Blog 10: From the Beginning to the End of the Day

As we all know, the English bridging course is coming to an end. Almost all the assignments are finished. It is a relief to know that there will be no essays, oral reports and blogs any more in the course. As a result, almost all the students are becoming slack and lazy to some extent. Some of them may spend the whole night watching TV series until midnight; some may go out for recreations without studying for even an hour in the weekend. Is it good or bad for us to do so?

First let me tell you a story. It was reported that after the World War 2, the British air force once estimated the numbers of dead pilots. They found that the majority of pilots died when they landed their aircrafts rather than fighting with German fighters. It was very astonishing that a pilot could survive from his enemies’ attacks but fail to move his plane down onto the ground.

After some researches, scientists gave out the proper answer to this phenomenon. They believed that a pilot survived in fighting because he paid full attention to it; however, after he won the combat, he was so relaxed and happy that he controlled the plane incorrectly, and that led to the destruction of both the plane and himself.

Now let’s come back to our current situation. I think we are just like pilots who are about to land our planes. We almost succeed but we haven’t reached our success. So there is no any reason for us to relax entirely. We should not play with our phones in the class; we should not sit in front of our computers overnight. Once study is postponed, we will be thrown behind by other hardworking classmates.

Besides, the learning of English language can be a lifelong process. It will not terminate when bridging course ends. The view that once people pass the QET test, they don’t need to learn English any more is wrong. We don’t learn English for any test and we should practice it as more as possible in order to master it.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen once said, “The revolution is not yet completed, all my comrades must struggle on.” So let’s work hard to realize our dreams from the beginning to the end of the day!

Blog 9：Some Reflections of Give Programme

Recently, I always hear my friends complaining about the Service Programme and I feel quite sorry for them. They have gathered such a lot of money, but because of many reasons, they could not go to those institutions to help the children, and they could only donate the money to them.

As for me, I took part in the Give Programme. As it has just ended last week, I’d like to talk about some reflections of it. Unlike some classmates who have the opportunity to teach the students something about Chinese or Chinese Culture, my teammates and I were only expected to help the teachers in a Secondary School to correct the Chinese compositions of the students. Although it may not seem to be as meaningful as being a teacher, I still learned a lot from it.

When I was correcting the students’ Chinese compositions, I found that it was not an easy job for me at all! The students made some grammar mistakes and they could not write the Chinese characters correctly, either. Sometimes it is obvious that they just composed their works in English and then translated it into Chinese. Thus, it could be difficult for me to understand their writings sometimes. This reminds me of our own English essays. I am quite sure that when our tutors are correcting our essays, they share the same feeling as well. In some occasions, the sentence structures are wrong, while in other cases, it just doesn’t sound natural to a native reader.

We have been told by our tutors many times that we could not express ourselves in a native way and we all know that this is because that we share different culture backgrounds and different language backgrounds. However, from my experience of correcting the Chinese compositions of some Singaporean students, I have better understandings of this issue and I consider it a big barrier that we have to overcome as quickly as possible.

As we are going to study in NUS, we will have to write a lot of essays in our university studies. Therefore, I sincerely suggest that we all look into this problem and try our best to avoid making such mistakes from now on.

Blog 9

Blog 9 My reflection on bridging course With the time flying, our bridging course is going to its end. When I was reviewing the words in my vocabulary book, thousands of fragments of memory were flashing in my mind. Then, I realize that I have spent more six months here. I remember that six months ago, everything is fresh. At that time, we were all unfamiliar with each other. I could not find where to eat my lunch. I dare not eat foods in the class. Also, I expected that I will get a big improvement in English. I planned to study English very hard. I intended to spare no efforts. However, that is not I have done during the last six months. I have spent a lot of time playing computer games, watching movies and hanging with friends. During that time, for many times, I had found that problem, I had thought of various ways to change. I have made up my minds many times to study and do not play games. However, I did not keep any of those plans up. Not long after I began each of my plans, during the past six months, I would quit. There were many reasons for me to explain why I had quitted, but I do not want to, because the result is that I did not form any habits during the six months. I have not insisted doing one thing which makes me upset. So, now, I get a belief: in the rest of my life, once I have decided to do one thing, I will try my best to achieve it on matter how hard it is. Maybe, during the process, I will think it is inefficient, and I may think I can make a better plan to follow, but I will not quit it. I will keep it up. I am glad I get this feeling. I consider this one of the best lessons that I have learnt in CELC. Look, just now, I have made another resolution. I really hope I can keep it up.

