Goodbye Memories

This might be the last blog post I am doing on this blog. Really soon i'll be moving on to 9th grade and start of a new life in high school. Not entirely new, since i'm still in the same school with mostly the same people. Now, i'll be leaving middle school. Time really does pass fast. As time passed in middle school people change. In the beginning of 8th grade i was still complaining about when will summer arrive again. Within a blink, i was already cleaning up my locker and taking school works home. People often say, happy time flies. Which is true, since middle school passed in such a fast speed. Going to high school has many different meanings. One, you are going to learn more advanced things. Two, you are growing old. Three, you have to say goodbye to childhood. My middle school memories plays a big part in my childhood. Thinking about having to say goodbye to childhood, my heart still grips. Now, it's time for me to move on and become a young adult. Goodbye memories, and goodbye childhood.

Just One Thing.....

After reading the article about the Napoleon theme park by BBC, I was really amused on the ideas they came up for the attractions. The amusement park included some attractions about Napoleon's exile, his battles, and many of his accomplishments. One thing that I am not really happy about is that, they didn't add an area that specifically talks about Paris. Paris is where most of Napoleon's devotion and effort took place. I know they did include the Bastille where Napoleon worked, but all of the outcomes of his effort are all located in Paris. If you can't think of an amusement park ride for the ride I've got a few ideas. The jumpy coin house for kids, you all know that children LOVE those little houses filled with puffy balls made out of plastic. So if we turn those puffy balls into puffy coins, kids will still love them and while the kids are playing the adults can experience some other Napoleon attractions near the area. The sidewalks for the Paris area should have trees planted at the side, since planting trees for shades was one of Napoleon's magnificent ideas. Next, we can have little canals in the area, and people can row a boat in there. Napoleon built canals to help the citizens with water source. By building these boat rowing rides people can feel like they are historical French citizens while introducing Napoleon's accomplishments.  There are so many things that are important to Napoleon in Paris, so they should have an area specifically about Paris.

The Red Trait

There are some things in life that we might not have the chance to learn, and there are somethings that everyone will learn. Courage is one of the traits you'll learn as a human. I don't think people are born with courage, since everyone has a different amount of courage. Example, in Ancient Greek we all know that Spartans and Athenians are two totally different types of citizens. Spartans must have more courage than Athenians. Why? Spartans are being trained to fight, and in order to face your enemies on the battle field you need a large amount of courage. On the other hand, Athenians focus on literature and art. This doesn't mean that Athenians don't have courage. Let's take another example. Women in the past didn't have the courage to stand up for their own rights, there was but only a few. Now, women can vote and do the same jobs as men. Education and media has influence women to gain more courage. This shows that courage is build up after time. If life started out as a pure white canvas, then the traits, talents, and education you have will be the different color. Courage will be red, since red is a bright and outstanding color just like courage.

A 2.5 Hour Caring Citizen....?

   Kids running around, grains of rice all over the floor, and piles of leaves on a truck. On Friday, I went on a trip for a community service at Pattaya. The teachers divided all the students into 3 groups, and I was in the Daycare center group. Most of the kids in the Daycare center are either orphans or their families are too poor to raise them. The kids there were really energetic, active, and their eyes are filled with curiosity when they looked at us.
   At the Daycare center, we played with a huge group of kids, but we also raked and huge pile of leaves. We did everything we can to help the Daycare center. First, I started with raking the leaves. There wasn't a lot of leaves, there was a massive amount of leaves that you can't even imagine. While I was raking the leaves, I felt like I was only making a small portion of devotion for the daycare center. The teachers there had to do this for almost their entire lives, but I was only there to help for about 2 hours and half. Having that thought in my mind, I worked extra hard. I wanted to give as much help to the daycare center and I wanted to be a really useful person just for 2 and a half hours. For that instant, I felt like a caring citizen. Since I devoted as much energy I can to this little community.
   After raking the leaves, I was sent to carry water into the freezer, and move the rice into another shelf. When we were carrying the water, I loved to be the one standing in front of that gigantic freezer. After raking 40 minutes of leaves under the hot sun, coming in door and having this big box filled with cool air. That was just like paradise! The cooling air pressing on to my face, that feeling was AWESOME! I really enjoyed carrying the water into the freezer, but not the rice. When we were carrying the rice onto another shelf, there were many grains of rice that has escaped from the bag. Let me tell you, the moment when that grain of rice falls onto your knee. A combination of itchy and pain occurs like a chemical reaction on your skin. After carrying the food or supplies for the children, I went to play with the children. That was the funnest activity, yet the most tiring activity. Many kids wanted a piggy back ride and they really enjoyed drawing with the markers. One of the  children really enjoyed piggy back rides, so I carried him around, ran as fast as I could with him on my back, and turn around in circles. When I felt that I need a little bit more oxygen than usual, I would put the child down. The child would ask " Are you okay?", and that moment I felt really happy with some physical tiresome. All of these kids have a really kind and nice heart, we should be more caring citizens are keep on doing community services for these children. I was a caring citizen for 2.5 hours, I tried to fulfill the children's wish with all the energy I had.
 

