The story is an analysis of the novel The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner. It is about one man’s life story that gave a new hope for many people. We can see in this novel how Chris Gardner spends his days with his son Christopher until he finds success in his life. There are three main benefits that readers can gain from his story and realize that every person can have hope in life and can realize what real happiness is. That’s because the hero Chris Gardner’s life story in the novel is real and he showed the change from the impossible to the possible. That’s why his life story affected a big issue in society. In my opinion, he wants to emphasize readers that the happiness comes easily from the happyness. Today, most of people who remember his life story still feel deeply affected and greet him with a storm
of applause.
The first thing that we can learn from his story is the importance of familial love. In The Pursuit of Happyness, I could see Chris Gardner and his son Christopher have trusted each other until they find success. In the process, they are faced with a lot of terrible difficulties and problems. Nevertheless, they think optimistically about everything and they accept everything without any dissatisfactions. They share a lot of good advice and help each other when they do something, just as a business partner would. When Chris Gardner says a wise saying to his son Christopher, Christopher always pays attention and follows him with a trusting mind. When Chris Gardner sees such behavior, he usually gets courage while he was doing his work and he doesn’t want to make his son disappointed. Chris Gardner wants to show his nice disposition to his son, so he continues his work. In such impressive contents of
this book, we can feel and learn that a familial love and familial trust are very important in life. We can learn that the author Chris Gardner wants to show such strong love, strong trust, and a hope for the future. The most important aspect of The Pursuit of Happyness is that family should stay together in every event.
The second moral that we can take away from his story is to have confidence and
persistence in our lives. Chris Gardner loses his wife Linda, his car, and his house in the story. Just his son Christopher is left for him. He is even kicked out of the motel and he stays in the street. Nevertheless, he never shows his exhaustion, his sad face, or his frustrated feelings in front of his son. He never gives up and he tries hard at his work. In such bad times, Chris Gardner shows efforts to his son until he becomes successful. He emphasizes the saying, “Never believe the word that you can’t do. Don’t let somebody tell you, you can’t do something. If you have a dream, you should protect it. If you want to do something or want to be something, don’t stop until you get it.” And finally, he shows his successfulness with his son in the end of the story. In such contents, we can learn if we try with endurance and
confidence and without fear, we will find the way and hope in our lives. If we are
disappointed and frustrated by the difficulties, we will never be successful. The author Chris Gardner wants to show you must have a strong mind and the outlook of “I can do it.”
The third thing that we can learn from this novel is to find your happiness. In the story, Chris Gardner leaves his son in the childcare center before he goes to work. He found the incorrectly spelled “happyness” written on the wall of the childcare center. He says the spelling of the word “happiness” is incorrect to the one Chinese man who works in the childcare center. But the Chinese man doesn’t understand what Chris Gardner is talking about and ignores him, and the word “happyness” is left there. In this situation, the story shows us the difference between happyness and happiness. The meaning of the word happiness in the novel The Pursuit of Happyness is that Chris Gardner’s happiness is what he wants to pursue. His happiness is being rich. The meaning of the word happyness in the story for his son Christopher is what he wants to pursue. His happiness is enjoying everything with affirmative thinking with his father. It means pure happiness. In the end of his life story, when Chris Gardner gets a job, he says, “This part of my life, this little part, is called happyness.” That’s because he realized that he could win his hard time thanks to the happyness that he felt with his son. That’s why maybe the title of this story is The Pursuit of Happyness.
In conclusion, I could realize the meaning of pure happiness. It is the happyness. It is to feel the happiness in your life when you think something is perfect for you. You need to try to get this with strong conviction. In the process for our goal and success, if we can feel the enjoyment and gratitude in small part of life that is called happyness and keep trying continue, we will become successful with less trials and can feel the happiness that everybody wants to feel. Happiness comes only when we really try to pursue something then, we can find the true
happiness(happyness) in the process of our effort. The worth of a pursuit, in my opinion, is to think positively and enjoy the days of our lives so that to feel the happyness for the happiness.
Dec 16, 2009
Being Perfect All Long (Mengqi Zhao)
In the short story of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark”, the writer tells us a story that Alymer, who is a skillful scientist, thought his wife’s birthmark upon her cheek made Georgiara imperfect and persuaded her to take risk removing the mark which led to her death in the end. What is “imperfect” and what is “perfect”, how the “perfect” became the “imperfect”? The writer uses dialog, setting, and plot construction and so on to make the article vivid and believable.
The setting is that the hero is a scientist; from him we can easily think of some scientists who work hard and pursue the perfection devotes all their lives to science. “His love for his young wife could only be the stronger of the two if it could link itself with his love of science”.
Imperfect and perfect are opposites. They are also the plot construction words in the short story. “He had so totally given himself to scientific studies that he could not be weakened by a second love”, he always aims at the perfection. Because Alymer found his wife was so “perfect”, he could not stand the mark. His wife found that he always pursued more “perfect” things. In the end, the “meaningless imperfection” murdered the heroin and the scientist would never realize his wife was “perfect all along”. He aimed so high on removing the imperfection blindly spurred by his ambition, he killed his wife. He had a nightmare that when he was removing the birthmark, he was killing his wife. That is a foretell. His eyes were blind by the imperfect hateful mark.
“Nature made you so perfectly that this small defect shocks me as being a sign of earthly imperfection” he said to her. He used the word “shock”; his wife was shocked as well. “Removing it could deform my face or damage my health” she knew exactly what would happen but she took the medicine liquid without the second thinking. “You have aimed so high. With so high and pure a feeling, you have rejected the best the Earth could offer. I am dying, dearest.” It is the last sentence she said to him. She was perfect and she was trying to satisfy his ambition make him happy. He succeeded in removing her mark but it cost her life. From the dialog, we can find that at the very beginning, he thought she was perfect; since he cared about the birthmark, the tragedy began.
What I want to say is we live in the imperfect world. Robbery, car crashes and death happen every day. We can do that when we or our friends are drunk, tell ourselves or them no driving; when we find the homeless, we give them some changes instead of running away because we never how miserable things happened on them; when we see a car crash, we can call 911 never thinking it is none of your business, because one day when you are stuck in the car never hoping somebody is going to help you. In the imperfect world, we should help each other. I have seen a video all about the car crashes called “in the imperfect world”, maybe it will be the last chance you say goodbye to your parents. Why we always aim to the best and try to be the perfect one? Why we are always greedy not contented? The scientist lost his wife because of his ambition. He could not accept the imperfection. And imperfection is always perfect, just you don’t know. Like the bothmark in his wife’s face, as other men said that was a gift and made her perrty. My mother is suffering the middle crisis just as anyone else did. I was angry about her losing temper without reasoning at very beginning. But when I thought over all these troubles that she had, I felt like it’s understandble and it made my mother more like a mother who had her own difficulty and I have mine as well. She was humorsome but she was pertty. She is perfect all along.
If you think it is perfect, so it is. Face to nature, we are helpless; flood, hurricanes and earth shocks, we can do nothing. Face to human beings, rob and murders, we can do nothing but to be a brave one. Compared with all these imperfections, a birthmark is just nothing. Living in the imperfect world, what we can do is to accept it.
The setting is that the hero is a scientist; from him we can easily think of some scientists who work hard and pursue the perfection devotes all their lives to science. “His love for his young wife could only be the stronger of the two if it could link itself with his love of science”.
Imperfect and perfect are opposites. They are also the plot construction words in the short story. “He had so totally given himself to scientific studies that he could not be weakened by a second love”, he always aims at the perfection. Because Alymer found his wife was so “perfect”, he could not stand the mark. His wife found that he always pursued more “perfect” things. In the end, the “meaningless imperfection” murdered the heroin and the scientist would never realize his wife was “perfect all along”. He aimed so high on removing the imperfection blindly spurred by his ambition, he killed his wife. He had a nightmare that when he was removing the birthmark, he was killing his wife. That is a foretell. His eyes were blind by the imperfect hateful mark.
“Nature made you so perfectly that this small defect shocks me as being a sign of earthly imperfection” he said to her. He used the word “shock”; his wife was shocked as well. “Removing it could deform my face or damage my health” she knew exactly what would happen but she took the medicine liquid without the second thinking. “You have aimed so high. With so high and pure a feeling, you have rejected the best the Earth could offer. I am dying, dearest.” It is the last sentence she said to him. She was perfect and she was trying to satisfy his ambition make him happy. He succeeded in removing her mark but it cost her life. From the dialog, we can find that at the very beginning, he thought she was perfect; since he cared about the birthmark, the tragedy began.
What I want to say is we live in the imperfect world. Robbery, car crashes and death happen every day. We can do that when we or our friends are drunk, tell ourselves or them no driving; when we find the homeless, we give them some changes instead of running away because we never how miserable things happened on them; when we see a car crash, we can call 911 never thinking it is none of your business, because one day when you are stuck in the car never hoping somebody is going to help you. In the imperfect world, we should help each other. I have seen a video all about the car crashes called “in the imperfect world”, maybe it will be the last chance you say goodbye to your parents. Why we always aim to the best and try to be the perfect one? Why we are always greedy not contented? The scientist lost his wife because of his ambition. He could not accept the imperfection. And imperfection is always perfect, just you don’t know. Like the bothmark in his wife’s face, as other men said that was a gift and made her perrty. My mother is suffering the middle crisis just as anyone else did. I was angry about her losing temper without reasoning at very beginning. But when I thought over all these troubles that she had, I felt like it’s understandble and it made my mother more like a mother who had her own difficulty and I have mine as well. She was humorsome but she was pertty. She is perfect all along.
If you think it is perfect, so it is. Face to nature, we are helpless; flood, hurricanes and earth shocks, we can do nothing. Face to human beings, rob and murders, we can do nothing but to be a brave one. Compared with all these imperfections, a birthmark is just nothing. Living in the imperfect world, what we can do is to accept it.
The Follow-up of “The Cop and the Anthem” (Yi Feng Wang)
Soapy was caught and sentenced to be locked up in Blackwell for three months. His sudden and wonderful change in his soul seemed faded away. He was complaining all the way up to the island where prison was located. The landscape out of the window moved fast. The freezing wind made him tremble.
When he was waked up by the bitter cold, he found himself in front of a gigantic prison. Leaves fell down and dropped on his head, greeting his advent. The wind is still freezing. The first person who he met is wardenry. He take a glance at Soapy.
“Take care of this guy, and put him into Room 23.” He said with a strange tone.
In the prison, no one will take care of anyone. That room is really nasty.
“Yo, fish. Do you know what is fish? It is the name for newbie’s. You look so shabby, man. You should do something for us, otherwise you will get the pain.”
A black man said with a contemptuous tone.
“What a hack.”
Soapy want to vent his discontentment, but the words get in the way. Because a few strappers was looking at him, they looked so tough. This is the first day when Soapy lived in the prison. It seemed that those strappers found some interesting things to do, so they had no time to “take care” of him. He stared at the moon through the window. The moon gave out the luminescence, and left its lonely shadow on the ground was lonesome.
“Wake up,dude,it is time for breakfast.”
A strapper strucked Soapy with his fist.
“I am still sleeping, what are you doing?”
Soapy goggled at him and pose as a lazy dog.
“Yo, boss. Came up, this lazy guy hates to get out of bed.”
Then came the “boss”, he was stronger than any strappers here, and he lifted Soapy with great ease. “Put me down, I have got a headache.” Soapy shouted, but he was still be in the air.
“Wake up, man. The delicious food is waiting for you. We want your steak, body.”
“Oh, gosh, that’s the reason why I came here, I wanna steak.”
Losing himself in thought, Soapy feel badly painful because “boss” gave him a forceful squeeze at his waist.
“Please put me down, man, we could negotiate.”
Soapy could hardly speak due to his pain on waist. Then they came to a “deal”, which is Soapy should gave his steak to them.
“What a dreadful place!”
Soapy was thinking about his humble arrangements for annual hegira to this prison a couple of days ago, but he regretted for it now.
“I thought I could get through this cold winter and have some delicacy to eat. I was all wrong, and nothing left for my breakfast now.”
Soapy talked to himself as usual. After exploited for a whole day, Soapy suffered the cold and hunger again at mid night, he felt so lonely. Those “warm-hearted” strappers ran out of their energy, and fall asleep. Soapy glare at their damn face, and wanted to smack them. But without any strength and courage.
“What a hack I am doing now? I look for trouble. I was used to play the role of the rascal. But now I am like a tremulous worm, trembling in front of these jerks.”
Soapy was in a fit of remorse.
“Hey, fish, what are you doing?” Silence. Because he was lost in thought.
“Fish, you dare keep silence in front of me!”
A strapper said rudely. Soapy woke up just now, and he was thinking about how to leave this damn place. After Soapy heard his shouting, he abruptly had a plan in his head.
“What you think you are? Man. Look at you, you the ugly freak!”
Silence again. After Soapy hysterically shouted out the words. There definitely were thirty seconds of silence. The strappers could not believe their ears. The person whose steak was contributed to them turned into now a mad bull.
“Wow, I am your boss, you wanna get a trashing?”
The strapper picked up Soapy, and beat him. Soapy’s previous pretending to be strong was gone.
“Yo, this guy is just a sissy.”
Soapy could not get on his feet, and he felt mentally and physically exhausted. Then came the wardenry.
“What happenend here? I cannot wait to see.” He said with the still strange tone.
“Sir, this guy was defiant, and we beat him.”
They stood akimbo and said.
“Was it you offend them? Listen, fish, you got to find your feet here. Those guys are grand old men here, you should admire them.”
The wardenry highered his tone.
“Admire? I really want to beat them thousands of times.”
Soapy responded in heart. The wind was still freezing, blowing through the window. Soapy felt upset, and went to sleep early. He had planned to ask the wardenry for transfer jail previously, and now he perished the thought.
“It is time for church, fish.”
Someone patted on his shoulder and let him go to the church in prison. Soapy hated the church. He came here because his stupid behavior beside that church. This time, still the cops’ patting on his shoulder, the difference is they let him go to the church.
“All right, I will go. Let me see what will happen with that pokey church.”
Soapy whispered. The abbe is the first people he met in the church.
“Hey, young man, you come for praying, right? You should be prayerful.” The abbe said.
“Yes, I will.”
Soapy responsed inadvertently.
“Help!”
Soapy was sleeping on the chair due to the boring atmosphere in church when he heard the voice. But when his line of sight turned to the stage, he found the abbe was threatened by a strapper whose face was familiar.
“Those jerk!”Soapy shouted out, “Stop doing it.”
“Hey, father, I am a Protestant, I do not want to hear your speech about Christianity.”
The strapper said ferociously. Just then, a sense of anger came to Soapy’s mind. Formerly he hated that guy because he beat him. It seemed that Soapy was transfused too much Adrenalin, he felt extremely forceful. He ran to the stage, and pulled away that guy.
“Oh, you hit me. You the kind of sissy, let me teach you a lesson.”
He shock his fist to Soapy, Soapy was punched unfortunately.
“Cops are coming!”
The strapper’s associate shouted. They all ran away. It was silent after they had run. Soapy lay on the floor, he cannot stop himself bleeding. Then came the cops and a big ambulance, Soapy was saved.
“Good job, young man. You are now safe, and congratulations. We decide to cut down the days you should spend in prison. After you recover, you are free.”
The head of prison stood in front of him. He faced a white world, white carpet, white sickbed, and white nurses’ uniform. “What, I can’t believe my ears? Sir?”
Soapy thought he was dreaming.
“It’s true, you save the abbe who is my close friend, he said you are the bravest man.”
After looking back everything happened in jail, Soapy cannot stop crying. The tears were soaked by the bed sheet. The wind was still freezing, but it was not so far away from spring.
When he was waked up by the bitter cold, he found himself in front of a gigantic prison. Leaves fell down and dropped on his head, greeting his advent. The wind is still freezing. The first person who he met is wardenry. He take a glance at Soapy.
“Take care of this guy, and put him into Room 23.” He said with a strange tone.
In the prison, no one will take care of anyone. That room is really nasty.
“Yo, fish. Do you know what is fish? It is the name for newbie’s. You look so shabby, man. You should do something for us, otherwise you will get the pain.”
A black man said with a contemptuous tone.
“What a hack.”
Soapy want to vent his discontentment, but the words get in the way. Because a few strappers was looking at him, they looked so tough. This is the first day when Soapy lived in the prison. It seemed that those strappers found some interesting things to do, so they had no time to “take care” of him. He stared at the moon through the window. The moon gave out the luminescence, and left its lonely shadow on the ground was lonesome.
“Wake up,dude,it is time for breakfast.”
A strapper strucked Soapy with his fist.
“I am still sleeping, what are you doing?”
Soapy goggled at him and pose as a lazy dog.
“Yo, boss. Came up, this lazy guy hates to get out of bed.”
Then came the “boss”, he was stronger than any strappers here, and he lifted Soapy with great ease. “Put me down, I have got a headache.” Soapy shouted, but he was still be in the air.
“Wake up, man. The delicious food is waiting for you. We want your steak, body.”
“Oh, gosh, that’s the reason why I came here, I wanna steak.”
Losing himself in thought, Soapy feel badly painful because “boss” gave him a forceful squeeze at his waist.
“Please put me down, man, we could negotiate.”
Soapy could hardly speak due to his pain on waist. Then they came to a “deal”, which is Soapy should gave his steak to them.
“What a dreadful place!”
Soapy was thinking about his humble arrangements for annual hegira to this prison a couple of days ago, but he regretted for it now.
“I thought I could get through this cold winter and have some delicacy to eat. I was all wrong, and nothing left for my breakfast now.”
Soapy talked to himself as usual. After exploited for a whole day, Soapy suffered the cold and hunger again at mid night, he felt so lonely. Those “warm-hearted” strappers ran out of their energy, and fall asleep. Soapy glare at their damn face, and wanted to smack them. But without any strength and courage.
“What a hack I am doing now? I look for trouble. I was used to play the role of the rascal. But now I am like a tremulous worm, trembling in front of these jerks.”
Soapy was in a fit of remorse.