Blog 9: My First Debate

Today, May 15^th, is a memorable day in my life because it is my first time to be a debater. I used to think that debates are rather boring. However, it is today when I realize that debates are instead quite interesting. It is true that sometimes you can never tell what things are like unless you take them. If you do so, there may be surprise.

In fact, debates do good to improve one’s ability to deliver his or her opinions to others. Debaters can also polish up their skill of collecting and selecting information that is used as proof.

First of all, it is always a challenge for most of the students to make themselves clear and understood. Many people will say: “I don’t know how to say” during their speeches. However, in a debate, there is no time for hesitation. One must keep talking and delivering his or her thoughts to the audience; if one hesitates or pauses, he or her may be shot down by the opposite debaters and thus, lose the debate. Time is fairly precious during the debate. As a result, a debate can urge a person to reason and rebut quickly, forcing him or her to improve unconsciously. I was surprised by my performance today: I talked quite fluently with firm tone as if I was speaking in my mother tongue Cantonese. When my classmate told me that I sounded not nervous at all, I couldn’t believe it but of course, I was also glad that I’ve achieved a lot in my oral English during the bridging course. I’ve conquered the fear in my mind.

Besides, if a debater wants to win, it is necessary to bring up enough supporting details to back up his or her stands. I think that is one of my shortcomings and also the reason why we did not win today. If there is not enough proof brought up, even if you are a native speaker who masters the language quite well cannot win. Facts make the audience believe what the debater claims. To make us convincing and persuasive, we should speak with evidences.

Today’s debate is a very good chance for me to improve. I’ve gained a lot from it, which makes me even happier than winning the debate, honestly speaking. I am not hesitated any longer; I will seize every chance that I encounter to improve myself in the future.

Blog 8：The Superhero Films

Through all these years, the superhero films have been playing an important role in the film industry. The protagonists in many Hollywood movies are superheroes, such as Superman, Spiderman and so on. The superheroes are the ones who have superpowers and dedicate to protecting the public. They are great and their stories are always exciting. However, I was not interested in these films before, as I thought they were too idealistic and also too boring.

I have held this idea for almost six years until I saw the movie Marvel’s the Avengers, which changed my thought totally. Last Saturday, I went to the cinema to see this film with my host family. I really enjoyed it very much and I found that it is a great lost that I have not seen any superhero movies before. Marvel’s the Avengers tells a story about how a superhero group called the Avengers saved the earth and protected the human-beings from the aliens. In this movie, every superhero had unique superpower, but at first they were not united and were nearly beaten by their enemies. Luckily, they finally found that they have to fight together. Otherwise, they could not win the battle. Therefore, they put aside all the disagreements and fought for the same purpose—which was, to drive the aliens away from the earth. In the end, they did it, of course.

This movie is rather attractive. After watching it, I was eager to know more about all the superheroes in the Avengers. Thus, I went to the Internet and watched The Iron Man on line later that night. The story of the Iron Man was totally different from what I imagined before. At first, I thought the Iron Man was just like the Spiderman, who had a kind of superpower that made him different from others. However, the truth was that the Iron Man was just an ordinary person. It was the high-tech equipment that he put on his body made him into a superhero.

After watching these movies, I got to know that the superhero movies are not as boring as I thought before. These movies are not only made up of all the violent acting scenes, but they also contain some profound meanings or sciences and technologies. After all, I would like to see more superhero movies from now on.

blog9:Something related to the “supermoon”

I like looking up into the sky, seeing the rain drops falling down or appreciating the beautiful sunshine. I like the marshmallow-like clouds, the stars and the moon. All in all, I like nature. That’s why I always brush my teeth and apply medicine to my eyes on the balcony. Days ago, I had found that the moon was very bright and beautiful. I didn’t know it is actually called the “supermoon” until I saw the reports about it. One of the reports said: “the moon is as close as it ever gets to us at the moment, making it look up to 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than when it’s at the far end of its oval orbit.” However, because of the location of our apartment, the moonlight can’t go in and brighten my room like it ever did when I was in China.

