Jimmy

Le Xiang Gang

The day was hot. My body was drenched with sweats. We were quite dizzy. I didn't know what to do, I was just following my leader. I heard that sea kayaking is quite a challenge to students. I kept thinking how to row and keep the kayak's balance. As soon as I got on the boat, I was wondering how to keep the balance on the boat. Whenever I laid down, the boat laid down too. It was somehow scary. i hold my paddle and started to row. There were always pattern for rowing, which his left right left right. My friends were rowing well like a scooter. However, my kayak was keep shaking. I wondered why. I rowed same as my friends. Then, I realized my fin was not opened. James helped me

Drowning

I was duck, with webfoot Couldn’t hear nothing Almost at the end of the lane About to touch the end Then, something terrible happens

My leg, my god damn leg Froze like ice Immobilized, stabilized as statue Started to worry about my life No, not yet I thought

I swung my arms hard Sadly, my plea was covered By the size of the crowds Swinging harder, higher, but none of them This is the end, I thought

Somehow, my memories rushed Grazing through my brain Glazing through my brain But why now? Well, I got it now

Finally, whole body was going numb Water felt like stabbing needles My body started to tear Painful and strangling, explode soon Shadow whispers dragging me down by force

Then, I saw a light A hand, tying to hold on Co-ryu, Corea, Korea

Red and blue, balanced energy Always proud of it Woke up, brushing Spicy Breakfast, popping inside my mouth, as popcorn Opening doors, wind rushing through my body Screaming for me to wake up Bicycle, beckoning me to ride it

Gigantic gate with flag on top Then sand, then stairs Many Han-Gul on the walls, in friends’ mouth Found my spot, opening books

Dude, let’s eat together Lovely French fries, smiling at me Yes, I missed you too Munch, munch, munch

Whoa, too strong, too fast, and high Coach, I can’t handle this Take it easy, that fuzzy green ball Terrified me too much Almost threw my racket at coach

Cross, in front of me Praying with creed and belief My only god, Jesus, my savior Everything will be forgiven My holy god, my true redeemer

I’m the best here, no question No I am! No way man! Sigh, it’s just a game For fun and rest! We don’t make any more stress However, they still fight like hyenas Fighting for chief’s seat

Mom cooks, dad works What a long day for me Can’t describe it all Sometimes ridiculous, fun, rage But one thing is sure Everyday is worth a lot!

Freedom. That’s all we want.

Invasion by aliens, conquered by foreigners. Scared, nervous, horrifying, creepy They were Beasts, kicking doors, clawing at windows

Dying children, parents’ exclamation Knives in chest, bullets in head Nothing but dead

Close to hell, except devils are human I thought sun gives us warmth Not darkness

Red shadows everywhere Even on children, women Dying, like stepping on ants Why us? Why Korea? As a path to go to China?

Still have hope for a miracle Someone fights for freedom and independence Rising of our red, blue, and white Shouting for life, eagerly Oppressors, impossible to beat

Friends, parents, and heros are all in silence Bullets, again, walking through our bodies We gave up, hopeless

Heaven

Moon is glimmering light, shining through cloud Halo, glazed with gold, on youngster’s pity Sound of bell, inspiring echo sound, loud Going up to blessed place, holy city

Full of brightness, saved by my only god Sacred land, looks like my cheerful childhood Gate with cross, statue of god, seems bit odd Mild sun hugs us, peaceful world, if we could

But in the heaven, means I’m dead one Staring down the world, see my parents crying Thinking myself, reminds me nothing, none Didn’t even mention goodbye, screaming

Two unlike feelings, piled up in my bowl Tears on my both eyes, where is my real soul?

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This i Believe

I believe the life of nature is the most beautiful event in the world. When I was born, the background was crimson color. It was warm and I was crying. A nurse was carrying me and put me in the cold water. I guess it is for decreasing the temperature of my body. It was comfortable, but I couldn’t see my mom. After the bath, I couldn’t remember anything. The story goes to three years old. I was crawling and I just sat down on the couch. When my mom brought me porridge, I chewed it with my baby teeth. It was tasty. My father bought me toys, which were all cars. I played myself. I didn’t have any brothers or sister. I watched some DVD’s that are really famous and has god reputation in the world. I think it was fun and made some good imagination about those movies. After, I took a nap or read some picture books. Picture books contain very creative pictures that can inspire me (Yea I inspired when I was three years old). It was peaceful in the outside because, I always go outside in 5:00 a.m. The way it was peaceful was that sparrows are crying, the sound of wind, and the quietness and peacefulness between them. Also, I saw some wild cats. They were loitering around me and started to rub me. That was the first time that I ever experienced the feeling of animal. It was warm and fuzzy. It was the second most comfortable feeling in the world. When I grew up to first grade, it was really awkward first time. I believed that the awkward could change to friendly. In school, my teacher was called, Kim Dan. She started the class with exciting game. That was the first time of group game. My school life was awesome. Sometimes, we tricked our own teacher and passed some notes. The school life was awesome ever. I had some best friends too. It was really fun that I can study with my friends. I was quite good at Math. However, I was not that good at Korean. However, if we interact each other, we can get some good scores. My story ends like this. By this essay, I realized that if I was not born, I wouldn’t be able to feel this cozy feeling and all other experiences in here. I think it is the beauty of nature. The life is precious in the world. I believe that it is nature I think that it was such an important part of our nature. I think it needs to be part of our nature. I learned a lesson that by this event, I can identify that who am I. It is just a beauty of nature.

