Work enables us to make a living and achieve self-fulfillment. However, if we work we work without taking a break, we will feel miserable, and even get sick. Human are not like machines, we need some kind of outlet to release our feelings. We should live a balance life. First, we must work hard and try to do our best at work. Then, we should have recreation. For example, dancing, playing games, and chatting with family are good ways to help us relax. After break, we can return to work and full of energy. In my opinion, I think when it’s time to work, we go to work, but when it’s time to relax, we go to relax.

I had a discussion of superstition last Friday in my conversation class. I made a big mistake. Making everyone laughed. There is a superstition in Taiwan. A woman who is pregnant can’t touch and use sharp things, such as scissors, knife, and fork. They believe those sharp things may hurt some part of baby’s body when he or she in mother’s body. Here comes my mistake. I said fork was forbidden to use, but I said pork was forbidden to use instead. Everyone confused that why a mother could not eat pork when she was pregnant. Before I said this superstition, I had already reminded myself not to say pork, but fork. I still forgot. When I realized that I made a mistake, it was too late. Everyone laughed loudly, but I felt really embarrassed.

The development of industry has brought prosperity to Taiwan, but has also caused some serious pollution problems. For example, the air pollution, water pollution, and noise pollution. The government and the public should be responsible for solving these problems. How we control the pollution? First, encouraging people to use unleaded gas to reduce the vehicle exhaust. Second, to concern with the water pollution, we have to use the waste of chemicals more carefully. Third, for the noise pollution, we must prevent drivers from honking at the midnight or turn on their music loudly. But, only by strict laws can prevent people from producing pollutions. It is really important to control the pollution.

No one is perfect in this world. I am no exception. Working hard is one of my qualities. I will achieve my goal if I do everything with my might. Therefore, I not work hard on my schoolwork, but also work hard on my job. However, I have faults, too. Sometimes I feel shy when I work, so I forget to have a smile on my face. Maybe some people will think that I am serious and not easy to get along with. In fact, I just don’t know how to express myself. Therefore, it’s important to identify a person’s qualities and shortcomings. Then, I can learn to be more friendly, but not shyness.

Everyone has his or her own habits. Good habits make us healthy and popular. For example, if we have good habit to brush teeth after a meal, we can avoid tooth decay. And if we have the good habit to say ”Please”, “Thank you”, and ”Sorry”, we won’t get in trouble. On the contrary, if we have bad habits, such as lying, stealing, or rudeness. Some people may think us as an impolite person. The worst is that we may become the trouble in our society. Therefore, we have to form good habits, but get rid of bad habits. Then, our society will be more harmonious.

My neighbor almost drive me crazy because some ridiculous behaviors. For example, he likes to park his car between my home and his home. Every time when my father wants to drive his car out of the garage, his car always obstructs us to go out. Although we have told him not to park his car so closely to my home, he still presents that he is mindless. I don’t know why he likes to do this stupid action. But he has already annoyed my family. If he does this action again, I will call the police to solve the problem.

As I mentioned that my grandmother has cancer at her right breast, but she has already had the surgery to get rid of the bad tumor. Sadly, she is getting weaker and weaker after the surgery. And she also has diabetes. It makes her wound not easy to recover. Her situation is not good. The doctor told us she had to have chemotherapy. For me, it is a bad news. I worry about her because she is too old and I am afraid of her body can’t stand the chemotherapy. It will make her get weaker than before. In order to recover quickly, I hope she keeps the therapy, but not to give up.

I had a quarrel with my parents today. They wanted me to keep studying to the graduate school, but my opinion was that I didn’t want to keep studying. Although they say that they have enough money to support me, but I want to make money first after I graduate from university. The reason why I want to earn money is that I don’t have any working experiences. I want to get the job and to get the experiences. No matter how much money I earn, having the working experience is important. I hope my parents respect my decision. If I wanted to keep studying, I would use my own money, but not theirs.

