I went to a boarding school when I was five. Even though I could stay over night from Monday to Thursday, but my parents always pick me up after school and bring me back to our home. My parents became very busy about two months later. As result, they said that they could not pick me up everyday after school. I never stay alone without parents or any relatives over night before, but they said the teacher will take care of me. I did not trust anyone other then my family members. I tried to persuade them and I failed. They got angry and told me that I had to stay alone one day.
In the next day morning, they sent me to the school as usual, but they said they would not pick me up after school. As soon as I knew that they really would not come to school, I felt tear started to fill in my eyes. My father said “a men should never cry” with serious attitude. There was nothing I can do. I simply put on my schoolbag and got off the car. In the afternoon, when the school was over, the teacher told me that my parents told her to let me stay in school tonight. I was not happy and said nothing. Later in the afternoon, we played some games and ate the supper at about 7p.m, and then we went to bed. The teacher helped us go to sleep by telling us stories. I could not go to sleep. I kept my eyes closed and pretended that I had went to sleep already. After teacher turned off the light and closed the door, the bad feeling became more and more strong and I could not get rid of it from my head. I was left alone and surrounded by dark which I could see nothing. I started to think about all those scary stories and imagine there are some monsters inside the room. I folded all four sides of my cover and squeezed myself against the wall. Mouse was the only part of my body which contacted to the air and let me breathe. I did not know I had stayed in this position for how long, but finally I fall asleep because I was too tired to keep my eyes open.
On the next day, light came back to the world and I was surrounding by people again. This made me feel much better then the night. Although I was still not happy, the time was not that hard compare with the time in the night and time passed quickly. It was the time for us to leave the school. When I saw them standing outside the classroom, I ran to them as fast as possible and I even could not help crying, tears rolling down my checks. From that day I understood that things will become more precious when you lose it or can’t touch and see it.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Truth
Truth is something which will never change no matter what happens. Truth is also really important to a person because it makes who you are. However, truth is not always good or positive and sometimes it reflects your weak points. Therefore, if you can not change the truth, it will be better for you to get along with them.
My parents always love me the most and I love them the most forever. Before I came to America, I lived with my parents together for almost 16 years. In those years, my parents did nearly everything for me. I just simply happily enjoied my life. From the books I read, the love between children and parents appears a lot. But I did not understand well and felt it in my real life. However, there was a big change after I came to America. After I left China, I started my single person world. At the beginning, I felt so happy that I finally found my real personal life; no more care from my parents. But after about 3 month, I started to miss my parents. I started to recall the memory with them in China. The thing which surprised me the most was the rising feeling of the love to my parents. Although, I knew that take care of me is their obligation, I could feel that everything they did for me before were motivated by their love which I could never repay.
I love lying on the bed. In the morning, even after a more than eight hours well sleep, I still feel hard to get up from the bed. The feeling is like that you are addicted to the bed. Although it sounds ridiculous, it does happen to me. I also read books on the bed. No matter how many times that my mother has warned me that it is bad for eyes to read without a right position. I watch TV, use computer and even eat meals on my bed. I nearly do everything on my bed. The bed is just fantastic for me. It seems like that the bed is my entire home. Although I know it is not a good habit, that is what differ myself from other people.
The truth constructs fundamental parts of our personality. Without these truths, I will be like a chair without legs and a computer without screen. The truth also could be the bad thing just like my bed-lying habit. But they are still the truth which will not change by the effect of outside. They are only belong to you and defined by you. Always live with your truth and you will never lose yourself.
My parents always love me the most and I love them the most forever. Before I came to America, I lived with my parents together for almost 16 years. In those years, my parents did nearly everything for me. I just simply happily enjoied my life. From the books I read, the love between children and parents appears a lot. But I did not understand well and felt it in my real life. However, there was a big change after I came to America. After I left China, I started my single person world. At the beginning, I felt so happy that I finally found my real personal life; no more care from my parents. But after about 3 month, I started to miss my parents. I started to recall the memory with them in China. The thing which surprised me the most was the rising feeling of the love to my parents. Although, I knew that take care of me is their obligation, I could feel that everything they did for me before were motivated by their love which I could never repay.
I love lying on the bed. In the morning, even after a more than eight hours well sleep, I still feel hard to get up from the bed. The feeling is like that you are addicted to the bed. Although it sounds ridiculous, it does happen to me. I also read books on the bed. No matter how many times that my mother has warned me that it is bad for eyes to read without a right position. I watch TV, use computer and even eat meals on my bed. I nearly do everything on my bed. The bed is just fantastic for me. It seems like that the bed is my entire home. Although I know it is not a good habit, that is what differ myself from other people.
