Reflection of Romeo and Juliet

I think I personally did a pretty good job on memorizing what I needed to and I was a bit more relaxed than some other people who weren't able to act or move freely around on stage, even though I was obviously quite nervous and wasn't able to act the way I've expected, and wasn't able to act freely like Angela was able to. To me, it's just awkward to be on stage like that. I think too much, and don't want people to be laughing at me. I just wanted to be more like all the other people and didn't want to stand out too much. I did my best on acting not too awkwardly and added a bit more drama in the end, unlike other people. It was, hopefully, a bit more entertaining than some other groups. I hope that everyone had their lines memorized more though since it got a bit boring when people were only afraid of being unable to remember the lines and aren't able to do what they really could have done. It was kind of disappointing but overall, it was still fun. I think that next time, if I could redo it,  I would try my best to be feeling not as awkward on stage and collaborate with my classmates more. 

Absent From Home

If a person leaves home from many years and I think that they'd feel really nervous and scared, yet excited about coming back home. They'd be nervous and scared because they don't know how much their home has changed and whether people still remember them or not, or whether they are welcomed or not. It's like a huge mystery about what will happen later on. And they would be excited, since "there is no place like home" and "home, sweet home" are true statements. Home is the best place to be at, and when one leaves it for a long time, when they come home, they'd be excited to see the things that they were familiar with and see what differences has been made. Some people might resist to go back home because there always are those bad reasons that people left home and they resist to go back because they are afraid to face the consequences that they have done, just like some criminals. They've acted against the laws, and when the government punishes them, they would then resist to come back home. But I think that most people's reaction would be nervous and scared or excited. 

05/13/2012

Today is Mothers Day and we first went to Taipei to celebrate it with my grandparents and of course, my mother. We had lunch together in a pretty high class restaurant though I don't know the English name of it. We accidentally ordered too much food because we thought that we could order more food than usual since there were more people that went than before. But just because there were more people than usual, we didn't know how much would be suitable for all of us and not too much. Obviously, we ordered too much so after we ate, we were all stuffed and went to rest for a while in our Taipei home. We then decided to go the new department store, "Big City" and watch The Avengers. Even though I've watched it with my friends already, i decided to go again with my family since I've never been to Big City. We went shopping first, and as usual, no one but me, bought new things. It's not a good thing to be spending all the time, but it's just really hard to stop the eagerness to buy new shoes when they're all so beautiful and shouting at you to buy them. I bought one pair of heels that are 11.3 cm tall, and I nearly tripped. :P And The Avengers is still an awesome movie even when watching it for the second time! 

Differences between movie and book

After watching the movie of "The Odyssey" and reading the version in the book, the four main differences that I saw were the time of the death of the Cyclops, the way Odysseus and his people escaped the Cyclops cave, the process of them escaping, and what happened to the sheep. In the book, the Cyclops was blinded at night, but in the movie, when Odysseus and his people blinded him with the sharpened big log of wood, and pushed the big rock that blocked the entrance of the cave away, it was bright, meaning that it was in the day. The second thing is how in the book they hid hanging under the sheep while they escaped out of the cave, and in the movie, they they hid under the sheep fur. And also, in the book, everyone escaped alive together while in the movie, people were killed on the way, like the one who was playing the instrument and was still in the cave after everyone else left. The last thing that's different is that in the book, the people didn't load the sheep onto the ship afterwards, but in the movie, they did. This is a really small and unimportant detail, but it's one that I've found too, so I've decided to put it in also. 

Hero

How do you define a "Hero"? Everyone has their own interpretation of a "hero", but to me, a hero has to have these three qualities, and they are 1) being willing to sacrifice themselves for other people, 2) never betraying people on his/ her side, and 3) physically or mentally strong and intelligent. The most important one is the first one. If you aren't willing to sacrifice yourself, how are you going to help other people without not being afraid to get hurt or lose something of your own? The second thing is that if you ever betray some one who's on your side, you'll immediately lose the identity of being a hero because all heroes need alliances. Once you break and ruin your reputation, no one would want to help you anymore, and no one would trust you. All heroes are trusted and people give them their full support, so if you betray the people on your side, you aren't a hero. The last thing is that a hero has to be physically or mentally strong. One doesn't have to be physically strong always to be a hero. He or she can be really smart and lead people out of the harm, while the people that are physically strong can use their force to destroy all the obstacles. 

Appearances can be Deceiving 2

From the post yesterday, I've talked about the example of being a new student in school, and another example would be, "Organized Fraud Gangs". I'm not sure about whether this is the correct translation, but this is the direct translation. These people often fake their identities and fool people to giving them thousands of dollars. For example, they might fake as an old lady that has a very serious disease and is almost dying, but she doesn't have any money to pay to go to the doctor and she needs to borrow money from you. Her pitiful appearance might make people really give them money, and believing in her on how she'll pay back. This is how the appearances can be deceiving. This organizations have a lot of new strategies of fooling people into giving them money. Another time is when they say that they're from what company and that you haven't paid your bills for the electricity. And the people that believe in it will really go pay money to the account number that the organization told them to. These can be some reasons how appearance can be deceiving. So whenever some stranger comes up to ask for money, think carefully about it then decide. 

05/02/2012

Today, because I had to email a picture of my passport to someone, and Annie has my Canadian passport's picture. The picture on my Canadian passport last year, the one that hasn't been updated, was me when I was a little kid. That picture is HORRIBLE now that I look at it. Annie said she's been laughing about it for a long time, and when she showed me the picture, I almost died laughing too. And also when I showed some of my other friends, Kara, Quincy, and Jasper, they all had a good laugh about it too. Although I think that I was only in grade 3 at that time, I look like i am 80 years old, according to Jasper. In that picture, I was wearing a white jacket and my hair was cut like a mushroom and because it was for my passport, I had to push the sides of my hair behind my ear, which made me look super ugly. And also, my face was super chubby, even chubbier than it is right now, and so when I looked at it, I kind of felt that I'm really pretty now and I laughed a bit about it. I'm actually not afraid of letting people know about it, because it shows how much better looking I am right now, which makes me quite happy :D!!