Don’t worry, be happy : )

Merry Christmas                 302 16＆17

I am Jack, surrounded by the gray walls. I could only see the sun light from the window on the top of the west wall. For tomorrow, I will die, but for some reasons, I am not afraid of my death. Suddenly, the guy who administers the prison come to me.

“Hey, 918801. What do you want for your last dinner? ”

I didn’t answer but smiled at him. At the same time, I could feel my hand shaking violently.

“918801! Do you hear me? Are you already dead? What do you want for your last dinner? Answer me now! ”

“A cup of coffee, from Chocolate Fish”

“That’s all? OK. ”

A few minuets later, he came back with the coffee from Chocolate Fish. The fragrance of the coffee brought me back to that night…

“Wellcome to Chocolate Fish!” A woman with red curly hair smiled at me and said. At the same time, I thought I was totally in love with her. Then, she led me to the table which beside the window.

“What can I do for you?” She asked.

“A cup of coffee, that’s all.” Since then, I fell in love at the first sight with her. Therefore, I came to Chocolate Fish everyday, just to see her. She was so much like my sister who died when I was ten. The only one who loved me.

“Maybe she can be my star!” I thought to myself.

On September fifth, I asked her out. She was so shy that her face turned red immediately. She became my girlfriend from that day on.    

We got to know each other little by little. And I also knew that she had a good relationship with her families. For this reason, I envy her!

What an awful family I had!

My father was a doctor who only cared about jobs, fame, money, but not family. He was always in a towering rage, and he wanted all of his sons to be doctors in the future. Both of my brothers did well at school, they entered to the medicine school, while I was a gardener, who worked in the forest and could do nothing else but planting tree. Therefore, he acted as if I never existed.

My mother had a dystocia when she gave birth to me. Most of the babies born with their head down when getting out from the body of their mothers while I was not on the correct position when she gave birth to me. So she hated me very much. As a result, I was not treated well. She even wanted to kick me out from the pedigree of the clan due to my aunt’s advice.

As for my brothers, the twin devils, who always laughed at me and called me “Dumb Jack”. They threw my textbooks into the lake so that I could not study at all, and, worst of all, they made fun of our sister (5 years elder than me and 6 years younger than the twins.), who was too sick to get out from the bed.

My sister was born to have heart disease. She had beautiful red hair and her face looked whiter than the snow in December. She was nice to everyone; she didn’t get angry even when my brothers read the line about how a patient with heart disease dies loud to her. I thought she was the only one who cared about me. Unfortunately, , her condition went poor when she was 15 and sent to the hospital. On the same year, I found my dad having extramarital relationship with the other women, I felt very sad. Few days later, my sister died when taking an operation. What was more, I found the one who preformed the surgeon was my father! That is, he killed my loved sister! I could see his ugly face telling me “this is your punishment for knowing too much about my scandal” in my mind, I hated him, I hated my family! But, I kept all of these as a secret in my mind, never let anyone know, even Paulina.

One day, Jack made up his mind and asked.

“Paulina, will you go out with me on the Christmas eve?” he smiled.

“Oh, dear, I’m glad to. But I’m afraid that I have to stay with my family.” Paulina said.

“But you are my family, I thought.”

“Oh, of course you are. Maybe you can come with us.”

“No, I just want to be with you. I have prepared a surprise for you.” Jack gave her a soft kiss.

“Ok, I will be with you.” Paulina answered with a blush came onto her face.

“She was the most beautiful star that I’ve ever seen. Her red hair made the tree blazing!” Jack thought to himself. “I will meet her tomorrow,” He smiled. “Then we can be together forever!”

On Christmas Eve, Jack went to Chocolate Fish and ordered a cup of coffee as usual. When she finished her job, he picked her up and showed her the surprise. But before that, Jack drove to a shop, which named Cook.

“I want to buy something. Wait for me, okay?” Jack said and left. Later, he came back with a bag in his hand and a secret smile handed on his face.

“What did you buy?” she asked.

“Some turkey, apple pies, wine, and of course, the table ware for celebrating this lovely Christmas!”

