Story that I like— Winter Dreams

Out of all the stories we recently read I like the story “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I really like this story because it embodies the brutal reality of life. It is actually sad that Dexter spent a large chunk of his life trying to get away from his status is born with—a middle class boy to a rich owner of a company. He wanted Judy Jones not only because she is charming, beautiful, and daring, but she also represents wealth to Dexter. Dexter tried everything to get Judy, but he did not succeed in the end, and just like that, his dreams faded away. This story showed some everyday scenarios we might face, it also shows how things we feel have the highest value now might fade in the future, such as Judy Jones beauty. Overall I enjoyed reading this book; I find the ending quite beautiful and really pushed the theme out for the reader to understand. 

A good place to visit in Taiwan-- Jiufen Old Street

It is said that at the start of this village, there is only nine families, so when they need to go buy everyday necessities they would buy nine of the same thing. That is why this place translated in Chinese is called “九份”.In 1893 someone found gold Juifen, so this small village attracted more than 4,000 families’ .The most famous and popular tourist attraction here is the Jiufen Old Street. Among this street there are many shops, selling some famous Taiwanese snacks such as the yam balls. At the end of this street which is pretty long, you can see the sea. There are many tea shops that let you sit there and watch the sea from high up the mountain. It is a pretty cool place to visit. You will find many cultural things that represent Taiwan there. 

Good fences make good neighbors

I would say the quote “good fences make good neighbors” is true, and you don’t have to have no boundaries between your neighbors to be close to them. I remember when I was in Canada as a kid, there is tall black fences separating our backyard from our neighbor’s backyard. Our neighbor had two kids at that time and they often play those big colorful plastic bouncy balls in the summer. The balls always get over the fence and trespass to our backyard so I had to help them get the ball and give it back to them. I don’t know how it happened, but this formed a friendship between me and the neighbor’s kids, we played ball across our fences, just throwing the ball in between those black fences. Sometimes in the summer we will eat popsicles together across the fences while talking about things at school, since we go to different schools. It was fun, we never got to ride a bike or go to the playground together outside of our backyard, but that friendship to me at that time was one of a kind. Il believed that good fences make good neighbors, you don’t have to tell them your everything to be at good relationship with them. A simple act of kindness could bring you happiness and even another friend.