On My Way to Taipei

Going to Taiwan is not an easy thing for me. After month efforts, there is still no hope for my trip. When I was going to give up, the good news came to me. Lucky me!

I don’t know why, when I was on board on the airport, my heart was quite clam. I was supposed to be excited.

I set off from Beijing. First, I fly from Beijing to Hong Kong. Then I transport in Hong Kong airport to Taiwan.

The service on the plane is great and considerable. When I arrived at Taipei airport, three nice ladies from the local tourist group had already being there.

The hotel we checked in is very luxury and beautiful. I like the style of its decorations.

Tomorrow I will start my trip in Taiwan. Good night!

Random Thoughts

Two decades ago, following God’s will, I was given birth to the world. I was delivered to a family where happiness runs down like water, a place which was regard as the Garden of Eden. It qualified me a unique personality differs from all the others in the sea of infinity.

Twenty years seems to be a long journey, especially for a small creature that has his growth seconds by seconds. Fortunately, the mighty God sent me guardian angles to help me form my own character by the aging process. As God’s will, as my parents’ wish, with the scars scratched by time I have learned how to be a man, brave but careful, confident but modest, gentle but determined, do what we are able to compromise but always let some of my decisions be based on instincts. And be the person that I determined to be having others’ words in consideration but never let them cripple my own thoughts.

Twenty years later, I, as an independent girl shouldering my own future, left the cozy harbor where I have ever got my shelter from rains and storms stepping into college where I spent four years. Some one has ever said college is a fore-society.

As it says, I was trained to face the world as a mature woman. I was trained to face the cruelty of the actual world. I was trained to desert all the qualities that belong to the younger who still have their faith in their Garden of Eden, still do believe the ideal societies in their true hearts. 

Have I already finished the transition? Certainly not! That is not what I am going to pursue. That is not what I destined to fulfill. That is not a girl who strongly believe her own extraordinary capacity would do. Fate needs days and years to carve, but that does not mean you can not be who you are.

Little Shoes, Strong Heart

The Children Day just has been celebrated. It was the festival for children all around the world. Yesterday I watched a film named The Children Of Heaven. This is the first film of Iran which had been nominated for best foreign-language film at Oscars. The children of heaven really moved me.

This is a story about poor people. Ali and Zahra are children from a very poor family. One day, Ali, the elder brother, lost his sister’s only one pair of shoes. When he was out of shopping for his sick mother and repaired the shoes for the sister, he lost them accidentally. Ali couldn’t find the shoes by all means, so he begged his sister not to tell their parents. the two cute and poor children know that their parents can’t afford a pair of new shoes.

Then during the following days, the little sister wears Ali’s shoes to school. After she is off school, she returns his brother’s shoes and then Ali goes to school. Therefore, Ali has to run to school with a fast speed from being late. Then one day, he notices that the third prize of a running race is a pair of new sport shoes. Ali decides to participate in that race to win a pair of shoes for his sister……

This film makes me understand that poverty is not horrible. Hope and happiness will come finally, if we keep the positive attitude toward life. Ali’s childhood may be unfortunate. Life gives poverty to him. However, life also gives him the courage to fight against poverty.

Changing

Life always has many things to bring you down. But, what can really bring you down is your attitude. A sentence of a book really impressed and inspired me:” Yesterday is gone, shake off the dust and move on. Don't let the past steal your future. Bring your very best today.”

Everyday I wake up with ambition. I want to make each day of my life count. In fact, most of us are expecting some changes in our life. For example, we are over eating. Some of us are heavy smokers. Some of us need more outdoor exercise. We are doing the jobs we don’t like. We spent too much on shopping and saved too little.

My first change in this week is: go to bed earlier. I usually went to sleep until very late. I spent too much time on internet. Recently, I realized that this is a bad habit which may ruin my health. Therefore, I decide to read something instead of surfing on internet before I go to my bed.

This morning when I wake up, I feel pretty good because I slept tight last night. It is wonderful that every day we make a little bit change in our life.

Enjoy Reading

If you are a man who always feels anxious, then reading can take your stress away. If you are a man who is trapped in loneliness, then reading will be your friend who will make your mind full of happiness. If you are a man who hates life, then reading will enrich your mind.

There are so many books in the world that it is impossible for anyone to read all of them, even if he spends his whole life in reading. So we must choose the right book to read. We can absorb intelligence and wisdom, and we can also be taught lessons from it.

People often say that gold and silver are the most valuable things in the world, but I don’t think so. In my humble opinion, reading is more valuable than anything else.

Books are our teachers, they teach us truth、science、literature and philosophy of life. Besides, reading books can increase our knowledge, enlarge our experience, strengthen our character and even lead us down the road to success.

 

No one can live a meaningful life without hope. Where can we obtain the energy of hope? Yes, you got it! It’s from reading! Reading can not give you the whole ocean, it will give you a drop of clean water; Reading can not give you a heaven, it will give dreams; Reading can not give you a sun, it will give you hopes. With the hopes reading brings, we will have a heart-healthy、active and upward.

The Review on Le Hérisson: Never Too Late To Love (2)

In my last post, I have already given the brief introduction of Le Hérisson. Through the camera of an 11 year old girl, she gave her insightful observations of her parents and neighbors. Like I said before, Le Hérisson means the elegance of hedgehog.

Among all the characters in the film, Renee, a 54 year old resident janitor of the building, impressed me deeply.

She is exactly like a hedgehog that few people pay attention to her. Renee had a very plain and quite life. She didn’t care about her appearance, never be intimate to others.

However, after she closed the door of her room, we see a quiet different world of Renee. She is a very elegant woman who reads lots of books and has insightful opinion on many literatures.

Before she meet that Japanese man who newly moved in, no one knows her secrets. She refuses and afraid to expose her inner world to others. She is afraid to fall in love with that Japanese man. In the end, when she finally convinced herself to be ready for a new life with that man she loves, a car accident took her life a way.

The end of this film is quite tragedy. In the end of the film, Renee died peacefully. And there is a sentence below: never too late to love.

The Review on Le Hérisson: Never Too Late To Love (1)

To most people, hedgehog is not an ideal pet as it doesn’t like cat or dog which can please their owner. In fact, hedgehog is a strange but ultimately beautiful creature. 

Yesterday, I watched a film named Le hérisson. It is written by Muriel Barbery. Le hérisson means the elegance of the hedgehog.

The story happens in an upper class building. Through the camera of an 11 year old girl, she gave her insightful observations of her parents and neighbors. This movie is like a philosophy of life which inspired me a lot, especially about the attitude of love.

Among all the characters in the novel, Renee, a 54 year old resident janitor of the building, impressed me deeply.