I have some problems with my mother recently. She doesn’t want me to live by myself. When I mention that I want to move out, we always have the quarrel. She thinks that I have to live with her because I am her only one daughter. I know that she worries about me if I live alone, but I am an adult. I have to be independent now. I don’t want to rely on my family, especially my father. He is getting older and older. I hope that I graduate from university quickly. Therefore, I can earn money to support them.

Catrina was a hurricane which caused all New Orleans in flood. People who died in this disaster were over 1000. At least 1 million people had evacuated from this area. A mayor of New Orleans had declared that this city could not live at least 3 to 4 month because the poison chemical, gasoline, the excrement from human beings, and the dead body would cause the disease. There were still 100 thousand people stocked at there. However, the public security was broken and people had started to raise the price of gasoline. It was really horrible. All the contribution from all over the world and the Red Cross also had taken part in to help the citizens through this natural disaster.

I stayed up last night, so I got up late today. When I rode through the underground passage on my way to school, there was an elder stopped at middle of the passage to pick up her stuff. But, no one noticed that she was there. Then, an accident happened. A motorcycle in front of me hit the elder’s motorcycle first. I didn’t know she had already hit the elder’s motorcycle; therefore, I kept riding on my regular speed. But, it was too late for me to notice that it was an accident there. Suddenly, I could not control my brake and hit their motorcycles. Another motorcycle behind me hit mine, too. This accident caused at least four motorcycles hit together. Actually, it is really dangerous when picking up stuffs at a non-stop underground passage because everyone won’t stop.

Christmas is coming. Initially, I didn’t like to celebrate Christmas because my family did not celebrate this day. But, my friend, Jocelyne, invites me to join her Christmas party this year. She told me how fun their Christmas party last year. For example, she told me they had a piece of paper with a number in each balloon. Everyone had to tie many balloons on their feet. When the party began, they had to step on the balloons to get the number to change the gift. She told me that her feet were swollen because everyone stepped on her feet strongly. I know it is fun, but a little crazy. I guess I will join them, but I don’t want my feet to get hurt.

Google and Yahoo are the famous websites in the world. There are many similarities and differences between Google and Yahoo.

First, I am going to introduce their similarities. They both have search engines that provide people can search the information they need immediately. Their E-mail services both have large space for you to store your data. The blog service also can put your articles or photos that you like on it, such as you can write your diary every day without on paper or put some funny on it, for its storage space is enough for you and the guest have to be invited by you so that they can browse you blog. Therefore, you do not have to worry that strangers will disturb you.

Second, I am going to analyze the difference between Google and Yahoo. Yahoo has dictionary service and auction service, but Google dose not have these. Both these two service in Yahoo, I think these services make us more convenient. The dictionary service let us know the word that we do not know and show us how to use it. The auction service makes us convenient, too. For instance, we do not have to go shopping in a hot day, but just click the merchandise that we want, then, the seller will delivery goods for you. Yahoo has music service and instant messenger, too, although Google has Google Talk like the instant messenger, but there are still some differences. Take the instant for example, Yahoo has its won instant messenger software and now MSN messenger cooperate with Yahoo so that it can communicate a person immediately, but Google Talk is not, it is in the mail service. We have to log in Google mail and the person must also have to log in Google mail so that they can communicate with each other. It is really inconvenient.

To sum up, Google and Yahoo are convenient searching engine for people to use, but still have some differences between them.

About two weeks ago, I went to the church in Tainan near the Tainan city hall. It was a cold day. I arrived about 9:30,but there had been so many people waiting outside, going to worship. When I entered in, I felt very peaceful. Everyone had a gentle on his or her face. I thought it will be interesting to join their ceremony.

I really enjoyed in singing the songs although I never sing it before, I like the music and lyrics. I felt sing the songs that gave me the energy. I think I can never forget that day, for it is really special and unique. Then, the minister began his speaking. First, he lead us to read John 3:3-8. Then, he told us that everyone has to regeneration because by the ablutions to death, it can take away dirty. That means you get rid of the dirty, then, accept the new thing. He also told us believe what the God says, therefore, God will give you the glory.

