Road not Taken (Late&Make up)

    The Road not Taken was a story about life choices and how people would want to see the outcome of the choices. Everyone would want to do that, even I do. In life, people all have to make some pretty hard choices, many times people spend years or even their whole life regretting what they have chosen before. Many times in life, you would come across two of your most important things to choose from, and you have to value both items and abandon the less important choice. This is hard, this will be very hard. Personally, I have never had to do choices like this, but people around me have, and many of them, regretted what they have done in the first place. This story is called the Road not Taken because the author wants to know how the road not taken could have turned out to be. How the road is unpredictable and the author is glad he had not chose that road. The title implies the opposite idea and shows how he did not take the choice and was fine with it. Although he does not regret it, he would want to see the outcome of the other choice.

Pride

  Being proud could be both a good thing and a bad thing. People are hated for being too proud, but people are also disliked for being too humble. The society works in a very strange way, you cannot be too much of something or too little of something. The people considered"normal"would be the ones that are just inbetween both. Being proud is good, being proud raises people's self esteem, and situations where it would make an individual feel proud, could be a great ego boost for many people. Situations such as, after giving a persuasive speech and everyone liked it, presenting something people all like, anything that makes you win in an argument could basically make you feel proud. But being too proud is not a great thing, when you present yourself as being too proud, you would come off as being an arrogant person and people would then start staying away from you. Pretend if Brandon got an A on his final while everyone got a D or below, and he starts getting very proud, too proud, then people would start hating on him for the arrogance and cockiness he is presenting. Pride could be both negative and positive, but you just have to remember, do not go too far in both lines.

Choices between good for myself and good for someone else (Late&Make up) Lady or the Tiger

  I think I am the type of person that gives it up for people. For someone I really truely cared about, I would choose to sacrifice myself for that person. I am the type of person that takes friendship and relationships seriously, atleast now I do. I realize, life happens once, make the best of it, or else when you are old, you will be the one regretting what choices and paths you could've taken and what you could've became. I think I am the type of guy that would give up anything for the girl I love. For her, I could give up the world for her. I know this sounds like a cheesy song, but that is how I feel. There are times I have given up stuff for people I love, and I normally give it up willingly because, hey, I love her. I am glad that I made those choices, those choices benefited the person I care about, and also benefited me. It helped me grow, it helped me realize, the world does not revolve around me, and I should stop once in a while and let someone get past me and not be so selfish. That is exactly what I did, I let a person come before me in every way possible. I am happy I chose to do that, I am happy I did that because, after all, it was worth it. For me and for her, it was all worth it. 

Western Parents V.S Asian Parents

  After reading that piece of article, I have got to say that there are some pretty biased things in there. I think not all Asian parents are like this, my mom doesn't chase after me with a stick everytime I get a B on a test, not every Asian parents are like this. The Asian teaching and parenting system is very different from the Western way of teaching. My parents are just like the American way of teaching, they like to use praises rather than words to make me feel ashamed or feel guilty. There are many people in this world with this type of parents and they would be Asian too! I joined a musical in school, I go out with friends, I get rides over the weekend, I watch TV and uses the computer all day long. I don't think this applies to all Asian parents. This reminds me of how great my parents actually are and how un-strict they are when it comes to academic performances and my social life. They would not care if I had a girlfriend, unless it had major affects on my grades, then that is when they start. They would not care if I had my own life and made choices I wanted to make for myself rather than them making the choices for me. My parents are very loose parents. I don't feel choked and struggling under the whips of their parenting methods. I love my parents.

