Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Self-reflection

Jiarui Xie
Self-reflection
I have come to US for about 9 months, the hardest problem I encountered in my study and living was language. English as my second language, however I need to use it when I am thinking and reasoning. Of cause in writing, I say “have to” because I really hate writing and writing in English is always a thing make me dying faster. When I begin to face doing this, I was feeling hopeless. Since, everything you want to say and everything you want to write about come out firstly in your mind is Chinese. Then you try to translate your Chinese into English, so sometimes you really feel what you intend to say does not make sense to the listener, meanwhile when you try to translate in your mind first you must consider which word is suitable for this situation. Even you know number of words when you need them, it seems that nothing comes out just some simple word, you will feel disappointed and then you give up. After that, you should consider which paten is probable to use in this sentence.
Apparently, you can see in my posting, I was easy to forget paying attention to your tense. At least I always forget that. That is my difficulty in writing an essay. What I want to do is to practice more read more and listen more. (Just all about my feeling about writing in English)
Furthermore, What I learned in writing an essay, basically, you must make your opinion clearly, you don not have to use many outstanding words some even you do not usually use them in any situation. I am a Chinese I usually confuse about word choice because I don not know among a lot of words with same meaning which one is common use in American way. When a big word come out in your essay may make a big joke. You should make sure you have you are using words correctly. If you do not know, what the word mean or how to use it, you had better not use it. You sentences must look tidy and not present any obstacle to readers. However, one thing I should suggest that avoid using the same word repeatedly, I was doing poor in this aspect. Try to think of a different word that can be substituted. I often have the feeling why I write the same word in the same paragraph several times. However, sometimes I have no idea. just let it be there. Word choice will kill me someday, I suppose.
The thesis of the essay must be a guide or a leader to the essay, each individual paragraph of your essay should be focus on single idea of your thesis. Sentences should not be choppy, and they should not run on beyond a single idea. It is better to have a topic sentence of each paragraph that announces the theme of the paragraph. The reader can easily aware that, what you are going to say and in which aspect you are sticking to and developing.
You are not just expounding your idea; you must have evidence to support your idea. Using examples and quotations in your essay is a clearly and sensible way to make it. It will present to your readers that you are logical and you are certainly sure what your want to say. It is important doing this in your essay writing. In other word, make every effort possible to be clear about each point in the essay.
The first paragraph and the title are generally very important to an assay. In the real world readers make up their mind buy glancing at your title and first paragraph, some will even regardless your first paragraph.
Do not be cheesy with your conclusion and make sure you choose a significant and clearly way to end up your essay. Make it goes like your development. Do not make it too complicated to understand.
After you finishing your essay, revising and check is also quite essential.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Chengdu City





Chengdu City
“Chengdu is a city once your have been there, you will not leave anymore.” This is the claim that the video makes at both the beginning and the end of the video. How would you feel if a city promo make a propagandistic claim like this one does? No body will notice that but just walk away without staying over when look at this promo on the television. At least you would want to wait and figure out where it is talking about. The first step is definitely successful drawing audiences’ attention.

The argument this promo made was competitive. It was competitive as no one used this striking claim to advertise a city as he does. He is the director of this promo he is an internationally acclaimed director in China, and he is authoritative in Chinese film industry. He is
Zhang Yimou. He is one of my favorite directors for many reasons. Not only because his movie was always beautifully shot, well direct and sensitively done, but also he often deal with different issues. As the most famous and successful director in China, he is talent at grab the argument of an issue. In addition, he is a forceful storyteller; also, he is one of the most prolific, versatile and significant of these Fifth Generation directors. His signature as a filmmaker is a storytelling mode dominated by visual display. “Chengdu is a traditional and modern harmony and unity of the city. Chengdu shooting for the film image is very meaningful thing. "Zhang Yimou praised this beautiful Chengdu. The city makes him immediately felt burning passion upheavals, which stimulated his creative passion. He readily responded when asking why he accepted the film invitation.

The visual display is what I am going to convey this video. The director used a story to connect the completely short movie, using both narration and pathos. Sure enough Zhang Yimou film with a storyline and shooting techniques to image interpretation Chengdu promo. The story begins with a grandson want to accomplish his grandma’s dream taking pictures of Chengdu for her since she is too old to travel so far away. She wanted to see what her hometown looks like now. Author used narration through the entire context making a video more admiring and acceptable. Using the emotional appeals in the city promo makes you feel friendly. It was not a commercial for a product. However, it is a filial affection so that makes more engaged in the film.


