Lessons from Hardship

From: xinjiang economic news
author: Tim Hathaway in urumqi

A good friend of mine grew up in the countryside of shanxi in the 1960's. His stories are very different from my childhood on the east coast of America. My family is not rich, but we always had three meals a day, a car to drive to work,and a television to relax in the evenings. That TV also showed me images of other less fortunate people in the world, which were much worse than my friend's description of his childhood. he once told me though," Chinese are more able to endure hardship than anyone else in the world." I did not say this to him, but I found his opinion to have the wrong focus."
According to the United Nations, nearly one sixth of the world lives on less than one dollar a day, and 10.6 million children died before the age of five in 2005, most of whom could have been saved very easily,. In the same year the United Nations proposed the same year the United Nations proposed the Millennium Goals, which are eight developmental goals for the world to reach by 2015. It is hoped that with the cooperation and generosity of governments and businesses poverty and extreme hunger will be eradicated and the child mortality rate will be reduced, etc. Already there has been progress, especially in Asia, but many people in the world still endure more hard ship than necessary.
Is there such a thing as necessary hardship? People like my friend have gone through more than was necessary and it has shaped his character. I will never fully grasp the depth of this impact, and his child will not be able to either.Many people today say that kids cannot endure hardship. What kind is necessary for them?
When my friend's 19 year old daughter went back to college he made her ride in the hard seat class. The trip was over 40 hours and she later complained bitterly of sore legs and back. When her father asked her why she did not get up and walk around, she said that someone would have taken her seat.
I would not be able to take this kind of trip. I simply cannot endure what many other people do, but my parents instilled in me a sense of compassion. Does it take an over 40hour train ride to create this in Chinese youth? What can we learn from hardship that will help us as a world to reach theUNMillennium Goals?

采风嘛

师哥利用同学串同学，朋友串朋友的裂变关系，组织了一群上海丫头来新疆玩，因为不少是服设专业，美其名曰去新疆采风。
给她们的注意事项也有点过分，什么不能说猪肉，猪肉一律用哼哼代替……

小写新疆

新疆(彬彬的五分钟即兴)

羊
新宰的羊，一半是羊尾巴油，给你割下来吃。
烤包子，薄皮包子，洋溢着风情和人情。

语言
维语，哈语等民族语言。甘肃，河南，四川，青海，及少数民族普通话口音。

乐队
舌头,灰狼

莫合烟
几乎绝迹，以前有种说法：抽莫合烟要用维语版的《新疆日报》来卷，中间折弯，一头做烟嘴，一头装烟叶。

现状
首府乌鲁木齐现代化水平已与内地普通城市无异，但旅游区与几十年前没法比。
越来越多的钱买走了哈萨克人眼睛里的光，民风不再纯朴。狂妄的家伙依然喝完酒，把酒瓶子砸碎在树林里。

人名
阿孜古丽，伊拉木江，张三，李四，王二麻子。

区域
太过巨大，几乎新疆多数城市都有飞机场。但能不能找到真正神仙居住的地方，还要看你的运气。