  In my hometown, I lived in the loft of our house and my bed was placed under the skylight. I liked this arrangement very much because I could appreciate the sky every night before I fell asleep. In Chinese literature, the moon is used as a typical symbol to express one’s feelings of homesickness. The most famous piece is probably a Tang poem called “feel homesick at a quiet night”. Influenced by this culture background, I always find the scenes of my childhood flood into my mind every time I appreciate the moon. One of the most impressive scenes occurred at the night of my birthday. I went sleep early that night because I was disappointed by the cloudy sky. Every year I would look forward to that day because it was mid-autumn festival and it is supposed to have the best moon of a year in Chinese culture. Falling asleep with sadness, I woke up at midnight by the moonlight. The moonlight was so bright that everything in the room can be seen clearly. I can't help opening the skylight, sitting on the windowsill and looking outside. The moonlight was very soft and attractive, making everything in it seemed cute and peaceful. I was lost in such a beautiful view…

 I don't know why I never see such bright moon again even at the night which is considered to have the brightest moon. Maybe it can only be explained by the old saying “ the moon is brighter when seen at hometown”(月是故鄉明). As now I’m far away from home, I start to realize this sentence deeply. 

Blog 8:Bridging Course

Our bridging course is going to its end. This will be my last, but one blog in our group. It sounds a bit sad. I have a lot of things want to say to each one of you guys and each of our tutors. However, I dare not to say it. I think if I say those words out, I will feel embarrassed when I see you again. So here I want to say some words to our tutors. Those words are from the deep-bottom of my heart. First, I want to say something to my mentor--**. I want to say sorry to you. Sorry, Ms Maureen Tan. I remember that the first day I meet you. On that day, I told you that I am willing to try anything even though I do not know much about it. That is what I should have been. However,I failed to do that. At least,I think so. I do not want to eat my own words, but I really meet some problems during that time. Before I came here, I have the habit to sleep at ten o'clock. That is the latest time for me. However, my roommates,actually most of us are used to sleeping very late. I am easy to be disturbed when I am sleeping. So I cannot get enough rest. I feel sleepy all day. Sleep really means a lot to me! For years, I have always gone to sleep at an early time. Fortunately,the situation has been better. I have been used to it a little.I think it won't be long before I totally get used to sleeping late. I think this can be one of the functions of our bridging course. Also, I find it hard to communicate with you in English. it may be because my spoken English is not good enough but I think I can improve it. Whatever, sorry, I did not take our bridging course seriously. However, it does mean that I do not respect you. I respect you so much. I hope you can understand me. One thing is extraordinary important: I respect you. I also want to say something to Ms Christine Peeris, Ms Jenny Gan and Ms Waheeda. I think I tell those words in my next blog.

Blog 8: Slow Down

This Thursday (26^th May), Jiangze showed the whole class a video clip of a Korean movie called Wedding Dress in his oral report. It was a very moving and touching movie. I admitted that at that time, I wept quietly reclining in my chair. Some plots of the movie just exactly touched my heart and then I realized the pace of my life was too fast that I almost lost the ability to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of life.

As a student, I have borne, and will continue bearing the duty to deal with all sorts of assignments since the day when I stepped into the campus of my primary school. These days, I am busy with my research report, and after that come blog, essay, reading comprehension practice, preparation for the coming debate, Mathematics homework and revision, GIVE Programme... I have already been drown in by all those things. At times I wonder if I live just for them, but the answer is obviously: “No.”

Thinking that I have spent little time outdoors, I went for a walk with my classmates in a park for relaxation- i.e. to slow down the pace of my life. I really enjoyed throwing myself into the embrace of nature. I could hear the brook babbling over rocks, keeping telling stories one after another. I could smell the aroma of a mixture of grass and mud, which I regarded as the freshest. I could even catch the movement of an iridescent butterfly fluttering past the bushes towards the sky. She must be the best dancer in the world. I was so glad that I was able to discover the joy around me which I usually ignored in daily life.

I also found that I had not talked with my families for quite a long time. With regret that I spent little time chatting with my parents, I phoned home. Believe it or not, the feeling I got when I first recognized my mother’s voice was so great that words fail to describe it. It was a close sense of intimacy between parents and child which cannot be substitute by any other feeling. I felt as if I were leaning on my mother’s shoulder, quietly hearing her instructions on how to take care of myself in daily life. It was only after I left her did I find that mother’s preachment was the most euphonious melody in the world.

Although modern life is monotonous and full of annoying stuff that must be solved before deadline, we should learn how to reduce our pressure a little bit. That is to slow down the pace of our lives. We are used to move very fast, without knowing that how magnificent the sights along the path are. Just put away the heavy task for a while, spend time appreciating the beauty of nature, appreciating families and friends. That’s where the joy of life locates.