What appeals you the most in the film? When the grandson bring you back to the place where his grandma used to live and play. The Wuhou Temple (located on the outskirts of
Chengdu City, was built in the sixth century to commemorate Zhuge Liang (Kongming), known for his great wisdom. He was the Premier of the Shu, one of the "Three Kingdoms" in of 221-263A.D. and he was given the title "Wu Hou" (Premier). It was rebuilt on the same location by Emperor Kangxi in the early Ch'ing Dynasty (1616 ~ 1911A.D.), The Thatched Cottage of Du Fu (located at the side of the Flower Washing Brook in the western suburbs of Chengdu. The cottage is the former residence of the famous Tang Dynasty poet, Du Fu. In the year 759 A.D., at the age of 47, compelled by poverty and social upheaval, he moved from Gansu to the outskirts of Chengdu and built a thatched hut. During his stay of nearly four years, he composed more than 240 poems reflecting upon the misery of the people. The original residence disappeared long ago. It was renovated in the Ming and Qing dynasties and enlarged to its present scale in an expansive park, including a bamboo garden, several pavilions, and a number of bridges.) Dujiangyan is famed throughout the land, three loops, Qintai Road, Chun-xi Road 1945 fashion flair, These unique multi-cultural and multi-color are integrate into this tinny film. However, a five minutes film manifest that Chengdu is both a historic traditional and modern city. Many places of historic interests presented its long-standing history. Many high tech constructions demonstrated that Chengdu is also a modern city. Focus on the city once you have been here, you will not leaving anymore.

Comparison-contrast is used in the film. The ton of the film at the beginning is very clam and peace is background music is light even using traditional song as he thought of his grandma might have many dreams in here when she was young. Everything looks peace harmony and beautiful. The adorable kid flying the kite, and Tan embroidering the handkerchief…… The passion of the Chengdu used the harder music as a background and the traditional drum beat from the “Chuan Opera” The mood alternate between active and peaceful are through out the entire film. The comparison makes Chengdu more fascinating by its ever-changing pattern. Furthermore, you will not leave once you have been to Chengdu.

Director unnoticeably categorized this film into three part including: the pathos made from the basic story and the culture aspects revealed in the story and the quality of the group of nation. The culture the food culture and living culture. Every aspect you can imagine in a city life can be found in this tinny film.

Five minutes on her right Chengdu miss the "small films." Zhang Yimou's film is a 75-film box from the clips only.These 75 boxes of transparencies, for a total time of 12 hours, the film is far more than "Hero."(one of his works). From the works, he has done to complete the promo we can see how dedicated he dedicated in this “small film”.
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Work Cited: Writer: Jack Quian Ph.D. Publisher: Published 2006 AuthorHouse

Walk Away

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Free Writing


Eating
I will die of starving those days. One meal a day was a normal thing in this week. Lazy and picky might kill myself. I am very particular about my food. No matter hoe hungry, I am if the food is so bad I will not eat them anyway. Sometimes I feel I was starving but I still cannot eat anything I dislike instead. Since I came to United States, the biggest issue for me is to get used to the food culture. We do ear burger and pizza as our dinner, we eat rice every meal. I do not like to eat things that have not been cooked. I cannot stand everything with cheese and ketchup. This kind of food I can only eat once a week, I guess, more than once I will not feel very well.

I am from south part of China - Sichuan. Our area is famous for hot and spicy food. We eat spicy food everyday. The “hot pot” is famous all over the world. We eat “hot pot” no matter winter or summer. Every one knows that Chinese eat together and use chopstick. I enjoy many people in one table and sharing food. If I want to eat Chinese food in here, actually, it is not very hard to find. No matter what the taste of food cannot be the same. No other way to so I just get use to eat in this place. I can eat a lot when I was eating in the Chinese restaurant.

Eating is most important part of our life, so ear what you like to eat and learn to eat what is new. If you have chance to eat food all over the world, it must be very cool thing to try.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Free Writing


Shopping
I am a crazy shopping fan, I love shopping very much. I am crazy about beautiful clothes. I do not know if it is a kind of illness. Since I saw my favorite clothes, I did not buy it right away. When I went back home I would feel somewhat stressed. Therefore, I would rather buy them if I do not want to feel that way. I am crazy about shopping reveals on my shopping attitude, sometimes I know I should not have buy so much clothes, because I have already had so many clothes. Nevertheless, when I went to malls or shops I just could not help myself purchasing clothes. Sometimes I feel it was so bad. I do not want to squander money in that way, I should not waste too many money on clothing. I am writing about this because I
went shopping again today. I thought I was so addictive to fancy clothes that I must think of quitting. I promised myself today I would not go shopping before I going back home. I could not afford myself doing this. Gosh! Do not take me to any shopping area and do not tell me that some shop is on sale. I promised that I must obey it. Please, watch over me my friends! Hope I am not eating my word.
Girls like dressing beautifully, of cause it is a good thing. We have born to have rights to make us look beautiful and lovely. That normal and should be recommended but we cannot do it overly beyond the margin. I guess I have been realizing it for a long time. However, I just could not stop myself going to beautiful clothes.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Free writing


Free writing
I will go back to my home(Chengdu) in four weeks. I am really anxious to say my family and friends. As the day nearby the more times, I think about my family the more I miss them. I have not seen them almost one year. I miss my mother father and sister.

