Making a decision I was so struggling these days for whether to accept or reject to participate in a class reunion on Friday. Yesterday, I decided to call my friend to tell him that I didn’t want to go to the class reunion dinner. The reason why I make this decision was that I was bullied by a classmate in high school. This shadow still inside my heart and it’s hard to remove until now. I reject the reunion, so maybe I lost a chance to see my other friends who haven’t see them for years but I have more time to spend with my boyfriend and lovely dog. For me, to spend time with my family is always worth than joining a class reunion. Also, taking 15 minutes to explain the reason why I don’t want to take part in a reunion is worth because after thinking for a long time, I brave to express my own opinion. Making a decision is hard for everyone, especially the one that will influence your life plan. I am interested in how people measure their decisions? And how people usually analyzing the pros and cons when they face difficult questions? Sometimes I make a rush decision and take too much risk; I think those questions could help me make a wise decision in my life.

Introduce to my self in the first class Introduce yourself My name is Alice, I have been working in the vocational high school in Taipei for five years as a full time teacher and currently living in Taipei, Taiwan, it is a small island in East Asia, and the language we speak is traditional Chinese different from simplified Chinese. The country is very beautiful and the people in our country are very friendly, but the climate is very humid. The reason which I want to take this class is because in my teaching career, I am dealing with some delinquency behavior problems students find out that their family plays an extremely important role in their lives. If I could involve parents actively monitoring and guiding their children, I believe that together we could help students embrace positive attitudes and reduce or even prevent delinquency. Actually, this is my first time learning online courses; I am so excited to learn with Dr. Bernice and my classmates, hope everything goes well.

English idioms "have plenty of butterflies in your stomach" When Alice went in for the job interview at the law firm, she had plenty of butterflies in her stomach. Luckily, the interview went well and she got the job.

Robot therapy in our lives Nowadays, technology has boosted quickly than before, the university professor inventions the robot that can treat people from illness. But some export thinks that people there might have some problems, such as privacy or ethical concern. Other people suggest that people need self- reflection than therapy. We tend to have too many distractions in life- especially smartphone, also we are too busy in at work and have less time thinking about ourselves.

Addicted to phone People nowadays usually get addicted to smartphone, and spend large among of time surfing on the internet. Experts encourage us to meet people in person instead of meeting them through your phone. Checking your phone compulsively that means you are addicted to your phone, just like addicted to drug. You will feel less safety when you forget to bring your mobile phone.

Advertising for children The advertising which is aimed at children must be regulated by government. Children who are frequently exposed to advertising are therefore more likely to develop an unhealthy diet. Advertising is an attraction to children, so advertising industry can have some famous athletes to promote healthy lifestyles among children.

Surf and turf This article introduce the new word “surf and turf”, this means people who shopping online and at the checkout, they abandoned an online shopping basket. The main reason is that the checkout system is out of fashion and not updated in the last two years. Customers find items and put them in the shopping basket and wait to decide when they finished the shopping.

Travel journal Last week, I decided to travel by my own for the first time, so I booked the tickets and reserved the hostels. To following my heart and not thinking too much were the words which I kept saying to myself. When the travel day was closer, I started to feel scare because all things happened there seem unsure. It makes me stressful because all things happened seems unsure. To be frankly speaking, I lives in my hometown- Taipei almost 30 years and never been to anywhere by my own. This seems the biggest challenge for me. I hope I everything will going all right and well.

Experience of language exchange Yesterday, I had a language exchange with a girl came from South France which we met though the internet. She came to Taiwan for learned Chinese and traveled around Taiwan for 6 month, until now she already traveled 15 countries around the world, although some countries was not safe for traveled, she still think without travel, her life will be boarded. After our wonderful afternoon, I really admire the courage that she have, I am thinking going travel by myself for a long time but never have courage to do so, she tell me that I can attend a tour at first, after that I can travel by my own. It is a wonderful idea to me, maybe I will try it next time.