February 14 is Valentine's Day, when millions of people around the globe celebrate love. There are many varieties of love: romantic love, familial love, love for a friend, love for a pet, love for a favorite singer, etc. If you are religious, you love God. If you are a philosopher, you love ideas. If you are a gourmet, you love food. Now, love of food is certainly different from love of your wife or husband, which is different from love of music. Write about who or what you love, and why you love him/her/it. 2/14, after all, is only 8 days away.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Journal Question #11
February 14 is Valentine's Day, when millions of people around the globe celebrate love. There are many varieties of love: romantic love, familial love, love for a friend, love for a pet, love for a favorite singer, etc. If you are religious, you love God. If you are a philosopher, you love ideas. If you are a gourmet, you love food. Now, love of food is certainly different from love of your wife or husband, which is different from love of music. Write about who or what you love, and why you love him/her/it. 2/14, after all, is only 8 days away.
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I think The Valentine's Day is a great day for us to celebrate . There are also many varieties of love: love of friend, love for a pet,
ReplyDeletelove for your parents.I think love is the most important thing for us, for everyone. I love my parents because they give me money to
go America to study. I love Chinese food, especially Chinese noodles and Chinese tea and rice. They are all very good. I love my
hometown-Ningbo, it is a very beautiful city. The people in the city
are also very friendly and kind. They are liking making friends who are come from other countries. I also love English. Although English is very hard to learn. But I love English, I think
I can learn English better before. In the end, I love peaceful world. I hope everyone in the earth can have a peaceful and happy life.
Valentine's Day is a special day, most of us will celebrate with our lover.some of us will spend times with their family. And me, i will prefer to celebrate with my family, because parents are always lovin you, the only one who will always support you.Besides i think friends are important, because when you have trouble, your friends might able to help you to solve your problems.Valentine's day is not useful to me, because i never had a valentine during that day, and so this day is no differences to me.
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DeleteAre you sure?
DeleteI love something special.The lover is the important part of Valentine's day.But I rather stay with my sister.She can pretend a partner with me.We go out for something special.It's not like a normal couple will do,we do like fake couple doing.But that's just my imagination.I might not do it.I hope I'm gonna do it.I have no dare to do this.I would like to stay in my room on Valentine's,because that's a school day!
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ReplyDeleteOh, my lady! I feel sorry that I thought the Valentine's Day just for the romantic love before.
ReplyDeleteBecause of Chinese mean translation. In China people call this day is "Lover‘s Day". Only couples will spend it.
The first one I love is my family.
My life is given from family, grew up with family, and taught all kinds of mood by family. Family is the first thing I feel thankful and loved. Family is the warmest place for me.
The second one is friend.
I can't spend time without friends alone. Maybe I'm not happy with friends all the time, but I still get many grow-up even something I'm not able to get from family.
In fact, I love the world. All the things in this world have rights to be loved. Whatever how bad they are, even the staff without life. Everything has own reason that exists in the world.
I think Valentine's Day is similar as Thanksgiving, I mean for me. But I may not let a chocolate as a normal gift in Thanksgiving.=v=
When the question saying something about valentine's day,and asking someone that you love,all I thinking about is my mother.
ReplyDeleteMy mother gives me my life,let me see the colorful world.let me know how to learn,let me know how to be thankful,let me know the person good for me,and also let me know how important that family is.She spent all her time in takes care of family.And I realize,I can't live without her.
To be honest,my family really have no money,but they still send me to america.At first,I thought I am free now,no one going me force me to do anything anymore.But now,I realize I was wasting my every single second.Time is money,and now all I have to do is study,and it is also the best present to my family.
At last,I want to thanks for my family again,if I without them I won't have today.I love my family. :) <3
Basically, family is the most important thing,especially for single people.I love my father who sacrifices a lot for me. Friends who company with me are also essential. I miss them a lot. Though I can't meet them now, I can still chat with them. Remembering to love yourself is necessary too. I buy myself presents in Valentine's Day as a half-year birthday presents.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite singer is from Hong Kong. I hang his pictures on the wall in my room . it makes me feel good when I see his face and listen to his music. It's kind of good way to relax. Actually I love him for no reason but I'm addicted to him!
In my mind Valentine's day is just for lovers. but now i changed my mind. i love speaker very much, every time when i turn on the speaker, i feel very happy. everyday after school, when i come back to dorm ,turn on speaker , i feel very relax. i am not tired any more. Also, i love my family , they always supports me, they can understand me, when i am not happy , i always love to call my parents.
