Apr 26, 2010 The Milk of Happiness

I don't like drinking milk because of its fishy smell. I used to drink milk when I were in high school because my mother always prepared it for me and said it would help with my health, could make me stronger and brighter. But now I know that depends, because easterners have the kind of physique different from westerners, some of us are unable to absorb the nutrients in milk. So I hardly ever drink milk after I left home. Perhaps sometimes it came to my mind just because I was thinking of my mother, my family. That's a kind of complicated feeling.

It has been raining for days. I like rainy days for it makes me a little sad and be able to figure things out as I am walking in the rain. But not this long time raining. When I woke up from a nap I got a bellyache, felt so cold and hungry. I thought I need some hot things to eat and then I found a bag of milk powder... I remembered a few days ago I bought some kinds of things to help me sleep. I don't know whether milk can help with sleep because I didn't try, I'd rather take alcohol, that indeed work *^_^*. So several minitues later I got a galss of hot milk.

That is the best milk of my life, mellow, warm and refreshing.

Sometimes I wonder what kind of life is a happy life; now I realize the happy life is, when I need warm and power, I can find a glass of hot milk. That's enough.

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Hi Jada,

I have rephrased your submission so that you can make a comparison with how I might have structured it.

My commenets are:-
1.     Does milk really smell like fish?  It would be sufficient to say you don't like miilk because of its smell.

2.     I find it difficult to make the connection between the rainy day and the milk unless it was as a result of walking in the rain that you thought of your mother.

The Milk of Happiness

I don't like drinking milk because of its smell. I used to drink milk when I was in high school because my mother always prepared it for me.  Perhaps it came to my mind just because I was thinking of my mother and my family.  She said it would make me healthier, stronger and brighter . But now I know that isn't always the case because easterners can have a different metablolism from westerners and some of us are unable to absorb the nutrients in milk.  So after I left home I hardly ever drank milk.

I like rain but not when it has been raining for days and a long time. I like rainty days because I am able to figure things out as I walk in the rain, even though it sometimes makes me a little sad.  That's a kind of complicated feeling.

Once, when I woke up from a nap, I had a stomach ache and was feeling cold and hungry.  I thought that I needed something hot to drink and I remembered buying some things a few days ago to help me sleep.  I had bought a bag of milk powder but wasn't sure if that would work as I hadn't tried it before. I'd rather take alchol as I know that works. Anyway, several minutes later I had made a glass of hot milk and tried it.

That was the best drink of milk in my life, mellow, warm and refreshing.

Sometimes I wonder what makes a happy life and now I know what a  happy life is.  When I need warmth and sustinance I can find it in a glass of hot milk. That is a happy life.

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