Quotes to live by

             Ten quotes that I live by. People follow different types of quotes that fit into their life. My ten quotes starts off with “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” This is a quote that I heard from elementary school from my parents. At first, I didn’t know that putting aside was a bad thing, however, there are times that I put aside what can be done. To be honest, there are times when I put aside blogs. I believe that putting aside is a bad thing and I should fix it.

             The next quote is “Never spend your money before you have it.” I think this is an important quote because there are times when you waste your money because you think that you have enough money. However, if you start using them and wasting them, that money would disappear quickly. You should save your money and use it later when you can afford to support yourself.

             The third quote is “When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.” This means that you should calm down when you get mad, because there is no good thing happening if you are angry and use that anger upon other people. If you are angry, you should control that anger by counting to 10, and even up to 100.

             The fourth quote is a quote that my family used as a quote to live by. It is, “If you don’t sweat, you can’t succeed.” Therefore you should always work hard and sweat. This is because if you work hard, you will have to sweat and this quote was made to say if you don’t work hard, you can’t succeed, which is true. Without hard work, you can’t succeed.

             The fifth quote is “When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails.” by H. Jackson Brown. This is a quote that says if you can’t meet the standards of the environment, you should change your mind towards other possibilities. This is true because not everything will go as your will, and sometimes you need to think that there are other ways to your achievement and should quickly change your route by adjusting your sails.

             Sixth quote is “Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.” This is a important quote because you should always treat your friends as your friends which are there until you die. You should be true to them because if you are not true to them, they won’t be true to you. You should tell the truth, and your friends should tell the truth.

             The seventh quote is “Sometimes, all it takes is your smile.” I believe that this is true because if you don’t smile, you can’t be happy. Even if you are sad, the least you should do is not smile because it will make you feel worse. However, if you smile, you will start to feel better. Therefore, you should always keep your smile on even in hard times.

             The eighth quote is “Your attitude defines your personality. Your personality refines your attitude. Together they make up your character.” You should change your attitude if people say that you have a bad attitude because if you have a bad attitude, you will have bad personality. They usually go together and you should keep the two things clean and good.

             The ninth quote is “In a world of words, anything is possible...” This is a quote that says if you read books, you will gain knowledge to do anything. This isn’t true, but I follow by it because it inspires me to read.

             The last quote is the most important and that is “Dreams come true.” Dreams are achievable and will come true if you truly believe in it.

             These ten quotes are the quotes that I live by on.  

Books I learned from.

           Today’s topic is: “Book I learned most from.” This is a hard topic because I never thought about this topic before. There are a lot of books that encouraged me and motivated me, but if I had to choose one book, I would choose SAT book. SAT is Standardized Achievement Test where you show off your English and math skills through critical thinking, math, and writing. This is so far the most influential book to me because it made me learn a lot of things. First, it taught me different types of vocabularies that I never knew or even heard before. Second, it made me have knowledge. Third, it made me concentrate and made me able to sit down and study for a long time.

           When I first heard about SAT, I hated it because at first it was the longest book that I’ve ever seen in my life. It looked like a bunch of hard words which I had no idea of the definition. However as I got to know SAT better, I knew that it would benefit me in a lot of ways. The first one is that I now learned a lot of definitions and made me read higher level books. At first, there were many vocabularies that I didn’t know. But as I started studying, I began memorizing words and definitions. It gave me a broader knowledge of the book. Before, I often skimmed through the words and only got the basic meaning of what the book meant. However, after I learned different words, I began to know a better meaning, and started to improve in the reading skill.

           Second good influence that I think of studying the SAT is that I gained knowledge as I study. The passages in the SAT critical reading are pieces differ from novels to other types. The more you read in the critical reading section, the higher score you will achieve. The higher score you will get, the better colleges and jobs you are going in.

           Third good influence that I think of studying the SAT is that it made me concentrate and made me able to sit down for a long time. If you become older, there are times when you need to keep on working no matter what, or when you need to finish a bunch of works in a short amount of time. In these two cases, you need to achieve it through experience. SAT has taught me these two important skill because in SAT, you have to focus about 4 hours until you finish. You can’t get out of the testing room just because you are tired, or you can’t wait 4 hours. Taking the SAT requires concentration and ability to sit down and not move. These two are important factors to succeed, and I learned it through the SAT books.

           There are many books that you can learn from, whether it be Bible, bibliography, or in my case, a SAT book. Some people might consider my book ridiculous. However, SAT books taught me three things. Taught me different types of vocabulary, gained knowledge over many fields, and it made me improve my concentration. I believe that SAT books are the most influential book in my life. 

