Journal Entry 19: Do the Right Thing

            I think that Harriet Tubman doesn't fit the definition of hero, but it has match half of them. She didn't help the slaves alone, but someone else also help her too. Every stop they been the people give them food and warm shoes and clothing. She has lot of good partner helping her on the way to free slaves, except for the first stop, the guy slam the door in her face just because there is too many people. For Barbara Frietchie, she was the person that match the definition of hero. She hang the flag on alone and only her flag is still there, but other people are afraid to do it, because they afraid to get kill. She was brave and do this stuff alone, but no one help her.  Stonewall Jackson has lot of army and he kill lot of people too, but when he see the Barbara's bravery, he make an order that people who touch Barbara Frietchie will died like a dog.

Journal Entry 18: Setting

            The place I would like to be scare and afraid, is that if I am alone somewhere is dark. There are weird noises and it's rainy and snowing at the same time. I feel really cold and lonely. The place I will like to be and it's my imaginary place. It will have beautiful weather and beautiful landscape. I see my best friend are all their with me and my parents. There is also my dream house and the person I love. I can see my best friend invite me to join the game with them. There was also a place that we keep all our electronic, there is no game that cost money. There was a beach too, the water was very clear and there is lot of fish, but not sharks. Me and my friend play anywhere we want and there is no one bothering me. The food was the food that I like to eat and it is healthy. It test like it's made by some master. That is the place that I like to say which it will make me happy.

Journal Entry 17: My hero?

            For me my hero will be my parents. They took care when I was young. They always buy me cool stuff when I need them, but I am not spoil. Once my father give me an iPod because he don't want me to use computer all day. My father hire someone to build a basketball court because he don't want me to play computer all day. All what he did is to take care of me, but sometimes I don't like what he do. Like he force me to go to some class, because he want to improve my grade. He get me lots of books to read because he want me to improve my English. He sometimes don't even let me play computer games too. At the end it's all give me good result on school. Like in summer he want me to take photoshop class early in the morning. I don't like it, but when at PAS some of the tools only I understand and know how to use it. He let me to go to PAS, that is biggest thing that he gave me. PAS is a very expensive school and he let me go to this school, because he want me to have good future, so my hero will be my parents.

Journal Entry 16: What is a hero

            For me I think that a hero is a person that help people. There are many different types of way to become a hero. One of them was a person who had super power and they help people with their power. Most of time, they help them secretly, they don't want people to know them. Other kinds of hero is that they don't have super power, but they help people on many different kind of situation. Like Harriet Tubman, she scarified her life to help the slaves to get to free country. She know that it's is very dangerous to be caught and travel to the free country. I think that hero should have super power and they have good heart. They won't use their power on bad stuff. Heroes could also be smart too, they can solve different kind of problem that human beings have. Like Stephen Hawking, he is very smart and he know everything about space. He solve the problem that people have to the universe. I don't think I never be a hero before, because I am not sure if I help anyone. Sometimes I did help people but I don't think that is heroic.   

Journal Entry 15: Leaving Everything Behind

            I stayed in my grandmother's house when I was born. Later on when I was 2, I move to my great grandfather's apartment. I live their, but I went back to my grandmother's house many times, because I don't have lot of pressure on school stuff. Later on the times I went back become less and less, because I have lots of tutor classes. Since I got to elementary school, I went to my grandmother's house on weekend only. Right now, my parents made a decision on 2010, they are deciding to move back to my grandmother's house, because my grandma and grandpa live alone. My parents want to take care of them, in order to take care of them fast and easy is to live with them. I think about moving back and staying, they all have disadvantage and advantage. I have to wake up earlier than before, because the bus stop became further from me. I also have my comfortable bed, my parents was giving me new one, but I love my old one! When I move back, I can play sport everyday, because we own a basketball courts. I can have my own room, so I can sleep anytime I want. Some of the things for me I still feel sad about leaving them, but I am happy about the new benefit of moving back to my grandmother house. My grandmother's house is repairing right now and now I care about everything in my life now, because I might leave them soon or later.

Journal Entry 14: Why Risk your life?

            In the story of Harriet Tubman, she help the slaves the slaves to get to the free country even she is free already. She know she is going to be hang and kill, if she was caught helping the slaves. She still keep helping them. It's also like Barbara Frietchie, she know that if the soldier see her hang the flag by the window, she will get kill too, but she wasn't. She change the general's thought, it help the country. If it was me, for the way how Harriet Tubman help, I will help depends what life background do I have. If I am poor, I don't think I could help those slaves. If I am wealthy and rich, I can give them help. I will help them by giving they food and water, also a place to stay. It's like a "Stop" when the slaves are going to the Promise Land. The way Barbara Frietchie did, I really want to do it. I will want to do it for my country if there is intruders.

