Last week I finished my Marx paper in sociology class. I was very happy with I have done, but it was not the last one, we have to prepare a new one this week, so I have to read a lot of books and do many research every day before write something.
This week I prepar my Durkheim paper for seven pages. I try to summarize all of the ideas that I got from my reading and my research. It takes time to do it, so I am focusing on it first before doing something else. My problem is when I stop doing it, it is take time to restart after some time becuse i have to memorize and consult what I have done. For this reason, I prefer to keep doing it until I almost finish what I should do.
The most important thing is I get many idea and learn many thing. Every day I improve my idea, my thought, my skill. This is life.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Finally...
One of my big problems here in this country is cold weather. It is not only cold butespecially freezy because of the wind and snow. In have never seen snow before coming here, so at the first time I was looking forward to see it. Just after two days, I hated it because the weather became too cold. I stayed whole day in my room. I refused to go out. That happened this last winter.
In the begining of the winter, the weather was not too bad, but little by little later it became worse especially in the end of the season. I remembered that the St. John's University was closed twice due to the big storm. Therefore, I stayed home, I did not like even walk around. It was too cold for me. Sometimes, when I felt too cold, I took hot shower. To be honest, I was not suffering but I felt uncomfortable.
Finally, yesterday, I breathed because the weather was cool and very clear. I took adventage on it to walk around a little bit even I would finish my homework. I was comfortable.
In the begining of the winter, the weather was not too bad, but little by little later it became worse especially in the end of the season. I remembered that the St. John's University was closed twice due to the big storm. Therefore, I stayed home, I did not like even walk around. It was too cold for me. Sometimes, when I felt too cold, I took hot shower. To be honest, I was not suffering but I felt uncomfortable.
Finally, yesterday, I breathed because the weather was cool and very clear. I took adventage on it to walk around a little bit even I would finish my homework. I was comfortable.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Face Of Terror
Usually I watch news every evening after dinner when I do not have class. I always spend a little time watching something else such as Tv show, movie, etc. Yesterday, I watched a movie just stared when I came in our Tv room. The tittle was "Face Of terror". The movie was about a man who was looking for his sister disappeared in europe.
The movie did not showed how this woman left from her country, USA, and came to europe, England, but as a flashback, I saw that she worked in a company as a prostitute. The boss of the company is member of the terrorist. Maybe her boss and his friends asked her to bring a bag having bomb inside to a big building where they wanted to bombard. When the bomb exploded the man and his friends thought that she dead, but she did not. She left already before the explosion. She was kidnaped by a man who was one of her boss's friends. This man took her and kept her in his house at a nice boat. He liked her because she was so beautiful. Nobody knew about that.
One day, his brother decided to look for her and went to europe. He came first to the company where she worked but he did not find her. He investigated many people such as her coworkers, colleagues, friends, and even the police. Finally he heard that her employer killed her. The man who kidnaped her has never said anything.
Through his investigation, he knew the men who mad her sister in danger and asked them the truth but he has never gotten response. However, he recognized that they were terrorists and killed them one by one. Finally he found his sister just when he followed the last of the terrorists. His sister brought again a bag having a bomb inside to this terrorist. He took the bag quickly and threw it in the ocean where the bomb exploded. Then he shot the terrorist, and took his sister. That was the end. It was a good ending.
The movie did not showed how this woman left from her country, USA, and came to europe, England, but as a flashback, I saw that she worked in a company as a prostitute. The boss of the company is member of the terrorist. Maybe her boss and his friends asked her to bring a bag having bomb inside to a big building where they wanted to bombard. When the bomb exploded the man and his friends thought that she dead, but she did not. She left already before the explosion. She was kidnaped by a man who was one of her boss's friends. This man took her and kept her in his house at a nice boat. He liked her because she was so beautiful. Nobody knew about that.
One day, his brother decided to look for her and went to europe. He came first to the company where she worked but he did not find her. He investigated many people such as her coworkers, colleagues, friends, and even the police. Finally he heard that her employer killed her. The man who kidnaped her has never said anything.
Through his investigation, he knew the men who mad her sister in danger and asked them the truth but he has never gotten response. However, he recognized that they were terrorists and killed them one by one. Finally he found his sister just when he followed the last of the terrorists. His sister brought again a bag having a bomb inside to this terrorist. He took the bag quickly and threw it in the ocean where the bomb exploded. Then he shot the terrorist, and took his sister. That was the end. It was a good ending.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Phone card
Phone card is one of the businesses in the USA. Foreign people use it a lot to communicate to their country, family, friends. It is much cheaper than the direct one, but it is often changing. As a foreing person, I use it to talk to my family, my friends in Madagascar, but I meet many problems using it.
First of all, when I use a phone card, I should know which one is much better to talk to. I mean I should know with wich phone card I can get much more minutes. Therefore I should ask someone from my country the better one to avoid an expense for nothing, because all phone cards are not necessary good for Madagascar.
Second problem is communicative problem. I have to make sure that the person to whom I want to talk to is turns on his phone and has time to talk, because when I do not reach him or her I loose my money. And when I reach him or her, I can not stop until the phone card is finished because if I stop talking and cut the communication, I loose at least 5mn.
Third problem is bad communication. Sometimes when I call to Madagascar, I can hear the person to whom I talk to but he or she do not hear me, so I have to stop even I loose money.