Blog 8:The summary of the reading comprehension 3

The summary of the reading comprehension 3 The benefits of canoeing include the canoeists being able to go to the places where the motorized machines cannot reach. At that kind of places, we can get rid of the stress and anxiety in the modern world and get to a place where we can get a lot of physical , mental and spiritual freedom. Besides, canoeing is also a healthy and harmonious way of life. By canoeing, if you can operate in the right way, you will relax your body and release your mind, thinking whatever you like and then get the best freedom and range. By canoeing, you can also experience the feelings flying through the heavens and get the greatest relief from everyday cares. Another benefit is that it can slow the pace of the world for its human-powered motion. In addition,it can give you lots of new activities from which you can search new experiences. WORD : 150

Blog 7：Does Marriage Make Couples More Alike?

Just as I was searching the Internet for my topic of this blog, I found a piece of news quite interesting. It is about whether marriage can make couples more alike.

In fact, I have been thinking about this question for quite a period of time. Some people may find that many couples, especially the couples who have been married for a long time, look quite similar to each other. I have also discovered this phenomenon, which has confused me for a long time. In my opinion, it might be caused by the environmental influences. As the husband and the wife did not look alike when they were newlyweds, they must have different genetic constitutions. Therefore, this kind of similarity should be caused by genetic influences.

Nevertheless, in the report, there are more explanations about this phenomenon. To begin with, the couples have lived together for so many years. The same life experiences that they have shared may have some physical influences in their bodies. For instance, people who often smile or laugh may develop their muscles on face more than others. As for people who live together, they may often smile or laugh together, which leads to the same changes on their faces. Despite of this, interestingly, it is said that genes are also related to the similar appearances of the couples. In the report, the reporter has brought out an idea that genetically similar couples have a better marriage that can last for a long time. Besides, some researchers have found that many people tend to choose genetically similar people as their partners. I have to admit that it is out of my expectation. I have never considered that genes have a role to play in this issue. However, according to the study, it seems that the similar appearance can also be caused by similar genetic constitutions.

In conclusion, the similarity of appearance of couples is not only caused by environmental influences but also caused by genetic influences. After all, there are many interesting topics in the science area, if you are interested in them, you could find many fantastic reports or news in the newspaper or on the internet!

Reference:

Why do old couples look alike?

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/old-couples.htm

blog 8：The story of Assassin's Creed (chapter one)

  Background: Assassin’s Creed is a famous ACT (Action-adventure) video game produced by Ubisoft (one of the TOP3 game companies in the world). Although I use singular to describe this game, in fact, “Assassin’s Creed” is the common name of a series of games, which contains Assassin’s Creed I, Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Assassin’s Creed III( release on October 30, 2012). In order to show my respect for this series of games, I will tell you a story that involves all the plots in these games. Wishing you could enjoy it!

 

  Desmond Miles is the descendant of an assassin’s clan. This clan’s creed is to fight against Knights Templar（圣殿骑士）, a dark group that wants to control this world. Because of Desmond’ special and unique status, since he was a naive child, he had had to receive a series of cruel training. As Desmond grew up, he gradually became tired of such a monotonous life, so, by coincidence, he escaped from this clan and changed his name, deciding to lead a new life. However, a corporation called Abstergo finally found his true identity and caught him. Why did this company do so? Actually, Abstergo is a company controlled by Knights Templar. On the surface, this is a pharmaceutical company. In reality, this company confidentially produces a kind of machinery named “Animus”. “Animus” is a cutting-edge device that could let a person experience his ancestral memories and records the experience. In this way, the company could know what happened in the past. Of course, a person could not return to his ancestors’ age, otherwise, if what he does is different from his ancestor ever did, the history may be changed. What “Animus” does is just using descendants’ DNA to stimulate a piece of ancestors’ memories, and replays scenes experienced by his ancestors. Ok, let us come back to the business. In the past, Knights Templar wanted to find sacred artifacts—“Pieces of Eden”(伊甸碎片). These artifacts have immeasurable power that could easily control this world.  However, Desmond’s ancestors collected these artifacts before Knights Templar found them and hided them in the different places of the world. In order to point out these places, Knights Templar invented this machinery and try their best to find this clan’s descendant. Thus, after catching Desmond, without any hesitation, the company put Desmond into a “Animus”,

  First, Desmond “came back” to the age of Crusade(十字军东征). The corresponded ancestor called Altair. Then an exciting adventure began!