“Hey, fish, what are you doing?” Silence. Because he was lost in thought.
“Fish, you dare keep silence in front of me!”
A strapper said rudely. Soapy woke up just now, and he was thinking about how to leave this damn place. After Soapy heard his shouting, he abruptly had a plan in his head.
“What you think you are? Man. Look at you, you the ugly freak!”
Silence again. After Soapy hysterically shouted out the words. There definitely were thirty seconds of silence. The strappers could not believe their ears. The person whose steak was contributed to them turned into now a mad bull.
“Wow, I am your boss, you wanna get a trashing?”
The strapper picked up Soapy, and beat him. Soapy’s previous pretending to be strong was gone.
“Yo, this guy is just a sissy.”
Soapy could not get on his feet, and he felt mentally and physically exhausted. Then came the wardenry.
“What happenend here? I cannot wait to see.” He said with the still strange tone.
“Sir, this guy was defiant, and we beat him.”
They stood akimbo and said.
“Was it you offend them? Listen, fish, you got to find your feet here. Those guys are grand old men here, you should admire them.”
The wardenry highered his tone.
“Admire? I really want to beat them thousands of times.”
Soapy responded in heart. The wind was still freezing, blowing through the window. Soapy felt upset, and went to sleep early. He had planned to ask the wardenry for transfer jail previously, and now he perished the thought.
“It is time for church, fish.”
Someone patted on his shoulder and let him go to the church in prison. Soapy hated the church. He came here because his stupid behavior beside that church. This time, still the cops’ patting on his shoulder, the difference is they let him go to the church.
“All right, I will go. Let me see what will happen with that pokey church.”
Soapy whispered. The abbe is the first people he met in the church.
“Hey, young man, you come for praying, right? You should be prayerful.” The abbe said.
“Yes, I will.”
Soapy responsed inadvertently.
“Help!”
Soapy was sleeping on the chair due to the boring atmosphere in church when he heard the voice. But when his line of sight turned to the stage, he found the abbe was threatened by a strapper whose face was familiar.
“Those jerk!”Soapy shouted out, “Stop doing it.”
“Hey, father, I am a Protestant, I do not want to hear your speech about Christianity.”
The strapper said ferociously. Just then, a sense of anger came to Soapy’s mind. Formerly he hated that guy because he beat him. It seemed that Soapy was transfused too much Adrenalin, he felt extremely forceful. He ran to the stage, and pulled away that guy.
“Oh, you hit me. You the kind of sissy, let me teach you a lesson.”
He shock his fist to Soapy, Soapy was punched unfortunately.
“Cops are coming!”
The strapper’s associate shouted. They all ran away. It was silent after they had run. Soapy lay on the floor, he cannot stop himself bleeding. Then came the cops and a big ambulance, Soapy was saved.
“Good job, young man. You are now safe, and congratulations. We decide to cut down the days you should spend in prison. After you recover, you are free.”
The head of prison stood in front of him. He faced a white world, white carpet, white sickbed, and white nurses’ uniform. “What, I can’t believe my ears? Sir?”
Soapy thought he was dreaming.
“It’s true, you save the abbe who is my close friend, he said you are the bravest man.”
After looking back everything happened in jail, Soapy cannot stop crying. The tears were soaked by the bed sheet. The wind was still freezing, but it was not so far away from spring.
Tauren warrior and blood elf priest (Jing Yan)
A Tauren warrior named Unker was born in Thunder Bluff. He just came into this world; he didn’t know what he should do, where he should go. He just stood there and enjoyed that wonderful grassland. He didn’t understand what is his fate in the future. He was good at communication. As time goes by, he got many friends. He has a beautiful Blood Elf priest with a pair of long and thin ears in the group of his friends. Her name was Guo. They trained and played together, and shared the happiness all day. When they both got level 36, they went to a dungeon named scarlet monastery. This was the first time they came here, they didn’t know what they should do, so they failed several times, but they didn’t give up. They kept trying time and time again, finally, they beat all the bosses, and Unker get three pieces of a six pieces suit. He was so happy, and then he faced the priest and made a kissing gesture. The priest was silent for a while then smiled. She said, “Today you only got three of them. If you get all of them, you would be happier. I hope you can get them.” Then Unker answered, “If you are beside me, I will get them sooner or later, that don’t matter. The point is I was very happy with you.” After that, they came here three more times; Unker got all the six pieces. The priest was watching him and smiled. She knew, if he was happy, she could do everything for him, because she thought those were worth doing. In later days, priests have accompanied Unker reaches level 45, when suddenly one day the priest told Unker, she might have something to do, she couldn’t be with him for a long time. Unker very readily agreed order, and wished her successes.
In this way, the first two days, Unker were still holding his weapons, wearing that suit and training level with that items. Nothing changed; the only change is that, no more people heal him. When he was hurt, no people use her skill to save him. Time was flying, Unker was level 60. For some reason, he became the main tank of his team. So he began his raid career with his team every day. (40 people get together fight with bosses. We call it raid) they raid again and again, Unker’s equipments got better and better. He became the soul of his team from a dull warrior who was just knew hit creep with a huge hammer. He had done all relations with the success of the whole team, he slowly began to find his place and find its own role. However, he still remembered that priest. Sometimes, he told about that a priest accompanied with him all the time, every time he was talking about this, he would laugh. He said it was the happiest time he had.
After three months, spring came. He was ready to organize the raid. At that time, suddenly a familiar and strange name jumped up, his look closely. It’s her! It’s her. He became so excited. Then he sent a message to her “Guo, is that you? ”
“Yes, I am. I am back. I did not think you still remember me, I thought you forgot me.” Unker answered “How can I forget you. Where did you go during the several months? Why I couldn’t get any message from you?”
“Nothing, problem had been solved.”
“So, you won’t leave me again, right?”
“Yes, this time I will stay here and be with you.”
“Ha, whatever. You are back.”
The next days, Unker did not accompany the priest basically, but Unker continued to buy some equipment, and to give her money to learn the skills. Every time, Unker were excited with his own team in the raid, while the priest was practicing.
One day. The priest asked Unker “I do really want to see you wearing that six-piece suit, will you?”
“Oh, sorry, I already sold them out. Look at me. All the equipments on my body are better than them. I am strong now.”
“Oh, really? Congratulations. Could you spend a little bit time to be with me? I was so lonely, when I was training.”
“Hurry, when you arrive level 60, I brought you to raid to give you wear better equipment. OK?”
“Oh, well. I am going to training. You can do your business now.”
The following days, Unker didn’t see the priest. And he was still working on raid. The fifth day, priest came and spoke to Unker. “Could you come with me? I would bring you to a pretty good place.”
“Right now? Is it far away from here? You know the raid almost begins.”Unker hesitant answered.
“No, it is near by the city. Just take you few minutes.”
“Ok, invite me, I am on the way.”
Warrior was riding a white tiger, fast ran to the priest. It is a dam, a large high dam. He saw the priest was sitting quietly on the top of dam.
“Guo. What is going on? Talk to me. Perhaps I can help you.”
“Uh...No. Nothing. I just thought the scenery here is so beautiful. I want to be with you here and share the wonderful place. Look. The moon, beautiful, round, my friend said that when the moon was round, the brightest of the time, make a wish, it will certainly come true.”
“Oh, silly girl, it is just a beautiful illusion, not really” Unker was stroking her hair.
“No, I really want this time it is true. I want that my dream can come true.” She said with a tearful voice.
They were silent for two minutes. The priest said “all right, I am done.”
“Tell me what your wish is.”
“Of course, we cannot say. It will not work, if I say it.”
“Guo, I have to go. Hurry up. When you arrive level 60, let’s go raid together.”
“Ok, see you.”
“See you.”
The second day, when Unker woke up, he found he got a mail. Then he opened it and it is full of equipment which were he brought for Guo, money and a letter. It said that “Unker. Tell you the truth; last time I left from you, because I got an incurably disease, now it has been notarized, so I came back. When I know the news, I asked myself, what is the most nostalgia, I thought of you, I thought of the happiness with you that were I never got in my life. When I was back, I found you changed. I do not blame you; I just want you can have a little time to be with me, as before, as we are happily, but you even have no time to accompany me. I just want spent my last happiness time with you. I'm so regret; I really should not come back. I do really want to see you with that suit which I made for you, but you sold it. I was very heart-broken. Did you know that? When I see you in that suit, I can feel you, the real you, and now we've got nothing. Do you remember? When the creep attacked me again and again, you stood in front of me and protect me bravely. I am so missing that time. That time will not come back. See you, Unker. I will miss you and I will never forget you. I hope you can be better in the future.”
After reading this letter, he cried. He holds this letter and rushed into scarlet monastery. He wanted to get that six-piece suit and his girl-Guo. When he got all the six piece of them, I rushed back to that dam as quickly as he can. He wear that suit and shout loudly “Guo, I am here with your suit. Could you come back and I can be with you to watch the round moon again! Just you and me.” But no one answer him. Then he jumped out from that dam.
After that, Unker was disappeared. He was pursuing his dream, his Guo.
In this way, the first two days, Unker were still holding his weapons, wearing that suit and training level with that items. Nothing changed; the only change is that, no more people heal him. When he was hurt, no people use her skill to save him. Time was flying, Unker was level 60. For some reason, he became the main tank of his team. So he began his raid career with his team every day. (40 people get together fight with bosses. We call it raid) they raid again and again, Unker’s equipments got better and better. He became the soul of his team from a dull warrior who was just knew hit creep with a huge hammer. He had done all relations with the success of the whole team, he slowly began to find his place and find its own role. However, he still remembered that priest. Sometimes, he told about that a priest accompanied with him all the time, every time he was talking about this, he would laugh. He said it was the happiest time he had.
After three months, spring came. He was ready to organize the raid. At that time, suddenly a familiar and strange name jumped up, his look closely. It’s her! It’s her. He became so excited. Then he sent a message to her “Guo, is that you? ”
“Yes, I am. I am back. I did not think you still remember me, I thought you forgot me.” Unker answered “How can I forget you. Where did you go during the several months? Why I couldn’t get any message from you?”
“Nothing, problem had been solved.”
“So, you won’t leave me again, right?”
“Yes, this time I will stay here and be with you.”
“Ha, whatever. You are back.”
The next days, Unker did not accompany the priest basically, but Unker continued to buy some equipment, and to give her money to learn the skills. Every time, Unker were excited with his own team in the raid, while the priest was practicing.
One day. The priest asked Unker “I do really want to see you wearing that six-piece suit, will you?”
“Oh, sorry, I already sold them out. Look at me. All the equipments on my body are better than them. I am strong now.”
“Oh, really? Congratulations. Could you spend a little bit time to be with me? I was so lonely, when I was training.”
“Hurry, when you arrive level 60, I brought you to raid to give you wear better equipment. OK?”
“Oh, well. I am going to training. You can do your business now.”
The following days, Unker didn’t see the priest. And he was still working on raid. The fifth day, priest came and spoke to Unker. “Could you come with me? I would bring you to a pretty good place.”
“Right now? Is it far away from here? You know the raid almost begins.”Unker hesitant answered.
“No, it is near by the city. Just take you few minutes.”
“Ok, invite me, I am on the way.”
Warrior was riding a white tiger, fast ran to the priest. It is a dam, a large high dam. He saw the priest was sitting quietly on the top of dam.
“Guo. What is going on? Talk to me. Perhaps I can help you.”
“Uh...No. Nothing. I just thought the scenery here is so beautiful. I want to be with you here and share the wonderful place. Look. The moon, beautiful, round, my friend said that when the moon was round, the brightest of the time, make a wish, it will certainly come true.”
“Oh, silly girl, it is just a beautiful illusion, not really” Unker was stroking her hair.
“No, I really want this time it is true. I want that my dream can come true.” She said with a tearful voice.
They were silent for two minutes. The priest said “all right, I am done.”
“Tell me what your wish is.”
“Of course, we cannot say. It will not work, if I say it.”
“Guo, I have to go. Hurry up. When you arrive level 60, let’s go raid together.”
“Ok, see you.”
“See you.”
The second day, when Unker woke up, he found he got a mail. Then he opened it and it is full of equipment which were he brought for Guo, money and a letter. It said that “Unker. Tell you the truth; last time I left from you, because I got an incurably disease, now it has been notarized, so I came back. When I know the news, I asked myself, what is the most nostalgia, I thought of you, I thought of the happiness with you that were I never got in my life. When I was back, I found you changed. I do not blame you; I just want you can have a little time to be with me, as before, as we are happily, but you even have no time to accompany me. I just want spent my last happiness time with you. I'm so regret; I really should not come back. I do really want to see you with that suit which I made for you, but you sold it. I was very heart-broken. Did you know that? When I see you in that suit, I can feel you, the real you, and now we've got nothing. Do you remember? When the creep attacked me again and again, you stood in front of me and protect me bravely. I am so missing that time. That time will not come back. See you, Unker. I will miss you and I will never forget you. I hope you can be better in the future.”
After reading this letter, he cried. He holds this letter and rushed into scarlet monastery. He wanted to get that six-piece suit and his girl-Guo. When he got all the six piece of them, I rushed back to that dam as quickly as he can. He wear that suit and shout loudly “Guo, I am here with your suit. Could you come back and I can be with you to watch the round moon again! Just you and me.” But no one answer him. Then he jumped out from that dam.
After that, Unker was disappeared. He was pursuing his dream, his Guo.
Reunion (SooHyeon.Kang)
One fine day, she tidies up herself and her heart is throbbing with expectation. She walks into a restaurant with taking breath. There are already her old friends who had lived together in one same small town for almost ten years. They are talking on and on without pausing for breath.
“Hey, guys! It’s been a long time since I saw you guys last.” she says.
“ Ann, what a surprise! I haven’t seen you in ages.” some of them say hello.
However, she seems as if looking for someone else. After having dinner, they are having a bottle of beer. Abruptly, one of her friends asks,
“Who can you guys look for when you need a wise solution to your problem? Who is the first you turn to when you want to have fun?”
“Of course, these my friends, man!” the others answer laughing.
“I think, after all, I can lean on someone who know me well and love me.”
The familiar voice leaves Ann breathless for a while. And a man appears in front of the audience. Ryan walks toward Ann and down on his knees, telling his feelings.
“Since I met you at the first in the kindergarten, I couldn’t erase your thought and you are still roaming in my brain every moment.”
They get out of the restaurant and just walked along the seashore, saying nothing. She opens her lips to make some remarks.
“When my boy friend leaved the town on the spur of the moment without saying a thing, I found it so hard to get over him for some time. As time passed, I was able to recover barely from the pain of parting. But you came out again! Now?”
He apologies to her. But he said “when I left, my father’s business suddenly went flop and left our family a huge debt. So our family had to move the small house. At that time, I was young and I was ashamed that our family was bankrupt. That’s why I left you.”
Ann hugs him without saying anything, weeping tears.
After they solved misunderstanding each other, they naturally fell in love again.
Finally, they excitedly told each other’s parents they fall in love and going to get married. Their parents approved of their getting married. But real marriages was not easy like they expected and they often fought because of gap of thought, lifestyle and understanding. Dangerous and unhappy marriage has been kept up with their children until their 60th anniversary. And finally they decided to divorce under joint agreement.
The old couple around the age of 60 walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. While they were signing the papers, Ann told her husband..
"I really love you, but I really can’t carry on anymore, I'm sorry…”
"I understand." said the husband.
That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn... After hours, the old man, Ryan, couldn’t take it anymore. He knows that he still loves Ann, and he can’t carry on life without Ann. He recalls their childhood, dates and blissful time in their lifetime. Ryan wants Ann back, he wants to tell her, ‘I am sorry, I wanted to tell you "I love you"...’
He picks up the phone, starting dialing her number....ringing never stops..he never stop dialing.... On the other side, Ann was sad, Ann couldn’t understand how come after all these years, Ryan still doesn’t understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can’t take it anymore....phone 's ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that its him.
Ryan was disappointed because Ann didn’t pick up the phone. But he tried to contact her everyday repenting of his sins. However, Nevertheless Ryan’s apology, Ann’s wounded heart was not treated easily. One day, Ann received news that Ryan had passed away...Ann rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone...he had a heart attack when he was still trying to get through her phone line.
At that moment, Ann recognized that actually she already forgave him and she also still love him. She did not have brave to tell him and she was afraid unhappy marriages happen again. But now she can’t say anything to Ryan. Ann anguished over the loss of a loved Ryan. Then 7-days later, Ann decided to suicide, leaving a short will to her children.
"When you love someone, let them know. You never know what will happen the next minute. Learn to build a life together trying to fit each other and to understand. Learn to love each other…"
“Hey, guys! It’s been a long time since I saw you guys last.” she says.
“ Ann, what a surprise! I haven’t seen you in ages.” some of them say hello.
However, she seems as if looking for someone else. After having dinner, they are having a bottle of beer. Abruptly, one of her friends asks,
“Who can you guys look for when you need a wise solution to your problem? Who is the first you turn to when you want to have fun?”
“Of course, these my friends, man!” the others answer laughing.
“I think, after all, I can lean on someone who know me well and love me.”
The familiar voice leaves Ann breathless for a while. And a man appears in front of the audience. Ryan walks toward Ann and down on his knees, telling his feelings.
“Since I met you at the first in the kindergarten, I couldn’t erase your thought and you are still roaming in my brain every moment.”
They get out of the restaurant and just walked along the seashore, saying nothing. She opens her lips to make some remarks.
“When my boy friend leaved the town on the spur of the moment without saying a thing, I found it so hard to get over him for some time. As time passed, I was able to recover barely from the pain of parting. But you came out again! Now?”
He apologies to her. But he said “when I left, my father’s business suddenly went flop and left our family a huge debt. So our family had to move the small house. At that time, I was young and I was ashamed that our family was bankrupt. That’s why I left you.”
Ann hugs him without saying anything, weeping tears.
After they solved misunderstanding each other, they naturally fell in love again.
Finally, they excitedly told each other’s parents they fall in love and going to get married. Their parents approved of their getting married. But real marriages was not easy like they expected and they often fought because of gap of thought, lifestyle and understanding. Dangerous and unhappy marriage has been kept up with their children until their 60th anniversary. And finally they decided to divorce under joint agreement.
