Journal #27 Many thanks in Thanksgiving

First at all, I guess that we don’t need to write the journal during the big holiday. However, I am so wrong…. Too sad.

Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday in US to give thanks to God at the conclusion of the harvest season. In the end of this year, I would like to give my thanks for my parents, my friends, and myself.

My parents, who support me with their entire heart and love, provide the budget for me pursuing further education. They always are my IRON backup for all the decisions I made. Thank you for giving me so many things not only the money but also the big big love!

My friends, sure, they have been here with me all the time. We laugh, cry, and share the most emotional feelings together. Thank you for bring my life joyful and happiness.

Myself. I worked so hard this year. I did, saw and felt so many things in this year. Thank myself for tasting the sweet and bitter in this year.

Journal #25 Research Paper…

We choose “Coptic” language for our research paper. Our group found out 3 books in the library and each person took one for research. The research paper is very difficult for me because I do not have any linguistic background. I have no idea how to start this research so I google “Coptic language” and find a very good website. This website contained much information about Coptic language such as history and definition. I also go to the wikipedia looking for some information. I am happy because there are many useful recourses, but I still need to read all and try to organize the information.

Journal #24 Scary Story

When I was young, the most popular games was playing “pen spiritual”. The “pen spiritual” or “money spiritual” game is just like the “OUIJA Board” in U.S.. We needed to prepare a paper, which wrote several words such as “Yes”, “No”, or some numbers, a pen or money, and 2 or 3 people. The pen spiritual can tell you the fortune and all most everything you want to know. We played it a lot and in every where, even in the school and had a lot of fun. However, since this spooky thing, I never had this kind of games until now.

One day, my sister and I came back from school in afternoon and we felt very boring, so we decided to play the pen spiritual together. We prepared the pen and paper, and started calling the spiritual to answer our questions. Everything seems quiet and peaceful until my sister asked the spiritual his last name. He circled one of the letters and we felt scared because he must be someone died in front of our house, and his funeral was still running at that day. My sister and I tried to send him back but it was difficult to send him back. We were terrified by the spiritual a lot. Finally, we send him back, but we were exhausted and tired. After this case, we never played such kind of games.

Journal #21 Manage Your Time

Most of the students think that there is never enough time in the day and they are busy in multiple tasks such as study new knowledge, building the relationship with friends/professor, and earning tuition from part time job. There are too many things need to do in the college. However, you only have the tiny time to accomplish all the tasks. If you know how to use your time effectively, your college life will be colorful. But if you do not know, then your college life will probably be black-and-white. You can write down your own schedule, prioritize the lists and try to say “No” in some situation in order to deal with the pressed time.

First, using calendar with plenty of space to record assignments, lists and appointment would help you organizing what your should do and when you should do. You can see all the to-do things in the calendar in order to effectively manage your time. For example, you can check your calendar at the beginning of the week, and you can know which task you should do first. If you find out that there is a party in Saturday, you can reorganize your task in the week and try to finish your homework before the happy day.

Second, prioritize your list and tasks. Take the “big-picture” approach. Look over all you need to complete and decide what’s most important. Which assignment is due first? Which is the most difficult? Which cost the most time to finish? For example, if you have 3 journals, one boring reading, and one proposal due to this week, you will need to decide which one is the most important and calculate how much time you need, then decide which one will go first.

Third, say “NO” in some situations. Sometimes we take on too much. Whether it’s extra courses, job responsibilities, or extracurricular activities, consider how important each is to you before agreeing.

All for all, effectively managing your time is difficult but important skill for college students. For me, the best ways to manage time are these 3 tips. If you can apply all these tips in the daily life, you will make a successful college life.

Journal #20 Speaking more than one language is a great advantage

Most of students go aboard pursuing higher education not only earn the approval or credits but to learn another language. The world today becomes flat according to the technology development such as internet and advanced transportation. How to improve your own ability in order to follow the trend? Speaking more than one language is a great advantage to improving our ability and view the brand new world. Also, people can find the better job; learn more things in different language from variety resources and the most important broaden our horizon and open up our mind to receive the new impact.

First at all, when you speak more than one language, you definitely can find the better job. Most of the top businesses need to connect to the different country such as their manufactories in Indonesia, India, or Mainland China. To expend their fingers they need the people who have ability to communicate with others. If you can speak more than one language, you get more opportunities to get into the companies. In addition, you might get the better payment than other people because of your unique ability.

Second, you can learn more different things from other resources. If you understand another language, you can get to see and to know more things than the people who only know one language. How can you learn the newest knowledge when the numerous books, magazines, and journals are printed in the language you don’t understand? On the other hand, if you love to play the games, most of the games are only available in their original language such as English or Japanese. How can you understand the instructions if you don’t understand those language?

Third and the most important, you will have open-minded and broader horizon than others. Because of the internet and convenient transportation, the worlds become flat. Everyone can easily connect to outside their country also people will receive more information outside their country. If you can understand their language, you have the better chance to understand their life and value. Since you become more flexible and comfortable listening and receiving other’s point of view, you will become more open-minded in different aspects.

In short, speaking more than one language is a great advantage for people. You can find the better job, know more things and have the open-minded. In nowadays, the world becomes a global village, all the people should learn second or third language in order to connect to the new changing world.

Journal #19 Halloween Party

My favorite costume must be Sally, the rag doll. She is the one of the characteristic in Nightmare before Christmas and very lovely (for me). Also, she is a little creepy because of the sutures in her face and every where. However, because of the tiny budget, I will choose the prisoner costume. The first reason is the price, and the second reason is I don’t need too much make up also it is easy to move. Sometimes when I wear the skirt, I will feel very uncomfortable because I can’t have the big move and need to aware every second.

Journal #18 Expose??

First, I did not understand what I should write. Is that about my shifting emotion? Or is that about anything? I am so confused.

Why am I confused? It is because of the unclear title or my poor understanding of English? I think it might be the second one. Sometimes I got confused about others and in that time, the misunderstood happened. We came from different countries, had different background and culture. Some cultures prefer do things straightforward, some prefer do things ambiguous, and some prefer do not say anything. What is the type for me? I don’t know because it depends on different situation. Sometimes I prefer straightforward, sometimes I prefer ambiguous, and rarely I don’t say anything. Why? It’s depends. OK, I think that I am way out of the topic. Finally, I got confused in this journal.