Journal #28

Nowadays, clothes are not only for covering people's body, but also decorating people's appearance. Clothes can tell others about your personality and taste even emotion. When we see some people at the first time, we have the first impression and judgment from them. And, the judgment usually comes from clothes which he or she wears. When I take a walk in campus, I can see a lot of different kinds of clothe style. Although I don’t know them, I already have some judgment from their clothes.

Usually, we have some stereotype about clothes. For example, when we see some body who wear colorful clothes, we think they must be outgoing and easily getting along. So, we think that making friend with these kinds of people is easy and won’t be refused. Furthermore, people who wear colorful clothes usually look like more confident then other clothe style.

Sometimes, we can see people who wear the same style clothes, and then we can distinguish that they belong to which group or come from which country. For example, when we see people who wear loose clothes and paint, or lopsided cap, we can know they are really interested in hip pop culture and belong to hip pop group. On the other hand, if you see people who wear kimono, you can be sure that they come form Japan. Therefore, you can get much information form clothes.

Obviously, clothes can tell a lot of information about people. Clothes also can reflect people’s thinking and personality. Next time, when you meet some body, you can just use clothes to judge them, and then you can prove your opinion.

Journal #26

Mushrooms Chicken Soup



Mushrooms chicken soup is one of my favorite soup. In Taiwan, we usually eat this soup to improve our immunity and warm our body in winter. If somebody gets sick, family usually make this soup for the patient to supply the nutrition which lose during sick. This soup is very simple and you don't need to take a lot of time to cook. Mushrooms chicken soup is healthy and delicious.

Recipe:
1. some dry mushrooms
2. chicken
3. salt
4. a few piece of ginger

Method:
1. put dry mushrooms in cool water to be soft.
2. Put chicken in hot water until the chicken is done.
3. Put mushrooms, chicken, ginger, and water in the pot and cook 40 to 60 minutes by mid fire.

Journal #24

When I was the freshman at university, I was living in dormitory. One day my senior told me a so scare story which was happened in the opposite room of mine. It was a saturday night and heavy raining day. My senior whose name is John stayed in his room alone, because all his roommates went home. However, one of his roommate whose name is David suddenly came back. Whole his body was wet and on his face was a little bit blooding. David told my senior that he just was collided by a motocycle, but he is all right. And he just came back to take some books. After taking some books, and then David said good bye to my senior and went home. Tomorrow, my senior heared that David was dead on the yesterday because of motocycle accidnet. However, there was no any books at the accident place. And my senior checked Davis's bookshelf. The book was still on there.!! After that, no body live that room and is blocked forever~

Journal #20

"Watching TV is not a waste of time"

We are living in a rush society. Everyday, people are busy their job, study, and life. We don't have enough time to relax or release stress. One of the best way to relax is watching TV. Although some people say watching TV is a waste of time, when you feel exhausted, no-brained activity is best way to make you to relax. Therefore, watching TV is a good way to make your brain to take a rest.


First, there are a lot of channels which you can choose. You don't need to worry about watching will waste your time. you can watch educational channels which are like Discovery and National Geography. These kinds of programs can improve your knowledge and expand your interest to different fields. And also, you can watch News. I think watching News is very important everyday, because you can know what happen in the world and get the latest imformation on TV. Therefore, watching TV is helpful to people.

Second, when you watch TV with your family, you can have the same topic to discuss with your family. It is a good way to improve relationship of family. And it's maybe the only time that you can get together with your family, because everybody is so busy to their business. For example, I like to watch TV with my family. At that time, we can discuss the program, and talk about our interesting thing in taht day.

In conclusion, according to those reasons, watching TV is not a waste of time. You can get knowledge and imformaiton from TV. And also you can have chance to get together with your family.

Journal #19

Halloween means nothing to my culture. But in Taiwan, we have one month to respect the ghost during July to August. And we call that "the door of ghost is opened" in this period. In this month, all of ghost come to human's world and some temples are colsed. Therefore, we will put some food and alcohol on the table. It means we respect them and make them feel full. Furthermore, in this period, parents always warn their children don't go to beach to swim or go to trip. Because the ghost woud like to catch some people. I think in every country people have different ways to express their feeling to ghost. Despite believing or not, we should respect different culture.

