Perfect tense in Spanish(pretérito perfecto) I'm practicing perfect tense in spanish by using "haber+ participio" Assume today is Monday and I want to use perfect tense to describe my experience yesterday, should I use "este fin de semana" or "pasado fin de semana" ?

A confession to my school Dear NCCU, There has been three years since we first met. Time flies, doesn’t it? It will be the last year we share together, therefore decided to gather up my courage to confess all my feelings for you throughout these years. I still remember how excited I was on the day I received the invitation from you.However, the higher expectation, the deeper the disappointment. Somehow I did not get alone with you in the first semester. I could not get closer to my classmates; I had little interest in my major and school activities; I hated those freezing raining days. I felt like an outsider. With prejudice in mind, I began to reject you, so the interaction between us paused.I spent all my time on either mourning my happy past or planning future after graduation. I regarded the four years with you as an unpleasant time that I have to get through. It was not until last summer did I realized how foolish I had been. Last summer, I accidentally read a poem called Instantes written by Argentina poet Jorge Luis Borges. It reads: But, if I could go back I would try to have only bright moments. Because if you don’t know, that’s what life is all about, only moments. Don’t lose track of the present! It suddenly dawned on me that how important it is to live in wherever I am and whenever I am. Consequently I started to try all my best to understand you. I opened my heart to my classmates who then became so intimate with me; I attended some clubs and it turned out that they were not as boring as I had thought; I also took courses according to my interest, finding them inspiring and mind-enriching. I like the vibrancy you show in the midnight during the cheerleading season. I find you talented because whenever I pass by the art center, I could always hear the beautiful mind-soothing music played by students. Without prejudice clouding my vision, I finally see the beauty in you. Last, I want to thank you. Thank you for generously taking me in after my alienation and indifference. I am so glad we can be friend rather than just acquaintance. Love, Sigrid

A Dream I’ve been troubled by a dream I had several months ago. Dream is the projection of subconscious so it is my subconscious that haunted and tortured me. Something I cannot control no matter how hard I try. It gets me down into a vicious circle which subconscious affects thoughts and then thoughts, likewise, enhance subconscious. Over and over, again and again.

This night This night, is an important night for all people in Taiwan because it's the 13th presidential election. There are two major political parties in Taiwan, Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party(DPP). Two candidates represent for each party are Ma Ying Jeou,who is also the incumbent president, and Tsai Ing Wen, the president of DPP. I am a first-time-voter who is politically apthetic. We are proud to have democracy but we are disappointed about the two parties, especially for manipulating our media press. Media and press in Taiwan are notorious for its extremely low quality for a long time. They are not objective at all. It's very easy for Taiwanese people to classify media and press into two categories, or say, two parties. Some of them do not even try to hide their political preference by delivering misleading information and biased explanation to the audience. For me, it is just like a tool of political manipulation. Also, it's very common for two parties to promote their candidates by attacking the other. This might be effective, but also looks pathetic to me. Two candidates are both extraordinary, why can't we focus on their strength and political views instead of defaming? Totally being fed up with it. That's why I am indifferent. It's so irnoic to my parents, two political maniacs, to have a daughter like me. My parents kept telling me youngersters like me are too naive to know what will happen or how it will affect our own future if XXX wins. I know it clearly that my parents are not very rational and objective because they have strong preferences and they only watch TV programs of a certain channel and read news papers for a certain press. I have no idea who to believe , neither the media nor opinion of my parents. I have to admit that I go voting for my parents( or my own interst because their mood affect atmosphere in the family) I am an unqualified citizen. Still room for my citizenship. Now, it's almost come to an end. I hope that whatever the result may be, everyone can stop unblessing and give best wish to our lovely island.

Names A senior in my department just came back from France after 9-monthed stay. He met students from many countries and he found out something strange: Almost every Chinese students and Taiwanese students used English names while others just used the names in their mother language with English spelling. He felt ashamed of it. According to him, it is our sense of inferiority that drives us to abandon our Chinese names and replace them with a English one. His observation is very true. It is just the same as I had seen in California. But his opinion, I only agree part of it. There are some people who contempt their own origins and therefore forsake not only their names but also their mother culture. For this kind, we should be ashamed without doubt. However, there still some people, which I believe is majority, just have English names for convenience and never look down on any of their names. I strongly believe that name has much to do with personal will. You certainly have the power to determine what you want to be called, which is also the reason why I don't like to make fun of somebody's nickname if they don't like to be called like that. Although we cannot decide the first name we received (because we were babies then!) , we still have right to change it if we don't really like it when we grow older. It's nothing but all about personal choice. Second, there's a technical difficulty in translating Chinese name into English. We have the so-called 四聲four tones, which can not be expressed in a English way. Take my sister's name for example, Mong-Ting 4 x 4 =16 there will be 16 different ways to pronounce it but only 1 of 16 is correct. It will be very confusing and inconvenient to foreigners. So just don't take it so seriously! Call others whatever they want you to call them and ask them to do the same for you!