The dishes my mother cooks and the games I used to playing with my sister. Things become more precious when you loss them. You always ignores you mother when she urged you repeatedly to do something. You even imagine if one day without their chattering life will to more wonderful. One day you do have to live on your own, you will find out without their help, life seems to be more out of control and irritating. At that time all the chattering just like a key to your life make you more clearly to do what you should do and what you should not do.

Every time my little sister break into my room and disturbing me when I was doing my on business. I really need to focus on the thing I was doing. I was getting very mad and shouting at her:” Do not touch my staff, leave me along.” Sometimes, she asked me to play games with her. I was just try to temporize her and run away. When there is nobody trouble you like that you will think how cute and how sweet she is. Her lovely smile and her sweet voice when her hello you through the phone.

I love them because they are my everything, they are the most important and precious people in the world. They are my whole world.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Monday, April 9, 2007

extra credit


This is my first time to go to a reading meeting like that, also the first to take the extra credit. It was April 2 a windy day. Lu and I went together we waited about one hour but we did not see anyone. We thought it was canceled any reason, however we did not receive any notice about that. I did not want to give up, anyway, We decided we stay unless we got some further information.
Soon we see someone in our class she said the place changed to 4200.We get there soon, fortunately, the meeting has not begun. We grabbed a chair and were sited.
I looked around found not so many people attend, actually, it was not a big meeting. The Denver Mint Reading Series is presented by Copper Nickel, CU-Denver Live!, and the UCDHSC Writing Center, with support from the UCDHSC Department of English as a means of circulating to the local, regional, and national community American literature's new coins. This is the brief of this reading series.
I do not know what I was going to do at the beginning. Should I take notes? Should I make a recording? I took out of my notebook supposed to write something on it.
Someone did a introduction, as the meeting has began. I switched my attention to it. When someone said let’s welcome Joshua to give us a introduction about the writer. I thought it was you .I searched the whole room wondering you have came yet. However, it was other Joshua. He gave the brief introduction to the first author who would read to us later. Her name is Danielle Dutton. She teaches fiction writing at Naropa University in Boulder. She is the author of Attempts at a Life, which was released last moth from Tarpaulin Sky Press, and a novel, SPRAWL, forthcoming from Clear Cut Press. Her writing has appeared (or will soon) in journals such as Fence, The Brooklyn Rail, 3rd bed, Octopus, and NOON, and she is currently the Associate Editor of the Denver Quarterly.
She was wearing a black frame glass and black sweater. When she talked, you would never believe she is a writer. I thought a wrier should be very patient, well organized and clearly. In reverse, she was reading so fast. I could not catch up her. In addition, she was checking her watch now and then. I did not know why she was hurry about. I just give her some suggestion if she gives reading to audience like that she should be patient and read with her heart.
The second writer is
Stephanie Young. She was better than Danielle Dutton. And what he wrote I think was very interesting.

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Why are you buying your food from a tobacco company?


Why are you buying your food from a tobacco company? This is the headline of this ad, using this kind of headline to your ad will easily draw the attention of customs attention, the first strategy of composing this ad is success. The headline cause you attention then you cannot help yourself to take you sight off the ad. You want to find out what happened in this ad what it will say to convince you to buying their products. So you involved.
The second strategy is giving the
commentary of the point he implied. The most effective strategy he utilized in this ad is the commentary he implied at the side if the ad. At the beginning, he did the clarification that the products pictured are all owned buy their company a tobacco company. I think his purpose is for you to remember their products, but the most important reason is to inform people who knows and do not buy products from their company. I hold this point because if you do not know, you will not care about the food is produced by which company you just buy the food from you preference. Therefore, I think this ad is appealing a group of people that know and boycott the tobacco anyway even the products from the tobacco company. We all know cigarette has no positive effect on our health. Many people want to get rid of it from our life. They will try their best to get rid of it in every way.
The ad tries to interpret that you buy their product is not to cause more cancer you just withdraw the money you spend in cigarettes and spend them in the food so that reduce the causes of the cancer.