The old couple around the age of 60 walks into a lawyer's office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. While they were signing the papers, Ann told her husband..
"I really love you, but I really can’t carry on anymore, I'm sorry…”
"I understand." said the husband.
That night, both of them couldn't sleep, toss and turn, toss and turn... After hours, the old man, Ryan, couldn’t take it anymore. He knows that he still loves Ann, and he can’t carry on life without Ann. He recalls their childhood, dates and blissful time in their lifetime. Ryan wants Ann back, he wants to tell her, ‘I am sorry, I wanted to tell you "I love you"...’
He picks up the phone, starting dialing her number....ringing never stops..he never stop dialing.... On the other side, Ann was sad, Ann couldn’t understand how come after all these years, Ryan still doesn’t understand her at all, she loves him a lot, but she just can’t take it anymore....phone 's ringing, she refuses to answer knowing that its him.
Ryan was disappointed because Ann didn’t pick up the phone. But he tried to contact her everyday repenting of his sins. However, Nevertheless Ryan’s apology, Ann’s wounded heart was not treated easily. One day, Ann received news that Ryan had passed away...Ann rushed down to his apartment, saw his body, lying on the couch still holding on to the phone...he had a heart attack when he was still trying to get through her phone line.
At that moment, Ann recognized that actually she already forgave him and she also still love him. She did not have brave to tell him and she was afraid unhappy marriages happen again. But now she can’t say anything to Ryan. Ann anguished over the loss of a loved Ryan. Then 7-days later, Ann decided to suicide, leaving a short will to her children.
"When you love someone, let them know. You never know what will happen the next minute. Learn to build a life together trying to fit each other and to understand. Learn to love each other…"
Forever sunflower (Yanjun Li)
In that winter, a boy fell in love with a Beijing girl at first sight at a party. The next day, the boy got to know that she was suffering from uremia for many years. Her life may smoke away at any time of the harsh realities. His heart hurt vaguely.
He lived in Harbin and she lived in Beijing. A few days later, he returned to Harbin from Beijing, but he felt his soul still stayed in Beijing, his mind was full of her, he decided to go to her side to give her the true love, inspiring the depths of the power of life and diseasing resistance. When his parents knew what he wanted to do, they opposed, “Are you crazy, you are not going to find a wife, she is a person who won’t be here tomorrow ... unless we are all dead!" He is the only son of his parents. Since his childhood his parents have given filial love to him. From the views of parents, he had already expected, and he did not say anything, continued to follow with his own plans of action. A month later, he sold his own Grand Hotel which was set up by himself and had run for three years. He put all of the money which earned by selling the hotel on his parents’ bed. Then he left for Beijing without saying goodbye.
After graduating from university she was offered a very enviable job, because of illness, she has been at home resting a couple of years. His arrival brought her unusual surprise.
Because she must accept the chemotherapy every other session, her parents spent all of their saving this year. He started to look around for a job. He found a management position in charge of the work in a hotel soon. The job required him to get up early and stay late every day, but every night she insisted to waiting for him comes back from work for dinner.
A year later, on the day she need for dialysis. Her body appeared in a great discomfort, her strengthen was seemed to be collapsed. She realized that if she couldn’t have a kidney transplant, the disease will kill her sooner or later. That evening, she calmly said to him: "I'm afraid I have not so many days left. Stay here is a waste of your time and emotions. You had better go back to Harbin ..." He did not say anything as before but brought water to help her wash her feet. Her tears well down in her eyes. She grits her teeth, and kicked over the Foot bathtub, yelling: "You are a man, if you around a sick woman all day you will have a gloomy future. You go out. I don’t want to see you again.”
She was shouting frenziedly, trying to show her contempt and ridicule, however, every word from her mouth became a sharp knife stabbing her heart. He looked at her and waits her stop until she was tired and stopped. Then he murmured to her: "I know I am not the most valuable man in the world. I cannot give you the beautiful clothing and shoes; I cannot give you the fortune and fame; anyway, I can do something for you in some small cases. I know you should get this then to be a beautiful woman all over the world, you are rest assured that and I will try to make you become such a woman ...” He showed a calm sincerity, and she cried like a rain.
Days passed away, next spring is coming. She finally had to go to hospital for treatment. She lived in a room residential building and the flower beds in front of where already deserted for many years. When being sent to the hospital, she looked at them and sighed: "I have always had a desire for flower beds in which sunflowers are planted and grow up. However it will be walking along it in which the nicely ah! Oh, I am afraid this may... never happen…”
A pleasant surprise is the hospital quickly found her a kidney match, but a kidney transplant costs twenty million yuan, she would rather wait for death. He also suddenly disappeared. His "evaporator" threw her into despair; she was crying as well as consoling herself: "You are a patient to die, so his departure should be understood. You ought to appreciate that he had had been accompanied with you for so many days.”
A week later, he suddenly appeared and put a bag in front of her: "See there is twenty million yuan, you are saved!" he returned to Harbin and borrowed money from friends. Once again, tears made her eyes misty. She had a very successful surgery and postoperative rejection is also very small. They are happy and smiling.
In the summer, she discharged to go home to recuperate. When getting near to her house she suddenly shouted at him in surprise: “look, flower beds! sunflowers are really pretty ah!" He smiled, looking at her. When her eyes moved to his face from the sunflowers, she understands: "The sunflower is you did it?" He nodded his head, her voice choked up: "I have become the most beautiful, the happiest woman in the world.”
Her body was getting better and better, which restores more and more hopes among them. Their smiles are more beautiful. One year has passed, and another spring has arrived. She accompanied him, to plant the sunflower seeds in their own flower bed. With the sunflower their children will grow up, his and her love story was a legend of nearby residents.
Finally, the brilliant sunflower set to blooming, that day is her birthday, after work, he hastily the rose and bought it home. He knew she must have been waiting for him to eat dinners. In the way to home, the help voice in the distance appealed to him, when he found two thugs on a young girl to commit robbery, he immediately rushed up. This assailant stabbed him six times. The two thugs were arrested by other people, but he stopped breathing on the way to the hospital.
Many people know or just heard the stories about him; they had come to see him off. She was crying severely. People have lament that she was such a poor woman. Cuisine finished his funeral; it was found she will be walk around of the sunflowers. In the autumn, that sunflowers were all withered died. She began to shut herself in the room; sometimes she didn’t say a word during a whole day.
She died in this winter. People have rumored that she was depressed and died. They are two ordinary people. People thought that with the disappearance of their lives, their memories will gradually disappear. However, every spring after that, someone always plants the sunflowers at the front of the building which she lived before. It continues ten years.
In this world noting can’t be taken away by time. But there is one thing will endure that is the beautiful love.
He lived in Harbin and she lived in Beijing. A few days later, he returned to Harbin from Beijing, but he felt his soul still stayed in Beijing, his mind was full of her, he decided to go to her side to give her the true love, inspiring the depths of the power of life and diseasing resistance. When his parents knew what he wanted to do, they opposed, “Are you crazy, you are not going to find a wife, she is a person who won’t be here tomorrow ... unless we are all dead!" He is the only son of his parents. Since his childhood his parents have given filial love to him. From the views of parents, he had already expected, and he did not say anything, continued to follow with his own plans of action. A month later, he sold his own Grand Hotel which was set up by himself and had run for three years. He put all of the money which earned by selling the hotel on his parents’ bed. Then he left for Beijing without saying goodbye.
After graduating from university she was offered a very enviable job, because of illness, she has been at home resting a couple of years. His arrival brought her unusual surprise.
Because she must accept the chemotherapy every other session, her parents spent all of their saving this year. He started to look around for a job. He found a management position in charge of the work in a hotel soon. The job required him to get up early and stay late every day, but every night she insisted to waiting for him comes back from work for dinner.
A year later, on the day she need for dialysis. Her body appeared in a great discomfort, her strengthen was seemed to be collapsed. She realized that if she couldn’t have a kidney transplant, the disease will kill her sooner or later. That evening, she calmly said to him: "I'm afraid I have not so many days left. Stay here is a waste of your time and emotions. You had better go back to Harbin ..." He did not say anything as before but brought water to help her wash her feet. Her tears well down in her eyes. She grits her teeth, and kicked over the Foot bathtub, yelling: "You are a man, if you around a sick woman all day you will have a gloomy future. You go out. I don’t want to see you again.”
She was shouting frenziedly, trying to show her contempt and ridicule, however, every word from her mouth became a sharp knife stabbing her heart. He looked at her and waits her stop until she was tired and stopped. Then he murmured to her: "I know I am not the most valuable man in the world. I cannot give you the beautiful clothing and shoes; I cannot give you the fortune and fame; anyway, I can do something for you in some small cases. I know you should get this then to be a beautiful woman all over the world, you are rest assured that and I will try to make you become such a woman ...” He showed a calm sincerity, and she cried like a rain.
Days passed away, next spring is coming. She finally had to go to hospital for treatment. She lived in a room residential building and the flower beds in front of where already deserted for many years. When being sent to the hospital, she looked at them and sighed: "I have always had a desire for flower beds in which sunflowers are planted and grow up. However it will be walking along it in which the nicely ah! Oh, I am afraid this may... never happen…”
A pleasant surprise is the hospital quickly found her a kidney match, but a kidney transplant costs twenty million yuan, she would rather wait for death. He also suddenly disappeared. His "evaporator" threw her into despair; she was crying as well as consoling herself: "You are a patient to die, so his departure should be understood. You ought to appreciate that he had had been accompanied with you for so many days.”
A week later, he suddenly appeared and put a bag in front of her: "See there is twenty million yuan, you are saved!" he returned to Harbin and borrowed money from friends. Once again, tears made her eyes misty. She had a very successful surgery and postoperative rejection is also very small. They are happy and smiling.
In the summer, she discharged to go home to recuperate. When getting near to her house she suddenly shouted at him in surprise: “look, flower beds! sunflowers are really pretty ah!" He smiled, looking at her. When her eyes moved to his face from the sunflowers, she understands: "The sunflower is you did it?" He nodded his head, her voice choked up: "I have become the most beautiful, the happiest woman in the world.”
Her body was getting better and better, which restores more and more hopes among them. Their smiles are more beautiful. One year has passed, and another spring has arrived. She accompanied him, to plant the sunflower seeds in their own flower bed. With the sunflower their children will grow up, his and her love story was a legend of nearby residents.
Finally, the brilliant sunflower set to blooming, that day is her birthday, after work, he hastily the rose and bought it home. He knew she must have been waiting for him to eat dinners. In the way to home, the help voice in the distance appealed to him, when he found two thugs on a young girl to commit robbery, he immediately rushed up. This assailant stabbed him six times. The two thugs were arrested by other people, but he stopped breathing on the way to the hospital.
Many people know or just heard the stories about him; they had come to see him off. She was crying severely. People have lament that she was such a poor woman. Cuisine finished his funeral; it was found she will be walk around of the sunflowers. In the autumn, that sunflowers were all withered died. She began to shut herself in the room; sometimes she didn’t say a word during a whole day.
She died in this winter. People have rumored that she was depressed and died. They are two ordinary people. People thought that with the disappearance of their lives, their memories will gradually disappear. However, every spring after that, someone always plants the sunflowers at the front of the building which she lived before. It continues ten years.
In this world noting can’t be taken away by time. But there is one thing will endure that is the beautiful love.
Conversation(Hearim Lee)
Conversation
“ I am back home.”
“……...”
I didn’t reply what my older sister said that she came back home. From a long time ago, I have ignored her conversation, I still ignore her, and I will ignore her in even future. Perhaps, I think that she has become familiar with my no reply and indifference. I keep ignoring my sister’s existence in my world and, I just care of me. My sister always tries to show me what she is lively and her smile. Also, she tries to address me first. Like that, I keep ignoring unique family who is my sister every day.
Three years ago, our awkward reticence had started since our parents passed away. In my memory, personality of my older sister and I have changed since the event. The event was what when my sister was in middle school, when she was a birthday; she pushed parents to go outside for buying my sister’s a flute and then my parents couldn’t go back home forever.
It was a January and it was so cold. At that time, my parents were looking for musical instruments’ stores because it was so late night. Finally, they could buy a flute for her and then they were happy to buy my sister’s present. They had a car accident by the car on an icy road. Until they passed away, a father held my sister’s flute tight. Without their will, I was not reproachful about parents and driver who ran over my parents by the driver’s car. I just hate my older sister who pushed my parents to buy a flute for her even though it was a winter and was so cold. Since my parents passed away, we became indifferent each other. After all, it got stuck a person who want to have a conversation and a person who refuse a conversation.
Once, I was really close to my sister, but our relationship has become estranged more and more. My older sister who was lively and she had a way of making friends and influencing people has changed how became passive and she can’t try to speak to people. No one make this situation, but my stubbornness want to keep this situation with my sister.
“ John! I came back home!”
I thought that she really doesn’t know what date is today? I was mad because her cheerful behavior made me lose my rationality.
“ What? Do you know what date is today?
I shouted her without appreciation, and then my sister didn’t care what I shouted to her and she just kept laughing. For a long time, she didn’t stop to laugh. After a short time, her laughing changed be crying.
“……”
She was crying. Her red skirt had become a deep red. I was surprised that she was weak before. My sister tried to make smile and tired to hide her crying face by her small hands. However, she tried to show me what she was fine, she couldn’t stop to cry with her shoulder moved up down. I was getting changing my mind what I cursed her everyday and then I thought that I did something wrong to her for three years. For removing my guilty conscience about her for three years, I started to spit out any words to her.
“ Why are you crying? Although today is the anniversary of our parents’ death, you were drunken and you came back home!”
“ Sorry…I am sorry John…I apologize…”
“ Shot up! Get out of home!”
“ Sorry… really sorry…”
Without turn back, I went to my room but I couldn’t be estranged her voice which I am sorry. Even though it was so late, I couldn’t sleep because of her crying sounds. I couldn’t dam up this situation by my rationalization and during I waited for a conversation and laughing with my sister in the future, I was agonizing with her.
It’s so quiet. Why it is so quiet. I saw a clock on the desk. Time was at 9:00am. Every morning, in this time should hear what my sister was preparing for going to work. I felt so wired and then I came out to living room from room. Like my habit in every morning, I went to the bathroom. When I went to the bathroom, I saw my sister what break down in the bathtub. She looked like she takes a shower by blood and on the bottom of the bathroom; there was a cutter knife.
I shouted like out of mind person and then I pressed 911.
“ Hello, how can I help you?”
“ My sister is getting died. Help my sister!”
My voice sounded like being extremely urgent. The worker who was in 911 didn’t ask me an address and then hung up a calling.
“ I was going to disappear, but I couldn’t…” “ I lack in your older sister. Am I?”
By the way, my sister went to hospital by 911. After she got cure from doctor, I could meet my sister. She looked so pale but I felt thankful what she was fine.
“ It’s lucky…you are fine…”
“ Don’t crying….”
I nestled in my sister’s arm, and even though she was surprised about that, she kept patting me.
My sister slept again and then doctor came to her sickroom. He said to me “ although your head is a little painful, it will be find.” I asked him “ What happened?” and then he said she needed a blood from you.”
My eyes became full of tears and then I said, “ Although it is too late to say, I want to say Happy birthday to you.”
During my sister slept, her face looked vey happy and smile. I thought, “ What conversation should I do to her?”
“ I am back home.”
“……...”
I didn’t reply what my older sister said that she came back home. From a long time ago, I have ignored her conversation, I still ignore her, and I will ignore her in even future. Perhaps, I think that she has become familiar with my no reply and indifference. I keep ignoring my sister’s existence in my world and, I just care of me. My sister always tries to show me what she is lively and her smile. Also, she tries to address me first. Like that, I keep ignoring unique family who is my sister every day.
Three years ago, our awkward reticence had started since our parents passed away. In my memory, personality of my older sister and I have changed since the event. The event was what when my sister was in middle school, when she was a birthday; she pushed parents to go outside for buying my sister’s a flute and then my parents couldn’t go back home forever.
It was a January and it was so cold. At that time, my parents were looking for musical instruments’ stores because it was so late night. Finally, they could buy a flute for her and then they were happy to buy my sister’s present. They had a car accident by the car on an icy road. Until they passed away, a father held my sister’s flute tight. Without their will, I was not reproachful about parents and driver who ran over my parents by the driver’s car. I just hate my older sister who pushed my parents to buy a flute for her even though it was a winter and was so cold. Since my parents passed away, we became indifferent each other. After all, it got stuck a person who want to have a conversation and a person who refuse a conversation.
Once, I was really close to my sister, but our relationship has become estranged more and more. My older sister who was lively and she had a way of making friends and influencing people has changed how became passive and she can’t try to speak to people. No one make this situation, but my stubbornness want to keep this situation with my sister.
“ John! I came back home!”
I thought that she really doesn’t know what date is today? I was mad because her cheerful behavior made me lose my rationality.
“ What? Do you know what date is today?
I shouted her without appreciation, and then my sister didn’t care what I shouted to her and she just kept laughing. For a long time, she didn’t stop to laugh. After a short time, her laughing changed be crying.
“……”
She was crying. Her red skirt had become a deep red. I was surprised that she was weak before. My sister tried to make smile and tired to hide her crying face by her small hands. However, she tried to show me what she was fine, she couldn’t stop to cry with her shoulder moved up down. I was getting changing my mind what I cursed her everyday and then I thought that I did something wrong to her for three years. For removing my guilty conscience about her for three years, I started to spit out any words to her.
“ Why are you crying? Although today is the anniversary of our parents’ death, you were drunken and you came back home!”
“ Sorry…I am sorry John…I apologize…”
“ Shot up! Get out of home!”
“ Sorry… really sorry…”
Without turn back, I went to my room but I couldn’t be estranged her voice which I am sorry. Even though it was so late, I couldn’t sleep because of her crying sounds. I couldn’t dam up this situation by my rationalization and during I waited for a conversation and laughing with my sister in the future, I was agonizing with her.