The truth constructs fundamental parts of our personality. Without these truths, I will be like a chair without legs and a computer without screen. The truth also could be the bad thing just like my bed-lying habit. But they are still the truth which will not change by the effect of outside. They are only belong to you and defined by you. Always live with your truth and you will never lose yourself.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Research Log
A. TOPIC: interested topics
1. Nuclear Power Development
2. Aerospace Development
3. Human Related Clone Development
4. Artificial Intelligence Development
5. Technology
Outline
Thesis statement: In my view, although nuclear development has made an undoubtedly contribution to human welfare, it has also brought massive disasters, which is much more lethal comparing with the welfare, and should be strictly restricted.
1. Nuclear development can bring disaster to human lives.
A. Nuclear weapon releases vast mount of energy
B. The explosion of nuclear weapon emits huge amount of neutron radiation, which is devastating to human life.
C. During the World War II, the atomic bomb “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” killed hundreds of thousand of innocent people.
2. Nuclear development can bring unstable and unequal relationship between countries.
A. The nuclear development in North Korea causes the harsh tension and unstable relationship between North Korea the rest of the world.
1. Economic regulation
2. Former assistant
B. Countries without nuclear technology complain that they have the right to use this technology.
3. Nuclear development can bring environmental disaster.
A. The Chernobyl disaster contaminated a large area of the land, which is not suitable for human living environment at least in 200 years
B. Nuclear weapon experiments always damage large-scale land area.
Conclusion
Therefore, the history profound taught us how critical the problem is by bloody and sad truths. Let us work on one heart and restrict the development of the nuclear technology
1. Nuclear Power Development
2. Aerospace Development
3. Human Related Clone Development
4. Artificial Intelligence Development
5. Technology
Outline
Thesis statement: In my view, although nuclear development has made an undoubtedly contribution to human welfare, it has also brought massive disasters, which is much more lethal comparing with the welfare, and should be strictly restricted.
1. Nuclear development can bring disaster to human lives.
A. Nuclear weapon releases vast mount of energy
B. The explosion of nuclear weapon emits huge amount of neutron radiation, which is devastating to human life.
C. During the World War II, the atomic bomb “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” killed hundreds of thousand of innocent people.
2. Nuclear development can bring unstable and unequal relationship between countries.
A. The nuclear development in North Korea causes the harsh tension and unstable relationship between North Korea the rest of the world.
1. Economic regulation
2. Former assistant
B. Countries without nuclear technology complain that they have the right to use this technology.
3. Nuclear development can bring environmental disaster.
A. The Chernobyl disaster contaminated a large area of the land, which is not suitable for human living environment at least in 200 years
B. Nuclear weapon experiments always damage large-scale land area.
Conclusion
Therefore, the history profound taught us how critical the problem is by bloody and sad truths. Let us work on one heart and restrict the development of the nuclear technology
Sunday, October 18, 2009
My lunch in Boston
I have gone to Scozzi Pizza for lunch over 200 times. I still remember the first day I went to scozzi. It is a day in September, 2007. I it was the first day I came to Newman school. It is a sunny day. Everything was new to me and attracted me. I lived in a home-stay and I had two housemates who have already studied in Newman for half a year. So, they knew a lot about the school like where I can have my lunch.
As a new student to the school, I had my entrance test and a tour to the entire school. Time past really fast when you are keeping understand or remember everything around you. Just like this, the sun rose to the top of my head and it was to eat my first lunch in Newman School! At first, I though that the school might have a place to order some food as what I had seen on the TV in China. However, later I found out that the school not only does not sell any food but also dose not have a place with tables for eating.
Fortunately, I had two housemates with. They told that they will help my find a place to eat my lunch. Therefore, I just simply followed them. I even did not know where I was when I was walking. After walking for about 5 minutes, we arrive at a busy street where later I knew that is the famous New Bury Street. Then we stepped down a stair and went into a restaurant. I still simply ordered what they ordered which were two slices of “special pizza” and one bottle of ice tea. Even I tried hard to remember what kind of pizza which I ordered, but nothing comes to my mind, but I am sure that the pizza tasted really delicious at that time. The way American people eat pizza also attracted me. I used fox and knife to eat pizza when was in a Chinese restaurant. People here just used their hands. People also like to eat food outside the restaurant near the street which Chinese people rarely do like this. After us finishing the pizza, we need to throw the paper plates into the trash can by ourselves. This job is always done by the waiter in China. Everything is new to me and quiet different from that in China.
