Journal 8 : Advices

Whenever I want to make a decision of a problem, I usually seek the advices from many people around me. It maybe from my friends, my instructors, and my family. They often give the way that they think it is the best. 

The best advice I was given is about choosing major in university. After I finished high school, I was so confused about my next step in my life. I could not make up my mind which school or major I would attend later. My relatives gave me a lot of advices. Someone consulted me about applying for a school near home to be convenient for going and coming back home. My father wanted me to choose his old school so that I could follow his work in the future. However, my mother's opinion was different. She talked to me that I could do it by myself because I would find a suitable school for  me. Any advice was only helpful for me to collect additional information. I must choose my own way and road in the future. After that, although I chose a difficult thing for me, I have never felt regret about my decision. It was also one of the biggest lessons in my life. Be courageous to decide our own road.

Journal 7: Optimistic Quote

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill

This quote expresses two opposite attitudes of people whenever they face difficulties. When they have positive thought in brain, everything seems to attract them in their life. Simple things become the interesting things; difficulties will be the chances to solve and test themselves. They will find out the new things after overtaking the coming difficulties. Pessimists are in the contrast. They always feel worried and anxious when they see the difficulties coming. Two opposite behaviors also exist in people's thought when they need to solve a problem. The optimists will be vivacious to find any way to finish their work. In the contrast, the pessimists with negative thought will have the conservative solution.

I can give an obvious example of studying and passing exams. With every failing exam, we should consider it an opportunity to look back our mistake, review, and avoid the same faults. Don’t be panic and discouraged to let everything go. Choosing positive or negative attitude depends on everyone’s thought to face their own life. No one can help anyone except themselves.

Journal 6: Life's Soundtrack

Many people say that music is a part of their life. Others think that they cannot live without music. I agree with their opinions about the miraculousness and attraction of music. It begins when I heard the song name "Yesterday Once More".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwxsWIYJI2A

I heard this song first time when I was a child. At that time I didn't understand the lyrics and its meaning, but I was really interested in the melody of the song. When I came in high school, I had opportunity to listen to this song again and had a deep understanding after that. This song had a leisure and soft melody. The lyrics were not too complicated; it was easy to understand and feel. It sometimes freshens my feeling after worries and tiredness of the life. This song has a special and strange attraction. Whenever I hear this song, it reminds me about my childhood with lovely and sweet memories. Therefore, when you are tired or bored, save a little time to enjoy favorite songs and balance the daily busy life.