It’s so quiet. Why it is so quiet. I saw a clock on the desk. Time was at 9:00am. Every morning, in this time should hear what my sister was preparing for going to work. I felt so wired and then I came out to living room from room. Like my habit in every morning, I went to the bathroom. When I went to the bathroom, I saw my sister what break down in the bathtub. She looked like she takes a shower by blood and on the bottom of the bathroom; there was a cutter knife.
I shouted like out of mind person and then I pressed 911.
“ Hello, how can I help you?”
“ My sister is getting died. Help my sister!”
My voice sounded like being extremely urgent. The worker who was in 911 didn’t ask me an address and then hung up a calling.
“ I was going to disappear, but I couldn’t…” “ I lack in your older sister. Am I?”
By the way, my sister went to hospital by 911. After she got cure from doctor, I could meet my sister. She looked so pale but I felt thankful what she was fine.
“ It’s lucky…you are fine…”
“ Don’t crying….”
I nestled in my sister’s arm, and even though she was surprised about that, she kept patting me.
My sister slept again and then doctor came to her sickroom. He said to me “ although your head is a little painful, it will be find.” I asked him “ What happened?” and then he said she needed a blood from you.”
My eyes became full of tears and then I said, “ Although it is too late to say, I want to say Happy birthday to you.”
During my sister slept, her face looked vey happy and smile. I thought, “ What conversation should I do to her?”
walk in the night (yano)
Yumiha Yano
Prof. Lesie Bai
English 2F
Essay #4 final draft
Story making
12/05/09
Walk in the night
Her name is Hiroko. She is an ordinary student in ordinary school. She did everything on an average; her scores for the exams were always on an average, and she could do sports as ordinary people do. She stayed in high school for two years, so she totally got used to her school life. She woke up at the certain time everyday and just goes to school and met same people every day. She had been feeling everyday is the same. She could not find any change in her life and had been feeling bored. She knew that the time in high school must be really precious in her life and in her memory in the future, but she could not feel she was spending special time at the time.
She had a best friend whose name is Mami. They had been friends since they got entered the school. Before she enrolled to the school in Tokyo, Hiromi had lived in Okayama. Her father had to move to Tokyo because of his job, so she needed to move. When April when the beginning of the school year had just started, she did not know anything about Tokyo. When she was nervous to everything in her new life, Hiroko met Mami. She was the first friend for Hiroko there, and she helped Hiroko a lot. Because of her Hiroko could get used to the new environment soon.
However, they could not see each other very much. Hiroko had gotten one acceptance from college already, but Mami was still really busy to study for the entrance examination for college. Mami commuted to cram school every day, so she got new small society other than school, and Hiroko also got many friends other than Mami. So recently the life without her became ordinary to them.
One day in the cold winter, she got bad news that her old teacher died. She has not been taught by him for two years, so she had almost forgotten about him. She went to him funeral the day after she heard the news. In that funeral, many of her friends including Mami came for him. Mami and Hiroko met there. Their houses located really close, so after the funeral, they went back to home together. On the way to go back, they tried to remember the memories of the teacher and tried to talk about him because that is the one way to hope him to go to heaven. When they started talk about him, it was a little bit uncomfortable for them to talk because they haven’t had long conversation for a while. While Hiroko tried to remember and talked about the old memories with the teacher, she started remember whole memories in the high school. Mami also remember her memories from two years ago and until now. Two girls started to talk about their whole school life. It was not intended, but both of them walked very slowly and kept talking, talking, talking. While they were talking, they remembered more and more stuff. Although she had been feeling bored to her school life, as Hiroko talked with Mami, she realized every small things which shared with her friends were her precious memories and she felt like the time she had in this three years is a treasure. When she arrived to her home, she could feel her way to think was changed a little bit. She decided to cherish her rest of her short school life because it cannot be held again. This walk in the night was her longest walk which she ever had, and this also became one of her unforgettable memories in her life.
Prof. Lesie Bai
English 2F
Essay #4 final draft
Story making
12/05/09
Walk in the night
Her name is Hiroko. She is an ordinary student in ordinary school. She did everything on an average; her scores for the exams were always on an average, and she could do sports as ordinary people do. She stayed in high school for two years, so she totally got used to her school life. She woke up at the certain time everyday and just goes to school and met same people every day. She had been feeling everyday is the same. She could not find any change in her life and had been feeling bored. She knew that the time in high school must be really precious in her life and in her memory in the future, but she could not feel she was spending special time at the time.
She had a best friend whose name is Mami. They had been friends since they got entered the school. Before she enrolled to the school in Tokyo, Hiromi had lived in Okayama. Her father had to move to Tokyo because of his job, so she needed to move. When April when the beginning of the school year had just started, she did not know anything about Tokyo. When she was nervous to everything in her new life, Hiroko met Mami. She was the first friend for Hiroko there, and she helped Hiroko a lot. Because of her Hiroko could get used to the new environment soon.
However, they could not see each other very much. Hiroko had gotten one acceptance from college already, but Mami was still really busy to study for the entrance examination for college. Mami commuted to cram school every day, so she got new small society other than school, and Hiroko also got many friends other than Mami. So recently the life without her became ordinary to them.
One day in the cold winter, she got bad news that her old teacher died. She has not been taught by him for two years, so she had almost forgotten about him. She went to him funeral the day after she heard the news. In that funeral, many of her friends including Mami came for him. Mami and Hiroko met there. Their houses located really close, so after the funeral, they went back to home together. On the way to go back, they tried to remember the memories of the teacher and tried to talk about him because that is the one way to hope him to go to heaven. When they started talk about him, it was a little bit uncomfortable for them to talk because they haven’t had long conversation for a while. While Hiroko tried to remember and talked about the old memories with the teacher, she started remember whole memories in the high school. Mami also remember her memories from two years ago and until now. Two girls started to talk about their whole school life. It was not intended, but both of them walked very slowly and kept talking, talking, talking. While they were talking, they remembered more and more stuff. Although she had been feeling bored to her school life, as Hiroko talked with Mami, she realized every small things which shared with her friends were her precious memories and she felt like the time she had in this three years is a treasure. When she arrived to her home, she could feel her way to think was changed a little bit. She decided to cherish her rest of her short school life because it cannot be held again. This walk in the night was her longest walk which she ever had, and this also became one of her unforgettable memories in her life.
Become a man in America (Chung-Chih Chi)
The United States of America is one of the powerful countries in the world. Therefore, many people from Asia are trying to study here and I am also the one who study here. The size of America is much larger than my own country, Taiwan. The US is also the first country that I have been abroad and I have studied there for about three years since my junior year in high school. Before I went to America, I did not really have any idea about this country, but I knew there were lots of fast food and American people were big and strong. I felt so excited about new things and new environment I was going to see there. However, after I started my life in America, things did not go as I thought. I had faced many problems and challenges and it took a long time for me to adjust to this new environment and it made me grow up.
In the beginning of my new life in the US, it was great. I saw many things that I had never seen before: food, buildings, clothes, science and technology, scenery, and so on; everything just looked different from things in Taiwan. I remember the first day I went to my class in high school; it was outstanding because teachers and classmates were all Americans and the only one language that we could communicate was English. Also, the size of each class was much smaller than the class in Taiwan. The most different thing was the system of teaching; it was totally different from I was used to be. In Taiwan, the way that professors teach is always like they are standing in front of all the students and start to lecture and write down notes on the board. The only thing students do is to take notes from the board and listen and usually, there will be about fifty students in each class. However, after I came to America, I found that American system of teaching was much more interesting and fun because there were many activities going on in the classroom. For example, after I had touched with American education, I realized that teachers liked to give group projects, discuss problems or have small games in the class. They give students space to have their own opinion and thought.
But, things did not go well. I suddenly realized I had difficulty in my language. I could not understand what people said to me. Even if things that teacher taught in the class, I might not understand and it made my grade so poor that I almost fail some of my classes. Also, I had difficulty in conversation with my roommate. He always tried to tell me something fun or interesting, but I could not understand. As time passed, he turned not to talk to me because he knew I would not get the meaning about what he said. I could not easily make friends because very few Americans would have patience to listen to me and explain to me.
Furthermore, I started to think of my family and friends in Taiwan. I had never left my family for this long time because I used to live with them in Taiwan. I missed the food my mom used to make for me, the game my brothers used to play with me, and the principle my dad used to give me. I also missed my friends that I used to have good time with. In this period, I felt homesick and melancholy, and the only thing I wanted to do was going back to Taiwan.
However, when I had a chance to talk with my friends on internet, all they cared about were things that appeared in the movies. For example, they would ask things like that: was it true that many famous brands in America were much cheaper than Taiwan, could you see many hot girls on the street, or how snow felt like and so on. All they knew were goods in America, but they did not know how many things I had given up to study in America, like friendships, family, and love.
Eventually, I had adjusted to the life in America and I felt more comfortable about everything in there. My English had improved a lot and I could understand better about things teachers taught in the class and things that people were saying to me. I had less chance to have misunderstanding with others. I started making friends and I could communicate with my roommate. I felt I became tougher and maturer when dealing with things and problems. I am glad that I came to America because the experiences make me grow up from a boy to a man.
In the beginning of my new life in the US, it was great. I saw many things that I had never seen before: food, buildings, clothes, science and technology, scenery, and so on; everything just looked different from things in Taiwan. I remember the first day I went to my class in high school; it was outstanding because teachers and classmates were all Americans and the only one language that we could communicate was English. Also, the size of each class was much smaller than the class in Taiwan. The most different thing was the system of teaching; it was totally different from I was used to be. In Taiwan, the way that professors teach is always like they are standing in front of all the students and start to lecture and write down notes on the board. The only thing students do is to take notes from the board and listen and usually, there will be about fifty students in each class. However, after I came to America, I found that American system of teaching was much more interesting and fun because there were many activities going on in the classroom. For example, after I had touched with American education, I realized that teachers liked to give group projects, discuss problems or have small games in the class. They give students space to have their own opinion and thought.
But, things did not go well. I suddenly realized I had difficulty in my language. I could not understand what people said to me. Even if things that teacher taught in the class, I might not understand and it made my grade so poor that I almost fail some of my classes. Also, I had difficulty in conversation with my roommate. He always tried to tell me something fun or interesting, but I could not understand. As time passed, he turned not to talk to me because he knew I would not get the meaning about what he said. I could not easily make friends because very few Americans would have patience to listen to me and explain to me.
Furthermore, I started to think of my family and friends in Taiwan. I had never left my family for this long time because I used to live with them in Taiwan. I missed the food my mom used to make for me, the game my brothers used to play with me, and the principle my dad used to give me. I also missed my friends that I used to have good time with. In this period, I felt homesick and melancholy, and the only thing I wanted to do was going back to Taiwan.
However, when I had a chance to talk with my friends on internet, all they cared about were things that appeared in the movies. For example, they would ask things like that: was it true that many famous brands in America were much cheaper than Taiwan, could you see many hot girls on the street, or how snow felt like and so on. All they knew were goods in America, but they did not know how many things I had given up to study in America, like friendships, family, and love.
Eventually, I had adjusted to the life in America and I felt more comfortable about everything in there. My English had improved a lot and I could understand better about things teachers taught in the class and things that people were saying to me. I had less chance to have misunderstanding with others. I started making friends and I could communicate with my roommate. I felt I became tougher and maturer when dealing with things and problems. I am glad that I came to America because the experiences make me grow up from a boy to a man.
Take the Bitter with the Sweet
Around 50 years ago in Taiwan, there was a little girl whose name was May was born in a poor family. Before she was born, she had five siblings already. Therefore, since May was a baby, her parents just gave to her biological mother’s sister because she was a girl and they were not able to afford her living expenses. In May’s new family, there was a girl who was also adapted by her new mother because her new mother who was also her biological aunt who could not give a birth. As for May’s new father, he was a retired solider also there was a big age gap between her new mother and father. Due to the history background, in that period of time, it was common to see the age gap between the wife and husband. Therefore, May started to grow up in this new family.
In that period of time around 1950’s, almost every family was really poor; it was also included in May’s family. Since the government’s new policy which was about the mandatory education, May needed to go school. Actually, it would be a big expense for her family; it became more difficult for them to survive. Although the material life in May’s family was destitute, the whole was still positive to face everything. Nevertheless, in a mean while May just graduated from the elementary school, her father was so old that became really weak. When she was in the first grade in high school, May’s father passed away also she was only a 15-year-old girl.
As for May, the death of her father was a pain and sufferings feeling for her. Besides, it became a line of demarcation of her life. Since her father passed away, her mother’s behavior became weird such as change a religion and even finding a new husband. First, after her father dead a year, May’s mother remarried with a guy who she did not know at all, and May’s mother moved out without bringing her when she was only sixteen. In a mean while, May’s sister married and moved out as well. When May just realized that nobody cared about her, she asked her mother “Why do you marry again? Dad just passed away a year! And you are so rush to find a husband!! Why?” she asked. However, her mother just answered her “when daughters grow up, they eventually would marry, move out and belong other’s family. Therefore, as for my future, I need to find another husband to rely on for rest of my life.” She said and left the house. As for that age, it was supposed to be enjoying the high school life and loving story; however, May’s should face the ugly of reality, her mother was like abandon her.
In the beginning, May was so afraid to face the truth, she was crying along whole night in a big house on the wedding night She even wanted to commit suicide because she thought that the whole world was like forget her, if she were disappeared, it might nobody would not notice it. When she was in depressed, she suddenly thought that she might get some help from her biological parents. Unfortunately, when she just arrived their house, the way they acted looked her down and refused to help her. When May left, she swear to herself and said “ I must be successful, and I will let them to think I am so different and beg to me for help in the future! I feel so unfair!” Therefore, May started to find a part-time job to raise herself, because her step father or mother did not give her any money support. When she was doing part-time job, she realized money was so important in this real world. Hence, May gave up the chance to go to college and start to do a small business. After few years, when she was traveling, she met her soul mate who is her husband right now.
After they married, they thought they might have a small business in order to give their children better living standard. Although, in the beginning, they met some much problem, they still brought up the businesses even enlarge the field. Right now, May could be really confident to go to her biological parents place to have a dinner, and all of them the way looked at her were changed because they knew that she was a really successful woman on the business. May is so happy that her own family can be satisfactory, and she finally can see the happiness family on her own experience!
In that period of time around 1950’s, almost every family was really poor; it was also included in May’s family. Since the government’s new policy which was about the mandatory education, May needed to go school. Actually, it would be a big expense for her family; it became more difficult for them to survive. Although the material life in May’s family was destitute, the whole was still positive to face everything. Nevertheless, in a mean while May just graduated from the elementary school, her father was so old that became really weak. When she was in the first grade in high school, May’s father passed away also she was only a 15-year-old girl.
As for May, the death of her father was a pain and sufferings feeling for her. Besides, it became a line of demarcation of her life. Since her father passed away, her mother’s behavior became weird such as change a religion and even finding a new husband. First, after her father dead a year, May’s mother remarried with a guy who she did not know at all, and May’s mother moved out without bringing her when she was only sixteen. In a mean while, May’s sister married and moved out as well. When May just realized that nobody cared about her, she asked her mother “Why do you marry again? Dad just passed away a year! And you are so rush to find a husband!! Why?” she asked. However, her mother just answered her “when daughters grow up, they eventually would marry, move out and belong other’s family. Therefore, as for my future, I need to find another husband to rely on for rest of my life.” She said and left the house. As for that age, it was supposed to be enjoying the high school life and loving story; however, May’s should face the ugly of reality, her mother was like abandon her.
In the beginning, May was so afraid to face the truth, she was crying along whole night in a big house on the wedding night She even wanted to commit suicide because she thought that the whole world was like forget her, if she were disappeared, it might nobody would not notice it. When she was in depressed, she suddenly thought that she might get some help from her biological parents. Unfortunately, when she just arrived their house, the way they acted looked her down and refused to help her. When May left, she swear to herself and said “ I must be successful, and I will let them to think I am so different and beg to me for help in the future! I feel so unfair!” Therefore, May started to find a part-time job to raise herself, because her step father or mother did not give her any money support. When she was doing part-time job, she realized money was so important in this real world. Hence, May gave up the chance to go to college and start to do a small business. After few years, when she was traveling, she met her soul mate who is her husband right now.
After they married, they thought they might have a small business in order to give their children better living standard. Although, in the beginning, they met some much problem, they still brought up the businesses even enlarge the field. Right now, May could be really confident to go to her biological parents place to have a dinner, and all of them the way looked at her were changed because they knew that she was a really successful woman on the business. May is so happy that her own family can be satisfactory, and she finally can see the happiness family on her own experience!
(Hao Su) Confusing Units of Measurement in America
Confusing Units of Measurement in America
I came to the United States more than a year ago. I still fail to figure out the metrology of the United States. I do not know how hot the weather is; I do not know the weight of the meat; I do not know how fast I drive, I do not know how much oil I add and I do not know the sizes of the shoes and clothing I am wearing. Here the relevant units of account with life all changed. Kilometers are changed into miles; Voltage changed to 110 volts; Centimeters and meters changed to inches and feet respectively; Kilograms into pounds and ounces; Gasoline’s weight into gallons and quarts, even temperature changed from, Celsius into Fahrenheit. My life is muddled.
I want to live off campus in last summer, so I rented a house near Hicksville. When I started to decorate the new house, I used a tape which to measure was bought from china. I carefully measured every corner of the house and draw an ichnography. Then I went to IKEA to buy furniture. Before I came, I thoughts this European's Furniture Company should be using metric. But I was surprised to find that all the dimensions are imperial units. The length of the carpet is 7-foot 7-inch；mattress is 79-foot half-inch long and 59 feet seven-eighths inches wide. I was totally confused. I have no idea what these lengths are, so my first time to IKEA get nothing. Finally, I decided to replace my most favor furniture’s units to metric units. Although this is very troublesome, but it still better than let me calculate how much is 6 feet 7 inches plus 4 feet 5 inches.