Smells good


Smells good
The most attractive product of Calvin Klein to me is fragrance. I happened to see a commercial of C&K perfume in the TV. I was involved in the commercial. It make me has impulse to get one. You can tell from Calvin Klein’s most ads no matter fragrance, jeans or underwear. It utilized sex appeal in the ads as a convention. A typical characteristic imply the other simple of Calvin Klein.

I choose a picture from one series of C&K fragrance-
Eternity. This advertisement is for perfume it is about scent. Once I read a book about the scent of the body. It said that originally, everyone has its own scent and everyone has a distinctive scent. Like unnoticeable attraction signal, the specific scent pulls one and another together. Therefore, man and woman find their love due to the special attraction from scent. Those attraction cause affections and works like sex appeal. I believe fragrance has the same but stronger effect on both affections and sex appeal. The ad utilized with sex appeal effectively as I said and as we all know. One of the most important reasons for people wear perfume is to be more attractive. From the ad, we it will make the audience think if I wear the same perfume as the ad, I will be more appealing. Therefore, through the sex appeal the ad effectively conveyed what the specialty of the product. When you see the ad, you would persuade yourself having the same attraction as the model do in the ad.

Monday, April 2, 2007

#3

The formation elements of this image are very simple and easy to discriminate. The image is composed by a kid and the walk behind him with the painting of evil. I analyze this image individually. The real character of this image is a kid and you can see him running anyway. He seems scared by something or he is trying to run away from someone. I guess maybe he is playing games with his friends and they are chasing with each other.
The painted wall is behind the kid, his is running trough it right away. Who painted the wall it looks like some commercial or some naught guy painted it for fun.
Either of them are doing this on purpose, but when these two different element meet together happen a incredible effect. It is perfect and dramatic.
The color of this image is black and white. I talked a lot above. The size of both character are proper. I like the way the author convey this image and the language he interpreting his idea. He just find a balance point of all these element and combine them smoothly. The focal point is obvious and readable. However, it is hard to catch the genuine idea of the image what he is really try to tell us. In spite of this, if the reader really engaged in the things the author shows to us. It does not matter what you think it is but matters you whether you get something or not.

#2

The author is a self-taught photographer. We can look into his images you can realize his works not limited in the traditional photography. He composed his images by using both painting and photography. He utilizes these resources appropriate and appreciable. Audience would always feel like go to a gallery. All the works are there both entertaining and thoughtful even more than your expectation, because he breaks the traditional idea of both painting and photography. If you take either element of them away, it will never be anything. In addition, you will hardly have the opinion that he is doing this on purpose. You can easily believed that they were all coincidence and the author took them by accident.One thing I did mentioned in last post is the color of his images. Although all of them are black and white, you will never think it is out of style or hard to understand. You will easily get a conclusion, the season why he made these images colorblind is the story he want to tell through the images is better conveyed in only black and white. For instance the image I select is about a devil is chasing a kid. In everyone’s imagination devil only show up at night with no soul and real body. He is just a shadow. When he show up you that means you will fall on evil days. When devil comes all the things are involved in dark and black even in the daytime.

#1


I choose a picture from Brazil photographer named Alexandre Orion. I like his style of the picture. This one is my most recommendation. It is like a old black and white photo. Most of his works is this kind of style.

The photo seems like a ghost is chasing this littler boy. He is trying to run away, finally, he loss and caught by the devil. It seems like the devil is forcing this boy taken some kind of poison so that he can control his soul let him work for him. It strikes me because his perspective of taking this picture. From his work, we almost see a realistic devil in front of us.

This key of the picture is that the devil is not real just a raw wall painting. In addition, the kid run pass it, exactly as if the devil is chasing him. At that time, the photographer caught that moment. The perfect combination of the new style of photography makes picture much more vividly and attractive.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Self-reflection














Self-reflection
I get up late in the morning, actually it already beyond the noon. I found I am too late to do anything recently even cook for myself. I am so freaking hungry. “Should I eat out or cook for myself?” I asked myself. I know nothing about cooking, the cooking things is killing me when I come here. I hate it not because it is complicated, but also because I am sick of oil smoke. I cannot stand smoke is filled everywhere in my room and you can even smell it in you clothes. Anyway I must do it on my own, and I have to lean how to cook or I will die of starve.

