Seventeen Again

    

     Recently, I watched a movie named “seventeen again”. The story is telling about a man, who used to be a charming basketball leader in his high school. At the same time, he gave up his favorite basketball on account of that her girlfriend was pregnant. He chose to get married with her without hesitation. Many years passed, the man gradually had no confident in himself and started complaining everything in their lives. He thought that if he could get back to his high school again, he would not give up basketbal.Life is short and cannot repeat again. Hence, we should make our lives to the fullest and have no regret about what you have done. But, sometimes, you cannot burn the candle at both ends.

      The story touched me very much. If I were a high school student, I would not give up playing the flute. I would tell my parents that I could take good advantage of the time for studies and practices. I used to play the flute in wind band in my senior high school. However, my parents asked me to give up playing the flute, which needs too much time to practice, in my second grade. They just wanted me to focus on my studies and prepare for the upcoming College Entrance Examination. I chose to obey their opinion though I was very upset. 

The Breath-Taking Site-Chih Sing Tan

      My family seldom travels on account of that my parents are busying in their job. In my childhood, the most impressive trip for me is going to Hualien. I live in Taichung country, so I have few chances to see the sea. In this case, when I was a child, I had longed for someday I could touch the fresh water of the ocean. It was not until in my eight grades that I realized this dream. My family and I got up early that day, and then my father drove us to Hualien.

      The first stop we arrived was Chihsingtan. The peaceful of the ocean was especially set off by the few travelers on that day. As soon as I went to the seaside, I was surprised by the beautiful scenery. The sea surged high and swept forward. The waters and the skies merged in one color. It also stretched as far as eye could see. “I shall never forget the beauty of that sea.” I thought in my mind. I hope I can go to Chihsingtan again soon!

The Poem We Wrote

    Tina, Jean, Annie, and I wrote a poem in English poetry class. We chose “chocolate” as our topic. Then we found some adjective for these words, and made them into several sentences. After brainstorming for a long time, we finally completed it. This is our poem－

Awake from sadness,

Drunk by sweetness,

Twinkling, twinkling, twinkling

Just like diamond in the night.

Charming, charming, charming

Just like a girl with the smile.

Crying, crying, crying

No more swim ring comes to me.

I got a sense of achievement when I finished the poem because I have never thought that I could make a poem one day!

College Should Not Take A Roll Call

     College is a place emphasized learning independence. It is also an important period for independence of personality because we have no chance to learn independently in elementary and high school. Besides, college students are adults; they are old enough to be responsible for their behaviors. If you make a roll call, it will not only destroy the system of learning independence but also deprive their right of choosing. Forcing students to go to class by making roll calls; otherwise, they will lose some points or fail the class. The result of making a roll call only shows that who comes and who do not come to the class. However, it cannot solve the problems. For example, some students have to give up learning to take a part time job for supporting their life. Besides, learning is not always happened in the class. It exists in different kinds of experiences and activities. In this way, some students feel that they cannot learn from the class. They think that if they take part in other activities, lectures, they will gain more. Since college students are adult and they are the one who know what is good to them, why do we need to make a roll call in class? College students have choice to choose what they want!

Mad Men

     In fact, when I first saw the episode, I couldn’t make myself understand the story. I think that they are alike, so I always made the mistakes about their characters. But I think I understood the plot clearer after the second episode though the relationships between them still make me confused. I can’t understand that why did they still have extramarital relations after they are married. And it seems that getting an illegal love affair is a normal thing at that time. If it is the truth, then why did they get married? To have a family or have someone do the laundry for you? Maybe it is the director who exaggerates the plot; however, we still can realize the discrimination and inequalities toward women at that time from the story.

English Poetry- Since there's no help

” Since there’s no help” was the poem Tina and I presented today. The poem was written by “Michael Drayton”. Since chapter ten is talking about tone, it must be special. When I first listened to the sound, I was surprised by the tone. It was different from the past I had heard. In the first eight lines, the speaker used a free and easy tone to express the feeling after he broke up with someone. We can find the happiness instead of any sorrow from his words. However, in the lines eight to twelve, the speaker slowed his tone and used personification to describe the scene of the end of love. In this way, we can see that his previous happiness is not real. The sadness is real absolutely. The speaker uses this way to make us easy to perceive the contrast of his feeling.

The Impressive Accident

        After the 921 earthquake, one side of my house’s wall was loosening. And it might fall down anytime. It was so dangerous that it must be torn down immediately. Therefore, my father asked assistance who worked for my house to demolish the wall. When the wall was in the process of construction, my father passed by and wanted to see the engineering. He was behalf drunk, and didn’t pay attention to his surroundings. At that time, I had already gone to bed. Suddenly, I woke up by a wretched crying of woman.

        It was my mother’s crying. Soon, I heard the whistle of ambulance, which was becoming closer and closer to my house. Then, I walked out and saw my father was taken to the ambulance with his body filled with blood. He was pressed down by a heap of rubble which suddenly collapsed when my father passed by. My mother and my brothers also got into the ambulance. And I was taken to my grandparents’ house by my aunt. I remembered I kept crying all the way and asked my aunt whether my dad would die or not.

        This is the first time for me to realize the feel you almost lost your family. Besides, the accident gives not only great attack to me but also serious problems to our home’s financial condition. My parents used to manage a KTV. Although it built up from nothing, we still made a fortune at that time. As a result, we lived a wealthy life for several years. However, the accident turned the tide. My father stayed in the hospital for a long time, and the huge expenditure made my family in financial difficulties. For this reason, he had no choice but to close the KTV, and we moved. To pay the debt, he also sold two buildings he used to buy.

        On account of that my father temporarily lost the ability of making a living, my mother started to look for a job. Therefore, I began to learn how to wash clothes, do the housework, and cook meals. I must to be independent because my mother was busy in working. The accident deeply changed the life style of my family. Nevertheless, I think as long as my family is safe and sound, it is enough. And we don’t need so much money to adorn our lives.