Journal Entry 7 - The Freshman Year in Tsing Hua

When time goes by, I feel something will be different in the campus. I’d like to take down those beautiful memories in the past year, people who are going to leave and the upcoming things.

I joined the tennis club. Most members there major in computer science. Their temperaments are very kind and easy-going. While I was playing tennis, I can hardly remember the bad spirits. The time stayed in the court is always full of happiness. Next academic year, I will be the senior in the club. All I want is to sharpen my skills. Joining a sportive club is the only thing conformed with my anticipation when I was a senior high student.

As for studying, I still cannot find an effective way to study. I’m quite anxious about that but don’t know how to do. What I worried the most is the pouring activities that make me hard to focus on my study. Besides that, instead of seeking for the easy liberal education courses, I was fascinated by some interesting courses. Because I think my life was flavored with those classes I took. Though they are not that important compare with my major, I still make my every effort to those classes. That means I have to spend more time on it, not to mention that I also want to take a program in the future. There’s so many ideas swirl in my mind. I wish I could try my best on everything!

During this academic year, I meet many teachers, seniors and friends. I’m getting more used to this environment. Some of them are going to leave, and I will be the senior in this school. It a pity that I have not yet be familiar with some of those who won’t stay with me. All that I have to do is seize the day and cherish everyone by my side. I wonder why I think of these sensitive things. Maybe there’s too much clues recently to make me aware of the past year.

Journal Entry 6 - Summary : Nonverbal Behavior:Some Intricate and Diverse Dimensions in Intercultural Communication

John Smith returned to New York from a vacation from Puerto Rico. He told his friends he can communicate with people over there but he assumed that the people and the business behavior there are not organized. He took his experience at a department store in San Juan, the capital as an example. The sales man didn't served his customers in order that made John Smith quite angry.

It shows a communication breakdown in this event. Though John Smith can speak Spanish, he doesn't understand and notice the nonverbal cultural cues. He met a polychronic concept of time when he expected a monochronic pattern of communication.

This kind of scene happens anywhere monochronic and polychronic concept of time meet. It's just a different cultural structuring and meaning of time in communication.

Journal Entry 5-ANESSA

I can hardly think of the accurate time when I first know ANESSA. Just so long ago, when you open television, you would see a sun block commercial with a quite beautiful model in bikini. After then, I learned that she is the Japanese model,
Ebihara Yuri (蛯原友理). The slogan of the commercial is that the most excellent product in solar system! When you walk through the EASY Mall, you would see the advertising light-box of ANESSA. These pouring advertisements give me a deep expression with this product.

I love sport very much since I was a senior high student. That is the beginning I started to see sun protection as a serious issue. My skin is very healthy that I seldom be sunburned but it is prone to getting dark when I exposed to sun. I have ever tried some sunscreen products whether cheep or expensive. Most of them are from my friends who played volleyball with me. It is an interesting process that girls talk about the various sunscreen products. After graduating from senior high, one of my roommates traveled to Japan. She brought ANESSA for me. They cost at least NT1700 dollar in Taiwan but less than NT1000 dollar if you bought them in Japan.
I spend the least money to get the newest version of ANESSA. They are mild face sunscreen SPF46 PA+++ and the cleansing.

It’s very useful to avoid suntan. At first, I don’t know how to use it correctly so that my face would be unnatural white. Moreover, I seldom use it because I usually doing exercise at night now and I don’t think it’s necessary to use high SPF product in usual. Recently, I found that there’s a senior also use ANESSA that really make me feel friendly. I asked her how to solve the problem. When I followed her suggestion, my complexion became natural white. Besides excellent sun protection, it could also effectively embellish the complexion. These are the two important reasons why I love it. With ANESSA, I’m ready to embrace the summer!

Journal Entry 4-The Magic Hour

What is magic hour? It’s a specialized term of cinematography, just as the golden hour in photography. It indicates the moment of the sun being so close to the horizon. The dark night is coming but the sunlight hasn’t disappeared yet. The hue of the sky is warmer and the lighting is softer. During the magic hour, the direct light of the sun is less intense and the warm color of the low sun is considered desirable to enhance the colors of the scene. The golden hour is a mild version of alpenglow, described by Galen Rowell, a noted wilderness photographer and climber.

“ If you want to be alive, just take the most famous killer in front of me!”

The affair between the manager of a hotel and the gangster’s mistress was discovered by the gangster. The manager pretends that he is familiar with the well-known killer. The gangster wants to see the famous killer so that he makes the order above. Actually, the manager doesn’t know the killer. For the purpose of patching up the lie told, the manager takes a third-rate actor to disguise himself as the killer. He tells the actor that he is shooting a killer film. The innocent actor doesn’t know the whole scene and incidents are true. It’s hard to imagine what would happen afterwards. However, I’d like to stop the story at a climax to keep you in suspense.