Here it ends, here it starts It feels so unreal. The most suffering semaster will end tomorrow and I am going to Netherland!!! About exchange, I insisted and I paid for it. The cost is I never talk to my father since then and once the coziest home become unbearable. It's reallly really hard for me. I , however, chose to stick to my dream. I was told ,so many times, to hear the inner voice of my heart. I know for sure I do want to do this and I do couldn't accept the reason my father using to stop me. It's the first time I be against my parent's will so strongly. I regarded it as a progress for myself. I don't mean to be rebellious, I just don't want to give up so easily like before. As for the result, who knows? Maybe it will turn out to prove that I was too naive, which just as my parents expect. But I'm willing to take this risk. I know there's possibilty of being regret if I do this, but if I don't do so, I am starting to feel regretful now. So sorry, mom and dad. I will still do it but I will try my best to make most of it!

Would have known... I am crazy about I wish I would have known when I... I always want to know what other people regret for. I wish I knew these when I was 20, If I could live my life over again, 10 must-do for college students, what would you regret most. That's because I just want to seize the present, do the things that I can do only now, make the chabges that I can make only now. Therefore , or perhaps, have no regret. The least thing I want to happen in the future is being too late to do something. Here's my favorite poem, mottos INSTANTES If I could live my life over again In the next one I would commit more errors. I wouldn’t attempt to be so perfect, I would relax more I would be more foolish than what I have been. In fact , I would take very few things seriously. I would be less concerned with hygiene. I would run more risks, take more trips, contemplate more sunsets, climb more mountains, swim more rivers. I would go to more places where I have never been. I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans I would have more real problems and fewer imagined ones. I was one of those people who lived every minute of his life sensibly. Sure, I had my moments of joy. But, if I could go back I would try to have only bright moments. Because if you don’t know, that’s what life is all about, only moments. Don’t lose track of the present! I was one of those who never went anywhere without a thermometer, a bottle of hot water, an umbrella, and a parachute. If I could live my life over, I ‘d travel more lightly. If I could live my life over, I would begin to walk barefoot at the beginning of Spring and continue that way until the end of Fall I would take more rides on the merry-go-round, contemplate more sunrises, play more with children, if only I had my life in front of me again. But as you can see, I’m 85 years old and I know that I’m dying. Jorge Luis Borges(translated by Yours truly) Yes, life is only moments. Don't lose track of the present. Live every moment happily. <Also, I know there's time value of happiness. Being happy now ,to me, is much more valuable than future happiness. However, it's not about trading future happiness for present happiness. I'll maximize my happiness in near future as long as it will not go too far or apprantly jeopardize my future happy because future is just uncertain.>

0812 in Lake Anza When I am conscious of what situation I am in or what kind of reality I am facing, it is a little bit hard or cruel to remeniscing those days in SF. But a small word, such as "frisbee" on facebook top news posted by Sherry, can just fire the flame. Frisbee,I played with Lena, Stephy, Alex and Kirito on the lawn beside Lake Anza. I did a great brginner's job, which means a very poor performance. Kirito, however ,showed a talent for it! We took off our shoes, running barefoot, yelling, catching and throwing under the burining sun. That was the last free day in Berkeley. We supposed to lie on the sand and swim in the lake but it turned out that we went hiking! It was Lena, who is such a adventurous girl that led us to this unexpecting but fabulous route. And I was so surprising that my havaiannas made through all of the harsh terrain! Moreover, it was also the day I finally had a "real" talk with Kirito, who had been my classmate for six weeks but I've never had a chance to talk with except for the 10-or-15-minutes discuss question time. He told me that he's going to stayed here because he's gonna be a real Berkeley student in fall. I asked him if he would feel lost since everybody in summer session was leaving and he was the one watching all friends leaving. He said yes but he was also looking forward to and get ready to meet new friends! After the small trip, we went back to Berkeley and had dinner together. One of Lily's russian friend came and invited us for a drink. Lily, Jeppe and Dennis left, but the rest of us were not in mood for a drink so we just went chatting in Griffith lounge. Lena and Alex told us the education which she regarded as dying in Russia. Even some magazine thought Russia as one of the BRIC country, their citizens is not that optimistic. We were chatting until 11pm and we, though very reluctant , said goodbye to each other. Saying goodbye could be hard, especially for the people you care but you don't really whether you will ever see them again.

Autumn mourning1019 It is hard for a summer lover to admit to the departure of summer and the unnoticeable arrival of autumn. It’s cruel but inevitable. The coming of autumn is just like a chronic disease, degrading summer little by little, bit by bit. Except for sweating and suntan , everything related to summer is admirable to me.Beach , mango, ice cream , tanks , shorts , flip flops , sun flowers , summer vacation, and bikini hotties(for boys) I always envy Chaing yun-chen ,yu-rong and Tsai yu-han who are living in Tainan during winter, especially in those freezing cold days in Taipei. If I married a tycoon or a magnate someday, I would buy a villa in southern hemisphere and spend my October to March there every year. But mourning is in vain. Get prepared for winter and look forward to summer back.