Annabel Lee- love poem

This was one of my favorite love poem. Whenever I read this, I felt touch by the love in the poem. This poem is about eternal love. I felt his love and sorrow to his beloved Annabel Lee. I think this poem is beautiful and Allen Poe is the best writer! i remember i read this poem in high school and in my previous college. I guess this poem was my professor's favorite poem too.

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea. 

Edgar Allan Poe

 

MSG (Monosodium glutamate) is not healthy

          
             MSG is not natural. MSG is a flavor enhancer that makes cheap food taste better, and a company can uses less real ingredient to make their product. MSG has been added in larger and larger doses to the prepackaged meals, soups, snacks and fast foods we are tempted to eat everyday.
Many of us do not know about MSG. companies do not use the word MSG. Nowadays they use words such as hydrolyzed protein, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, plant protein extract, hydrolyzed oat flour and etc. These words are complicated and that is why we are mislead by the information provided in the label.

              In addtion, consuming too much MSG is bad for our health. According to the researchers and FDA, food and drug administration, they had found MSG cause brain cancer,high blood pressure, destroy brain cells especially those with asthma, headaches, chest pain, weakness and hair lost.
               Lastly, it is better to avoid the food such as grilled chicken, BK chicken fries,hot wings, and burgers because the meats are mostly prepare with little MSG.

Which social network has stronger network effects: Google+ or Facebook? Why?

I believe Facebook have stronger network effects than Google+. According to Gallaugher, more user = more value. As we all know Facebook has more users than Google +. This is why Facebook bring more value to people. One of the reasons why I use Facebook more than Google+ is because all my friends have Facebook. Facebook makes it easy for me to communicate and share with my friends. Personally, I check Facebook few times a day to see what my friends is up to and many cool things on my page. Also, I can play many games on the web that is just a click away.  

Lastly, because Facebook is so popular, businesses and individuals use it more and more. Facebook have the people traffic therefore many small entrepreneurs use it as a platform to advertise their product for free. For example I know a friends who create a page of her clothing business and she will post the pictures and price of the clothes. Then she will tag people and thru tags we can see it on our homepage. This is why Facebook is better than Google+ since Google+ do not allow promotions.

The Road Not Taken

I would like to share this poem. This is one of my favorite poem. I feel this poem really relates to our life. It relates to our everyday decision. This poem basically talks about a speaker standing in the woods and he sees two road. while, he notice he will need to choose one, telling himself that he will take the other another day. personally, I like this poem a lot because the road symbolize a opportunity that we all will need to go thru one day and we all will take a different road.   

The Road Not Taken


TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,  
And sorry I could not travel both  
And be one traveler, long I stood  
And looked down one as far as I could  
To where it bent in the undergrowth;          

Then took the other, as just as fair,  
And having perhaps the better claim,  
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;  
Though as for that the passing there   

Day off

Day off!
I was so excited to have a day off tomorrow. I always plan ahead and wait for a day off to come. I plan to cut my hair and go to a movie with friends. Everything was planned out nicely in the beginning and of course something happen in the middle. A good plan turns out to be bad. As I was lying on my sofa, I thought of my 5 classes. I realize I need to catch up with lots of reading and homework.  Naturally, the first thing I do is to ask myself which one is important? My plan or school work. And also naturally, that lead to my decision, finish school work before going out.
The thing about this case is I feel plans sometimes turns out not working because I have too many things to do.

book: the world is flat

I like to read books. The most memorable book I have read is “The World is flat” by Thomas Friedman. I read this book in my CIS 2200 class. This is the most entertaining book I have read last semester. The book talks about how the world is getting flat in the 21 century.  Nowadays everything has an equal opportunity. For example, people have been using same technologies all over the world in the same time. Most countries are now using internet as a worldwide web. Also the book talks about the world as a level playing field in terms of commerce.  Friedman defines ten "flatteners" that he sees as leveling the global playing field.  The one I like the most is Outsourcing. Outsourcing talks about how companies split works and services into components which can be subcontracted in the most cost efficient way. For instance many company manufacturing in china because of cheap labor and cost efficient.  Another one I like is offshoring. This book talks about company’s manufacturing to a foreign land to talk advantage of cheap labor and cheap operation. For example, now businesses have expanded to Malaysia, Mexico, Bangladesh and Brazil. To conclude, I agree with Thomas Friedman idea and his ten flatteners that the world is becoming flat and we are all equal.

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