“Tableware? Why?”

“Because they are just for you”

Hearing this, Paulina gave him a kiss and said “You are so sweet!”

Paulina had been working all day long, therefore, she fell asleep. When she woke up, they stopped in front of the bust.

“Are you ready for your surprise?” he asked. Paulina nodded her head.

“Okay, now follow me!” Then, jack walked deep into the forest.

“This Christmas eve, I finally could stay with my family. Of course, I mean include you!” he smiled.

“Oh Jack, but where is your house? Where’s your family? Am I looking good? I am so nervous.”

“Dear, you don’t have to be nervous. They are not conversational people. I bet they will like you!” Jack winked and said. “Now, close your eyes. I will show you later.”.

Paulina did what he said and Jack got off the car. He turned on the electric torch, and asked “Paulina, could you be my star?”

“What? Your star? Oh, you are so sweet that I can’t say no. ” Paulina answered happily and opened her eyes. At the same time, Jack turned back with a strange smile. What in front of them was a tree, with dead bodies handing on its branches. There were six bodies in total; three were dressed in a white robe like doctors while the others were in red, as if they were bleeding. Paulina noticed that there were also a human skull placed under the tree… She couldn’t say anything.

“Oh, it seems that you like them. Of course, they look peaceful, don’t they? ” Jack stared at her and continued, “let me introduce my family to you! That one under the tree is my loved sister, whom I just dig out from the grave. And those who wear in red are my mom and my aunt. Look at their face, aren’t they looking funny? Last, the white-robe-wearing guys are my father and brothers. They were excellent, a doctor, and two student from medicine school. But all of them couldn’t do anything but staying there. Allowing a gardener like me to appreciate this magnificent view. I am merely a gardener whom they never cared, Paulina. Although they didn’t love me, but I did. So, I decide to “make” my own family tree! Yet, all of them were decorations of this beautiful Christmas tree!” jack laughed loudly.

“You such freak…”Paulina said with fear, she was absolutely frightened.

“What did you just say? Oh, it doesn’t matter. Remember? You promise me to be my star.” He raised his arm and said.

“See? You will be the star on the top of the tree!” He took the ax from the bag he bought from the Cook. “It won’t be hurt, just relax…” then he throw the ax to Paulina. The ax directly cut into Paulina’s head, and her blood spurted out, made the snow on the ground turned red. Jack then painted Paulina’s clothes to red with the blood of hers, making her looked like a red star stood out from the snow.

“Ha! Ha! My star…” he carried Paulina’s warm body and climbed up on the tree. He put her on the top of it and then he sang a Merry Christmas song to his family. After finishing the song, he climbed off the tree and walked to a police station. “Merry Christmas, anyone want to see my Christmas tree?” he said joyfully.

Shakespeare once said that the world is a stage, and all the man and woman merely player. If he was right, then, mine must be a tragedy. You must know the planet B412 where the little prince, that is, where I lived on. That small planet was lovely and beautiful until I met that monster called Earthquake. That day, the evil monster came and wanted to destroy my planet. It jumped on my tiny house and made my planet shake fiercely. I ran away from it with my loved rose and we hid in a corner. At the same time, I heard my window broken and my trees uprooted. I was very sacred. But I set up my mind to fight with it. I walked out from the corner with a stick in my hand. I didn’t see the monster, but I saw my destroyed planet, and my lamb’s dead body on the ground. Thought mom once told me that the art of losing isn’t hard to master, but, after seeing this, I cried. But it was no use to cry, I decided to go to another planet, called Earth.

Once again, I step on this planet. As the sun setting, the stars come out everywhere. But I can’t see mine. I feel sad and need someone to talk to. If you see me, a boy with the most beautiful rose carried on his back, come and talk to me. I will tell you my story. Then, after hearing about it, you could write a book, just like my old friend did.  

How did you feel when you receive the result of the high school entering test? Feeling lucky to be in the part of Ming Lung? Or you thought that it was waterloo let you fall to the hall? Whatever you think about our Ming Lung senior high school, there is something for sure, that is, you want a better tomorrow. Here are some advices for you. Hope it will help you to have a better time during your high school life.

