1.20.2010
An article~~
If life is an article, I think my thesis statement would be knowledge is the lover that will never forsake you. I love myself. I know myself. Well... I think sometimes I don't but for most of the time Yes, I do. I like to see the happy me, the one with a big smile on my face.
6.27.2009
Live or Die (Composition Two)
Death penalty is widely used in the world to punish people who commit serious crimes. In most places, criminals are executed for murder, espionage, treason, or military justice. In some other countries, people are executed when they commit sexual crimes, such as rape, adultery, incest or sodomy. Moreover, some religious crimes also lead to death penalty like apostasy in Islamic nations. However, is death penalty really a proper way to punish a criminal? Is it fair to allow a judge to decide whether a person should be alive or dead under the circumstance of not knowing the person’s whole life? Furthermore, if a person dies for his country, such as an espionage, who is going to be responsible of his death? Is it he himself, the country or the executioner?
Death might be fearful but there are much more things in the world that are much grimmer than death. To punish a criminal is to let the person regret what he or she had done or understand what he or she did is not right. However, how can a dead person feel regretful? Death penalty can only satisfy the victims’ resentful feelings toward the criminal but it can’t change things that already happened or really solve the problem. Life sentence with no parole will be a proper way to make a person suffer suffered and to reflect upon his or her wrong doing. There are many ways to make the criminals understand the pain, agony, or grief they caused for the victims. Letting them suffer the similar pain will probably be more powerful than death penalty. Death penalty might be the quickest way to get rid of the problem but it is not the best way to solve the problem.
No one has the right to deprive people of their living rights. The murderer did that because he committed a crime. However, if people give the right for people to execute the criminals, people make them murderers and also make them carry the needless guilt. The criminals deserve punishment but people also have the right to live. The murderers took people’s lives, and so, they should be deprived freedom! Using death penalty as a punishment can only create another innocent murderer but changes nothing. Furthermore, if people ask who is going to take the responsibility of the murderer’s death, the judge might work onto another and say it’s the executioner did it and the executioner might say it’s the judge’s decision. To prevent all these unnecessary arguments, death penalty is not the best way to punish the criminals.
Killing people is not legally allowed under the normal circumstances because people should respect lives. The same situations and crimes might have different outcomes when it happened in different countries, such as apostasy in religious world. In the Islamic world, the person will be executed but in different religions, the consequence might not be that serious. Moreover, some people might be innocent but once they died, they have no opportunity to prove it wrong. The fairness of the sentence will be a big problem when it comes to the death penalty. For example, should spies be sentenced to death? Offering the right for the country to kill someone is full of potential problems of justice and fairness and they won’t be solved until we stop the death penalty.
People should respect the lives in the world. Everyone has the right to live because nature grants it. People don’t know if the death penalty can be a good punishment for the criminals because they are already dead. It can only ease the grief and the resentfulness the criminals caused. Also, the responsibilities of the criminal’s lives and the fairness of the judgment are all tough problems. And if we have better ways to punish the criminals and solve all the problems by stopping the death penalty, why should it exist?
Death might be fearful but there are much more things in the world that are much grimmer than death. To punish a criminal is to let the person regret what he or she had done or understand what he or she did is not right. However, how can a dead person feel regretful? Death penalty can only satisfy the victims’ resentful feelings toward the criminal but it can’t change things that already happened or really solve the problem. Life sentence with no parole will be a proper way to make a person suffer suffered and to reflect upon his or her wrong doing. There are many ways to make the criminals understand the pain, agony, or grief they caused for the victims. Letting them suffer the similar pain will probably be more powerful than death penalty. Death penalty might be the quickest way to get rid of the problem but it is not the best way to solve the problem.
No one has the right to deprive people of their living rights. The murderer did that because he committed a crime. However, if people give the right for people to execute the criminals, people make them murderers and also make them carry the needless guilt. The criminals deserve punishment but people also have the right to live. The murderers took people’s lives, and so, they should be deprived freedom! Using death penalty as a punishment can only create another innocent murderer but changes nothing. Furthermore, if people ask who is going to take the responsibility of the murderer’s death, the judge might work onto another and say it’s the executioner did it and the executioner might say it’s the judge’s decision. To prevent all these unnecessary arguments, death penalty is not the best way to punish the criminals.
