Vegetable vendor receives Ramon Magsaysay award

 

Taitung vegetable vendor Chen Shu-chu (陳樹菊), who has received several awards in recent years for her philanthropy, was granted this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award.

The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation announced on Wednesday that Chen and five individuals from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia and the Philippines would receive Asia’s premier prize. 

“[Chen] is being recognized for the pure altruism of her personal giving, which reflects a deep, consistent, quiet compassion, and has transformed the lives of the numerous Taiwanese she has helped,” the foundation said in a press release.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/07/27/2003538759

I think that Chen Shu-chu deserves everyone’s acclaim, not just for her benevolent donation, but also for inspiring others. She taught us that everyone can do this to help someone in need. In our country, there are many people like Chen Shu-chu who just is a nobody, but can help somebody. We should focus on such as this news, not only on Justin Lee sex videos.

 

 

An Important Thing – English songs Contest

        I am a Day Care Center teacher. Every summer vacation, we hold many activities for children. The last activity in this summer vacation is “English songs Contest”. Every class needs to prepare one English song, and performs it on August 24^th. My class is the sixth grade. Our English song is “Lemon Tree”.

        From July, we listen to the English song every day. We search video about “Lemon Tree” dance by google. My class and I discuss the dance steps together. At the beginning, my students didn’t take it seriously. They looked like slouchy. After I convinced them, they became to unite for the contest. I even bought fourteen silver hats and ties for their contest. Everyone helped to cut the yellow paper to do some lemons and paste them on the hats.

        How time flies! Two months passed away. It’s almost the day to race. Every one was so nervous. They all wanted to be the champion. I promised them to have a funfest party before the end of summer vacation if they be the champion. When they were full of energy and sang the song loudly, I knew they will be the champion! As we expected, we were the champion! From this contest, we all learned “Unity is Strength”.

An Unusual Occurrence - Met Someone like Teacher

        My boy friend and I took a trip from August 24 to August 26. We went to Nantou (南投). Before the trip, I was very nervous. Because of the typhoon TEMBIN, I  hesitated about canceling the coming weekend trip. Fortunately, I decided to go on the  trip with the original plan. We were so lucky because the weather was good and the tourists were not very much.
        On Saturday, we dressed up in costume and went to Monster Village(妖怪村). I put on a pink kimono and my boy friend dressed up like Monkey.D.Luffy (魯夫). We had fun there.

        On Sunday, we went to The Old England Manor (老英格蘭莊園), and ate lunch. At the Virginal Restaurant, the buffet cost NT$500+10% each person. When we entered the Virginal Restaurant, the waiter came to take us to the seats. I was surprise to see that the waiter was look like our teacher Harris Kuo. After we ate lunch, I took a picture with him. Those were two unusual occurrences for this trip. I was so happy in this trip. I hope I could go to Nantou again in the future.

Shooting spree claims 12 lives at US movie theater

A masked gunman killed 12 people at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie in a suburb of Denver, Colorado, early yesterday, sparking pandemonium when he hurled a tear gas canister into the auditorium and then opened fire on moviegoers.

Fifty others, including children, were wounded in the attack on the showing of The Dark Knight Rises in a mall in the Aurora suburb, some of whom were treated for the effects of tear gas, hospital officials said.

“This is a horrific event,” Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates told a news conference, adding that a suspect was taken into custody in the parking lot behind the theater.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2012/07/21/2003538298

         Last month, a masked gunman killed 12 people in a movie theater in USA. Three men who saved their girlfriends’ life at the Colorado movie shooting. A 19-year-old young man saved a stranger and her daughter at the Colorado movie shooting, too. I was touched by their selfless sacrifice. A friend in need is a friend indeed. How great the love is! If everyone could have this kind of love, the world will become very peace and beautiful.     

The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl / Page 43, #2 & #3

After I read this essay, I found that Elizabeth Wong and her brother didn’t want to go to the Chinese school on Yale Street, and “no amount of kicking, screaming, or pleading” could change their mother’s mind. Two of the causes of this result were because that they had to walk the seven long, hilly blocks from their home to school and they could not play with their fourth and fifth grade friends or sneak out to the empty lot to hunt ghosts and animal bones.  

        Their mother wanted them to go to the Chinese school in order to learn the language of their heritage. She wanted them to be proud of their own heritage and where they came from. Unexpectedly, Elizabeth was embarrassed by her grandmother and the language of her culture. To her, the Chinese culture and language was too common and lacked the beauty and refinement of other languages like French and English.

 

My Successful Writing Experience

       I always love reading, even in childhood. Because I am an only daughter in my family, I could play with myself. When I read the storybooks, I always imagine that I am the protagonist of the story books.

        I have been writing since I was around 13 years old. I tried to write some new poems and some love storys. Whenever I had any new ideas, I wrote them down in my notebook. One day, my Chinese teacher asked me to join the essay soliciting contest of the college journal. Although I had no confidence, I promised to try. I took  three new poems and one new essay, together with my old creations to the essay soliciting contest. One week passed, I was informed that my three new poems and one essay were elected to the college journal. When I heared the news, I was so surprised and excited. This experience inspired confidence in me.