"Half full or half emty"

 “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” said Winston Churchill. I think this quote means the way each person react to the situation in life. It mentions two kinds of attitudes. For the same case, these people look difficulties in optimism while other thinks in pessimism. For example, an optimist person looks a half water of glass as “half full” whereas a pessimist looks it as “half empty.” For the same thing, the way these two kinds of people think is completely different. Therefore, a dismal person cannot find the way to solve any problem, and thinks it’s very very hard to overcome. Whilst a hopeful individual think they can find a good solution to solve the difficulty. In addition, the negative people focus on their difficult situations instead of finding solutions for the problems. Conversely, the optimists do on the contrary way.

However, it’s not the best if people just look everything in positiveness since they are more disappointed when results is not like what they want it is. Thinking in optimism is good but people should afraid of not good potential consequences. Thus we can recommend our relatives and my friends who are over optimistic should doubt whether they can achieve their ambition. On the other hand, we should advise the pessimistic people tend to think they can reach their goal or solve their trouble as long as they try their best.

Birds of a Feather

“Bird of a feather flock together” is the saying which can express the friendship of Dien, my best friend and me. Although we are different in some ways, we have several similarities. She and I met each other the first time when we studied at third grade of primary school, but we became close friends at sixth grade. Since she has been my best friend, we found that we have the same hobbies such as travelling, listening to music, reading books, and watching movies. After we became good friends of each one, we have a new hobby which is hanging out and talking heart to heart with each other. On the weekend, she and I can spend a whole day at coffee shops or parks near my house for chatting about anything else. At the end of each small topic, we usually have the same opinions J. When I have something fun or I’m in bad mood, I usually share my feeling with her. She always listen to how I felt, and I do the same thing when she has problems. Besides that, she and I study the same major, accounting. We often share, exchange documents and study together although we learned at different universities. However, we have some differences in eating. I like to put chili or hot sauce in my dishes whereas she can’t eat spicy food. Because we are similar in many things, we easily understand the feelings of each one. Thus I feel better after talking with her when I have a problem in my life. She is the best friend I have! ♥

If animals could talk, what would they say???

If animals could talk, I would like to ask them how they think and how their lives are. I would talk to my little dog to understand what he wants and how he sees the world around. In addition, I want to know the meaning of their sound, their facial gesture, and their body language. I think some kinds of animals would say that people should not eat them. Furthermore, they might express how they are angry with people because of environmental damage from human’s activities. Then, they could carry negotiation with people to live in peace. Imagine that they could sing and celebrate some parties or events of human; it would be so interesting. :)

A very moving song!!!

Last week, I cried when I heard a song which my roommate sharing with me. The song named “Mother’s diary” was composed by a talented musicians Nguyen Van Chung. It told about the feelings of a mother from the pregnancy to the maturation of her child. The child is all the world to her. She has followed the child’s life, from the first step to learn how to walk to the first love of her child. The lyric of this song which has the deep meaning about mother’s love really touched my heart. The mother loves her child so much and always wishes the best things to the child. When I heard it, I miss my mother so much. I remember my childhood and the years when I lived in Vietnam, my mother always took care of me. My mom gives all her love to my family. She has taught and given to my sister and me the best things. After hearing the song, I wanted to see my mom and say “Mom, I love you so much!!!” I always feel the protection of my parents when living with my lovely family. It is such a moving song which makes me cry even I heard the fifth time.

Weather

The weather in California is pleasant because it’s not too hot, not too cold. It’s usually sunny for whole year. In my hometown, it’s hot all the year round. Therefore, I felt a little cold when I came here, especially the wind here is often cold. It’s usually a little cold in the morning and evening, but it’s hot in the afternoon because of dazzling sunshine. In general, the weather here is mild because the sky is often clear and it rarely rains. To me, I like the weather varying so I can see the change of seasons. Spring of green trees, flowers and warm; summer of beach and rain; autumn of yellow leaves; and winter of white snow. Therefore, when I lived in Vietnam, I like to visit Da Lat to contemplate many kinds of flowers and beautiful sense in spring. I often go to the beach in summer break. However, I don’t have chances to visit Hanoi to see the beauty of fall, and feel freezing wind in Sapa in winter. I love the beauty of all four seasons.

How do I overcome my fear?

I have a fear of riding motorcycle because it’s very dangerous when moving on the streets in Ho Chi Minh City. The roads are usually crowded, and vehicles move fast. People don’t have a good habit in yielding to other vehicles or even pedestrians. Sometimes, they ride their scooters in wrong lanes which are not for the wheelers. When I tried to ride motorbike in the first time, I felt like I would fell immediately. My friend suggested that he would show me how to ride motorbike. I was so nervous whilst start up the motorcycle. Then I tried to turn left, but I couldn’t control it and I nearly hit a plant on pavement. At that scary moment, my friend sitting behind me and helped me to control the motorbike to not be fallen so I still survive ^^. Fortunately, it’s just a small and uncrowded street. After a few times I tried to ride motorbike, I can control it not too difficultly. However, when he said I should ride it on a bigger street which has more vehicles, I was so afraid of a danger to people riding around me consisting people crossing the street. Thus, I couldn’t ride on the larger streets without someone sitting behind me. As a result of that, I couldn’t overcome my fear. I will try it again when I go back Vietnam, and I hope I can ride to go around my city.