journal 16

Dear Mom.

Hi mom?? How are you? Everything goes well? I always think about you and I miss all of my memories in Korea. Today, I have something to tell you and I don’t know how you would respond to me. I have a boy friend now, and we are seeing each other very seriously. Maybe, you can think about my safety and studying. He doesn’t have a gun, so you don’t need to worry about it and I always should use English to talk with him. It is very nice for me, because it is not boring and my English speaking skill is getting better since I have met him. As you know, I already had a boy friend when I was a high school student. At the time, I had to study very hard to enter the university I want. I didn’t want to disappoint you, so I tried to do my best. I promise you I will not disappoint you by seeing my boy friend here. Whether I have a boy friend or not does not matter, because I can do my jobs as I did. When I came here, I felt very lonely and I needed someone to talk with. My boy friend is very attractive, handsome, kind and very smart but I mostly love his warm heart for me. Without his help, I could not adjust to American Life Style. I am very happy now and I think you also want for me to be happy. Don’t worry about me anymore !      

journal 15

In Taipei, five people were killed and 84 injured Wednesday, because a tree hit a train in which there were Chinese tourists. The train was going through a forest area of Mount Ali and the tree trunk made four carriages overturn. Unfortunately, the government said there are more 42 people who were seriously hurt. Taiwanese officials have promised to help families of the Chines tourists to come to the island. Injured people were moved by helicopter to the safe area and other injured passengers were moved to nearby hospital to cure their injuries. The accidents like this have happened including one incident in 2003 that killed 17 people.

AFP (2011, Apr 27). Five dead, 84 injured in Taiwan train accident. from http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gvh__vKXYceHTr3gBb0WrKO4kk7A?docId=CNG.12de9f96cf13502fee731c04b6f2170a.41

Journal 15.

Nicole Felton. (April 12, 2011). Coffee can be healthy. Daily Titan.

The author says having at least two cups of coffee in the morning is a way to be healthy. There are many beneficial effects of coffee and the author specifically tells us the exact definition list of health benefits like brain health, diabetes health and heart health etc. He tries to appeal to trust and values, so he cites Joe Vinson, Ph.D., a coffee expert at the University of Scranton, drinking around two cups of coffee in a day will lead to certain health benefits. By quoting the expert’s comment, he tries to make us believe his argument. Also, he uses a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition to give how much the evidence of the benefits of coffee is right and how much we can lower the risk of many diseases by two cups of coffee. This article is very logical and I can trust the article, because the article also says about the bad effects of coffee like the addict for caffeine and sleeping lately. Before reading this article, I heard of the benefits of coffee from my American friend, who also said many American people always find at least a cup of coffee a day. Finally, I think the coffee has the good effects for my health for the trusty figure of the study used in this article.    

journal 14

Cosmetics

Goering, S. (2005). Cosmetics. Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. Ed. Carl Mitcham. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. 434-437. Retrieved from Gale Virtual Reference Library.

In this database, Sara Goering explains about the history of cosmetics easily to understand. Firstly, she talks about the practice of painting and tattooing the body dates back to early-Neanderthal humans. I could find the fact that the initial purpose of cosmetics at the time was not only to enhance beauty, but for camouflage to fear in others and representation of animal gods in ritual ceremonies. Then, he compares the purpose of cosmetics of Neanderthal humans with ancient Egyptians’, who focused on eye make-up for protection from the sun as well as for decoration. These two examples from different countries are very useful for me to broaden my essay, because I can compare two or more countries about the different means of cosmetics in my essay.