KTV

My classmates an I had a KTV party after midterm test last Sunday afternoon. We went to Holiday KTV in Shulin(樹林). There were 22 people in this party. We ordered the biggest room, but it was still too small for us. Everyone took some food from the buffet. We sang total 5 hours. Everyone talked, laughed, and took many photos and videos. Although we came from different background and ages, we got alone very well. What fun we had! I hope we will have another party very soon. I can’t wait!

Friends

Most people have a large circle of friends. To have friends is important because the friends are for love and support. Friendship is difficult to define, but I think there are three different kinds of friends in our life. The first type of friend is a nodding acquaintance. Anyone can become a nodding acquaintance. We can know the type of friends in school, at work, on the train, or anywhere else. Maybe we just only know their name and even don’t remember their face. Then some friends will be as true friends. A true friendship will not end on small arguments. True friends will help you when leave footprints in our heart. Day after day, time will tell who your best and old friends are. We will eventually find the old friends having a lot of memories. The following poem sentences by Joseph Parry offers some ideas about friendship. “Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold.” All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend. We should treasure the friendship anyway.

Fresh Foods or Canned Foods

I like to eat many kinds of food and I love to cook. Fresh foods and canned foods are the food that people usually eat. Choosing foods is very important. The most different part of the fresh foods and canned foods are their influence on our health. People use some food additives, like Preservative, Aspartame, and Sweetener in canned foods. The food additives are chemical substance and sometimes they will make people sick. Fresh foods are nature. They are healthy and nutritious.

On the other hand, the difference between the two kinds of foods is the cost. We can buy canned foods in the supermarket. It is very convenient, so they are more expensive. Fresh foods are cheaper than canned foods, and we can buy them in traditional markets.

Yet another different part of these two kinds of foods is their flavor. There are good flavor and taste in fresh foods. Because they are from nature, they can keep the truly taste. Canned foods taste good, but they are made from artificial substances. There are the three different parts of fresh foods and canned foods. We can choose foods by these differences.

Planting cherry blossoms

On February 13^th last year, BIG and I joined an activity of planting cherry blossoms to celebrate Valentine's Day in Sanzhi Dist. We got up very early and drove to Sanzhi. When we arrived there, it was just 9:30 in the morning. After we filled the application form, we walked around the park and too some photos. At 10:30, the activity of planting cherry blossoms began. Many reporters also joined it and interviewed the people planting cherry blossoms. One of them saw us and wanted to interview us. I was so nervous when I was interviewed. That was my first time to be interviewed and plant a real tree with BIG. It was a very special experience for us. We will never forget that day!

KINAZ

Last Christmas, I got a great gift from my boy friend, BIG. It was a stripe bag and its brand is KINAZ. Although it was not a famous brand, but its style was very popular. I liked the KINAZ brand very much, but I didn’t buy anyone because of the price. I told BIG that before, and one day he sent some images on MSN and asked me which color was better. I guessed the images were one part of the bags, and I was right. I chose purple and red. Then I told him to deciside the color. After a few days, I got a big package, and it was the bag! I was so surprised and happy. That was the great gift I have gotten on Christmas!

Bibby 's birthday party

After the first party with the pugs, My boy friend and I joined a birthday party for his friend, Ray Chien’s pug, Bibby. His birthday was on December 17^th. We drove to a pet restaurant, Gobar in Bitan(碧潭). About twenty people and twelve pugs joined the party together! Everyone took their gift for Bibby. We also prepared one, a bag of Dog Food and Toy. Ray felt surprised, because the Dog Food was he wanted to buy for Bibby. After we ate some meal, we sang birthday song, blew the candle and cut the cake for Bibby. The special birthday cake was made ​​of low salt and low sugar, so people and pets can eat together! Ray prepared a special lucky draw for everyone. We got some samples for dog’s shampoo and a customized calendar, there was a photo about my boy friend and I on it. We also had a good time.

Reflection: Food, Inc.

Food, Inc. is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Kenner. The film examines corporate farming in the United States, concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy, in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food,_Inc

Last Saturday, our class watched a documentary film about food in the United States. The documentary was called "Food, Inc". After I watched Food Inc, I was disgusted and shocked. From the film, I known that it only takes 48 days for a chicken to go to market. It is not natural! How could it be possible? 

The one statistic that shocked me was the factory workers, not farmer, give chickens hormones and make them grow bigger and faster. The chickens can only walk for a few seconds because they are so big that their bones can’t keep up with the rapid growth of the fat.

The other one statistic that shocked me was the cows. The factory workers made holes in the cows because the cows can’t digest the skin of the corn. They stuck plastic tubes into the cows’ stomachs to pull out all the non-digestible food. It is so cruel! 

Knowing about history may help us understand the facts. We eat everyday so we need to change our thinking. We need to make decisions based on facts, instead of based on perception.

Pugs

I like cats, but I can’t keep one because of my mom’s refutation. She thinks the pets will make our house dirty. I can’t keep any dogs or cats, but fish. In September last year, my boy friend and I joined a party for pugs adoption. Before the party, I didn’t think the pugs are very cute pets and I didn’t like them. That was my first time to see so many pugs be together in the same time and same place. At first, I was not quite adapted. Then, I began to feel the pugs although ugly, but very mild. We played with many pugs and had a very good time. We also took many photos for the pugs. If I can keep any pets in the future, in addition to cats, I would also like to keep pugs!

Digital Camera

Photography is one of the most important forms of the memories; it appears on our every day life. For thousands of years, people all over the world have tried to capture special moments with cameras. Nowadays, we can see that many people use digital camera for their photography because it is very useful to record their sweet memories. The advantages of owning a digital camera are convenience, functions and editing. 

        First of all, the size of digital camera is smaller and thinner than a film camera. It is easy to carry. Digital cameras can be made smaller than film cameras because the CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) is smaller than a roll of film. Because its small size, people are willing to take a camera out. 

Second, digital camera has many useful functions. You can check your photos right after you take them and try again. It is also easier to store, organize, and search for photos immediately. It uses the memory card, so you don’t need to buy films any more. The memory card can be reused and you can retake pictures a lot of times per card.

Third, we can save photos from digital camera’s memory card to a computer and the pictures can be edited with photo-editing software easily. We can larger the photos or smaller the size depends how the photos that we want. After we edit the photos, we can make them a desktop wallpaper, share our photos through e-mail or on the Internet easily. 

    In conclusion, digital cameras make our life more colorful. You don’t need to be a professional photographer. What you have to do is just taking photos by using digital cameras.