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READING YOUEverything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. ——Helen Keller
6月1日 Kiss the Earth: A poem by Nhat HanhKiss the Earth Walk and touch peace every moment. 5月13日 Have a Good DayMay 10th Thursday One of my friends usually gives me a ride to Lotus where I work at; however, he had two finals today so I didn’t force him to get up as early as before. He usually takes me to Lotus at 9:00 a.m. and I spend 45 min reading books outside of Lotus before my working. (Actually I begin work at 10:00a.m. but he has a class at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. That’s why I always have extra 45min reading books rather than sleeping.) Considering it’s the week last but one this semester, I decided to go there by bus, rather than ask other fiends to help me. My experience began with waiting buses in front of KLC. Without any bus stop sign, I have wandered on the way from Cleveland to Broadway for several minutes and missed the bus. I didn’t realize it until it was 9:13, because the bus was supposed to arrive at 9:05. Thinking about another bus route, I then headed towards Axe library, telling myself “I can not miss it again.” After asking information from Jessie, I was very sure about what the bus looks like and which side of the road I should choose to wait. This time I chose to stand on the steps so that I could see the bus coming (See, how smart I am! I told the bus driver my destination and then sat on the nearest seat. There were two passages on that bus --- a guy with a white cowboy hat was talking about countryside music with a middle-age lady. I took out my textbook, beginning to prepare for finals. But their conversation was so loud that I could not concentrate on the book. So I looked out of the window to find that I have never been there before. The first thought running into my mind was that I must miss the bus stop where I should get off. I didn’t know what to do at that time. Luckily, I saw the gas station near WAL-MART a few minutes later, which made me feel secure and laugh at my silly unconfirmed fear. Suddenly, the driver, Bill (I knew his name from their conversation), asked me “Do you know where Lotus is? I’m not sure.” After I told him, he responded: “we don’t drive down that way." then turned to other people: "Do you mind if I drive her to Lotus?” “No.” Their responses really surprised me. Thanks to their kindness, I was able to be on time. And I still remember they hope me have a good day when I got off the bus, that’s why I was in a good mood the rest of the day. Thank you!
5月5日 PopcornWaaaa....This is my first time to know how to make homemade popcorn!!!
I kept asking Sammy Jo how to make popcorn since she gave me a big bag of popcorn (poor Sammy Jo
 ). So she picked me up and invited me to her apartment to show me how  this Tuesday!Fisrtly, we coated 1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil to cover the bottom of a saucepan, and then put many kernels(poping corn) into the hot oil. (Don't forget to place the lid on the saucepan.) Guess what??? We got a full pan of popped corn which were definately much bigger than the original kernels. (I was so excited at that time 'cause I thought popcorn had already done. But Sammy Jo told me we needded to mix something together to make them taste sweet.)
Secondly, we combined butter, corn syrup and brown sugar in a pot and heated the mixture until it came to a full boil.
Thirdly, we stirred baking soda and vanilla into the mixture. After that we poured the mixture over popped popcorn in a bakeware.
Finally, She put the bakeware into her oven. "Bake 15 minutes!" she winked.
I began to talk about popcorn story when we were waiting for our well-done popcorn.
Popcorn were too good to miss in my childhood. As long as I knew that the magician (actually, he was an old man who always took his popcorn maker to every village in my hometown) came to our village, I would ask my mom to give me a bowl of rice immediately. Thanks to his "ability" of turning the rice to sweet popcorn, we could have so wonderful snack in our childhood.
The way he made popcorn was so different from what we did to make it. He laid his popcorn maker which actually was a small used round black reel oven (so many adjectives
because I want to describe it in details) on bonfire usually piled with wood. We couldn't wait to give him our rice, and he received it very slowly on purpose as he knew we were too impatient to wait for popcorn. When we were complained about this, he poured rice and sugar into the reel oven and baked it on fire with a pneumatic shuttle (we called it "wind box"). Oh, forgot one thing --- The reel oven had a timer near one end. As kids, we often went away after making sure he put our rice in the magic box, and played games with each other until we heard a loud bang. Immediately, we rall an to the old man at a fantastic speed 'cause that loud bang meant popcorn was done! We vied with each other in eating popcorn or palying "popcorn games". That's one of the happiest moment in our lives as kids. How to Love an ExtrovertAdapted from How to Be an Adult in Relationships, by David Richo (Shambhala, 2002).
Introverts and extroverts are so classically different, it’s no wonder they need to be shown they’re loved in different ways. Find out the Five A’s that will help the extrovert in your life know you love them, here: Atttention: Take frequent notice of and an active interest in what she is doing. Acceptance: Show that you are on her side and at her side. Affectin: Be frequently demonstrative--physically and verbally--of your love. Appreciation: Make frequent mention and on special occasions a special mention of your recognition. Allowing: Join her and share in her interests in some way as often as possible. |
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