Although I am not a Christian, but I know something about Christianity. Because when I was in junior high and senior high school, I had to go church to worship and listen to the minister to discourse on every Monday. It reminds me a lot of memories when I was at school.

It is cold these days. Some elders and patients must feel uncomfortable because the temperature dropped abruptly. For example, the person who have heart problems and apoplexy. My grandfather has myocardial infarction. He felt his chest was tight and hard to breathe when the weather changed. I always worried about him because he lived with my grandmother, but no younger ones lived with them. If they fell ill suddenly, but no one noticed them. We will miss the first aid time. What my family have to do now is to take care of them more carefully, especially to give a phone call or stay with them to ensure that they have no problems.

The traffic in Taiwan is really messy. A car almost hit me when I on the way to my home because he or she did not stop at yellow light. He or she kept driving without knowing I was at another side. It was rush hour at that time and I knew everybody wanted to go home immediately. But, as a driver, they have to watch out the situation around them, not just have their own ways when driving. In Taiwan, the yellow light is going to remind drivers to stop before the red light, but they like to speed up their car when light is yellow. It will cause the car accident. I hope everyone attends to follow traffic rules.

I read news about the stomach of cancer today. According to the statistics, the people in Taiwan prefer to eat salting food and strongly taste food. They have more possibility to suffer the stomach of cancer than the people who eat lightly. Therefore, suffering this cancer is related to what we eat, the inheritance, and the environment we live. The researchers suggest us that we have to eat the fresh vegetables, dairy products, and ingest vitamins, such as A, C, E. In my opinion, changing the bad eating habits, but eating lightly. And having a regular exercise is the best crosscut to keep away the diseases.

My grandmother told me that she has a tumor in her right breast. Suddenly, I felt sad and hugged her in my arms. I can’t believe it because she’s a healthy person. In order to sure that tumor is benignancy or not, she went to Chimei Hospital and National Ceng Kung University Hospital to have an accuracy check last week. Sadly, that is a malignance tumor. She will have a surgery next week. What I have to do now is to accompany with her or do something for her. I hope she will be fine after the surgery. It reminds me that I have to pay more attention on my health. To have a healthy body is much more important than anything.

Drug abused is a serious problem in Taiwan. Some gangs or bad guys use drugs to control people. They even provide them for free drugs. After they are addicted to it, they spend more money to buy drugs. Recently, the news showed a lot of people who are arrested because they use drugs. This causes social problems and leads our society in chaos. For example, when they run out of money to buy drugs. They may crazy to rub banks or kidnap rich persons to ask how much money they want. In my opinion, we should reject to use drugs because it is harmful to our health. I know it is hard to quit, but use drugs to anesthetize is wrong.

Friend and I cooked lunch today. We both like to eat spaghetti, so we cooked it for our lunch. I cooked bacons and onions first. Then, She cooked spaghetti to get ready for use. After few minutes, I poured out the tomato sauce into the pot to mix with bacon and onions. It smelled good. Actually, the steps what we did was right and there was no mistake. Then, I finally added some water into the pot because the sauce was too sticky. Otherwise, it would be too salty. But, after what we did, I guessed we were wrong because the sauce was too runny. After entering water, the sauce flavor was too light. The food looked delicious, but it was unpalatable. We would like to eat in restaurants instead of cooking by ourselves.

The person who annoys me the most is my mother. She likes to cook salty food, which my father likes to eat. The worst food she cooks is the rice blends with oil, soybean sauce, and some dried seafood. I don’t like this kind of food very much. It is too salty and fatty. It’s not good for health. Therefore, my stomach has some problems. She always forces me to eat more, but my stomach can’t bear. I wish my mother could cook lightly, but not just cook what my father wants to eat. She has to take care what I want to eat.