                           Chapter one: The End (欲知后事如何，且听下回分解)          

 

blog 8:Reflections on "Front of the Class"

I watched the movie <Front of the Class> two weeks ago. It is a 2008 American drama film based on the book by Brad Cohen, Front of the Class: How Tourette syndromeMade Me the Teacher I Never Had, co-authored by Lisa Wysocky.Brad Cohen's story starts as a young boy who had Tourette syndrome.With his mother's help and the support of his school principal, Brad eventually becomes an award-winning teacher.Although my tears fell down so many times when watching it, the movie actually conveyed a quite positive attitude. It makes me believe in love and hope.  

My tears first fell down when Brad’s father finally believed that the reason why Bradalways had frequent and loud vocal tics and barking is that he had Tourette syndrome but notthat he is naughty. At first, almost everyone including his father considered Brad as an extremely naughty boy. His father treated him very rude and indifferent, or in Brad’s words—he lost temper because he thought my behaviour is insufferable, I used up his patience. Brad and his father’s relationship was not good even what Brad grew up, because Brad thought his father didn't believe that he can fulfil his dream of becoming a teacher. However, we can see that his father continuallyhelped himwhen he was in need. That wasthe true meaning of a family. Although sometimes a certain family member may look like that he or she do not love you any more, the truth is that no matter what happens, love among family members can never be changed.

The movie also teaches me never lose hope. Although Brad had been examined by lots of doctors, none of them could make the right diagnosis, leaving himmisunderstood by people around him for a long time. Fortunately, his mother believed that he didn't make those strange sounds deliberately. After all the doctors gave up, it was his mother whofound the real cause for his abnormal behaviour by reading books about mental disorder on her own.There was no cure for Tourette syndrome, both Brad and his mother knew that, but they never give up living life to it’s fullest. Life is always full of obstacles, especially for people like Brad. His way to dream was always difficult. Almost all the schools rejected him, regardless of his outstanding academic and internship performance. Nevertheless, he still continued to find a school that was willing to accept him as a teacher. Nearly all of us have encountereda time when we find however hard we work, things still cannot be better.What should we do at those moments? After watching the movie, my answer is “keep on working”. 

The action“keep on moving”is not easy to follow; it requires a person to be optimistic. We should believe in lives, believe in our dreams, and most importantly, we should believe in ourselves. Therefore self-confidence is probably another factor that makes a person stick on his or her goal.Just like Brad and his mother, they have strong willing that life can be better in the future, so they never stopped making efforts to fight against their destiny and they finally succeeded.Hence, we should never give up hope just as what a poem says:

If by life you were deceived,

Don't be dismal, don't be wild!

In the day of grief, be mild

Merry days will come, believe.

Heart is living in tomorrow;

Present is dejected here;

In a moment, passes sorrow;

That which passes will be dear

The movie is quite good and it can motivate audience to pursuit their dreams, so I sincerely recommend it to all of youJ

Blog 7: When Work As a Group

Blog 7 how to work efficiently in a team In our daily life,we are often asked to work in a team,and sometimes we cannot finish a program ourselves. So,to some extent,the efficiency of the teamwork plays a decisive role in our career. For that reason, it is necessary for us to learn to work efficiently in a team. When you and your teammates share with similar characters,you are very lucky. You can work efficiently with each other relatively easily. However,because that we are randomly divided into several groups, it is possible that the characters of members are totally different from each other in a team. When this happens, it will be a frustrating thing for each member of the group and also if not dealt properly, the teamwork will became low efficient. However,we have to confront this problem and actually,we have the ability to solve this. So,how to solve it? In my opinion,at this time,we need to conform to the rules strictly. Because we are all friends, we cannot obey the rules strictly. We need to attend to other's personal feelings. We need to get along with others after the work. But when the characters of the members in one group are quite different, we must obey the rules strictly,for the sake of efficiency. It means that we need to have a specific hierarchy. The leader of the group is supposed to organize the work coherently. He or she should give members specific works so all the members need to do is the given work. If they have any idea, they should talk with the leader personally but not talk with other members. Whether the leader will take the ideas is the leader's right. The members are not expected to interfere. I think everyone can understand this kind of action. It is good for a group to work efficiently.

blog7: My "girlfriend"

In this blog, I would like to tell you a true story about a girl and I.

Once upon a time, there was a girl named A in my senior school. She had beautiful eyes with short straight hair. She was not tall, but she always stood gracefully. She was easygoing, whenever she talked to other people, her face would wear a sweet smile. In conclusion, what the first impression she left on me was sunny, outgoing and warm-hearted. Of course, her merits could not be restricted to only such superficial things. More importantly, she worked very hard and as a result, she always got the first place in my class. To be honest, I really admired her. In my opinion, when a girl can be best characterized by beauty, goodness and diligence, no one could begrudge her his genuine praise. I liked talking with her. I thought we had many interests in common. Once we started talking with each other, regardless of how boring the topic was, we always found it hard stopping. We talked about study, showing our anger about a difficult math exam. We talked about our teachers, laughing at their funny behavior. We talked about our failure, giving our sincere encouragement to each other. We talked about the future, imagining a beautiful scene in our mind. Because of her, I never dare to be slack about my study. With her help, I was smoothly over the hump after one and another adversity.

