During the war, Chiang Kai-shek, the president of Kuomintang, was calling on the teenagers attending the army to fight against the Chinese Communist. Driven by the patriotism, my grandfather left his family and joined Kuomintang. At that time, he was only 17 years old. The war was unfavorable to Kuomintang. Finally, Kuomintang   lost, and forced to leave China. Chiang Kai-shek decided to move to Taiwan and waited for the right time to fight back. About two million people followed Chiang while others decided to stay in China. My grandfather followed Chiang and moved to Taiwan. However, he didn’t know that he couldn’t go back to China until 40 years later. “Fighting back to China” is just like the castle in the air.

        In Taiwan, my grandfather remarried and settled in Taipei. When the government lifted the ban of going to China, he went back to his hometown finally. Everything has changed. His former wife has remarried; his sons have 40 years old. I witness a tragedy caused by war. And numerous similar tragedies happened to people of my grandfather’s generation. Their patriotism and loyalty lead to the falling apart of their families. This event made me understand how horrible and miserable wars are.

I felt that I haven’t had fun with my friends since the college entrance exam is coming. I study all day and night to get higher scores. So do my friends. Because of this, we can’t have time to go out together and have fun. I usually recall the sight we played basketball under the blazing sun or played card in the café. All of these things make me happy. I know this tough period is going to end, and the past happiness is going to come back. At that time, we will have lots of fun. That will be cool!

        I loved Neihu for some reasons. First of all, Neihu is not as crowded as Taipei downtown. There isn’t serious air pollution or terrible traffic jams which are the annoying things in most cities. You can have a city life but don’t have to tolerate the noise.

        Second, Neihu lives up to its name. This place once had a big lake, but now there were only two. One is called Tahu and the other is called Bihu. Both of them two are a great place to take a stride. Every time I go there I can tranquilize myself, and sort myself out. What’s more, there are a number of mountains, which makes Neihu the hiker’s heaven.

        Last but not least, people in Neihu are kind, helpful and united. Boys are handsome and Girls are beautiful. Here is filled with talented people. Look at me! I am the best example!

        I am proud of being a Neihu resident. Here is my forever and ever home town.

Dear Diary,

        I thought I have prepared myself to face the results of the exam. It wouldn’t be good because I knew I didn’t do well on the exam. I was upset and discouraged during the winter vacation. But the saddest thing was that I disappointed my parents and teachers again. I always feel that many people think highly of me, and I am glad to live up to their expectation. However, it is still painful when I don’t achieve the goal I had set for myself or they had set for me. These frustrations make me stronger and stronger. I know this was also one of the frustrations which I was destined to encounter. I am proud that I still have courage to continue to fight. Mom gave birth to me, raised me, and made me brave the frustrations. I wished to always keep the faith whenever I am in difficulties. After all, where there’s hope, there’s life!

I am the member of the LS Badminton Club. I enjoyed playing badminton once a week. Through playing badminton, I can not only work off the pressure of the study but also make new friends. Welcome to join us!
The man who I flew cross is the leader of the club.

       

        In the English class last week, I was napping and having an interesting dream. I was a teacher giving a lecture in the dream. The lesson I was teaching was grammar. It was so boring that many students fell asleep during the class. Even though I taught hard, I noticed that nobody was listening to me. Suddenly, I rushed to a student and clapped her desk and then shouted angrily “WAKE UP!” It worked! Everyone was shocked and woke up immediately. I was content and went back to the platform. However, the surroundings were becoming obscure. I felt that someone was shouting at me “WAKE UP!” just as I shouted at that girl. I opened my eyes. My English teacher was standing in front of me and repeated the words “WAKE UP!” Everyone was laughing at me. It was really an embarrassing situation. I just wanted to dig a hole to hide myself. What an awful day it was!

    

        Jack could say without hesitation that it was the happiest birthday he had ever had because his Mom gave him a dog as a birthday gift. Jack had longed to own a dog since he was young. Now his dream came true.

        One day, Jack took his little dog walking around the park. Suddenly, he bumped into his classmate and chatted with him a while. However, when he went back to the place where his dog stayed, he found there were only left a collar. He was anxious and tried to find out his loved dog, but in vain.

        Tears filled with Jack’s eyes. He was desperate and went home sorrowfully. To his amazement, his dog was sitting in front of the door. Out of happiness, Jack rushed to the dog and hugged it. Jack promised that he would never be so careless again.

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        Kitty is a compassionate girl who loves cats very much. One day, she saw some stray cats while she was walking around the park. Driven by the compassion, she decided to bring all of them home. Her mom was shocked when she saw these stray cats. She didn’t allow Kitty to raise so many cats at the same time. But Kitty promised that she would take care of them by herself and wouldn’t cause any trouble. Her eloquence finally persuaded her mother to grant her request. However, things didn’t go as smoothly as kitty had expected. There were too many cats to tend to! What was worse, they littered and spoiled the house! Kitty had no choice but to drive them away.

        After this, Kitty realized that this complicated world is far beyond her simple brain can understand. She often sits in the yard and thinks some things about life. “I will set up a stray cat nursery in the future. I promise.” Kitty said to the cat playing with the ball. 

    Bruce is easy to get along with just like his smile. I seldom heard negative criticism from him. It seems that he always looks at the bright side. He enjoys life and likes to make friends. That’s why even though we were in defferent classes, we have been good friends.

    Integrity characterizes his personality. When all of my friends cheer and are eager to see how I play tricks on someone. Bruce is always the only one that advises me not to do that. Although I never listen to him. I am still grateful that I have a good friend like him.

    When I am with him, I feell everything become bright and simple. There are only compliments and encouragements. Life is wonderful. That is what he makes me understand.