One month ago, I bought phone cards for $10 and kept them until I called, but after two days the company that made the phone card block the number, people could not use it at all. I thought that I lost my money again. I went to the seller to tell my problem using the phone card, he told that I could change them. I changed my phone cards just for saving money.
During this one month, I do not know which phone card may be good for calling to Madagascar. Today, one of my friends called me and said that there is a new one that is much better to call to Madagascar now. I went to the store but I did not find it yet. Hope that I can call soon.
First of all, when I use a phone card, I should know which one is much better to talk to. I mean I should know with wich phone card I can get much more minutes. Therefore I should ask someone from my country the better one to avoid an expense for nothing, because all phone cards are not necessary good for Madagascar.
Second problem is communicative problem. I have to make sure that the person to whom I want to talk to is turns on his phone and has time to talk, because when I do not reach him or her I loose my money. And when I reach him or her, I can not stop until the phone card is finished because if I stop talking and cut the communication, I loose at least 5mn.
Third problem is bad communication. Sometimes when I call to Madagascar, I can hear the person to whom I talk to but he or she do not hear me, so I have to stop even I loose money.
One month ago, I bought phone cards for $10 and kept them until I called, but after two days the company that made the phone card block the number, people could not use it at all. I thought that I lost my money again. I went to the seller to tell my problem using the phone card, he told that I could change them. I changed my phone cards just for saving money.
During this one month, I do not know which phone card may be good for calling to Madagascar. Today, one of my friends called me and said that there is a new one that is much better to call to Madagascar now. I went to the store but I did not find it yet. Hope that I can call soon.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
A New Discover
As a student, I have always homework to do such as reading, writing, even during this sring break. I think that it is good also to take rest sometimes and discover a new horizon. That is why I decided to go to Princeton when a friend of mine invited me last Thursday.
I left from NYC last Thursday to Princeton. When I came there, I walked around and saw many farms. I was very glad to see huge many places of farms. Most of people have a big and beautiful house.
The next day, my friend drove me to Philadelphia. We turned around the city and visited the Liberty Bell. We planed to visit some museums but we did not have enough time because we had to go back to Princeton. Therefore, just we walked around. I saw almost the significant places in Philadelphia. I impression that Philadelpia looks a young city because most of the people I encountered were young.
Again, I discover a new place, a new horizon. Traveling helps me to learn something that I do not have in class or to confirm what I have done and learned.
I left from NYC last Thursday to Princeton. When I came there, I walked around and saw many farms. I was very glad to see huge many places of farms. Most of people have a big and beautiful house.
The next day, my friend drove me to Philadelphia. We turned around the city and visited the Liberty Bell. We planed to visit some museums but we did not have enough time because we had to go back to Princeton. Therefore, just we walked around. I saw almost the significant places in Philadelphia. I impression that Philadelpia looks a young city because most of the people I encountered were young.
Again, I discover a new place, a new horizon. Traveling helps me to learn something that I do not have in class or to confirm what I have done and learned.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Myth
Traditionally, people used a lot of myths. The reason was sipmle, to teach kids having a good behavior, attitude. The myths are not necessary true. It is a story evented by elderly people to make their kids think about something, their life, etc. That was happened in Madagascar, my country, and it is still important now. Many children from the village do not have an opportunity to go to school, so their grandparents tell them a myth in the evening at home when they gather together. One of the myths I have never forgotten that my grandmother told me was this:
"In the beginning, there was God of the sky and God of the earth. When God of the earth looked above, he saw how pretty the sky was, with the moon and the stars. When God of the sky looked below, he saw how wonderful the earth was with its water, platns, animals of all kinds. God of the earth coveted the sky while God of the sky coveted the earth. Finally, they quarelled and war broke out. God of the sky sent down thundestorm or lightning bolts. God of the earth raised up mountains to attack the sky. Neither was victorious and peace was made. What solution had they found? They decided to create the man who did not exist yet and they created a man. God of the earth shaped him in mud while God of sky gave him life. When the man died, they quarelled again. "He is mine," said God of the sky because I gave him life. "No he lives down here," said God of the earth. Again, they sared. God of the earth keeps his body while God of the sky carries his life up. This is why, when a man dies, life goes to the sky and the body staps in the earth."
That was the myth, it was a myth, so you can figure out what the oldests want to transmit to their generation.
"In the beginning, there was God of the sky and God of the earth. When God of the earth looked above, he saw how pretty the sky was, with the moon and the stars. When God of the sky looked below, he saw how wonderful the earth was with its water, platns, animals of all kinds. God of the earth coveted the sky while God of the sky coveted the earth. Finally, they quarelled and war broke out. God of the sky sent down thundestorm or lightning bolts. God of the earth raised up mountains to attack the sky. Neither was victorious and peace was made. What solution had they found? They decided to create the man who did not exist yet and they created a man. God of the earth shaped him in mud while God of sky gave him life. When the man died, they quarelled again. "He is mine," said God of the sky because I gave him life. "No he lives down here," said God of the earth. Again, they sared. God of the earth keeps his body while God of the sky carries his life up. This is why, when a man dies, life goes to the sky and the body staps in the earth."
That was the myth, it was a myth, so you can figure out what the oldests want to transmit to their generation.
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