She was my best girl friend, but I knew that we all did not want to combine those two words together. In our relationship, there was a boundary. Although it was vague and fragile, we just stood beside and never intended to transcend it. Sometimes my classmates would gossip about us, but we did not care about it. We meticulously took care of our pure friendship, regarding it as a small tree that needed us to water and give it sunshine.

Some people tend to say if a girl is suitable for you, you should pursue her without any hesitation; otherwise, you may be regretful. However, I think, in our lifetime, some girls can be your girlfriends, but some girls, even at the depth of heart, there is a voice tells you that she is the person you are looking for, you should bury that emotion in your mind. When I recalled the time spent with her, I always wondered if one of us finally said that phrase, then what would happen. Maybe we will get together. Maybe, conversely, we will be apart forever. I feel lucky, for neither of us decides to transform this flourishing tree into a rose, even though it probably can be more beautiful. A girlfriend is difficult to find, even so, a real female bosom friend who can listen carefully to your complaint, give you advice without any vicious purposes, motivate you to overcome every difficulty in the life and console you when you feel sad is more worthy of cherishing!

Blog 7: Little Self-portrait

Since the topic of this week is Personality and Values, I would like to analyze my personality a little bit. Although someone may doubt if it is necessary to do so, in my opinion, it is the top priority for every person to get along with each other. Knowing your friends personality traits, especially his or her preference and temperament is of great importance, for it can prevent you from offending your friend even if you have no intention to do so. You just don’t know why he or she loses his or her temper. In my opinion, friends should be open to each other, and by doing so, we can avoid unnecessary friction in our life.

Well, classmates that may not know me well may think that I am quite easygoing and have totally no temper. I have to say that the statement is partly correct. Yes, I am easygoing most of the time. I am indeed the follower of peace and harmony- in other words, I feel extremely sorry for all kinds of conflicts, deceptions, disasters and, especially wars. Usually I will be deep in thought and sorrow after I watch an unfortunate event happening to people. For example, after watching the movie Schindler’s list, I spent hours to draw myself from meditation. To some extent, I think I am sentimental: my mood is easily conditioned by the environment- the things around me. That is why I love peace and most of the time, I prefer listen to others’ opinion than to insist my own one. I do not mean that I deny my opinion; I just feel that it is good to accept others’ views if they are reasonable and rational. Whoever is courteous to me, I will double respect him or her.

However, I don’t know why but there is one kind of character of others that I do not so appreciate: a manner that is too dominant and aggressive. The one with this kind of manner may suppress other people and ignore others’ feelings more or less, even though the fellow himself does not sense that his words and tone have actually given others that kind of sense. Confronted with this fellow, I may be like a rubber ball: the more pressure I receive, the high I bounce. Even though I know he has a good intention, I may become a bit firm and tough but I will try to control my temper. But as you know, when air is continuously pumped into a balloon, the balloon is sure to explode one day. I do not mean to hurt someone but I just cannot control.

There do exist some shortcomings in my personalities and I promise that I will change them little by little. I will learn to control my temper better than now. However, I also believe the idiom “It takes two to tango”. What I want to say is that, to be friends, two people must be open and understand each other’s situation; only by doing this can friendship exist for good.

Blog 6：My Most Precious Gifts

Just as many people, I have received many gifts ever since I remembered. I cherish each gift that I get, but some of them, in my opinion, are the most precious ones.

I can still remember on my birthday of last year, I got a gift from one of my best friends in senior high school. It was a quill pen with a bottle of ink. I was excited and extremely surprised when I saw the present, as I really wanted to get a quill pen but I did not tell my friend about it! Moreover, the pen was made in Britain and it was mailed to China from Britain. As a big fan of Harry Potter, I truly love this gift. However, there is one more reason why I cherish it as one of the most precious gifts that I have got. After asking my friend, I got to know how she got this present. She told me that she knew I love Harry Potter very much and I have a hobby of collecting pretty pens, so she decided to buy a special present for me. She contacted one of our classmates who went to study in the UK and asked her to buy a quill pen that was made in the hometown of Harry Potter, and then mail it to her. Her action was extremely touching for me. Now, I regard the quill pen as a representation of our deep friendship and I would keep it forever.

