Walking in the snow Last night, it was snowing. It was, in fact, the first snowfall of Shanghai this winter. Thereby, I made the decision to walk to my university. There's approximately 10 kilometers between my house and the campus, so I need 3 hours or so to reach the university by foot. I feel a bit insecure walking there alone, but feeling the snow's embrace is fully worth it. Snow brings up a lot of memories. The memories of my childhood, for example. I can imagine the snow as it drifts in the air like butterflies or doves. Such thoughts instill a sense of hope and connection with the Earth. Trees, houses, all manner of things bedecked in a blanket of snow. Earth seems almost as if it is hibernating. Building snowmen, throwing snowballs and playing in the snow in general are such memories that come to mind whenever the snow falls. However, Shanghai's snow does not remind me of these things. The snow is merely slush. Then I got a cold today.

Winter Nights Darkness fall much earlier than summer.Sometimes I just took my eyes of a book and looked out of the window,and then i realized its dark.The smell of foods drifted from some distant houses and canteens.People were preparing for dinner at the time.Cold weather made me appetizing.Students,commuters ,whoever ，with their hands putting in the pockets and necks hiding in the scarfs, are all in a hurry for an only destination —home.I feel a little homesick.When I was a child ,what made me most happy is to go home and taste the foods cooked by mommy.She was always waiting for me back home from school,no matter how was it late.But now, I'm thousands of miles away from her.Such a sort of intensity was often arrived at during winter darkness,tempests,and mists.I guess everyone has ever experienced some lonely time.That must the meaning of growth.However, even if the nights are cloudy and cold,there is still a blade of moonlight that shines on me. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" 　　　　　By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

Cultural hot-pot (one of my English exam topics) As is vividly dipicted in the drawing, there is a hot-pot which is full of different kinds of cultures instead of foodstuff.With a sentence below it,"cultural hot-pot is very delicious and nutrient" the picture shows us the diversity of cultures in today' society. With the development of economy,culture-exchanges has become an irresistible trend.For example, some foreign festivals like Christmas are very popular with Chinese young people.Thus raised those questions to us:how to accept foreign culture without losing our own uniqueness and how to combine developing modern civilization with inheriting traditional civilization? From a personal point of view,i am delight to witness the culture-exchanges between different times and countries.As an old saying goes"accept all as the sea is converged by all rivers",which tells us that we should hold an open-minded attitude towards the cultural hot-pot.Only we are generous enough to allow the co-existence of varieties of cultures,can we make a great contribution to human civilization.

I feel so sad.Am I terrible? As the title shows I feel so sad now.Today is my 21st birthday which should be the best day of a year.And I could be happy.I recieved many gifts and best wishes from my family ,my friends and my roommates.I felt the warmth even in such a freezing cold winter.However,I got an anonymous package just now.There is a beautiful necklace in it with a four-leaf clover pendant that symbolizing "lucky".I was really surprised.And I checked the number on the package by the lure of curiosity and then called back to the store to ask where is the fine gift from.But now I think it's the most stupid decision I have made .Because I knew the anonymity is my ex-boyfriend.We broken up on October and all blame on me.I hurt his heart.I thought I had no feeling about him.Maybe the story was a mistake at the beginning.I knew he love me very much and that was the reason why I decided to start a relationship with him.As the day goes on, I found I didn't love him at all.I just enjoyed ,collected his love and repayed nothing.When I realized it,we have been together almost 2 years.Moreover,he treated me as dear as his life.But I must stop everything! I knew it's a big mistake! So I said goodbye to him before 2 months.I felt guilty but I don't want to cheat him anymore.He do care about me and even ask my friends about me.I ignored all his messages and care.Now I receive his gift again.I can't stop crying because I'm a sin.What should I do? Am I a terrible person?Love must be something I don't deserve!

Lost stars 'Lost stars" is a beautiful song by Adam Levine.What makes the song so extraodinary is not only the nice melody,but also for the deep and profound lyric that inspire me a lot.Yes,we are just a spec of dust within the galaxy,we are all lost stars,but trying to light up the dark.Compared to those who make a great contribution to the world,we are small,insignificant ,like many normal people.However,everyone has his own value.Our dreams are not just fantasies .Although we may be confused about our future and got lost on the way to the destination ,even sank into desperate ,we are still searching for meaning.Everything we have experienced before and now are the God's tests to help us to find the truth ,to know who we are .What we should do first is to live postively and hopefully.Don't get drunk on our tears .Don't let the youth be wasted on the young. "Do not go gentle into that good night".

When we two parted I read a poem " when we two parted"by George Gordon Byron today and I was moved a lot. There is a sentence which made me impressed most " if I should see you, after a long year.How should I greet,with tears,with silence". We can never write such a beautiful poem if we haven't experience parting.I think the girl who Byron missed is lucky ,because she left him though and she still live in his heart. Imagine that if the person who left you very long time show up sunddenly with his familiar smile and smell,what would you do? I guess I can't speak anything at the moment with all emotion flocking to my mind ." With tears ,with silence".There will be too many words to say,but we always start with"How are you", a simple but profound question. It occurs me that a poem by a famous Chinese poet Liu Yong in Song Dynasty ,named "雨霖铃”.It includes a sentence "执手相看泪眼，竟无语凝噎”，conveying a same feeling with Byron . I'm inclined to be sentimental in winter.

Six cats and me There are many wild cats in our university.I really love cats.I can't stop touching them because they are so cute and gental with beautiful eyes and soft fur.They love taking sunshine shower.They are always curled up in a tiny ball on the lawn.They don't afriad of us when we come close to them and touch them.It seems like that they are accustomed to the caress from us .Yes,who don't like cats? They know that !However,we are banned from keeping cats in our dormitory or the administrator will blame us,but they often visit our dormitory from the balcony and are curious about everything in the room. Yesterday,I found a way to attract their attention except food.I was just swaying a string,and a cat came to me to play with me.And then the second cat,the third…there were six cats attracted by the string.I'm surprised that they were so crazy about a string.My friends told me that cats are crazy about every moving things.I think they may be practicing the skill of catching mouse even it looks stupid in that way. I think we can to polish us the quality of cats.First,they feel at home whenever they are placed.Second,they get along well with others.Additionally,they know how to enjoy life very much whether it's sun or rainy day.The spirits of being neither hanghty nor humble ,being in harmony with others and being adaptable in any circumstances are exactly what some of us lack.I wish I could be a cat ,light hearted and free of worry.

Rainy days Raining and raining again with cold wind and falling leaf .It's Autumn in Shanghai,a bad season.I hate the weather is so cold that i cant wear beautiful dress or eat ice cream.Above it all,i have always been in bad mood in rainy day.Warmth and sunshine are what i exactly lack in my life.Especially for these days,i'm sufferring for the postgraduate exam.The damn exam must take long time to prepare and even that the chance to pass is very small.I have no time to play guitar ,read funny books,go sightseeing or even company with my friends until Dec 28.I'm not sure if its worth to choose the exam to be LLM instead of finding a job now.Cuz most of my classmates have gotten a intership and preparing for graduate.I will get nothing if i cant pass the exam finally and all efforts ,time and energy i spend on it will be in vain.But i dont want to give up.Maybe everything we want needs paying a lot for it.So i just need a blade of sunshine now to light on my plain life.