Americans are also confused about these units by themselves. When I went to supermarket and bought salmon. Because I do not know how much a pound of salmon, so I have to talk to sales that I want to buy 15 dollars salmon. But the sales said: “7.5 dollar a pound, how many pounds you want?” He didn’t know how much salmon is 2 pounds. It seems Americans also cannot calculate. I never buy clothes online, because just look at the conversion formula will bring me headache. I do not know how much a gallon of gasoline, but I only know that can be used to run 24 miles road. The road signs really let me depressed; how far is 1.5 miles away from the exit, I do not know. Olympic is using meters but The U. S. television has to convert them into feet and inches.
I was not adapted to the temperature forecast when I started listening to the radio in the United States. I really feel insensitive when a Fahrenheit temperature is given. Until I am completely converted the figure into Celsius, I could understand exactly what the temperature is. I remember someone told me that the weather of today maybe more than 85 degree when I was first in America. I was surprised.
American’s measurement units conversion is very confusing, unlike metric system’s decimal system. For example, 1 foot equals 12 inches, 1 mile equals 1760 yards, 1 gallon equal to 8 pints and 1 pound equals 16 ounces. The conversion between every unit is different; it is very difficult to remember. I think American’s math education is not high, one important reason is the measurement system chaos. America student’s mathematical foundation already is poor and imperial conversions add a problem to them.
The entire world is using the international metric system of weights and measures. But why the United States are still remaining with the Imperial. Americans also will not adapt to metric system when they go abroad. Americans have also paid a great price to its different weights and measures units. In September 2002, NASA launched a satellite for probe Mars weather. At the time of arrival in Mars, the satellite did not enter the preset orbit and suddenly plunged into the Martian atmosphere. 125million dollars of the satellite disappeared like that. After subsequent investigation, they found that problem is the unit of measure, some figures was not converted to metric from imperial.
Nobody knows why the United States stubbornly adhere to imperial which is a measure system that the British had already abandoned for a long time. It seems that most Americans are not enthusiastic to change imperial to metric.
There is a psychological factor about why the American people are not enthusiastic to change. American people are very proud of their own country and they are enjoying to overlooking the world. According to their own interests, Americans can do anything they want. Naturally, the American people would intentionally or unintentionally try to maintain this sense of superiority. You want to intimate with American? You must first learn the imperial. Now if I go out, I will prepare an imperial and metric conversion tables. It really help me a lot.
The happy moment (heejin kim)
The happy moment
“Everyone stand up and go to the back. We are going to match a partner.” The beginning of semester started. A young and pretty teacher said to students. All my classmates went back and stood in the order of height. A boy looked naughty but attractive approached to me. I looked at him at close range. He was the most popular one in the school and he said. “Hi, what’s your name?”
“Ah, Hi, I’m Jessica. You are… Alex..?”
“Yes! How did you know my name? Do you like me??”
“What!?” I gazed at him in blank dismay. He laughed and it looked he enjoyed teasing me. But the joke did not hurt my mind. I was not unpleasant.
“Sorry, it was joke~” he smiled. I also laughed. We became a partner. In fact, at that time, I had a boyfriend whose name was Andy. Before we went out with each other, we were very close and had a lot of talking. But after that, we became a negative couple since we were filled with shame and the number of dating decreased. We didn’t have enough conversation. One day, Andy’s family decided to move to other village and he had to change the school.
“I’ll send a letter… don’t cry…. We can meet at least twice a week.”
Yes, actually, the distance was a little way. But the moment when we parted from each other, it was sad. After he went to other school, we entered a higher grade and I met Alex in the new class.
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
“Yup, I do. But he is not in our school.” I said. “Why?”
“No, I’m just asking. What type of boy do you like?”
He kept asking that kind of questions. As time went by we became close friends with eight classmates who were seated near our seat. One of them, Lilly, was a very pretty girl and kind to everyone. In an instant, Alex and Lilly hung out very often.
‘What’s the problem?! I’m okay! She is my best friend! And they also very close each other!!’
I went on mumbling to myself. Like utter a magic an incantation. But I felt jealous of her. I didn’t know why. Just friend..? or love..? When they whispered to each other, I would approach them casually, “Tell me what you guys were talking.”
But they tried to give an evasive answer. I could feel that. When I saw their action, I was heartsick. But I pretended I didn’t care and it was nothing. After that, I thought they get along with each other. But I didn’t ask them. I didn’t want to hear their love story.
One day, our school was supposed to take a trip to amusement park. Alex was delighted and kept saying to me.
“I’m really excited!! Oh my god! Can you see that? There is Roller coaster!!”
He was like very pure kid. After a few hours, he suddenly said “Jessica! I have a favor to ask of you.”
“What is it? Go ahead.”
“I need your help. Actually I want to date with somebody and show my mind to her.”
My mind became a complete blank. But my tongue worked “Sure!” with smile.
‘Oh dear…!’ I was sure that girl was Lilly.
After the field trip, he certainly said, “Please bring Lilly to a playground with you.” “Alright.”
-Ring Ring Ring ~~
“Hello, this is Lilly.”
“Hi Lilly, This is Jessica! What are you doing?”
“Nothing special, why?”
“Let’s hang out! I have something to tell you.”
After 10 minutes, we met. My heart beat fast. We walked around a playground where Alex was at. Some candles were seen from far away. It got nearer to us. I waited to celebrate their first day, but at that very moment, I saw the word that was written on the cake.
“Jessica, I like you..” Alex said and gave me the cake with lovely words.
“He has liked you since the first time you guys met.” Lilly said with happy voice.
Yes.. He had liked me since very long ago. That time I had a boyfriend. And he couldn’t say to me. The thing he could do was to become a close friend and make me smile. Every time he asked Lilly about my relationship with Andy. He was always behind me. Finally I knew his mind.. and my mind. I smiled and my eyes filled with tears.
“Everyone stand up and go to the back. We are going to match a partner.” The beginning of semester started. A young and pretty teacher said to students. All my classmates went back and stood in the order of height. A boy looked naughty but attractive approached to me. I looked at him at close range. He was the most popular one in the school and he said. “Hi, what’s your name?”
“Ah, Hi, I’m Jessica. You are… Alex..?”
“Yes! How did you know my name? Do you like me??”
“What!?” I gazed at him in blank dismay. He laughed and it looked he enjoyed teasing me. But the joke did not hurt my mind. I was not unpleasant.
“Sorry, it was joke~” he smiled. I also laughed. We became a partner. In fact, at that time, I had a boyfriend whose name was Andy. Before we went out with each other, we were very close and had a lot of talking. But after that, we became a negative couple since we were filled with shame and the number of dating decreased. We didn’t have enough conversation. One day, Andy’s family decided to move to other village and he had to change the school.
“I’ll send a letter… don’t cry…. We can meet at least twice a week.”
Yes, actually, the distance was a little way. But the moment when we parted from each other, it was sad. After he went to other school, we entered a higher grade and I met Alex in the new class.
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
“Yup, I do. But he is not in our school.” I said. “Why?”
“No, I’m just asking. What type of boy do you like?”
He kept asking that kind of questions. As time went by we became close friends with eight classmates who were seated near our seat. One of them, Lilly, was a very pretty girl and kind to everyone. In an instant, Alex and Lilly hung out very often.
‘What’s the problem?! I’m okay! She is my best friend! And they also very close each other!!’
I went on mumbling to myself. Like utter a magic an incantation. But I felt jealous of her. I didn’t know why. Just friend..? or love..? When they whispered to each other, I would approach them casually, “Tell me what you guys were talking.”
But they tried to give an evasive answer. I could feel that. When I saw their action, I was heartsick. But I pretended I didn’t care and it was nothing. After that, I thought they get along with each other. But I didn’t ask them. I didn’t want to hear their love story.
One day, our school was supposed to take a trip to amusement park. Alex was delighted and kept saying to me.
“I’m really excited!! Oh my god! Can you see that? There is Roller coaster!!”
He was like very pure kid. After a few hours, he suddenly said “Jessica! I have a favor to ask of you.”
“What is it? Go ahead.”
“I need your help. Actually I want to date with somebody and show my mind to her.”
My mind became a complete blank. But my tongue worked “Sure!” with smile.
‘Oh dear…!’ I was sure that girl was Lilly.
After the field trip, he certainly said, “Please bring Lilly to a playground with you.” “Alright.”
-Ring Ring Ring ~~
“Hello, this is Lilly.”
“Hi Lilly, This is Jessica! What are you doing?”
“Nothing special, why?”
“Let’s hang out! I have something to tell you.”
After 10 minutes, we met. My heart beat fast. We walked around a playground where Alex was at. Some candles were seen from far away. It got nearer to us. I waited to celebrate their first day, but at that very moment, I saw the word that was written on the cake.
“Jessica, I like you..” Alex said and gave me the cake with lovely words.
“He has liked you since the first time you guys met.” Lilly said with happy voice.
Yes.. He had liked me since very long ago. That time I had a boyfriend. And he couldn’t say to me. The thing he could do was to become a close friend and make me smile. Every time he asked Lilly about my relationship with Andy. He was always behind me. Finally I knew his mind.. and my mind. I smiled and my eyes filled with tears.
Dec 15, 2009
Memory
Memory
Last year, Melody went to study language in Berkeley during summer vacation. She was very nervous to face a big country because that was her fist time to go abroad by herself. In there, she met a boy, called Howard. He also came from Taiwan, too. Howard already stayed there for eight months in language center. For one month, they always went out together and talked in the mid-night. Melody little by little fell in love with Howard, but when she noticed, there was only one month left that she could stay in America. They hesitated whether they should get together or not. At that time, their friend, called Kelly. She knew what situation that they were faced, she talked to them” even though time is not enough for you guys, the most important thing is to have good memory from each other.”Later on, they tried not to care about the time, just enjoy the days left. After two weeks, a person told Melody that Kelly got together with Howard. Melody said it was impossible. Kelly was my best friend, and she encouraged her to get together with Howard as well.
Finally the last day was coming; Howard had to stay in America to finish his studies, and move to another city to live. And then Melody had to go back to Taiwan. On that day, Howard took Melody to shopping and had a great time. When they were going to another place, Howard’s phone was ringing, that was his uncle to pick him up. His uncle said he almost arrived. And then they knew that was time to say goodbye. And Howard gave the gift to Melody said” unwrap the gift after leave, please.” When Howard got into his uncle’s car, Melody endured tear and waved hands to say goodbye. After the car was going so far, she could no longer hold back her tear. Then she opened the gift, which was a necklace.
As Melody got off the plane, she got a phone called from Howard. Howard said” sorry, I could not go to airport with you. And Melody said” that’s ok, I understand” and then Howard said” Hope I can see you soon”, Melody said” when I arrive my home, I will use skype to contact you.” From then on, they called each other .But two months later, one day, Melody called Howard, but he did not answer. And another day, Melody called again, but he still did not answer. Melody started to think whether he had an accident. She left message and check msn every day. One week later, he showed up on msn. She was so happy and waited for him to give her message. But a few minutes later, Howard still did not talk to her and then got off line. She cannot understand what was going on? She started to cry and noticed that Howard probably did not want to keep in touch with her anymore. Melody recalled that she just sent a gift to him and also left a message, it wrote” dear, Howard, I will go to visit you in winter vacation. See you soon”. And then she also prepares to go abroad to study with him. And now everything changes.
This year, Melody transfers to America and she tries to contact with Howard. But she already deletes his phone number and also deletes his msn. Suddenly, she finds out he has his own blog. At that time, she notices that Howard deletes the all pictures about her and put many pictures that are about Kelly. Now she finally figures out the reason why Howard does not contact with her, the fact is too mock. Kelly is her best friend in Berkeley and Howard is her lover. Melody believes them but they decide to hide the truth together and lie to her until now. Melody regret that before a person advices her to watch out, but she chose to believe her best friend. Melody thinks that is time to let everything clear. Then she leaves the message and said “hey, how are you? Do you make a new girlfriend? A few days later, she checks his blog and then Howard responds I am fine. Now, I am studying in Santiago with Kelly. Welcome you to visit, by the way, sorry, I do not contact with you for long time and Kelly is my girlfriend now” Melody knows Howard already thinks they are just friend now. Actually, they will not meet each other anymore. Then she gives up contacting with him and forgetting “Howard” this name forever.
In her new school, she makes many friends and also works hard in studies. But she still does not forget “Howard” this person, because she always recalled their love memory in Berkeley.
Last year, Melody went to study language in Berkeley during summer vacation. She was very nervous to face a big country because that was her fist time to go abroad by herself. In there, she met a boy, called Howard. He also came from Taiwan, too. Howard already stayed there for eight months in language center. For one month, they always went out together and talked in the mid-night. Melody little by little fell in love with Howard, but when she noticed, there was only one month left that she could stay in America. They hesitated whether they should get together or not. At that time, their friend, called Kelly. She knew what situation that they were faced, she talked to them” even though time is not enough for you guys, the most important thing is to have good memory from each other.”Later on, they tried not to care about the time, just enjoy the days left. After two weeks, a person told Melody that Kelly got together with Howard. Melody said it was impossible. Kelly was my best friend, and she encouraged her to get together with Howard as well.
Finally the last day was coming; Howard had to stay in America to finish his studies, and move to another city to live. And then Melody had to go back to Taiwan. On that day, Howard took Melody to shopping and had a great time. When they were going to another place, Howard’s phone was ringing, that was his uncle to pick him up. His uncle said he almost arrived. And then they knew that was time to say goodbye. And Howard gave the gift to Melody said” unwrap the gift after leave, please.” When Howard got into his uncle’s car, Melody endured tear and waved hands to say goodbye. After the car was going so far, she could no longer hold back her tear. Then she opened the gift, which was a necklace.
As Melody got off the plane, she got a phone called from Howard. Howard said” sorry, I could not go to airport with you. And Melody said” that’s ok, I understand” and then Howard said” Hope I can see you soon”, Melody said” when I arrive my home, I will use skype to contact you.” From then on, they called each other .But two months later, one day, Melody called Howard, but he did not answer. And another day, Melody called again, but he still did not answer. Melody started to think whether he had an accident. She left message and check msn every day. One week later, he showed up on msn. She was so happy and waited for him to give her message. But a few minutes later, Howard still did not talk to her and then got off line. She cannot understand what was going on? She started to cry and noticed that Howard probably did not want to keep in touch with her anymore. Melody recalled that she just sent a gift to him and also left a message, it wrote” dear, Howard, I will go to visit you in winter vacation. See you soon”. And then she also prepares to go abroad to study with him. And now everything changes.
This year, Melody transfers to America and she tries to contact with Howard. But she already deletes his phone number and also deletes his msn. Suddenly, she finds out he has his own blog. At that time, she notices that Howard deletes the all pictures about her and put many pictures that are about Kelly. Now she finally figures out the reason why Howard does not contact with her, the fact is too mock. Kelly is her best friend in Berkeley and Howard is her lover. Melody believes them but they decide to hide the truth together and lie to her until now. Melody regret that before a person advices her to watch out, but she chose to believe her best friend. Melody thinks that is time to let everything clear. Then she leaves the message and said “hey, how are you? Do you make a new girlfriend? A few days later, she checks his blog and then Howard responds I am fine. Now, I am studying in Santiago with Kelly. Welcome you to visit, by the way, sorry, I do not contact with you for long time and Kelly is my girlfriend now” Melody knows Howard already thinks they are just friend now. Actually, they will not meet each other anymore. Then she gives up contacting with him and forgetting “Howard” this name forever.
In her new school, she makes many friends and also works hard in studies. But she still does not forget “Howard” this person, because she always recalled their love memory in Berkeley.
I Can Do Better (Susan)
“Mom, I received a letter from grandpa. Can you believe it?”
“Oh, really? Well, finally…”
I am not surprised with my mom’s response. We all do not expect a letter from my grandpa from my father side. In my mind, I almost grew up with my grandpa and grandma from my mother side. Mom sent me to their home in the morning and picked me up when she finished her work. When I was young, I had no idea that why I did not go to the home of grandpa from father side frequently. All I knew was that I was not very welcomed. I have tried to ask mom why we did not go to grandpa’s home. Every time she told me the same words: when you grow up, you will know.
Several years later, my aunt had a baby boy. We were so excited about it, especially my grandparents from my father side. As time goes on, I gradually realized that grandparents treated my little brother so well that I became a little envy. They would buy everything he wanted and try their best to let the little boy satisfy. I always said to myself, “Susan, you have grown up. You are no longer a little girl. Grandparents treated him like that was because he was young.” However, this kind of comfort does not work all the time.
“Look at your little cousin. How great he is. He got an A in the exam. You should learn.”
"Your little cousin’s teacher praised him today. Try harder, Susan.”
……
Every weekend when I went to grandparents’ home to have dinner, I would hear those words. In their eyes, Bob was always the best. But they didn’t know was that I was better. As time goes on, I was used to those words. However, gradually the time I went to grandparents’ home became less and less.
“Susan, it is time to go aboard.”
“Well, I know. But…” I tried hard to find grandparents from my father side in the crowd. However, I failed.
“I know what you are thinking about. Trust me. One day, they would realize you are the best, even better than those boys.”
"OK, bye, mom,” a factitious smile appeared on my face. So did mom.
Time flows away. I have no idea whether grandparents from my father side still remember they have ever had a granddaughter who was living far away from them. Until that day, I received a letter.
“My dearest granddaughter:
How is everything going these days? I hope you do well on everything.
I haven’t written a letter for a long time since your father and uncle graduated from the college. Twenty years later, when I pick up the pen again and want to write about something, I have no idea that where I can start, especially to you, my dearest granddaughter.
I still remember that when you were young, you always liked to sit around me and listened to me telling stories. You were a smart girl. Whatever I told and taught to you, you would learn fast and well. Every time when you took your teacher’s praise back home, we were also very happy. Those days were so beautiful. However, we always took it for granted since you were smart enough. We never gave you applauding.
These days, I tried hard to pick up some images of those days we spent together when you grew up. But I could not find them. Suddenly, I realized that we haven’t seen you for a long time. Since your cousin was born, he seemed to be the center of our family. At the same time, we pay little attention on you since we thought you have become to be an adult. However, we did not realize this kind of thought might hurt you.
