MISSION 2

Objective 1: LEARN

Differences  Similarities Objective 2:  ACT Roman Polanski Contacting him was not easy. I tried looking for him on twitter and facebook but none of them are his real accounts. I searched for his official page or blog but nothing came out. He has a fan mail address but then it would take me weeks or months, more likely, I wouldn't get a response at all for he is a very busy person. Fortunately, there are relevant web pages that helped me get quite familiar of his childhood experiences during the Second World War, ironically, Wikipedia was one of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski http://www.romanpolanski.com/ http://minadream.com/romanpolanski/ These web sites are my contact with Mr. Polanski, director of one of my favorite movies, "The Pianist". I chose Roman Polanski because he had a rough childhood, witnessing the horrors of the Second World War, and still he managed to pursue his dreams and become the man he is today, a renowned  director. He was taken away from his family and he was not given the chance to say goodbye to his mother. He never saw her again. He is an inspiration to people who are going through tough times achieving their goals. Objective 3: IMAGINE Diplomacy is the the best way to restore the balance of power in the international system causing no deaths and destruction. Talking it out will prevent costly wars and promote the development of international relations. Strengthening Economic Relations is another means to restore the balance of power in the international system today, primarily because globalization has become an international trend and states are dependent from their economy to supply their needs, may it be, military or humanitarian. Mission 2 Accomplished ~

MISSION 1

Objective 1: LEARN A taste of reality in other parts of the world As I was playing the game 3rd World Farmer, I was completely bothered by the fact that Third World countries, the Global South which includes the Philippines, are experiencing such dreadful situations, examples taken from the game: harvest fails, dry season, fires, civil wars, raid by geruilla forces, stolen livestock because of refugees, animal diseases and presence of corrupt officials, which bring about problems in the standard of living of the countries' population. The Global North, on the other hand, does not experience such situations, and the population are living in the comfort of their homes. To overcome the disparity between the Global North and the Global South, we must: allow sustainable development. alleviate poverty promote biodiversity provide economic assistance to impoverished nations. Objective 2: ACT What Would Victoria Do? Objective 3: IMAGINE The world in 2021 is a world where in globalization is at its highest peak. Robots being experimented back in the late 90's are now more technologically advanced and performs no longer different from humans except that these robots are smarter, more skilled, more efficient and faster in completing jobs. They have slowly been replacing the secondary-labor workers and became threats to the capital-intensive or primary-labor workers which are composed of humans. Human laborers are starting to protest against these highly-advanced machines. "The Terminator Series" and other related movies now make sense. Scientific breakthroughs are prevalent, such as the development of medicine. Along with the improvement of medicine, different diseases and viruses spread across borders. "The Resident Evil Film Series" might make sense too, sometime in 2050. The Internet and social networking sites are the primary sources of media, newspapers deemed as obsolete. Schooling and office works through the internet are preferred rather than going to schools and the office to do jobs. The Global North countries are now termed as "safe havens" by the Global South, for they provide needs that are inadequate in some of the Global South countries which are the "needs-improvement-zones", where diseases, poverty and insecurities are prevalent. Some of the countries in the Global South have risen to poverty and are part of the wealthy nations.  The United States and China are in danger of starting World War III because of disagreements and unsettled disputes, mainly regarding China's expansion of territory and development of nuclear weapons. The Global South would be vulnerable and might generate more casualties mostly because it will become the battlegrounds of the war. And that is the tyranny of geography of the Global South. Mission 1 Accomplished ~