I once thought the quill pen would be the only one gift that has so much significance for me, until several days before, which was also my birthday, I got another gift that I believe I would cherish for a life time. It was a video from the boys in our group. I have to admit that it was a big surprise. In my own experience, the birthday gifts are usually some small objects, such as a candle, a pen, a toy, a music-box and so on. These were the most common gifts I have received or sent. Therefore, I have never thought of receiving a video as a birthday gift. When I watched the video, I was totally moved. I could tell from the video that you must have spent a lot of time on making it, as the songs sounded so nice and your performances were also brilliant! Actually, I am not a talkative or active person and I did not expect that you would put so much effort in preparing such a gift for me. I was surprised and happy! (^o^) Thank you very much!

In the end, I would like to say that I am really grateful for what you have done. I would keep the video and cherish our friendship forever!

Blog 6:Areastrological signs really related withone’s personality?

Astrological signs are equal segments or divisions of the ecliptic, usually associated with the twelve signs of the zodiac. According to astrology, celestial phenomena reflect or govern human activity on the principle of "as above, so below", so that the twelve signs are held to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic modes of expression.There are "sun" signs and "moon" signs, which both depend on your date of birth.

The above is the basic explanation for astrological signs from Wikipedia. Even nowadays, the astrological signs are still hot issues among adolescents. There was once news saying that a girl broke up with her boyfriend just because a book she read said their star signs didn’t match with each other. However, can the star signs really affect humans’nature? I believe you can find the answer after finishing reading this composition.

Every zodiac symbol has a description of this group of people’s personality. Teenagers believe that it exactly describesthem, so they begin to believe everything about astrology. It’s quite an irrational action. Some scientists carried out an experiment in which they handed out two types of questionnaires.One contained the so-called authoritative descriptions for each star sign’s personality; the other was the messy version. They asked the students to answer the question whether the description for their own zodiac symbol was correct or not. As what they hadexpected, the rates from two different questionnaires of students whose answer is “yes” were almost the same.This result could be explained by the following two reasons. Firstly, every one’s character is complicated, so one could find something quite correspond to his or her disposition in every description. Secondly, the descriptions were fairly vague, that is, they described the common individuality of human beings and they said most of the good things. That’s why astrological signs have gained such great popularity. There are also many common senses which are against the zodiac symbol. For instance, how can humans only have 12 different types in terms of personality?

Nonetheless, why individuals especially the juveniles are so crazy about it? The most important reason is probably that adolescents are in a stage of life where they start to find the meaning of life and the unique identity of themselves, but it’s a question with no answer and thus, they turn to an easily accessible way-astrology-to get the answer. For me, Ithink it shouldn’t be to blame too much because things like the star signs act as a good topic for conversation in modern world. It is not only for teens but also for adults to use as a diplomatic tool at some special occasions.In addition, apart from the use in astrology, constellations themselves arebeautiful and magic enough.

Blog 6:If We Have Tails

This week,we have talked about the origin of the human beings. Affected by the evolutionism,most of us think that human beings are evolved from the apes. However,can we say that all of our physical features are better than that of apes? So,out of curiosity, when we are talking with each other at break time,we began to imagine the life with tails of ourselves.


If we have tails,what will our lives be like? The first question I can think of is that how to make our pants. Is it necessary that we leave a special part especially for our tails or just let our tails stay with our legs? I do not know how you think about it, but I do think that it will be good if we make a protuberant part of our pants for our tails. If so,we can use our tails do a lot of things. To begin with, we can use our tails to answer the phones. We can invent a new type of phones so that the phones can be fixed on the edges of our tails. When our phones begin to vibrate,we can use our tails to place our phones near our ears. Isn't it convenient? Besides,we can also use our tails to fix us,sometimes. That is for the police. Sometimes,the police need to use their two hands to grab a rope so that they can shift from one side of the cliff to another side which is extraordinary dangerous. It is known that the triangle is stable, so if the police are able to take advantage of their tails………


That is my idea of the tails. Don't you think it is better? It is true that we are evolved from apes, but can we say that all of our physical are better than that of apes?

Blog 5：the Mysteries of Tutankhamen

I am always interested in the mysteries all over the world. When I was in primary school, I read about Tutankhamen accidently in a book. From that time, I have been curious about him for many years. Every time a research or report was made on him, I was willing to read about it.

