My Best Friend

I had a date with my roommate today. She's now study in Tunghai University. I was once studyed in the same university with her, but I transfered to another school this semester. We've known each other for four years because we were also classmates and roommates in the high school.

Though I'm in the different school, I still keep in touch with her. She's an interesting person who always jokes me in an inoffensive way. I will also joke her, too. She's very tall and thin that I'm a little jealous of her. She once told me that she didn't want be tall at all. I told her I wish I could stole ten centimeters from her.

When we lived in the senior high's dorm, we would study together and encourage each other. We shared our opinion in many things, like music or tv programs. We would share food and drinks, too. Both of us always had some snacks around us. Living in dorm, we had to clean our room and the different area of the public place, like the stairs or the dump. We would do it as a team.

Now I use msn or cell phone to communicate with her. Sometimes we would have date outside in order to know the other's recently life. I think our friendship won't fade with time. It will last forever.



It is an coincidence that one of her junior high's classmate are also my friend. She's also a transfered student from Tunghai University. I have one class with her. Therefore, we are familiar with each other.

Kite Runner

This movie is adapted from a famous novel. It a story about betrayal and atonement.

It happened in 70s in Afghanistan. Amir, a twelve years child who is from rich family, and Hassan, who is a servent's kid, are good friends. They like to share stories and fly a kite together. After the kite-fighting tournament, Amir began to keep Hassan at a distance because he saw Hassan was bullied but he didn't rescue him. Amir incriminated Hassan stolen his watch. So Hassan and his father left Amir's house. Then Afghanistan was invaded by Russian. Amir and his father went to America and lived there for ten years.

Amir got a phone call from an old servent who had watched the house for Amir's family. The old servent asked him to go to Afghanistan because he wanted Amir to rescue the boy of Hassan. Hassan was dead for against Russian. The old servent told Amir that Hassan is his half-brother. So Amir must save the boy because he is his nephew. In the end, Amir brought the boy back to America and lived together.

When I watched the movie, I was thinking about Amir's behavior. He didn't try to help Hassan when other kids bullied him, even severed their friendship. If I am Amir, I wouldn't do that. Maybe a twelve years old kid doesn't know how to deal with such kind of thing. But I think Amir shouldn't pretend that he didn't see it. He could do other things for Hassan just as Hassan always supported him in many things. When Amir went to rescue his nephew, I think he did a good job. He finally got his friendship back. This movie is really wonderful.

Under The Tuscan Sun

Last week, I went to library to watch this movie. I've heard it for a long time and very curious about it. So I was really happy when I saw the DVD was on the shelf of the multimedia center of library. In the film, I was fascinated by the beautiful scene of Tuscan. I wish I would visit this place once.
The movie is talking about a female writer confronted difficulty because of divorce. Her best friend who was planning a trip to Tuscan suggested her to go to Tuscan and had a good time.During the trip, she discovered a house which is in the suburb of Tuscan named Bramasole was on sale. She decided to settle there for her rest of life. She had no experience of living in Italy. But she adapted to it quickly by the help of friends she made there. She experienced a lot interesting events and finally found the feeling of home in Tuscan.
In the movie, I was impressed by the words of one of Italian friends. She scold protagnist for that she always stayed in the pain of past so she couldn't get rid of it. I was thinking about myself. Sometimes I would keep thinking about the bad things or mistakes I made. I would regret for a long time. So these words really give me something to think.

Painting

This is a painting about my junior high school's campus. It is painted by me in the art class. My motif is the pool. I chose it as my motif because it's very beautiful when sunlight shone on it. It seemed like a lot of star are twinkling in the pool. But I didn't like to be near to it for it had become a little stinky like it had never been cleaned for a long time. Therefore, I stood about two or three meters away when I was painting it.
At that time, my school would hold an art exhibition with all the works made by students. My painting was chosen as one of it. I was really happy. Beside the pool, there is a sculpture which is a big hand pose elegantly. Behind the sculpture is a tall tree and the classrooms. There are lots of trees in this campus, and I always feel very comfortable about that.
However, this place had become desolately since I graduated from this school. It's because that this school is in the area which has earthquake frequently.So they move away. I'm glad that I've painted its beautiful scene.

What I Learned from the Dormitory Life(revised)

After graduating from senior high school, I had a wonderful life in the dormitory in my freshman year. It was my first time to live in school, so I was a little nervous. To be honest, I wasn’t very good at doing chores and taking care of myself. So I was worried about what my life would be like in the dorm. At the beginning, I was very frustrated by my clumsy behavior and engaged in the chores all the night. I spent a lot of time getting used to the life. Finally, I found that I not only got used to my dorm life but also enjoyed it very much. Because of living in the dormitory, I learnd some priceless experience from dorm life.
The first thing I learned was how to live independently. I had totally independence in almost everything. However, I had to learn how to do the laundry or prepare my meals. I could use my pocket money with my own will or go to anywhere at any time without asking

my parents' permission. I was really happy that I can be the master of myself. But I gradually realized that independence means I have to take responsibility for myself. If I made an unforgivable mistake or got into troubles, I had to deal with it on my own. Although I could ask my parents to give me some advice to solve the problems, I still couldn’t escape from it. After all, no one can escape all the problems in the world. Being independent really makes me mature.
Besides, I learned how to manage time. Learning time-managing skills has a deep effect on me. I always thought that I was a busy person, but I realized I was totally wrong when I analyzed my schedule. I did have a lot of time, but I didn’t do the right thing at the right time. That’s why I felt busy. Since then, I have made it a rule to write all the things I have to do and decide which one to do first. By keeping this good behavior, I have had plenty of time to do what I’m interested in. For instance, I read more novels and watch more movies than ever. I’m not a bookworm anymore! I know actually how to enjoy my life.
Furthermore, I also knew how to build good relationship with others. Living in the dormitory provided me with many opportunities to get along with my classmates. Therefore, I could know them better and try to make friends with them. I would go to their rooms and chat with them for a long time. Finally, I made several good friends in my freshman year. We did almost everything together-like watching movies, discussing homework or films and so on. Although we had arguments sometimes, we would talk to each other to understand what made us furious. After a few hours, we would forget it and begin to chat with each other. In this process, I learned lots of experience of dealing with my friendship with others─communication is the best way to reconcile conflict.
I’m glad that I lived in the dormitory. Though it brought me some troubles, it also gave me a chance to become mature. Learning how to be independent helps me know how to be responsible to myself. Knowing how to manage time helps me to have more time to do what I like and get along with my family or friends. Trying to have good relationship with others also makes me grown because I know how to handle the problems of relationship properly. To me, living in the dorm isn’t a nightmare but a wonderful experience.