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EunJi Bahk
When I first watched a documentary program about Hannah on TV, I started to be interested in homeless people. The story was about Hannah who had been helping homeless people for seven years since she was a five-year-old girl. When she was 5, she saw a guy who ate the rubbish in the garbage bin on the street. At that time, she felt so sorry for him, so her mother suggested that she could do something for the homeless. After then, she had been raising money to help the homeless, and the money was over a million dollars now. She also met politicians because she thought politicians have the power to make people listen to what they say. After watched the TV program, I felt sorry and wanted to do something for those people in need, even tiny little things.
Most of the homeless in Toronto were quite lively anyways, and seemed like enjoying their time while they were holding a coin cup. I tossed them a little money from time to time unless they got drunk.
One day, two of my friends and I went to a Brazilian night club. Because we stayed there from 10p.m. to 2a.m. without having any food, we were just starving. When one of my friends told us he wanted to have a breakfast with pancakes, sausage, bacon and eggs and suggested going to his house to make a very nice breakfast at three in the morning, it took us a split second to say "YES"
The breakfast was just like heaven-sent taste, but the problem was that we made too many sausages and eggs, so even though we ate like horses, still there were many sausages on the table. My friend gave me plastic container and put the food in it. It's called doggy bag, which many people use when they can't finish their meal in many restaurants.
A couple hours later, I was heading to the subway station, and I saw a homeless guy looking for some food in front of the garbage bin. Suddenly I felt guilty that I was full up and remembered Hannah's story. I found there was a nice breakfast box in my bag, so I called him and said
"Excuse me Sir, I guess you are hungry, here I have some food, this is very clean and I'm not going to eat this, so I want you to take it, otherwise I probably am going to throw it away."
He stared at me for a while and asked me, "What's in the box?" "Oh, well, some sausages, bacon and eggs, I made this just two hours ago." After he listened to me and then he said,
"No, ma'am, thanks but I am a Vegetarian."
The Beautiful features of Stockholm
Stockholm is full of many different features. First, it is the best city for someone who wants to feel the international but traditional atmosphere. It sounds a little bit bizarre, as those two features are too different. Since the college tuition is free for every students in Sweden including international students, thousands of students are coming to there from many different countries from Europe to Asia. International students, therefore, make up the internationality of the city. Stockholm is also very unique because of its location. The city is located on Sweden's south east coast, where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea. In other words, it is surrounded by water. You can look around every inch of the city by boat, or just take a good walk along the waterways. There are still lots of old structures and buildings in Stockholm. People have been taking a good care of them, and some structures were built even more than a hundreds years ago. My favorite place in the city is "Gamla Stan", which refers to "Old Town". When I was walking in the town, I felt as if I became one of brave Vikings. The City is very beautiful especially in the late afternoon or early evening. You will see many street musicians playing various instruments such as violin, cello, or even singers with band in the Old Town. You will take a foot step to music everywhere you go. Finally, Stockholm is also good for students who want to rest from exceeding pressure of school work. The students' pubs are filled with many students reading a book or having a conversation with their friends drinking a glass of beer. Thus, Stockholm is a location with many different features and all those characters make the city even more special.
1. What I like the most is that you made the writing which could have been more heavier and darker because of the subject but made it funny and warm. I could connect to the feeling you wrote and imagine it right away while reading. Your main point seems that how you failed to help homeless for the funniest reason. I especially like this line "After watching the TV program, I felt sorry and wanted to do something ~." because it shows well how you got to have interests in helping homeless people. However, the discription of lively homeless people in Toronto seems unneccessary.
ReplyDelete2. This writing is very well organized with lots of descriptive words. Your main point seems that Stockholm is unique because it combines traditional and international atmosphere altogether. 'I felt as if I became one of brave Vikings.' or 'You will take a foot step to music everywhere you go.' deliver the atmosphere of Stockholem well enough and makes me feel like visit there sometime later! The one thing made me curious while reading was 'Does the number of international students big enough to make Stockholm called international city? how many?'