Jungle Love

Jungle Love is a thoughtful story that tell us what is love. In the book, Ion said, "I like both of you. You and Jennifer. You're both lovely for different reasons. When I'm with you, I want to be with you, and when I'm with Jennifer, I want to be with her." We don't know he said real his mind or not. If we are in Asia, we sould be sure it's totally unture, and he is bad man. However, we are in the U.S and we had chance th talk with other people who have different opinion about love. we still don't know Ion said true or not. There are a lot of people, love and ways to love. Thus, love is difficult.

-vinccy, carmen, sally, R.kei

Jungle Love

This book is good , but It is not interesting I know the love is between two couples.This book wastes our time. This book talked about a group is travelling to the jungle to make an adventure.Sam is a guide of group who describe everything about jungle and the ancient Mayans.Jennifer and Lisa were with a group too , so Lisa shared Jennifer's room and she dislike her because she is untidy and left her clothes every where.Jennifer and Lisa met Ian and Ian has girlfriend Caroline.Ian loves both of them.Pete is engaged to Jennifer, but she didn't want to think about him because he wants her to live in an old house in England after they are married.In the end of story, Jennifer and Pete were finally together because he is going to be part of her new beginning and they left the country side.I like an adventures and it is good ,but it is boring. it wastes our time.

all I want

Tracy /Cecilia/Dina

All I want

This is a romantic book about a thirty-year-old woman Alex. She is kind, romantic and funny person, who is trying to find herself as a person. Alex got a temporary job in an art gallery owner by handsome man Brad. And of course she fell in love with him. Alex is trying to grab Brad’s attention using different ways, even helping him when he got troubles. But it’s still not working and it won’t work. Brad is a person with a big ego who loves just himself. He doesn’t see her feelings and even sometimes makes fun of her. Finally, Alex understood that she is still in love with her present boyfriend. In the end she is very happy with Barry (her boyfriend).
We can recommend this book for people who like romantic books with happy ending. It is easy to read and understand.

Love or Not

Shasha
Stacy
Xiaonong
Yong
Book’s title: In the Shadow of The Mountain


The most impressive chapter of this book, In the Shadow of The Mountain, is chapter nineteen, The summer place. There were other interesting and mysterious chapters, and I was supposed to be taken by them. However, I just had some personal sensitivity with The summer place.
I watched some Chinese movies that narrated that was the type of love in China around fifty years ago. It was extremely different from Clare and Bruno's love. In fact, I was not talking about love fifty years ago, I just tried to understand what exactly is love. In this world, there is nothing more miraculous than love. Clare and Bruno fell in love so expeditiously that they could decide their future together. In their minds, love was something that they could totally control, and was definitely romantic. They could see each other anywhere and at anytime. No matter how many kisses they had, they just kissed more. Whenever they wanted to marry, they just needed to say:"yes, I do." Even if they were to divorce, they just needed to sign their name on the paper. From falling in love to getting married, all these things were controlled by themselves. In contrast, Chinese people used to marry without their own experience of love. The men and the women who would be become a couple had no any idea about their spouse, because their parents arranged their marriage. All they would do is just marry when the day came. Maybe it sounds very ridiculous and incredible. It was hard to understand how strangers can become husband and wife without love. Certainly, I do not necessary to understand it, because that is too traditional to accept in these days.
We are very lucky. We have choices, and we can choose our husband or wife. We can choose the love we want.

Ana Monreal Martinez

November 3, 2008

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San Luis Potosi, Mexico


San Luis Potosi City was founded in the year 1700. Through the years, the capital of the state San Luis Potosi, which is called by the same name, San Luis Potosi, has been recognized as one of the most enriched city for its architecture, history and the time for being a modern city in Mexico. The state government had made many changes in the city to attract the tourism. In the recent years, the tourism in San Luis Potosi increased to 85% more than the past years. The most attractive places are located in the downtown area of the city. You can find squares, historic churches, a lot of museums and restaurants with delicious Mexican food.

One of the many things you can do and enjoy in San Luis is to visit two of the seven main squares, which are Armas and Carmen Square. Armas square is the most visited by tourists. It is a full of lush trees around a kiosk in the middle of the square. Also, the big and old cathedral is located there, which is one of the most visited churches in San Luis Potosi. It was founded in 1710. Its exterior stone is slightly pink, it has the twelve apostles in stone, and its two giant towers. Inside of the cathedral, on the main altar is the Virgin of the Assumption made in marble and the patron saint of the city that is San Luis Rey of France, and their costumes are made of gold. In front of the cathedral is the government palace, which is an old building with wonderful architecture. This building was built between 1798 and 1816, and has hosted several important leaders such as Benito Juárez and Santa Ana, who were both Mexican Presidents. The Carmen square was founded by Carmelites friars. There is the Carmen church honoring the Virgin of Carmen. Also, there is one of the principle theaters named El Teatro de la Paz. Around the square, there are a lot of stores where people can buy crafts items that represent the state.

Another thing that you can do in San Luis Potosi is to visit the museums. There are a lot of museums where you can find visual art and history. The National Museum of Masks has more than 2 000 masks from nearly every state in the Mexican Republic. The House of Culture Museum has a collection of archaeological items, artwork, crafts and paintings from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The Regional Museum Potosino provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the institution, ranging from pre-Hispanic cultures that settled in the region until the arrival of the Spaniards. At the government palace, there are sculptures of the very important historic people of Mexico.

