Friday, October 15, 2010

Pursuit of Happyness.


For a long time , I didn't go to movies in the theater, because I didn't have spare time. I was too busy, but I like to see movies.
Last summer quarter, I watched the movie: "Pursuit of Happyness" in my class. I'm interested in Will Smith, who acted as Christopher in the film. He was a good father. He was a strongman, and very smart. He has trouble to his wife Linda, who leaves him and moves to New York. He has to take care his son. The life is very hard in that time, the economy bad. He sells scanner machine. But they don't sell well, so he wants to look for a new job.
One day, he send his machine for a hippie girl, and lose it while he is applying for a job.
He has a parking ticket when he is marketing for sell machine to the doctor.
He has to go to jail for unpaid parking tickets. After he leaves prison, he gets a chance to fight for a stockbroker internship position at Dean Witter, offering a more promising career at the end of a six month unpaid training.
No home, no job, no money: he becomes homeless. He has to stay in a bathroom at a train station, and must scramble from learn stockbroker class every day to the Methodist Church which offers shelter to the homeless.
Despite more and more hardships, he didn't give up. Finally, he got his dream job. He cried when he walked out on street between a lot of busy people walking past him. He rushed to his son's day care, and held him. He became a successful in (stockbroker).

Monday, September 27, 2010

I am a morning person, and also a night person.

I am a morning person, and also a night person. I have a lot of work to do. I am taking several ESL class; writing, reading, listening, and talk time class.
Every morning, I wake up early at 6:30 a.m. I clean up around my house, I do exercises on the walking machine in my house for 20 minutes, I drink a cup of milk with cereal or other foods I like. I read books out loud 1 hour. I review my lessons. I practice typing. I sit at my computer anytime I have.
Everything is so new, and I have so must to learn. The weather here is a little cold in the winter, but in the spring the trees have a lot beautiful flowers. In the summer I can go outside. I fell amazed at the squirrels and rabbits that run around the houses and trees. And in the autumn I can see many trees with leaves that change color, and It is very beautiful. I love this country because it makes me feel peace and warm.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Welcome to class.

Today, I came back to my class. I wanted to review all my lessons I have learned in last summer. I came to the States. I have gone half a around the world. Everything was new. I must learned English. I must have to drive. I took a driver license test, bought a car and insurance, looked for a job, rent a house, and bought a television and a computer which have helped me study English and study about the community.
But, life is not very easy. I can't speak English and can't listen to all the people around me. I can't go to school, can't look for a job. It made me feel like a dumb, deaf and disabled person. I was very up set, but I had no choice. What should I do? Everyone is the same. I was born, grew up, and had a lot of brothers, sisters and relatives, and near and far neighbors. I went to school and met more people, made friends with them. I got married and had children, raised them up and kept moving forwars.
The time is still passing, never stop. Are you a lucky or unlucky person? Will you succeed in life or not? One day you wake up, you will have a new day, a new road, and you will keep going straight forward, step by step...

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

I am interested in studying English. I am reading, writing, listening, and speaking … but it isn’t very easy. Almost all people from the other countries have different sounds, so I have trouble with pronunciation, sometimes I want to give up, but the time never stops. And I don’t like to sit still. I go out, I look for a job, I read newspapers, I search Craigslist, and I ask my friends, but it is very hard for me. Nevertheless I want to learn more English.
Writing has been my passion since I was young, and I am also interested in writing in English, but it is very hard and complicated. First, I write drafts of a paper, after I read one time, I review Subject + Verbs + Article + Adjective + Nouns. I adjust sentences, vocabulary mistakes, and I summarize the purpose of the lesson or topic. But it is very difficult for readers to understand what I write! So my teacher fix for me. There are always mistakes, and these help me learn new vocabulary and grammar.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

In the future.

Last week, I learned about Mr.Putter lived alone. He remembered when he was young, he wished a plane. Now he has his plane, but he is old. He decided to give his plane to children. He though the children will be happy, strong, and grown up believing in themselves.

The same with my life when I was young, I wished for a toy, but my family never bought for me, because I have a big family. There are 7 brothers and 1 sister, my mother took care of our family. Only my father was working, he was in the army,and make just enought money for food of the family. After several years, I grew up, I got married, I had children of my own. When they were little I bought a lot of toys for them but when they were 10 years old . They took their toys and gave them to the children who lived in an orphanage. They felt very happy, I was also very happy.
Today, I go to school every day. I haven't had a job a long time, but I still strive to improve. I am going to new classes to learn about giving care for old adult and elders living alone, or orphans who can't take care of themselves.

In my classes. There are 2 class offerings. One class is taught in Vietnamese language, the other in English language. Even though my English is not perfect, but I want to challenge myself. I chose to learn English language class. I always think ahead.
I wish I could get a job, and earn a lot of money. I will come back my native country or other country. I am going to buy a lot of toys or food for poor children. I love children.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

A near miss.

I go to Library twice a week. The street from my home to Library Renton is very near about 10 minutes driving.
One day, I went to Library. My house is at 904 Sunset Blvd Ne. When I turned left lane suddenly, there is a yellow taxi car on my right also turned left across my car. I felt very afraid, It occurred suddenly, I had no time to react, I couldn't calm down and then the taxi car turned right into the fire station, and backed up in front of my car, one more time my car almost hit it. I was very peeved, behind my car, an other car also very peeved same to me. They honked their horn. The taxi didn't follow the rules, and was very careless. I realized that if I had not been very careful, I would have gotten a ticket or gotten into an accident.
I'm a careful person. In the street, there will be injure even death can happen instantly if you not alert notice and careful.

Friday, July 16, 2010

A Perfect Day.

For me, a perfect day includes geting up early, exercising about 30 minutes, reading books 45 minutes, drinking a cup of milk in the morning, making some breakfast for children, reviewing lesson in my blogspot, reading some my friends's blogspot. And going to supermarket buy some foods, some stuff I need. Cooking some foods for dinner, having time to talk with my family and watch T.V. It's a my perfect day.
In my country, a perfect day includes going to beach in the morning, eating breakfast in outside and drink a cup of milk, talk together with my family and going to the park.