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December 17, 2009

Just a wonderful movie. It's astonishing, touching, and inspiring. And moreover, it's real. This is a story about a man named Chris Gardner, about his past homeless life, a long time before his new life as a millionaire, an entrepreneur, a speaker and a philanthropist.

Just in the dark time of his life when he didn't have any place to live and need to sleep wherever he and his son can be safe, he was trying to understand the meaning of the word happiness. Why Thomas Jefferson used the phrase "pursuit of happiness". Happiness, what is that? Although everyone has their own definitions for this abstract concept, all of us needs to pursue for it, run after it. No one is an exception. Because happiness is not born together with us. There are some people seem to be born with a gold spoon, but it does't mean they are happy. In my opinion, just when we struggle for the happiness, we reach it. But how many people can really touch it? We plan, we hope, we have faith and we lose faith. And then we have another plan, we begin all of that circle again, again, and once again. HOW MANY PEOPLE can touch the true happiness? To me, the happiness is a journey, well, non-stop. Happiness is a journey not just a destination.

Recently, I have read a blog entry, she wrote in great literature voice, and I feel what she wrote is true, so true. I just want to quote a part from her writing.

Trong suốt cuộc đời dài và rộng này, chúng ta gặp tổng cộng bao nhiêu người? Có những con người bước qua nhau không để lại chút dấu ấn. Có những con người đã từng ở bên nhau trong suốt một thời gian rất dài, để rồi cuối cùng chỉ ước giá như có thể xóa sạch những ký ức về nhau. Dù muốn hay không muốn, sẽ luôn có những người ta chỉ gặp một vài ngày rồi phải lưu luyến chia xa, cũng lại có người sẽ theo ta cả đời dù trong lòng chẳng chút thoải mái… Có những người mờ nhạt bước qua cuộc đời ta, và có những người sẽ mãi ở lại trong tim dù cho nhiều năm sau này có bị lớp bụi thời gian che phủ…


During this long and wide life, how many people have we met? There are some people who pass by us then leaving without a sign. There are people who live together during a long long time, just finally end up hoping to erase all the memories they had together. Although want or not want, there will be someone we met for a while but felt so close, or someone who will follow us the whole life but still feel distant. There will be people who just pass by our lives dully, and there will be people stay forever in our hearts through many years, long distance, and far apart. (I translated it into English though still have a lot mistakes, pardon me :)

 

06:09 AM Dec 18 2009

aliali_june
Viet Nam

It is a good movie.

"You can spend your whole life building something from nothing
One storm can come and blow it all away. Build it anyway...."

Thanks for your sharing. A nice entry. Cool

August 15, 2009

I just watched a TV show yesterday. The name is ``Secret lives of woman´´. And that show specialized in Swinger. So, what is swinger. Honestly, that time is the first time I realized that there is somewhat a shocking definition like that existing. Of course, just only shocking to me, cause I am not a maybe modern girl, and I am not American, or any English natives. Therefore, that definition is so strange to me. And I guess in my country, that kind of thing is also too new.

To me, from that show, I learnt that swinging can be somehow understood like changing partner, straightly, that means your spouse will have sexual intimacy with the spouse from another partner, and vice versa. Of course, understanding in my easy way, it is like that. It's not the official definition, and I don't know what it exactly the official definition for this concept. But to figure out more, you can go to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging. They have a very full content, which I even don't read all and don't want to know all, about swinging there. Honestly, it's not the definition shocking me, but the fact. The fact is in America there is 1.5 million couples swinging regularly as a basic need. I guess it more and more becomes a lifestyle there. The swinging couples have a very copious lives. They hunt new couples, organize swinging party, even find swingers online. Their neighbors who are not swingers think that they are normal and happy families. Yes, in general, they are nearly like that, yet have little secret lives at night.