Journal #17

If I could visit any place in the World,I would like to go to North pole. Because in North pole the geography, biology and weather are total different from our living enviroment. First, I wanna see glacier. Because I always see the glacier which made many amazing geography of earth on TV. Glaciers must have great power and be gorgeous. And also I want to experience to stand, run, and lie on the glaciers. I think it's will be funny. Second, there are some special animal in North pole like penguin, polar bear...Although I can see them in zoo, seeing them in North pole must be shaked to me and I want to know how they can live in this kind of cruel enviroment. Final, the weather in North pole must be pretty cold. I want to experience the weather which is coldest in the world. Furthermore, I heared that I can see the galaxy on the sky in the North pole. I really want to see this amazing view. This is why if I could visit any place in the world, I would like to go to North pole.

Journal #15

Recently, I am thinking about the language problem of international students. I have some friends who come from different countries. Sometimes, we get together to eat meal or drink, but some friends like to talk in their native language. I thnk it's a kind of impolite, because others can't understand what you are talking about. And also I don't like to say "ha~please speak English. I think we should know to respec other friends who come from different countries. I know to speak native language is comfortable and can express your meaning correctly. But our goal is learning English when we come to America. Sometimes I really got angry about this. Am I too narrow mind?

Journal #14

Actually, I don't know any child in America. Sometimes, I can see the children and their parent in the restaurant or on the street. As I saw, their parents give them much freedom. For example, they can usually go outside to play with their friends. Comparing to me, when I was child, my parents didn't like me to go to outside to play with my friends. On the other hand, in America, their attitudes toward their elders or others in authority are like friends. They can call their elders' name and usually are not shy to ask question. In my opinion, in America theie parents want to train their childern to be independent. On the contray, in Taiwan, their childern are more dependent on their parents.

Journal #13

Yangming mountain is located in north Taiwan. It is composed by several volcano. Therefore, the water in this mountain include sulfur. So many people like to go to Yangming mountain to enjoy SPA. Furthermore, this mountain is nearby Taipei, so you can see the night view of Taipei city. In the spring, there is flower festival. In the flower festival, the most popular place is a big clock which is decorated by flowers. Another hand, there is grasslands in the mountain. On the weekend, people go hiking and have a picnic on the grasslands.

Journal #12

This weaken, I went to Cabazon outlet mall to buy winter clothes. Because I didn't bring any winter clothes from Taiwanand the weather is getting colder. The outlet mall is so big and a lot of people was shopping. Some people bought a lot of thing, it is like the product is free. However, I just bought a jacket, because I want to save money for trip. My friends almost lost control, one of my friend bought 12 clothes and another one spent $200. When we were in the outlet mall, weathe always changed. Sunshine and rain were alternate. Therefore, some of my friends got a clod and fever. Recently, the weather was so crazy~~

Journal #11

The season I prefer is winter. Because in winter, I feel everything is beautiflul and mild. Because when temperature is cold, the sunshine will make me warm. The most important reason is that I don't need to bear sunburn and sweat. On the other hand, in winter, I expect Christmas and new year. Although Christmas is not Asian holiday, we also exchange gift and get togegher with family or friends. In spite of the weather is cold, family and friends make me happy and warm. Moreover, I think hugging girlfriend in winter is most blissful.

Journal #10

My junior high school teacher has influenced me. At that time, he was so young, so he always wore polo shirt and jean. His style made him just as our friend but teacher. Everyday, he had passion for studying and playing. In the class, he was strict to supervise our studying and taught us what is correct and discorrect. He always held his hands and grabed a stick behind his back to look around our studying. When he was taughting, his face was so serious, and his voice was very loud. Therefore, every student affeared of him. Another hand, after class, he often leaded us to play basketball, make BBQ, or have picnic. When he was playing with us, he was not teacher anymore. He was crazy to play with us. However, He always asked me to continue improving my studying strictly. I was often hit by him, just because my grade can't satisfy him. Although I thought that he annoyed me so much, I still respected him. From him, I knew that when I should study, I must focus on my study, and when I play, I will be crazy to enjoy. This is way my junior high school has influenced me so much.