The director wants to tell the audiences of this movie that everyone can decide the way they live and to give the audiences more encouragement. The most beautiful things do not always unshown, they’re just late. To me, the magic hour is the most precious time in a day. If you miss the hours then don’t be depressed. The magic hour always happens day after day. I’d like to say this movie is fun and really cheer me up.

Journal Entry 3-Confusion

Something happened in the Department of FLL these days. You would already know these vital events if you’re a part of this department. I don’t want to inquire into the responsibility or blemishes in the whole process because they are not the priority we should consider. No matter what the conclusion is, we should take part in it. The problems we faces are the MOE review, the lack of mentor, the voted curriculum reform and so forth.

My opinion is that the lack of mentors is the main issue we have to solve. If mentors in FLL are enough and balanced, We could have enough and well elective and required classes, pass the MOE review, and need not to cut any curriculum which is just because of the lack of mentor rather than the necessary adaptation for student’s needs. But where can we find the qualified literary professor who is willing to stay in the department, which is famous for its linguistics? Though this question is go beyond my ability, I strongly suggest that we should reconstruct our reputation, make the department in a clear position, tell other professors the resolves we have to improve our department, have a complete plan to the whole courses, and make it clear that what kind of professor we really want! I wonder why the same department in other department won’t encounter these questions. I wonder we could seek the help from the university if we can’t solve them by ourselves. We must make the school known the difficulties we encounter. To cut the curriculum is the last thing we have to consider. If unfortunately, the curriculum is cut, this decision must not to be a long term decision. We should restore them at once if we find the suitable professor.

In the past, I think myself as an only student. However, I think these issues are quite serious even us should aware of them! After the discussion with some professors and almost a hundred students in last Wednesday, I think I will be more concern about the affairs in this department. If we don’t care these things, who cares?

Journal Entry 2-Slumdog Millionaire(with no bomb inside)

Before the movie, Slumdog Millionaire, released in Taiwan, I’ve heard of lots of discussion and reputation about it. It was these motivations urged me to see the movie.
The leading character, Jamal Malik, who attended a TV program called “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” The questions in the program were difficult even the well-educated people like lawyers and doctors couldn’t answer all questions correctly. However, Jamal did. He has won 10000000 rupees and has made it to the final question, for 20000000 rupees. How could a person who comes from Juhu slums did it? Did he cheat? This suspicion made Jamal were exacted confession by means of torture by police. But he insisted his innocence and told the police thathe learned the answers from the past experience of his life. And the flashbacks started….
After seeing this movie, I regretted to eat snacks in the theater because of some disgusting scenes. The poverty, violence, conflicts between Muslim and Hinduism and so forth are presented in this film. The controversy of the film arose as well as its fame. For me, I just want to see the movie in my own perspective. The series unbelievable events happened in Jamal’s childhood isn’t unfamiliar to me, who learned them from the text books. However, the visual scenes impressed me more than text books despite I haven’t ever gone through in person.
This kind of film which contains lots of unbearable things usually not my style though it did convey something meaningful to us. Why could this movie get favors of the audiences? My opinion is that the situation of the spectators who waited for Jamal’s success in front of the television just like the position of us who anticipate the miracle occurs from financial crisis in the near future.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., devoted his life to helping people who were poor, disadvantaged, and racially oppressed in U.S. He born in January 15,1929 at Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
In 1948, he graduated from Morehouse with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, and he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1951. King then began doctoral studies in systematic theology at Boston University and received his Doctor of Philosophy on June 5, 1955.
He lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott for Rosa Parks, who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to white people.
King won his Nobel Peace Prize in1964 for end racial segregation and racial discrimination.
He delivered a well-known speech, I Have a Dream, in Washing, D.C.
The important affairs he did are Albany movement, Birmingham campaign, organized” Poor People’s Campaign” and so on.

Journal Entry 1

The news"Dark days for Green Energy" is talking about the effect, which caused by credit crisis on green energy. After reading this article, there's something come up into my mind. It is about green energy and environmental protection.
This news talks about wind and solar power. It refers to the plant and installation which are far from me. These seldom exist in my daily life except that you'll see some wind power generators when you pass the coast of Hsin-Ju. I can't invent a widespread machine to make a good use of these renewable resources. All that I can do is to do the so-called 3R--reuse, reduce and recycle. Before I leave my desk, I would remember to turn off the lamp. In summer, I seldom turn on air-conditioner if it is not that hot. I think I'm friendly to earth except one thing--recycling. It doesn't matter when I live in Taipei. Every household, school, company and so on should do recycling because of the policy to plastic bags. Most of our trash can be well-placed. If you take a drink on hand, you don't have to worry about there's no place to recycle the container. I once had been recycling seriously. However, when I live in the dormitory of Tsing Hua now, I don't really care the details of recycling, because the recycling places are not near my room. That's the problem I faced now. To recycle thoroughly is a little bit hard to live up to in Hsin-Ju for me.

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