  First, and also the most importantly, you should find a goal to achieve. You just think what you want to do and what you want to be in the future, then you will find your way. However, finding a goal doesn’t mean limiting yourself. If you are making a way through the crowd, don’t be afraid. You are unique, you are special, all that you have to do is find your dream, and try to make it true. Once you find yourself a goal to achieve, you stop existing, but start living. a better tomorrow will appear Second, you should do everything with your full heart. High school will be the most beautiful time in your life, and you would not want to look back yourself in regret. If you want to get high scores or your want to winds up on top, just study as hard as you could. If you want to make friends, find the deepest friendship, find a club and join it. Just remember, do the best of your ability, then you have nothing to repent for. You can fly without wings.

  Third, you should help others. Even one voice could change the world, even a hug and help your friends. Once you try to give more than you take, you will learn to be grateful, you will be happy. And with your thankful attitude and happiness, your high school life will be much more colorful.

  We are going to be adult, and the schoolgirl days of telling tales and biting nails are gone, you should grow up. Try to find your dream and achieve it; try to do everything with your full heart in it, and try to help others. I believe that your high school life will be happy and meanful.

What is a leader? A president of a country and an admiral owning the sailors are leaders with powers, they control their peoples. In the other hands, a teacher or a conductor, a piper who lead the mice or even the tallest guy in the class are all kinds of leaders. But what I am going to talk about is pioneer leaders, like musicians, artists, designers or writers, the epoch-making guys.

What makes the pioneer leader so different from us? I think their personalities take an important part.

First, they are creative and even a little bit wired. Those who can be a pioneer are the best daydream makers. They are always thinking of some crazy ideas, and trying to make it true. Like the Wright brothers who wanted to fly into the sky, they made the first airplane in the world.

Second, pioneers never quit. There’s a saying” winners never quit, and quitters never win” which reflects the ways of those leaders face their problems. It’s lone to be a pioneer, and people seems never understand what they’re talking about. But the pioneers never quit. They believe in themselves. Copernicus believed that the earth goes around the sun; so he made the theory Heliocentric. He was one of the greatest sciences who began the Scientific Revolution.

   Third, the pioneer leaders are good debaters. They persuade others to believe in them. Take Confucian as an example. Confucian is an eloquent person. His thought of benevolence spread all over the Asians.

   Pioneers leaders like musicians or artist are creative, confident, and eloquent. I believe that it’s also the reason why they are so different from us.

The British against using the fur of the Canada black bear to make the headgear,  the 18-inch-high black hats wear by the British soldier. but the British had asked the designer to design a new kinds of hat to replace it.

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When people succeed in life, it is because of hard work, but I think being lucky is also an important reason that leads you to success.

   First of all, I think being talented is kind of good luck. Edison once said, “Genius is ninety-nine-percent of perspiration and one-percent of genius”. I think to have the one-percent talent is lucky. Mozart, the well-known musician, is lucky to have the gift from god－his sense of music. The gift not only made him reached his goal easier but also bought him confidence. Finally, with his hard work and talent, he became one of the greatest musicians. Even though it’s just a one-percent talent, I think it’s still lucky to own it.

   Second, having someone to support you or push you is lucky. The greatest artist van Gogh was lucky to have the support from his brother. Van Gogh was talented and working hard, but he didn’t have enough money buy the painting brush. Thanks to his brother’s help, van Gogh’s painting is worth million dollars. I think being supported by someone is lucky and important.

   Third, being discovered by someone is lucky, too. You are talented, hardworking, and your family is rich enough to cover your expense, but there isn’t anyone to hire you as their worker, all of your hard works are useless. Chaplin is lucky to be discovered by the manager of a star company, it’s the coincidence that he got the chance to replace his mother to sing on the stage, and the coincidence itself is kind of luck, he now is an actor who own the world fame.