ReplyDeleteOh lalalala home sweet home XDXD
ReplyDeleteValentine's day is a really romantic day in the year. It's a special day to the lovers. The lovers celebrate Valentine's day together. But some people who don't have the lover always stay with family or celebrate with friends. I don't have a lover but I hope I will find a man like MR. Griffin in the future! Hahahah! I think I will celebrate with my friends during Valentine's day. It will be happy too! The friends and the family are both important for me. When I am happy or sad, they always stand by me. I know all boarding student are difficult staying in a foreign country alone, we will miss home lots of times. Fortunately, we have friends‘ accompany. But Valentine's day is still for lovers. Wish all lovers can be together forever！
ReplyDeleteEssentially, valentine’s day is the day for me to show the love to family and friends. I really cherish the love given from my family and friends. I always feel satisfactory of all the things around me. I can keep doing all the thing I interest in. I love an internet singer, whose voice is sooooo attracted to me. When I feel upset everytime, I would listen to his songs. I bought his albums and always look at his blog, because he never showes up in the social life. I love him sooooo much!! His voice can give me a lot of energy.
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DeleteValentine's day is such awesome day, because i will go Canada at that day and begin my February vacation with my friend. The most important person in my life is my parents because they give us everything and they love us even more than they love them themselves. So i love them, because they give a good life to me. So i love my parents. I miss my family and miss my home, i hope i can go back to china as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteValentine's day is a romantic day for lover in one year.Many lover will celebrate that day in many places such as cafe，cinema or restaurant. Last year I celebrated the valentine's day with my girlfriend in cinema.We had a wonderful valentine's day. But this year it will be so boring,because I can't go back to China we can't see each other but she told me our hearts are together！！
ReplyDeleteValentine’s day is coming. The Valentine’s day is a day for couples to show love with each other. But I think not only the couples but also the family can also say I love you to others. This is the first year I going abroad for my study. I’m in a new environment and I should now how to take care of myself. I’ve been in Thornton for about 16 days. But now I miss my parents very much. They always stand by me and always encourage me for a long time. And I want to be with my lover forever if I can in the future. Although in Valentine’s day I will be alone, I won’t be lonely with my friends. I make friends with my roommate and other Chinese girl. They always take good care of me and I wish they can find their lovers before Valentine’s day. I love you for my parents, my friends forever!
ReplyDeleteI believe that Valentine's day is a very important day for couples. As we all know, this day celebrates love. For boys, they usually buy some special gifts for their girl. For girls, they usually make chocolates or cakes for their lover. Also at that day, most of the restaurants will promote some Valentine's day package dinner. For me, I used to have dinner with my family in Valentine's day. However, I am studying overseas now, the coming Valentine's day will be my first Valentine's day in Thornton. For couples, I hope they can last longer and enjoy this day. Even the people who don't have any lover, I still hope they can enjoy and be brave to say I LOVE YOU to their love.
ReplyDeleteValentine's Day is the same important as Chinese Valentine's Day on July 7th. Every year at this time, people celebrate LOVE. Love plays a significant role in every one's life. There are many kinds of love, such as friends' love, family's love. I just talked to my parents on Skype. They love me very much. I also love them. I love my family, my friends, my relatives. I may just study and stay in dorm on Valentine's Day. For me, celebrating this day is eating delicious food, listening to music that I like and have a good mood.
ReplyDeleteIn China, we called the idols that you worship are BENMING. I think I may celebrate this day for my BENMING: HETU, ZORO, SHARKS~
我爱你！aishiteru！I LOVE YOU！
Valentine's Day is coming soon!!I'm so happy to hear that because it means I will have a vacation soon.I love food,book,and every entertainment.In my opinion,food is my lover.I can't live without it.HaHa~I think everybody has the same idea with me.The last Valentine's Day,my father gave my mother a big beam of roses which has 520 roses!!It's so romantic,right?I have never thought about my father will do this kind of things.It's amazing.It's a nice memory for my mother.Valentine's Day is a wonderful festival~~
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ReplyDeleteI love my puppy.He is called LUCKY.He came to my family 6months ago He is really cute .He likes to stay with people.He used to sleep on my bed .We are together all the time .However,I am now in the USA he is stay with my parents .The time we are together is too short.I miss him so much.I got his pictures from my mom several days ago .He is still so lovely.Valentine's Day is coming soon.I want to see LUCKY on the Internet on February 14.I miss you,LUCKY.
ReplyDeleteValentine's day is a really romantic day in the year. Most of people will celebrate the holiday because the festival is for lover. Boys always buy some flowers and chocolate for girls to make them happy.I want to celebrate the festival with the most important person in my mind and the most important person in my life is my parents because they give us everything I need and they love me even more than they love them themselves. Best wishes for you, mom and dad.
