愛的兩個人,總是要經歷這麼多崎嶇的過程。</div><div>相愛的兩個人,為什麼要分開。</div><div>明明就是心頭的一塊肉,卻又要傷害它。</div><div><br /></div><div>你是不是 不愛了。</div><div>你可以再愛我一年嗎?</div><div><br /></div><div>我還記得第一天晚上,在我的床上你教我拼你的名字。是E不是O,兩個L。</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-75030246261981072622010-12-02T05:25:00.001-08:002010-12-02T05:28:21.765-08:00害怕好害怕,有一天 真的什麼都無所謂了。<div>好害怕,就這樣漸漸的把這種感覺遺忘。</div><div><br /></div><div>把一個人 忘記 需要花多久的時間?</div><div>要怎麼樣 你才可以 把我永遠放在你心上?</div><div><br /></div><div>好想你!</div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-32059281856110555982010-11-21T03:00:00.001-08:002010-11-21T03:19:26.269-08:00Beauty of old Guan ZhouI still can remember the first time I was at Xa Mien.<div>Even I have been working in Dong Guan for a year, I did not have the chance to visit city next to it, Guan Zhou. It was a lovely day when my coworker and I had to authorized some documents for my Chinese coworkers. </div><div>Same as before, the traffic at GZ was horrible. Until the moment I saw different style of constructions in my eyes.</div><div>Driver told me it was the area where French and British people rented the area when the end of Chin dynasty .</div><div>Nice and cozy when wonder in it.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-11571424377924614362010-11-19T21:53:00.000-08:002011-10-28T06:41:26.726-07:00Fanny, Ice Cream shop @ HCMC<a href="http://www.fanny.com.vn/">http://www.fanny.com.vn/</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYa3wDWSU3pXFTY72MFvI8U0_ZeQ3EanozGkoBxHXkIC7LS8mnAgyAudAb6g0nVwyNuBl8VANcMiqKl6G_XWCMyh-52o8Tp7oKO9nc5NMHLGLpX-zmr-pgs-KhcC6MClEzuxKqpNMYX8s/s1600/fanny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYa3wDWSU3pXFTY72MFvI8U0_ZeQ3EanozGkoBxHXkIC7LS8mnAgyAudAb6g0nVwyNuBl8VANcMiqKl6G_XWCMyh-52o8Tp7oKO9nc5NMHLGLpX-zmr-pgs-KhcC6MClEzuxKqpNMYX8s/s320/fanny.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYa3wDWSU3pXFTY72MFvI8U0_ZeQ3EanozGkoBxHXkIC7LS8mnAgyAudAb6g0nVwyNuBl8VANcMiqKl6G_XWCMyh-52o8Tp7oKO9nc5NMHLGLpX-zmr-pgs-KhcC6MClEzuxKqpNMYX8s/s1600/fanny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYa3wDWSU3pXFTY72MFvI8U0_ZeQ3EanozGkoBxHXkIC7LS8mnAgyAudAb6g0nVwyNuBl8VANcMiqKl6G_XWCMyh-52o8Tp7oKO9nc5NMHLGLpX-zmr-pgs-KhcC6MClEzuxKqpNMYX8s/s1600/fanny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">This is the one I had the first time... Can't remember the name. But it's really fresh and cute!!!</span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYa3wDWSU3pXFTY72MFvI8U0_ZeQ3EanozGkoBxHXkIC7LS8mnAgyAudAb6g0nVwyNuBl8VANcMiqKl6G_XWCMyh-52o8Tp7oKO9nc5NMHLGLpX-zmr-pgs-KhcC6MClEzuxKqpNMYX8s/s1600/fanny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-77822547189011326482010-11-11T17:39:00.000-08:002010-11-11T17:43:47.924-08:00maybe i should start it hereIt's been a long time since last time i wrote for myself.<div>Happily, I'm at Vietnam again with my friend.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are so many things I can do but I cannot.</div><div>The stupid crisis thing makes me has no passion.</div><div>I'm not complaining my job. But I have to spend time thinking what I can do next.</div><div>In what ways I can become a better person in this industry.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-49518824786975647202007-08-07T08:57:00.000-07:002007-08-07T08:59:28.468-07:00Italian Population ProblemsIn “Our family units are shrinking too fast,” The Irish Times (2007) writes that the birth rate in Italy is lower than the average of the world. Now the Italian government is facing the problems that the population in the country is not balanced; in other words, Italy now has too many in the old generation but very few newborn children. The statistic shows that Italy will lose 25 percent of its natural population by 2060, which means Italy will not keep their country with its abundance of labor force. It will become a serious problem in Italy. As we know, the three main elements to support one country are politics, economy, and military affairs. However, these three elements are all based on the foundation of “people.” If there is one country which has few citizens, it will be difficult for the country to maintain the supremacy of their citizens. From the beginning of the problem, the Italian government should realize why most Italian women are reluctant to give births. Via the reasons of why the women do not want to get pregnant, the Italian government will be more likely to understand and find the solution for population problems. Recently, there is one town in Italy that, in order to encourage the female residents to have the children, they will provide huge amount of money for the children (The Irish Time, 2007). <br /><br /> In “Say Goodbye to Europe” Freund, M. states, “Italy’s population could shrink by one-third by the middle of the century” (2007, p. 15). In this article, the author tells us that there are more and more couples because of economic and family reasons that do not want to have children. According to this, most of the newborn children in the European countries are not the same races as the rest of the country. This could lead to another population crisis in Italy, which means it will be hard to maintain the original culture and customs. Besides, Italy has its own special problem between south and north. From the article, “Ever older, south ever poorer” (2007), the author also mentioned that inter-migration in Italy makes the poverty gap bigger. The Northern part of Italy is closer to the European continent. The closer to the European continent, the more job opportunities the people may get. <br /><br /> First, government should improve the situation of low birth rate. According to “Our family units are shrinking too fast” (2007, p. 15), the number of the birth rate in Italy is 1.33 children per women in one family. A country needs 2.1 children per