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- the love of my life I am a fanatic music lover. About ten thousand heard songs, over 200 original playlists, music categorizing is like me appreciating my collections, and my passion for music never fail to beat those stamps, antique collectors. When people start to ask me for a recommendation for the hit single, my journey towards classifying music begins. After countless attempts, I settle down with three of my favorite playlists: “Fast Pacing”, “Free Thinking”, “Drowning in the Melancholy”. Literally, “Fast Pacing” is a combination of high-energy music. Often, I play it while working out. One of the songs named Trouble from Mike Williams always gives me a leg up when I try to push my physical boundary. Not limiting in sports-like activity, it also provides an idea of wakening. When you stay up at night, working on your tomorrow-is-deadline work, it’s the perfect fit for your brain to wake up. Another playlist “Free Thinking” contains, mostly, classical music. There are times that we need to calm down to work with concentration, and songs with lyrics can be a bother. All you need is absolute music. Following your mind flow, absolute music in this playlist offers both the pleasure of listening and the effectiveness of working. The best album in “Free Thinking” must be Viktoria Mullova’s Bach:6 Solo Sonatas & Partitas. Last comes my best work - “Drowning in the Melancholy”. Though it seems not as popular as the other two among my friends, its specialty lies beneath the song itself. Having no specific genre, the division is more likely to depend on personal feelings. When a mood of melancholy descended on us, we tend to seek understanding rather than to let the sadness go immediately. The playlist create an air of blues, and all you have to do is to throw your whole body into its gentle sea, feeling the water bracing all your negative emotions and gradually washing them away. No matter how many times I hear the Clair de lune from Claude Debussy, I can feel the inner grief, like someone whispering near your ears, telling you the sorrow of her and yours is connected. My parents consistently express their concerns about my over-listening, though I am already addicted to it. These playlists are just like daily dairies I write in years. Every playlist contains a story of mine. Every song matters to me.May 6, 201931
- Technology hasn't made children less creative than they were in the past The criticisms of technology, coupled with the increasing popularity of social media and growing fear of artificial intelligence, have been spreading in every aspect of our daily life. People are bracing the technology skeptically, worrying about themselves or even their kids become the slaves of robots. The fear in their minds is the developed digital devices assisting children in doing daily works like studying may ruin their creativity. In my point of view, the outcomes brought by technology are more favorable than people think. Children nowadays are smarter and more creative than their counterparts in the past thanks to the great convenience brought by technology. Highly developed technology will only be served as a tool for convenience. Back to the last century, people even don't have proper materials to study, not to say for their creativity to work out something. The advancement in technology enables children to a world full of imaginations where they can explore only with a few taps on the screen. The technology equips them with the capability to make good use of their creativity to build something different; something hasn’t appeared before. Besides, with appropriate control by parents, it will not be easy for children to have access to the technology that might do harm. They will be perfectly protected under the surveillance of their parents or even their teachers. Though it takes time to regulate all devices to have a mode for parenting control, it can be solved in a certain way. To sum up, it is not to say that technology has no negative impact on children's creativity, but its downsides can be utterly undermined by appropriate control. While other options are still available, it's not fair to blame the technology for the loss of creativity in children.April 11, 201900
- Private car owners should not be taxed for pollution Private car owners should not be taxed for pollution Concerns over whether the private car should be taxed for pollution came to fore. Some argue that the pollution tax imposed on individual drivers are necessary since it’s an effective way to control the number of cars and reduce pollution. However, in my point of view, I cannot entirely agree with that. On the one hand, the open favorable stance of government will ruin the car industry which can lead to various unpredictable outcomes. The process of reducing pollution takes a cautious move, not an immediate impulse. While the tax is imposed on private car owners, it definitely will restrain people’s desire for purchasing a car. The decline of car sales then can cause the decline of the car industry, which might be working on the energy-saving car. If we merely ask private car owners to pay the pollution tax without proper consideration, it could backfire. On the other hand, this measure is not necessary since there are some better ways to unravel the increasingly severe pollution problem. Handling the pollution made by cars requires a long-lasting tactic, such as the implement of traffic running or improvement in the public traffic system. Taken together, there is no need for imposing “pollution tax” on private car owners as it may have a better solution than levying the tax which will end with the opposite direction.April 9, 201900
- Does life today are eaiser and more comfortable than when our grandparents were children Recent years have witnessed growing concerns over the rapid development of technology. You may not notice, but things have changed so fast around us. It only takes 20 years to have such significant advances in smartphones, and people 100 years ago cannot even imagine the arrival of electronics age. It seems that the accelerated advancement of technology does make our lives better. But easier? Maybe not. The benefits brought by advance techniques do not outweigh the price we pay for using them. On the one hand, comfortable lifestyle often leads to unhealthy habits. We were deprived of the chances to do more exercising since everything can be done through the Internet. On the other hand, moral challenges are arising in pace with the rising of artificial intelligence. The display of the robots cast doubts on the definition of human beings which is rather clear in the past. Also, with an unprecedented number of distractions, we now are having a hard time to stay focus, suffocating with flows of information. In a world that everyone is speeding up and cramming their schedule to get ahead, it's hard to say that we were more comfortable than our counterparts 100 years ago. Back then, everything seems more straightforward. They lived close, develop a close connection and have the capacity to listen to others, while modern society believes that efficiency means everything. It almost cuts every possible means for us to possess actual communication, face to face. In all, it's paramount to know that we are not living in a more relaxed and more comfortable world. It's just a world with more advanced technology that can assist us in working better and more efficient.March 28, 201950
- A place I enjoy going when I was a child My grandma’s house is a place that I most enjoy going to in my childhood. Back then, math is the most challenging subject for me, so I have to take extra classes near my grandma’s house. After class, I will drug my frustrated body to her home, and she will always welcome me with a lot of encouragements and a big comforting smile on her face. Even my grandma passed away a year ago, and her house was sold to others, whenever I get time, I will visit it through the window facing the street. I will always remember her small, cozy home with a table of delicious foods and keep moving as her fabulous granddaughter.March 28, 201900
- Work alone or work in group? In my opinion, I prefer to work by myself. Doing homework alone means efficiency. Take an example of my own, last semester, my sociology teacher gave us a group work about introducing a topic and giving a presentation. It was due to the end of the month, but there are a lot of preparation works should be done and it took us a long time to schedule a time for each member. Also, I found there are some free-riders who literally did nothing but swiping there phone aside. So given the chance, I think I would rather finish the assignment by myself.March 20, 201930
- How to be a smart consumer New ways of consumption as coupons, online group-buying, coupled with the rapid development of online shopping, has been permeating our daily life. As a college student who is not financially independent, we tend to pay special attention to these fancy marketing tracks to save money. However, this reduced price may be the trap set by retailers in order to deceive potential customers. For one thing, while the prices seem so attracted, the rules of using it are often complex and deceptive. Many reduced prices are hedged around with restrictions. Take an example on double 11. You can get a coupon worth 30 yuan, but it can only be used when the total consumption reaches 300 yuan, also limited in given shops. Consumers are inundated in the ceaseless flows of discount information and often give up after trying to calculate whether is economic or not. For another, chasing around discounts can also lead to a waste of money. It’s no wrong to be thrifty. But it’s not worth to put so much of your time to compare prices since time itself is money, and beyond. In conclusion, the price we pay for searching and understanding outweigh the benefit we got from the discount. To be a smart consumer, the best way is to think twice before clicking the buying button.March 18, 201900
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