You may always point one’s nose said easily you should add more salt or less pepper that will be great. When you do it yourself, it is a completely different story. You do not when the good timing to add the ingredients is and how much you should add. Everyone knows Chinese dishes are much more complex and hard to handle. You do not know how long it will take to ready. When stir-fry in Chinese way the oil is most important, however, when oil meets water it will cause a dramatic effect. No one would not afraid of been burned. I even ran away afterwards you could imagine how awful it was. I realized life could be that tuff when you start to run around it by yourself. A little difference can make a big change

I have to overcome all the difficulties and I have to start my social life. It was distinctive from high school life. Not everyone was nice to you. In addition, you have to distinguish this of people into two groups who can be you real friends however others are just some pass-by. If not, you will hurt yourself some way. I never thought that I would have hard time due to my friend. No one could help you apart from yourself only. Even if you did nothing to someone else, it is not equivalent to someone else will not do some bad to you. I really puzzled about getting along with people. There make me crazy and I do want to deal with things like that.

I study abroad by myself far away from my family and friends, so I have to be strong and learn how to live on my own. Everything seems complicated to me, I must do everything that I have never imagined before when I was in China. I used to be dependent on my family for my entire life: there is nothing I should worry about except study well which is different from the America and some European countries that students are suggested to have to some jobs outside the campus. Therefore, the only staff is to study harder and harder. The only way out is to entrance a famous college and with this you are supposed to have a good job in the future.

Life seems to be more and more complicated than it used to be, and sometimes I cannot handle on my own anymore, and then feel desperate. Therefore, I need to find a place to be alone and clear up the messy thoughts in my mind. I have to release a little bit otherwise I would have some psychological problems.

Recently I realized that I am easy to cry even there is nothing happened to me. I do not think it is a mature behavior that I cry for no reason - it is just the feel: lonely and stressed. What makes me cautious is that I must pay attention to my emotional part; I want to do something about it, but I cannot, including my only task - study or even hang out with friends. I do not feel like do something, but leave myself alone in the room.

I have no idea what is the matter with me, so I guess I have been lost and I could not find the way out. Nobody understands me including myself. I am trying to adjust myself maybe that is maturation. I am in the vary time of growing up.

Thing I have been through only belong to the past, so I do not want to recall anything really hurt me before anymore that may drag me down. At this moment, I am trying to be positive and optimistic. And I did so ,it seems works I guess!

Sunday, March 4, 2007

Reflection


Reflection
I found that after half year without working out, I have gained a lot of weight. I have been too lazy to do any sports. Yesterday, I went to Dave & Buster’s, and I found the dancing game was so interesting soon that I could not give up playing after I went back home. Therefore, I continued play the similar game,
Dance Dance Revolution, with my friends on Play Station 2 with a dancing pad. I realized that it is a new way to do the exercise. I really recommend people who want to lose weight but have been too lazy to do the exercise. You will be fond of this game but also lose weight without notices, thus you do not have to work out in the gyms everyday. All you need is playing this game, and every part of you body will burn the extra fat. Playing this game is not only for exercise, but also for partying with friends and family. As the result, everyone would have fun in it. Do not hesitate, so let us have dancing competition,

This is a great way to exercise and worship at the same time. There are many levels to choose from, so it works for almost everyone. The 10-year-old girl does better than adults; the 8-year-old girl gets frustrated very quickly but finally moves up to medium levels; even Uncles and Grandpas have tried it out! It is too hard for the 3-year-old, but it is great exercise and eye-foot coordination activity, and you must love that you can trust the music! It has been a huge motivator for you to lose what you need to, so you can play it for a while. Even the adults enjoy it and get workout, thus it is fun for the whole family!

Monday, February 26, 2007

post #8


This is a singer in China, I have listened her album recently. Actually, she is not very famous now. Maybe most of Chinese still do not who is she, and what kind of music she produced. I listened her music a lot recently. I have to say she is the few singers with higher education nowadays, since the music factory has become more and more appearance, I have not been so existed about singer for a long time, most music today are somewhat commercial. Her music is different and I must say she is music is most pure music I have not noticed for a long time. I love music and I listen all kind of music. I realized that Chinese modern music are developing so fast that some producer and musicians can not follow its step. She is not the follower of the popular music. The unique style she has made her music special and impression.

I love her not only because of her music but also because of his personality. I have followed some of her news and the shows she has attend. Judging from some of hers conversation between the reporters I can tell that his really a music producer and great singer. Hers ambitions of her music career is really impressed me. A beautiful girl lives happily in her music world, her name is-Zhang Xuan!

post #7

We live in the modern world now, innovational things and creative things are happening everyday everywhere around us. You are easily to unaware of what has happened to this world, what has been created or what kind of design are mostly been praised. Sometimes people, especially girls think that beautiful clothes presented that we are stand on the most fashion stage of the world, actually in many other different stages different designer contributes the great efforts to every part of our life.