Your grandma and I talked so much of your childhood these days. And we also wondered whether you have a wonderful college life now or not. Several days ago, when we heard from your father that there was something wrong with your passport and visa, and you almost cannot get on board when you transferred at Korean airport, we are so worried. Your grandmother asked me several times what was going on. We can do nothing for you except waiting for your call. Later we heard that you have quarreled with the officers at the airport and finally you got the chance to get on board, we all took a deep breath. I said to myself that my granddaughter is great, even better than many boys.
My dearest daughter, you have grown up. It seems that you are no longer that little girl who likes to cry for even tiny things. We don’t expect you to be an outstanding person, only if you are happy and healthy. And I know you are always the best. Ah, I was glad that finally I realized that I and your grandma did something unfair to you. My dearest granddaughter, we are so sorry. Can you forgive the two old people who eager to hear your voice and you calling us grandpa and grandma?
Please remember, we love you so much.”
Looking at grandfather’s writing and those simple words, I was so excited and I could not help crying. Mom was right, finally, grandpa and grandma did realize I can do as well as those boys, or even better.
“Oh, really? Well, finally…”
I am not surprised with my mom’s response. We all do not expect a letter from my grandpa from my father side. In my mind, I almost grew up with my grandpa and grandma from my mother side. Mom sent me to their home in the morning and picked me up when she finished her work. When I was young, I had no idea that why I did not go to the home of grandpa from father side frequently. All I knew was that I was not very welcomed. I have tried to ask mom why we did not go to grandpa’s home. Every time she told me the same words: when you grow up, you will know.
Several years later, my aunt had a baby boy. We were so excited about it, especially my grandparents from my father side. As time goes on, I gradually realized that grandparents treated my little brother so well that I became a little envy. They would buy everything he wanted and try their best to let the little boy satisfy. I always said to myself, “Susan, you have grown up. You are no longer a little girl. Grandparents treated him like that was because he was young.” However, this kind of comfort does not work all the time.
“Look at your little cousin. How great he is. He got an A in the exam. You should learn.”
"Your little cousin’s teacher praised him today. Try harder, Susan.”
……
Every weekend when I went to grandparents’ home to have dinner, I would hear those words. In their eyes, Bob was always the best. But they didn’t know was that I was better. As time goes on, I was used to those words. However, gradually the time I went to grandparents’ home became less and less.
“Susan, it is time to go aboard.”
“Well, I know. But…” I tried hard to find grandparents from my father side in the crowd. However, I failed.
“I know what you are thinking about. Trust me. One day, they would realize you are the best, even better than those boys.”
"OK, bye, mom,” a factitious smile appeared on my face. So did mom.
Time flows away. I have no idea whether grandparents from my father side still remember they have ever had a granddaughter who was living far away from them. Until that day, I received a letter.
“My dearest granddaughter:
How is everything going these days? I hope you do well on everything.
I haven’t written a letter for a long time since your father and uncle graduated from the college. Twenty years later, when I pick up the pen again and want to write about something, I have no idea that where I can start, especially to you, my dearest granddaughter.
I still remember that when you were young, you always liked to sit around me and listened to me telling stories. You were a smart girl. Whatever I told and taught to you, you would learn fast and well. Every time when you took your teacher’s praise back home, we were also very happy. Those days were so beautiful. However, we always took it for granted since you were smart enough. We never gave you applauding.
These days, I tried hard to pick up some images of those days we spent together when you grew up. But I could not find them. Suddenly, I realized that we haven’t seen you for a long time. Since your cousin was born, he seemed to be the center of our family. At the same time, we pay little attention on you since we thought you have become to be an adult. However, we did not realize this kind of thought might hurt you.
Your grandma and I talked so much of your childhood these days. And we also wondered whether you have a wonderful college life now or not. Several days ago, when we heard from your father that there was something wrong with your passport and visa, and you almost cannot get on board when you transferred at Korean airport, we are so worried. Your grandmother asked me several times what was going on. We can do nothing for you except waiting for your call. Later we heard that you have quarreled with the officers at the airport and finally you got the chance to get on board, we all took a deep breath. I said to myself that my granddaughter is great, even better than many boys.
My dearest daughter, you have grown up. It seems that you are no longer that little girl who likes to cry for even tiny things. We don’t expect you to be an outstanding person, only if you are happy and healthy. And I know you are always the best. Ah, I was glad that finally I realized that I and your grandma did something unfair to you. My dearest granddaughter, we are so sorry. Can you forgive the two old people who eager to hear your voice and you calling us grandpa and grandma?
Please remember, we love you so much.”
Looking at grandfather’s writing and those simple words, I was so excited and I could not help crying. Mom was right, finally, grandpa and grandma did realize I can do as well as those boys, or even better.
Overdue of the Romantic
I am really expecting my birthday present because my boyfriend will spend the time with me . So, all of my friend really expect what kind of present he will give me.
Actually, I gave him a hint that I hope I can receive a special present, that's it! In fact, said to be “surprise” is not always meaning that. But my boyfriend, Vince, already told me that he will give me a unique gift on my birthday. I do not know what exactly he said, I know I am excited to get a gift from him.
That day, I celebrated my day with my close friends in the karaoke. They all come to my party. All our friends gave me the gifts, the cake was eaten, the song was sung, but I just care what kind of the present Vince will give me? Until now he did not show up in my party...
After the short time, he show up finally.
When I opened the gift, I was wondering: What! What is that?
There is a variety of food inside box? Cakes, candy, bread? I could not believed not...
Vince knew why I was so curious, he explain that immediately for me.
“There was a lot of food in there, because each of them have their own meaning. All of them are made today, that means they have the same birthday with you in the world.
Vince rode his motorcycle and found them in the town today. This idea was offered his friend. His friend said only the true love can realize how much she love you and you spend your time to create a surprise, a smile just from her.
“Why you are not so happy to get that?” he said.
It was really good. All of my friend are really happy to see that. But...but.. only me was so angry... at this moment, everybody was looked at me.
I was grabbed a loaf of bread and throw out to Vince, I said: “You are so mean!!”
“The brand-name bags, the diamonds, jewelery and beautiful clothes that you can buy them at any time. However, there is not a lot stuff have the same day with you everyday. All of them are celebrated your birthday this year, and after today, they will not have the important meaning anymore, he sighted and said.”
After one minute he continued to say” I want to tell you, it is the exam because you do not understand my mind and you do not really know how to cherish my present. Our relationship is over now”.
When I heard our relationship was over, I was cried loudly....
In this way, Vince was gone away...
When I went back to my house, I was looked at the present. I was so regret, I regret why I did not understand his mind? I knew him since we were study in high school. I could not believe that I said he is so mean to mean.
Then I was called him at 2:00A.M.
“I am sorry.” I said.
“Why you said that?” He said and sighted...
“Because I did not understand your mind and the meaning of the gift.”
“It was too late to said that, I told you our relationship is over.” His voice sounds like he did not want talk to me anymore...Then he hang up the phone.
At this moment, I knew I could not say anything because he was tough.
After three years, I walked on the street. Suddenly, I was in front of the bakery passing by a man. I was so surprised, is that Vince? I breath so fast and accelerated heart beat to see the man....
I was sad because it is not him...
I went into the bakery, a few years ago I desired for a famous bag which I am has in my hand, that bag was bought by myself. I did not pay attention what kind of bread I was chosen.
I suddenly saw the there is a small plastic stickers, have the date of manufacture on the toast bag. The date of manufacture is today.
For the loaf toast, the date is symbol that after few days later, it can not it eat anymore...however for me....
Looks like Vince have given a romantic... is already overdue...
Actually, I gave him a hint that I hope I can receive a special present, that's it! In fact, said to be “surprise” is not always meaning that. But my boyfriend, Vince, already told me that he will give me a unique gift on my birthday. I do not know what exactly he said, I know I am excited to get a gift from him.
That day, I celebrated my day with my close friends in the karaoke. They all come to my party. All our friends gave me the gifts, the cake was eaten, the song was sung, but I just care what kind of the present Vince will give me? Until now he did not show up in my party...
After the short time, he show up finally.
When I opened the gift, I was wondering: What! What is that?
There is a variety of food inside box? Cakes, candy, bread? I could not believed not...
Vince knew why I was so curious, he explain that immediately for me.
“There was a lot of food in there, because each of them have their own meaning. All of them are made today, that means they have the same birthday with you in the world.
Vince rode his motorcycle and found them in the town today. This idea was offered his friend. His friend said only the true love can realize how much she love you and you spend your time to create a surprise, a smile just from her.
“Why you are not so happy to get that?” he said.
It was really good. All of my friend are really happy to see that. But...but.. only me was so angry... at this moment, everybody was looked at me.
I was grabbed a loaf of bread and throw out to Vince, I said: “You are so mean!!”
“The brand-name bags, the diamonds, jewelery and beautiful clothes that you can buy them at any time. However, there is not a lot stuff have the same day with you everyday. All of them are celebrated your birthday this year, and after today, they will not have the important meaning anymore, he sighted and said.”
After one minute he continued to say” I want to tell you, it is the exam because you do not understand my mind and you do not really know how to cherish my present. Our relationship is over now”.
When I heard our relationship was over, I was cried loudly....
In this way, Vince was gone away...
When I went back to my house, I was looked at the present. I was so regret, I regret why I did not understand his mind? I knew him since we were study in high school. I could not believe that I said he is so mean to mean.
Then I was called him at 2:00A.M.
“I am sorry.” I said.
“Why you said that?” He said and sighted...
“Because I did not understand your mind and the meaning of the gift.”
“It was too late to said that, I told you our relationship is over.” His voice sounds like he did not want talk to me anymore...Then he hang up the phone.
At this moment, I knew I could not say anything because he was tough.
After three years, I walked on the street. Suddenly, I was in front of the bakery passing by a man. I was so surprised, is that Vince? I breath so fast and accelerated heart beat to see the man....
I was sad because it is not him...
I went into the bakery, a few years ago I desired for a famous bag which I am has in my hand, that bag was bought by myself. I did not pay attention what kind of bread I was chosen.
I suddenly saw the there is a small plastic stickers, have the date of manufacture on the toast bag. The date of manufacture is today.
For the loaf toast, the date is symbol that after few days later, it can not it eat anymore...however for me....
Looks like Vince have given a romantic... is already overdue...
To My Little Princess
I still remember the day I met you for the first time, a year and half ago.
You were tiny as a fairy, light as a feather.
Your first cry was a sweet song.
You could not open your eyes at the very beginning.
So, the first eye-to-eye-contact was a miracle.
You are my biggest miracle, my princess.
How can I imagine the life without you, though you have stolen my long, deep sleep?
How can I stop laughing each day, though you added more house works to me?
I thank God for letting me be your mommy, who is too immature to be a good one.
Also, I always feel sorry for not being happy while I had been carrying you in my belly for months.
I met a wonderful person, whom I can love and depend on forever.
After months, I found out you came to me, feeling excited, but afraid.
Having a pretty girl for my first baby was my dream.
When a nurse announced “It’s a girl”, I felt blessed, though your grandparents weren’t.
Their disappointed faces scratched my heart.
This memory still does not fade away.
Though I understand many family wants a son, my heart was hurt.
Though I understand typical Korean adults desire a son, my heart was in pain.
As the first daughter-in-law in our family, my pregnancy with a girl was a sin.
As the wife of first son in this Korean family, dreaming of having a princess was a shame.
Once, I even regretted having you, a girl.
Once, I regretted not having a boy, who can bring a joy to your family.
Boy can acquire our family’s existence, but not a girl.
Girl will belong to other family someday, but not a boy.
However, your birth had kicked all my anguish away.
Your presence had cured all my pains and wounds.
As you were born, I was also reborn.
You gave me energy to stand up.
I was glad to have you, “a girl”.
Your appearance strengthened my heart.
How proud I was to have “a girl!”
Your girly gestures amazed all families, even your grandparents’ discouraged hearts
Because you are “a girl”, my sweet dream was completed
though it was once regretted.
Now, you are a big support to me, to our family.
You became the reason I can be proud of myself.
God gave us the best, you, Estelle.
You are really my little princess, my hope.
Sweetie, hold self-esteem about your gender always though I once failed having confidence.
Be confident of who you are.
Women have a great role, which brings a hope to the world.
Women have a wonderful duty, which delivers a new life to the world.
Women only learn the joyful pain of fertility.
Though you may confront with many difficulties,
I will always pray wisdom will guide you to break all shackles.
I would be happy to be shelters in your life.
You are very special, so precious.
After I met you I could experience this love, which is unconditional and unstoppable.
Thank you for coming to my life with the joy and the excitement.
Thank you for being my princess.
Love you always and forever,
Mom
You were tiny as a fairy, light as a feather.
Your first cry was a sweet song.
You could not open your eyes at the very beginning.
So, the first eye-to-eye-contact was a miracle.
You are my biggest miracle, my princess.
How can I imagine the life without you, though you have stolen my long, deep sleep?
How can I stop laughing each day, though you added more house works to me?
I thank God for letting me be your mommy, who is too immature to be a good one.
Also, I always feel sorry for not being happy while I had been carrying you in my belly for months.
I met a wonderful person, whom I can love and depend on forever.
After months, I found out you came to me, feeling excited, but afraid.
Having a pretty girl for my first baby was my dream.
When a nurse announced “It’s a girl”, I felt blessed, though your grandparents weren’t.
Their disappointed faces scratched my heart.
This memory still does not fade away.
Though I understand many family wants a son, my heart was hurt.
Though I understand typical Korean adults desire a son, my heart was in pain.
As the first daughter-in-law in our family, my pregnancy with a girl was a sin.
As the wife of first son in this Korean family, dreaming of having a princess was a shame.
Once, I even regretted having you, a girl.
Once, I regretted not having a boy, who can bring a joy to your family.
Boy can acquire our family’s existence, but not a girl.
Girl will belong to other family someday, but not a boy.
However, your birth had kicked all my anguish away.
Your presence had cured all my pains and wounds.
As you were born, I was also reborn.
You gave me energy to stand up.
I was glad to have you, “a girl”.
Your appearance strengthened my heart.
How proud I was to have “a girl!”
Your girly gestures amazed all families, even your grandparents’ discouraged hearts
Because you are “a girl”, my sweet dream was completed
though it was once regretted.
Now, you are a big support to me, to our family.
You became the reason I can be proud of myself.
God gave us the best, you, Estelle.
You are really my little princess, my hope.
Sweetie, hold self-esteem about your gender always though I once failed having confidence.
Be confident of who you are.
Women have a great role, which brings a hope to the world.
Women have a wonderful duty, which delivers a new life to the world.
Women only learn the joyful pain of fertility.
Though you may confront with many difficulties,
I will always pray wisdom will guide you to break all shackles.
I would be happy to be shelters in your life.
You are very special, so precious.
After I met you I could experience this love, which is unconditional and unstoppable.
Thank you for coming to my life with the joy and the excitement.
Thank you for being my princess.
Love you always and forever,
Mom
Worldwide of my life (Yalin Hsiao)
Worldwide of my life
My life has always been stimulated. I have studied in four different countries, since I was young. This experience gave me more opportunities to widen my point of view about the other countries and know more about other cultures. In addition, I also had a chance to meet many people from various backgrounds. Studying aboard not only gave me a chance to gain extra language skills, but also I learnt a lot of things while I was studying in foreign countries.
I was born in Taiwan and lived in Taipei for around ten years with my family. My parents were often going to Tokyo for their business purpose. When I was ten years old, my parents sent me to Japan to study. I was really afraid of going to Japanese elementary school as I have never spoken Japanese before. I could not understand any Japanese even for one single sentence. Hence, the first few weeks for me were really tough to attach into the new environment. I could not speak, read write any Japanese. Therefore it was really inconvenient for me to live in Japan. Therefore I was really afraid to go Japanese element school as I knew that no one would understand what I was saying. However, Japanese students were extremely kind towards me. They always came towards me, took me to a lot of different place. They always tried their best to teach me how to speak Japanese step by step. When I could not understand what they were saying, they drew a picture to show me what they wanted to say patently. I was able to speak Japanese and understand what the other people were talking about in a short time. Without having such a good friends, I could not be able to speak Japanese immediately. Furthermore my Japanese friends also bought me to Japanese festival and taught me about their culture. I join in a volleyball club, after I graduated from elementary school. However our volleyball club was not as strong as I was thinking to be. The volleyball club was a really strict club. Our volleyball coach is really professional. She taught us how to play volleyball from the beginning and we practice it from Monday to Friday. Even at the beginning we did not really know how to play volleyball well and our team was really weak. We were able to get into first place. When I was fifteen, my parents insisted me to go to England for studying English, as they think English is one of the most important languages nowadays. However, I did not really want to go abroad again, I wanted to stay in Japan with my friends. I went to international high school with one of my best friend. There are so many people from different background. This let me know more things about the other culture. English is not as difficult as Japanese to learn, but I was not able to improve my English quickly. As they were so many people who speak Japanese and Chinese. So I did not really use English even though I went to school in England. I applied some university in England and America when I was in second year, as I always wanted to study in America since I was young. Though, my parents want me to stay in England for my university education so I was going to go to university in England. I wanted to stay in England with my friends but at the same time, I was really fascinated to have education in America. Therefore I told my parents what I was thinking about. My parents allowed me go university in America. At last, I am allowed to make my own decision.
My life has always been stimulated. I have studied in four different countries, since I was young. This experience gave me more opportunities to widen my point of view about the other countries and know more about other cultures. In addition, I also had a chance to meet many people from various backgrounds. Studying aboard not only gave me a chance to gain extra language skills, but also I learnt a lot of things while I was studying in foreign countries.