Killing people is not legally allowed under the normal circumstances because people should respect lives. The same situations and crimes might have different outcomes when it happened in different countries, such as apostasy in religious world. In the Islamic world, the person will be executed but in different religions, the consequence might not be that serious. Moreover, some people might be innocent but once they died, they have no opportunity to prove it wrong. The fairness of the sentence will be a big problem when it comes to the death penalty. For example, should spies be sentenced to death? Offering the right for the country to kill someone is full of potential problems of justice and fairness and they won’t be solved until we stop the death penalty.
People should respect the lives in the world. Everyone has the right to live because nature grants it. People don’t know if the death penalty can be a good punishment for the criminals because they are already dead. It can only ease the grief and the resentfulness the criminals caused. Also, the responsibilities of the criminal’s lives and the fairness of the judgment are all tough problems. And if we have better ways to punish the criminals and solve all the problems by stopping the death penalty, why should it exist?
Truth (Cpmposition one)
What I want to define is not the truth of an event, a thing or some specific phenomena in the society. It is a subjective topic, and with different backgrounds, genders, professions, or even ages, the idea of truth changes. What I try to define is the truth of life to figure out what truth is and finding the truth of life.
There are many ways to give definitions to different aspects of truth. Philosophers explain this word in very practical ways. In correspondence theory, it emphasizes on the connection between true beliefs, true statement and the actual affairs. The relationship between thoughts or statements and things or objects is the main idea of this theory. This is the traditional model of truth which can date back to ancient Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. There is also an aphorism advocating this theory written by a thirteenth-century philosopher Thomas Aquinas,’’ Truth is the equation of thing and intellect.’’ This is the explanation of ancient people at that time. It may be suitable for explaining what truth is but it’s not proper to define what truth is in life. Life is not an event, a thing or merely an object. The truth of life is the fountain of peace and tranquility and of course there is no equation that can solve the problem between life and truth.
The word ’’truth’’ in Middle English not only means a fact, a belief or an idea held to be true. It attaches to the moral aspect rather than the practical aspect.“Troth- that is, faith pledged by one’s word and owed to a lord, a spouse, or anyone who puts someone else under obligation.” This is the definition of truth in Middle English, the loyalty to someone whom the people cared about and loved. However, without this truth, one might be seen as a traitor, and dishonor himself or herself and also disgrace his or her own family. At that time this is the most important characteristic of truth in their lives because the honor to the country, to themselves and to their family is the priority and it is even more important than their lives. However, the background, the generation and the cultural effects are all different now. Nowadays, people care more about themselves than before and the centers of our lives are more to us than to the country or the loyalty to someone, so the definition of truth is no longer the same.
There is no equation to solve the problem between truth and life because it is not a proposition. The truth of life is no longer the obligation to someone like middle age. It’s more about our own life and more about us. During the discussion about this topic with my friend, we both reached the agreement that truth is the eternity of our lives and deeply believe that it will never change. Time changes, people change but truth will stand still. Furthermore, the truth in our mind will never get affected by anything. Where the truth is, the heart is also there. Nevertheless, the truth in everyone’s life is different. It depends on the backgrounds, the cultural experiences, the genders or the ages. But one thing is for sure; once people find their own truth, it will last forever. We have to find the truth in our lives so that we can get peaceful hearts and eternal tranquility in our lives.
The definition of truth is the eternity of the unchangeable quality and the unbreakable stability in people’s mind. There is no specific answer to the question what the truth is, but there is a specific definition of it. However, despite of all the different answers given by different people, the basic elements of the truth are the same.
(This is the discussion between one of my Australian friends and I. During the process, he conveys something that he wanted me to know, to find the truth in my life. To find something that is eternal and lasting forever. This eternal happiness can not be found by any other person. It is already in people’s mind and they just have to find it. To find the truth, we have to explore it and it is more about experiences than listening. Knowing is knowledge. Action and experience are wisdom. Happiness is just a state of mind. It can not last forever. It can only last for a moment.)