Looks vs Ideas

           The blog topic for today is to determine if looks of a person are more important than a person’s ideas. Many people nowadays only focus on the visual part, and not the inner part. Most people think that if a person has good looks, they will succeed. However, this is not correct. In my opinion, the looks have no relations with a person’s success. Success can be achieved by a person who has no taste in fashion or have an ugly face. It can also be achieved by a young person or a old person. Success is determined by how the person thinks and how he or she acts. Good examples of successful people who have a “bad” look are Bill Gates and Mike Zuckerburg.

           There are people who have bad looks but are successful which are Bill Gates and Mike Zuckerburg. When you see Bill Gates outside, which is unlikely, you can consider him as an old grandpa walking down the street. This is because he doesn’t have the good looks. However, if you ask a person or children who the most successful guy is in the world, he would be Bill Gates. Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft. He had a mind of an adult even when he was young. He liked to work and earn money. The first business he started was selling Coca-Cola. After he earned money, he got the weird feeling that he felt. This was the start of Bill Gate’s success. He had an idea which he could create a software where you can improve the computer qualities. He is considered the most successful guy because he has earned billions of dollars.

           Another example of a person who is not good looking but successful is Mike Zuckerburg. He is the founder of Facebook. When you look at him, he is not the person who you think is handsome. However, he is successful. I saw his movie and it showed that he wasn’t one of the famous kids. However, as he started the webpage of facebook, many people started to use the social network and soon later, students from other schools were using them. He had a mind of a genius because no one has ever thought of that idea before. When it first came out, he was amazed at how people used his webpage. He later fixed and improved the facebook where he made a column of information about the person. This lead people to update their status. Mike Zuckerburg is a good example of a person without good looks who are successful. He didn’t achieve his success through his looks, but through his thinking.

           Not everyone who succeeded have good looks. Some people might have no taste at wearing clothes, and some people might have an ugly face. However, looks is not a good way to identify a person’s success. Ideas and how the person thinks is a good way to identify success because it leads them to think of how they can make their invention better. It makes them think how they can succeed. 

True friends

           Today’s topic relates with friends. What is the three qualities of true friends? People think about this topic at least once in their life. Friends, in my perspective, are the most important thing that you need in your life. This is because you can rely on them if you have hard times, you can also share good news with them and laugh together. Now, the three qualities of true friends that I think of is trust, help, and share.

           True friends are the important factor in a person’s life because they not only are next to your side whenever you need them, but also they are ready to hear all the stories. The first quality of true friends is trust. Trusting a person might be hard, but if you know that you trust a friend, that friend is a true friend. I thought about trusting a friend and I came up with this conclusion that if you trust a person enough, you can trust them with your life. I thought of this as being on a cliff and someone holding on to you. If you trust a true friend, the friend won’t ever let go off your hands. However, if you don’t trust that person, you won’t be able to risk your life or give the chance away. Trusting is one quality of true friends.

           Another quality of true friends is helping. Helping is far the most important quality in my opinion. True friends will help you anytime no matter what. When you face difficult time, you always need a hand to rely on and a shoulder to rest your head on. True friends are the only ones who can provide a hand and a shoulder when you have a difficult situation. When I was in Korea, I had a friend who I thought was a true friend. However, when I actually needed his help, he wasn’t there. True friends will always be next to you no matter what happens.

           The last quality of true friends is sharing. This is also important because to be a true friend, you need to share your feelings and thoughts to them and try to relate them to yourself. A good or true friends start with a conversation, actually all relationships start with conversations. When you talk to someone, you always try to look at it on their perspective. This is a good quality of a true friend because if you share your feelings, the person would also feel the way you are feeling. There is a saying that if you share your happiness, it doubles, and if you share your worries and sorrows, it reduces to half. This is true because if you share a good feelings with your friends, it will make you and your friend both happy. If you share your worries and sorrows, they can take that feeling and try to move on with it together by suggesting resolutions.

           Friends are important in a person’s lives. There are friends who only try to get friends because they want to use them, and there are friends who are truly your friends. In distinguishing them, there are three qualities that I follow. Those three are trust, helping, and sharing. If you can do all three of these, then that friend is a true friend.

Human's Greatest Strength

             Today’s blog topic is deciding what the greatest strength of human is. In my opinion, I think that head and thinking is the greatest strength of a person. This is because with knowledge and intelligence, you can do many things, but with no knowledge, you won’t have many chances. Knowledge is considered the most important aspect of a person. There is an old saying in Korea which is that even if you go into the tiger’s den, if you have your mind all set, you can escape. All the people who succeeded have knowledge and has advanced and earned a lot of money through their knowledge. I believe that knowledge and intelligence is the most important and greatest strength of a human.

             Many people might think that strength and power is the greatest strength. However, I found out that there are so much things you can’t do with just only power. There are many people who think that they’ve got everything because their power. If it comes down to arguing, the person with power and strength will only trust in their punches or kicks. However, the person with intelligence might sort the things out and make the relationships better. The person with knowledge might tell him to calm down and explain what is going on and make him understand, and he might be able to change the person’s mind.