My Bias, your opinion: Patriots vs. Terrorists

       Currently, in social studies class I am learning about the American Revolution. I am pretty sure that some readers out there are really familiar to this topic. Today in class an inspiring question appeared, "Are patriots actually terrorists?". This question really brought the class into a "metacognition mode". Everyone's faces suddenly became so serious and everyone began to flip their note for supporting details. In my opinion, patriots are just common citizens but they have a really loyal heart towards their country. They might be a little violent towards the government they dislike, but this doesn't mean that they are terrorist. For example, the Egyptians that were having this revolution in their home country. They are just common citizens such as the George and Sally you can find on the street. I know that they were sort of violent during the revolution, but if you think about the sad things they had to go through under that type of government. The pain, the sorrows, and the unfair treatment under that government. According to John Locke, humans will over throw a government when they dislike it. So this means that these patriots are standing up for their country because they love it and they need the change. In conclusion, patriots aren't terrorists because they have a really good and positive reason to throw over the government, and they have no intention to harm anyone because they love their country.

So... what are you?

There are many types of questions that are asked when you meet new people. From the most basic, "What is your name?" to "What are your interest?". Those questions are asked to know the person you are meeting better, but in my case there are some really irritating questions that pops out from nowhere. Those questions are " Are you Japanese?", "Are you Korean?" and "Are you Chinese?". Well, sorry all of the nationalities in your questions are all wrong, I'm Taiwanese. Sometimes, I really want to put a tag on myself saying " I'm a Taiwanese!" to prevent all those questions. I really dislike answering questions, and don't ask me why because I don't know either. In case you don't know where is Taiwan. Taiwan is a really small country located on the Pacific Ocean, and you can call Taiwan a place combined by Japanese and Chinese culture. I know it is because of my face that people would mistaken me as so much different nationalities. My eyes are not really big, my skin color is really close to Japanese people's skin color, and my hair is really black. Basically, I have the typical Asian look. I really understand the reason I get mistaken as so many nationalities, but I just can't accept it deep inside my heart. Maybe you can call this the Asian pride.

May I go to the toilet?

May I go to the toilet? This question always pops up in class, and creates a really awkward but funny atmosphere. "May I go to the toilet?", such a simple phrase, but people who are currently in the flood areas aren't able to go to the toilet. Their toilet's are either flooded, or the toilet was unable to flush. So, a certain company in Thailand designed a floating toilet. The really special part of this toilet is that, there are micro organisms who would treat those waste. I find this invention really convenient and helpful, since it provides the victims of the flood a proper place to treat their waste. Well, this is a really creative way to help the flood, because have micro organisms to treat your waste was a really clever and hygienic. Since there are many concerns for the flood victims to have to live with their waste and the dirty water. This innovation fully solves this problem, and helps improve the flood's victims' environment.  Maybe this floating toilet is not the most creative one, but I am sure that it is one of the most helpful innovations.