happy memories

I always remember the new year's time. That is the time we can meet our relatives. Also children can get many red envelpoes form our parent. we will eat together and chat all night. I like the time because when I was a child only that days I didn't have to go to bad early. I can play all night!
The time with my friends also is a good memory. During the weekends or vocation, we will meet together to do something. Something we will chating or shopping. Sometime we just search some delicious foods and eat. we don't have secret between us. we shared all things together. Although I am in America now, I can still remember the time we had.
I thing abroad always are a good memory. I can remember my first time I go abroad. Some travel I even can remember the specific details.
I thing because of memories, that make our life more splendid. When you are old, you still have remember something that make your life interesting. Create memories when you are young, that will make you life better. That is my friend told me. And I always believe that. So, I try to create memories every moment.

EAP2 WW- FE#7

Yen- Jung Chen (Chen)
EAP2 WW- FE#7
November 19, 2008

Vacation

If you ask me which city is good for visit, my answer is Japan. I went to Japan with my mom when I was a child. Everything is so cute and beautiful there. I still can remember some cute stuff. The most special thing is that Japan has a lot of cartoons. And they make the roles become real stuff such as watches, pens, bags, and so on. Last time I went to Japan, I bought a Hello Kitty doll, although it cost me much money. Some people like Japan because of sushi, sashimi or plum wine, but I go to Japan just for Hello Kitty. Also, I like to go skiing in Japan, because it doesn’t snow in Taiwan. And Japanese chocolate taste very good. Everyone should buy it. I recommend people should go to Japan and buy a lot of chocolate and small stuff. But people have to notice one thing: controlling your money. If you don’t, you will be broke after you travel, because Japanese prices are very high.

EAP2 WW- FE#6

Yen-Jung Chen (Chen)
EAP2 WW- FE#6
November 18, 2008

Food

My favorite dish is rice porridge. But I didn’t cook well; my father cooks more delicious food than I do. This dish is very complex to make, because it has a lot of steps and food. According to my father, at first, you have to put ribs into hot water and cook them about two or three hours. That is for the soup, to make soup that has more nutrition. Next, put rice that you haven’t cooked into the soup. That will make rice more delicious. This step needs about half hour. And then, put in fish, vegetable, eggs, shrimps, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and meat. Then you have to make sure all food has cooked very well. And cook all food on a small fire and close the cover. After one hour, you can eat it. This dish has to take a long time. I am lazy and some food I cannot find in America. So, I have never cooked this food since I came here. I really miss this food my father made.

the time i am alone

I am a strange person, I think. I like the time alone more than the time with friends. There is a sentence say that you have to enjoy the time alone first, then you can enjoy the tome with friends. Even though I like alone, I still will spend sometime with my friends. When I with friends, I think I am not me. I think everyone will pretend something or hide something. So, I don' t like the me when I pretend. So, I like the time alone. I can relax myself. No one will see how crazy I am. I can shout. I can sing. I can do whatever I want and don't have to care others. But the most time when I am alone, I always think. Thinking what should I do in the future, the relationship, and my family. Sometime I will write them down, but usually I just let them go. My friends like to go to the beach when they are alone. But I just want to stay at my room and lack the door. No one can bother me. But sometime I will talk to my best friends and after talking we will go shopping. I think I like alone because you can have your own quite space. After I spend the time alone, I will feel more power. Then I can fight again!!!!

EAP2 WW- Fluency Exercise #5

Yen-Jung Chen (Chen)
EAP2 WW- Fluency Exercise #5
November 6, 2008

Language Learning

Remembering vocabulary is the hardest part in learning a language. There are three situations that happened often when people remember the vocabulary. First, people can remember, but they forget soon. Second, people mix all the vocabulary together. Third, people cannot remember the vocabulary. I think my problems are the first one and second one. So, the best way for me to remember the vocabulary is to write them on a paper and paste them on the wall of my room, table…where I can see and notice easily. That will help me to review all the time. And if I see them many times, I can remember them quickly. Then, I try to use them often; if people use a world one time, two times or more, that world will be yours.

my dreams

My dream often change quickly. When I was child, I wished I can be a teacher likes my mom. But when I was teenager, I did't want to be a teacher anymore. I thought that because I knew more about the world. And when I was senior high student, I wanted to be a secretary. Because I thought secretaries looks very pretty and competent. But after two weeks, I changed my mind. Because my classmate affected me. She wanted to be an airplane stewardess. So, I wanted to be the same with her. Of couse! I changed my mind again. I want to earn much money!!!!!! But I don't decide my job yet. I think if I want to earn much money. The first thing I should is improving my ability. But I think I am not a smart girl. So I will afraid that I cannot reach that goal and easy to give up. Sometime I will think what should I do if I don't have ant ability. Will I have a job in the future? Or I will be a beggar.
I think the horriblest thing is you never don't know what happen in the future.

