12/25/2008

According to the report” The Gift of Christmas Breakfast”, it described interesting Christmas breakfast that westerners would do. Every person had it own family tradition but Christmas breakfast was definitely the important breakfast meal in the whole year.

Christmas was very important in western countries but by the merchant skills Christmas become commercial day to get big benefits in eastern places. Actually, easterners felt hard to understand the true meaning of Christmas day. We only thought it was another celebrated day and can exchange our cards and gifts to our friends.

I remembered when I was little, I also fascinated by the story of Santa Claus. In my family, we didn’t use to celebrate on that day. Also, we won’t use stockings like eastern children to wait for present. But when I mentioned the Santa Claus story, I really received the gifts next morning. At this time to call back my memory, the gift must put by my parent.

Maybe Christmas to easterner just like Chinese New Year to Orientals. The two celebrated day had different meaning on each other. Because the difference, the world become more interesting. Also, we need to learn and respect the culture we are not familiar with.(202words)

According to Lauram Holson, the” Your Friends Need Money. Do They Have References?” discussed a common situation that your friend wanted to borrow some money from you. It described several different stories and what the lender’s decisions. Also, it focused on their relation between the lender and the borrower after the event.

I found it was an interesting article. When I was little, my parent inculcated me not lend money to my friend. They even gave me more than enough money to prevent me from borrowing others. But I didn’t like to carry big sum of money, I would take half of money which my parent gave. Thus, I also had the experience to ask others money and lend others money.

I thought there were some principles to lend other’s money. First, I would set up the maximum sum that I would like to lend others. Second, I would observe the borrower personal qualities. The person needed be responsible and hard working.

It seemed it was a guilty to borrow money from others. Actually, things mentioned money was complicated and I thought it may affect the relation between each other. Though money can’t buy anything, you can’t do anything without money. (201 words)

12/11/2008

According to Roni Caryn Rabin in The High Price of Cheap Eats, the report reveals the terrible result of eating low price food. For example, shopping in the fast food is definitely not the good bargain.

Actually, I seldom eat fast food. After I read this cover, I just ponder over the relation between price and quality.

I am a thrifty person who likes cheap things. However, from recent news, the cheap products made by China cause a lot of problems. I also had some bad experience that I bought some bad products for cheap price. It seems it is the formula that price stands for quality except the brand.

Also, the food is essential to human. We can’t move it out of human’s life. The old saying believe that the food cause one’s health condition. I agree this kind of opinion now.

Recently, the prevailing trend is to take care of our environment. Some people use green material or become a vegetarian. I think the vegetarian is a good way. I had some data that shows the energy circulation. Indeed, we acquire few from the animals. Lots of livestock is needled for providing human abundant food. Thus, our food is poisonous.(202words)

12/04/2008

According to Jane Perlez and Somini Sengupta in the news Mumbai Attack Is Test for Pakistan on Curbing Militants, it discussed the new government of Pakistan attitude and what the steps the government will adopt.

The terrorist happened in Mumbai recently scared me. It caused a lot of tragedies. Some people lost the person whose take important part in their life. I even heard that the attack was launched by young boys. After receiving this news, I just wanted to ask: ” What happened to the world? ”

I know there must have various reasons that cause this event. Some things that I don’t understand in history and race and the reason can’t be easy to forget. The judge that who is right or wrong is hard to distinguish.

However, I think life is holy and no body has right to deprive it. I not only focus on this event. I mean a lot of proofs that people would do some irrational things. I can find wars not only in the past but even in other places of modern world. We call ourselves the “rule of the world”. Then the reason that we resort to violence when happened something we cannot handle. How ironic it is!

Not like the beauty match, I truly eager the slogan-”world peace.” I do not whether it will come true or not but I wish it in my heart. There are lots of measures we can choose except violence. The slogan seems old style and few people want to believe it. But I think it is the thing that reflects what I want deeply. (269 words)