Since the first time I went to Scozzi, about two years have past. Approximately, I have been there over 200 times. The pizza in Scozzi no longer attracts me. It becomes a simple food which has no difference form the food I ate in China for lunch.
As a new student to the school, I had my entrance test and a tour to the entire school. Time past really fast when you are keeping understand or remember everything around you. Just like this, the sun rose to the top of my head and it was to eat my first lunch in Newman School! At first, I though that the school might have a place to order some food as what I had seen on the TV in China. However, later I found out that the school not only does not sell any food but also dose not have a place with tables for eating.
Fortunately, I had two housemates with. They told that they will help my find a place to eat my lunch. Therefore, I just simply followed them. I even did not know where I was when I was walking. After walking for about 5 minutes, we arrive at a busy street where later I knew that is the famous New Bury Street. Then we stepped down a stair and went into a restaurant. I still simply ordered what they ordered which were two slices of “special pizza” and one bottle of ice tea. Even I tried hard to remember what kind of pizza which I ordered, but nothing comes to my mind, but I am sure that the pizza tasted really delicious at that time. The way American people eat pizza also attracted me. I used fox and knife to eat pizza when was in a Chinese restaurant. People here just used their hands. People also like to eat food outside the restaurant near the street which Chinese people rarely do like this. After us finishing the pizza, we need to throw the paper plates into the trash can by ourselves. This job is always done by the waiter in China. Everything is new to me and quiet different from that in China.
Since the first time I went to Scozzi, about two years have past. Approximately, I have been there over 200 times. The pizza in Scozzi no longer attracts me. It becomes a simple food which has no difference form the food I ate in China for lunch.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Compare and Contrust Outline
Geography between Europe and North America
Point-by-point organization
Thesis Statement: We are living in a global environment which every thing is partly difference and partly similar between each other.
Topic sentence: The economy in North America and Europe is similar on its global view and different on its background
Supporting details:
1. Both economy are deeply and thoroughly interact within the global economy.
2. the import and export policy and Europe economy is a composition of many small countries which differ from the form of North America
Topic sentence: The culture in North America and Europe is similar on the origin and different on its modern time development.
Supporting details:
1. As we all know America is an immigration country which was originally found by European emigration.
2. After the independence of the North America in the modern history these two area had become more and more different on its accent, habit and belief.
Topic sentence: The environment in North America and Europe is similar on the pollution of the industrial development and different on their action towards protecting environment.
Supporting details:
1. Both areas experienced the war time and share the same environmental issues which commonly appear in the developing countries.
2. However, the actions for changing and protecting current environment are different form which Europe is more active and North America is the opposite.
Conclusion: As we step into the twenty-first century, we all live in a world which globalization is inevitable.
Cause and Effect Outline
Thesis Statement: Go to bed late at night leads to the failure of the course.
Topic Sentence:
College students usually get up late and skip their breakfast.
Supporting details:
1. Students go to bars and get drunk there, and they joking and playing games late in the night
2. Students have too much homework and study late in the night
Topic Sentence:
Without eating anything students will have a very weary behavior and inefficient class.
Supporting details:
1.As scientists saying, although brain is only a small part of our body, it consumes a large amount of body energy.
2. Students’ bodies are not able to provide enough energy due to the empty stomach.
Topic Sentence:
Missing the important information in the class make us poor effort
Supporting details:
1. Students could not learn the important knowledge in the class.
2. Students will feel really sleepy and could not concentrate to the lecture.
Topic Sentence:
Poor effort and low grade lead to the fail of the course.
Supporting details:
1. Students can not review before the exam form their in-class notes.
2. Can not do well in the homework or exams because of poor knowledge.
Topic Sentence:
College students usually get up late and skip their breakfast.
Supporting details:
1. Students go to bars and get drunk there, and they joking and playing games late in the night
2. Students have too much homework and study late in the night
Topic Sentence:
Without eating anything students will have a very weary behavior and inefficient class.
Supporting details:
1.As scientists saying, although brain is only a small part of our body, it consumes a large amount of body energy.
2. Students’ bodies are not able to provide enough energy due to the empty stomach.
Topic Sentence:
Missing the important information in the class make us poor effort
Supporting details:
1. Students could not learn the important knowledge in the class.
2. Students will feel really sleepy and could not concentrate to the lecture.
Topic Sentence:
Poor effort and low grade lead to the fail of the course.