Journal #9

Recently, I start to learn to cook, because I want to save my money. You know~Eating in restaurant is very expensive to me! So, I and my housemate go to supermarket to buy some material. However, I am lazy and a rookie. I just want to make simple and healthy meal. Therefore, I just buy some ham, eggs, and some vegetables to make fired rice and vegatable. Although it's very simple, I am so happy to cook by myself. After this cooking, I am going to learn how to cook more.

Journal #8

At that time, I was at home with my family. When I saw this tragedy news, I couldn't believe my eyes. I tought it was a movie or simulated by computer. How came the terrorists were cruel to kill a lot of people. The passengers on the airplanes and peeple who were workiing in the twin towels didn't make any mistakse, but they suffered serious pain. In the next few days, the news and image were repeated on the TV. Although it was not happened in my country, I felt said with the people who died in this accident and angry with the terrorists. And This tragedy will be remembered by all people who live in the world.

Journal #7

The passing of a person who was important to me is my grandmother. Because when I was a child, my grandmother lived with my family and always took care me. When I was elementary school student, my grandmother took me to school and picked me up to go home everyday. The most impressive memory was that she always asked me that are you hungry or are you tired. At that time, I was botherd by her worrying, but I realized that she really cared about me. Two years ago, she died and left us forever. However, I always remember and miss her.

Journal #6

In my opinion, 30 is proper age to get marry. Because when people are 30, their mental is mature and know what they should do in their future life. On the other hand, man has their career and save enough money to get marry at 30 years old. Sometimes, people get married impulsively, but they don't know each other deeply yet, and it's easy to divorce. People also need time to look for their husband or wife and know each other deeply. Above those reasons, 30 is proper age to get marry.

Journal #5

Since I came to America, the biggest difference is that I must buy every thing and clean my home by myself. When I was in Taiwan, I didn't need to do that. Now, I can know that my mother is hard to keep everything. When I went to supermarket to buy living stuff, I should compare the price and calculate my budget. And every week, I msut clean my living room and bathroom. For me, I never do that in Taiwan, so I think that it is biggest change since I came to United States.

A Narrative (Journal #4)

On August 6, I and my friends went to Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. The weather in Las Vegas was very craze. I was almost melted at that time. And I experienced my first gambling. Of couse, I lost money, but I really had fun in casino. There were many luxury hotels in Los Vegas. Unfortunately we didn't have enough money to live in Bellagio or Wynn. We just can afford the cheapest one. After Las Vegas, We went to Grand Canyon. On the way of Vegas to Grand Canyon, the rode was very difficult to drive and there was a lot of grit. So my driving speed was just about 10 miles. At that time, I thought my car will be broken. However, when we arrived Grand Canyon, it was worthy. The view of Grand Canyon was gorgeous. When I stood on the sky walk, I can see the bottom of cliff. Although this trip was very tired and expensive, I really enjoyed and had fun.

Journal Entry #3

This holidays, I help my friend to move to LA. Moving make me to feel bothersome. When we move to a new place, we must pack luggage and buy a lot of things. I don't like moving. By the way, LA is dirty and crowded. Every time, when I went to LA, there were a lot of traffic. I think living in Fullerton is better then in LA. This monday, I want to see the baseball game. Of course, Angels won the game. Because Angels took a lead so much, I felt bored. But fortunately, firework is gorgeous and I had fun.

Journal Entry #2

"we don't like writing diaries because we don't think our life is important enough." I feel my life is normal and don't have special thing to write diaries. When I was a university student, I tried to write diaries. But I could not continue. I think that I had a lot of things can be wrote down like trip or emotion at that time. Actually, I think I can remember all things, but I can't. When time goes by, our memories are gradually vague. Laze is major reason to make us don't like writing diaries. Sometimes, I regret that why didn't I write diaries. Maybe I will change my habit and write diaries to remember my life.