To Conclude...

Wow! I can't believe I finally reached my last post (instead of ten posts in total by the end it's seven now since we're running out of time). Since it's the last one, I decided to conclude this blog and to do a little recap of what I've learned throughout the whole process of this blog. 


"Riot in Hong Kong on Chinese New Year":

Man throwing a public garbage can at a police.
(Same picture used in "Riot in Hong Kong on Chinese New Year")

I've learned about how people will fight for freedom. They even decide to have physical fights against police officers. This situation really made me think on how I'm supposed to resolve conflicts. Clearly this was an example of what I SHOULDN'T do. It's important to take a stand but when it can cause harm and possibly kill someone, is it really the way to go? This wouldn't make those standing up for freedom any better than those who are taking the freedom away. Problems should be resolved not getting worse thinking that the problems resolved. 
Lesson Learned: 
Fight for freedom but do it the right way (non-violent).

"Religious Freedom in China" :
In this post, I found out that the leaders in China actually legalize religions. Which means that those who aren't "legalized" are bad and aren't allowed to be practiced. I found that quite insulting and ride. This gives people three choices: practice the "legalized" religions, don't practice at all, practice your own religion but secretly and could possibly face punishments (usually physical) if found practicing. I feel terrible that people have to suffer so much. I'm now aware and also very thankful for where I've been raised. After this post, I feel so grateful for those who have fought for our freedom. I think that people should learn to accept differences. If they can accept different physical appearance, why can't religions be accepted?
Lesson Learned:
Be grateful for those who fight for your freedom; 
Accept others for who they are even with their differences.

"North Korean Camps" :

North Korean camp prisoners had to kneel before the guards and open their mouths.
The guards would then spit in their mouths and the prisoners just had to accept it.
(Same picture used in "North Korean Camps")

When I was writing this post, I feel like I finally understand the hardships that North Koreans are going through. Of course there is no way I would understand the pain they're going through, but now I know that it was never their choice and they had no choice. They are treated like wild animals and are trained to almost have no emotion. To them, family, love, peace, happiness and many more, don't even exist. Surely they would have heard of this, but many would never have experienced it because certain were born in the camps. I know that these days, people make fun of North Korea and I used to think it was quite amusing and funny. But now, I feel sorry for the people who have so much time making up these jokes. They should instead do like 5 minutes of research to see what they're making jokes about. After knowing their stories, I don't think you'll have the heart to make any more jokes. 
Lesson Learned:
Don't judge others before understanding them and knowing their story.

Sorry this post is getting a little long...I'm almost done. Just bear with me. 

"Tiger Moms" : 

So if you have read this post, it was funnier than my other ones. This post is about moms who overwork their children in...well everything. I feel that this method of raising children could work but would also just blow up and become a huge disaster. As for why parents (usually mothers) do this, it's because of their beliefs on how to succeed. The Chinese believe that in order to succeed, they have to do anything in order to get it. They grew up knowing, "If you want it, you gotta work for it yourself." But I think that in doing this, kids lose their childhood when they can just play and have fun. They lose the time where they don't have to worry about anything. Instead they're taught: "I need to study because I won't succeed." at a young age. 
Lesson Learned:
Let children live their childhood and just let them be free.

Last one, I promise. 

"One Vision, One Identity, One Community" :

Different leaders of the countries in AICHR at a special meeting with their signature hand shake
(Same picture used in "One Vision, One Identity, One Community")

I've learned that there are organizations fighting for human rights in Southeast Asia. They have conferences and meet up at least twice a year. They are the example that others should follow. I think that the other Asian countries should also join this group or start their own. In order to understand the problems, leaders of each country should meet up and discuss about the problems and possible solutions. This is somewhat similar to what we know as UNICEF. ASEAN and the group AICHR are examples of how problems should be solved opposed to the ways that the people in Hong Kong reacted to their human rights problem. I feel that we shouldn't be afraid to stand up for what's right to help change the world.  
Lesson Learned: 
Don't be afraid to stand up for what's right;
Together we can solve problems and help the world become a better place. 


Well that took a while, but in the end I was able to learn A LOT. I felt like throughout this blog project for my media studies unit in English helped me learn more about others, myself and many morals.

Thanks for reading my blog, I hope you learned a lot and enjoyed reading it!! :) 

非常感謝你!!
(Thank you very much!!)  

"One Vision, One Identity, One Community"

Hey everyone welcome to my sixth post! Some of you may or may not have noticed that I changed the look of my blog. I thought it would fit my theme pretty well. Anyways that's not the point, let's get back to this blog post. 

I will be talking about "AICHR" which stands for "ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights" Before you continue and think: "Wynonna doesn't even know how to spell ASIAN right?" "ASEAN" is actually another acronym. (Who puts an acronym in an acronym?) "ASEAN" stands for "Association of Southeast Asian Nations". Let me explain to you these two different groups and how they're tied/related.

This is the ASEAN emblem/logo.

ASEAN is an organisation of 10 Southeast Asian countries. It was formed by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand on August 8th 1967. Later on

other countries have been added including, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Vietnam. As written in the ASEAN Declaration, the purposes of ASEAN are:

• "To accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development in the region.
• To promote regional peace and stability
• To promote collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest.
• To provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities.
• To collaborate for the better utilization of agriculture and industry to raise the living standards of the people.
• To promote Southeast Asian studies.
• To maintain close, beneficial co-operation with existing international organisations with similar aims and purposes"

This is the ASEAN flag.

Next is AICHR, which first started in October 2009. They are a group formed by ASEAN to focus on human rights. They meet up at least twice every year.  Their job is to "promote and protect human rights and regional co-operation on human in the member states of Brunei, Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR (People's Democratic Republic), Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. 

Special Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
with their signature crossed hand shake.

Since I've been talking negatively about human rights and freedom in Asia, I felt like I needed to balance things out. There are organisations who are trying to protect human rights, like this one. Countries in Asia are started to understand human rights and freedom, which is a good sign. Education and understanding, to me, are the keys to change for the better. Once someone understands the problem it can be solved and prevented. This organisation is just the start!  

Oh! I seemed to have forgot to mention the title. Some of you are probably thinking that I just put something inspirational as a title just because. That is FALSE! Fun fact: the title is actually ASEAN's motto.

遲啲見!
(See you later!) 

Sources: 
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN_Intergovernmental_Commission_on_Human_Rights
2. http://aichr.org/about/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Southeast_Asian_Nations#Purpose
4. http://asean.org/asean/about-asean/