Finally, I am back home. I will always remember the first time I went home alone sitting bus from Segi, I feel so grown up. I did not ever take public buses alone even in my hometown and I had actually went back home alone successfully all the way from Segi. Every time I stepped out of the bus, I sense a special feeling tingling in my heart.I feel that I belong to ths city which is my hometown and I feel that I finally can raise my head up. I am not scared of being lost in my hometown and I feel the sense of security even though I am alone.
Staying alone in a unfamiliar city makes me feel desolate.That's why when I stepped out of the bus that brought me back to where I belongs to, every familiar things I saw makes me feel warm and touched. School buses rambling with students from my previous school, stalls with the person I had known since I was a child, roads and restaurants, simple everything makes me feel touched. I miss my friends, my home and my families especially.
I had not tasted home cooked food for such a long time and when I ate it just now, cooked specially for me by my grandmother with my favourite dishes, I feel so blissful. I am being proctected and I knew that I am not alone.University life makes me grew up quickly. My grandmother said that I am more mature in my thoughts and behaviors. That's a good thing because everyone have to grow up.But sometimes, I don't feel like growing up. If only I can, I hope to be a children forever, not having anything to troubled for.
I always feel happy when I am going home. In my hometown, I can drive myself everywhere not having to wait for buses.I can stay up late at night and wake up whenever I want in the morning.I can sleep in my queen size bed with my dolls surrounding me. I can take my time bathing and I do really enjoy meeting with old friends and eating out with families in my favourite restaurants.I love my home, my family, my friends, my cats, and everything that is in my hometown. Every single thing.There is no place that could replace my home.
Once again, home sweet home :)
-Sing Rui-
Friday, April 20, 2012
Religion
Everyone
has a religion, no matter you are or not a free-thinker, you still have your
own religion. There are many different religions in the world and the most
popular one are Christian, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism which most of the
people believe.
Defined
by the dictionary, religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature,
and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as a creation of a
superhuman agency, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often
containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
In
all the religion, embracer believes in supernatural forces which can be divided
into human origin and nonhuman origin. Human origin supernatural forces refer
to the ancestral spirit and ghost. Ancestral spirit is the dead relatives to a
family. While in nonhuman origin supernatural forces are gods and spirit. Human
usually worship them and pray to them to seek relieve anxiety and uncertainly.
Furthermore,
due to there are gods or goddess in all religions, most of the embracers
believe in immortality. Humans normally wanted to become immortality and
started to find magic to make this wish come true. This is because human wanted
to become extra-ordinary and to live forever.
In
conclusion, I believe that religion forms is because of the need of community
to comfort human’s anxiety and uncertainly. Without a religion, human might
feel sorrow when there are problems, disaster, accident, and illness come to
human. As a result, human will hardly survive until today without a religion.
--JOEY--
Working
Working
is a process that almost everyone will pass through, except those who are too
rich or died too early. It was the longest process in a human’s life. Compare
to studying and retiring, it is also the toughest process.
As
a college student like me, although I get pocket money from my parents to live
on in a new and unfamiliar place, I work to earn more and safe more for my
future. I used to think that working is easy; they do not have to learn new
things and just do the same thing every day to get salary. I knew I was wrong
when the first time I worked.
It
was 4 years ago, I work as a sushi chef in one of the kiosk in Tesco. I need to
be there every morning at 6 o’clock, it was tiring and suffering for me. Then,
I changed to work as a promoter in a fashion shop, I thought it will be easier
by just introduce clothes. But I was wronged again, besides selling, I need to
clean the floor and iron all the clothes.
Just
a month working had made me feel tiring and wanted to go back to school. Now I
know adults working are very tough and will appreciate my parents who work hard
for our family.
--JOEY--
Tsagaan Sar
Tsagaan
Sar is a celebration celebrated by Mongolians. It is a celebration of New Year,
addition of age and safe ending of winter for animals. Tsagaan Sar is celebrated
on the white month, which is the first day of spring in Mongol. It is also a
festival of white food. Tsagaan Sar represents a heartfelt spirit of people. On
this day, people clean their body and mind from all bad things and start a new
fresh clean life. Tsagaan Sar is the day when people express respect to elder
people and relatives, renew friendship and sympathy to each other and reconfirm
family ties.