This particular blog doing good in introducing all the new invention and ideas of our life, especially in electronic field. Honestly, I am not very familiar with those kinds of things, I am not a big fan of those new inventions, but at least I find what I am not caring about in this blog. The blog owner must pay much attention to what happened in this specific field. He gives us all the hottest things in the world. He also gives us many new ideas of our daily life and some ideas of DIY, for instance:
how to add a laptop keyboard LED ,and something like that. He always gives us most creative ideas in the easy way help people out from some smell but bothering issue from our everyday life. I believed that this is most practical information we receive from his blog, we pick up what we need and learn what we do not know before.

He also let us engaged in the hottest events. The author use the pictures and videos to help he interprets the things and objects he is trying to show us, in addition , also follows some links and proper descriptions and definitions of that particular new invention or event. He is trying to utilize all the part of the online tools work well on his blog. He composes those things besides using these pictures and interoperations, after every post he use several tags and comments section to collect the ideas from other reader’s point of view.

The difference between his and mine blog is the gathering of information, there is mount of information from every possible way and he is updating his information almost everyday, besides that he compose his blog using all the tools to make his blog more sufficient and interesting. And his posts always very technical and professional. This must be very specialty, and this blog owner always does the great job of what is being doing.
My blog looks somewhat boring and make no use of any tools, No any appealing conventions and utilizing so simple. You can hardly find any use in handy information in my blog. I am just use this blog as a piece of paper to write all I have to write.

Monday, February 19, 2007

SHE





I have not really sat down in a long time and observed people and their living style. I
guess I have been to busy trying to run my life. It is not a good thing. I found it was difficult to observe people in details.
Today seems like a sunny day,everyone seems to be they are smiling to me. I smile back to everybody too。I feel good without any reason. I got a strong feel about what I am going to write about. We always too busy to notice what happened around us, so today I am goanna write about others everyday life. I am taking this chance to think about my own life too.
Walking in the avenue of the school, with curious eyes hung on my face. Found a suitable place to be sated with a cup of coffee in my hand. The heavy backpack lying on the floor heading its “head” maybe it was not a good day for him.
It was not a rush hour for class, so there were few people there and everyone took their time to wherever they want to go. People bring their pone with them everywhere. In addition, everyone did. Hence, we could not imagine the life without pones.
With the louder voice, a girl came in to my sight. She was arguing with someone in the phone. I can tell from her face like a bomb almost exploding. She is very little with a glass in her face. If I never meet she before I never thought that she could be so powerful and I do think she will have that strong feeling about anything, I guess she is like the one who always sat in the corner of the class or and never answer any questions. She must be very quite at least to strangers.” Why did you lie to me?I never even think about that one second you are a liar. I really believed in you!’’ She shouted at the phone with the tear running in her eyes, I guess she cannot see anything with her tearing eyes. Holding back the tears taking the deep breathe she get better for about two second without saying a word. With no mood and sense of regretting“ I will never say that again, we are not friends any more and do not call me any way I do want your late excuse. No matter what happened you should not have done this to me. I think you are the very one know me better than anyone else in the world. Now I find I am wrong not only because what you did to but also I am sick of this I cannot get over this I need time to recover. No alternatives to me .” Hang off the phone with the tear pouring like a waterfall. It was not at all, what I have expected I thought it would be like common argument between two friends or lovers.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives。
I sat there thinking what I have seen just now. It is true that it hurts to love someone not be loved in return. I stare at the floor, doing nothing, I heard the footstep is approaching me, but I did not look around. There is some conscious atmosphere around me. I cannot figure out why I feel so unsettled. Suddenly someone knocking my head, I turned back. Then I freeze, I can not believe my eyes, yes it is she. The real one, the one I missed badly. She is the one who as my friend, but our love deeper than any other sisters are.
Wearing a red skirt with a black jacket, I do not think there is the second person in the world can suit red that much. She always wears red clothes never changed. Chinese believed red is most lucky and happy color. She said red make me feel alive and passion. That is why she is so crazy about red. Cured hear looks good on her, maybe she is very content with her new hairstyle. With hand holding on her hair and shinning smile:”surprise ~~!!” she is trying to make me aware her new hairstyle, since she is plan to make it for a long time. She needs my encouragement. Haha ~~ Girls always pay much attention on this. I must say I really shocked about she’s coming,. As we are in the same country but we have no chance to see each other. I missed her a lot, but we did not say a word the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with,never say a word,and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had. We always feel the some way as we experience things together.
“I heard about It” I star our conversation again with no previous words. “En, I am getting better from it ,do not worry about me, I am strong, you know.” Smile again. Yes she is always strong, but people have rights to be weak. I mean that sometimes people need to cry need to complain. Then we back to silence again, I know what she want from me. It is just a word. She is a friend that I will never lose. And we will never be alone because we know there is someone who always know me.
The happiest of people donot necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Like a good friend always by your side.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

