Twelve years a slave - by Salomon Northup At the moment I'm reading "twelve years a slave" by Salomon Northup, written in 1853. Salomon Northup tells a true account of his life and how he once a free man in New York ends up for twelve long years held captive - as a slave. Northup is the name of his father's master. After his master died he was due to the last will of his former owner not longer a slave but a free man. His son Salomon Northup marries and gets three children with Anne Hampton. She labored as a cook and he worked in several industries. His violin play became also well know. In a time of unemployment, he looked for a new job as he acquaints Merill Brown and Abram Hamilton. They heard about his violin skills and offered him a job. He just needed to accompany them and play violin on concerts when they pleased him to do so. They immediately went to New York City to find a circus but they were too late. Therefore he stayed at their side and hoped soon to return home. He was not suspicious and continued to follow them. One day, he felt sick and passed out. As he awoke he found himself in a dark room in chains. He was kidnapped and later on sold to Mr. Ford. Northup didn't know what to do - wherever he sais that he is a free man and has been kidnapped they whipped him and advised him not to say something like that ever again. Mr. Ford treated him and the other slaves well and from time to time taught them about Christianity. Northup did only think the best of him, although he never told him about how he came to be a slave. Due to financial problems, Mr. Ford had to sell him and that's when he discovered that Mr. Ford was the exception of Slaveholders. Mr. Tibeats is his new owner and treated him badly. Never praised him and when he had his moods he could to everything perfectly fine but he would find something to complain about. As it happened as previously described Mr. Tibeats wanted to whip him. But Northup knew that he was about to harm him. With the sense of a free man's rights, Salomon is unwilling to endure pain. Therefore he changed the roles and whipped his master himself. Later that day Mr. Tibeats seeks revenge. He intends to kill him with the help of a friend. As the overseer notices this he forced both to let off their actions by threatening to kill them a pistol.... I really can recommend that book. I think a true account of history is often better as an old shabby and boring history book.

Does is matter who will get elected on Nov. 8 (today)? To vote and to go to the poll is for some people important, for others not. Parent's don't vote, so why should their kid? Everything we do is shaped through our parents, regardless whether we do it in their interest or the opposite. However, when we think about something rationally we can consider pro and cons. Voting gives citizen a legal right to decide who should become the next president. People vote for different reasons, whether they have family members which suffer under some kind of disease, think there has to be made something about our climate or about rassism. Voting means to have a desire for change, some might just want that everything stays as it used to be. Surely, an election cannot be successful, in any terms, when the candidate won't offer hopes for change. But can one person really change that much? And what does an election matter when no president can change things in the long term. Inedibly People did accomplish great things in history, the inspired others and masses stood behind them to do what has to be done in order to reach their goals. History has proven that human beings like to blame each other when something is going in the wrong way. So it might just be a modern way of expressing some believe in a candidate. Years later new candidates will look down on those, or at least the candidates which want to get eleceted will say many things to persuade folks to vote for them. Many citizen all over the world aren't taking any initiative to vote. So is an election maybe not as important as teachers or parents or politicians say all over and over again? Business and society should work together in harmony. The Declaration of Human Rights ensures a society which is based on moral, reason and equality. So if we just follow those 30 rules, can't it be possible live in freedom and prevent war from happening? There are definetly more arguments to bring but to sum it up: A society should decide together which direction they are headed to. Existing rights should at least be ensured by voting, freedom cannot be protected if one's vote doesn't count. A constitution is the work of ancestors and it stables our society, voting means stability, not voting uncertainty.

Italki Language Challenge Video Just now I uploaded a video of me and my goals for this language learning challenge. https://youtu.be/dWobDJEeQ7k

失望和希望 今天我上学，我们开始新的课本，中国暨南大学华文学院是出版这本书的。 第一章是关于失望和希望，火神命两支火把到世界考察，第一支火把没有充分燃烧，第二支燃烧得很亮，在他们回去的时候他们的报告火神世界的情况。他们看到的事是特别不像的，为什么呢？就是因为我们只能／只会看我们想看的事。悲观者的希望必需变失败，乐观者的机会就是看积极地世界。那张小小的神话表示我们自己会造成黑暗和亮，变自己的看法能变自己的生活。