There are many ways to give definitions to different aspects of truth. Philosophers explain this word in very practical ways. In correspondence theory, it emphasizes on the connection between true beliefs, true statement and the actual affairs. The relationship between thoughts or statements and things or objects is the main idea of this theory. This is the traditional model of truth which can date back to ancient Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. There is also an aphorism advocating this theory written by a thirteenth-century philosopher Thomas Aquinas,’’ Truth is the equation of thing and intellect.’’ This is the explanation of ancient people at that time. It may be suitable for explaining what truth is but it’s not proper to define what truth is in life. Life is not an event, a thing or merely an object. The truth of life is the fountain of peace and tranquility and of course there is no equation that can solve the problem between life and truth.
The word ’’truth’’ in Middle English not only means a fact, a belief or an idea held to be true. It attaches to the moral aspect rather than the practical aspect.“Troth- that is, faith pledged by one’s word and owed to a lord, a spouse, or anyone who puts someone else under obligation.” This is the definition of truth in Middle English, the loyalty to someone whom the people cared about and loved. However, without this truth, one might be seen as a traitor, and dishonor himself or herself and also disgrace his or her own family. At that time this is the most important characteristic of truth in their lives because the honor to the country, to themselves and to their family is the priority and it is even more important than their lives. However, the background, the generation and the cultural effects are all different now. Nowadays, people care more about themselves than before and the centers of our lives are more to us than to the country or the loyalty to someone, so the definition of truth is no longer the same.
There is no equation to solve the problem between truth and life because it is not a proposition. The truth of life is no longer the obligation to someone like middle age. It’s more about our own life and more about us. During the discussion about this topic with my friend, we both reached the agreement that truth is the eternity of our lives and deeply believe that it will never change. Time changes, people change but truth will stand still. Furthermore, the truth in our mind will never get affected by anything. Where the truth is, the heart is also there. Nevertheless, the truth in everyone’s life is different. It depends on the backgrounds, the cultural experiences, the genders or the ages. But one thing is for sure; once people find their own truth, it will last forever. We have to find the truth in our lives so that we can get peaceful hearts and eternal tranquility in our lives.
The definition of truth is the eternity of the unchangeable quality and the unbreakable stability in people’s mind. There is no specific answer to the question what the truth is, but there is a specific definition of it. However, despite of all the different answers given by different people, the basic elements of the truth are the same.
(This is the discussion between one of my Australian friends and I. During the process, he conveys something that he wanted me to know, to find the truth in my life. To find something that is eternal and lasting forever. This eternal happiness can not be found by any other person. It is already in people’s mind and they just have to find it. To find the truth, we have to explore it and it is more about experiences than listening. Knowing is knowledge. Action and experience are wisdom. Happiness is just a state of mind. It can not last forever. It can only last for a moment.)
6.05.2009
The end of this semester..
This is my first semester after I turn to twenty years old. I learn a lot and also think much more about my future career. From all the objective points, it's really not easy to achieve my goal and I am also expecting the tough junior and senior years.
I have to enrich myself.
Knowing the art of being a woman is important. The way a girl walk, speak, behave, smile, laugh, or even think decide what she will be. A happy girl knows how to manage all these to make herself happy and confident.
I learn, learn , and learn, learn how to get better and better and happy.
That's what it matters!!!!!!!!
In the end of this semester, I hope I can do a good job of my final~~~~~~~~
Simple wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but a little bit hard to carry out.
I have to enrich myself.
Knowing the art of being a woman is important. The way a girl walk, speak, behave, smile, laugh, or even think decide what she will be. A happy girl knows how to manage all these to make herself happy and confident.
I learn, learn , and learn, learn how to get better and better and happy.
That's what it matters!!!!!!!!
In the end of this semester, I hope I can do a good job of my final~~~~~~~~
Simple wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but a little bit hard to carry out.
5.30.2009
Take care of myself~~~~~~
Today, I went to the doctor and I think I have to start taking it more seriously. The doctor gave me a list about the food that I can't eat and SHOULD eat. Sadly, all the fruits that I love most are not allowed to eat. Well...... I think from now on, whenever I saw the fruits, there will be an angel and a demon appearing on my shoulder.
I used to eat whatever I want. Maybe, it's time to change it and do really take care of myself, otherwise, there will be more problems after I become thirty.
I will follow what the doctor told me and take the medicine according the doctor's instruction.
