Happy people or breaking records first..
Lets see about an interesting record breaking feat first.I guess most of you know what Mozilla want to achieve when they launch the latest version of FireFox browser,FireFox 3.It was launch on June 17 with Mozilla aiming to get 5 million people downloading it within 24 hours of the launch.They did manage to get it,the actual figure when the 24 hours is up is at 8,002,530!What a marketing strategy isn't it.Now after 2 weeks,the number is well over 28 million and Mozilla has published this map below showing the penetration of FireFox 3.Congratulation FireFox.
According to the US government-funded World Values Survey,a survey done regularly by a global network of social scientist,Denmark is the happiest country in the world with its democracy,social equity and peaceful atmosphere while Zimbabwe,torn by political and social strife,is the least happy while United States,the world's richest nation ranks 16th.
The survey found that overall the world is getting happier and it found increase happiness from 1981 to 2007 in 45 of the 52 countries analyzed.Ronald Inglehart,a political scientist at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research who directed the study said he believe there is a strong correlation between peace and happiness and also between democracy and happiness.
Denmark might not be the richest country but it is prosperous.Among other countries that rank high in the survey are Puerto Rico,Colombia,Northern Ireland,Iceland,the Netherlands,Canada and Sweden.Though the United States is not the happiest country but from a global perspective it looks good said Inglehart.The US is not only prosperous,it also ranks relatively high in gender equality,tolerance of ethnic and social diversity and has a high level of political freedom.(Source:Reuters)
I wonder if my country is included in the survey,if it does,where it ended,over to the top or more towards the end.Most of the people in my country are not happy before the General Election in early March,so the ruling government suffer defeats but still manage to keep on ruling,now the fuel price is up by 41%,they become more unhappy,then there is this conspiracy theory going on,one person who was next in-line to become the Prime Minister back in 1998 was surprisingly caught and charged with sodomy,but now he is trying to be the Prime Minister again,and another sodomy case was reported against him.Would the government be so stupid to come up with the same conspiracy,and I doubt the first time it happened it was a conspiracy.The person in turn accused the current Deputy Prime Minister of his involvement in this conspiracy and in a murder case that is still on trial.
I'm bored with all this political drama,in politic,you can say and do whatever you want,but it is all about you wanted to be where you want to be,it is not about the people or the party you represent.Like this guy,you are supposed to be the Prime Minister,but for a sodomy case,you went to jail instead,so now,10 years later,you are out,and you have lots of people backing you up,are you fighting for them or just to fulfill your ambition of becoming the Prime Minister?Even the party that has his wife as the leader was formed with the initial intention to fight for his release back then and now it is the fight to make him the Prime Minister.
I'm happy with my life but things like this is very disturbing for the future of this country and especially to the people.It is not the time to fight for position or what,now is the time to recover the economy,to bring back stability and to provide a better living for us citizen,so we can all be happy :-)
Lets see about an interesting record breaking feat first.I guess most of you know what Mozilla want to achieve when they launch the latest version of FireFox browser,FireFox 3.It was launch on June 17 with Mozilla aiming to get 5 million people downloading it within 24 hours of the launch.They did manage to get it,the actual figure when the 24 hours is up is at 8,002,530!What a marketing strategy isn't it.Now after 2 weeks,the number is well over 28 million and Mozilla has published this map below showing the penetration of FireFox 3.Congratulation FireFox.
According to the US government-funded World Values Survey,a survey done regularly by a global network of social scientist,Denmark is the happiest country in the world with its democracy,social equity and peaceful atmosphere while Zimbabwe,torn by political and social strife,is the least happy while United States,the world's richest nation ranks 16th.
The survey found that overall the world is getting happier and it found increase happiness from 1981 to 2007 in 45 of the 52 countries analyzed.Ronald Inglehart,a political scientist at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research who directed the study said he believe there is a strong correlation between peace and happiness and also between democracy and happiness.
Denmark might not be the richest country but it is prosperous.Among other countries that rank high in the survey are Puerto Rico,Colombia,Northern Ireland,Iceland,the Netherlands,Canada and Sweden.Though the United States is not the happiest country but from a global perspective it looks good said Inglehart.The US is not only prosperous,it also ranks relatively high in gender equality,tolerance of ethnic and social diversity and has a high level of political freedom.(Source:Reuters)
I wonder if my country is included in the survey,if it does,where it ended,over to the top or more towards the end.Most of the people in my country are not happy before the General Election in early March,so the ruling government suffer defeats but still manage to keep on ruling,now the fuel price is up by 41%,they become more unhappy,then there is this conspiracy theory going on,one person who was next in-line to become the Prime Minister back in 1998 was surprisingly caught and charged with sodomy,but now he is trying to be the Prime Minister again,and another sodomy case was reported against him.Would the government be so stupid to come up with the same conspiracy,and I doubt the first time it happened it was a conspiracy.The person in turn accused the current Deputy Prime Minister of his involvement in this conspiracy and in a murder case that is still on trial.
I'm bored with all this political drama,in politic,you can say and do whatever you want,but it is all about you wanted to be where you want to be,it is not about the people or the party you represent.Like this guy,you are supposed to be the Prime Minister,but for a sodomy case,you went to jail instead,so now,10 years later,you are out,and you have lots of people backing you up,are you fighting for them or just to fulfill your ambition of becoming the Prime Minister?Even the party that has his wife as the leader was formed with the initial intention to fight for his release back then and now it is the fight to make him the Prime Minister.
I'm happy with my life but things like this is very disturbing for the future of this country and especially to the people.It is not the time to fight for position or what,now is the time to recover the economy,to bring back stability and to provide a better living for us citizen,so we can all be happy :-)
3 comments:
The political situation at your country is way too dramatic and ironic ! May peacefulness and prosperous day come sooner to everyone !
I wonder how they measured the level of happiness in that study. I know in the past they have used economic averages coupled with a few more factors. I know most people in the United States are not happy right now with the economy being in the dumps and the ever dropping value of the US dollar compared to the Euro, and having one of the worst Presidents in the history of the United States in office right now. You could also say that the US being a rich country is relative. Yes we have military power, but in reality, we owe China billions of dollars, our currency is almost worthless, and I can see lots of people jumping ship if it turns any worse...
I once heard in elementary school that once the world becomes corporatized, countries and nationalism would become obsolete... I think we are starting to see the seeds starting to grow...
Yes Midori,it is too dramatic and I hope it will end soon for the benefit of the people.
From what they wrote in the article,the survey are based on 2 simple question,"Taking all things together,would you say you are very happy,rather happy,not very happy,not at all happy?and"All things considered,how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
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