   Being successful requires your hard work, but I think it is also important to have some good luck. We can’t take everything for granted, I think being talented, having someone’s support, and being discovered are all kind of good luck. We should be grateful to what we have. To me, I think being successful is fifty percent of hard work and fifty percent of good luck!

Passing by the coffee shop, the smell recalls my memory of my science teacher, always sitting by the window with her coffee. That was a beautiful evening, we talked about the school work, but concluded with a sentence” Don’t worry, be happy”.

Mrs. Wu is a great teacher who taught us science for two years. During the last year of my junior high, she quit her job because of the disease. She didn’t tall us anything about her condition but all of the class knew it from her husband－ another science teacher who replaced her to teach us during the last year. At that evening, she smelled and said something positive to encourage me to face the exam to high school. Her voice was really soft, but her words were as strong as a tiger－ because she was born in the year of tiger as she always said. At that evening, she didn’t tell us anything about her self, but I knew that she was encouraging me but also her self to face the disease.

   Mrs. Wu always said, “There were only life for each other, but you can make your life more beautiful than others!” Now I realize the meaning of the sentence, Mrs. Wu, even though she got the terrible disease, still loved her life. She always smiled and said nothing when we asked about her condition; she told us to live our life to the fullest and showed us by her vitality. It was because her words that I realized that I have to make my life full of happiness, I became positive.

   It happened on the day when we had the practice exam, our loved teacher passed away. All of the class was under the sadness of the bad news, then, her husband gave us a letter from Mrs. Wu, it said,”Even my life is going to an end, but I know my life is a beautiful one, how many people can think of the things that they had experienced when they are dying? I feel happy, don’t feel sad for me, I am just closing my eyes and have a long rest, don’t feel sad, I will bless you guys to have a perfect score in the exam to high school ”. That was the first time she talked about her condition, and also the last time. Teardrop in all of our eyes.

   Sitting alone in the café I know I have to be a happy person like Mrs. Wu. Don’t worry, be happy; everything will be just fine, I know my teacher’s great power is blessing me from the heaven. Now I am a happy person, always stay positive!

Is the busy work tired you out? Do you want to have some free time and take a break? On a regular basis, how about stop the time and take it easy? Try the Time Square!       “Time Square” is a machine that can control the lapse of the time. You con use it to stop, skip, and inverse the time. All that you have to do is put your finger on the fingerprint discerner and think about your needs, such as going to the future or back to yesterday, the Time Square will recognize your fingerprint and take you to the time where you want to be. You can also use the machine to stop the time, if you don’t have enough time to finish your job, you can stop the time and finish the job. But remember, if you stop the time, you will become old faster than every one.      Do you want to have more time than others? Try the Time Square!

             Diplomats are always important to a nation. In other to promote the country’s status on an International stage, they have to go to many places around the world and fight for the benefits of their own country. With Bruin’s unique personality, I think it’s appropriate for him to be a diplomat.             First of all, Bruin is outspoken and eloquent. While talking to the diplomats of different countries, he would never be shy. He can express the policy of our country and stand for the right and benefits of our country.               Second, He likes to travel all around the world. Once you are a diplomat, you will have chances to go abroad for meetings or something else. Bruin loves traveling, so he would get used to a new environment very fast. It’s exactly what a diplomat has to be!       Third, he loves to use his knowledge to solve the problems, the poor situation of Taiwan’s diplomacy; diplomats have to handle many difficult challenges from China and the international society. There are still a lot for him to come up with a good solution to it. Being a diplomat has to use their brain a lot, and I think Bruin will love this job.

               Unlike other teenagers, I am always fond of classical music. My favorite is based on three simple reasons: First, I love classical music because I learn classical music; I know how hard performers have to practice before a concert, so every time when I listen to classical music, I‘ll think of the process of my piano-learning life, imagining as if I were the player. Second, listening to this kind of music can also train my listening skills. Classical music is consisted of many different “sounds”; I enjoy recognizing the instrument which is playing the main melody. Third, I am a member of an orchestra, and most of them love classical music as well, and we talk about it during the practice time. Their passion for and interest in the music really touched me.