I work in a private cram school. I am a teaching assistant there. I have two jobs there. One is to check students’ homework on Tuesday. Another is to teach children how to study English on Saturday. I like this job because it is interesting. The children are naïve, intelligence, and diligent. They are easy to teach. Therefore, I don’t have to worry about that they are too naughty or too noisy in class. I like them very much. I love this working environment although the pay is not very high. Maybe I will keep stay at there until I graduate from university.

My personality is pessimistic, however, my friend Jocelyne is an optimistic person. When I feel stressful or sad, such as I fail in the exam, having some arguments with my parents, and friendship problems, etc. I always chat with her or ask her out to eat delicious food. She is a kind girl. I like to ask her for some advice or search the best ways together to solve my problems. She sometimes gives me some tips and wants me to think about it for a while. She often tells me that I can do it better next time. She’s nice person. I admire her very much.

A month ago, my cousin's grandfather suffered from the blood cancer- leukemia. Initially, he didn't find him suffer the cancer. He just felt dizzy and feeble. Until one day, he was faint and sent to the hospital immediately. He was diagnosed as leukemia. Although the doctor gave him treatment to prevent from being caught bacteria. But, it was still no use. He passed away after two weeks. When I heard that bad news, I felt sad. It reminds that I have to pay more attention on my health. I always stay up to study or surf the Internet. Therefore, to have a healthy body is much more important than anything. I think I should have regular lifestyle.

I engaged in a tutor teaching in my department. The department offered me a student from another department to teach. He studied hard in the beginning. But recently, he became lazy and even didn’t go to my class. Today, he didn’t call me that he would not come to class again. I stayed in the class waited for him at least twenty minutes. I was really angry because he did not respect me. Therefore, I quitted the tutor teaching immediately. It was too terrible. I don’t want to do this job. It wastes my time. Even a part-time job is better than tutor teaching.

I have stomach cramps and diarrhea these days. In the beginning, I thought that I just ate too much and too quickly. I didn’t care about my stomach too much. Eating the meal as usual. But my stomach kept getting worse and worse. I felt uncomfortable and disgusting. The food that I ate was spewed again. I couldn’t bear it. Then, I went to see the doctor. The doctor said that what I ate was too fatty, so it caused me feel illness. He suggested that I have to eat lightly and go bed early. Therefore, I could keep away from the stomach problems.

I was busy yesterday because I played with children at Halloween party in the morning. At that time, I was so hungry and wanted to sleep. All I wanted to do was to go home to eat lunch and take a nap. I was so tired and thirsty. I drank water quickly and gulped down my lunch, but I ignored the warning that my body gave me. After a while, I was going to spew. I felt so sick; therefore, what I had eaten was spewed. It was really terrible. I promised that I will never do such a stupid things again.

Recently, I gained weight 3 kilograms because I was sleep and eat a lot. When I got home, I just sit on the sofa and watched TV. I didn’t notice that I had gained weight.I was panic until I wore my jeans and found it was a little tight. First of all, I quit eating rice and snack at night, which caused me to gain weight. Second, I planned to exercise when I was free. It was hard to lose weight in the beginning, but there is no crosscut to lose my weight. Finally, I successfully solved my problem.

Everybody knows that exercising is good for health. Most doctors suggest that everyone should exercise as much as possible. I like to play badminton. It not only can keep my shape but also can strengthen my heart. When exercising, I sweat a lot and help the circulation of my body. After exercising, I feel more relaxed and energetic. I think exercise often will be more health and happy. If I don’t exercise, I will be tired and weak. Therefore, I force myself to do exercise at least twice a week.For health, I would mind that exercise is really important.

The city I like most in Taiwan is Taipei. I always go to Taipei during the spring vacation with my friends. Although traffic in Taipei is terrible, I still can go anywhere by MRT. The place where I like to visit is Danshuei. The reasons why I like there are that I have friends live there and Danshui has its famous view and food. At Danshui, I can enjoy the view of Fisherman's Wharf, but also can eat delicious foods at there such as A-Gei, Fish ball soup, Iron-hard Preserved Egg and so on. I love Taipei and I wish I could visit Taipei next spring vacation.

