My Perception About This English Project (Entry 12)

          My perception about this English project is it has been a very fun and educational journey to finish this blog. Writing about interesting topics made me aware and realize about all the different aspects that English can cover. Among the interesting topic that I had to cover was "If I Was A Boy". I had to write from a boy's perspective and it has given me a new perspective to look and think about.

          It has been very educational to finish this blog. Before I always been too busy to write about interesting things but by this blog, I am given to write once again. To write about different topics in this blog, I had to do research and learn about new things. Between the blog posts, the most informational was when I was writing "Argumentative Writing" where I wrote about how video games affects behaviors. I have to learn about the advantages and disadvantages of video games in an argumentative perspective.

          Last but not least, I also learned how to design and advertise in this project. This is very important in my future career to learn how to do this to excel in the global market. A design must be simple yet interesting enough to attract readers from around the globe. I also learn how to advertise my blog to an income based on a simple blog. So far my journey to finish this blog has been very informative and has taught me many aspects of knowledge.

Why English Is Important? (Entry 11)

          Language is important in our daily lives. Without it, communication would be difficult and people will be only used hand gestures to make contact with other people. From birth, we are assigned to the native language out parents and society has learned and to be learn by us. As we grew, we learn to talk in the certain language and adapt the language in our daily lives. In the world right now, the third most spoken language is English. Even in our country right now, it is common for a person to know two languages.

          It is important to learn and understand English because it has become a medium and basic language of every software and technology in the world. English may not be the most spoken language in the world, but it is the official language in a large number of countries. In this upcoming world, we must keep up with the technology to become better and to keep up, we must understand how it works. Almost all the explanation behind all this is in English.

          English also the dominant business language and it has become a requirement for people speak English if they want to enter the global class working and research from all around the world. Even in the global market of today, English is used as a medium. In order to communicate with the rest of the world in terms of business, English is very important.

          Last but not least, nowadays, many of the top films, books and even music are published in English. If we cannot understand the language of these entertainment, how can we enjoy and understand it. It is important for us to understand and explore the world of entertainment outside our language to understand cultural differences and to better our own way of life. There is no benefit in staying ignorant in our own comfort zone. To understand the world, we must explore other's language and understand their way of living.

My Idol (Entry 10)

Bill Gates

          Everyone has a person that they look up to, admire and hope one day you could follow the person's steps and way of life. For me, the person I admire is Bill Gates. He is an American inventor, computer programmer, author, entrepreneur and a philanthropist. He is the CEO of the software company "Microsoft". He is best known as an entrepreneur in personal computer and one of the wealthiest people in the world. He is a big influence in the computer industry because he was the inventor of Microsoft.

          He is my idol because he is one of the smartest man in the world, but yet he still is open to learning new things and creating a better future for the world. His inventions have changed the world significantly, but he is humble and willing to share with other people of his knowledge. Till today he still made contact to students all over the world to give them perspective of how to be successful like him without anything to return.

          He is also a very generous man. In 2000, he and his wife started a foundation called The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that supports philanthropic initiatives in the areas of global health and learning in the United States and around the world. This foundation supports scientific research to help people with poverty and extreme living conditions to get access to education and information technology. He has donated various large sums of money to this foundation to help people around the world.

          He is my idol mainly because even though he is one of the wealthiest people in the world, money doesn't change a person's view of life. His passion for knowledge amazes me and I too hope that I could achieve such level of knowledge. Even though he has failed in the past, but he never quit learning. He once said "It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure". That is to never be afraid of failure and to keep learning.

White Rose:Una Rosa Blanca (Entry 9)

          Reading is the key to knowledge. While reading, though not always informational creates a more creative imagination and bring peace and joy to the mind. My favorite book of all time is a book called White Rose:Una Rosa Blanca written by Amy Ephron. I read the book when I was 18 and instantly fell in love with the plot and interesting stories inside it.

          Based on a true story, this book revolves around a girl name Evangelina Cisneros and her struggles to be free from the Spanish regime in Cuba in the late 1890s. When her father was arrested for being active to oust the Spanish, she pleads herself to a Spanish general who had fallen in love with her. But when she declines the general's advances, she herself is thrown into jail as trying to do revolutionary activities. Reports of her imprisonment reached the New York papers and became a feminism cause by many society women there. William Hearst, among the New York's newspaper editor seizes the opportunity to reveal the stories in the Spanish regime and send his best reporter, Karl Decker to Cuba to pretend of interviewing her when in fact he is trying to save Evangelina from the prison and back to America. During the process of interviewing and escaping, they fell in love. Back in America, Decker's wife became increasingly suspicious of her husband's absence. After a dangerous escape, Evangelina finally arrives in New York, where they are held as heroes and she can finally tell her part of life under a cruel Spanish regime in Cuba to the world. In the end, Evangelina and Decker sort out their feelings for each other and face the reality of their own worlds.

          This book is a part romance and a part spy thriller love story. I cherished this book because it reveals to us the raw effect of war on casual civilians like Evangelina and her family who is wrongly prosecuted for simply disagreeing with the regime. They faced a cruel fate and life and struggle just to survive in just the name or war. Her spirit to survive despite all that has happened to her and her family, amaze me and make me feel as long as there's hope, people will always fight for justice and the right to live. Upon meeting Karl Decker, it is understandable for her to fall in love as the man is endangering his life to bring her free. Even though he is married, they drew closer. To me that shows in the brink of death and danger, humans stills needs compassion, hope and reassurance of safety of another person no matter how strong you are. They both trusted each other with their life while escaping and bonded through the process. What makes the book more interesting is when they actually got back to New York, Evangelina and Decker are forced to come back to reality of safety and the future that has been laid out for them. They can never be together and to accept that fact, even though you care so much of that person takes a lot of strength and courage. In the end, Evangelina got to tell the world about the cruelty she and the people of Cuba has suffered and aware the people of the world how much the country needs their help.

          This book is almost perfect in all perspectives given. It inspires the imagination and capture the heart. It also felt real and reality is sometimes not as perfect as we think. For me if I have to give a rate, it will be definitely a 10.