journal 03/28/2010

Recently, I read a story named “Raise your voice.” The contents of the story really inspired me a lot. It was about a girl who struggled to live in a great sorrow and grief after the death of her brother. Following is the summary of the story.
Hilary was a girl who loved music very much. She wanted to study the music school in Los Angeles; however, her father did not allow her to study the school. Fortunately, her mother and her brother helped her to apply for the school. Therefore, she could have a happy life to study in the famous music school. Her brother was a composer, they often singing together in the weekends and they will record some tapes when they were singing. She really leads a happy life in the school. And she appreciated what her brother had done to her.
However, one day when they were talking and singing happily on their driveway, a truck hit them badly. Her brother died in the accident. Fortunately, Hilary narrowly escaped from the death. However, it was a torture that she was not dead. Her father could not forgive her. She could not forgive herself, either. She thought it was all her fault. She established her dreams by the sacrifice of her brother. She could not forgive herself. After she recovered from the accident, she still lived in a great grief and sorrow. She could not sing anymore. She kept crying and crying all day long. Her teacher was worried about that, because the singing competition was on the corner.
Then, her teacher gave Hilary a tape. She told her that this tape was recorded by her brother.
She opened the tap and watched it. Inside the tape, her brother recorded Hilary’s daily life, they singing together and dancing together and how great effort Hilary has done for the singing contest. Her brother wanted to let the judges know her sister was wonderful and would not give into anything block her dreams.
Hilary’s eyes filled of tears, and she finally knew that she should face the music and braced her heart to win the competition.
On the competition, she sang the song “Someone is watching over me.” Although her brother cannot hear it, she believed that her brother would watch and take care of her in the other side of the world.
This story really recalled me many events that happen in my life. When my grandpa was dead; I felt very sorrow and I could not help crying day after day. This situation was similar to this story. So, I want to share this story with someone who lives in sorrow and grief. And hope this story can inspire everyone around the world.

journal-Be a child of God 03/21/2010

This week, I begin to practice for the FLLD week. Every time when I practice either dace or work of the activity group, I always feel very exhausted. When a new semester starts, I, as a foreign language department, often have many reports and assignments. Therefore, it always drives me crazy to do so many works at the same time. The more responsibilities I have, the more pressure I get. I feel that I am the person who can not deal with my own things well and always complain about many trivial things. As a college student, I think that I can not only focus on the activities but I need to pay attention to my study and my own progress.
Therefore, I fell down to the ground thoroughly. Then, I look up to the God afresh. I pray to him hope he can guide me to the right road and make me do the right choice. I listen to him carefully, and then he gave me the strength to go through many difficulties. As a child of God, I always believe that he will look after me no matter what happens. After I listening to the God, I feel that I gain the strength again and become more patient on what I have decided to do. I know everyone throughout the world may face the difficulties just like what I had faced recently. Maybe the difficulties come from their families, jobs, and peer pressure; however, when we look up to the God, I believe that God will take care every difficulty we face, and give us the strength to face the music.
Today, I went to the church with Carnation near the school. I was so happy that I could be conversant with God again. All pressure and worry suddenly disappear when I was singing the songs. I hope I can always fill with strength to handle everything, and be loyal to God for my lifetime.

journal 03/10/2010

This week, I saw a movie called “Hachiko.”At the very beginning, I know nothing about this movie. However, I happened to learn this movie was about to show on the library and I was really attracted by the plot. Therefore, I went to join the activity of library to see the movie which I expected. This movie was adapted by a real story and the plot really touched me deeply in the heart. It was about a faithful dog named “Hachiko” had kept waiting for his deceased master for ten years. He had ever been a stray dog until he bumped into a college professor. The fate seized them tightly and nothing can separate them. The professor went through many difficulties to let his wife accept this poor little dog. Therefore, the relationship between this professor and Hachi is nothing but fill with lots of love and care. Nevertheless, the professor passed away for few years later after adopting Hachi. It was sad to say that Hachi did not know that his master had already passed away; he just kept waiting for his owner coming off work at the same time and at the same place.
This movie has touched many people already, and I am not the exception. I moved to tears after seeing this movie and I even had an impulse to adopt a dog right away. I kept telling my friend how wonderful this movie was and recommended them to see this movie as soon as possible. I found that I can not throw the plot out off my thought; it just kept repeating the picture of this movie. As my point of view, just like the saying goes: dogs are the soul mates of humans. People tend to keep pets as their own friends and treat them well as if they were really their own children. However, there still exist some dogs are abandoned by their owners on the street. I hope the tragedy such like that could not happen anymore. Dogs also have feeling, sensibility, and emotions. They are always faithful to their owners, and they ask nothing but only love and care. Therefore, I hope everyone can see this movie and consider that how important the value of dogs is in our lives.