"The joy luck club" is a book which I have chosen to read at the half of the semester. This is a book talks about the life of four Chinese ladies in America. that is the thing i am interested in. I am also Chinese, so i want to know more about the other chinese life in America. Even though i have owned the book for few more time, but i still not finish reading it. one of my teacher told me that there is a sadness part in the book. once he read the movie of the book. he did cry at that part. however, he didn't tell me any thing of that part of the book.

The Joy Luck CLub

The book ”The Joy Luck Club” written by Amy Tam talks about four Chinese women-drawn together by the shadow of their past-begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and 'say' stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club. I enjoyed this book immensely. All four of the mothers had such high hopes for their daughters that they wouldn’t have to deal with any of the disasters to survive in their childhoods. It was so interesting. Then, their daughters thought of their mothers’ old-fashioned, old school Chinese ways; how they felt they could never live up to their mothers’ high expectations and creating incredible internal conflicts for all four daughters. This is the first book of Amy tam that I have read, and I really enjoyed the way she wrote it, or may because I am also Chinese. But sometimes the book seems a little bore. It totally talks about common lift of people. I still recommend this people for college students. It is easy to understand and close to lift.

Affected Life

In 1997, Hong Kong returned back to be part of China. That was so exciting for all Chinese people. Hong Kong is a prosperous city of Asia, it also one of the international finance center. Since World War II, Hong Kong had been separated out of China to be a colony of England. In 1984, As the English government decided to return Hong Kong back to China in 1997, Hong Kong’s history of becoming a colony came to a close. Hong Kong’s return change lot of things, my life has been affected by Hong Kong’s reunification.
Hong Kong’s reunification affected the reunion of my families. Because Hong Kong is one of the rich lands of the world, people get high income there. My grandfather and my uncle swam through the sea to Hong Kong not under legally when Hong Kong was still a settlement of England. They worked and lived in there, and then they became citizen of Hong Kong. Both my grandfather and uncle became wealthy, but they could never go back to China. However, since Hong Kong return, people have been allowed to go back to China. I had always heard that my grandfather was snappish, but I still remember the year my grandfather and uncle went back, they looked so amiable. Even though we were having lunch, smile still stayed in their face.
Then, my father went to work in Hong Kong. The government of China decided to be “one country with two systems”. Hong Kong became part of China, but it still keeps its own political and economic system. Because of that, Hong Kong and Chinas’ conversation started. People started to travel, work and live in Hong Kong. For sure, you needed a reason to apply to go to Hong Kong. My father was one to go to Hong Kong because of relative. My family was not rich when I was child, so my father decided to go to Hong Kong following my uncle. After my father went to Hong Kong, he became a worker. Even though his life in Hong Kong was very difficult, he still saved money for me. Five years ago, I had chance to see his apartment. That was my first time and the last time to see that. It was about five meter squares; include the bathroom, kitchen and the bed. I was sad. The house I lived in major land of China much better than there. My father’s apartment just looks like a storage room. So I am so please of my father work so hard for us and it makes me thankful for him.
On the other hand, my mother felt little lonely. When my father started to work in Hong Kong, he could only just come back once a month. Moreover, my brother and I had to spend lots of time in school; also my mother didn’t have any job, She was a housewife. So each time when we went to school, my mother would at home just by herself. Even though my mother never said lonely, I could feel that. At that time, there were lots of housewife like to spend time together never my house at a playground. Once my mother saw them knit sweater, she felt very interested, and went to join them. She learned knit from them and then knitted me a sweater. However my mother not stopped and continues to join them with other activities. I was happy that my mother could meet more friends and didn’t feel so lonely.
Hong Kong’s reunification really affected my life. People’s life in Hong Kong is busy. It seems like New York. I have never image about to live in Hong Kong, but in fact, my father had applied me to live in Hong Kong. I was nervous at that time, to live in Hong Kong seem like immigrant to another country, even we don’t have language problem. At that time, I had tried my best to learn the culture of Hong Kong. But at the last, my family chose to immigrant to USA. That’s another challenge for me. But I still remember my life that affected by Hong Kong’s reunification.

LOST

I have been in the U.S. for four years. From the time I stepped in USA, I have started have a little sick at heart each time I saw a moon-cake. Mid-autumn festival is one of four biggest festivals in china. It is in August fifteenth of Chinese calendar. Chinese people would admire the moon at the day. It is hard for me to practice Mid-autumn festival in USA.

The ways we practice at Mid-autumn festival have been changed. In china, At that day, Chinese people would sit out with some snacks to admire the moon. I always anticipate the Mid-autumn festival when I was still in China. At the day, school would let us go home early so that we can prepare for the night. At night, parents would cook some special food and prepare a small table outside. Children would hold a lantern to play out. It is a relative day, family would stay together and forget their vexation just admire the moon. At the day of Mid-autumn festival in the U.S., we would have a sumptuous dinner and that’s it. We wouldn’t hang out to admire the moon, didn’t do anything special except the dinner. There is also would have a Mid-autumn festival show at Chinatown, but it almost the same every year, nobody have any expectation at it. I never had any festival feeling at Mid-autumn festival, the day for me just look like a common day.

Reunion is hard to practice in U.S. In china, people would have family reunion at Mid-autumn festival. Because of that, school would allow students back home earlier or just let them rest at that day. Some companies also do the same thing for their employee. So family can get together to talk and play. But in U.S. because of it is not the holiday of this country, we are not allowed to back to school earlier. Also some parents would not allow holding the day with their family. I remember three years ago, my father was working in a restaurant. At Mid-autumn day, we waited for him back home until the day go to the end.

I remember I have a dangerous story at Mid-autumn festival. At the Mid-autumn festival in China, candle also one of the important things. Some people like to collect lot of candle at that day then burn them. It is a dangerous thing because it is easy to have fire and hurt your body. One day of Mid-autumn festival, because of we always heard that burning candle is dangerous, but we had never done that or saw the other people done that before. So we decided to try it. We collected some candles and put them in a box, then burned it. At the beginning, it was beautiful because some little stars jumped in the fire, but then, as the temperature increase, the candles started to burn out. Some candles jumped out the box with fire. We scared at that time, but it was great that a man saw us at that time. He quickly got some water for us. It was a danger day, but I still happy, it became one of my important memories. And something like this would not happen in USA. In U.S. Chinese children wouldn’t hold a lantern out at Mid-autumn festival. Also burning candle is not allowed.

Immigrants lose their culture. My mother always says that “there is no any culture feeling at Chinese holiday in chicago, immigrant should focus on their job every day, they don’t have any time to spent any culture holiday.” I also have the same feeling at that way, but I think immigrant people here are trying to get close to their culture. Even though people are busy, they still celebrate the holiday of their culture. I also couldn’t imagine living without Chinese culture, that wouldn’t be myself if I was born in another country.

good to see

titanic is one of the most famous movies in the world. it talks about how a rich girl meet a poor boy and goes into his world, then the last, the ship they were in was hit the ice mountain. it is a true story, and Hollywood try to make it as a movie. go and watch this movie, you would surprise by it!

tough language

presidents are always the tough man in the world, when some thing have occur at their country, they should make a tough language to the world, and that would control the destiny of that country. just like obama, he make some decision to America, and america is going to change, but someone says that Barack Obama is stepping in the wrong direction.

man woman and work

in the last century, man and woman were work in different way. people were thinking women were not as good as man. as the government didn't provide lot of works for woman, they only can do some house works. but now, it goes to be changed, woman can work the same way as man, they were allowed to work in the government and some factories.