What is Life

Some people say "life is simple", but some don't think so. Different people in different places have different goal to achieve. People always say "just follow your own steps, and do what you want to do", or let's say in other words, that is, life is decided by our own, which means the decision of one's life style is based on his or her own thought.

Though, I say it's not always right. All these craps that I mentioned are just the words that said only by those who want to conciliate or pacify others. They said people can choose their own life style, but the truth is we usually hear people tell others "You should do what or you should not do what." That's conflicting. For example, most teens always want to do something they really want to do, such as going out with friends and pursuing a little bit freedom. But, they always get a denial just because their parents want them to stay at home and study hard so that they may get good grades at school. Many parents carry about if their children can do everything they want or if they did well on the exams at school, something like that. They don't think about their children's feeling and even hurt them until they have found out the relationship between them and their children has break up.

Cases like this are all around everywhere. It's hard to pretend ourselves are willing to do what we don't like to do. But, I'm still glad to see there are some good parents who don't force their children to do something they don't like to do. Like my parents, it's really nice to have such wonderful parents like them. And I love them because they always support me and give me helps when I'm down. May God bless them and keep them all the time.

Ninja

Ninjas, whom appeared in 14th century feudal Japan, are a group of people that well trained by underground organizations for engaging in some extraordinary works. They were usually assigned to do some dangerous missions.

For example, they might be assigned to slip into other countries or organizations as spies. In addition, their ultimate purpose is to steal some secrets or to assassinate someone who is important. However, I still don't know the exact origins of ninja because the related information is not as many as I think.

I wonder whether they can do something incredible that normal people can't do, such as running very fast but silently or doing some arts of ninja. And I also want to know the existence of ninja is truth or not since I've heard some people said they still exist nowadays. But, I think there is no way to find out for me, unless someone who was a ninja can tell me the truth.

Handkerchief

I always like to carry my handkerchief whenever I go out. But, I'm not sure if people at my age would like to use handkerchiefs, or they think it's weird to carry a handkerchief while going out.

Actually, I seldom see young people using a handkerchief in Taiwan. If somebody asks me why I like to use handkerchiefs, I would reply that I don't know. It's just one of my habits. Since I was a little boy, whenever I wanted to go out, my mom always said "Come and get you handkerchief, Simon." Therefore, now I'm used to carry my handkerchief when I want to go out. It's very useful and convenient. When I sweat, I can use it to wipe the sweat away. When I finish my meal, I can use it as a napkin to wipe my mouth. Even when I get hurt and my wound starts bleeding, I may use it to suppress the blood. These cases may happen, or may not. It's hard to say. After all, carrying a handkerchief is not difficult for me.

Some people, though, think it is strange or even sissy for males at my age to use handkerchiefs. But, I definitely don't think so. It's my habit, and I don't care anybody say about that since my mom taught me it's good to have this kind of habits, then it's good. And I love it!

Mummies

It's a common sense that most people in the world know what it means about mummy. For me, I just know it means a dead person who was wrapt by woofs, and even hundreds or thousands of years pass by, the dead body will not be corrupted.

I don't know how those people found the way to keep the dead bodies completed. And I also feel curious about how they invented the way and why they wanted to do this. Maybe it's about ancient Egyptians' religion or something like that. I don't believe the information about the myths of mummy on the Internet because I think they are rumors.

Therefore, I decided to arrange a trip to go to Egypt in the future and I know that I must go to the Pyramids since I think it is not only cultural heritage, but also an irreplaceable Wonders of the world. Well, I think I should start to save some money for the wonderful journey.

Alligator

A couple weeks ago, I heard someone said a word "alligator" when I was having dinner with my friends. It reminds me one of my teachers has ever told me what does "alligator" mean.

I remember he said it is a kind of crocodilian. And I asked him what the differences between crocodiles and alligators are? He said he doesn't know, and he told me they may be the cousins of crocodiles. And he also said they look very similar, and people usually don't know how to recognize which one is which.

