The girl who dressed like a boy. Even though we are living in a living in a modern society, in some countries, women aren't seen as equal to men. When it comes to this social issue, I'll tell you the following story which is a fairy tale of a Middle East country. As we know that Middle East is one of the region where the discrimination between men and women is the most severe. Women even can not get the same job as men. For this reason, an ugly girl decided to cut her hair short and put on boy's clothes to get a job caring for sheeps. One day, when she was out in the field, she saw a young men who was badly hurt. She didn't know that he was king's son until the royal soldier came to take him back. She and the prince became close friends. However, she found that she fell in love with him and she got tired of acting like a boy. When the king heard that she, an ugly girl, wanted to get married with his son, he sent the girl to a dangerous journey in which she had to bring back the necklace of Devil Mother. Because of loving the prince, she got on her horse and rode to the place where Devil Mother lived. She went quietly inside, looked around for some time, found the necklace and jumped out the window onto the horse. The Devil Mother saw a boy riding away with her necklace, so she pointed her magic finger and said: "I curse you, boy! From now on, you will be a woman." Immediately, she had changed into a beautiful women and got back to the King's palace. The prince fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. Besides, the king had to keep promise to her for getting the necklace. The prince and the woman got married and lived happily ever after.

Happy Lunar New Year! 明けまして　おめでとう　ございます！ Tet is the biggest and the most important holiday of my country. It took me a long time to prepare. Before Tet, my family and I had to clean our house, plant kumquat and peach tree as well as many other kinds of flowers. According to my mother, the house should be decorated as beautifully and corlorful as posible because it'll bring luck and fortune for our lives in the whole year. In addition, as I said early, my father planted a lot of flowers in the big garden opposite my house. So these days, we harvested them and sold in the market. Vases of fresh flowers can be indispensable to welcome Lunar New Year. They were put on not only worship to describe respect and piety to gods and to people who passed away but also on the table as a way to welcome guests on Tet. During Tet holiday, I visited my grandparents and gave them red envelopes with lucky money. It is a traditional custom of my country. Lucky money is considered wishes of health, succeed and wealth. Besides, my family cooked many traditional meals, especially Chung cake, a symbol of Lunar New Year.

Favorite job or social standing?

Working your favorite job or working a job which can help you achieve and improve your social standing. Which  is more important?

My father and the winter... The third day since Hanoi sank into the extreme weather... It still rains on the whole day. For this reason, the weather seems to become colder and colder. In this weather, my father still has to work outside because he is a shipper. He brings flame to every family whenever they need even on week days or on the weekend, in the early morning or in the dark. The flame which can make people warmer is much more important in the winter. When he bring the warmth to other people, he has to suffer from the severe cold. However, he knows how cold people have to bear when the energy runs out. So, he never refuses any requirements or orders no matter how the weather is.

My favourite film... I know it's not good action but today I helped my friend do his writing test. Because of limited time, I can't elaborate each word and sentence carefully. This is my writing in about 20 minutes, I hope that he won't get a bad mark :). Every people has their own way to relax in freetime, so do I. My favorite leisure activities are playing football, reading books and watching film. I can spend whole day to see a movie, especially in the winter when the weather is too cold to go out. In a large number of films I have ever seen, the one impressed me the most is "How I met your mother." This film is a series story in which the main character named Ted Mosby tell his kids about the time he found and fell in love with their mother. Film is divided into 8 seasons beginning with the event when Ted started to work as an architecture in 2005 and his best friend, Marshall, engaged with a university friend, Lily, after 9 years dating. It’s the reason why Ted was hurry to find for himself a wife, a life friend. What interests me in that film is not only romantic and humorous scenes but also its function in my learning English. With simple and funny dialogues, It’s easy to me to hear and It’s a really wonderful tool for me to improve my listening skill. In addition, I can know more about language usage as well as American culture through this film such as idioms, metaphor speech and so on. In conclusion, “How I met your mother” is a really interesting film which helps me release stress and study English at the same time. I think that it will be my all time favorite film.

Colder and hotter... "cold" and "snowfall" are the words which are mentioned the most on recent days. There are some opinions about this phenomenon which is consider as the coldest in over thirty years in many countries and even in the history of my country. While some people in countries or regions where snow hasn't ever fallen are interested in seeing witness snowfall, this extreme weather has effected negatively to people's life in many way. With authorities, the fact that severe weather patterns have happened more and more regularly is like an alarm to remind them about what they should and have to act in the course of preventing climate changes.

Do you believe in fate? Today, accidentally my friend introduced me a book which aims at learning English. However, what impressed me is stories written in that book. They are short and light stories but they can make me relax and bring me lots of lessons in the life. "The man who tried to change fate" is the title of the first story I read in this book. The word "fate" made me curious because it was still a controversial topic, especially in Eastern countries. I asked myself that whether or not I believed in fate and I had no answer. The stories told about a rich man living a long time ago in England. He was known for great skill at telling the future. On one day, when he saw the future of his son, he was unsatisfied because his son was supposed to married to a very poor girl. He did every thing he thought to change his son's fate. Firstly, he went to the house of the girl who was supposed to married his son and offered her parents to nourish her. Because of being very poor, her parents agreed. Nevertheless, instead of nourishing that girl, he put the baby girl in the leather bag and threw in the river. Fortunately, A kind fishman found the bag, took the baby home and raised her as if she was his daughter. Many years after that, the rich man's son fell in love with the girl and they were ready to get married. However, they got another trouble with the rich man when he threw his own ring into the river and told the girl that she could get married with his son if she could bring that ring to his party. One more time she was helped by fate. When she took a fish and cooked a delicious meal with the hope that the man would be impressed by her cooking skill and changed his mind. She was really surprised because she found that ring inside the fish when she cut the fish open. Finally, the poor girl and rich man's son got married. The rich man with great ability realized that He could not change fate. What about you?

Hide and seek. Hide and seek is a popular game of children. I don't know what about in other countries, but in my country, especially in the countryside where I'm living, no one doesn't know this game and almost people have memorizable moment with this folk game in their childhood. The rule seems to be very simple that players who conceal themselves in surrounding environment in a certain time will be found by one or more seekers. Players who can conceal without being found out and can touch to a certain place will become winners. This rule may be different between other regions. In this game, children can fully relax without facing with smartphone, computer or other devices. Moreover, intelligence, wiseness and flexibility are very essential in this game. So, it is a interesting and meaningful game for children.

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