Romeo and Juliet, a translation into modern English Today I tried to translate Juliet's soliloquy into a modern, more easily understandable piece of text. I think it's quite hard, after I read it intensively I think I mastered it. Do you agree :D? Original Scene: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/page_154.html My Translation Act 3 Scene 2 Juliet: Gallop my horse, direction west is where I want to be, make it night now. Let the day disappear, turn the sun to moon, cover this love performing night. Even though Romeo has been banished, my only desire is that my love Romeo is next to me, night is when everything sleeps and lovers lie awake and do their loving acts. I am waiting for you, gentle night, you matron won’t interrupt us, even though you’d like my husband to die. Teach me how to change my hopeless situation into a hopeful one. We are just innocent lovers, cover my blushes, which appear on my cheeks, give us time to let our love grow, till I learn to accept the modesty of love making. My love Romeo, disappear Day, appear Night, our Day shall be our Night, you will be the sun of the Night, if you will die you have to cut him out in little stars and throw him into the sky. Till that day no one will worship the sun anymore, because you’ll have turned into stars. Everyone will fall in love with you. Oh, I came together with you, my body is a lovers one, haven’t experienced what that meant, but now I am ready, I want to enjoy it, with you Romeo: This might is young, I am waiting like an impatient child before something life changing, like a festival or something else to look forward to is about to happen.

The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 12 Today I decided to summarize every series I'm watching. If I'll be that motivated to keep on doing this I think I'll be able to improve my written English while I can enjoy watching series. The Walking Dead is the probably best Zombie series out there and those things I regard as most important in Season 6, Episode 12. Rick and the others are returns home. He wants everyone to gather at the Church in order to bring them up to date. Because of the food shortage something has to be done. The have to fight Hilltop, thus they can get food from their new made friends Jesus Community. Rick believes the best decision the could make is a Group decision. He doesn't represent anymore someone who decides alone what has to be done. Morgan asks whether he believes they could win against them. As Rick approved this he continues to suggest that they should negotiate with them. It's obvious that he's still trying to prevent anyone from killing anyone. Rick refutation is that "we have to come for them before they come for us". Even though no one could change Morgan's mind they as a group decided to attack at night. Before they headed out Carol and Tobin sat together (they couldn't sleep). He loves her Cookies and because of that did he tell her that many of the Community see her as a mom. As she asked him if he thinks equally he disagreed and told her that she is something else for him. She kisses him and it seems as if something which is only written in the stars could arise. In the night their action had to take place they trapped them with an Walker head which one of the other Community members pretended to be Cragories head. Rick, Michonne, Glenn, Abraham with others entered their basement successfully. Inside they checked the doors and killed sleeping enemies. Glenn and another person found the armory. As they did so they were attacked. As they reached the room they closed the door and killed everyone outside in a closed to shooting. In the end it turns out that Neagon is alive and that no everyone is dead. They claimed to got Carole and Meggy. Thanks, if you also watch this series feel free to add your thoughts.

你为什么学习语言 最大多数时候的我问题就是（别人问我最大多时候）：你为什么学习那个语言？ 我平时回答： 因为我觉得中文很有意思，历史很意义，汉字很漂亮，见面新朋友等等 其实那个问题就是最不喜欢的。为什么？因为我觉得我没有应该有一个原因。用语言是人性的基础。你们也这么觉得吗？

最近學的資料 我學習了用法的‘把’；‘來’；‘去’；‘帶。。。來了’；‘拿。。。來了’。 我也學習了量詞 － 是這麼多但是我明白這個邏輯。 一些例子： 我把那條褲子洗了。 昨天我把那篇作文写了。 我把亂的房子收拾了。 你得先把那本书还了好吗？ 你把那支笔买了没有？ 我把那个电脑摔了。 （那台？） 我得先把那个电脑修理了。 A：請進來。。。（一些時間以後）B：我先走吧 A：好的，慢慢走。 1.我在九樓，他在一樓。我叫他：“你過來“ 兩個分鐘以後他上來了。 2.之後我們一起下去，因為他的狗等到散步。 你帶我問的東西來了嗎？（Did you bring those things I asked you to bring？） （我忘了我雙鞋子但是我已經在路上，不會再回來家。所以我給我的朋友個打電話，問他：“你可以帶另外的雙鞋子嗎？“ 回答：”當然”）。之後我問：你帶鞋子來了嗎？ 你帶報紙來了嗎？ A：你給他寄什麼來了？ B：我給他寄一個禮物來了。 （怎麼說如果禮物到了？） 我還有一個問題。 這個句子的模式的意思是什麼？ 你帶那本書去了嗎？比。你帶那本書來了嗎？ 謝謝！