Journal - What do you want to have?Jimmy P

Finally I got my own robot. His name is ‘Bumble Bee.’ His eyes are adorable like a puppy. However, he can devastate whole thing with his power. I was afraid if he was going to be kill me, but he was a human friendly. When he changes to a car, he was a awesome sport car with blazes. I was eager to show off this fabulous robot. However, I was just little afraid what if the government saw this enormous robot. If Bee couldn’t transform to a car, it would be a big trouble. Also, it doesn’t make sense when 14 years old kid drive a car. I was nervous if people find out. I was predicting about all of these. I wondered where do I need to hide Bee. If I ask my dad for car garage, he will doubt me a lot. It was such a problem too. Despite of there all bad conditions, I decided to live with Bee. He said that he doesn’t care about me, so I guess it would be alright. I said you can stay in a public park. ^_^



The Reasons of Change

We change, therefore we are human. Humans can be changed by something that gives them inspiration. Learning, experience, fight, debate, and love also can change us. The examples that I just mentioned are emotions. Also, to learn new stuff, we need to experience first. In human’s mind, we have one important matter, memories. To fight or debate, we need our own opinions. To change, we need our own memories, emotions, and opinions. If you can think of anything that you did before, it means that you have memories. The memories gave us an idea to think before we do something new. In the book, //The Giver//, the citizens have no emotions or memories. They preferred equalization. However, Jonas, the Receiver, was astonished when he was getting his first memory. When he learnt the memories of colors, he started to change, because he just experienced new things. He was changed. “If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things. A blue tunic or a red one! ” (Lowry 97). He had beautiful memories and he was eager to share these memories with other people. Then, Jonas took another training (receiving memories from the Giver) from the Giver, which is about war. Then he was shocked when he was looking at the memory of the war. After this training, Jonas saw his friend, Asher, playing a shooting game. Because he had his memories, he freaked out. “You had no way of knowing this. I didn’t know it myself until recently, but it’s cruel game!” (Lowry 134). Because of his memories that he already had, he knew that this game was cruel game. He tried to change his friends by stopping their games. The memories give people the idea and new thinking. The humans get their memories by learning, experiencing, watching, and touching. They know what is wrong and right by looking back to their memories. The memories teach new lessons to the humans. However, memories are not the only factor that makes up the humans. There is another ability that only humans have, which are emotions. Computer is different from humans because, humans have their own emotions. Humans feel and show their emotions to other people. In the movie //Pleasantville//, the background is a world without emotions. However, when real people, David and Jennifer, entered the society. They changed the whole community by acting with their emotions. They used their emotions to show and tell other people. After David entered //Pleasantville//, he gave an idea of emotions to his friend, Bill Johnson. Then, Bill had his first emotion. “I don’t want to cook hamburgers. Everyday, it’s same!” (__Pleasantville__). When you start to get emotions, you will change in someway. Bill was too bored to do this same routine all day. He wanted to do something different. Small changes cause a big change in the town. The mayor decided to stop this. Bud and Bill were too upset and started to break the new rules. Finally, they got arrested. In the court, the mayor was telling and pointing the wrong actions that they did. Then Bud said the emotions are already inside of human. He was saying straightly. This speech is saying that even we want to stop emotions, we can’t. The mayor was keep saying against Bud. However, the mayor finally used his emotion, anger. “No, it could not!” (__Pleasantville__). This short speech was showing the angriness of the mayor. Humans need to show the emotions and memories to other people and tell their feeling. Therefore, we have our own opinions by learning the emotions. Humans show their feelings and decisions by telling and showing their opinions such as, debating, protesting and satire. They need to express their opinions with their emotions. In //The Giver//, Jonas, who was the Receiver, started to talk about his friends’ feeling. He had his opinion, “I won’t! I won’t go home! You can’t make me!” (Lowry 132). Jonas said this after he found that the release was death. When Jonas found out, he showed his opinions to the Giver that he is upset. He didn’t want the release anymore. He was having his own opinions. Also, for another example, in //Pleasantville//, the citizens have no emotions. They didn’t have their own opinions. Their lives are full with patterns, which basically mean the equalization. “Bill and Bud drew a picture of the truth in the //Pleasantville//, which was demonstrating their opinion” (__Pleasantville__). The humans show their expressions by explaining themselves. The memories, emotions, and opinions are the elements that make humans different from others. Some people said that humans have soul. To make up the soul and to go further, we need our memories, emotions, and opinions. When, we try to change, we need to look back ourselves. We need to know who we are. By having our identities, we possess that we have our own memories, emotions, and opinions. We are human.