Coffee

Many people like to drink coffee because it makes them feel spiritedness. For instance, usually, a lot of salarymen prefer drinking a cup of coffee before they begin working or when they're forspent.

It seems that is the purpose of drinking coffee for many people. However, does it work? Probably it did work for most people, though, for me, it doesn't work at all. Even if I'm bushed, a cup of coffee still couldn't refresh me. I've tried that before, but it just didn't work. I don't know why.

Then, how do I deal with this kind of problem if I feel tired. Well, I would go to sleep rather than drinking coffee because I know it won't help.

Wolfman

I read an article which is about the fable of wolf man a couple days ago, and I think it’s kind of interesting. Some people called them “Werewolf”, but I don’t know how this word came from.

It’s said that the origin was from the very beginning of a myth in Rome. Lycaon was transformed into a wolf by Jupiter because of his crucial behaviors. This was the first fable, after that, the legend was spread out into the folk, and then it became a folktale. Usually, a wolfman would completely lose the shape of human being, and become a monster. The change always happens at nights, even so, some said that a wolf man still can transform back to a human when sun rises again.

Another interesting thing is that people often mention vampires when it comes to wolf man. Some said wolf man is the greatest enemy of vampires. And some said that they are the servants of vampires. But, who knows? It’s just a mystery. Perhaps people could only find their own answer in thriller movies.

The impact of movies

Last time I've mentioned about the impact of movies is quite serious. I won't say each movie has its own particular effects on some people. I would say some films do affect some people's thought, especially by those full of crimes, violence, and all the bad stuff.

For instance, some people might say dirty words more frequently, or have some bad habits, or even commit crimes just because they've watched people on movies do so, and then they learn from them. Perhaps it's not that serious for most adults, but it did influence many young kids. It can't be denied that children have more chances to learn bad things because they usually learn from what they've seen or heard.

To talk about the deep side, parents do have responsibility to prevent things like that. But, somehow it's always difficult to get those bad away from kids since there are still a lot of external factors around them which are considered to be inevitable. For sure, movies do bring people entertainment in some way; though, it also demonstrates many irrelevance matters to many young people.

Credit Card

It seems that many people like to use credit cards instead of paying by cash. And I also notice that many young people nowadays like to use credit cards when they go shopping. I have no idea why they tend to do that.

In fact, I don't have any interest in paying every thing by credit cards. I prefer using cash more than credit cards. For example, last year when I went to Hong Kong with my friend Johnny Bee, there was a great different between us whenever we paid. He's the one who likes to pay everything by credit cards. And I, on the other hand, use cash only. Here comes the problem, the great different between us was that when I almost ran out of my money, I stopped. Unlike him, he would never stop and still kept buying things by his credit cards as if his cards doesn't have upper limit.

I told him that "it's not appropriate to use credit cards like that, and it might make you get into debt." And he often wants me not to worry about that even though I am. To be honest, I really don't want to have any credit cards. It's not because I can't control my budget and might get myself into debt. It's just because I like to pay everything by cash but not credit cards. Perhaps for some people it's really convenient to use credit cards in some ways. But, for me, I don't think so.

Not polite?

Last night, my mother invited some of her friends to my house. All of them are almost the same age as my mother. When they came in, my mom said "Come on, Simon, say hello to my friends and get us some water." And of course, I did it.

After that, they started to chat in the living room. And I just wanted to get back to my room as soon as possible. And then, I heard my mom yell and say "Simon, why don't you just come over here and have some conversation with these aunts?" And I said "No. I still got some assignments to do." In fact, I didn't have any homework, and I just didn't want to talk with them.

Perhaps some people might think it was not polite to do that in that case. For me, however, it's quite normal because I'm not a talkative person. And I know some people might think that I'm cold or even dislike people like me. For this, I have nothing to say. I was born like this, and I think I did nothing wrong with this.

Black English

Black English, I have a great interest in knowing how it came from. I heard that it's kind of informal English, and it seems that many teachers don't want students learn it or even use it. Why?

Is it just because Black English is informal and dirty English? Or it's because the Black usage is different from modern English? Or it's about color? I wonder how Americans (not Black) treat Black English since I think there are a lot of people there, not only Black, use this kind of English. These are the questions that I really want to know.

Traffic in Tainan

Traffic jam, crazy riders, people who don't care about the traffic rules, so many disordered stuff which are always considered as common things in Tainan. I think it's a situation that many people just can't do anything but get used to it or accept it, including me.

Maybe people do know that it's not right to do something dangerous or illegal on the road, but they still do from time to time. Even if you ask some people a question like "Do you think that it's right to do something like running the red light? ", and they may give you an answer like "Of course it's wrong, but many people do that, wouldn't you?” which might make you get nothing to say. I do have this feeling, and I really have nothing to say about this disappointing, unnatural, but seems to be a quite normal city phenomenon.

Learning Languages

When people want to learn languages, it's usually easy for people to learn short words or phrases. Probably it's because people from other countries could usually hear native speakers say short words or phrases very commonly so that people can easily remember them.

However, it might cause some problems. For example, many people learn languages from movies. And it's very common to hear people in movies say some or many grimy words so that audiences might easily understand and know how to say dirty words unknowingly. The impact of movies on many people is quite serious, especially for younger. Is it good to learn languages from TV or movies so that people can easily understand what the words that native speakers usually say are, including bad words? Or shall I say it's not a big deal as many people do?