woman to ensure the population numbers remain steady. In this situation, they should provide the following ways to help the situation be solved. They should realize the reason the women do not want to have babies. For instance, the economy might influence the women when they have babies, they will need time to take care of the children and buy many new things for the newcomers. If the women want to keep working, they will need to hire the nannies. They will spend the extra money to hire one nanny or mothers shall quit their jobs to look after their children. To illustrate, to raise a kid until he is eighteen, the parents should spend at least 5 million US dollars. It could be a huge amount for a middle-class family. The couple may think that they will prefer not to have any kids and save money to raising kids. Besides, the improvement of medical skills makes women stay safe to have the abortion. It is the indirect way to encourage women not to have baby if they do not. The result is that to have an abortion becomes common in Italy. It makes women there have more chances to choose whether they are going to have children or not. Nevertheless, the government used to educate the people to have the birth control in Italy. The Italian women could take the birth control pills if they want. All they had to do, was to go to see the doctors and ask for the prescription then every woman could go to the pharmacy and get the birth control pills. It is a good policy to protect women’s right; however, it could be also a reason Italy has a low birth rate. Now, the government should educate people and encourage people to have more kids. The government should provide new policies such as welfare for the pregnant women. <br /><br /> The government should reform the pension system in order to help the aging generation. Since Italy is the greyest country in the whole European Union, the government should help the most of the population, the aging people, in Italy. There are more advantages to prolonging the working years. In the article, “Row brewing over pension reform” (2007), the author mentioned that the Italian government would save about 13 billion Euros per year if the retirement age was prolonged from 57 to 60. In other words, most of the old people are healthy enough to keep working even when they are 60. Actually, the average for the aging Italian is 78.3 for men and 84 for women (D’emilio, 2007). If people could retire later, it would truly help the government save money. The more workers work, the more pension they would probably get when they are retired. “There are still too many people today living on insufficient pensions” (D’emilio, 2007). As a result, letting people work longer, and save much money at the bank account will help the old people not to live on with the insufficient pensions. <br /><br /> The Italian government should teach other immigrants to make them become new Italian. The immigrants are the main source to maintain their population; however, it’s not appropriate for a country to maintain their original race and culture. Here is the problem; more and more different races in Italy will become “real Italians.’ The Italians are afraid that they cannot preserve the pure and real Italian culture after a century. It is possible that many kids who are from the intercultural families may not get good grades at school because one of their parents may not speak or write in Italian. One solution is that, the government should encourage Italians to have intercultural relationships with the immigrants. For instance, the government could set up a school for those immigrants who cannot read or write in Italian, trying to assimilate the two different cultures into one Italian culture. Moreover, every Italian should be open-minded. Even though people are different colors; they could all be new Italians. There is a town in Italy that offers couples EUR 10,000 for each newborn baby. They are going to raise their birth rate through this beneficial policy (The Irish Time, 2007). <br /><br /> Via population problems, the economy may be in crisis, in which Italians should support their country. As I mentioned before, there are three main elements to support the country which are politics, economy and military. Three things are all supported from the citizens. In other words, if there is one country with territory and sovereignty but without any citizens, then, we would not call it a country. Every country needs many laborers to support one’s country’s economy. If the country has many workers, they are more likely to lower the price of the products. Because of the cheap human resources, the company can save the actual cost from the low pay of their laborers. Besides, people would be happier and more willing to go to work if their salary is enough for their living. In contrast, the low population may lead the company out of workers; all they could do is find the workers from other countries or they will set their factories in other countries. It will not only reduce the working opportunities to Italian people, but also push the company to put their funds in other areas. All in all, it will lead the Italian economy into depression. The best way to solve the economic problem is to encourage people to have more children and prolong the retirement ages. <br /><br /> In conclusion, Italian people are having fewer children than before; they are going to face a population crisis which includes lack of labor, losing the culture and the old generation is leading a poor life after retirement. Having more and more of the aging generation and fewer and fewer children is the most serious population issue in Italy. They will not have enough people to support the whole country until they have abundant people. The Italian government should legislate the new policies to encourage and protect women having more children and reform the pension system in order to assure that the old generation will have sufficient money for the rest of their lives. <br /><br />References<br /><br />D’emilio, F. (2007, July 7). Italy’s Aged Turn to Foreigners for Care. Associated Press. Retrieved on July 10, 2007 from LexisNexis.