Supporting details:
1. Students can not review before the exam form their in-class notes.
2. Can not do well in the homework or exams because of poor knowledge.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Never Regret
In our lives, we have to make a decision before we do anything; we make all kinds of decisions. It can be as small as whether move a little bit or as big as whom do you want to marry. However, sometimes we can not predict what will happen and the result caused by our decision. But let us think carefully before we make a decision and never regret after we make the decision.
The thing happened when I was in second grade in primary school about 8 year old. On my mother’s birthday party, my mother’s sister gave my mother a violin toy as present. After the party, I kept playing with that violin toy all the time and never let it go out of my sight. Then mother asked me if I want to play the real violin. As curious and naive, I immediately agreed, and I dreamed that one day I could stand on the stage as other violinists. Since then, I started my music life. My mother found a violin teacher and I had class at his home once a week. At first, everything was fantastic. He taught me how to hold the violin and the bow in the right position, how to read and write the stave and I did not have too much homework to do.
However, as the order of the nature, the deeper I learned, the harder it was. The practice of a single piece becomes really boring. As a child, I had no difference with others who long for playing. I began to be sick of playing violin and my violin dream no longer exists at all. What was worse, when I did not well play a homework piece, my teacher would use his bow to hit my leg as punishment. At that age, I did not know that a teacher should not use any body injury ways as a punishment. But it was a kind of Chinese traditional way of punishment. I had this kind of class for about one year. Finally, one day, during the class, after the punishment of not doing any homework, I broke down. I broke my bow with the greatest anger I had ever experienced. I made this decision. I gave up.
I just simply felt so happy that I did not need to practice violin any more. I was too young to consider more deep as later I did. After many years, I was about fifteen years old when I was in 8th grade. Our school staged a New Year celebration. There was one show that a student playing a beautiful, gorgeous and fantastic violin piece. Maybe he was not that professional, but in my eyes, he was and he aroused not only my childhood memory with the violin but also my feeling, the feeling about regret. I did not tell my mother anything about it and there was no need. Deeply in my heart, I knew that there was something which I would never get the second chance to do.
I gave up practicing violin. No matter whose fault was. I was the person who made the decision. I understood how important was making a decision and I made a decision that I would never regret of any decisions and I thought carefully before I made this decision.
The thing happened when I was in second grade in primary school about 8 year old. On my mother’s birthday party, my mother’s sister gave my mother a violin toy as present. After the party, I kept playing with that violin toy all the time and never let it go out of my sight. Then mother asked me if I want to play the real violin. As curious and naive, I immediately agreed, and I dreamed that one day I could stand on the stage as other violinists. Since then, I started my music life. My mother found a violin teacher and I had class at his home once a week. At first, everything was fantastic. He taught me how to hold the violin and the bow in the right position, how to read and write the stave and I did not have too much homework to do.
However, as the order of the nature, the deeper I learned, the harder it was. The practice of a single piece becomes really boring. As a child, I had no difference with others who long for playing. I began to be sick of playing violin and my violin dream no longer exists at all. What was worse, when I did not well play a homework piece, my teacher would use his bow to hit my leg as punishment. At that age, I did not know that a teacher should not use any body injury ways as a punishment. But it was a kind of Chinese traditional way of punishment. I had this kind of class for about one year. Finally, one day, during the class, after the punishment of not doing any homework, I broke down. I broke my bow with the greatest anger I had ever experienced. I made this decision. I gave up.
I just simply felt so happy that I did not need to practice violin any more. I was too young to consider more deep as later I did. After many years, I was about fifteen years old when I was in 8th grade. Our school staged a New Year celebration. There was one show that a student playing a beautiful, gorgeous and fantastic violin piece. Maybe he was not that professional, but in my eyes, he was and he aroused not only my childhood memory with the violin but also my feeling, the feeling about regret. I did not tell my mother anything about it and there was no need. Deeply in my heart, I knew that there was something which I would never get the second chance to do.
I gave up practicing violin. No matter whose fault was. I was the person who made the decision. I understood how important was making a decision and I made a decision that I would never regret of any decisions and I thought carefully before I made this decision.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
What make a good friend
Suppose one day you are facing a dilemma, which you have to choose either live 100 more years alone, or live only 20 more years with your friends. Usually, most of people will choose the second choice. Cause human beings are social base creature. Friend is an essential element of our life, especial a good friend always plays a significant role in every part of your life, studying, working and socializing. Therefore, a good friend should be helpful, reliable and upward.
