Journal #13

My Holiday
I am so sad to have a fever in the vacation, so I did not go to anywhere far. But on this Friday I and my friends got up early in the morning, waited in the long line for the deal.
I did not buy anything, just went with them to feel. It was crazy to wake up earlier than the sun to buy things. Then in the afternoon, we went to see the sea. It was so cold on the beach, but I had fun. We also bought a bottle of fish from the fish man with a very low price. Although I did not feel good when I got back from the beach, I still love the sea.

Journal #12

This year is very important in my life. Now, I am here in the US to study. This year is the new start of my life. Actually, this is my own decision of gonging aboard to study. Whether it will be good or bad, I will try my best to keep going on. Just as what I said, this year is a significant year of my life, and many things happened. However, there are three people that I really want to say thank you to them.
First of course, I want to thank my parents. Because of my decision to study abroad, a lot of things changed in our family. At first, they are worried about me to live in a foreign country by myself. I insist on it, so they agree with me at last. I hope they can forgive my willfulness, and thank them for support me either in spirit and economics.
Then, I want to thank my best friend in China. Before our graduation from university in China, we had a long talk. We talked a lot, deeply and profoundly. We aid anything that we wanted to say to each other without mind. We talked about each other’s advantages and disadvantages. We talked about the people and the future. We also talked about the different point of view about love and marriage. After that conversation, we really felt we were much closer than ever before. I also have a lot of benefit from that conversation. As a result, I really appreciate she can talk with me so honestly and frankly. I got a lot of different views about the life during the talk, and this kind of talk is truly helpful.
Everyone told me that it is not an easy and comfortable choose to go abroad, and I never consider this will be easy and light. However, I never expect troubles to come so early, even when I just arrived at the US. When I first arrived here, someone here should have already found a place for me to live. However, things changed. When I arrived here, I was told that I have no place to live. Then, the person who picked me up left me at his friend’s house for three days without any message. It was so far from school, and I could not go to school without a car. He should find another place for me to live because I have already paid him. Anyway, he did not show up. I was so worried those days, so I bought a mobile phone by myself, and called my parents for help. Just at that night, I received a phone call from the house where I live in now saying that they have place for me to live and can pick me up to school every day. It was just like the light in the dark, the fuel in the snowy and cold weather. Until now, I still appreciate they can offer me the place to live, even though I also have to pay them.
These three people are the people I mostly want to thank in this year. I wish they can have a nice time during the rest of their lives.

Journal#11

"Familiarity breeds contempt." --Aesop

The more familiar we are with someone, the more things we will ignore between us.

For example when we are with our parents, it is ok to say anything or do anything, because we are so familiar with each other, and we are used to the ways that we get along with each other. Gradually, we find more and more disadvantages of parents, we always feel shamed when they do something wrong. We always have no patient to teach them one thing again and again. Sometimes when we see someone else’s parents do something, we will think it would be good if our parents do the same thing to us. We always see things that they do insufficiently rather than to see all the things they gave us.

Also, when we make friends, the long we get along with one person, the more drawbacks we will find from him/her. Sometimes, at last, we will think this person is not worthy to be friend with.

Because nobody is perfect, we always can find shortcomings from one person. We will find more if we get along with him/her for a long time. This is why we may have contempt for people that we are familiar with.

Journal#10

Prop 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)

Now, In California, except the presidential vote, the most important proposition is the Proposition 8, titled “Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry”. And the text added to the constitution was: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
This topic is so controversial, and always people who have their own opinions will insist in their opinions whatever other people try how hard to convince them.
In my mind, first I think it has no influence on me, and I do not care if they can marry to each other illegally. But now, I have changed my mind, I think the Same-Sex Couples can live together, but they should not require marrying to each other illegally. It is such a challenge to the original opinion of culture. Many things in our lives will be changed. Same-Sex Couples Marriage also cannot be accepted by many religions. And, I think this is the most main reason that people oppose Same-Sex Couples Marriage. Anyway, it is not a beautiful picture for me to see two gays or two lesbians kissing each other or doing some even exaggerating motion in front of me.
Now, it is not the quite right time to allow the Same-Sex Couples to get married legally. Any significant change in the society needs time for people to accept it. Now, people do not understand the marriage of Same-Sex Couples, but maybe 20 years later, people can easily agree with such thing. For now, this kind of thing overturns many people’s religion and the old culture in the US.
Now, to allow Same-Sex Couples to marry has too many blockages on the way ahead, so just keep the Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry, and raise it 10 years later, and maybe it will get a better result.

Journal #9

All-purpose Notebook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP-reW1eLYE

The website above is a video on Youtube.
In this video, you can see the person use this notebook to do everything. You can draw anything on the notebook and it will become true. The people use it as a computer, play guitar, scan the face, use it as a toaster and take bread and cheese from the book. It just like Dolamon’s magic pocket, you can use it do everything in the world. The video looks like a magic and happy fairy tale, and to own a notebook like this is the dream of every child. However, even though now I am an adult and I know it is impossible that this notebook can exist, I still wish I could have one.

Journal#8

In this 8 weeks’ study, I have improved a lot in composition. I used to have a big problem in writing an essay, and I always did not know what to write. Now, I know more about the structure of the composition. Things are much easier when I follow the outline. It is also very useful to learn all the things about the research paper. Now, I can well organize the composition, use the transition signal correctly, and write an essay much more easily than before.

However, I still have to improve my vocabulary. I should use the difficult words instead of the easy words. I also have to practice more about the time writing. I always could not finish the time writing in the class. As a result, in the next 8 weeks, I will remember more words, and do more practice on the time writing. I will do the time writing on the computer to raise my typing speed for my coming test.

It is not easy to do well in the composition, there are too many skills acquired. But I will try more practice, so that at the end of this semester, I can write a wonderful essay easily.

Werid Themed Restaurants

Some of the reataurants are strange, some of them are scared.

http://weburbanist.com/2008/08/10/15-of-the-strangest-themed-restaurants-from-buns-and-guns-to-cannabalistic-sushi/