The
Tsagaan Sar eve or the last day of winter is called "Bituun",
which means "full darkness". It is a single night when no moon is
visible in the sky. On this day people eat to be really full. It is believed
that if you stay hungry, you will be hungry all the coming year around. All the
Bituun ceremony is supposed to start when it gets dark outside.
On
the first day of the New Year, people get up early before sunrise, wear new
clothes, open the "Orkh" (ger’s top window cover) and
make a fire. Tsagaan Sar signifies the beginning of spring. Although steppes are
still covered with snow, the scent of spring is already in the air. The coming
year’s weather is analyzed based on animals' mood and behaviour as well as
other signs of nature. All men go to the top of a nearby hill or mountain
carrying food and make a pray to the Nature and the State. Then, men go to
certain directions prescribed by the Buddhist horoscope. This ceremony is
called “muruu gargakh”, which means “starting your footprints”. It
is believed important to start your way in the right direction on the first day
of the New Year as prescribed by your lunar horoscope in order to be lucky all
year round.
With
the sunrise, the greeting ceremony starts inside the family. The oldest person
stays in "Hoimor" (ger’s northern side) and younger
family members greet him or her first and then greet each other. The younger
greets the older by extending arms with palms up and holding the elder’s
arms from underneath. Everybody greets each other except husband and wife.
Usually, people hold "Khadag"(long and narrow piece of
yellow, white or blue silk with a spiritual meaning) in their arms.
When
the greeting ceremony is over, everyone sits behind the table and starts
exchanging "Khoorog" (a snuff bottle made usually of
semi-precious stones and filled with finely pulverized tobacco). Exchanging Khoorog means
expressing friendly intentions to each other and is usually the starting point
of introducing a stranger. Exchanging Khoorog creates a warm
atmosphere between people and makes the start of a friendly talk that helps to
learn the true heart of the stranger. People eat lot of "Booz" (steamed
Mongolian dumplings) and drink "Airag" (fermented
mare’s milk). When the ceremony finishes in the family, the hosts give presents
to each person. The present symbolizes a wish for wellbeing, health, wealth and
power. Everyone moves to the next family starting with the next oldest person's
ger first. The Tsagaan Sar celebration can continue for a month, but the first,
second and third days are the most important.
--JOEY--
by Rebecca Saxe about how we read other’s minds.
Sensing the motives and feelings of others is a natural talent
for humans. But how do we do it? In this speech, Rebecca Saxe shares
fascinating lab work that uncovers how the brain thinks about other peoples'
thoughts -- and judges their actions.
In her speech, she mentions that there is a part of brain that
do the work to figure out others thought. It’s called the Right
Temporo-Parietal Junction.
The second thing talked by Rebecca is the brain system. Although we adults are really good in understanding other minds, we were not always that way. It really takes time for children to develop.
She talks about the change of minds of people when growing older
n older in understanding others mind.
She gave an example of the understanding others in children btw
age 3, 5 and 7.
The story of a pirate name Ivan put his favorites cheese
sandwich on the pirate chest n went away to get a drink. Suddenly a wind blows
n Ivan’s sandwich is blew to the grass. Then, another pirate call Joshua came n
put his cheese sandwich on the pirate chest n went away to get a drink too.
When Ivan came back, he took the sandwich on the pirate chest that is belongs
to Joshua.
The question is: was Ivan to be blame for taking the others
sandwich?
The 3-year old boy thinks that Ivan is to blame not to take his
sandwich and the boy think that Ivan is to avoid taking the dirty sandwich
which is his.
While the 5year old boy understand that he will take the
sandwich but he think Ivan should be blame too although he doesn’t know.
Lastly, the 7 year old boy thinks that the wind should be blame
that the wind exchanges the sandwich.
Children have their own
understanding but still differ from adult using their right TPJ.
First, I think this is a successful speech. The speaker has a good
gesture and keeps eye contact with the audience. Her tone was soft. The
audiences often laugh throughout the speech.
I agree with Rebecca especially on this paragraph.
