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Y世代/草莓族
Generation
Y: Passionate, But Unlucky (wordpress.com)
Eighty-nine percent of young adults feel
that the economy has negatively impacted their day-to-day lives, revealed a
survey conducted this year by an organization dedicated to the cause of the
struggling Generation Y.
“Generation Y
is accused of being spoiled and lazy. They don’t want to do the hard work. They
just want to sleep on their parent’s couch and wait for a high-paying job to
get handed to them,” Maria Davis, a professor of sociology, said.
However, the survey results showcase a more
sympathetic view of Generation Y, one that acknowledges their unique struggles
due to the economic recession.
“Young adults
are having to rearrange their lives and put back major life plans. They are
more focused on their work and education and less on buying a home, settling
down, and having a family,” Davis said.
The Boston Globe reported that roughly 5.9
million Americans aged 25-34 lived with their parents in 2010, marriages among
young adults was at 44.2 percent and homeownership was at 65.4 percent in
general.
Generation Y, also referred to as
Millennials, has gotten a bad rap over the years, but a panel held in Austin,
Texas served to prove preconceptions of Millennials wrong, as the panelists
displayed passion, drive and determination in their post-collegiate pursuits.
Four recent graduates of UT-Austin’s journalism program spoke to current
students on Jan. 17 about their experiences in the professional workforce.
The Pew Research Center found that many
Americans viewed Millennials as eternally unsatisfied, constantly switching
jobs due to dissatisfaction and a notion of always searching for something
better, yet panelist David Muto insisted that trying different things wasn’t
flighty, but important to making sure you end up where you belong.
The Credit Union Times reported that
companies and organizations hiring Millennials are beginning to realize that
they had the wrong idea about young adults entering the job market.
The Pew Research Center found that
Millennials are passionate about their jobs and in many cases make work their
sole purpose in life.
“Generation Y
will become more valued as their technological expertise and extensive
education become more valued,” Davis said.
Strawberry
generation (Wikipedia)
The
skin of strawberries can bruise easily
Strawberry generation (Chinese: 草莓族[1] or 草莓世代; pinyin: Cǎoméi zú or cǎoméi
shìdài)[2] is a Chinese language neologism for Taiwanese people born between
1981 and 1991 who "bruise easily" like strawberries – meaning they
can not withstand social pressure or work hard like their parents' generation;
the term refers to people who are insubordinate,[3] spoiled, selfish, arrogant,
and sluggish in work.[4]
The term arises from the perception that
members of this generation have grown up being overprotected by their parents
and in an environment of economic prosperity, in a similar manner to how
strawberries are grown in protected greenhouses and command a higher price
compared to other fruits.
Questions:
1. What do think about generation Y? Do you
think generation Y is lazy?
2. Why some bosses don't think highly of Gen
Y workers?
Do you think gen Y employees are less
productive than their older generations?
3. Do you think our current generation is smarter,
tougher and braver than your generation?
4. Do you switch job easily? Are you a job
hopper?
Is it good to change jobs frequently?
5. How do you know if it's time to change
jobs?
6. What you think about strawberry
generation
Is the strawberry generation really bad?
7. What expertise 'it's important to assess
needed to do a job'?
辣妹文化
Gyaru fashion (wikipidea)
Gyaru subculture is still a large influence
in Japan's fashion economy with gyaru brands branching out and becoming more
accessible in rural areas. In Tokyo, more often than not, a shopping center at
each main train station is dedicated to offering the newest and trendiest items
from popular Gal brands.
Gyaru fashion is a type of Japanese street
fashion that originated in the 1970s.[citation needed]. In English speaking
countries gyaru is commonly mistaken for ganguro, but that is actually a
subculture of gyaru. It was popular in the 1990s, but shortly died out in the
early 2000s. Gyaru fashion neither fit well with the Japanese traditional
culture nor how the media portray ideals of Japanese women. It is often
classified as a sign of youth rebellion.
Gyaru fashion is typically characterized by
having heavily bleached or dyed hair (mostly shades from dark brown to blonde),
highly decorated nails, and dramatic makeup.
The makeup typically consists of dark
eyeliner and fake eyelashes used in ways intended to make the eyes appear
larger. Clothing pieces for gyaru fashion differ depending on which gyaru style
the individual chooses.
Questions:
1. What do you think about Gyaru?
What do you think about Gyaru makeup?
2. What you think about colorful dye hair
girl or boy?
Would you let your child dye his or her hair?
3. What you think about heavily makeup girl?
Do men like heavily made-up girls?
4. Why do women wear makeup?
5. What do you think about Japanese
culture?
Do you know any Japanese subcultures?
