It's 228, a very memorable day in Taiwan history.

Honestly, I don't have too much feeling for this day, maybe because my family were not the victims of the tragedy, or maybe because I have been brainwashed by our education since childhood that 228 is just a minor "turbulence" that ever happened in Taiwan...

However, today, the news I saw from Bloomberg does worry me a bit.

The president, Chen, has announced to "cease" the operation of reunification council.

Personally, I am in favor of that. In fact, That council is really useless, and only has symbolic meaning which is meaningful for some people only...I remembered one of the teacher in high school, teaching us "San Min ZHu Yi", ever said this council was the one Lee Teng Hui created to disguise Mainland China that we will be reunified some day. At that moment, I didn't' have too much thought because Mr. Lee was still the president, and independence was never an option for him then...As times went by, I fully understand why our teacher said so....

I am a Taiwanese, this s unquestionable. I always dream that one day I can be proud to announce that, travelling to other countries with recognized identity...However, I know, it's just a dream...

Interestingly, I somehow did a "survey" in my family, including my uncles, aunts and cousins...The older generation, like my parents, they are all "darken green". The younger generation, which are "5th grade" and "early 6th grade", are light blue or in-betweens. The even younger one, like my younger brothers, who are the later 6th grade or 7th grade, are light green....

I start to wonder why...My parents' generation. They went through the turmoil of "taken over" period by KMT, and they might have encountered some "unfairness", and that's why they are all very conscious about the "provinces identity"...My elder sister, and cousins, they are the "middle class" in the society now and contribute a lot to economic power. Most of them want the stability and some of them even went to China for business. For them, stability and safety are the most important, so they support those who "claim" that they can promote the economic growth without touching sensitive issues...As for my younger brothers, they are just novices of this society, starting to build up their own careers, haven't been able to experience the difficulty of life, so they are somewhat conscious about their own identities and view them as new Taiwanese...

For me? I am a bride who married to a foreigner and run away from my beloved country, which makes me no status to talk about what happen in Taiwan...

Sometimes I just want to ask the leader of China, "Please let it go!! " I really don't understand why they love us so much and won't bear to leave us...It's like a relationship. We still can be friends if we separate peacefully. Forced relationship won't have happiness...

It's just my personal grumble, in response to what happened today in Taiwan's history...I hope there will not be a war forever!!

Every time when I think about what Taiwan is now, I always envy Singapore....They are so lucky, if you know what I mean!!

Today I read BBC and found they have a very good article regarding Taiwan. Take a look if you are interested.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/asia_pac/04/taiwan_flashpoint/html/introduction.stm

PS: Why I used these words as the title of this article is they are the words to be discussed when US was negotiating with TW...In the end, "cease" wan...wanna know why? check the Encyclopedia!! They all have different meanings!!!