2007年5月29日 星期二

The Effects of an Invention or Innovation in Modern Life (I)

The Internet without dude is one of the most important inventions in Modern Life, maybe the one that most changed our life style.

The Information really changed in a positive way thanks to the Internet. You can be informed about the entire world only with some clicks, read newspapers from countries that perhaps you never heard about and also see their television channels. Does not matter where you are, if you have a computer an Internet connection you can know everything important that happened in your country.

Entertainment is other of the good points of the Internet, you can pass hours and hours explore the web and do not feel boring. On-line games, music, videos and all that you can imagine is certainly exist inside this virtual world. However, we need to be carefully and not become addicted to it because this is already one problem in the modern society.

I consider that other two important facilities of the Internet are the e-mail and e-business. E-mail is faster and cheaper than regular Post Office mail, so inevitably became the most popular way to communicate with family or friends; therefore the number of users logging continues rising. Then, we have the giant e-business, which became more and more popular around the world; clothes, books, cd’s, cosmetics, food, and much more is ready to buy in the Internet. For convenience and some times price shopping on-line is the option that a lot of people choose every day.

In conclusion, I think that the invention of the Internet makes our lives easier in different ways and is already part of our lives, from now we can enjoy the advantages that the Internet offer to us without became addict to it!

2007年5月28日 星期一

Compare and contrast living in an apartment and in the dormitory (Final)

I think that living in an apartment and living in the dormitory have both their advantages and disadvantages. I have been living in the dormitory for almost two years and I feel very satisfied with it, the advantages for students are many: because you do not need to take a bus to go to class, the cost of the room and food on campus are cheaper than outside, so you can save a lot of money. Moreover, if your roommates are also your classmates maybe the friendship improves. On the other hand, the space is limited and it is not exactly your own space, on occasions you can not choose who are you going to live with and your roommates will be people you do not know.

Unlike living in the dormitory, living in an apartment is more expensive. In other words, you will spend more money paying the rent, electricity, water, Internet connection, etc. Also, if you do not have a motorcycle you need to take a bus or MTR to go to school, so you need to learn to manage your time. However, if you find a good place you can have more space and also privacy, and perhaps you have the option to cook by yourself unlike in the dormitory.

To conclude, in my opinion, from the moment that you leave home to begin a more independent life, these two different environments are both good to learn how to deal with daily life and accepting others and their habits.

2007年5月21日 星期一

"In a major matter no details are small"

(French Proverb)

Compare and contrast living in an apartment and in the dormitory (III)

I think that living in an apartment and living in the dormitory have both their advantages and disadvantages. I have been living in the dormitory for almost two years and I feel very satisfied with it, the advantages for students are many: because you do not need to take a bus to go to class, the cost of the room and food inside the campus are cheaper than outside, so you can save a lot of money. Moreover if your roommates are also your classmates maybe the friendship improves. On the other hand, the space is reduced and it is not exactly your own space, in occasions you can not choose who are you going to live with and your roommates will be people you do not know.

Unlike living in the dormitory, living in an apartment is more expensive. In other words you will spend more money paying the rent, electricity, water, internet connection, etc. Also, if you do not have motorcycle you need to take a bus or MTR, so you need to organize better your time. However if you find a good place you can have more space and also privacy, and perhaps you have the option to cook by yourself unlike in the dormitory.

To conclude, in my opinion from the moment that you leave home to begin a more independent life these two different environments are both good, in a sense that you learn about life, respect, and how to deal with that.

2007年5月14日 星期一

Compare and contrast living in an apartment and in the dormitory (II)

I think that living in an apartment and living in the dormitory have both their advantages and disadvantages. I have been living in the dormitory for almost two years and I feel very satisfied with this, the advantages for the students are many: you do not need to take a bus to go to class, the cost of the room and food in the campus are cheaper than outside, so you can save a lot of money. Moreover if your roommates are also your classmates maybe the friendship improves. On the other hand, the space is reduced and it is not exactly your space, in occasions you can not choice with who live and your roommates will be people you do not know.

Unlike living in the dormitory, living in an apartment is more expensive. In other words you will spend more money in rent, electricity, water, internet connection, etc. Also, if you do not have motorcycle you need to take a bus or MTR, so you need to schedule better your time. However if you find a good place you can have more space for yourself and privacy, and maybe you have the option to make your meals unlike in the dormitory.

To conclude, I think that from the moment that you leave home to begin a more independent life these two different environments are both good to learn a lot about life, respect, how to deal with that taking your time and others good habits.

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2007年5月7日 星期一

Compare and contrast living in an apartment and in the dormitory (I)

I think that living in an apartment and living in the dormitory have both their advantages and disadvantages. I have been living in the dormitory for almost two years and I feel very satisfied with this, the advantages for the students are many: you do not need to take a bus to go to class, the cost of the room and food in the campus are cheaper than outside, so you can save a lot of money. Moreover if your roommates are also your classmates maybe the friendship improves.

Unlike living in the dormitory, living in an apartment is more expensive. Perhaps the transportation is complicated and you need to schedule better your time, but if you find a good place you can have more space and privacy and maybe you have the option to make your meals unlike in the dormitory.

Why did you choose your major? (Final)

After I graduated from high school in Paraguay, the country from where I come from, I remembered the big problem which I was involved in. At that moment I really was not sure about the career that I wanted to choose, so I started to search a lot of information about careers and universities and two months later my decision was made: my major will be Computer Science and Information Engineering.

Computer Science and Information Engineering is the major that I chose for reasons that are related with the actual situation of my country. In Paraguay, the field of computer science is still in its infancy and I felt that technology will be indispensable for its development, so I think that Paraguay, and other countries in the same situation, needs professionals in the technological field in order to start the developing process. In other words, I think that today the progress of those countries is in the hands of the technology.