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Sunday, February 4, 2007

McDonald's




I was searching a lot in my mind, what I am going to write for my observation essay. It is hard because observe people and things cannot be complete immediately. You must take your time do many preparations before you start. However, I went to ski this Saturday with three American and three Chinese. When we all done with skiing and snowboarding, every body was tired and starve. Jamie suggested that we should have dinner together before we went back to Denver. Nobody would say no at that time, only if we have something to eat. They recommend fast foot apparently because it is fast. We cannot wait anymore, many options however, I choose Mcdonald’s. So I get my observation subject. I was told a story about the foundation of Mcdonald’s by Jamie there, this was my first time heart about this story. She told me like an teacher teach her student she was great person, she has all patience to us and very nice to us ,she is my first friend here. Like an interesting history story, this one has been told one another because Mcdonald’s has created an new style of eating and give more people convenient. It was an distinguish industry of food. They make everybady in the world know this kind of food,they love it, they enjoy it !
There were two McDonalds — Mac and Dick — and they were brothers. In 1948 they owned a restaurant in California. They liked working in the restaurant, but they got tired of the customers ordering so many different things to eat.“If we gave customers a smaller menu, we could make some of the food before they came, and they wouldn’t have to wait so long for their meals,” said one of the brothers. The other brother agreed and said, “And if we made the customers come to the counter, we wouldn’t need any waiters or waitresses. We could also use plastic plates so there wouldn’t be any washing-up.”These were such good ideas that the McDonald brothers used them, and the customers were very pleased. They got their meals very quickly — in less than a minute — and they paid only 15 cents for hamburgers and 10 cents for fries. The first McDonald’s restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on. This meant that people had to take their food away, and that no one had to clean up any tables after them.Then a man called Ray Kroc came to the brothers and asked to buy their business. They agreed to sell it to him for $27 million. After that, people paid Ray Kroc to open their own restaurants using the McDonald’s name and menu. Before long, there were McDonald’s restaurants all over the
United States, and nowadays, they are all over the world — even in China and Russia and Uk. The most successful McDonald’s business is in Hong Kong of China. The Hong Kong McDonald’s sells more hamburgers every day than any other McDonald’s anywhere else in the world.McDonald’s restaurants are so successful because children love going to them. They like the food, and they like the toys and games they can get at McDonald’s
I'm lovin' it ~~


My Home Town

Do look at this video. This is a fun video that introduce my hometown. I know you will definitely feel you do not know what they are singing about; it does not matter, because most of Chinese except Sichuan people can understand the funny music. They were singing in Chengdu dialect. Maybe the translation even cannot let you understand the meaning directly. However, Iwhat I am trying to show you is that, from the normal person’s perspective what there hometown looks like. This is not a video captured by a professional cinematographer, but as a Chengduren I can feel what they want to show us or show everyone else in the world. It is an awesome way to interpret a city in there own language. In addition, it was such a significant way to interpret something, you already know better and deeply loved.
The first impression of this video is two character “成都”(Chengdu). Then you see a statuary of Chairman Mao, he is not only significant to Chengdu also China and our whole nation. Therefore this statuary is one of the symbol of Chengdu, situated in the central of Chengdu.
Rounded by colorful neon light, like a 5th Ave in New York。Chunxi Road is an influential shopping place noted for its worldwide combination. In China the mall will not close early on the weekend, on the contrary it will open later than weekdays.
As you know Chinese has a kind of activity “MaJiang” We played a lot in our spare time, it is significant famous in China especially in Chengdu. You can see people paly this every now and then especially for old people. There is a saying that ”play Majiang everyday can prevent you suffer from the Alzheimer’s disease.” Chengdu is a leisure city famous in China a best place to release yourself.
When you mentioned Chengdu there are four things you could never miss. They are beauty, spicy, panda, face changing and spitting out fire. .
Beauties, In China we said beauties all come from Sichuan. It is not over praise, many girls are very beautiful. if you do not believe what I said you can confirm it by yourself.
We eat spicy food everyday; we cannot survive without spicy food. At the very beginning, we eat hot food to get rid of the humidity. Gradually it becomes a habit. We made the first Hot Pot in the world, we like eat hot pot even in summer time.
Giant panda as China’s national treasure is grow in Chengdu. As a Chengduren I am proud of it. And everyone has chance to see it in the Panda Reserve, you can see how joyful they are and they enjoy better welfare life even than human beings. Lol~~
Face changing is unique skill of Sichun opera. The performer changing him mask in one second. Nobody can figure out how he made it. Therefore, face changing as a most significant cultural heritage was famous all around the world..
I do recommend everyone in the class watch this video too. This is a shot movie about Chengdu direct by famous director Zhang Yimou( the director of Curse of the golden flower).
Everyone loves their hometown, either do I. so, I want everyone know about my hometown also know my Country, I think China developed in everywhere, many people did not know that. So I just make some effort to let them comprehend Chengdu. I have responsibility to do that. Maybe the limitation of my expression can not convey perfect about my home but at least you know what a wonderful place I came from.
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Sunday, January 28, 2007