I was born in Taiwan and lived in Taipei for around ten years with my family. My parents were often going to Tokyo for their business purpose. When I was ten years old, my parents sent me to Japan to study. I was really afraid of going to Japanese elementary school as I have never spoken Japanese before. I could not understand any Japanese even for one single sentence. Hence, the first few weeks for me were really tough to attach into the new environment. I could not speak, read write any Japanese. Therefore it was really inconvenient for me to live in Japan. Therefore I was really afraid to go Japanese element school as I knew that no one would understand what I was saying. However, Japanese students were extremely kind towards me. They always came towards me, took me to a lot of different place. They always tried their best to teach me how to speak Japanese step by step. When I could not understand what they were saying, they drew a picture to show me what they wanted to say patently. I was able to speak Japanese and understand what the other people were talking about in a short time. Without having such a good friends, I could not be able to speak Japanese immediately. Furthermore my Japanese friends also bought me to Japanese festival and taught me about their culture. I join in a volleyball club, after I graduated from elementary school. However our volleyball club was not as strong as I was thinking to be. The volleyball club was a really strict club. Our volleyball coach is really professional. She taught us how to play volleyball from the beginning and we practice it from Monday to Friday. Even at the beginning we did not really know how to play volleyball well and our team was really weak. We were able to get into first place. When I was fifteen, my parents insisted me to go to England for studying English, as they think English is one of the most important languages nowadays. However, I did not really want to go abroad again, I wanted to stay in Japan with my friends. I went to international high school with one of my best friend. There are so many people from different background. This let me know more things about the other culture. English is not as difficult as Japanese to learn, but I was not able to improve my English quickly. As they were so many people who speak Japanese and Chinese. So I did not really use English even though I went to school in England. I applied some university in England and America when I was in second year, as I always wanted to study in America since I was young. Though, my parents want me to stay in England for my university education so I was going to go to university in England. I wanted to stay in England with my friends but at the same time, I was really fascinated to have education in America. Therefore I told my parents what I was thinking about. My parents allowed me go university in America. At last, I am allowed to make my own decision.
An Unsent Message
An Unsent Message
Boy and girl is a couple, girl likes rain. Boy is always holds the umbrella for girl when its rain, so that he will get wet from head to foot every time it rains. He never says something, just feels happiness when girl is enjoying of the rain.
Boy and girl went out for a date. Girl is exciting and has a lot to talk. Boy also talks, but only for a few because he would like to hear from the girl more than himself. If she feels happy he will feels the same. When they were passing a building, a stone was falling to girl. The stone is not that big, but is enough to kill a person if its falls to the girl. No time to wait, boy clasps girl to be under his protect, girl squealed. Boy tried to use his body ward off the stone, but when they were almost close to the ground he turned over his body. Then, he became the one who was under the girl, and girl got fracture of her hand by the stone.
Girl just be aware of the feeling from her hand, it hurts her hand and also her heart. She can not stop the tears effuse from her eyes. She though that they should be spouse for each other like the birds from same forest, but now she changed her mind and thinks that is a truth when calamities came, everyone will get away from the calamities by their own. Refrain the hurts from hand, she gets up and run away from the boy. She did not even spend one second to take a look at boy.
Boy is calling her name behind her, with a quiver voice. His mouth is already changed the color to white. He takes out the cell phone and tries to call the girl, but finally gave up after he tried many times. Then he starts to typing something on the cell phone. At the same time, the blood started spread from his body. His hand falls down in the blood with a unsent message on his cell phone. He finally did not press the key of sending the message.
The second day, girl got message about that the boy is having salvage in the hospital. She forgot how mad she was yesterday, and just run to the hospital. When she arrived to hospital doctor is announcing that the boy is died during the salvage. The reason is because he lost too much blood from his lung.
When boy was going to ward off the stone, all of a sudden, he found a rebar for a few inches long is standing on the ground. Then, he used all his power turned around, only let the stone hurts the girl’s hand, but the rebar gets right in his lung.
Boy’s mother gave his cell phone to the girl, girl is looking at the message that did not send out: I am so sorry I did not protected you at all and let you got hurt. Girl can not stays any more, running to the place that where the boy is now, with her tears.
Boy and girl is a couple, girl likes rain. Boy is always holds the umbrella for girl when its rain, so that he will get wet from head to foot every time it rains. He never says something, just feels happiness when girl is enjoying of the rain.
Boy and girl went out for a date. Girl is exciting and has a lot to talk. Boy also talks, but only for a few because he would like to hear from the girl more than himself. If she feels happy he will feels the same. When they were passing a building, a stone was falling to girl. The stone is not that big, but is enough to kill a person if its falls to the girl. No time to wait, boy clasps girl to be under his protect, girl squealed. Boy tried to use his body ward off the stone, but when they were almost close to the ground he turned over his body. Then, he became the one who was under the girl, and girl got fracture of her hand by the stone.
Girl just be aware of the feeling from her hand, it hurts her hand and also her heart. She can not stop the tears effuse from her eyes. She though that they should be spouse for each other like the birds from same forest, but now she changed her mind and thinks that is a truth when calamities came, everyone will get away from the calamities by their own. Refrain the hurts from hand, she gets up and run away from the boy. She did not even spend one second to take a look at boy.
Boy is calling her name behind her, with a quiver voice. His mouth is already changed the color to white. He takes out the cell phone and tries to call the girl, but finally gave up after he tried many times. Then he starts to typing something on the cell phone. At the same time, the blood started spread from his body. His hand falls down in the blood with a unsent message on his cell phone. He finally did not press the key of sending the message.
The second day, girl got message about that the boy is having salvage in the hospital. She forgot how mad she was yesterday, and just run to the hospital. When she arrived to hospital doctor is announcing that the boy is died during the salvage. The reason is because he lost too much blood from his lung.
When boy was going to ward off the stone, all of a sudden, he found a rebar for a few inches long is standing on the ground. Then, he used all his power turned around, only let the stone hurts the girl’s hand, but the rebar gets right in his lung.
Boy’s mother gave his cell phone to the girl, girl is looking at the message that did not send out: I am so sorry I did not protected you at all and let you got hurt. Girl can not stays any more, running to the place that where the boy is now, with her tears.
About my life (BoningZhang)
About my life
Since I was 9 years old, English has been a part of my life. I use English to read, to talk and to write. However, almost all of my English writing have same aim: Finish the assignment which teacher gave me or for English exam. I like to write dairy but all of my dairy was written in Chinese. I remember that once I tried to use English to describe my emotion at that time, but I deleted all I wrote because I found the thing which I wrote is to far away from what I thought. So I am a man who learn English for 10 years but never write something in it by my own aspiration. However, this is the time to break that rule. This time I will write something which is really about myself, and what I really want to write.I don’t want use any template which I used for exam. I don’t want to choose any topic which I didn’t like, I want to use my own worlds to describe my own life.
Since I had memory, happiness was around me. Good family, good friends and good quality of life even though I didn’t realize this at that age. I’m a smart boy, but not a hard working boy, my parents and teacher alway said, “If you put a half of your effort, you will succeed fast!” I put a lot of effort when I was a public school student. But after I joined in junior high school, my effort got worse day after day. Fortunately my little smartness can support me to enter a good senior high school, though not the best one. My parents was angry at that time, because they thought that I should have the chance to best senior high school in my home town. That was the first time I let them disappointed so much. From that time, I decided to work hard and try my best to avoid my parents disappointed again. On my first grade in junior high school, I put a lot of pressure on my study, as my wish, I got A at all of my courses. However, I felt headache and some “white snow” always appeared in front of my eyes even when I closed my eyes. My father took me to hospital, doctor said my veins in rhombencephalon was pressing the visual area of my brain. Doctor gave me some Chinese medicine and told me just relax. My parents conversed with me at that time. They made a plan for me: Study abroad. From that moment, I places great emphasis on English. Of course, I feel more relax than before, but my classmate couldn’t relax at all. I didn’t treasure the study life any more, because the aim is easy to get. I attend a course which called International Foundation Year when I was 17 years old, it’s a course in order to traning the Chinese student adapte to the study style at aborad. We had lot of free time, we can do anything we want. However, since that time, I really felt how I cherish the memory of my senior high school life. I cherish every piece of memory in my brain which have relationship with senior high school. Also, that kind of feelling was happend again when I graduated from IFY. All of my friends which I met in IFY are so nice and I will never forget them. After the happiness time with all of my friends. The plane was took me off with all of my memorize and missing.
I started my life in America, it’s hard to adapted to the life in a different country with different culture and different langrage without parents and friends. I miss all of my friends in China and it’s always let me down. I’d like to read their blog when I felt bored. I found they still walk on the way, the one who used to sad was still sad. The happy one was still happy. The one who got the boring life was still continuing as usual. Actually I didn’t know which one I belong to. I think I am an optimistic person, so I can deal with lot of problem by using smile, but when I felt sad. The sadness would full of my mind. I used to say a sentence: Life is always like a boring class, we need to find the incitation. But it was hard to find at that time. Except you deliberately got F on exam. I picked up my phone to gossip with my friend or make a good conversation with my parents. I take my soccer to enjoy the feeling when I shoot the goal. I missed so much of the life in China. The life in senior high school, such as the high pressure study life or the exciting soccer game even though the time is limited. Also the life in IFY, we saw the scared movie together, we discussed what breakfast we want to eat in the next morning. And the best time of party, everybody got drunk and slept on the floor. I count the time to go back home day after day. I have regretted sometime. I think about why I chose to study here? What the propose of me when I make this decision? I don’t want lose my mind , I don’t want see my parents face with full of disappointed once again. But I had nothing to do when I felt confused. That thought is around me for a long time. Until one day, I found a method to enjoy my own life at here, and to concentrated my mind. When I finish something, whatever it’s important or not, I would to enjoy the happiness which it lead to me. Even thought it’s small, but little happiness can let me cheer up for a long time, this time is enough for me to created another one. So I keep going, I did better and better. The problem which I deal with are get more and more. The experience and improvement let me felt better. I tried not to complain about so many things. The only thing I will complain is complain about myself, complain about the effort is not enough, it should be more than what I put before. I change my sorrow into force, the force to push me going forward. I change the missing to apology, the apology to my friend which I should apologize for. The only thing I can’t change to others is my memory, I keep this in my mind, when I met some things which is familiar as before, the memory would come out and let me look through. I let my view keep forward, I always can see the beautiful future is waiting me. That makes me go on with hope. I changed a lot without feeling it by myself. That’s what my friend told me when I back to my home town in China. They said, “ You look so different than before you go aboard.” I felt gratifying when I heard that, because I know, at less I got improvement in the process of study in America. My parents also told me, “ You will have long time to go on in the future, do it better!” I think maybe that is the purpose for them, they want me to get more chance in future, they want me to improve more by myself. They don’t want me to become a flower in green-house . They want me to face on all of problem and difficulty , and find the way to deal with them. Finally learn the essence and remember it. When I went back to school this semester, I had more thing to do, I had more opportunity. Of course I had more friends than before. I would share my happiness and sadness with them.
I think I will end this article here, because this is the life which I am living right now. But my life story has not stopped, I have a long way to go. I hope I can go further. I hope I will not stop. I try my best to progress step by step. I will write another article when I have another kind of experience for myself and point of view. I’ m sure it will happen in the future. I believe I can do better in the future.
Since I was 9 years old, English has been a part of my life. I use English to read, to talk and to write. However, almost all of my English writing have same aim: Finish the assignment which teacher gave me or for English exam. I like to write dairy but all of my dairy was written in Chinese. I remember that once I tried to use English to describe my emotion at that time, but I deleted all I wrote because I found the thing which I wrote is to far away from what I thought. So I am a man who learn English for 10 years but never write something in it by my own aspiration. However, this is the time to break that rule. This time I will write something which is really about myself, and what I really want to write.I don’t want use any template which I used for exam. I don’t want to choose any topic which I didn’t like, I want to use my own worlds to describe my own life.
Since I had memory, happiness was around me. Good family, good friends and good quality of life even though I didn’t realize this at that age. I’m a smart boy, but not a hard working boy, my parents and teacher alway said, “If you put a half of your effort, you will succeed fast!” I put a lot of effort when I was a public school student. But after I joined in junior high school, my effort got worse day after day. Fortunately my little smartness can support me to enter a good senior high school, though not the best one. My parents was angry at that time, because they thought that I should have the chance to best senior high school in my home town. That was the first time I let them disappointed so much. From that time, I decided to work hard and try my best to avoid my parents disappointed again. On my first grade in junior high school, I put a lot of pressure on my study, as my wish, I got A at all of my courses. However, I felt headache and some “white snow” always appeared in front of my eyes even when I closed my eyes. My father took me to hospital, doctor said my veins in rhombencephalon was pressing the visual area of my brain. Doctor gave me some Chinese medicine and told me just relax. My parents conversed with me at that time. They made a plan for me: Study abroad. From that moment, I places great emphasis on English. Of course, I feel more relax than before, but my classmate couldn’t relax at all. I didn’t treasure the study life any more, because the aim is easy to get. I attend a course which called International Foundation Year when I was 17 years old, it’s a course in order to traning the Chinese student adapte to the study style at aborad. We had lot of free time, we can do anything we want. However, since that time, I really felt how I cherish the memory of my senior high school life. I cherish every piece of memory in my brain which have relationship with senior high school. Also, that kind of feelling was happend again when I graduated from IFY. All of my friends which I met in IFY are so nice and I will never forget them. After the happiness time with all of my friends. The plane was took me off with all of my memorize and missing.
I started my life in America, it’s hard to adapted to the life in a different country with different culture and different langrage without parents and friends. I miss all of my friends in China and it’s always let me down. I’d like to read their blog when I felt bored. I found they still walk on the way, the one who used to sad was still sad. The happy one was still happy. The one who got the boring life was still continuing as usual. Actually I didn’t know which one I belong to. I think I am an optimistic person, so I can deal with lot of problem by using smile, but when I felt sad. The sadness would full of my mind. I used to say a sentence: Life is always like a boring class, we need to find the incitation. But it was hard to find at that time. Except you deliberately got F on exam. I picked up my phone to gossip with my friend or make a good conversation with my parents. I take my soccer to enjoy the feeling when I shoot the goal. I missed so much of the life in China. The life in senior high school, such as the high pressure study life or the exciting soccer game even though the time is limited. Also the life in IFY, we saw the scared movie together, we discussed what breakfast we want to eat in the next morning. And the best time of party, everybody got drunk and slept on the floor. I count the time to go back home day after day. I have regretted sometime. I think about why I chose to study here? What the propose of me when I make this decision? I don’t want lose my mind , I don’t want see my parents face with full of disappointed once again. But I had nothing to do when I felt confused. That thought is around me for a long time. Until one day, I found a method to enjoy my own life at here, and to concentrated my mind. When I finish something, whatever it’s important or not, I would to enjoy the happiness which it lead to me. Even thought it’s small, but little happiness can let me cheer up for a long time, this time is enough for me to created another one. So I keep going, I did better and better. The problem which I deal with are get more and more. The experience and improvement let me felt better. I tried not to complain about so many things. The only thing I will complain is complain about myself, complain about the effort is not enough, it should be more than what I put before. I change my sorrow into force, the force to push me going forward. I change the missing to apology, the apology to my friend which I should apologize for. The only thing I can’t change to others is my memory, I keep this in my mind, when I met some things which is familiar as before, the memory would come out and let me look through. I let my view keep forward, I always can see the beautiful future is waiting me. That makes me go on with hope. I changed a lot without feeling it by myself. That’s what my friend told me when I back to my home town in China. They said, “ You look so different than before you go aboard.” I felt gratifying when I heard that, because I know, at less I got improvement in the process of study in America. My parents also told me, “ You will have long time to go on in the future, do it better!” I think maybe that is the purpose for them, they want me to get more chance in future, they want me to improve more by myself. They don’t want me to become a flower in green-house . They want me to face on all of problem and difficulty , and find the way to deal with them. Finally learn the essence and remember it. When I went back to school this semester, I had more thing to do, I had more opportunity. Of course I had more friends than before. I would share my happiness and sadness with them.
I think I will end this article here, because this is the life which I am living right now. But my life story has not stopped, I have a long way to go. I hope I can go further. I hope I will not stop. I try my best to progress step by step. I will write another article when I have another kind of experience for myself and point of view. I’ m sure it will happen in the future. I believe I can do better in the future.
A diligent person and an indolent person(Junjie Ruan)
The story started from a protagonist Li Lei.
Ⅰ. In primary school
Li Lei was a 6 years old kid. With excitement and curiosity feelings, he started his primary school life. Li Lei just liked a white paper. He didn’t know anything about study, so he always paid whole listened to his teachers and parents. Parents told him that you should study hard and be a useful member of society. Teachers told him that you should like studying, love your country, love Communist Party, be friendly with your classmates and respect for teachers. He did everything as parents and teachers said because they liked good students.
A teacher said in your brain there a two small people. One is a diligent person and another is an indolent person. When you are in hesitation, these two guys will fight.
Li Lei had never violated the requirements of the teachers. He handed homework on time, answered the questions, listened to teachers carefully and never missed a class.
In primary school, the diligent person fought the indolent person to pieces.
Then he went to middle school.
Ⅱ. In middle school
Middle school was not fanciful for Li Lei.
He knew a lot of new friends. They were easy to talk with each other. They had same topics that can chat.
In previous times, studying is not very tight and teachers could help him to solve the difficulties in school that was naturally relaxed for him. At home, he is being spoil, parents would organize his life.
However, in middle school, all these things totally changed. He should solve small things by himself. Studying was also very nervous, too much homework was around him. Even he couldn’t control himself, his parents didn’t help him. They thought he must learn self-control. He wanted to keep hard working. But more temptations were coming.
Because of young, he knew less things and contact with fewer things in primary school. But in middle school, he found more things were interesting, especially video games.
At the beginning of middle school life, he knew that study was the most important thing. So he was playing games after finish homework. After a period of time, he just played first then did homework. For Chinese students, they are boring. Most of them don't have brother or sister, also their friends are living far away from them. When they don’t have things to do, computer is a way that they can dissipate.
In middle school, the diligent person and indolent person were on a tie.
Ⅲ. In high school
Due to play video games, Li Lei wasted a lot of time. It affected his study. So in the entrance examination, he didn’t get good grades. He came into a second level high school.
In high school, there were many students like Li Lei. So he played games more than before.