Newspaper has become an important role in modern times. It contains interesting topics such as politics, life style, sports, literatures and so on. I read newspaper everyday when I go to bed. I prefer read newspaper instead of watching news on television because I can choose what topic to read or when to start reading. My favorite page in newspaper is the entertainment page. I like to read the news about my favorite superstars. Sometimes I discuss news with my friends that we read from newspaper. I think newspaper is a medium, which provide the latest news and information for me.

I like music, especially pop music. It plays an important role in my free time. When I listen to the pop music, I feel relaxed and out of pressure. The singer that I like most is Christina Aguilera. She is an American famous singer. When she sings soft rock, which is a kind of pop music, my mood goes with the lyrics because the lyrics touch me deeply. Her voice is really unique and impressed me a lot. I enjoy listening to pop music with my best friends. My friends and I like to share good music.

In these modern times, many people live a very busy life. We need to do some recreational activities to relieve pressure. My favorite recreational activity is to play on the computer. I always chat with my friends and play computer games on the Internet. I feel myself in a good mood and forget troubles when I turn on the computer. In addition, I think that the computer world is worth studying. I can also receive the latest information from the Internet. I even have my own website. To sum up, what I like to do is to play computer in my free time. I think it is a good recreational activity.

The last thing I want to do is going to see a doctor. It is always an unpleasant experience when I go to see a doctor, especially a dentist. I went to see a dentist last week because one of my teeth had a cavity. In the beginning, when I stepped into the clinic, I was really scared. I had never had the teeth problem, such as a cavity. When it was my turn, I was too nervous to open my mouth, but I endured a pain until the treatment was completed. Finally, the dentist taught me how to brush my teeth correctly. I followed his method every day.

There will be a typhoon and hit Taiwan on Friday. However, it is a bad news for me because I am going to have a job on Saturday in the morning. If it still affects Taiwan, I think my weekend will be taken away. But I had gone to school last Saturday. I do not want my holiday to be taken away again. Actually, I do not like typhoon very much. It always makes everywhere messy. For example, the wind is so strong that the rubbishes and signboards are hit on the road or street. If I ride on the road, maybe those things will hit me. It is really dangerous.

I will have an oral interpretation classes tomorrow. The teacher asked us to recite an article everyday. Therefore, I have to spend 10 minutes to recite the article when I am free. Actually, I do not like her, for all the articles she asks us to recite are about economy, medical, and biology etc. Sometimes I do not know the meaning of the word and how to pronounce it. Then, I stopped at that word while I was reciting. I believe that practice makes perfect because no one is innate to be a speaker. So I think this class is really challenging.

I believe that studying alone is better than studying in a group.
First, studying alone give me more freedom to study. I can study whenever I want so that I do not need to worry about feeling under pressure with study partners. Second, studying alone is fewer disturbances than in a studying group. It is easy to chat with friends in a studying group.Therefore, I think that studying alone can be concentrated and efficient instead of a study group. In short, studying alone can prevent me from being disturbed and help me more concentrate on my own study.

Toaday I see a movie which is called The Pursuit of Happyness. I feel so touch on this movie. The father with a kid and they have some trouble in fianacial difficulties. They do not have enough money to pay for the rent, so they have to live in a shelter where for the caird. Finally,the father passes the test and gets the job from the company. As we face the crisis, we have to solve it. I think we have to face the problems when we in distress.

I was a little tired today, for I chatted with my friend on msn last night.We chatted a lot, such as our homework, future,and how to keep in good mood everyday. Sometimes, I think that why I am a human. Being a human is too busy.However, I have to considerate about everything when I grow up gradually. Can I be a tree if I can choose my life again? I think being a tree is much better than to be a human. If I am a tree, I can always stand at the spot and do not have to worry about what will happen, just stay at there.

Sick

I was sick last week because I had a fever and my throat was swallen. I even could not talk at least 4 days, for my throat had pus. The doctor gave me the injection, telling me that do not go anywhere and taking a rest at home. For me, I was like in the hell last week. It was really awful.