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联合国大学招聘实习生
09Oct2009Always attracted by not be loved people,
I was discarded once by my best friend.
It was tough.
Again facing someone who seems to be mean,
I can still see a warm heart through her eyes.
At that momont, I consciously stretched out my hand to her,
keeping away from my world,
to be closer to the lonely hearts.
Once upon a time,
Agatha told me the greatest love is to love the ennemies. 07Oct2009Armed control, the topic of our today's event turns out to be an impressively interesting issue which would never have crossed my mind. The Midday Forum event of UNU was focusing on the NGO Oxfam's recent report on the call of an international Arm Trade Treaty (ATT), as an side event of Arm Control Conference of the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations. The theme itself is not that original since there are tons of initiatives of treaties or agreements on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons. However, the collaboration between an UN agency, who has more access to the policy makers' side, and an NGO which has more access to the people and the witnesses on the ground, brings fresh voices and substantial elements on the table to be discussed. The academic world really needs to work more closely with the NGOs who are the speakers for those people who do not necessarily have access to be heard. If the UNU wish to be the bridge between the academic world and the political realm, then more fresh voices should be brought to the policy makers, which seems to me the best way to make change happen. 06Oct2009The Saudi Arabic Reception was like a unu reunion out of the office. I was told not to dress too fansy but apparently, my dress was somehow too short. The food was delicious that I enjoyed a lot. I shaked hand with the Saudi Arabic Prince so I have accomplished my mission. I didn't do any social networking except for gossipping with my coworkers about the office. To succeed a professional career in an international organization like UN, I was told by an Italian JPO who works at DESA that two ideal profiles of person are strongly appreciated: either someone with a strong academic background in a specific area or someone having a lot of experiences on the ground in the developing countries. This statement seems so true to me according to my personal experience with the people and to my perception of being an international leader that this phrase is definiteley going to shape largely my professional plan for the future. I am giving some general judgement on americans: Good practioners but not necessarily the good thinker. The American way of working is focused on problem solving. This ultimate goal shapes the way how the they discuss and argue. They are always try to draw a conclusion at the end of a discussion or a paper. Contrary to the Americans, the Europeans are not a good practionners in the sense of problem solving because their way of thinking and argueing makes the problem becoming the more and more complex. The Europeans enjoy to the whole process of debate as in the period of Acient Greece. They start with a paradox or a problem and finish with a more sophisticated one. Both of the Americans and the Europeans love to question. However, the ultimate goal is completely different as well as the result. So from my point of view, the American bears the good practioners while as the Europeans are the great thinkers. I am not generalize my conclusion and exclusing the exceptions. This opposition Thinkers and Practioners bring me compare the evolution of social science (soft science) and science (hard sciences). The science breakthroughs are mostly driven by the problem solving mechanism such as in solving mathmetic problem. The evolution of social science is more unpredictable, in the sense of uncertainty of goals. The ultimate goals and the value of the social science is continuously be questioned and challenged. Moreover, the best answer of any kind of social sciences questions does not really exist. This major difference between the soft and the hard sciences makes it difficult to define which is the best way to contribute and accelerate the development of social sciences. Prizes and awards play a huge role as the impulsement of the progression of human knowledges. One example of the great role of competition and awards is Jean-Jacque Rousseau's idea of Social Contract which was born during the philosophic competition. My question is how to make the social sciences to contribute in the human development? General ideas about the Americans: to be continued on easily get offended and distanced, intercultural communication models (cake pie model and coconut model) My Theory of HappinessMy statement about depression as a general phenomenon in Europe and USA.
I have been familar with the word of depressed (deprimé in French) or depression as one of the first words I learned to integrate to the French society, as well as the word stressed out (stressé). It's a French way to say "hello" by saying "je suis stressé". Somehow, I didn't expect to meet depressed people in NY as I considered Europeans to be the most nostalogic countries in the world. However, I found out only this week, after two months aventures in NY, that depression is completely globalized in the sense that it is not a speciality reserved only for the europeans, but also the americans.. I could help but wonder: why so many people are depressed?
I have two general conclusions and hypothesis (to be modest):
In this modern world, two kinds of people can feel depressed.
- Those who do not have hope: which means that people cannot expect their future to be better than the present. It can be easily proved in an european context that the babyboom generation (those who were born just after the World War II, about my parents' generation in Europe) is considered the golden period (1945-1975). Those who were born after 1975 are somehow disfavored by the economic slowdown in Europe. The generation of my age in Europe can never expect a better life than their parents'. There is no wonder that no hope is worse than no bread.
- Those who don't FEEL being loved. I insist much on the word FEEL is because people don't usually feel happy not only because they are not loved but also they are not aware of the fact that they are surrounded by love. Europe and USA like most developed countries are caraterized by individualistic society. The notion of family in France is very limited in a very small circle between the couple. Whenever the children are becoming grownups, they would try to build their own family without having a tight relationship with their parents. While as in United States, a lot of people are so workaholic that they devote themselves and all of their passion to their career that sometimes to be a family member is a secondary job. Emotions are just neglected by an extremely functional vision of life.
According to my theory of happiness, I am not going to be depressed, not because I have crappy parents to be easily surpassed but I am always driven by hope and love which I have so much to share with you. |
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