Blog #3: Confessions

Confession time:  Write about a time you got in trouble as a child.  What did you do?  How did you get caught?  Did you learn anything from the experience?  If you never really got in trouble, you could tell us about something you did, but didn't get caught, or you could talk about someone else who got in big trouble.  Check below for my story...

There were a lot of remark memories while I have grown up. One of them is an "accident" playing the game online :)) I had never played any video games or game online until I went to high school. In the last summer of middle school, after we finished the final exam, my close friend who is interested about computer or game invited me to play a dancing game- a hottest one at that time. I was fascinated by the great moving cartoon character on the screen.

In the beginning, everything seemed very ok between my study time and playtime; my grades were very nice, and I enjoyed the game so much. However, that didn't last long; in the second semester of the 1st year in high school, my grade was so surprising to everyone - including me. My parents still believed when I lied to them that I was not used to the new teaching speech in high school. One day, after a crazy time in blowing games, I came home too late and found out my parents had waited for me to have dinner together. I was guilty and regret what I make them worry about.

I tried quitting playing game and got back to study hard. It was not an easy time for me, but it helps me get into a habit about recognize and be brave to get above temptations. 

Cast into the Wind

This proverb "Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble" makes me think of the dreamy melody of "Cast into the Wind" song, which I have heard from my father's cassette player since I was a child. Behind the simple statement is a big lesson of happiness that people learn and practice every day in whole life.


Beach is always beautiful by itself with huge white sand and beating waves on the shore which rub out all of the footprints to keep the surface always be smooth. Being generous as a beach's heart; getting a feel of all things happened of the world around us just that moment. Forgetting anything makes you do not feel good as wash footprints away in the sand, and just remembering the new lesson on the bright side we can learn from. Besides, we should save every awesome thing by writing down on the piece of marle, a nice material from the sea, and keep it as a real gem, the good luck charm for us to make our life be happy day by day.

Keep your mind always fresh and full of the joys of spring ... to cash into the Wind :)

If you have time, please you listen to the dreamy melody of "Cast into the Wind" song. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmkJ-rRzFaA

This is the short part of "Cast into the Wind" lyric:
To live one’s life
One needs a heart
To what end, do you know, my love?
To cast into the wind
To cast into the wind

The wind blows and clouds ride over the river
As the day rises or evening falls in its vastness
The heart drifts away as time passes
A shadow propagating words of truths

When evening falls
One needs laughter
To contemplate with the falling leaves
Floating away in flowing water
Floating away in flowing water

Introduce myself

Hi everyone! My name is Thao Tuong, and I come from Viet nam. I am one of the good Vietnamese girls in the U.S, especially at OCC <haha>. I have lived with my family in Westminster, Vietnamese's little Saigon, since I came to the U.S 2 years ago. In fact, I was not sure that I could come here until the last 2 months when I had a successful interview; therefore, all my friends knew the rumors about my settlement just under the wire. They claimed why I did not tell them sooner; they were shocked, and we embraced together warmly for saying goodbye. I miss them so well. Now, I'm getting adapt to the new lifestyle here and feeling much better than a year ago. I will work well with my timeline schedule so I have enough time to go back to Viet nam to see them.

I have a love of designing; I want to make something fun, nice and helpful. I also love Maths, so I choose Mechanical engineering, which is very interesting in my thought with a lot of detail items, to study.

I think I am a romantic girl. My friends usually bring me back, for sometimes my idea goes so far :)) I love eating ice cream on a raining day while listening to a love song; especially, I will be over the moon if I could enjoy those things in a snowing day. ;)

This is just an Ice cream for a hot summer day =))