Rupert

Hearing the coming of the next Model United Nations, I felt quiver in my mind and shiver in heart. It was said that there would be two chances including one in 高雄 and the other one in 台中, Si-Hua suggested if we could go participating again. I smiled at that innocent idea because I knew chances should be left for those senior one students, and that there was no way we two old people going again for wasting my time traveling again rather than studying. 

It was really undesirable for us to occupy the paved way for new elites. Let them experience what it is like to join the Model United Nations and how it is to speak English all the time! Just like us having haunting memories, they would go plunging into the activity and find themselves deep into it and eager to join it again and again!

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I am so excited that the first test of GEPT high intermediate level will be revealed tomorrow. The coming of the day means the booming amount of people who pass it. I'm looking forward and expect these guy will all pass with flying scores, and pass the next test easily. I hope they would be unlike me, who passed the first test by sinking double fees, and wasted triple fees on the next test. 

Regarding the fact that I need to sink the fee again for the next test and am not sure whether it is good or not, I feel fidgety about preparing not enough even though I really don't prepare too much. Now the only purpose to win this game is that I don't want to be overpassed one day, discovering that English is no longer my superiority but my poor ability. Thus, I want to enhance it by keeping this English diary and the impromptu done once in a while, hoping it would help me.

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I am really good glad that our English teacher is going to talk about those two poems, which are "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Mom always told me about them when I was little. I really admire the philosophy of life Robert Frost had. Both of those two poems influence me a lot. 

"The Road Not Taken" builds me the idea of trying ways that not many people want to, making me realize that maybe there will be much prettier views when I choose the road not taken. "Stopping by WEoods on a Snowy Evening," however, reflects me, anxiously preparing for tests. In those days studying, sometimes I really just want to let go of me and enjoying one day for free time. Yet watch the countdown keep counting, I know that I still have miles to go, even though there are attractions luring me. I choose the road not taken and still have miles to go before I'm done.

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On the way home, I felt both delighted and weighty in my mind and body. Delighted, I recalled those memories with classmates and friends, enjoying that marvelous scenery. Weighty, I realized that there would be no chance to go on trips before getting into a good university. Studying and learning were things that I should do in the following months. I could see the reference books and test papers waiting ahead of me. 

Anyway, I still had fun those days even though we were almost on the bus. I can still remember those facilities in hotels which I would probably never have a chance to stay again. Also, it's good to have a good time with classmates and friends such as playing volleyball on the beach, playing billiards in hotels. The exhibition in the museum was wonderful; the breakfast in hotels was also wonderful. All in all, I had a really good time!

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It's the final countdown! We're leaving for graduation trip! Before packing my luggage, I scan the schedual again. A thought flashes into my mind that we would be on the bus almost all the way to the East and back. Panic seizes me at the thought of feeling bored if there would be no karaoke oe movies. Furthermore, if I don't have a chance to enjoy those services in hotels and can only stay at the room, that will be very, very boring. 

However, before long I find a solution -- to bring reference books! I could spend my time studying. On the bus, I could chat with classmates, or even with other students to kill time. Besides, I decide to go shopping when we get to the amusement park as I have visited it several times and I am familiar with those facilities. Maybe I can just go window shopping.

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Holding those postcards and notebooks in my hands, which were bought at the show, I can hardly get the melody and feelings out of my mind. I hear wind whisper in my ear, singing name of Esmeralda every time I close my eyes. Those words sung in French like cathedral, liberty keep haunting in my head, I suddenly realize that some words are the same in both English and French, and that the grammar sounds all alike. A thought comes to me that I may learn French someday so that I can understand Notre Dame de Paris someday in the future.

In addition, I share to my classmates some experiences from this trip to Taipei, and tell them how touched I am. However, they only care about how the girls in Taipei are, haha! Still I'm glad that I have a chance to enjoy the performance that not many want to do. Now I'm humming the tone of Le Temps des cathedrales.

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I got up early this morning because I was heading for Taipei! For Notre Dame de Paris! I played the songs all the way to memorize the rhythm. However, the voices on stage sounded not the same as those in the songs when the performance began. I wondered that someone may be replaced or rotated. 

Apart from the comparison, that performance was awesome! I heard every word that I didn't understand vibrate and resonate in my head and heart. Sometimes, I was really about to cry at the scenes. With translation on the wall, I could partly get ideas when the chinese was attractive but the performance was more attractive. To my surprise, when the show ended, the applause lasted over 10 minutes, making the singers sing the encore. That really satisfied all of us and I would never forget it!

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There is a piece of news which says people in Sillicon Valley encourage students to start having small talk. Even though I'm not ambitious enough to set up businesses, I still had resonance when I saw this piece of news, which reminded me of a lecturer telling that he had made more money just by chatting. 

Sometimes we are too shy to express our feelings and interact with one another. Therefore, we should learn to be more outgoing and eloquent. Furthermore, being able to explain things clearly and speak about ideas fluently is also important. Some people with great skills and knowledge fail because they don't have the ability to show themselves. 

Thinking about classmates I know well, I discover that they, included me, have difficulty explaining clearly to others, not to mention talking to lots of people in different ways of thinking. It is extensive conversations and discussion that we need to improve our speaking skills. However, I know that we can't do it in classes.

There is one week before the graduation trip, and everyone seems to be drifting away with the expection. Our physics teacher reminds us of bringing reference books as not to feel bored in our journey. I hear some classmates jokes that they will use them to surf, but undoubtably it will sink and so does the scores. Lots of teachers ask us to have our work done before this weekend because no one will want to do it next week.

By the way, this afternoon classmates are talking about who will be on the fifth bus when someone says that we should decide as soon as possible. I think I would like to be there because I can make more friends from other classes and sometimes we can have more services like having more time or something else. Also, if I can , then I would sing all the way because not many classmates want to sing.

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Rumor has it that one classmate has called for sick for several days just to do nothing at home. I'm a bit sad about it because I think he is a smart friend and if he can study hard, he will succeed. I start to think why he rejects going to school. For so long there is a question in my mind asking why I should go to school. Not until today can I explain why, and this concept connects to the classmate's rejection. 

Of course, we study for better educational degree and better lives, but orginally people study to make their lives more enjoyable. It is undoubtably a pleasure when we learn things that we never do. However, nowadays we are forced to learn lots of things and sometimes we even are not interested in. The way to keep studying is to find joy in studying. So if he can find joy himself, I believe he will be brilliant.

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