But, he talked about one thing that interests me. He said he has ever tasted the meat of it. That is, alligators can be eaten. Cool! I thought they were just carnivorous animals, and only they can eat people, not people eat them. Now I know. I must try that someday if I have a chance. It will be wonderful.

Bats and Vampire

Why do we always see that there are a plenty of bats when vampires show up? Bats usually symbolize resurrection, the cleaner, and they are also the guardian of nights because they only appear at nights as vampires, and most people would connect them with vampires.

Maybe people just want to make the legend of vampire full of more mystery so that bats would always be considered to be the followers of vampires. Some people don't like bats because they think bats are horrifying. I don't like bats. I don't like their appearance, their movements, and I don't like the sounds they make. I think they are one of the ugliest animals in the world.

However, I like vampires. And I like all the legends about them since I think they are very cool. If vampires are truly existent, I hope I can become one of them. But I won't be a bloodsucker because I hate to suck other people's blood. It is disgusting. And the most important thing is that I don't want to have a lot of bats around me, otherwise it won't be cool but stupid.

Criticism

People don't like criticism, or perhaps I should say most people don't like it because some people may not think so. I don't like criticism. I don't like to criticize or say something bad to others since I'm not a gossip, so I usually don't like those who love to gossip behind others.

Sometimes people criticize for advising and suggestions, but sometimes not. For example, I've finished a program about computer for my company, then some people may give me advices after realizing my work so that I can get improvement someday. However, some don't appreciate my work, they just like to find my faults and criticize as much as they can.

This kind of situation happens all the time, especially when we are in a group. And there is no ways to break these conditions discontinuously and make those weird mind persons don’t do that. All we can do and all we have to do is that we don't need to care about what others say the bad and try not to do the same things as they do. That is how I've been doing. I think it is an important lesson that everyone should learn during his or her life.

Malaysia

Malaysia, a beautiful country located in Southeast Asia, which was also my born place. It is very common now to see a lot of traveling commercials about Malaysia on TV these years. And I have to say that it did work since there are more and more people want to go there for traveling or vacations.

For me, of course, I love Malaysia more than Taiwan even though I spent most time staying and studying here. However, it has been a long time that I didn't go back to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia because I have to go to school, and I had no time to arrange a trip to go back these years.

I believe that it is now a very popular place where many tourists like to go. In addition, I also hope that I can go back to Malaysia once again in the future.

Perfume

A couple months ago, I was the type of person who considered using perfume was women's patent. Until one day, one of my friends gave me a small bottle of perfume which was produced by CHANEL, and then I started to use perfume.

At the first time, I really couldn't get use to it. Because I just didn't feel right to have a faint perfume around me. It made me feel like a woman. Several weeks later, though, I had already got used to it. Some of my friends told me that it is a kind of polite ways to show other people that you have good manners when you wear perfume. And I agree with them.

Now, sometimes I wear perfume when I go out since it is a good habit for me but also I could feel more confidence in myself. So, I've changed my view that perfume is not only for women; it can be a part of decorations for men!

Films

Films, one of the biggest entertainments that have been influencing many people over half a century. Nowadays, people enjoy watching movies for entertaining themselves but also consider it as a variety of examples of human's life.

For me, I am not that interesting in watching all kinds of movies. But, I do love to watch some movies that contain educational contents (not about history or documentary films) and some movies that can encourage people's mind. In addition, fancy movies are the other one that I have great interest in, especially those about cars, such as the series of "The Fast And The Furious."

Just like many people in the world, watching movies is a wonderful thing that has already become an indispensable part in my life.

French

French is the most difficult language that I've learned so far. I've learned French for about 2 years, but now I don't think I can have a conversation with French. In the beginning, I was very interesting in learning French because I thought it was a very individual language in the world. And I also liked the pronunciation of French since I thought it was very cool.

However, I don't study French now, unless I could have the chance to go to France and learn real French there. Because if I do want to study French, the best way for learning, of course, is to learn it in France.

Now I sometimes still speak some French with some of my friends with just some simple words or sentences, but no conversations. Because I'm not good enough to speak French smoothly. I wish I could learn French again if I have the opportunity to study aboard in France someday.