Journal 8: Optimistic Quote

   Winston Churchill, the former Prime Minister of the UK and Nobel Prize in literature, said "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." This quote is used to explain how people perceive the same event and situation. One can not simply interpret one's reality, and should see two sides of one thing, and pose a positive attitude to it. Another example of pessimism and optimism is the question "Is the glass half empty or half full?". This philosophical question indicate that a particular situation could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty). I choose the optimism in many cases in spite of sometimes choice of the pessimism. For instance, it is the optimistm to support me to keep studying English  for so long time. I wish I can pass TOFEL test next time. haha.

Journal 7: Birds of a Feather

It is said that "Birds of a feather flock together". This is just like my friends and me. My intimate friend, Juan. She comes from North of China. We met in the university. After years in the same dormitory, we seem like sisters. We both like badminton. Every Friday after the classes, we will go to the playground or just outside our building, and play badminton. Those were moments full of fun and enjoyment. Every two days, we will go jogging around our dormitory village. We have other same hobbies. We like to watch the romantic TV series and to read books. After reading a book, we discuss together and enjoy the fantastic, comedic, romantic and sad stories. She affect me in my food habit. Before I met her, I rarely ate spicy food, even hate that. I remember I first time go the SiChuan Restaurant, which is famous in spicy dish. I was invited and persuaded by her. With a restless mood, I tasted every dish. Although I feel better about spicy food after the dinner, I still dislike it a little. With having spicy food more and more with her, I gradually love the special and delicious  spicy dishes. She also follow me to taste my hometown dishes and change her life habit.

Journal 6: Dr Dolittle

If human could talk with animals, the world would gain great changes. Can you image that one day when you are walking through the park, a deer say hello to you. When you drop your purse in the ground, a pigeon will remind you. It sounds great. I want to talk with Bela, the dogie. I want to tell her I like her so much and ask her what she can understand me, and what she like to eat best. However, I want to image the scene when the Kingkong can communicate with human. He can get more understanding from human. I hope human can be more friendly to animals, less deforestation and hunt.

Journal 5: Life's Soundtrack

       Just like a movie, our life has a soundtrack. My favorite music for my childhood is famous Chinese song "XiaoCao", which is the first song I learned in my primary school. The song describes the strong life of grass. Every winter, as a result of cold weather, grass disappears from the land. However, without any care, grass itself comes out the earth and regains new life. When I first time I heard it. I cannot really understand the meaning under the earth. I just like its melody. However when I lived alone during a period of high school life, I got the reference. One needs to train himself or herself more durable to difficulties and learn to how to overcome them.

Journal 4: Weather

     Mild change, sunning all the days, seldom raining and little storm is the characteristics of California weather. In summer, it is cool in the morning and evening. I like California even though it is said that California has no weather. One of the main reasons is that I like the mild weather. My hometown is Fujian, southeast of China. Every summer, there are several storms. Sometimes the rain was too flowing that the rain water cover the street, which was accompanied with fallen wood sign. The street is full of mess.I hate the storms. It cost government much money to rebuild the public facilities and keep people at home.