6. What do you think about Japanese
people
辣妹次文化 攻占日本時尚圈 台灣立報
【編譯謝雯伃整理報導】每個國家都有自外於流行的次文化，舉例來說，西方有哥德風、嬉皮和垃圾搖滾。而在日本，則有辣妹文化。
據《英國廣播公司》報導，這群辣妹的外表、行為和說話方式，都和傳統溫婉的日本女性形象截然不同。
辣妹風潮是由1990年代中期興起，經過多年發展，辣妹的外型也歷經一番演化。但無論潮流如何改變，辣妹依舊堅持幾項基本裝扮元素：短裙、恨天高的高跟鞋，以及特別凸顯眼睛的
過去，這種反叛式的裝扮常引人側目。但這些辣妹已成為眾人追逐的時尚代表，她們艷光四射的力量、具冒險心的精神備受推崇，甚至成為一種文化輸出。
辣妹的日文發音是gyaru，源自於「girl」的發音。她們是日本經濟繁榮時期的產物，她們多是擁有大筆零用錢的都會青少年，勇於表現自己。
她們的流行經歷幾個不同階段：鬆垮的長襪、恨天高高跟鞋、銀色頭髮和深古銅的皮膚。其中最狂野的一種流行稱作Yamamba，這群女孩會塗上大圈不自然的白色眼影，給人一種反轉熊貓眼的感覺。
部分女性的辣妹特質比其他人要來得明顯。服務於日本最大廣告集團電通集團（Dentsu）的西井美穗子（Mihoko Nishii）表示，研究顯示，全日本18至34歲的女性中，約有12％為真正的辣妹。
「但是，接受我們調查的女性中，有超過半數為俗稱的『半辣妹』，她們與辣妹的觀點有許多相像之處，」她表示，「她們的外表裝扮可能和辣妹不太一樣，但她們還是喜歡畫大大的眼睛跟閃亮的飾品。」她解釋。
流行商品 辣味十足
許多公司亟欲利用辣妹能夠帶起新風潮的能力，有色隱形眼鏡鏡片和假睫毛就是一例。這兩種裝扮原是辣妹的秘密武器，現在已變成許多一般婦女的必備品。台灣立報+k d ?F:kO m
不需處方籤即可購買的有色隱形眼鏡鏡片，甚至在2008年成為轟動全日本的新聞主角。當時有數百人因佩戴這類眼鏡而就醫治療，導致日本政府立法管制。
所謂的辣妹媽媽，指的是一群不願擺脫辣妹特質的年輕母親。她們是辣妹文化中最新的一支，也讓流行產業了解，辣妹時尚不僅僅局限於年輕人。
「我們捨棄模特兒，改用辣妹媽媽來展示商品，因為顧客更能從這些媽媽身上找到共鳴。」服務於販售有色隱形眼鏡的公司Five Gate的加籐繪里（Eri Kato）表示。
製造母嬰用品的公司也很看重辣妹媽媽對新產品的意見。「她們的想法真的不落俗套。」《我愛媽媽》雜誌的編輯山下綾子（Ayako Yamashita）表示，該雜誌以辣妹媽媽為主要閱讀族群。
「舉例而言，她們會建議廠商製造一些帶著粉紅色裝飾的黑色嬰兒玩具，這類嬰兒玩具傳統上都是用鮮明或清淡的色彩來呈現，」她笑著說，「但這些黑色玩具在一般媽媽間賣得非常好，所以各公司把辣妹媽媽視為創新者。」
辣妹的消費力在過去一直是討論的重點。因為想要追趕最新潮流，表示她們花很多錢在服飾鞋子上。「辣妹的流行改變得非常快，況且辣妹追隨潮流就像是在追隨宗教一樣。」辣妹雜誌《Popteen》的矢部信子（Nobuko Yabe）表示。
在1995至2008年間，辣妹最喜歡的購物中心澀谷109的業績成長了1倍，但其他百貨在同一時間的銷售業績卻不如預期。
然而，光是辣妹並無法拯救澀谷109免受全球金融危機衝擊。當經濟危機來臨時，辣妹們也開始轉戰購物地點，到較便宜的全球性廠牌，像是H&M和Zara消費。
而經濟危機某種程度也讓她們的時尚消費野心有所收斂。「我們發現辣妹的進化有趨緩傾向，路上真正一眼能看出的辣妹也變少了。」矢部表示。台灣立報e3G W#H+Y)Y t
但辣妹仍舊是一支重要次文化，這也是日本政府想要好好利用的一點。日本內閣已通過一項在外國城市重建東京時尚地區的計畫，希望能夠在2020年前，透過此「Cool
Japan」時尚交流，帶來4兆日元的出口。
辣妹這支一度被視為反叛力量的潮流，現在找到了在社會中的地位。「這些辣妹媽媽看來可能極為反叛，」《我愛媽媽》雜誌的山下表示，「但她們告訴了我，當我
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5 Ways To Make a Killer First Impression (FindHow.com)
Most people will judge you within the first second of meeting you and their opinion will most likely never change. Making a good first impression is incredibly important, because you only get one shot at it.
