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Cherry Huong

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February 2009

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my vacation at 'An Lac village' - my dad's hometown

During the Tet holiday (the traditional new year festival of Vietnam), I got a chance to go back to my dad's hometown called An Lac village to visit relatives and old neighbors there(the name 'An Lac' means Peace and Happiness in English). It is a small village located in Hung Yen province which is 60km far from Hanoi capital. Rarely do I go to this place (really, 'once in a blue moon' since my grandma was dead). 5 years went by and I returned to the old hometown with a (not) comfortable feelings. It was mixed feelings that I do not know how to describe.

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For the last 2 days, I have been spending my time on exploring some interesting things on social bookmarking. It is not new to me but interests me so much. I must have been crammed all of the theoretical stuff in class to prepare for my upcoming exams, yet I leaved it later. Put my curiosity first !

Today is the last day of February. Time goes on too fast! Actually, it is March 1st today and tomorrow is my 20th birthday. I grew up !! Well well ... 20 and Life. What will I do to be significant with this age? Do something special or adventurous? Opp, I used to go far away from home in 1 day without my parents' permission before I reached 18. My brave! So, I need to be a bravery 20-year-old girl :lol:

God! Lots of work to do but I haven't finished anything !!! :no: Be quick, please!!!

Is that failure?

I spent my weekend (all 2 days) working on the presentation about "the Toda tribe in India". I did researching, read a lot, discussed with friends, etc. I hoped to make it the best I could. Really I did my utmost. I did not sleep well. I felt excited about searching new info about the Toda tribe though they were conflicting and complicated. What is the result? It was not as good as I expected (not want to say it the worst one I've ever done). All 3 other members in my group were disappointed of the presentation too, regardless that I tried to pretend as 'never mind'. I cannot blame two persons in my group for their laziness and ignorance. I cannot blame anyone because that was my fault. It was me who chose the topic. It was me who wrote the outline of the presentation (and it lacked sth required by the teacher). It was me who did nearly all the research without assigning tasks to other members at first. It was me who did not manage my time effectively for beforehand group rehearsal. It was all my fault. It appeared that I was the leader of that group but I made them indirect.

Keep these things in mind:

1 - Think over next time about the requirements of the teacher and closely follow her outline instead of inventing another outline. Think twice before starting to do sth.

2 - Then choose the relevant topic which reaches the consensus of all members and assign tasks to them.

3 - Manage time for GROUP REHEARSAL - this is the most important point that I made light of. My bad!

Ok. Three points to remember. Above all, 'practice makes perfect'. Try my best next times. Be calm and mature! And I believe that we will be paid fairly for all our effort. It's failure but failure is the mother of success, I've learnt sth from it - so have to go on anyway (disappointment is not a solution - it leads to nothing). My optimism. TRY!

Fool me around!!!

Just a little stupidity in me ...

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