Journal Entry 26: Comparison

            “Nothing is good or bad but by comparison.” This is true. How come? For instance, if someone says a person is really smart. There must be some events or certificates that prove this person is smart. Yet, if this person takes an intelligence test and the score is pretty high. Then, I think we can say this person is smart enough. Another example is people often see different movie. However, sometimes filmmakers will produce old movie in different ways. Take “Tron” as an example. Tron is a 1982 American science fiction film. However, it has been remade in 2010. I saw both versions. Then, I suddenly find out that if the newest version does not exist. I might never like this movie. Why? The reason is that old technology can never produce high definition, so the movie would be less interesting. Also, the actors are changed. The actors in 2010 version are more fresh and amicable. In conclusion, I believe it is really difficult to tell the bad and good about a person or thing without comparing to others. In fact, without comparing, I guess everyone will think they are good enough. Students, who have poor grades, will never want to study hard and trying to be the first one. The reason is simply because they do not compare. Without comparing, people can hardly see the pros and cons of everything.

Journal Entry 25 - Winter Holiday

            I have a lot of things can talk about today’s topic. First of all, before the winter break. I went to the winter dance with my friends. Yet, I think the winter dance is not as good as last year. Then, we did not stay till the end; we left earlier and went to my house for the after party instead. We drank and chatted a lot. We went to bed around 5 o’clock in the morning. I was really tired, so I slept a lot next day.

            Now, let’s go to countdown of the New Year. Basically, I went to a concert of my favorite Taiwanese band called “Mayday”. Their performance is fantastic. They spend a lot of many to create the stage and everything. Although the vocal is a little sick that night, yet he still tried his best to do the performance. The concert ended around 2 a.m.; that was the best experience I had during two weeks of winter break.

            However, there are still things I felt sorrow. It is more like regret. In fact, I had too much fun in the previous two weeks. I went to Taipei at last week Friday. But, I started to do my projects, exams, and homework on Wednesday. I should have started earlier, so I can relax more and my schedule can be more flexible.