Friday, April 20, 2007

First Salary

Today I was so happy because I got the first salary in my life.

This semester, I let my Friday afternoon be free. Although I would be tired and busy from Monday to Thursday, I still wanted to have my own time. I had no ideas why I felt the freshmen in university were busy!

Thanks to the senior's introduction, I worked for a doctor who was in Department of Radiation Oncology in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. In fact, the doctor was a Physicist, who therapied patients by medical physics theorems. But this career was not common in Taiwan.

At first, Stella and I took turn to work for the doctor, but she gave up the work recently. My major work is to key in some data to computer. Recently I have finished the data about "Quality Assurance" that I just learned from class. Quality Assurance is very important in this department. Because when they treat patients, they should pay attention to how much dosage they give, the patients' gestures, and aim of the radioactivity.It's very important!

Today, I got my first salary. Although I only attained eighty NT dollars per hour, I still felt happy because I made the money by myself! I will do good use for it!

Saturday, April 14, 2007

The Kite Runner~~~~by Khaled Hosseini


"For you, a thousand times over."

The story was built in Afghanistan. The relationship between Amir and Hassan was the center of the story.

The lead in this story was Amir. His mood which change a lot during his life way made the story. Amir was the master of Hassan, because Amir's father who named Baha was the master of Hassan's father, Ali. Although sometimes Amir would have Hassan to do something, their interaction still just like friends. Amir always eagered to gain his father's praise and love, but Baha always gave the same love to Amir and Hassan. So, sometimes Amir was angry to Hassan. Hassan still used a loyal and sincere heart to Amir. One day, there was a competition of fighting kites in their village. It was a traditional activity in this region. Two people combined a team, one person had to try to win by cutting the string of the kites, and another helped him. After the competition, another activity was running kites. For runners, getting the kite which fell down at last was a big honor. But, on that day an event changed Amir and Hassan's world. At that day, it was a wonderful day and Amir defeated all kites and Hassan chased after the kite for him. But a bad boy named Assef in order to get the kite to bully Hassan. To protect the kite, Hassan was assaulted. Amir saw the tragedy, but he didn't save Hassan because of his fear. Since that time, Amir lived with shame and Hassan lived under the shadow of trauma. Finally, Amir could not bear the situation, he made a very bad plan to let Hassan and Ali leave by themselves.

Afterward, their village was in trouble, Amir and Baha left for America. In America, Amir lived a period of wonderful time. He also fell in love with nice girl, Soraya, and get married. Although Soraya couldn't give birth to a baby, they still had a happy life. One day, Baha's old friends, Rahim Khan wrote a letter for Amir. He told Amir Hassan's death news and a amazing fact. At the moment, Amir eventually knew why Baha always gave the same love for Hassan and him. Hassan was his brother! Amir felt very sad and he decided to find Hassan's son, Sohrab, who still survived. Even though he faced a lot of difficulties and wound, he never gave up and found Sohrab at last. But Sohrab had a big trauma and closed himself in a small tower. Soraya and Amir gave him their sincere love. They believed deeply that Sohrab would open his heart and laugh easily some day.

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It's a touching novel. The story carves the humanity and the emotion between people. I really love this story. The outstanding book is really worth reading!