Tuesday, December 19, 2006

What Is Life?

Many people ask me, "What do you think of life?" In my own opinion, life is recycling everyday. Life is like a dream. Life is full of surprises and life is a learning experience. I will explain what I mean to you in the following paragraphs.

Life is recycling everyday. People die and new babies are born arrive every second. Some people are fortunate and born into a wealthy family with a platinum key and others have to struggle everyday to survive.

The world is changing everyday and, as for us, we have to make the change of living style. We don't know what to expect tomorrow. Maybe there will be terrorist attacks on San Francisco or maybe another plane will crash or be hijacked by terrorists.

Therefore, we need to prepare ourselves and protect ourselves from terrorists. It sounds funny or scary but it is happening now and this is the reality of life.

Life to me is like a dream. Why? I was born in China and wanted to come to the United States because I heard from the elders that America is a “golden mountain” and a free country.

When I first arrived in America, it was scary and frightening because I did not speak the language, didn’t know the laws, had no friends and felt so lost.

America is not the “golden mountain” but instead it is a tough mountain and I have to start my life from the bottom of this mountain.

Anyhow, I got through it and am able to speak the language now. Therefore, life is like a dream but you awaken back to reality.

Life is full of surprises. Many people from China or other countries do not know that there is a law called “conspiracy.” Something you did not do or something you overheard in a conversation might end causing you to end up in prison because of “conspiracy.”

For example, I heard this story about a doctor and his brother. The doctor was in tears when he told me the story. He was trying to be kind and trying to help out his younger brother by lending him some money for business. Unfortunately, his brother was doing something illegal and got caught. The doctor was charged with “conspiracy”, because he had lent his younger brother some money and it was use for illegal purposes. The doctor was sentenced to seven years for something he did not do.

In another example, a family was sleeping comfortably in bed at home when, in the middle of the night, Drug Enforcement Agents (DEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents knocked down the door of the house and charged the husband with conspiracy and arrested him. The house was searched upside down and left in a big mess. The children were there and wondered why this was happening.

I thought you could only see these situations on television. I felt sorry for the kids because they are innocent and didn’t know what was going on. Some people may think it is funny but to me it is not.

Even though a man does not know there is a law called “conspiracy”, it may put his life in jeopardy. He might end up in prison for life. I just hope people from other countries who plan on coming to America know or learn the laws in the United States.

Lastly, life is a learning experience. You can never stop learning until the day you die. Who would have expected me to be back in school after twenty years? Who would have guessed that I would be trying to get my GED?

I don’t believe that the guy who tells us a lot of stories about when he was young in the late sixties ever dreamed that today he would be teaching us in Room 101. I am telling you, we are going through changes and learning from new experiences and challenges everyday.

I didn’t read or write in the past, but, guess what, I am reading and writing today at this moment. Who would have guessed that?

I learn my rights and wrongs as each day goes by and realize that I need to better my education and knowledge. That's one big reason I am back to school.

I always tell jokes to my friends. When they asked me, “What you are up to lately?” I would tell them that I had a contract with the airport to equip all the planes with rear view mirrors.

Today, things have changed. When people ask me the same question, I tell them that I am back in school.

They laugh their hearts out and say "Hey, man, have you seen a female pig climb up a tree?" In other words, they think that it is impossible for me to accomplish what I am doing but I will prove that they are wrong.

I hope my friends are learning as life goes by everyday, like I did.

In conclusion, I don't expect much in life for myself, but I am hoping there's a better future for my children.

I also hope that people from other countries learn about the laws before coming to America. It might put their life in jeopardy or and up in life.

1 comment:

Richard Blum said...

Many people asked me, "How do you think of life?" In my own opinion, life is recycling everyday, life is like a dream, life is full of surprise and life is a learning experience. I will explain to you in the following paragraphs.

Life is recycling everyday, people died and new born babies arrive every second. Some people are fortunate and born in a wealthy family with a platinum key and others have to struggle everyday to survive.

The world is changing everyday and as for us, we have to make the change of living style. We don't know what to expect tomorrow. Maybe there are terrorists attacks San Francisco or maybe another plane will be crash or hijack by terrorists. Therefore, we need to prepare our self and protect our self from terrorists. It sounds funny or scary but it is happening now and this is the reality of life.

Life to me is like a dream. Why? I was born in China and wanted to come to United States because I heard from the elders that America is a golden mountain and a free country. When I first arrived to America, it was scary and frightens because I do not speak the language, don't know the laws, have no friends and so lost. It is not the golden mountain but instead it is a top mountain I have to start my life from the beginning. Anyhow got through it and able to speak the language now. Therefore life is like a dream but once you awaken back to reality.

Life is full of surprises, many people from China or other countries do not know there is a law call conspiracy. Something you did not do or over heard a conversation, you might end up in prison because of conspiracy.

For example, when I heard the story about a doctor and his brother. He was in tear when telling the story. He was being kind and try to help out his younger brother by lending him some money for business. Unfortunately, his brother got caught and he was charge for conspiracy. Because he lends him some money and it was use for illegal purpose, therefore he was charge for conspiracy. He was sentence for seven years for something he did not do.

Another example, a family sleeps comfortably in bed at home. In the middle of the night, D.E.A and F.B.I knocked in the house and charge him for conspiracy and arrest him. The house was search up side down and a big mess. The children are there and wondering why is this happening. I thought you can only see this situation on television. I felt sorry for the kids because they are innocence and don't know what's going on. To some people, they think it is funny but to me it is not. Because this does not know there's a law call conspiracy and it has cost his life in jeopardy. He might end up in prison for life. I just hope people from other country coming to America better know or learn the laws in United States.

Lastly, life is a learning experience. You can never stop learning until the day you died. Who would expect me to be back to school after twenty years to get my GED? Even is gug tell us a lot story about when he was young. I believe late sixty never dream today teaching at room 101. I am telling you, we are going through changing and learning new experience and challenges everyday.

I don't read or write in the past, but guess what, I am reading and writing today at this moment who have guessed that. I learn my rights and wrongs as day goes by and realized that I need to better my education and knowledge. That's one big reason I am back to school.

I always tell jokes to my friends. When they asked me, what you are up to lately? I will tell them that I have a contract with the airport to fix all the planes with rear and mirrors. As of today, things have change, when people ask me the same question, I will tell them that I am back to school they would laugh their hearts out and say "A man have you seen a female pig climb up the tree?" Another word, it is impossible for me to accomplish what I am doing but I will prove they are wrong. I am hoping they are learning as life goes by everyday, like I did.

In can conclusion, I don't expect much in life but hoping there's a better's future for my children. I also hope that people from other country learn their laws before coming to America. It might cost our life in jeopardy or and up in life.