ReplyDeleteValentine's Day is coming soon.In valentine's day ,everyone will buy the chocolate and flowers.It is
ReplyDeletea tradition and romantic.I don't know why,no one say "I like you"for me,so sad!I can see everyone are so happy,someone also,I like someone,but he maybe not,I wish your guys can fine you.So i hope
everyone can find girl or boy in Valentine before!
Wow,Valentine's day is coming tomorrow~But it does not really meaningful to me. Usually, I don't do any special things on that day. But at this time I figue out that Valentine's day is not just for lovers. It like a day which celebrates and praises love; all kinds of love. I love my friends best. Friends are a very important part of my life. I can't imagine my life without friend. I usually feel lonely when I stay alone. And my friends are always with me when I need them and give me courage to face everything. So this Valentine's day I will spend with my friends. Thanks for all my awesome friends.
ReplyDeleteValentine's day is coming soon.I believe that all shopping mall are full of lovers.Boys will bus some roses and chocolate for girls,and go watching a movie together.They will be vary happy on Valentine's day. I think Valentine's day is not just for lovers,it also for someone you love,such as your mother,your father.On Valentine's day,I just think about my family,I am in America now,I haven't go home for half a year,I miss my family.I'm so loving my family,I spent 15 years with my family,this is the first time that I leave home for such a long time.You know, I am a shy boy,I never say I love you to my family,On the valentine's day,I want to say"I love you" to my family and the people who love me.Let's say"I love you" on Valentine's day to the people who love you!!!
ReplyDeleteActually, Valentine's Day is a festival which is far away from me. I never though I will spend it with somebody before I really find my soul lover and I have ability to know how to love a person for my whole life. I know for somebody my though is very ridiculous, I know I should have a very romantic experience. But, I don't want to pay for it with my pain and my time. Because I know there is no result for it. As for me, which is a very serious person to love, it's too easy to be hurt. So, I think my Valentine's Day is waiting for me, maybe not today, but must in the one day!
ReplyDeleteI feel a little bit awkward to post this jornal : ), because i will celebrate the valentine's day with Jasper. In China, a lot of the people do not celebrate their love in this Valentine's day because we have another Valentine's day which is on July. Most of the time, I spend the time with my family at the past few years. But it is different from western country. People celebrate their love on feb 14, and they buy roses and chocolate.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, it is the first time I receive flowers from Jasper! haha!
Valentine's day has a different meaning for me because I don't have girl friend.But it doesn't matter.Although I don't have girl friend now,I still have something to love.Anyway,the theme of valentine's day is love.Not only love your mate,but also love others.For me,what I love most are ideas,good ideas.We can't get ahead without new ideas.Businessman,Artist,musician,scientist,no matter who you are,if you create new ideas in whole life.You will have a big contribution for human.
ReplyDeleteAt first, happy Valentine's day to all of you guys. On Feb 14th, it is a day to celebrate the love. Some of the people think that the Valentine's day is just for the couple, but i'm not agree, because there are many varieties of love: romantic love, familial love, love for a friend, love for a pet, love for a favorite singer, etc. This Valentine's day is a unforgettable day for me, because this is the first time i buy the followers to Vanessa.
ReplyDeleteAgain, Happy Valentine's day to all of you.
Valentine‘s day is the most romantic day in a year.Valentine's day has a lot of ways to celebrate,not only can celebrate with boyfriend.I will choose spend Valentine's day with my family.Because I think family is the most important things during our whole life.East or west,home is the best.Home is arbor life , especially your tired , melancholy , but released when the mood of the place .
ReplyDeleteValentine's Day is a day when people love together.
ReplyDeleteThere are many of love: familial love, love for a friend, love for a pet, i have.
Familial love for me is love for my family. I love my mom so much and other my parents. I never swearing with my family and of course i help they, and i love my American family...
My love for my friend is different with love for my family. I have so many friends in Russia but i love maybe just three friends. In America i have a lot of friends from different countries and really i don't love nobody.
I like animals, and i have a pet in Russia and i love my cat. She is named Alisa.
I miss my family, my friends and cat.
I love paying hockey and swimming. In school my favorite subject is English i love it so much because i do study a lot.
People who know what is a love mean they do love all time for another people.
For everyone, love symbolizes different things. There are many varieties of love: romantic love, familial love, love for a friend, love for a pet, etc. I think the most important love is familial love. I really love my family and my friends. I also have a cat at my home. I love my cat.
ReplyDeleteFebruary 14 is Valentine's Day when millions of people around the globe celebrate love. This day is a regular day for me. I don'like to celebrate this holiday. In my country, a lot of men give gifts to their wives or their girlfriends. A heart symbolizes this day. People try to give a present which has a shape of the heart.
Americans celebrate this day in the same way.
I don't need a Valentine's Day to love my family. I love my family all year round.