Hard Choices

  In life, choice making has became one of the most difficult things for many people. Making the right choice could benefit you on the long term, but making the wrong choice could devastate you for life. People often avoid making decisions simply because they want to avoid the problems. Being able to make good choices is a very important lesson and stage in your life as your getting more mature. There are many hard choices to make, and many are caused by your own family. For example, if you were an art student, your parents would be challenging your desire to do art and try to brainwash you until you give up on something you love, and eventually become what they wanted you to have became.(lawyers, doctors, etc) In this case, it is a choice between making yourself happy, or making your parents proud. Many Asian parents would not provoke having a career in the art field, simply because the Asian society for generations, has been taught that all the successful and wealthy people are only consists of lawyers and doctors and business men. Should you let your parents down? Or should you pursue your dreams and work towards something you love? Another great example is peer pressure. Peer pressure as when you are with your friends and when they all did something, you would be persuaded and draged into doing the same actions. Your friends could all be snorting cocaine, when you clearly know its wrong to do drugs, or to even have possession of drugs, they would want everyone to participate in their activity and all of your friends would want you to try atleast once. Should you take the very first snort of your life that could change you into a drug addict and make you spend the rest of your life in a rehab facility? Or should you say no to it, and let all the other kids think you are "uncool" or a "coward". Which is the right choice here? I don't know. It is your choice to make these decisions and you are in complete responsibility for the outcome.

Cherished Items

   If I really had to choose one thing to stop, I would most likely choose fire. When there is a flood, people die, but sometimes the flood are not as severe as what fires could do to some houses. Earthquakes are scary, but the chance of having a big Earthquake strike is less likely than alot of things. Therefore I think the scariest and the most dangerous is fire. That is why I would stop fire rather than stop the others. There are many things I cherish in life, any little souvenir someone special gave to me, photos with memories, items with memories, basically anything with memories of the people that I think are important to me and people I like. If I had to pick one, I think I would have to pick the cards and things many people has made for me. Cards made of sliced pieces of paper with a couple of dozen pictures along with the hand writing inside the card wishing you for the best. The exquisitely made cards are covered by delightful pieces of  cutout paper into different shapes to decorate the card. The written part of the card is what makes the card special. The handmade quality and the photos that gets stuck and cut out on to it, is what makes the card unique in its own way. No one will ever have the exact same as you, No one will ever get the exact same thing as you. It is for you only, and it is something special. I think however, the writing is more important rather than the card itself. Writing shows how you really feel about that person and shows what you actually mean when you write it on a card. Cards for me are the most special and will always be the most special thing anyone in this world could ever possibly own.

Dream Job

   There are millions of people applying for jobs every single day worldwide. Some statistics show that only 40% of the people around world likes what they are doing regardless of the low salary. The rest 60% are people into the job for money, or they got in because their parents wanted them to be whatever they are doing. Not everyone loves being doctors or lawyers on a big executive firm in New York. People are always choosing between money and interest. To me, a dream job would be head CEO of any company. I like that job because of the thrill of competing with other companies and just basically being able to control an empire. An empire that could bankrupt you over night, or an empire that would get you filthy rich. Believe it or not, I would actually want to be a CEO of some large executive firm. This job would actually make me try harder when I am working. When I am going off to work, my goal everyday will be to try to reach the top. I wont stop until I reach the top.

New Year's Resolution

   Its finally 2011! I should be writing down some New Year's Resolution for this new year. I think first of all, I will try to improve most of my grades to at least a B or above. That could be good for my college later on. Next I would like to try to eat more healthy, the past year has been a huge junk food year. I would eat junk food every single day. That is not good, and I am willing to change that. The third would be to try to Improve on my Geometry grade. Geometry honestly is not that hard, and I am not getting a very high score for the tests. I need to get my Geometry grades to go past the B range. After that, I would like to talk less in classes. I don't want to interrupt teachers from talking and getting points taken off my final grades. I think in many of the classes, that is one reason I get some grades lower than I expected. The last would have to be to be nicer to other people. I haven't been the nicest person to everyone the past year. I have been instead making fun of people and talking behind some people's back. I should try to stop doing all of those cruel things to people that has never done anything to me. Well Its 2011, and i hope this would be a great year for me! Same with to you!