<br />Ever older, south ever poorer. Agence France Presse (2007, May 24). Retrieved on July 10, 2007 from LexisNexis. <br />Freund, M. (2007, January 14). Say Goodbye to Europe. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved on July 10, 2007 from LexisNexis. <br />Our Family Units are Shrinking Too Fast. (2007, February 1). The Irish Times. Retrieved on July 10, 2007 from LexisNexis. <br />Row Brewing Over Pension Reform. (2007, May 9). ANSA. Retrieved on July 15, 2007 from LexisNexis.ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375642581793624248.post-34356904698147026192007-07-20T09:52:00.000-07:002007-07-20T09:54:13.413-07:00Population Makes Italy Into Economy CrisisIn the Agence France Presse article “Ever Older, South Ever Poorer,” the author criticizes Italy’s population as too low; it’s also the point that makes the income gap between south and north wider. According to the article, the percentage of old people has become higher and higher. Younger people become lazier and they drop out of schools easily. They do not get jobs because the elders are still able to work. Lacking job opportunities, what people could do is to emigrate to the north looking for more chances to get better works. Besides the aging problems, female labor force is also a big issue for Italy. Although the female labor force has grown rapidly from 2000 to 2005, compared to the other European countries, the statistic is still way below the average. I agree with what the author said from the article that Italy is the greyest country in Europe. And it truly has a big problem toward their population. Hence, the population situation leads Italy to an economic crisis. <br /><br />This article is valid because the problem of Italian population truly influences the Italian economy, from the health care to their aging people, policies toward other immigrants and unemployment for females and young laborers. All these things influence the economy in Italy. The most important thing is how could Italian government solve these problems. <br /><br />First, government should also help the needy old people in the country. Since Italy is the greyest country in the Europe Union, the Italian government needs to put more effort into taking care of the old generation. From the article I have read, it talks about the pension problem of the old generation. Because these old people live longer than we expected, they are probably going to earn much money to keep their own living. As a result, government should improve the retirement system. For instance, they should set up new laws for the old people that they are available to work more than twenty five to thirty years. In order to save enough money for the rest of their lives, it is important to prolong the time of working years. In other words, to set up the new law for the major public, the old generation is the first important thing in Italy. The policy will help and improve the aging population and it could also solve the economic problem. If there is more and more labor force in one’s country, that means more people could help the country work. In fact, the less unemployment the wealthier the country should be.<br /> <br />Next, it will be better to have a policy about having more children that the females will get a perfect and well-organized program which will give the women money when they are willing to have children. The immigration in Italy seriously affects the racial problem, because there are many immigrants who are from different cultures and different races. They might bring their own culture to an Italian town. Southern Italy used to be the poorest place in this country. Nevertheless, the decline of the birth rate makes those small towns dying. Government should have more policies to encourage the people in southern Italy to have more chances to work. This action would help the Italian government work against the huge amount of immigrants’ population. <br /><br />Finally, the number in the labor force of females and the young are lower than the average of other European countries. On one hand, many females are reluctant to have a baby because they are afraid of losing their job during the time they are pregnant and giving birth. Moreover, having a baby will take women much time taking care of the infants. They need to hire a nanny or a babysitter when they do not have time to look after the child. It not only takes their time but also costs them money to have children. All of these problems lead the women in Italy to have a low birth rate. On the other hand, because the old generation is still able to work in this country, they have gotten most of the working opportunities. As a result, in the poorest area of Italy, the southern part, the government could develop more industry areas for the young group. <br /><br />To sum up, the population problem affects Italy and cause economic crisis. Solving the aging generation retirement problem could enhance their society. Government policies which encourage females to have more children will fight against the immigrant group. It could help Italy to preserve their own culture. Female labor could also make the Italian economy have a big improvement if the Government provides better policies. <br /><br />Reference:<br /><br />Agence France Presse (2007, May 24) Ever older, south ever poorer. Retrieved on July 10, 2007 from LexisNexis.ellen wonderlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17359034433424127998noreply@blogger.com0