Moon River

Moon river, wider than a mile,

I'm crossing you in style some day.

Oh dream maker, you heart breaker,

Wherever you're going, I'm going your way.

Two drifters off to see the world.

There's such a lot of world to see.

We're after the same rainbow's end--

Waiting 'round the bend.

My huckleberry friend,

Moon river and me...

Breakfast at Tiffany's

You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing," and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself. 

4 years in a book

I have 5 days to sum up my 4 years as an English major.  This portfolio is a very special project for me because it's a reflection my college life as a student and because I've survived being an English-as-Second-Language learner.  I should be proud of myself, and I am!  It is going to be a never-ending, life long project for me.  I will look back to this portfolio with my writing samples and a reflection of myself as a reader and a writer, and celebrate just how much I've grown since my first day as an ESL.  

What's more significant is that I'm combining my two majors, English and Education, in my portfolio.  The focus of it will be English but it will have elements of Education, another passion of mine.  Thus, I've come up with a clever title/theme for my portfolio: "If you give a student a pencil."

I can't wait to see what I can do with it.  If you give a student a pencil...

Roman Holiday

"Pick the day. Enjoy it--to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come.... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present--and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future."
- Audrey Hepburn

Have I ever done something out of ordinary without worrying about the consequences? The answer to that is a definite NO.

I wish I did, just like Princess Ann and Mr. Bradley in "Roman Holiday" (1953).

I'm going to at some point--It's a promise to myself.  A step closer to living an improvised life!

Consistency

I need more consistency in my life just like sunflowers face the sun. Each sunflower is unique but they all face the sun.  I wish I can be like sunflowers--be unique yet still have a consistent, stable, solid base to root myself into.

You only live once. Live with no regrets.

Dance as if no one is watching you.

Love as if you have never been hurt before.

Sing as if no one can hear you.

Live every day as if it were your last.

- Alfred D'Souza

It was about 8 years ago when I first came across this quote. I was 14, trying to "find myself." 

I don't even forget the moment I first heard it. It was as if a lightening had just hit me with the answer to life's greatest and most difficult question. Since then, I've been trying to remember it every day and live by it.

Of course, with my shyness, indecisiveness, and timidity, I have not been living each moment of my life "as if it were my last."  Going back to my first post... Certainly, there are/were moments that I wish I had lived differently.  There were moments that were near regretful. 

"You only live once. Live with no regrets." Thoughtful words by Erin Cohn. I might have to just man up and live by my favorite quote. 

Be brave, be bold and be  beautiful.  

I've been telling myself for years and years.

I might have to take a step forward and actually be brave and bold.

March 4, 2011. Dear Miss Jun

Dear Ms. Jun,

You're a good teacher and you're funny too! You helped Mrs. Priestas a lot. And you make learning fun, but you're serious when you need to be.

Your friend,
Allison
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Dear Ms. Jun,

I am sad that you have to go, but you have to get a job. Good luck!

From,
Luke
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Dear Miss Jun,
Thank you for teaching us. You are very nice. You are cool and awesome. I hope you have fun. Maby you could come visit. I want you to stay. I don't want you to go. Thanks!!!!!!

Love,
Parker
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Dear Miss Jun,

It was fun having you teach our class. You are a good teacher. I hope you get a job at BWE so I can say hi.  Ps. I will always be there for you.

Love, Reno
I will miss you Miss Jun!

Raindrops

Raindrops are such funny things.

They haven't feet or haven't wings.

Yet they sail through the air,

With the greatest of ease,

And dance on the street,

Wherever they please.

- Anonymous