Journal Entry 13: Freedom Fighter

           If I have chance to be a rich people and I could have my own slave. I heard people say they want to free the slave, sometimes I feel slaves are poor too. I decide to treat them better, I will give them good food, good bed, good living environment and nice easy job. People say if a person had good living environment, they are able to do the job better. I decide to treat my slaves better, so they could give me good result from working. Sometimes I will bring my slaves to other country, say it if I had a trip, I will secretly release them too. I could also give slaves food. The law didn't say people could not treat slaves good, so I will give them food at water whenever they need. I might also build a big room, there are food, drinks and warm stove. If I can I will make it the relax place for the slaves that is escaping. If there are people searching my house, I have enough money to have lots of lots of body guards and good weapon around my house. When government people want to search my house. Boom! They died!

Journal Entry 12: To Be A Slave

            One day I wake up, and I was a slave for a rich family. They always tell me to do things for them, stuff like carry heavy stuff, clean their room etc. For my food, I can't chose what I want to eat, but it's enough for me. The outsider hate me because I am a slaves, so me and my friend decide to escape to other country. To start this journey I need to save food for the trip. I decide to eat half of my meal and rest of them meal, I will save it. Days by Days, it will become a bunch of them. Me and my friend escape and we are walking and hiding, so other people won't find us. I try not to eat too much when I was hungry because I don't know how long the journey will go, and I don't know if my food is enough. My friend was caught because he forgot to paint his body with mud when we hide. He was caught and bring back to the owner, he leave the map to me and he didn't tell the other people where I am. I was happy to have a friend like him. Finally I was their, I find a job and it pays fair wages. I save the money everyday and one day I am rich because I buy the right stock. I was rich like Bill Gates. I went back to my original country with 5 Mercedes-Benz and 5 BMW and 200 body guards. I want to find my family and I want to find my friend, I went to the owner's house and I see him working on carrying bricks. I bring him to other country to see his family and give them lots of money. Without my friend, I will never be so successful.

Journal Entry 11: More Freedom

            I think freedom means that you can do anything you want and no one will care about you. I can go anywhere I want, I can drink little amount of beer. I can eat what I want, play computer game, and play sport. I can gamble when it is Chinese New Year. Sometimes I can play what adult can play, like mahjong and poker card. The things I can't do is I can't smoke, drink beer everyday. I can't not eat trash food all the time, like chips,  french fries, McDonald, KFC, and instant noodle everyday etc. If I was addicted to video game, I will get kill by my parents because they don't want me to spend on game all the time. If my freedom were took away, like my computer, my iPod, etc. I will be very angry and I can't really protect it or get it back, because the people who take away it's my parents. I can do anything to fight back, maybe I can hang outside and go home late.

Journal Entry 10: For the Sake of Freedom

            For me freedom means that you can do everything u want. You can choose to do something or not to do it, it means you can make your own decision in life. Freedom can also mean you can do anything you want, no one will stop you. It's like playing Grand Theft Auto, you can do anything you want in the game. For myself, my freedom was OK, I can kinda go anywhere I want to, and buy anything. Sometimes my parents still make decision for me. When I get older, my parents will stop caring about me. My freedom's average is at the middle. If my parents took away my freedom, I might commit suicide, but it depends on how bad is it. If she say I couldn't use computer again, I will be sad. If she say you can't go to school anymore. I will be so happy. When people's freedom were take away, some of them will start fight back. The government send out soldier and police to hurt the people to stop their signing. So freedom could be a happy stuff or dangerous stuff.

Journal Entry 9: If you were Billy

            If I am Billy, and I arrive Bath. I will ask the people that live in Billy about what place is best to stay, I keep walking and I see a beautiful boarding house. I will look inside the boarding house, and I can see beautiful inside of the boarding house, but I don't see anyone. I will leave the house and go to Bell and Dragon, if Bell and Dragon cost too much, I will go to pub and I will drink a lot and have a good sleep. I want to drink a lot because I never drink in a pub before. I can also listen to the music in the pub, dancing with people and meet friend in Bath. Maybe I will really have to live in Bell and Dragon, and it will be safe and expensive. It's not a big deal, because the boss will pay me. If I go to Bell and Dragon, I will be safe and happy, I can enjoy the service in the hotel. 

Journal Entry 8: After The End!

            Billy was surprised when he hear what the landlady said. He try to escape from the landlady, but whenever he run. He can't reach the door. The landlady was walking tours him, closer and closer. When she got to Billy. She said : Stop running it's impossible to get out here without my permission." Billy was force to get back to his chair. Then he said" I'm really tired, may I go to sleep now?" The landlady said" Sure, have a good night. In the middle of night, Billy heard something strange, it's sound like someone is sharpen knife. He went down to the living room. He feel really scare, so he decide to leave the boarding house quietly. When he open the door, the landlady was outside the door waiting. She see Billy and say" What are you doing Mister, aren't you going to sleep." Billy said" he couldn't go to sleep." He went back in the boarding house and sit in the living room AGAIN! The landlady went after him too, when he sit on the chair, the landlady went in to the kitchen and came out with a sharp knife and said. " Now you died!" Billy trying to escape and run around the boarding house. When he got to the corner, he had no way to go, he is going to died.
            "Happy Birthday!!" said the landlady, and a bunch of people came out behind the landlady. Billy feel really scare and weird. His friend were all here, and the landlady was hired to scare Billy. One of the guy took out ten dozen of beer. They keep drinking and playing until the next morning come, so Billy had a really scary and awesome birthday.