In China its illegal to neglect your old parents

Some laws in other countries seem so different from my part of reality. According to Aftonbladet.se Chinese children are obligated to visit old parents regulary. If they do not, they can be sued. How often they have to visit the law doesn’t say, according to Aftonbladet.se. There is no welfare system in China to provide for old parents. According to the article there are very few alternatives for those that cannot provide for themselves. So if you live in China you need to save all your life, so you can be supported when old. In fact that is what we do in Sweden too. We pay part of our saleries to a pension system. If you die – all the others in the pension system get what you earned. So that is the difference, at least for the state pension. For the private pensions you can take out a insurance so that your relatives may inherit your money. If you take out the insurance, then you get less pension. This is how the Swedish system works. On top of what you earn the companies can pay additional fees if they have signed agreements for that. If you earn a lot and the company only pays the state fees, your pension will not be that high. I have earned a lot sometimes, but without the collective agreement my pension has decreased during those periods. So sometimes a lower salery can give me more pension if the companies have collective agreements (kollektivavtal).

In order for the pension system to work, people cannot grow much older than today, otherwise we probably will have to higher the age for retirement. I am thinking I perhaps won’t even have a pension to speak of at retirement. Perhaps I have to work until I die. Who knows? Maybe I do not even grow that old? Who knows? Nobody knows. If one knew… I wonder what one would do? I do not think I want to know. Do you want to know when you die?

Source 20121228:

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article15995081.ab

When I was young I flew passed books like nothing

It was so much easier to read and keep it in mind, when I was younger. Some kids learn real easy and others have to have much tutoring.

Well, at current I am tutoring myself, trying to grasp something new. Today I once again have a headace beeing home after a long day.

My head is banging, no more learning. Yesterday I fell asleep 20.30. I am getting old, or I have been for a while.

There are some signs that are very clear of one getting older:

- Friends children turn 18.

- You fall asleep directly after having people over fr dinner.

- You need glasses to read closely (some do others don´t, but it´s still a sign).

- Your pets die of old age.

- Your car has started to rust, or you have had at least 3 cars over the years (not at the same time though).

- Something breaks in your apartment/house (that you have had since it was new).

- You start forgetting important things.

- You need to write everything down in order to remember it (this can be due to stress also).

- Opposite sex no longer looks at you, but at the younger person next to you (that is actually nice, when they do… I am thinking that did I put my shirt inside out or what?).

- Your ass has sagged and is no longer perky.

- You are heavier than in your 20´s (if your not, then you are real lucky).

- You have body problems, like ace in the knee, hip, elbow or something else like that.

- You have money left in the bank account after paying all bills (some get richer over the years, at least until retirement and if you don´t get unemployed or sick we´ll say)

- You say no to parties (some are old at a very young age).

- You are attracted to people half your age (and they are legal age).

- When you go to more funerals than weddings per year.

Well, I could continue the list for a while. What do you think makes you feel older?

Culture crock for artist results in lawsuite

If a Asian country like India hires a western artist they might have to understand that the artist is a westerner. This means that what happens on stadge is normal for the artist and the artist homeworld. However some India people haven´t understood that we are culturally different and so they have made a lawsuite against Kate Perrys performance. They say she used to sexy moves in her performance, according to the article in Expressen.se.

Oh mine, don´t they understand she is not from India? Probably her moves are accepted in our western society. Drop the lawsuite, India is embarrising themselves. Maybe we westerners should drop all our buisnesses with India since they cannot accept that all cultures are different? I am just wondering what their problem is? One has to understand that we are not the same and accept the differences, that means accept the western girl and her moves. After all they hired her, knowing she is American.

I my self think that it is very strange to show all your love handles on women around in India. But the traditional clothing does just that. Then showing the shoulders… what´s the problem? Maybe India needs to accept more tolerance and start renewing their view of sexuality a little?

Well… that´s about all I have to say.

Source 20120721:

http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/katy-perry-stams-for-sexig-dans-pa-show/