how do you think of "百善孝为先" to chinese,we always say百善孝为先(Filial piety is the most important of all virtues), to western,do you know 孝顺? how do you think of it?

what does "open-minded person" mean? i had a friend, he always got help or "love" depends on cheat or lie,so i dont think he is a good friend for me,but he said i am not a open-minded person. so, for you,what is open-minded? live life without responsibilities?

do you have real friends online? for chinese, a real friend means a friend of whole life. for western, what is a real friend? ps:for me,a real friend is a good friend whom you want to keep friendship with for long time(or whole life),whatever in real life or online,maybe you dont communicate everyday, but you can feel the nice,peaceful feeling from each other...i have several real friends in my real life, but i find it is difficult to look for online. what is the real friend for you?

today is chinese mid-autumn day.is there a similar day in your country? mid-autumn day is the reunion day of the family. at this day,chinese eat moon cake,enjoy the beautiful full moon.in the ancient times,chinese also wrote poems and guessed the riddles on the lanterns....

the film "Inception": Sep 10, 2010 I watched the film "Inception" yesterday. The story is about embedding the idea to the other people. I think it is like the chinese story of 庄子梦蝶. zhuang zi saw him change into a butterfly in his dream, when he woke up,he doesn't know who he is. he is zhuang zi who changed into a butterfly in his dream? or he is the butterfly who changed into zhuang zi, now he is zhuang zi in butterfly's dream? very interesting. sometimes we are also puzzled who i am in real life.

is there any standard accent in english?  in china,every town has its local accents,many accents can not be understanded by chinese.mandarin is standard chinese,every chinese can understand it. so,is there any standard accent in english?

helen's notebook entry: Sep 05, 2010 hi,my friends,how are you? i am helen.i like chinese traditional culture very much. for example the traditional opera. there are many traditional operas in china.but now, many chinese youngs dont like it. i hope it will change in the future. in my opinion, the traditional opera is so beautiful, it includes history story or love story, singing,dancing,performing,and many difficult action skills. the more you know it,the more you will like it. see you all next time.

do you have any interesting method to improve english listening and speaking? do you have any interesting method to improve english listening and speaking? i dont want to give up again. please help me.