The interesting point when you are a swinger is that you don't need to stand your husband or your wife till death. I mean stand the boring sexual life, having sex with just only one person for tens years. It could be very good at the beginning, but later, it became tepid and finally, dead. Ok, I don't mean that having sex is like tasting a food that you need to change dishes all the time, and trying new food is always encouraging and inspiring, but not the same with trying sexual intercourse. But think twice, is there anything you don't need to change for a new one. You change your age, change your house, change your mobile phone, change boyfriends, even change your personalities. That makes the entertaining point of life.

I'm not yet a woman, but I think that it will be so bored if just try the same thing and same thing again with just only one person. And out there, definitely, many people share the same thought, just they don't yell for the whole world to know. Of course, we are now in the 21st century, and a legal relationship (marriage) just regards the joint of emotional and economical life between one wife and one husband. And cheating on your partner will ruin the marriage. But the fact is swinging is changing partner according to the agreement between both parties. And each couple has their own rule in this game to keep the relationship in control. Like in that TV show, they have the rule kind of can stop the other partner whenever one begins to feel irritated or they will always have sex together at the beginning and the end of the intimacy course with another partner. They also can have a talk after the swing to tell about their experience and their feeling for the other couple. The fact is that most swingers have quite stable marriage than the normal couples. They can enjoy the sex lives legally without cheating on their partners and knowing the same time that your partner feel satisfied also. Like every other things, at first, it seemed new and people have nearly no experience of it; but later people will gain experience with it gradually. Swing cannot be like a lifestyle now, but to some minority, it is undeniably the inevitable thing in their living. They make it by various ways like swing party, surfing online to find a partner couple.

And last but not least, I don't encourage anyone to try it out. I just want to say that to me the fact that you are over 50 (all couples in that interview are over 50), and you still enjoy your sexual lives together with your partners, it sounds quite cool. I am an Asian, specifically, a Vietnamese, I know that I will marry and live faithfully with my partner (because here even just thinking about swinging is forbidden by the community rational thinking), and I don't have the desire to overcome that bias.

09:27 AM Oct 27 2009

brasilero

brasilero
Germany

you are absolutely right!!!

have been in your country and met a few ppl there.

For me, an European, it was really new to see, how much restriction

you have in daily life. But, it mustn't be wrong !!!

That s your culture, and everybody have to respect that.

The sexual life, ppl have in America, also in 'Europe are 

more than surprizing. not from all ppl, but many of them

don t pay attention  and respect girls/women.

Go ahead, the change will also come to your country,

but in ages.

And "swingin," it s not  a "thing" ppl can be proud of.

April 19, 2009

Now, I’m sitting on the chair listening to the music. Beyond the window ledge, I can see a wide-stretch azure. There are two gulls flying across the landscape as fast as the wind, let behind the graceful sky in a tranquil Sunday afternoon. I imagine that just open the glass windows and there blows into the room sweet of spring air in April.  I am lazy let my mind sunk in the music of Full House Ost. These are such dulcet music to my ears. Currently, I change my music taste to Koran drama ost. Needless to say, I was a fervent fan of Korean drama. There was once a time, I just watched and watched Korean dramas, regardless of the other countries.  Now of course time changes and so does my taste. I watch some from America, some from Japan. But still I am a fan and a loyal one.  To tell the truth, my taste of music changes rapidly rather than of films. I remember as if last week I ‘ve just liked to listen to only instrumental music. Before that I was a fan of Enja, and Yiruma. And before that maybe Delta Goodrem,  James Blunt, and many many. Of course when I was in my teenage, I liked Britney, and some hot boy bands at that time. It also depends in my mood. When I am sad, I prefer some delightful one to wipe my sorrow out. Meanwhile when I am in calm mood, I like to listen to some mellow ones. I am not a picky person. I can listen up to many kinds of music, from modern to classic, just except some heavy rocks. Punk rock is quite so-so, but not so heavy. I get sick when facing with that kind of clamor. I mean strong bass and monotonous melody. I have a bad habit that I want to make my friends follow my taste of music. It just derives from my positive thought of sharing and giving. But it just failed many times. And I need to accept that anyone has different taste of music, and not just only and simply music, but many others. Accept willingly and respectably.