“We have
a special brain system that
lets us think about what other people are thinking. This
system takes a long time to develop, slowly
throughout the course of childhood and into early adolescence. And
even in adulthood, differences in this brain region can
explain differences among adults in how
we think about and judge other people.”
I really think that this is a successful speech n I agree with
Rebecca Saxe.
--JOEY--
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Gay Right
Before Dr. Elizabeth Moberly publishes
her theory，most of the psychologist and psychiatrist believe that
homosexual form is because they have close relationship with the oppose sex
parent, and this cause they be approve by the same sex parent but not the
oppose sex parent. For example, gay will have the same characteristic with
their mother, finding protection from man. These psychologist and
psychiatrist’s statistic shows that most of the gays’ mothers dote on them,
their mothers also have independence and strong characteristic. On the other
hand, their fathers are usually introversion, serious, relationship with child
is not close, even drift apart.
However, Dr Elizabeth thinks that a
homosexual person be approve by their oppose sex parent is the effect but not
the cause. She thinks the cause of homosexual is because the relationship
between a person and his or her same sex parent breaks, they may hope to
involve in homosexual relationship to make up this regret.
You may ask what are the reasons that
cause a son to have loose relationship with his father? There are many answers.
The most seen cause, is when their father is too busy working for money, they
don’t have time to spent with kids, as a long term result, the relationship
between father and son may be loosen. Or maybe some reasons made some fathers
don’t really like their own son, for example their son are too stubborn, or
blame their son when their business failed. But most of the time is because the
son his own problem. Some children are too sensitive, maybe are not because
their fathers don’t love them, but are because they can’t feel the love from
their father, so they will automatic stay away from their father. In some
family, one son may be homosexual while the other is totally normal. One of the
answer, it is cause by the characteristic of the children. For example, a son
may be more mature that he understands his father is busy working and have no
time for him, but not because his father doesn’t love him. While another son
may be more sensitive that he can’t accept that his father stays apart from
him. Another reason may because both of the sons accept different level of love
from their father and this cause mental problem.
We believe that a boy from the born, if
wanted to become a real man, except having the love from his mother as well as
seeing the close relation between his parents in the family; he should have
close relationship with his father. As a boy, father is the true role model.
Only his father can let him be proud of his own gender, he needs the approval
from his father, as well as his father love, care and approve. Without all of
this, he will be lost, no direction and the feeling of safety.
Most of the gay is because some reasons
cause they can’t get the approval from same sex parent: on the contrary, they
get all the approval from the oppose sex parent, these causes he might have
girlish behave.
Normally, children will be very good
with the same sex friend at young age. When they are in secondary school,
because of growth, they will have sex impulse; many children will have interest
towards the opposite sex. On the other hand, many gay because are drift apart
from the same sex friend, or their behavior are girlish, makes them continue to
have interest towards the same sex. In this case, they will have no interest at
all towards the opposite sex. And because of growth, they might use the same sex
friend to be their sex fantasy person.
I believe that, gay seek for love and
close relation from the same sex friend has no wrong at all and is needed. Gay
because of some reason and drift apart from their father, had cause they don’t
get love, encourage, understanding and approval from their father, to replace
this regret, besides repairing the relationship with father, they still need to
make up a healthy and close relation with same sex friends, learn to control
and avoid the same sex relation become romantic.
For most of the reason, because of
religion, people might think that homosexual is very evil or a crime, scared to
have relation with them, some of the parents even don’t allowed their child to
mix with homosexual friend. As I said just now, they don’t really want to
become a gay or lesbian, try to understand and accept them. Gay is not a
crime!!
--JOEY--
Enjoy my time..
Yahoo....At this moment 20 April 2012 2:55am i am atill awake..Why?? Beside finishing up this blog assignment i am also waiting my time to fligh to china Shen Zhen and also Hong Kong. My flight will be at 6:30am in the morning and i just dont dare to go into sleep as i worry that i will overslept. after almost 5 years of not going for any overseas trip. Finally i can go and have a break and relax myself. I feel very exciting and also waiting the time to come. By the way,this week will also be the last week of this spring semester. next week will also start our final exam before holiday. so lets work hard also for our final guys.. good luck to everyone..
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