E 2

This is a weather forecasting website, so the purpose of this website is to give the user the weather report about the area you want. Before I answer who, what, when, where and why questions, we should know first who has the most futures of using this website. We can describe this group of people.
Who will be the one need this website. Students, travelers or people who need to see the weather conditions. For example, I use this site frequently because I find whether here Denver is changeable. The weather sometimes changes a lot within a day, in order not to catch a cold or wear too much. It is necessary to check the weather before I going out, I mentioned a lot in the first post that people who want to travel would really find the trip planning is very important. So they need this much.
What you should know is which aspect of the weather condition you really want. Therefore, you can get what you are looking for quickly and exactly. There is information about air quality, wind, temperature, humidity and pressure. You can get any information about the weather.
Where is where you want to know the weather condition. That can mean the destination of you trip. You can search this place by entering the name or zip code of that area in the searching engine,
Why ?I think most reason for using this site this that we need to know. In some occasion people need to do something because they have to. For example as a student, they need to write some paper, they may need to meet questions about the weather condition in a certain day in the past. So they can make good use of this website. It is an website out only supply the weather forecast today but also you can look into the weather report record to get any day at any time’s weather condition.
Here is an example of Denver in January as the zip code of 80204
Like most of other website it bring us other information like education and astronomy. So this is a widely use website.
I can tell that as websit of weather forceasting this site dis a very good job, we can learn much about the weather and our leaving condition. The air qaulity we should pay much attention to it. Because from the weather changing of the certain peorid time in different year.
People can analysis if we suffered a certain kind of weather effect.
Weather is what we must expiernce everyday ,we should pay attention to it.

look at this

Actually, I spent most of the time on the internet when I am home. You can find everything you need through it, more often I visit is something can entertain me. Recently I realized myself visit the website more than 3 times a day is http://www.engl1020.blogspot.com/.This is the website of the weather forecasting. I found it is useful because the weather here is very different from my hometown, I cannot figure out the weather only by looking at the sky. I need to decide what I am going to wear and if I need to bring a coat in case of snowing. Sometimes I feel frustrated about clothing choice…It changes the convention of my life, so I recommend everyone to check out the weather at this website for you trip and for your friends for your everyday life.
Obviously, as weather the focal point of this website is the weather forecasting. Through the search section, you can get weather condition of any specific place in the world. Then you can see two main sections one is current condition it may update by the time. This section includes all the detail about the weather at that period. Some tools in this section about the place you are searching, such as “local Radar” “Ski Conditions” “trip planner” “personal Weather station” etc.
I found myself love skiing after the third time I went ski. Our ski plan is all based on the “ski conditions” regardless of the weather changing, because we have already considered that. We can have a nice skiing trip though. The “trip planner” can be used as the same function. Make your trip plan
The second main section of this website is there is a 5 days forecast for the specific location. So before you make your decision do check out the weather condition, it may bring you some fresh idea. There are Clicks also shows the details for hourly wind, temperature, humidity and UV forecasts. Click when you needed.
I am not sure if this website is supported by Google. Whatever, you can view the personal weather stations for the area using Google map, which means it enable the user the same functions as Google map. In addition, you can check the weather conditions in the map by click the bubble. This is pretty cool and useful. It impressed me a lot.
Some features such as: Astronomy, Sports Weather, Conditions Nearby, History Almanac, and Blogs in this area. These feature help you to know comprehensively of this website and how it adhere to its focal point and convention,
People can also get more professional weather analysis from this website.
This website helps me a lot; it is part of my daily life,
Here is some thing about the tradition writing and blogging. First, I want to say I am a lazy person, I do not like writing letters. But I spent much time on line, I would rather write on the blog. Secondly, I am studying abroad, apart from my parents and friends. Therefore, I must have a little space to share my life with them. I write my space and put my pictures on it. In order that they can see what my life is like, so do I do. In that way we will feel we are still together. It is quite different from writing on a piece of paper. However, I enjoy this way of communication.