Finally, there are a lot of restaurants with delicious Mexican food where you can enjoy traditional music. One of the many great restaurants in this city is La Virreina restaurant. This restaurant provides a variety of exquisite Mexican dishes. They offer our typical food of the state. San Luis Potosi is divided into four zones which are the middle, Huasteca, upland, and central zones. This restaurant offers a typical dish from each of these zones. From middle zone is Gorditas de horno dish, from Huasteca zone is Zacahuil dish, frothed zone is Cesina dish, and from central zone is Enchiladas Potosinas dish. Also, you can enjoy typical and traditional Huapango and Mariachi music from the state. Moreover, there are other kinds of restaurants downtown. La Langosta restaurant provides a variety of delicious sea food. This restaurant is characterized by its unique decoration and food. Inside of the restaurant, it seems as if you are in the middle of the sea. The walls are painted with all kinds of fish and sea plants. Also, it has a comfortable chairs and tables where you can enjoy their meal.

In conclusion, the main squares, churches, museums, and restaurants are some attractive places where you could visit and enjoy in San Luis Potosi. In this city you can find a lot of interesting history such as the birthplace of Francisco Gonzales Bocanegra the man who wrote the national anthem. Also, you would have unforgettable experiences if you visit all historic places in San Luis Potosi.

Books are our friends

“A house without books is like a room without windows” –said by Heinrich Mann. Books are the great property created by people. The 21st century is a time of space exploration and computer technology. Science advances, presenting us unique possibilities of knowledge of the world and getting information. We can get any information from the internet, TV, or radio. It seems that books are not popular any more in present time. They have given up a place to TV. Do we need books from paper if we can just see a movie or even to write whole national library on one crystal? But I still think that books always will remain great property of human culture. Books open for us a magical world of knowledge, interesting ideas and romantic wishes. Reading is always a great thing that you can do everywhere, anytime, in any age and in any mood.

Reading books is a completely free activity that everyone can do. You can read on a train, for example, or while you are waiting in a line for a doctor. There are many places where you can find any kind of books. Reading is a great activity for your brain. Books are a concentrated experience of human. Reading is a conversation with smart and successful people.

Books are a source of knowledge, so you can learn many new things from books. You can also find answers for any questions, whether it be how to make a new table, how to organize a successful business, how to be a good friend, or just The Universal Law of Gravitation. There are many books have written by cleverest people of the planet. Why wouldn’t we want to know the reasoning of great thinkers and philosophers, the great miracles and legends of the world, the secrets of Egyptian Pyramids, the beautiful legend of Taj Mahal, or myth how Prometej brought a fire for people. We can learn a lot of interesting things about life of our descendants, kings and queens, their ideals and beliefs; or secrets of our planet, what is inside and how many elephants are holding the Earth? When you learn something new, you make your own world richer and you expand your own view. To be a good interlocutor always was and will be fashionable.

While you are reading, you can enter a fantasy, mysterious and magic world. You can transfer to a remote past or a future. When you start to read a new book, you wait for a meeting with new character, good or bad, hero or loser, prince or beggar, skeptic or romantic. You can try on his image to visualize his clothes, his appearance and his actions and emotions. You can imagine. It develops thinking, a flight of fantasy instead a ready image in a movie. Every new book is a trip in a new world.

Consequently, we need to read books. There are useful and productive for our brain at any age. Knowingly, our parents impart to us a love to books since childhood. Books are a good friend with which you will not feel bored or alone.

christmas holiday

Is Christmas holiday your favorite holiday? And do you know people in western countries that celebrate in Christmas holiday? In the United States, Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year. The holiday season is in December. Americans get a day off and a day to celebrate on December 25th. Christmas is my favorite holiday because people exchange gifts, families gather together and the city is fill with sprit.

First, I enjoy Christmas because presents are exchanged. It’s a custom on Christmas holiday in Western countries. Families give or exchange gifts with each other. Friends also exchanged gifts on Christmas holiday. And I think friends exchanged gifts is they want to keep their relationships forever. At Christmas night, some men in family to imitate Santa Claus give gifts for his children when they slept.

Second, the city seems to be filled with good spirit in Christmas day. There are some men who wear Christmas clothes to imitate Santa Claus and dispatch presents to children in the street. People outside or people in homes sing Christmas carols. In addition people use decorations to decorate their houses or business. So if you like decorating a special style, you could use Christmas trees, lights, or use your homemade decorations to decorate your own style.

Finally, my whole family gets together on Christmas holiday. In daily life, it’s difficult to get together because some adults have to go to work and children have to go to school. On Christmas holiday it is the best time that families can see each other, and they can celebrate and have delicious dinner or party together.

On Christmas holiday, People exchange presents, us many decorations to decorate their house; people sing Christmas carols and family get together on Christmas holiday. Also you can cook a big meal for dinner. People could have time to have fun and get relax of the year. Every one has a favorite holiday in their life. Therefore, that’s why Christmas holiday is my favorite holiday.