This weekend I have four days off from school and it's good and relaxing. I can't wait for my summer vacation. Somehow, people get lazy so easily and can hardly become diligent. I spend my weekend on working, watching series, reading novels, and study some Japaneses. I think it's also the time to prepare for my test.
Tough June~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No money, happiness, and leisure time but a bunch of pressure of the final~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I used to eat whatever I want. Maybe, it's time to change it and do really take care of myself, otherwise, there will be more problems after I become thirty.
I will follow what the doctor told me and take the medicine according the doctor's instruction.
This weekend I have four days off from school and it's good and relaxing. I can't wait for my summer vacation. Somehow, people get lazy so easily and can hardly become diligent. I spend my weekend on working, watching series, reading novels, and study some Japaneses. I think it's also the time to prepare for my test.
Tough June~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No money, happiness, and leisure time but a bunch of pressure of the final~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5.25.2009
The Unknown
Sometimes, I was busy in planing the future and I forget to taste the surprise of the unknown.
Life is full of surprise and excitement. This is what my best friend told me.
He always asks that'Don't you think so?'
I hardly agree with him before but recently I think maybe he is right and I start to accept this saying and try to figure out and experience the true meaning of it.
Life is full of surprise and excitement. This is what my best friend told me.
He always asks that'Don't you think so?'
I hardly agree with him before but recently I think maybe he is right and I start to accept this saying and try to figure out and experience the true meaning of it.
5.23.2009
Leisurely Sunday~~~~~~~
I almost forget when is the last time that my Sunday is so free that I can do everything I want slowly.
In this week, I have some fresh thoughts and new opinion about things.
Sometimes, it's hard to let go something you cherished very much but deep inside, you know you will finally get through it. It's just a problem of time. However, the process causes pain and suffering. It's time to let go, to lose even though it's painful.
Sometimes, we care so much about the future that we forget we live in NOW. I've busy in planing my future and I forget to taste the surprise of the unknown. There is no definitely prediction in people's lives, but fear, anticipation, anxiety and curiosity push us to explore the future.
Sometimes, people insist on things they think it's important, however, when everything is over and you turn back to reflect upon the past, you are not sure about it's worth or not. I don't call it regret.
Well... maybe I don't know what am I talking about.
In this week, I have some fresh thoughts and new opinion about things.
Sometimes, it's hard to let go something you cherished very much but deep inside, you know you will finally get through it. It's just a problem of time. However, the process causes pain and suffering. It's time to let go, to lose even though it's painful.
Sometimes, we care so much about the future that we forget we live in NOW. I've busy in planing my future and I forget to taste the surprise of the unknown. There is no definitely prediction in people's lives, but fear, anticipation, anxiety and curiosity push us to explore the future.
Sometimes, people insist on things they think it's important, however, when everything is over and you turn back to reflect upon the past, you are not sure about it's worth or not. I don't call it regret.
Well... maybe I don't know what am I talking about.
5.17.2009
Crazily busy week~~~~~ New Experience
This Friday, I changed my hair style and I like it!!!!!
No matter how people said, I think this is a big change of me and I am glad that I step out.
This week was really busy, too!!!!!!!!
A looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of homework, presentations, and tests.
Well..... I I think midterm is not the most terrible things in the world.
But I still try really hard to keep my schedule.
I cleaned me room, wrote the blog, prepared for my presentations and ,memorized my Japanese vocabularies.
Wow!!!! it's a mazing that I can finished so many things within few hours. I think next thing I have to arrange my time more properly, otherwise, I will be definitely crazy.
Welcome my new hair style and welcome my new week.
I hope everything will be perfectly fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No matter how people said, I think this is a big change of me and I am glad that I step out.
This week was really busy, too!!!!!!!!
A looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of homework, presentations, and tests.
Well..... I I think midterm is not the most terrible things in the world.
But I still try really hard to keep my schedule.
I cleaned me room, wrote the blog, prepared for my presentations and ,memorized my Japanese vocabularies.
Wow!!!! it's a mazing that I can finished so many things within few hours. I think next thing I have to arrange my time more properly, otherwise, I will be definitely crazy.
Welcome my new hair style and welcome my new week.
I hope everything will be perfectly fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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