Anything in English....( Practice your writing here)

My mom used to think I was obsessed with time... I looked at my watch nearly 5 mins. Sometimes it's just a habit, not that I need to know what the time was...I hate knowing that a minute, an hour or a day has passed, without me doing anything useful. Useful time to me, might be a minute that you smile and talk to someone, or an hour thinking about today and tomorrow...16 years passed, sometimes I wonder what i've done in my life, what i've achieved and destroyed...Has anyone been hurt by me ?
----Tough times don't last but tough people do----

I'm in love , so my feeling is always wonderful. I feel sweet, pink, pleasant, ya, I feel everything like roses.
This morning, I realize that I have spent so much time on thinking about love, friends and I have less paid attention to my studying, father, mother, my family. I wonder why ? I'm a kind of balanced girl. I always want to balance everything . Maybe from now on, I try put my love aside and try to concentrate in studying. I have to do this. Everything will go smoothly, everything will be okie.......

Dirosemimi

After I've finished the new release movie - The Clockstoppers - last night, I figured out I had to due an assignment in next moring. That assignment is kind of journal what has to go through all activities in my class. Holly smokes ! It was 12:00 at night. I had no choice except to do the damn writing job. I wrote and wrote and wrote while my tears were falling down my keyboard ( nope, just kidding ).
Finally I got it at 3:00 AM. Not bad for the hurry situation huh ?
Jan 18:
First day of the class, I had no clue about this class, what I have learned in this course and what I have to do to pass it through. Actually, I was advised take one of communication courses to finish GE program. I myself thought that Group speaking should be easier for international student me, who speak English as a second language. Just think about the moment I have to stand in front of a lot of people and speech if I take the Public speaking, it??Ts scared me to dead. It??Ts not a big deal if I can use my native language. So, that??Ts the reason why I chose to talk in small group.
Take a look in the syllabus it??Ts quite clear to me. Therê?Tre 2 midterms, 1 final test, some quizzes, and home works. The instructor is such a nice lady, shê?Ts always smile and make some jokes in the class. That makes us feel comfortable and be interested in her lectures. We talk about some definition like what the group communication is, what the dyad is, and discuss some groups we may have among us.
Next thing the class has to make small groups. I was called to join to group of six students. My first thought is about surprise. All group members are Vietnamese. They are really nice and kind of funny. After discussing the name and the logo of our group, we finally choose V6 is the name of this group. V means Vietnamese and 6 is 6 of us.
How about the slogan? It??Ts the difficult thing for us to make the right and cool slogan. We can not choose any slogan. I found out that Phuong is the unbeated-woman. She always makes her opinion is the right one. Luckily we have it, ??oSave the best for last??? is our slogan.
I don??Tt know what??Ts going on in the other groups, but my group is all noisy. We talk as much as we can by both English and Vietnamese language. I will list some rules, norms, and whatever I??Tve heard.
Norms: each member should have the own idea in every assignment. Every member should respond the other member??Ts idea. After that we collect all opinions and discuss about them.
Roles: responsibility
Goal: All members will have a good grade in this course.
Cohesiveness: loyalty to the group. Respect every group member and his or her idea.
What a day!
Jan 25:
We heard that Phuong Tran just dropped out the class. Today we all talk about the Social Exchange Theory. Because the bookstore didn??Tt have enough books for students, our group had only 2 books for five of us.
We discuss and plan for our presentation about the group rules in Rule theory. It??Ts my first presentation and I feel like I??Tm not ready for it.
We also give each other the full name and phone numbers in case we need some information.
Hieu is voted as leader. It??Ts not about his leadership, it??Ts because hê?Ts the best English speaker in our group. He can speak Vietnamese a little bit.
Home work is to find 5 topics that I??Tm interested in and they are ??o2 sides??? problems.
Feb 1:
Wê?Tre just had two hurry-quizzes. They are the group quiz and individual quiz, about 5 minutes for each.
We do a small exercise which name is self-assessment of Gardner abilities (from Rosen, 1987). This will help us to understand ourself and our abilities, some of them we don??Tt even know. I wish I did know it before, maybe I will become a musician someday.
My group will do presentation on chapter 4. It is Relating to others in small groups. Chapter 4 has 6 different parts and each of us will take one. My part is to talk about the Trust. All group members have to prepare at home. Wê?Tll have one meeting day before the class to presence it.
Feb 8:
Today is my special day. Even though I did a good job in our meeting day, I still have a little nerve.
My group is on first turn. After Hieu introduce each member, we do our presentation in 30 minutes. We did pretty good job. I??Tm so proud of myself.
Now we can sit there, just relax and listen to another group all day.
Feb 22:
Some groups do their presentation.
We have the group exam ??oThe Kidney machinê??. It??Ts about 8 patients in need of the kidney machine but the hospital only has 5 machines. We have to decide which patient will receive the treatment and which will not. Those who do not receive treatment will die. Each of patients has different situation, age, race, and career. Hieu doesn??Tt have the leadership. Hê?Ts kind of quiet. Ngoc is such a kind-hearted woman. She doesn??Tt want to see anyone die. Tri, Duyen agreed with Phuong??Ts choices but I don??Tt.
After all, each group give their opinion and state the reason. This exam is really good and helpful. It help us to understand more about the others, what they think and why they make that choice.
Mar 1:
Movie day, we see a movie ??oThe Poseidon adventure.??? That is the old movie but it??Ts still attractive. This story happened on the big ship which is on its way to travel with a lot of tourists. A huge storm pulled it up-side-down. People were stucked inside and they have to find the way out.
We look for some details which will be used in the midterm next week.
Mar 8:
We got a Hurricane preparedness case study. Each member in the group has an individual choice, then we will discuss about that study in order to get the group??Ts choice. Later on, we match them up with the correct answer from our teacher. I got the individual score lower than the group??Ts score.
My group always uses the majority vote for the decision-making methodology. I think that??Ts the best method but it takes time, because that method can collect all ideas and choose the best one from them.
Midterm test is coming up.
Mar 15:
Second presentation is assigned. For the second one, we have to discuss and argue about the topic, not to speech. We disagree each other about the topic. Ngoc wants to talk the gun control. Duyen and I prefer the new technology. Tri and Phuong like to talk about the traffic. Our leader, Hieu says nothing. Any topic will be fine to him, he doesn??Tt care what it is. Finally, we all agree the topic traffic, but we narrow it in Silicon Valley traffic.
Weakness of my group is we do not have a real leader. It wastes our time too much. Fortunately we are Vietnamese and we can find the way out easily. That is our strength.
Mar 22:
Not much to say in this day except the presentation.
6 of us have a sit around the table in front of class. We pretend that wê?Tre in a small group discuss. That makes me feel better. Ngoc had a bad experience from the first one, but she is good today. We have 30 minutes to go. It seems not enough for us to talk. Tri and Phuong talk to much, they don??Tt let anyone say a word. I have to raise my voice loudly whenever I want to say something.
We finish our presentation in happy smiles. Watching and evaluating other groups are our next job.
Mar 29:
We review for the second midterm.
Learn the new lesson.
Conclusion:
This assignment particularly helps me in writing skill. It??Ts kind of journal. This is fun and not really hard. I can see myself and friends day after day. My group is so wonderful. I love it and never forget V6.