EAP2 WW- Fluency Exercise #4

Yen-Jung Chen (Chen)
EAP2 WW- Fluency Exercise #4
November 3, 2008

Language Learning

Technology is improving more than before. Some electronic tools help people learn different languages quickly. In my
experience, I think technology is very helpful. For instance, using electronic dictionary can get meaning faster than paper
dictionary, and it is very easy to carry, although some people think paper dictionary can get the definition more clearly. But I
think in a journal electronic dictionary’s definitions are enough. And electronic dictionary can save more time. Internet also is
a good invention. People can chat with people from different countries online. And people can get different advice and
information for leaning a language. So, using technology can help people learn language more quickly.

EAP2 WW- Summary Response #2

Yen-Jung Chen (Chen)

EAP2 WW- Summary Response #2

October 28, 2008

Thousands of Olive Ridley massacred again

In the author’s (2008) article, “Thousands of Olive Ridley massacred again,” he states that more and more Olive Ridley Turtle are killed in India. The Orissa coast is the place for turtle breeding but it’s not safe anymore. At least 8,000 turtle’s dead bodies have been found at the beach, and that is not including other coasts in India. The biggest reason is people use mechanized trawlers. Trawlers will kill turtles even though some turtles are lucky, and they can get away from trawlers. But they will die very soon, because they get serious damage in the process. India government has created some ways to settle these problems, but they don’t work. For instance, government states that if people who kill or sell turtles are found, they have to go to jail. But so far no one has been arrested. And then turtle’s dead bodies are still found at the beach. As a result, turtles are going to move towards extinction soon.

After reading this article, I think protection and slaughter can be balanced. In India most people are poor. Turtles can bring wealth for Indians because turtles have very high value of turtlebacks. No one wants to live in poverty and the one way to earn money is to sell turtles. And I think government can use different ways to solve these problems, not just forbiddance. And I also believe in survival of the fittest, the way species survive. I don’t think protection is always right; if people want to live, then people have to lose some species.

First, people should be able to kill turtles alarm appropriate range. In India people are poor; they need to sell turtles to support their life. Human’s life is more important than turtle’s. It doesn’t mean turtle’s life is not important, but if killing turtles can save a hundred or more people’s lives, why don’t people do that? Protecting turtles is important, but protecting poor people is more important. And turtles are very useful; some part of a turtle’s body can be medicine. This way can bring wealth to poor people and also can save people’s life. And we can control turtle’s amount at necessary range. Turtles won’t be extinct because our technology can breed turtles. Therefore, killing turtles is possible in a controllable range.

Second, the Indian government cannot just forbid killing. Protecting turtles is good, but the government has to think of the situation of the country before. If people are poor, they don’t have the ability to protect turtles. And the government is just like a clown; nobody will follow the rules. What the government should do is figure out the economic part of turtles for people’s lives. Don’t just save turtles, save people. Government can make a number of turtles that people can kill. Then government doesn’t have to worry about whether people kill too many turtles. That is because people accept that any number of turtles to kill is better than none. And government also can ask people to protect turtles’ eggs at the beach. Protective movements should be step by step. They should use the way people can easily understand and follow. It will make the success rate of turtle protection higher.

Third, turtle’s death is not all human’s fault. Nature goes its own way. Turtles die will be recycled as new born. If humans push the word progress, the environment will be somewhat destroyed. It is inevitable. The weak are the prey of the strong. People want world improvement. For this reason, some species will be extinct. But new species will be born and adapt to the environment. Dinosaurs die because they cannot adapt to the climate. That is the same reason as the turtles. Turtles cannot adapt to the environment, so they will die. Therefore, people are not the slaughterers of turtles.

In conclusion, people can protect turtles if they have the ability. Humans have high technology, so people can try their best to protect turtles. Protective movement is a personal choice. People cannot force someone to protect turtles. But government can establish laws to make the protective group or movement have more resources and power. Try to use the way people can really adapt and help. For example, limit the amount of turtles that people can catch and arrest people who catch over that amount. Use some real examples to make people understand that catching too many turtles not only hurts turtles, but also hurts them. People can affect people and then more and more people will care about turtles. As a result, more and more turtles will be protected.

Reference

Thousands of Olive Ridley massacred again. (2008, October 29). IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU Secretariat. Retrieved October 29, 2008, from http://www. ioseaturtles.org/headline_detail.php?id=872. ioseaturtles.org/headline_detail.php?id=872

halloween vs ghost month

In my countey, we don't have any holiday in this month. But we do have a month about dead.
In chinese lunar calender, July is the month about dead. In 7th, July, the day there is a door open for ghosts. It means that in ordinary days ghosts cannot get into this world until 7th, July. And people will prepare some food and offer sacrifice to them. The door will close at the end of July. Ghosts will go back to the nether world again until next July. In that month, people will avoid next to water or take planes. Because In chinese custom, ghosts will catch someone to substitute for ghosts. Then if ghosts catch someone, ghosts can have life again. People will care their action and the words our use. Because people cannot say somethong or do something that are unpolite to ghosts. And people will go to temple to pray for safety.
In July, there are so many movies about ghosts because July is the month for ghosts. So movies will be more horrible than usual monthes. And teenager will go to theater and see. But I am very scared to ghosts, so I won't do that.



















Because other pictures are too scared, so .....I don't have courage to put them on my blogger.
I just put two pictures which are not so scared. XD