Reading Strategy

There are varieties of reading strategies, I prefer the mind mapping. It is using a picture or an image of a literary text. When we are reading, we can use the pictures, symbols, shapes, colors, and line styles to understand the main points or the traits of each character. You can create an image picture in your mind from the book, during and after reading. The picture is evoked by descriptive details. This method could support your comprehension of the text book. These pictures came into your mind as you read this paragraph and selection.

And the other strategy is the Author’s viewpoint. The literature is written by the way which the author’s opinions or ideas. This includes the content of the text and the language used to present the data. We can try to decipher an author’s point of view, opinions, hypotheses, assumptions, and possible bias, in order to identify the validity of information contained in the text.
Through good reading strategies, we will analyze the text easily

Funeral Ceremony

The second stage is also called the funeral ceremony. The pastor presides over the ceremony . Christianity without taboos. Attendees at a funeral wear formal clothing, such as a suit and tie for men or a dress for women. The most traditional color is black.Atmosphere is not so sad, there are no loud tears. They believe that they will see the deceased again in the heaven.

Funeral Ceremony for the close relatives or friends can be a very nice way of saying your final farewell. The Funeral may take place at either a funeral home or church.
At the beginning, Leads by the pastor to read the religious texts, it may include prayers, or songs to remember the deceased.The eulogy is a very appropriate way of celebrating the deceased 's life. A relative or close friend will be asked to give a eulogy, which is a short talk of happy memories and accomplishments. It may be sad, or warm. Of course, it can also be humorous. At the visitation the body of the deceased is placed on display in the casket . Finally, go to the cemetery

For most Christians, death is not a taboo subject, and they believe that God makes meaningful arrangements . Dying is one of the events in life certain to occur. The meaning of the funeral is to remember the deceased, comfort the families and friends, and bring consolations and hope.

Stinking Tofu

Stinking tofu, a well-know Taiwanese snack, is made of fermented tofu. Although Stinking tofu smells stench, but it tastes delicious. The most familiar kind is deep-fried stinking tofu. We can eat stinking tofu in the night market, as well as the specialty shop. There are many ways to cook the stinking tofu. Such as steamed stinking tofu, spicy stinking tofu, braised stinking tofu with vegetables, fried stinking tofu with seafood , and roast stinking tofu. In Taiwanese custom, We eat it either alone or mixed with soup or fried. When we eat deep-fried stinking tofu, we usually eat with kimchi. My favorite one is spicy stinking tofu which contains a lot of mushrooms, shrimps, grinded meat, red pepper and garlic. I really like this typical of snack.

Dear John

John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, One time, during his vacation go back home, he meets the girl, Savannah. They are attracted by each other. Immediately, they fall in love. After two weeks they be together, John has to go back to the force. Savannah is waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and she completes her college education. Their relationship is put on hold, they pass the time by exchanging a continuous letters. But 9/11 changes everything. John thinks that is his duty to postpone. Therefore, their separation is extended indefinitely. After several monthes, the long separation, Savannah gets married with someone else.

Tokyo backpacking

I went to Japan Tokyo backpacking with my friends for five days,
We took airplane for 4 hours. when we arrived there, we take Metro to our hotel.
Our hotel is very close to the Metro station, that is really convenient.
Transportation cost and board and lodging cost is higher than Taiwan.
The first impression of the destination is the budlings are grand and advanced
First day, we went to several tourist attractions like Disney land which is a huge park with several different major part and interesting shows. We spent all day playing in the Disney land, It was really fun.
Then we went to Tokyo Tower , to see the view.
Second day, we went to Tokyo Budo Kan in Kokyo to watch the competition of Japanese Kendo.
In the evening, we went department store for shopping in Shibuya.
Next day, we went to some famous temple. And took a lot of pictures there.
The weather in Japan is cool and arid , and the public transportation in Tokyo is well develop, convenient and fast.
So taking the subway is the best transportation for the tourists in Tokyo.
The local life style is really convenient and speedy. I saw many kinds of vending machine on the road-side,
Like tabacco, drinks, sandwiches, sushi, and even flowers.
On the other hand, lining in a advanced city is equal pressure of it.
Tourism bring business, and it improve the country economic, nomatter in which country the tourism may bring pasative effects to the local and the environment.
Tokyo public transportation is very advanced. That is a very important point to improve the tourism.
Their commodity price is higher than Taiwan, their transportation cost board and lodging cost is very expensive.
Living in Tokyo is developed and convenient , but there is equal pressure of it.

Morning people and night people

There are vary differences between our sleeping needs and habits. For example, some people need a lot of sleep, and others might feel enough to get five or six hours a night. Morning people follow the idiom of “early to bed, early to rise,” and go to bed about 9:00 p.m. They feel energetic after a full night's sleep and function best before noon during week days. Others prefer to stay up late and sleep away the morning who called night people. They might only get less than five hours of sleep a night, but they feel that they function better at night and are often very productive during the evening hours. Night people are often tired and cranky in the morning. They always out of action when morning people feel invigorative. In reality, There are a few disadvantages to morning people. For example, more than half stores and companies are not available during the early hours when a morning person is at his or her best. Morning people also have to go to bed very early in the evening, he may miss some late night activities with his friends. To sum up, morning people may have time to exercise in the morning and enjoy a leisurely breakfast in the morning, opposite people who do not have to get up early can sleep away the morning.

If I Were A Little Bird

If I were a little bird,
I would fly to my father’s grave and sing.
Let him know how much I miss him.

If I were a little bird,
I would fly to my mother and stay on her shulder.
Let her know how much I would like to accompany her.

If I were a little bird,
I would fly to my older brother and tell.
Let him know how much I am proud of him.

If I were a little bird,
I would fly to my younger brother and dance.
Let him know no matter what happened, I will always stand by him.

If I were a little bird,
I would fly to Author and promise,
I will keep my faith and be a honest person, as long as I can.