This essay was written for my Traditions in Children’s Literature course on November 21, 2019 and it surprisingly did not suck. So I decided to put it up here.
And by the way, Merry Christmas! 🙂
Continue reading “Winnie the Pooh — It Is Only Natural to Make Mistakes”
I know I promised myself to keep updating this site but every time I jot down random thoughts I fail to organize them into an actually worth-reading note. They are just too random and generally not lengthy enough to be covered, nevertheless, the way they are makes them interesting.
I want to give some quick updates on what I have been doing, and thinking.
Poems (Not Really) at 3:00 AM. Continue reading “Poems (Not Really) at 3:00 AM.”
When I say that the one who teaches others actually receives more, I mean it.
A few weeks after I got into this university, I went to a conference where the host introduced Chinese Language Center and the Chinese tutors who voluntarily work and help foreign students on the campus. And I immediately knew I had to sign up for this.
Continue reading “I’m a Chinese Tutor in Soochow University, and I’m Proud to Be One”
Yesterday, I read an article discussing bilingual education in Taiwan and our government’s endeavor towards making people of Taiwan with a deeper “world view”. The author expressed disapproval to the government’s actions towards building a bilingual country and how the government tries to integrate the idea of Bilingual education into the New Southbound Policy, a concept by President Tsai.
Edit: welp, I can’t seem to find the article now.
Continue reading “(Brief) Thoughts on Bilingual Education in Taiwan”
The following is excerpted from a dialogue I had with my girlfriend, Clemence, after I shared breathtaking artworks created by Mini people with her.
This story was written on Apr. 29 by me.
Just days ago, a photo amazed the world. It is the first picture of a black hole human have ever captured. Since then, it has been everywhere. The photo is so popular and widely discussed that the world has gotten into the craze of space exploration, pretty much like the time when Armstrong first laid his feet onto the surface of the moon.
This story was written on Mar. 18 by me.
It’s just fascinating to think about the fact that every individual of us speaks a certain yet very distinct, fully personalized pattern of language, and have an unintentional formulation of choice of words. As far as I know, this happens in people speaking their native language, as well as foreign languages. We all tend to speak, write, and express emotions with a selection of words and phrasings that even we ourselves sometimes aren’t aware of.
Continue reading “A Brief Look into How We Speak｜Mar. 18, 2019”
This story was written on Feb. 25 by me.
The first semester has officially ended and here comes the second semester. I think this is a perfect moment to reflect on all the things I’ve done right, as well as things I’ve done wrong in the first semester at college. It is re-evaluating time!
Continue reading “Re-evaluating My Academic Performance｜Feb. 25, 2019”
This story was written on Dec. 3 by me.
People are always adapting. This is what I’ve been thinking recently. No matter this is a change for the better, or a change for the worse, we are constantly altering our way of living.
Michael Chuang 