Monday, March 29, 2010

What makes you happy?

Have you ever wondered you are a happy person or not. It means that you have what you want, you feel satisfied with your life, etc. However, it is hard to find a common answer for this question because everyone has their own feeling of happiness. It can be a piece of cake when you feel hungry, a shoulder of passion when you feel sad, even a look from anyone. Indeed, there are many reasons lead to our own happiness. For me, cozy family, good health, and true love are three factors to make me happy.

First of all, to me, my family is the most wonderful place in the world. I have grown up in my parents' love, so they not only take care of me carefully but also teach me how to become a good human. When I feel sad, my mother stands by me to share and console me. Also, they always encourage me to overcome difficulties in my life. Now I am living far from home for study, so it is really happy for me to reunite with my family on holidays. Not for me, I believe that almost people who live far from home all feel happy when coming back their hometowns, getting together and enjoying cozy meals with their families. In fact, happiness comes from such simple things. Do not pursue happiness in a certain far place. If you still live in a cozy family with your parents' love, treasure it!

Furthermore, heath also plays an important role in a happy life. Sound mind in a sound body is a state of being that everyone wants to achieve. A strong body without illness will make us study and work more effectively. Besides, a sound mind is a state of being optimistic, unworried, and peaceful. Just compare between a sound mind person and a pessimistic person who always has creases in her face. Certainly, the first person will able to take trust from people around more than another person. Thus, life will bring many opportunities and joy for those have soundness in their mind. For example. I used to be taken to hospital when I was 10 years old. At that time, I got feverish that I could not move from the bed. I felt tired and disappointed so much, because I had not enjoyed my life yet, my dreams are still in my mind. After 3 week for treatment, I gradually recovered from the disease and could smile, play like the other children. My parents hugged me and cried in happiness. Then, I realized how precious health is! If we are not healthy enough, we hardly make our dreams come true.

Lastly, I would like mention about the power of love in a happy life. When we love someone, we will have motivation to make us more perfect. For example, in high school, I had a love at the first sight with a boy in my class. Can you believe that I could smile when I saw him smiling? From a ugly girl, I begin to take care of my appearance more beautiful, so I felt more confident and proud of myself in front of people. Also, he and I promised with each other to study well. From a bad maths studying student, I became a good student ranked 6th in my class. My love motivate me do such many things. Besides, love also bring us the feeling of safety and happiness. There are many things children hardly show their parents, so we always need to have a trust shoulder to pour comfort into our heart whenever we are in bad mood. Also, your lover is always by your side when you feel sad and he will take the sorrow away from you. Love itself make life more colorful and beautiful.

In conclusion, there are three main reasons contribute to my happiness. Family is my house, health is power for me to support my house, and love is a paintbrush to make my house more beautiful. To me, It not difficult to catch happiness. It is always exist by your side if you know how to treasure things you have.

Monday, March 22, 2010

How to build a computer

Nowadays, it is hard to image life without the usefulness of computers. To adapt to the modern life, we always want to equip ourselves with suitable computers. However, many people have had troubles before deciding to buy pre-building computers. They often worry about prices and qualities of those computers. Therefore, I would like to share some experiences about building your own computers. You can both choose better components of computers and save your money. Indeed, the following steps can help you build your own computer effectively.

Firstly, you need to prepare materials and tools. The basis parts of a computer are motherboard, processor, ram, video card, case, power supply, hard drive, optical drive, keyboard, mouse and speaker. It is easy to buy these components in many computer stores, and they are often cheaper when bought separately. In addition, the recommended tools are some screws, spacers, wires and strap. Remember that you always ground yourself by using a wrist strap or work on a grounded surface.

Secondly, you begin to assemble motherboard. Put the motherboard on the table. Next, add processor and ram to the motherboard. Processor come with its own fan. You should align marked corner of processor and socket. Remember, install ram with firm pressure. Then, install plate with motherboard, you will hear a click when they are in place. Also, spacers will come with the motherboard, you should line up motherboard with plate and spacers. Be careful when installing screws. After that, use screws to secure power supply. There will be an obvious connector on the power supply and small four pin connector for the chip, so attach them to the motherboard. And then, use manual to connect remaining wires. Finally, connect case fans using available wires from power supply. Remember that fan side faces outside and wires face inside.

Thirdly, you need to install hard disk and CD drive. First, connect power supply to the hard disk and connect using supplied cable. You should align red stripe with pin one on the motherboard, because one slide of slot will be marked as pin one. Make sure the drive is aligned properly. Next, install drive with four screws. Then, use any available power connector and connect drive using supplied cable. Also, connect CD drive audio, video card. You can now attach your monitor to the video card or motherboard connector along with keyboard, mouse and any other devices you have.

In conclusion, you can self-build your own computer through the guidelines above. You not only save money but also have fun. Besides, you can learn experiences from doing a process by yourself. I am sure that your computer can operate well if you follow these steps.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

what are important qualities of a good human?

Have you ever dreamed about becoming a great person such as Diana Princess, Bill Gates or Barack Obama? Indeed, we hardly deny that they are good humans. They have devoted all their life to society and are admired by many many people around. Besides their intelligence and talent, their qualities are also important factors to make their success. Thus, what is qualities to create a good human? To me, honesty, kindness, forgiveness are three important qualities of a good human.

The more complicated our life is, the more appreciated honesty is; because it helps people trust in each other. A honest person is a person who always tells truth, do not cheat or steal everything. In my hometown, a small countryside in Me Kong Delta, people live together in harmony; some houses do not have doors, because they are not afraid of stealing. The reason is that my local resident always respect honesty. They believe that honesty is a motivation for their to trust each other and overcome the poverty. In contract, in developing society like Ho Chi Minh city, stealing, cheating, bribery and corruption still happen day by day. One of the reasons for these problems is lack of honesty. For example, one of your friends often cheat everyone whether you want to prolong friendship with him or not. A politician who is corrupt and deceive people whether he can make his society develop or not. In fact, we look down upon such people and hardly put our trust in them. Thus, honesty must be a priority quality of a good human.

Besides, a good human often shows his kindness to people around; it is beneficial not only for everyone but also for himself. Kindness is quality of being thoughtful and friendly towards others. A good human hardly neglects someone who is in the hot water. For example, he can give a hand to somebody needing help, give an advice when they are in difficult situations, and give a shoulder for someone who is sad and want to cry. If there are such good humans , life will be better. In addition, it is great for him to become kind people. He will be admired because of his kindness; and he can enhance the relationships with others. Surely, he will feel happy and proud when doing good things. Therefore, kindness is a quality that helps to become a good human.

Moreover, forgiveness is also an important factor to decide a good person. A forgiving person can release negative thoughts of bitterness and stop feeling angry with someone. There is a saying: "learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in stone." ( the story sand and sun). It means when someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it. When we accept someone's error, we will have a friend. Our mind will peaceful, if we know how to tolerant.

In conclusion, to become a good human, we need to be kind, honest, and forgiving. Although it is hard for us to achieve them, nothing is impossible. Being a sophomore, I will try my best to study well and become a good citizen in the future