             Another reason why intelligence and knowledge is important is because it increases your social skill. When you go to college or any places where you are not used to, it is easy to get lost and feel isolated. However, if you have knowledge, you can relate that to the topics that the people are talking about and maybe get friends. With much diversity among people, knowledge is one key which you need to become friendly with the foreign people.

             When I was young, the usual saying that I got from my parents were that to gain respect and better treatments by fellow people is to gain knowledge. As I grew older, I started to believe and think that this is a correct saying. When you become older, you start to work in companies and factories. The thing that most companies look at is how you can use your knowledge. Knowledge is important because it can get you better opportunities in your field of work. The one thing that my parents focus on me is to get knowledge in foreign languages. They said that if you know more than 1 languages which is your first language, you can have a better job and better salary. This might be true because there are many companies who are looking for people who can speak different kinds of languages and who can get along with them easily. Especially in hotels, they look for people who can speak foreign languages because they need someone who can translate what the customer is saying.

             With the people challenging in the society for better jobs and respect, there are many things that you need to achieve and learn. In my opinion, what I think is that knowledge is the important key to achieving better jobs and respect. Not only it improves your social skills, but it also can get you respect over fellow workers or friends.

Big school or small school!

             Do I favor big school or small school? In my opinion, I believe that small school is better than big school. This is because I think that when you’re in a smaller school, you get to know your teacher and friends better than when you’re in a bigger school. If I was to choose between big school and small school, I would choose big school.

             The first main reason why I favor small school is that you get to know your teacher and friends better than when you’re in big school. I honestly do not know what the bigger school seems like because all the schools I went in Saipan are small schools. However, when I was in elementary school, my school was big. There were about 5 classes for one grade level. This was the reason why I had friends only in my classroom. However, when I came here, my first school that I went was San VIncente and Dan Dan. These two schools were not small but not big as Korea. In this school, same as Korea, I made friends that were only in my classrooms and I didn’t know a lot of students and teachers in my grade level. When I was 6^th grade, I moved to a smaller school which was Calvary Christian Academy. This was a small school that had only one classroom for one grade level. After being to both big and small schools, I think that small schools are better. When I was in CCA, I had many friends not only in my classroom, but also in higher grade level classroom. I had close relationships with the teachers in CCA, and I liked being there.

             However, there are also an advantage in attending a big school. The main reason would be that there would be more cultural differences and many different types of students. This is good because when you go to college, you need to face many different types of people and different types of cultures. Attending big schools would be good in that it prepares you for college, to be familiar to different types of cultures. When I was in Dan Dan Elementary School, there were many different types of ethnicity. Starting from Koreans to Chinese to Chamorro students. This gave me a wider perspective toward many different things. I knew how to please a Chinese friend and how to please a Korean friend. Cases like this would prepare not only for college, but also it will make me into a better person because it makes me look not only into one type of eyesight, but many. I now can feel how Koreans, Chinese, and Chammorro people feel, and how to be close with them.

             Small and big school have its different advantages and disadvantages. Small schools make people more united, and big schools give you a more wide variety of your perspective toward people, things, places, and many others. If I was to go to a big or small school, I would definitely choose smaller schools.

What do I want to teach my children?

             What would I teach my children when I grow up? Today’s topic is easy because I think about what my child would look like when they’re old. Every parents’ minds are same because they want to give the best to their children and teach all they could. However, most things that the parents are trying to teach their children are the things that they had no chance to do so. My dad and my mom always tell me that they want me to learn different kinds of skills. My dad told me that he’s teaching me English because he know that it is important in my life. He says that if he learned English, he would have been better off. The next thing they emphasize is golf. Golf is a sport that you need to play when you grow up. This is extremely important in a adult’s life when they become old and start their business life. Just like my dad, I want to teach many different types of sports and activities if possible.

             The first thing I would like to teach my children is playing golf. This is because I believe that when you become old and become successful, there would be many times when you will play golf. I heard that when you go to the army in Korea, if you are good enough and do field lessons with the army general, you would have many free time off and get more respect. This is the first reason, and the next reason is that when you go out to business, there are many times when you bet money to golf games. In order to win those games, you should be good at golf. This is the reason why I would like my son to play golf.

             Next thing I would like my children to learn is foreign languages. In today’s societies, there are many times when you need to communicate with people who speak different languages from you. I believe that this is important because being able to speak many different languages will give you better opportunities toward jobs. I heard that when you can speak 5 different languages, you are better off than people with 3 different languages. And another reason why I want my children to learn foreign languages is because I think that foreign languages are a good source of job. You can work in a hotel, and act as a translator and get a lot of money. If you get into the habit of learning new languages and using them, you will have a good social life when you become older. This is because you will be able to communicate with people from other countries, and be more close with them.

             I would like to teach my children many different kinds of things including golf, foreign languages. These would be necessary to be successful in their lives.