A boring day.
Get up.Ride bike to school,drink coffee,attend class.Have lunchin school anteen,take a nap in some room,go to libary to read book until the libary close.
Go back home,have dinner with family and talk about something .Study.Sleep.
Everything is the same day by day,month by month....
At weekend:visit friends,drink alcohol,then drink coffee,tea and chat,listen to music,watch movie.
That is all.What hell is the life?That is the time i were in HCMC technological university.
A life with a ordinary dream.Graduating from the school,find certain job,earn some money *****pport parents,wife and children.
What is the life for?
Have some more money? To eat some more food?Wear more beautifully?Play some more (spoil body).
.When i were in my hometown secondary and HCMC technological university,i wished to be one of the best students in the schools to make my family happy.I got it.Were I happy?Never.
Then i went oversea for my study.Have i been happy?Never.No old friends,no family...I have no thing.
Sometimes i wonder what my life is for.


Tao_lao

To Diroemimi,
Sorry for my last post which mentioned about "chuyen ke nam 2000" by Bui Ngoc Tan.
I quoted original vietnamese from introduction of "Thoi Moi" pulisher.I forgot putting it in quote symbol.
Let talk about something else.I think this topic offer us opportunities to practise our writing skill.
I do not know what wishes is in my life.Sometimes i feel i am very selfish.Anyway,i am human.
Study to get good grade,good job *****pport family.Is it responsible for family (first for myself of course)?Is it the life for responsible only?
Out of family, i need someone else: friends and heart-to-heart partner.The family never understand and sympathise to us in the way like we wish.That way is for heart-to-heart friend."Độc huyền cầm buồn lắm ai ơi...biết đâu người tri âm...".
I lived far away from the family nearly eight years.Friends are so important to me.I lived with them,played with them,happy with them and sad with them.We were the family.The dormitry was our home.The life was so difficult.
A ten pupils room just fix five double beds,some bikes,a table.No more space.Eating with terible food in dormitry (it was just 4500d/day/boy,1996-1999).Bathing was so funny,ten boys at the same time...hihihi.Do not allow to listen to music in the room( disturb others people),just listen in some coffee shop( i climbed hurdle to drink ereryday).
We did so to go out and drink alcohol once or twice a week.
When i read "Chuyen ke nam 2000",i found myself and my friends somewhere.I nearly cried.It has been for three years when i lelf there.
I entered a university in HCMC.I went there.Hostel life was continued.Some other students complained about the life con***ions in the dormitory.It is nothing if comparing to my ex-dormitory.
Then my family moved to HCMC,i lived with my family for a month.
I moved to other unviversity.And continued with dormitory life....Dormitory again.It will continue in some more years....But now,no more old friends,no family.
My life is domitory life.I wish a home one.But when....?I do not know.
Today i am very free and excited.On this sunday i will go back Viet nam.It is wonderful.