At that age, he was very rebellious in adolescence. He began to have puppy love. His parents told that you should study hard. But he didn’t want to listen. He did things on the contrary.
In his high school life, study just took up a small part of his time.
In high school, the diligent person was always lost to indolent person.
Ⅳ. In college
When Li Lei became a college student, everything was changed.
He would do homework at last, just before due time. He skipped classes as he wanted. Daytime was his sleeping time and at night he liked to go to pub.
The teacher has told us that there are a diligent person and a indolent person in your mind. When you are hesitating, these two guys will fight. As we were primary school students, the diligent person always fought the indolent person to pieces. As we were middle school students, they were already on a tie. As we were high school students, things were changed. Because the indolent person always won. As we were college students, we found that these two guys didn’t fight again—What the hell! The diligent person was killed by indolent person.
Ⅰ. In primary school
Li Lei was a 6 years old kid. With excitement and curiosity feelings, he started his primary school life. Li Lei just liked a white paper. He didn’t know anything about study, so he always paid whole listened to his teachers and parents. Parents told him that you should study hard and be a useful member of society. Teachers told him that you should like studying, love your country, love Communist Party, be friendly with your classmates and respect for teachers. He did everything as parents and teachers said because they liked good students.
A teacher said in your brain there a two small people. One is a diligent person and another is an indolent person. When you are in hesitation, these two guys will fight.
Li Lei had never violated the requirements of the teachers. He handed homework on time, answered the questions, listened to teachers carefully and never missed a class.
In primary school, the diligent person fought the indolent person to pieces.
Then he went to middle school.
Ⅱ. In middle school
Middle school was not fanciful for Li Lei.
He knew a lot of new friends. They were easy to talk with each other. They had same topics that can chat.
In previous times, studying is not very tight and teachers could help him to solve the difficulties in school that was naturally relaxed for him. At home, he is being spoil, parents would organize his life.
However, in middle school, all these things totally changed. He should solve small things by himself. Studying was also very nervous, too much homework was around him. Even he couldn’t control himself, his parents didn’t help him. They thought he must learn self-control. He wanted to keep hard working. But more temptations were coming.
Because of young, he knew less things and contact with fewer things in primary school. But in middle school, he found more things were interesting, especially video games.
At the beginning of middle school life, he knew that study was the most important thing. So he was playing games after finish homework. After a period of time, he just played first then did homework. For Chinese students, they are boring. Most of them don't have brother or sister, also their friends are living far away from them. When they don’t have things to do, computer is a way that they can dissipate.
In middle school, the diligent person and indolent person were on a tie.
Ⅲ. In high school
Due to play video games, Li Lei wasted a lot of time. It affected his study. So in the entrance examination, he didn’t get good grades. He came into a second level high school.
In high school, there were many students like Li Lei. So he played games more than before.
At that age, he was very rebellious in adolescence. He began to have puppy love. His parents told that you should study hard. But he didn’t want to listen. He did things on the contrary.
In his high school life, study just took up a small part of his time.
In high school, the diligent person was always lost to indolent person.
Ⅳ. In college
When Li Lei became a college student, everything was changed.
He would do homework at last, just before due time. He skipped classes as he wanted. Daytime was his sleeping time and at night he liked to go to pub.
The teacher has told us that there are a diligent person and a indolent person in your mind. When you are hesitating, these two guys will fight. As we were primary school students, the diligent person always fought the indolent person to pieces. As we were middle school students, they were already on a tie. As we were high school students, things were changed. Because the indolent person always won. As we were college students, we found that these two guys didn’t fight again—What the hell! The diligent person was killed by indolent person.
Dec 14, 2009
Let them sweat (SUHYUNHUH)
When I got back to my room, my roommate was reading some articles seriously so I was really curious about what she was reading. The articles are about sweatshop.
A sweatshop is a working environment with no conditions at all, that are considered by many people of industrialized nations to be difficult or dangerous, and usually where the workers have few opportunities to address their situation. Sweatshop workers often work long hours for little pay, regardless of any laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage . Child labour laws may also be violated. (“Sweatshop means”)
Sweatshop is kind of important issue in the world so we should know and think about how sweatshop workers work. Even if we are living in first world or second world we have to think about it. When I got these articles, I really wanted to read and think about it.
There are three articles. The first one talks about sweatshops in a good way, the second one talks about sweatshops in a bad way, and third one talks about sweatshops in a good way as well.
“Let them Sweat,” by Nicholas D. Kristof. The New York Times, June 25, 2002.
I mostly agree with first article which is “Let Them Sweat”. The title is “let them sweat”. It stimulates my curiosity. This article talks about sweatshops as good. There are some advantages and disadvantages.
There are advantages. First of all, sweatshops are good for providing jobs for people living in the Third World. There are a lot of sweatshops in Third World Counties. Even though sweatshops are considered bad, the people need to work in sweatshops because they need money. They need to buy food, clothes and shelter with money. This is reality. Some people hate to work in sweatshops because they work the whole day and make a small amount of money. “Two billion people in the world make less than two American dollars a day” (By Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghan)
From this article, workers who are working is sweatshops, earn a really small amount of money, but they have to work even though they hate it because that is only way to live. I would never work in a sweatshop but if I was a person who was living in Third County I definitely would work in a sweatshop because I have to work because I need money so that I can live.
Some people who are working in sweatshops are satisfied with their jobs because even though working is hard and they make a small amount of money, they can still buy stuff they want. In my opinion, their satisfaction from working in sweatshop is enough.
If people do not want to work in sweatshops, they will not get money any other places. Sweatshops are not the only place they can get money, but working in sweatshops in better than working on a farm or being a fisherman.
We benefit from workers who are working is sweatshops because there products can be sold at cheap prices which allows us to live comfortably. If there are no sweatshops, we would not get anything cheaply, so every time we buy something from a Third World County, we have to remind ourselves to thank them for how hard they work for such little money.
There is one thing that I want to mention about fairness.
Mostly female workers in Bangladesh, make caps for retail at the Harvard bookstore for $17. These workers, who often are younger than the Harvard students, are being paid a tenth of 1 percent of the cap’s price in the market. Also in Bangladesh, women receive 5 cents for each $17.99 Disney shirt they sew. (By Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghan)
From this article, we can know this situation is really unfair for workers. They deserve to get more money than they earn. They should cut and carve their profits. I mean not as much as the head of the company is paid, but they should give workers more money. They cannot keep workers working for such little money.
Governments should figure it out some solution for workers. They cannot just keep them working like that. They should reduce their working time or make workers earn more money. These things can make one county go toward the next generation’s success. Governments have to give workers opportunities to live better so that workers are satisfied with their job and will be happy.
A sweatshop is a working environment with no conditions at all, that are considered by many people of industrialized nations to be difficult or dangerous, and usually where the workers have few opportunities to address their situation. Sweatshop workers often work long hours for little pay, regardless of any laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage . Child labour laws may also be violated. (“Sweatshop means”)
Sweatshop is kind of important issue in the world so we should know and think about how sweatshop workers work. Even if we are living in first world or second world we have to think about it. When I got these articles, I really wanted to read and think about it.
There are three articles. The first one talks about sweatshops in a good way, the second one talks about sweatshops in a bad way, and third one talks about sweatshops in a good way as well.
“Let them Sweat,” by Nicholas D. Kristof. The New York Times, June 25, 2002.
I mostly agree with first article which is “Let Them Sweat”. The title is “let them sweat”. It stimulates my curiosity. This article talks about sweatshops as good. There are some advantages and disadvantages.
There are advantages. First of all, sweatshops are good for providing jobs for people living in the Third World. There are a lot of sweatshops in Third World Counties. Even though sweatshops are considered bad, the people need to work in sweatshops because they need money. They need to buy food, clothes and shelter with money. This is reality. Some people hate to work in sweatshops because they work the whole day and make a small amount of money. “Two billion people in the world make less than two American dollars a day” (By Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghan)
From this article, workers who are working is sweatshops, earn a really small amount of money, but they have to work even though they hate it because that is only way to live. I would never work in a sweatshop but if I was a person who was living in Third County I definitely would work in a sweatshop because I have to work because I need money so that I can live.
Some people who are working in sweatshops are satisfied with their jobs because even though working is hard and they make a small amount of money, they can still buy stuff they want. In my opinion, their satisfaction from working in sweatshop is enough.
If people do not want to work in sweatshops, they will not get money any other places. Sweatshops are not the only place they can get money, but working in sweatshops in better than working on a farm or being a fisherman.
We benefit from workers who are working is sweatshops because there products can be sold at cheap prices which allows us to live comfortably. If there are no sweatshops, we would not get anything cheaply, so every time we buy something from a Third World County, we have to remind ourselves to thank them for how hard they work for such little money.
There is one thing that I want to mention about fairness.
Mostly female workers in Bangladesh, make caps for retail at the Harvard bookstore for $17. These workers, who often are younger than the Harvard students, are being paid a tenth of 1 percent of the cap’s price in the market. Also in Bangladesh, women receive 5 cents for each $17.99 Disney shirt they sew. (By Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghan)
From this article, we can know this situation is really unfair for workers. They deserve to get more money than they earn. They should cut and carve their profits. I mean not as much as the head of the company is paid, but they should give workers more money. They cannot keep workers working for such little money.
Governments should figure it out some solution for workers. They cannot just keep them working like that. They should reduce their working time or make workers earn more money. These things can make one county go toward the next generation’s success. Governments have to give workers opportunities to live better so that workers are satisfied with their job and will be happy.
Talk to me (Natalia Ushak)
“Your Father will give you a ride to the airport” –said my mom.
“What??” – I said with disgust as I ate something very sour.
“It is just 6 hours ride- you will survive”, she said. “Or maybe you want to take a train? “
Ok. I steered at my huge luggage and 3 bags. Whatever, I just wanted to get out of here ASAP.
I can’t believe it. It has been a little bit more than one year since he left us. It happed so suddenly that no one of the rest of the family can’t understand it or even have a chance to say something. It was painfully shocking that we pretended to live like nothing is going on, and it always were just 3 of us: me, mom and little sister. As a family we are so depend on each other, that’s why I think no one has been trying to start to talk about it, being afraid to hurt another one; it was easy and safe to ignore it, I felt like if we will start to touch this conversation it will be much more painful than put salt in the wound. And I should notice, we were really successful to escape this conversation for ours sake.
When my departure date has come I was prepared. I charged my iPod for 12 hours non-stop playing; I haven’t been sleeping for a day, covering it by innocent: “I need to talk to all my friends before I will leave”, I believed I will be so tired and will fall asleep. I put a book in my hand bag in case if something happens and I will have to be awake. I excluded any possibilities or chances to talk in the car. I will put my headphones and fall asleep immediately after my butt will touch the seat.
The door bell is ringing. We winced and gave each other the look.
“Time has come”’- my mother said.
“I see”- gloomy pronounced I am. Close my eyes, deep breath and I am opening the door.
“I am so glad to see you. How have you been!! Long time no talk, huh?!” – My father said so positively and energized like it wasn’t 5 o’clock in a morning.
“A While”- I said so awkwardly. I hugged my mom, took my bags and went downstairs to the car.
Ok. The car. My mood was like I was doing a big -big flavor to somebody for been here. How fast things can be switched. For some reason I started to remember all my family trips together in that car, our laugh and jokes, moment when I was sick in the car after good dinner and long ride, even it feels now so warmly. I was trying to get it out of my head, put my headphones, turned back and I was trying to fall asleep. But to say it was much more easily than to actually do it. I tossed in my seat like I have been bitten by millions wasps. All dead memories were popping out of my head and it seems like they were in every cell of my body. I didn’t know why I saw them, maybe because I was leaving country and it was something special for me , what I can’t have anywhere else, but I can’t have it anymore even in my home. It was my past and I understood it. I wasn’t either angry at my father, I thought I forgave him so long ago, I am happy so far as he is happy even with another woman. I just don’t wanted to bother my heart to think about our situation, I don’t wanted to find an answer to question “why” , I accept it as it is, without over thinking. Finally I fall asleep.
“Why we aren’t moving?”- I asked my father when I got up.
“We already couple miles from the airport, we came a little bit early, and I think we can wait here”- he said
“Damn” I thought.
“You must be excited about your trip.” - My father was trying to talk about “weather”.
“Sure I am very excited” -I said and thought to myself: “Can’t wait to get out of here”.
Silence.
“Is it all what we capable of?” – thought to myself.
Silence.
Ok, whatever, after all nothing can surprise me. I am started to do my favorite thing, staring at the front window, looking at highway.
“I am sorry”- he suddenly broke the silence.
Immediately without explanation I understand what he meant. But I can’t found any power to look at him. I turn my head to the side window.
“I know I hurt you and your sister”- he said it so slow it seems he can hardly breath.
His words were repeated uncounted times in my head. I can’t understand them or think what they mean; they were just repeated and repeated like echo. Then suddenly he took my hand and I felt my eyes were full of tears. He hug me so firm like never ever before without saying anything, I didn’t even hear his breath, but I know we both were crying. We were so confused, and together acted so childish, we were trying to hide our tears.
“So, I think, it is time to go to the airport”- he said to me.
“Oh, already….” -I didn’t believe it was time to leave. I was ready to do whatever it takes to stay in this car and don’t go anywhere. I was in despair. Now I saw my life in totally different colors and my absence in the town suddenly doesn’t seem so desirable anymore. I wanted to cry out, to scream, to block all car’s door, just don’t leave.
“Have a safe trip and I want you to know I love you and I am very proud of who you are, I need to say thanks to your mom who did so good job” -he was smiling at me and I knew he didn’t lie. It knocks me down. I knew I have to leave our car as soon as possible because thousand millions tears were on the way. But it was tears of happiness.
“I love you pa, I will miss you”- and I run to the terminal. All my face, neck were wet. I’ve never felt so happy and light.
“What??” – I said with disgust as I ate something very sour.
“It is just 6 hours ride- you will survive”, she said. “Or maybe you want to take a train? “
Ok. I steered at my huge luggage and 3 bags. Whatever, I just wanted to get out of here ASAP.
I can’t believe it. It has been a little bit more than one year since he left us. It happed so suddenly that no one of the rest of the family can’t understand it or even have a chance to say something. It was painfully shocking that we pretended to live like nothing is going on, and it always were just 3 of us: me, mom and little sister. As a family we are so depend on each other, that’s why I think no one has been trying to start to talk about it, being afraid to hurt another one; it was easy and safe to ignore it, I felt like if we will start to touch this conversation it will be much more painful than put salt in the wound. And I should notice, we were really successful to escape this conversation for ours sake.
When my departure date has come I was prepared. I charged my iPod for 12 hours non-stop playing; I haven’t been sleeping for a day, covering it by innocent: “I need to talk to all my friends before I will leave”, I believed I will be so tired and will fall asleep. I put a book in my hand bag in case if something happens and I will have to be awake. I excluded any possibilities or chances to talk in the car. I will put my headphones and fall asleep immediately after my butt will touch the seat.
The door bell is ringing. We winced and gave each other the look.
“Time has come”’- my mother said.
“I see”- gloomy pronounced I am. Close my eyes, deep breath and I am opening the door.
“I am so glad to see you. How have you been!! Long time no talk, huh?!” – My father said so positively and energized like it wasn’t 5 o’clock in a morning.
“A While”- I said so awkwardly. I hugged my mom, took my bags and went downstairs to the car.
Ok. The car. My mood was like I was doing a big -big flavor to somebody for been here. How fast things can be switched. For some reason I started to remember all my family trips together in that car, our laugh and jokes, moment when I was sick in the car after good dinner and long ride, even it feels now so warmly. I was trying to get it out of my head, put my headphones, turned back and I was trying to fall asleep. But to say it was much more easily than to actually do it. I tossed in my seat like I have been bitten by millions wasps. All dead memories were popping out of my head and it seems like they were in every cell of my body. I didn’t know why I saw them, maybe because I was leaving country and it was something special for me , what I can’t have anywhere else, but I can’t have it anymore even in my home. It was my past and I understood it. I wasn’t either angry at my father, I thought I forgave him so long ago, I am happy so far as he is happy even with another woman. I just don’t wanted to bother my heart to think about our situation, I don’t wanted to find an answer to question “why” , I accept it as it is, without over thinking. Finally I fall asleep.
“Why we aren’t moving?”- I asked my father when I got up.
“We already couple miles from the airport, we came a little bit early, and I think we can wait here”- he said
“Damn” I thought.
“You must be excited about your trip.” - My father was trying to talk about “weather”.
“Sure I am very excited” -I said and thought to myself: “Can’t wait to get out of here”.
Silence.
“Is it all what we capable of?” – thought to myself.
Silence.
Ok, whatever, after all nothing can surprise me. I am started to do my favorite thing, staring at the front window, looking at highway.
“I am sorry”- he suddenly broke the silence.
Immediately without explanation I understand what he meant. But I can’t found any power to look at him. I turn my head to the side window.
“I know I hurt you and your sister”- he said it so slow it seems he can hardly breath.
His words were repeated uncounted times in my head. I can’t understand them or think what they mean; they were just repeated and repeated like echo. Then suddenly he took my hand and I felt my eyes were full of tears. He hug me so firm like never ever before without saying anything, I didn’t even hear his breath, but I know we both were crying. We were so confused, and together acted so childish, we were trying to hide our tears.
“So, I think, it is time to go to the airport”- he said to me.
“Oh, already….” -I didn’t believe it was time to leave. I was ready to do whatever it takes to stay in this car and don’t go anywhere. I was in despair. Now I saw my life in totally different colors and my absence in the town suddenly doesn’t seem so desirable anymore. I wanted to cry out, to scream, to block all car’s door, just don’t leave.
“Have a safe trip and I want you to know I love you and I am very proud of who you are, I need to say thanks to your mom who did so good job” -he was smiling at me and I knew he didn’t lie. It knocks me down. I knew I have to leave our car as soon as possible because thousand millions tears were on the way. But it was tears of happiness.
“I love you pa, I will miss you”- and I run to the terminal. All my face, neck were wet. I’ve never felt so happy and light.
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