The last day of 2008.

Today is the last day of 2008. At this moment to say good-bye to past year, many memories flash in my mind. To me, this year is meaningful.
When I was in third grade of senior high school, my life was busy but acquirable every day. During that period, countless exams and homeworks surrounded me. I learned hard in order to entrance a good college. Then I graduated from Wu Ling, the place where took notes of my youth, and left my dear teacher and friends. The final meaningful event to me was going to Physical Therapy of Chung Gang University. It is my goal, and I am happy to achieved it. This year is really important for me.
2008, I will say good-bye to you with smile, and I look forward to the coming 2009.

Today is filled with cookies.

Today is Sunday. I didn't go home because I am waiting for the series of holiday.
The wonderful weekend at school turns into the boring day. A lot of my classmates didn't stay in the room, and the dormitory became empty. Without students, the restaurant are closed. There were no normal meal for my roommate and I to satisfy our stomach. Comparing with being hungry, I prefer eating snacks. Although cookies are not health, it is yummy. My roommate and I enjoyed various cookies and led a different weekend.

Step by step.

"Step by step", it is a sentence which I want to tell myself. As the finish of semester is coming, many works appeared one by one. Besides the final exam, there are still a lot of report waiting for me to do them. Too many things make me anxious, I feel tired not only on the physical aspect but also the mental aspect.
I wish that I could escape from the troublesome things. However, I know that if there is no pressure, the achievement of my learning would become bad. Now what I should do is doing every thing step by step. No pain no gain. I will finish the works with hard.

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas approached unconsciously. Although it was not snowy and there were no deers, I still felt the strong atmosphere of Christmas. I was happy because I have many Santa Claus.
On the Christmas morning, as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw two gifts near my bed. They were the surprise which my classmates prepared for me. The one is a woolen hat, and another is cookies. Christmas activities filled the whole day. There were a lot of cards, messages, and candies warmed my heart. It was the first Christmas that my family and my old friends didn't accompany with me. However, I was not lonely in this new environment. Because I still could feel the cares from my old friends and received new friends's wishes, I really have a happy day.

The day of wearing uniform.

Many students are fed up with wearing uniform because it is a symbol of restriction. However, once being separated from this rule, the feeling to uniform will become different.

Today is the uniform-day of our class. Everyone wore their uniform with smile, and I have the chance to know classmates' school. To me, wearing senior high school's clothes again is touching. It made me recall the life which I stayed in Wu Ling. The memory is beautiful. I am proud of wearing kiwi-colored uniform forever.

(We can fly in the sky.)

(Our uniform)

(Ha! Ha! My roommate and I make funny faces.)

Wow! 3000 meters.

Wow! 3000 meters. It is the distance which we should run. Our PE teacher gave this task to us, and asked us to finish it in twenty-five minutes. All of us were worried about it because the length is really too long.
When I ran at sports ground, I recalled my senior high's life. 3000-meter running is also a challenge in every semester during I was a senior high student. Our teacher always steped aside and yelled for every student in my class. He told us "never forget your smile while you were running".
This time I was the second of the girls.I thought that the secret why I could performed well was keeping the faith which my teacher gave to me.

We will stay by your side.

In these days, one of my classmates has got sick. Without any reason, her autonomic nervous system lose control. She became weak, and is always strengthless. How sunny and bright girl she was in the past. Now she is invaded by surrow.
Every time when she almost triped and fell, I would use my arms to support her. I wish that my arms could be strong enough to share her burdens. All of us feel sorry due to her tears. We are willing to give her helps as more as we can. She is hard and brave, and I believe she will get well soon.

Styles of Popular Music

I.Introduction
Thesis statement:Three of the more successful styles are reggae,punk,and rap.

II.Body
A. One successful style of popular music is reggae
1. Born on the Caribbean island of Jamaica in the 1960s .
a. Spread throughout the world in the 1970s.
2. Developed from mento.
a. Sung and played on guitars and drums.
b. Other musicians changed ska, and raggae was born.
3. Raggae's special sound comes from reversing the roles of the instruments.
a. Guitar plays rhythm and bass plays melody.
4. An important influence on raggae music was the Rastafarian cult.
Concluding sentence:Reggae has influenced later style of popular music,including punk and rap.
B.Topic sentence:A second successful style of popular music is punk.
Support:*Punk is a style of rock music that began in the mid-1970s as a reaction against previous forms of rock.
*With their clothing and hairstyles,punks intended to shock society.
Concluding sentence:As with all music styles,punk has evolved into other styles.
C.Topic sentence:A third successful style of popular music is rap,which is also called hip-hop.
Support:Rap is a type of dance music in which the singers-rappers-speak in rhythm and rhyme rather than sing.
Concluding sentence:Most rappers are young black males,but there have been female rappers such as Queen Latifah and white rappers such as the Beastie Boys and Eminem.

III.Conclusion
Popular music changes constantly;however,all contribute to the power and excitement of popular music in our time.