Sweet Love

I’ve read an article about this story, true story:
At the National University, Vietnam, that day during break time, a group of students stood in a corridor of the biggest building looking down the school yard. They were surprised because of a big heart shape made by a thousand of red roses in the center of a school yard. Inside the big heart was a sentence written by roses:” TR, I love you!” There, a young man stood beside that heart. The crowded discussed, whispered, and wondered who that man was and who the roses were for. Some students realized the man was a brilliant student in their class. Suddenly a lovely girl stepped out of the crowd and walked forward to the school yard. She came up to the man. He took her hand and held her tight. The crowd was excited. They laughed out loud and clapped. When the couple was asked, they said they were best friends, and gradually they’re in love. The man said he appreciated what she had done for him, so he wanted to show his love to her in a special way. Of course the girl was thrilled, and she smiled happily. They said they didn’t plan to marry. They want to study until they earn their college diplomas, and they’ll help and encourage each other in any situations. What’s a sweet love! I hope they’ll happy forever.

My Badness

Today is Thursday. I got up late this morning, so I didn’t have breakfast. After dressing up, I went to the bus stop at 8:30 am. I stood there waiting for the bus for about 15 minutes. Because of the cold weather, I shivered. I found no more seats on the bus. It was so crowded! I stood near the back door all the way from my house to school. It was 9:10 when I got to school. That meant I was late for my speaking class which started at 9am. I didn’t want to be late, I felt guilty about that. I promised I’ll never be late again. After the speaking class, I went to the grammar class. The grammar teacher is a gentle lady. She reviewed the Present Tense and Past Tense. Because she went slowly through the lessions, I felt sleepy. I didn’t concentrate because my stomach was upset. I was hungry! I almost slept in that class. So bad! I didn’t focus on studying at all. I know that’s not good, and I’ll never improve my English if I didn’t study seriously. I’m really angry myself. My future’s in my hand and I won’t have it if I don’t work for it. So I have decided to study harder and catch all the opportunities to build my future.

Boorin.

Among the cartoons I’ve seen, I love “Boorin” best. “Boorin” is an anime, Japanese cartoon. The film is about a middle school girl named Lin. She was outgoing, friendly, and good-hearted. One day, she saw a small pig lying in the middle of the street when she was on her way to school. She thought it was injured, so she picked it up. It was not a normal pig. It came from another planet. In order to receive it throne, it would choose one Earth’s girl and persuade her to become a pig knight. Lin was chosen because of her good personality. It gave her a magic mirror. Whenever people need help, the mirror would alert. The chosen person would hold the mirror up and read an incantation to transform to a pig knight with a special power, like superman, to rescue people. Each time she’d done a good thing, she would receive one pearl. After collecting 108 pearls, she would have one of her dreams comes true, and she would finish her duty, and the small pig would pass its test to become a king of his planet. At first, Lin didn’t accept its offer because she thought transforming to a pig was so ugly. On the other hand, she realized that too many people needed help, and she really wanted to save them. At last, she agreed to become a pig knight. From that time, she had 2 lives. One was a great hero, and one was a normal and lazy student. I like this film because it’s funny, and its message is don’t be afraid of difficulties and don’t hesitate to give a hand to whoever needs help.

My Grandma's Garden.

My grandma has a beautiful small garden. The garden is in the front of the house. She puts several flower pots there. At the right hand side there are five pots of roses. She has different kind of roses. One pot is red roses with small buds; one is also red, but the flowers are bigger; and the three ones left are roses with a light orange color. They’re all odorous. Besides those pots are some herb pots. These herbs are short and lushly green. My grandma uses them to treat some small injuries like bruises, pains, and bleeding. At the left hand side, there are pomegranate, jasmine, and dahlia. Pomegranate is the tallest and the oldest tree in the garden. It rarely blooms, but its flowers are beautiful. Jasmine has flowers all the time. Its flowers are white and odorous. I like jasmine best. My grandma loves flowers. Everyday she goes out the garden to see and water them. She goes around the pots to examine the roots and the earth. She fertilizes the earth and exterminates insects frequently. Under my grandma’s hands, the flowers grow more and more beautiful. They bring fresh air and comfortable feelings to our house. That’s why I love my grandma’s garden.

My Apartment.

My apartment is not big. It’s has 1 living room, 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, and 2 bedrooms. It has 2 doors, a front door and a back door. Near the front door is the space to put shoes. After that space is the living room. It’s medium size. At the right corner, we put a small set of a sofa. In the opposite wall, there are a TV, a VCR, and a DVD player. On the left side of the TV is where my computer stands. Not so far from my computer is the door to the kitchen. There are a sink, a gas stove, a refrigerator and cabinets. On top of the cabinets is a microwave oven. In the middle of the kitchen is a table. This is a place where my family has dinner every night. Opposite the kitchen, there are 2 bedrooms. The big bedroom is for my parents, and the smaller one is for my sister and me. In each bedroom we put a bed and a pile of blankets to keep us warm. The bathroom is near the back door. It’s not big, but it’s clean. We clean up our apartment every week. The back door leads to a small garden and a garage. This is a four- unit apartment, so we have 3 family neighbors. They’re Mexicans, and they’re very kind. We get along pretty well. This apartment is our new home, and we’ll love it as our home in Vietnam.

A Spider's Web.

A web of a spider is very complicated. How can it build the web? A spider’s body makes a liquid called silk. The spider spins its web from liquid silk. The silk is liquid when it comes out of the spider’s body. Slowly the air dries the liquid. Then the liquid silk becomes a strong thread. The spider’s body makes two main kinds of silk. One kind of silk is sticky, and the other is not. The spider makes the first part of the web of non-sticky silk. Then it adds the strands of sticky silk. It’s take the spider a long time to build a complete web. Insects then will get caught on the sticky silk. The sticky silk holds the insects tight so that they can not escape. The spider has a special claw on each foot. It uses these claws to walk on the threads. The spider doesn’t get caught in its web. The web is not only its home, but also its trap to catch its food. The thread of spider’s web is one of the best thread in the world. It is durable, and it’s hard to be cut.

My Busiest Day

Saturday is my busiest day of the week. I wake up at 6am and prepare to go to work. I work in Chinatown in a Vietnamese- Chinese restaurant. The restaurant opens from 7am to 6pm. They serve Chinese and Vietnamese food, noodle soup, French coffee, and Vietnamese sandwiches. My job is to greet the customers and to serve food. Because there aren’t enough workers, I play in 2 roles. My main role is making sandwiches. There are different kinds of sandwiches: beef, pork, chicken, ham… If there is no one ordering sandwiches, I’ll be a bus girl put away dishes and clean tables. The restaurant is busy, so I get a lot of work. Usually I’m done at 4pm. I go home after I have cleaned up and prepared the stuff for the sandwiches for the next day. My legs feel tired because I stand the whole day. But I’m happy because for the first time, I make money on my own. Also, it’s good to work part time. I can get a work experience while I’m studying. This will be a good preparation for my future career.