Journal 4

This week is spring break. I went out with my friends who are my best friends since junior high. We seldom met each other since college, so we all expected for the coming of that day very much. We went to an expensive restaurant for lunch. The food was good and atmosphere was also nice. We chatted about our lately life, and played some games. We really had fun there. After lunch, one of my friends who just got back from London drove us to her house. In her house, we saw our photos together, talking about our other friends and we shared a lot of our precious memories. Though everyone laughed out loud, we all miss the good old time, and felt a little sad about our separateness.

Time flies, we sat on the floor talking about our dreams is just like yesterday. Now, we are all in different places, fulfill different dreams. We used to spend most of our time together, but now it is so hard for us to get together. Now, we all have our new lifestyle, we all got new friends. Everything seems to be so different than before. But one thing will never change. The promise we made the day we graduated: we will always be friends.

Again, comes to the separateness. We said good bye at my friend’s house, and keep on our own new life. We got together this spring break, expecting the next meet. Used to spending all our time together, till now, we see others almost twice a year. I believe that when we grow older, it would be even harder for us to get together. No matter how far they are to me, as long as I know they care about me, I would gain a lot of courage.

Journal 3

I was really sporty this weekend. Sunday morning, good weather for sports. I played volleyball, basketball and badminton on the very day. It was really interesting to play those sports. However, I suffered a lot for it. After a whole day of sports, my legs hurt a lot. I can't even walk normally now. But I really think it is worthy. I think that when I was really concentrated on the sport that I was doing, I would forget anything that had been bothering me. When I was playing the sports, I really enjoy it. I can felt the sunshine, the wind, even my sweat. I laugh from my bottom of my heart. I was surprised that how happy I was when I was playing the sports.

I had been too busy to enjoy this little happiness. When I was a child, I could feel so happy merely because I went to a park for the swing. However, as I grew up, I could not feel satisfied that easy. I tend to ignore the happiness I could get from my daily life. I try to seek something is far and vague. Today, I suddenly found out that happiness were always there. I recognized that happy or not depends on how we see things. I might feel exhausted and tired for playing all those sports, but I could also choose to be happy for my achievement. After a sporty Sunday, I found the girl who can feel happy due to a song she likes. I found the girl who can feel the simple happiness of life. I found myself back today, and I hope I would not get lost again. From now on, I am going to cherish all I can get from my everyday life. I will try to live fully of my life. Be a girl that is thankful and easy to feel satisfied.

Journal 2

Yesterday was my mother and my father' birthday. It was really special that their birthdays were on the same day. That was because my mom’s birthday was the same day as my father’s birthday by lunar calendar. It was really a meaningful day, so my families went to a fancy restaurant to have dinner together to celebrate their birthdays. I really like that restaurant because the steak there is delicious, and I also love the dessert a lot. Above all, the atmosphere there is really appropriate to celebrate birthday. We often celebrate birthday in that restaurant because the servers will come over and sing a birthday song for us, and after that, they will take a picture for us, and give us the photo before we left. That day was almost as usual, except we invited our cousin. Surprisingly, my cousin is a regular customer and is a friend of the restaurant manager so the manager gave us aperitif for free. That was really a joyful thing to have that savory drink for free. Another delightful thing is we took a lot of gifts for spending a certain amount of money. I think the whole dinner was really fun and the most important thing was that my parents felt very happy.

p.s. I happened to know that the restaurant would have a branch store in Chiayi. I will go there someday to see if I can find the same happiness there. I also hope that everyone can find some joy in this restaurant.




This is my favorite!

Journal 1

Today my friend and I went to see a performance in the school performing hall. It was a music performance. We didn't plan to see this show at first. We happened to see the poster outside the performing hall. The poster was quite attractive. So, we went inside the hall. However, when we were there, we were already late. But we were touched as soon as we saw the performance.“聲光火舞”is a performance present by music with some special visual aid.

Most of the performers are from Taiwan, but there are some foreigners who also appreciate the music and the culture from Taiwan. I think it was really special that the foreigners were performing the things from east. They could also understand the beauty of the eastern culture. They not only sang but also used guitar, drum, and some other instruments from different country to perform the music from different culture. I think that was really cool. They combine the elements from both east and west, and perform something new and creative.

The show really impressed me. I enjoyed the music and the light effect a lot, but what really touched me is the spirit that the lead singer wanted to show us. That is the spirit to show the beauty of our country (culture) to the world. The performers all think that to show our culture to others is a kind of duty. Especially the lead singer, a girl from Taiwan, she is really proud of her own country. They toured around the world, and brought the shows from Taiwan to the world. When I heard the lead singer sang, I could tell that she really love this place.