Your friends are helpful to your life. On the way we are growing up. There are always tons of unpredictable difficulties ahead; waiting us to solve them. However, sometimes we cannot solve the problems by ourselves. People are easy to lose themselves when they are a part of the problems. At this moment, a good friend can always give you a hand and guild you across the storm to the safe harbor. In order to help you, your good friend must understand you and your situation. To understand you, he should talk to you frequently and has common words with you. He or she might have same hobbies as you do; work in the area as you do. However, there are some good friends who do not have many common with you, but they have good personality or various experiences, which can help you by giving you guiding advise which related to their own experience.
Your friends should always be reliable. Trust, the most basic thing, which is also the most important thing when we are dealing with other people. People usually talk important things and sometimes even secret with their good friends. Therefore, the precondition is your good friend will seriously treat with your important information; he will not misguide you for reasons other then helping you.
Your friends should also have the upward mobility. There is a famous sentence said by Confucius: one takes on the color of one's company. Therefore, your friends’ mobility can directly affect your mobility. The influence is everywhere. Sometimes watching their actions and chatting casually are able influence you. In another word, if your friends study hard and do well then you shall study hard and do well also, vice verse.
As a conclusion, there are three basic qualities for a good friend, helpful, reliable and upward. However, we are living in a society, which is becoming more and more complex than the minute before. I cannot help remembering that the words Churchill once said, "A country does not have permanent friends, only permanent interests." Sometimes friends are as same as the country.
Your friends are helpful to your life. On the way we are growing up. There are always tons of unpredictable difficulties ahead; waiting us to solve them. However, sometimes we cannot solve the problems by ourselves. People are easy to lose themselves when they are a part of the problems. At this moment, a good friend can always give you a hand and guild you across the storm to the safe harbor. In order to help you, your good friend must understand you and your situation. To understand you, he should talk to you frequently and has common words with you. He or she might have same hobbies as you do; work in the area as you do. However, there are some good friends who do not have many common with you, but they have good personality or various experiences, which can help you by giving you guiding advise which related to their own experience.
Your friends should always be reliable. Trust, the most basic thing, which is also the most important thing when we are dealing with other people. People usually talk important things and sometimes even secret with their good friends. Therefore, the precondition is your good friend will seriously treat with your important information; he will not misguide you for reasons other then helping you.
Your friends should also have the upward mobility. There is a famous sentence said by Confucius: one takes on the color of one's company. Therefore, your friends’ mobility can directly affect your mobility. The influence is everywhere. Sometimes watching their actions and chatting casually are able influence you. In another word, if your friends study hard and do well then you shall study hard and do well also, vice verse.
As a conclusion, there are three basic qualities for a good friend, helpful, reliable and upward. However, we are living in a society, which is becoming more and more complex than the minute before. I cannot help remembering that the words Churchill once said, "A country does not have permanent friends, only permanent interests." Sometimes friends are as same as the country.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Something About me
Hi everybody, as u know, my name is Jiancheng and u can just call me George which is given by my father. I come from Dalian, a morden and pretty coastal city in China. I have been in America for about 2 years and this is the thrid year. I spent the past two years studying in a private high school called Newman School in Boston. Boston is a city that much larger and booming comparing with Urbana-Champaign. If u had ever learned the American History and I believe u did, Boston is a city has tons of history, such as the May Flower Contract, Harvard University and Boston Tea Party. Also, I guarantee that if u are new to Amercia and wanna travel around the country. Boston must be on ur list. Almost forget the food in Boston. As we all know, Boston is famous for its lobster, but I would say that any food is fantastic. No matter you like European, Mexican or Asian, you can find nearly everything you need. I am getting hungry... Let's change a topic, lol. My high school is really small due to the limited space and the special location which is in the downtown Boston. As a result, there are only approximately 50 students in my Graduate Class. Although the students group is not as diverse as UIUC's, we get our advantage. There are around 10-20 students per class instead of a class with 700 students (Economics 102) which it seems like that I would never know most of my classmates with such a huge number of students. Now let's talk about my living. I lived in a homestay with my host-mother and other 4 international students; probably the time I spand with them is the most memorable period so far. Maybe I will just stop at here today despite I still have many many words to say.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Welcome!!!
Hi, my name is Jiancheng and I go by George. I come from China and now I am a college student of UIUC. Welcome to my Blogger and I hope u can enjoy the time here.
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