Tutankhamen was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18^th dynasty. He became a pharaoh when he was only 9 years old and he died at the age of 19. Although he died when he was still young, he left us many mysteries.

One of the mysteries is about his death. At first, people thought that he died of a disease. But then, as the archaeologist found that there was a hole on his head, they deduced that he was murdered by a blow to his head. However, recently, the scientists have brought out an idea that Tutankhamen was badly ill, and he died of a disease that he had got ever since he was born. The hole on his head was not made by a blow, instead, it was made when making his body into a mummy. It is rather hard to say which deduction is correct.

In addition, another mystery about Tutankhamen is about his tomb. It is said that there is a curse in the tomb, which is named “Curse of the Pharaohs”. It was carved on the tomb, saying “Death will slay with its wings whoever disturbs the peace of the pharaoh.” Many archeologists who had come into the tomb died strangely. Some people believe that it was the curse that made them die, while others think that there was a virus or germ in the tomb that caused their death. However, the truth remains unknown.

Besides these two mysteries mentioned above, there are still many other mysteries about Tutankhamen, which made the young pharaoh enigmatic. They have attracted many people’s eyes and it is also the reason why I am so interested in him.

By the way, there are many unexplained mysteries in the world. An article, named “Unexplained Mysteries of the World”, has talked about the top 10 unexplained mysteries of the world; which are, Crop Circles, the Pyramids of Egypt, Bigfoot, UFOs and Area 51, the Belmez Faces, the Out of Body Experience, the Mayan 2012 Prophecy, Stonehenge, Loch Ness Monster and Bermuda Triangle. I think the article is very interesting and all the mysteries listed here are amazing! If you want to have further information of these mysteries, you may want to go to this website to read this article yourself: http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/unexplained-mysteries.html. Hope you would enjoy it!

blog6: My opinions about k-pop

In this blog, I want to share my points about k-pop.

Actually, whether our Chinese youngsters should follow this trend is a much-debated issue. Many people, especially the parental generations, think this fad will breed a side effect on us. In their opinion, as a Chinese, whose country’s history can be traced back to millennia ago, it is unreasonable to worship others’ culture. Further, South Korea, in their orthodox recognition, is merely one of the countries that once had been denominated by us since Tang dynasty; therefore, its culture is pale compared with ours. They show great concern about such mechanical imitation of South Korean custom, fashions and even the language. In other words, our seniors are worried the loss of our cultural identities. I think some parts of their anxiety are legitimate. From my observation, our domestic markets have been saturated by enormous South Korean products. Indeed, these products are obviously changing our lifestyles. Empirical evidence shows that, in many cases, if a boy could say “sa lang hei you” (I love you) to a girl. She will feel exceedingly happy. One reason is that she could gain the boy’s love. Another reason may sound somewhat ridiculous, but it is true. That is, she probably thinks this boy must be romantic, considerate, bold, debonair, candid and responsible, just like the actors in K-operas.

Undeniably, we should cherish our own culture, since the ancestors had bequeathed so much treasure to us. For instance, although, the contents of examples cited in the classics, were relatively obsolete, the code of ethics and thoughts, which were contained in them, could be still useful to our daily life. Thus, why we need to pursue this trend instead of such time-honored, tangible and intangible wealth? I do not reckon my peers who are crazed about k-pop are not patriotic. Nevertheless, the cultural erosion is a chronic and subtle process. If we disregard this problem, severe repercussions will ensue.

Of course, I have to admit that South Korean culture does have some positive aspects. I want to put a movie called “more than love”(假如爱有天意) as an example. In that movie, the background music sounded soft and its rhythm was always slow. Meanwhile, the scenes in that movie were quite beautiful, which completely captured my heart. More importantly, the plot was very impressed. I think this movie is educative and instructive. Doubtless, it purified my soul and inculcated the meaning of true love in my mind. I am not a suave and sentimental person, but I still could not stand crying when the movie came to the climax. (Since then, I know that if you really love a person, you should try your best to let her happy and never require anything to repay. Even though she does not love you, you should also be gratified to see that she lives happily with another person. What the true love needs is not the money, gifts and a kiss, but the meticulous care, regardless of whether that girl could sense it.) In fact, this movie exemplified the style of South Korean movies. They are fresh, elegant and enlightening. After watching such films, I always subconsciously reflect my behavior and promote my spiritual altitude.

In a nutshell, k-pop is a two-edge sword. What should we do is not to hold back this irreversible trend but to use it to our advantage as well as minimize the disadvantage.