Princeton University psychologist Alex Todorov and co-author Janine Willis, a student researcher who graduated from Princeton in 2005 had people look at a microsecond of video of a political candidate. Amazingly, research subjects could predict with 70-percent accuracy who would win the election just from that microsecond of tape. This tells us that people can make incredibly accurate snap judgments in a tenth of a second.
How can you ensure people are judging you accurately and also seeing your best side? You never want to give people an inauthentic impression — many people can intuitively feel if someone is being fake immediately. However, any time you meet someone for the first time, you always want to start on the right foot. Here are a few ways you can make sure people’s first impression of you is a good one:
1. Set an intention. The most important thing to do for giving a good impression is to set your intention. This is especially important before any kind of big event where you would be meeting a lot of people — i.e. conferences, networking events or friend’s parties. As you get ready or when you are driving over think about what kind of people you want to meet and what kind of interactions you want to have. This can be an incredibly grounding experience and works very well to focus on what kind of energy you want to have for your event.
2. Think about your ornaments. Clothes, make-up, jewelry, watches and shoes are all types of ornamentation and people definitely take these into account when making initial judgments. I highly recommend getting some of your favorite outfits or ornaments together and asking friends you trust what they think of when they see them. For many men, they do not realize that their watch can say a lot about them. For women, purses and large earrings or jewelry can also indicate a lot to a new person they are meeting. Make sure that what you are wearing and how you do your hair or make-up says what you want it to say to the people you are meeting for the first time.
3. Be Conscious of Your Body Language. Body language is a crucial part of first impressions. Everything from your posture to how you carry yourself to the way you’re angling your body. Often, simply being aware of your body language can result in immediate improvements. Another way to examine your body language is to look at yourself on a video walking around a room. Subconscious cues to keep in mind include noticing where you point your feet, the position of your shoulders, and the way you shake hands.
4. Avoid bad days. People who go to cocktail events or mixers after having had a bad day typically continue to have a bad day. If you are in a depressed or anxious mood, others will pick up on this from your facial expressions, comments and body language. If you’re having a bad day, stay home! Otherwise, find a way to snap yourself out of your bad mood. I find working out or watching funny YouTube videos before events often gets me in a more social, feel good mood.
5. Be interested and interesting. If you are truly interested in meeting people and are open to learning about who they are, they will get this in a first impression. We have all had the experience of meeting someone and knowing instantly that they were dragged here by a friend and are just waiting to get out the door and head home. When you are meeting people for the first time approach others with a genuine interest in who they are. This is often contagious and you will have better conversations and lasting connections when you are interested because they become interested.
Q:
1. Why is it important to make a good first impression?
How to Make a Good First Impression?
2. Do you judge people by their looks?
Is it wrong to judge people on their physical appearance?
3. Do you prefer to choose your lifelong partner base on appearance ?
4. How to Change People's Bad Impression about You?
Ways to Turn Around a Bad First Impression?
5. Is the bad impression hinder your success?
6. How to improve your appearance?
7. How to behave properly In public? And show your personal charming?
選美/自行車/黃色小鴨/死刑
What does it mean to be beautiful and Taiwanese?
On Sept. 15, New York state's contestant in the Miss America 2014 pageant, Nina Davuluri, became the first woman of Indian descent to wear the tiara that symbolizes what it means to be the most beautiful American woman in the nation.
Q: What you think about beauty pageant?
Taipei needs better policy to accommodate bike traffic The number of Taipei YouBike users has been increasing fast, and so have the numbers of bicycles available and rental stations. But can the city really sustain such bike traffic growth?
Q: What you think about YouBike?The yellow rubber duck (CNN) -- What could possibly draw 500,000 spectators to a Taiwan harbor front in the midst of typhoon Usagi threats?
A giant inflatable duck, of course.
After stirring up a duck craze in Hong Kong in May and June, the 18-meter inflatable duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman arrived at Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan last Thursday.
Some 500,000 people showed up to see the duck within five days, including on Saturday, when officials suspended the exhibition due to the expected arrival of Usagi.
Q: What you think about this activity?
Death Sentenced (BBC)
A court in China has sentenced a man to death for killing a two-year-old girl in Beijing over a parking space row, state media report.
Han Lei, 39, pulled the toddler out of her pram and threw her to the ground after her mother refused to make way for his car in July.
He fled the scene but was captured. The girl later died from her injuries.
He said the killing was unintentional, as he was drunk and had thought the pram was a shopping cart.
"I did not know there was an infant inside," he previously said.
The case has provoked widespread outcry in China, with many people expressing their anger online, state media reported.
Q: What you think about death sentenced ?
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