Sweet Memories /please, correct my mistakes/

I truly believe that every person sometimes suffers from lack of good music. The same story happened to me. I should say that at age of 16 I had great difficulty with the music I listened to. I didn’t have my favorite genre of music; I listened to rap and pop music. Now I realize that probably those people who were around me had impact on me, - I listened to every CD I could get. But at age of16 accidentally I listened to Evanescence’s new album, it was called “The Open Door”. Before I got this album – I had known about Evanescence and I thought of them as a great music band, which had succeed in music. But exactly from the first song I understood that my impressions were nothing compared to the new album. The new album had raised a lot of different problems such as loneliness, melancholy and a problem of finding oneself in life. Amy Lee, the vocalist of Evanescence, has a brilliant voice, and this voice, mixed with good rock music always had a great influence on me. Since then I started to listen to rock music, and I can’t say that I only listen to rock music, I prefer music which inspires me, makes me feel extremely happy. But I will never forget my first step in rock music, my first favorite band – Evanescence. Can’t wait to hear their new songs!

how do you find sleepless in Seattle

the same with me

爱情可以让人欢喜也可以让人忧伤，更可以让人疯狂

芷溪 雨涵 羽庭

英文和中文

我今天跟妈妈去配一新副眼镜时，发现只知道国语一个的坏处。我住在一个语言多樣化(tongue既有舌头的意思也有语言的意思，在这里明显是语言的意思）的地方。即使你只会讲你的母语，你还是可以生活因为也有很多人跟你一样的。从我妈妈25年前移民到现在，她只用中文跟人家讲话。
我们去配眼镜的地方没有一个人会讲中文（fluently)。但是她拼命一直跟他们讲中文。只有一个人听得懂一点，但是他用英文回答她的问题，害她怪那个人让她听不懂。我就要帮她翻译他说的话。我们走时，我快受不了我妈妈一直说她听不懂他给我们的(warranty)。
我看我妈妈这样活，我就决定要好好的练习中文和西班牙文。我不能期望大家会讲英文，所以我语言越懂越好。
我不知道住在美国以外的人会不会有这些问题，if you want to share your experiences, that'd be awesome :)

-Sorry if this just sounds like someone complaining about a person not being able to speak a second language. What irks me is she made no attempts to try to learn English beyond the English she's learned (and forgot) in Taiwan, and she has the gall to try to blame her not understanding on a person who speaks the most widely used language here. If you want to express your opinion, go for it.-