the most beautiful people are those who have a conscience and relentlessly pursue justice; those who do NOT justify an unjust mean for the "greater good."

sometimes i think that the greatest sin is not those who committed a crime but HOW they package themselves– to repeatedly claim that they are a better person than they actually are...and to obscure the pain they caused to others instead of acknowledging it.

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只清楚自己不想要的，卻不知道自己到底想要甚麼

好苦惱。怎樣也想不到feature story應該寫什麼。還有9283124709樣野未做...
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I've been reading Corner Office of the NYT. The Q&A approach is easy to digest and relatively concise...especially when you're reading about successful entrepreneurs, I'd prefer reading this over a long, detailed profile story. Corner Office is, in a way giving a more honest depiction of what the CEO is like instead of painting a rosy picture.

But aside from writing about prominent figures, I'm much more interested in covering ordinary people– especially those who don't have a voice. I've heard about day laborers standing under intense heat near Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro (just few minutes from Chapel Hill), hoping that a construction truck would pass by and pick them up for a paid job– for a day. Most day laborers are immigrants, documented and undocumented alike.  And because of their lack of English skills, fear of immigrant operations and the yearning to earn a decent living,   these laborers are often tricked into working without being paid.

I can totally picture how worried (AND over reacting) my mom would be if I told her that I'm interested in this topic and I'm going to spend days talking with the day laborers so that I could get their side of the story (though I'd really need a translator...) But this is how it'd work.

First profile story running tomorrow!

there're certain kinds of behavior that you cannot get over with

我總是覺得，情意結會令人放下自己的標準。

明明有些行為是不能接受的，但想起某某對我的好，就會找各種理由出說服自己－他其實沒有那麼差，我也沒有那麼好。就當扯平吧。


或者人真的偏向相信美好的信念，就算幻想破滅，還是不想承認自己有多愚昧。

因為得知莫莫背後所作所為而顛倒自己對愛情及友情的期望，對所有東西都抱著懷疑的心態。

是難熬的。但其實生活就是不斷的跟陌生人熟起來，然後跟熟的人變得很陌生。

那些值得留在心中的人，我會狠狠的愛你們。