Once a week for fifteen minutes-15

This semester is about to end, which means that I am getting more and more mature and have to face different challenges in the following stage. Although I am going to be junior student next semester, in fact, I am in no doubt should have been a senior student if I haven't changed the university before. But I will still study sophomore courses because I have once again changed my major. With all my circumstances, I keep worrying about my future. I imagine that if I am a senior student right now, I will have to make a plan for my job; I will be an intern in the corporation, or maybe, I have flight to Madrid as an exchanged student. In addition to this stress, all my classmates who are at their first year at school enjoy their laid-back student's life and tons of activities; however, I have no more energy and strength to spare my time and effort there, which makes me quite isolated from others. Sometimes, I feel quite anxious and helpless to stuck in such paradox. But I have no choice but to adapt to this uncomfortable and awkward situation.  

Once a week for fifteen minutes-14

Over past few weeks, I was under lots of pressure and felt quite unhappy with my hustle and dull studying life. Everything seemed to be meaningless for me even though I had once put my passion in. But it was quite noticeable that the depression was all from Japanese courses. I started to feel unable to deal with learning different languages at the same time because as we all known that by all means should we put in lots of endeavor to review and repeat all new languages so that we wouldn't forget them.  However, it seemed that I was too optimistic and ideal for my ability. I couldn't catch up with the whole class and even lagged behind the class, which was really upset since I was sort of perfectionist and I couldn't accept it. The frustrated feeling kept piling up, which even made shadow in my mind, deterring me from attending the courses. Meanwhile, my grade in Spanish courses even dropped a little bit and it was a severe warning to inform me of facing the problems and taking the emergent action to deal with them. Therefore, I dropped the Japanese courses after thinking twice over it.

Once a week for fifteen minutes-13

There was a god-awful tragedy on MRT. The 21-year-old murderer slashed passengers at random which caused 4 people being killed and 21 injured. My mood was altered from agony to anguish. I could imagine how horrible and frightened when those people were pierced through or were trying to find any space to escape from the murderer in such a limited and crowded carriage. And how hopeless and desperate when the murderer got close to those people who were forced to the corner. It gave me the creep. Sorrow and pain occupied my whole heart which made me nearly suffocated. MRT is one of the most important and main transportations in my daily life, so it seemed quite real as if I had been at the scene. On no account could I ever think of this tragedy happening. And I was on no doubt regarded MRT as the safest transportation in Taipei that we all could be proud of. Since then, I am tossing and turning all night with a sob catching in my throat. I hope whoever has done the bad thing should be got even to fill up the deepest chasm of hate although all this seems of no avail to the preservation of innocent people.    

Once a week for fifteen minutes-12

Since my brother lives outside, and I have a hustle college life, we expend few effort in our house. We make our house rarely simple as if it has been abandoned. Recently, my parents decide to redecorate our house, for my brother will graduate from the college this year and will move back home. Our goal is spend little money but turn the house into a brand-new atmosphere. Thus, we decide to buy new sofa, curtains and carpets. Because my brother studies in fashion design department, he knows quite well about fabric, structure, quality and so on, so he plays the leading role in choosing them. Also, on no account can we doubt his exceptional sense of beauty. When shopping in the store, he will run through the stuffs with his fingers and check whether everything is right. Although it exerts more time and effort to buy furniture, we are able to avoid a fraud.

Once a week for fifteen minutes-11

At Friday night, I with my friends joined a party held by NTU's European cultural club. I had been looking forward to it and even couldn't fall asleep the day before the party. In fact, I had been to a few parties before, but neither of them were formal. Almost each one were held in the night club with electronic music alive in the club. This time, it was a formal one with boys and girls dressed in suits and evening dresses relatively. Because I was so restless, I headed for the party punctually, but I didn't go to the place at once. I stayed in the car and stared through the window, starting to observe those participants who were passing by. While I was counting them on a very slow basis, it meant that in no way could anyone hide into the crowd. On the ground of my experience, I was quite sure that it would make people awkward. From the beginning til the mid time, I was not surprised everyone of us tried to squeeze into the corner. But later, with some games and social dance, we had a great time making new friends. Overall, it was a wonderful day especially with beer, music, dance and friends in particular.  

reflection on Akeelah and the Bee (in the second half)

Summary:
    Javier invites Akeelah to his birthday and it is the day that Akeelah starts to take more notice of Dylan Chu and become the biggest rival of him. Dr. Larabee coaches Akeelah and gives out everything he has to her. Akeelah, Javier and Dylan Chu win the spelling bee in the regional spelling bee, so three of them become representatives to compete in the national spelling bee. Although before the national spelling bee, Akeelah unpredictably goes through many hardships like almost losing her best friend, being declined by Dr. Larabee for not coaching her or being under lots of pressure, Akeelah gets everyone's help and support, her mother in particular. In the end, because of Akeelah's wisdom, kindness and confidence, she finally wins herself many friends and shares the championship with Dylan Chu in the national spelling bee.  

Opinions:
    I think the main idea of the movie, Akeelah and the Bee, is trying to convince people that everyone can make their dream come true, so don't be afraid to go for it however hard it is. Also, the movie wants to tell us that we should never judge a book by its cover. Although sometimes some people may still hold a stereotype toward one thing like looking down on someone due to his or her race, the starring actress convinces us that everyone has potential. But just as Edison has once said, "Success is one percent talent, ninety-nine percent perspiration." Therefore, it takes time and practice to reach success, and also demands perseverance and concentration. 
    Although success features these traits, we can not ignore the importance of individual distinctiveness. In the movie, Akeelah keeps time, finding her own rhythm to remember vocabularies; therefore, she learns in a more efficient and effective way. However, in comparison to Akeelah, Dylan Chu is trained in a harsh way and is not allowed to get enough rest. This training way sometimes doesn't work because people need to relax and refresh from the hard work and somehow it reflects our Chinese culture that we are more likely to spoon-fed children and shape them into well-disciplined role models instead of bringing them up at the mercy of their talents. "Find the fittest rather than the best" can always applies to any aspect of our life, such as finding a mate.
    Besides inner part, one can not succeed without anyone's help. Friends, teachers and family members play essential roles in making success. Just like Akeelah has once said to the Dr. Larabee, " I can not go so far without you." Therefore, we should always be thankful to people who are willing to reach out and be grateful for what people have done for us. At the same time, we should also be generous to give out. And, particularly, parents always lead us to the right way and offer helps without hesitation.
   I like this movie which teaches people something about love.          

reflection on Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah is talented and also full of passion about scrabble. She stands out from the rest of the classmates. However, she feels alien to the school life and also is annoyed by being called brainiac due to her extraordinary talent. Therefore, she hides her desire in the dark. Akeelah lives in the inferior community, so she isn't well-educated in using proper language in different situation. What's worse, her mother is busy with her work and spends much more time disciplining her brother, so Akeelah doesn't get the support from her mother to compete in the competition. Although her living environment fills with fights, discouragement and distraction which keep disturbing her, she still can recover and move on  by holding a faith in her father. Also, I think Akeelah is very lucky. She gets help and courage from her elder brother, the companion met in the regional competition and also the professor of UCLA whom Akeelah has once offended. Although it seems like challenging from the begging, success will belong to those who  insist on working hard.