My Favorite Keepsake

My favorite keepsake is the traditional Thai handmade anklet. It was given by my Thai friend, Man-Lin Jang. We met each other in the ice stadium which located at Shi Jr. She was there for the Asian ice skating contest. And I was helping my elder brother to photograph. When my elder brother and I saw her, we both guessed she was princess of Thailand because she was so beautiful and there are so many servers served her. But after I talked to her, I found that she is not the princess. She is the third generation of Thai born Chinese.

I got this handmade anklet the year before. She said that after back to Thailand she missed me so much. She didn’t want me forget about her. So I also gave her gifts and told her I would not forget about her. The handmade anklet has a lot of meaning to me friendship, health, and forever, for instance. Every part on this anklet is important. I don’t permit to have any harm on the anklet.

Although Man-Lin and I are in different country and speak different language, only can we communicate with English, we still hope we could use the anklet to tightly link our relationship. This winter vacation, I will go to Thailand to visit her. She invites me to travel the great landscape in Thailand.

 

The Traumatic Experience

I burst into tears again at the midnight. I dreamed the traumatic experience when I was in Grade Four. The teacher misunderstood me that I stole her book which she had borrowed from someone. As a result, my classmates never talked or played with me anymore until graduation.

 

It was in the reading class and every student should bring their books. I brought my own book “The Little Prince”, which was recommended by the teacher. After finishing reading it, I lent it to my classmate and told her to give it back to me the next day. However, she returned to me when the class finished.

 

The next day when I was preparing for the test, my teacher snapped at me, questioning why I stole her book. At first, I didn’t know what she was talking about. But then, I only knew it was about the book called The Little Prince. I tried to explain that the book is mine, not the one which was lent to the teacher. However, one of my classmates took out the book which was supposed to be the teacher’s and said I lent it to him. The teacher then declared my guilt without checking it out. It was so absurd that I couldn’t express my feelings. In fact, my heart was broken and so was my spirit. I then suffer from depression.

 

Finish the books I haven’t read on my bookshelf.

I enjoy buying books and then put them on my own bookshelf. However, I usually read the books which were borrowed from the library. All the books on the bookshelf are seldom been opened. That’s really strange and wasting money. Then, I figure out the reason why I can’t finish reading the books. It is because I keep telling myself that I don’t have enough time.
I want to finish the books on my bookshelf. To achieve this important goal I should accomplish the mission, read one book a month.

See more progress on: Read all the books on my bookshelf

 

Diary (2008/2/21)

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Dear Diary,

  I have a problem during these days. I can’t control my emotion easily like before. For example, I snapped at my mom because she misunderstood my cares about hairstyle. But this is just a small matter. Why can’t I be calm and talk to mom with patience?

  I used to be a hothead. Therefore, I did all my best to get rid of bad temper and do well. I almost succeed but failed in this kind of small matter in fury. I upset myself. Because of this, I need to think more about how to control and work off my anger.

  The first step I should do is saying sorry to my mom. Listen to her thoughts and talk to her about mine. Then, if there is another conflict again, keep my mouth closed and listen to her words.

Hedy