Tao_lao

Don't be boring about life like that , my dear friend , Tao_lao . Try to find something lovely , something exciting existing around you such as Love. Everyday, you can go to school, study, talk with the others, share you dream, your concept with them, go out and enjoy you favourite drink ( coffee).....that's happiness. Why don't you think about disable people ? Why don't you think about students that don't have opportunity to study abroad like you ( I myself is an example )? You're luckier and happier than many people in the world .
On May12 you'll come back HCMC . Gve me a call and we wil have a meeting if you don't mind .

Dirosemimi

Thank the President.
I have never complained about the life.It gave me so much.Why i ask for more.My family belong to one of the poorest class in this society.The farmer life.My parents never finished primary school yet.But i never feel shy to talk about that.On the contrastary, i am proud of my wonderful parents.I am lucky to be their child.
They sold everything in house which helped their children go to school until they did not have anything.They do not want us sitting down under what they experienced.They sacrificed all their lifes for us.What i ask for more in this life.
I used to live in the worse con***ions.Bad food,acomodation.No music,no movie....But i were very, very happy.I have never complained about that.I learn that if you are happy in the worst con***ions,you will happy all your life.No con***ions make you sad.
My ex-room was so small,new room make me airy( even it very small to someone else).I can eat the terible food,something else is nothing.I am still happy without money.It is ok if i am cleaned out.
Many of my friends can not attend the school because of their family.I am luckier than them.Some of my friends must work as waiter (as myself),tutor or any jobs as long as have money for tution fee and living expense.
"Bạn tôi sáng nhịn ăn lên giảng đưòng....thằng đi dạy thêm,đứa làm tiếp thị....tối về một gói mì tôm" is so close to me. "Chúng tôi vào đại học niềm vui chưa dứt,bao nổi âu lo dáng mẹ gầy hơn trước,tóc cha thêm sợi bạc..." which i experienced when i enter the university.
Maybe you wonder why i go to drink coffee and alcohol so much while i have no money,i think of my parents.Infinite reasons.Anyway,it was the past.It is no longer alcohol or coffee.Accually, i enjoy them when i go with my friends.
"Rượu ngon không có bạn hiền
Không mua không phải không tiền không mua."
"Câu thơ nghĩ đắn đo không viết
Viết cho ai ai biết mà đưa."
The meeting of our club will be on 18th.I hope i can meet everybody there.Thank you.

Tao_lao

I'm in love , so my feeling is always wonderful. I feel sweet, pink, pleasant, ya, I feel everything like roses.
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Are you serious Di, that yo' already in love and I stand no chance? That is whack... hic

Sàng tiền minh nguyệt quang
Nghi thị địa thượng sương
Cử đầu vọng minh nguyệt
Đê đầu tư cố hương

Được sửa chữa bởi - quanbanh97202 vào 08/05/2002 02:56

If a girl have been in love, engagement maybe have not done yet.
If it have done already,the wedding will be forward.
If the wedding have taken place,girl is not woman yet.
If everything is finished,more chance for you.
If she divords,the real chance are coming.
If everything fail,never mind .Remind that:
"Tái ông thất mã".
"Hết tiền hiểu bạn hiền
Hết yêu hiểu tự do
Hết niềm tin coi như bỏ ".
Lost in love offer a wonderful lesson.A lesson about human.A lesson of experience."Cuộc đời vẫn đẹp sao,tình yêu vẫn đẹp sao..."
This is a suvival tip:
"Đèo cao thi mặc đèo cao
Nhưng mà cao quá thì ta hổng trèo".
Tao_lao

Whatta hell! Study and study! I don't mean I hate to study, but I don't understand what the hell I've been doing. I've sat in the library for hours, and everything still haven't started yet..... hic hic...... I'm gonna have a quiz tomorrow, and a scary speech on this Wednesday. .....hic hic...... hê hê.... but what you guys wrote is so funny. It makes me laugh, and I can't stop ..... kha kha kha kha....!
Được sửa chữa bởi - quanbanh97202 vào 08/05/2002 02:56