I never have Valentine's Day because I don't have girlfriend. I hoped I have a girlfriend for a long time but it is not working. I am still lonely. On Valentine's Day, I always stay at home and do something silly, such as playing video game, watching TV⋯⋯
ReplyDeleteI think the Valentine 's Day is just a festival for the people who have lover. I am so sad that I don't have a girlfriend this year, so I can't celebrate the romantic day. But in other hand , I don't have to buy any gift, I can save money. I love traveling with my mother, my father and my brother, they have different characters. During the traveling, they often do something funny and something stupid. We sometime quarrel with each other , but we will forget it in a short time. I like taking pictures with my family, they are my love, I take them to America and when I down I will watch the picture for a few minutes without blinking. The picture I mean their love would encourage me to go forward. I miss them everyday, nobody knows how I love them. My family is my love all the time.
ReplyDeleteI thought the Valentine's Day is only for celebrate love between boyfriends and girlfriends . But in fact , there are many varieties of love we can celebrate like romantic love, familial love, love for a friend, love for a pet, love for a favorite singer, etc. For me , I am a Christian so during this year's Valentine's Day , I thanks God for providing all the things I need and use and protecting me from danger all the time . In addition , this year's Valentine's Day I don't have a girl friend . So , I celebrate this special day with my family because parents are very important to me and they always loving me .
ReplyDeleteValentine’s day is a great day for the people who fall in love to celebrate their own love. Romantic love is the main theme of the Valentine’s day.It is the festival for the lovers. What’s more ,this festival is not only for the people who fall in love,but also for the other people to show their love to others. Love is not the exclusive thing for the lovers. Love is everywhere. When you feed a stray dog,you show the love; when you help the elder people do something they need to do ,you show the love. When you care of the parents,you show the love. Love is the source of the beautiful world ,it is the power that move the society. It can makes a more harmonious world. My love is the literature,I love the word’s world. It let me experience the life that I can’t live. That’s the attraction of the literature. That’ what I love.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion,Valentine‘day is for couples or lovers to celebrate.I don't need to celebrate it because I don't have a girlfriend.aha!!~For me,there are some people who I love so much,but they are not my girlfriend.They are my family members,especially my parents.They always support me to grow up happily.They have spent much time and money.They also have taught me a lot of ways to be a good person or a good student. In general,they helped me a lot.So that's the reason why I love them so much.I will keep loving them and let them happy.
ReplyDeleteValentine's day is a memorable day for the lovers.I love that,especially we can feel that full of the atmosphere happiness.On Valentine's day,the loves will stay together all day,they will go to a beautiful place and do a lot of things they want.In the normal thing,the girls will received the roses that their boyfriends gave them,that is so romantic.Anyway,that is happiness.
ReplyDeleteNice comments, everyone. Don't worry if you are without a girlfriend or boyfriend - there's no rush! I appreciate all your comments about the people and things you love; I guess there's a lot to love in the world. Like February Break?
ReplyDeleteFebruary 14 is Valentine's day,it is a good day for most young people because they can play with their boyfriend or girlfriend.They wears beautiful clothes and send gift to each other,and then they goes to shopping,playing in amusement park,eating dinner together.
ReplyDeleteBut for me,it's totally different because I have no girlfriend.I have to stay at home,do my homework,play with my little brother.Luckily,I can watch NBA at night,it seems basketball is my girlfriend.
Valentine's day is a special day all over the year. It's the most romantic day in the year. This year, I have experienced a lot at Valentine's day andI finally know something. The day has gone and we can not move it back, but from now on, I will try my best to protect myself and keep myself study hard. On this day, I also miss my parents and my friends back in China. They give me strength to come here to study and I can not make them unhappy. So, while I see couples walking in the school I won't be sad but instead, I will do my best.
ReplyDeleteValentine's day is a romantic day in the year, it's the day usually for people who fall in love to celebrate their own love. Although, its a little bit far from me, I still expect that day to come. The only reason I want to celebrate this day is because I have so many people that I love and love me. I have so many good friends and two best parents in the world, I just need a girlfriend who will make my life more splendid. I was miss my friends and parents in China that day, they are part of my power to study better here. I want to make everyone I love to be happy, and the only thing i can do is to study hard and don't make them disappointed to me. I will try my best to have a change that make me better and be better to everyone.
ReplyDeleteValentine's day is the most romantic day in the world.In China,we always take our lover to have a great dinner and give each other a surprise.If we don't have girlfriend or boyfriend,we may have a single party.But the beast way to have a great Valentine's day for single is with our family,because family is the most important thing in our life.
ReplyDeleteValentine's day is a very important day . It 's not just for the lovers . It ' s for everyone . I just know that in America the students give their teachers the card in Valentine's day . I hope I can give my teachers the cards but I was sick that day .
ReplyDeleteI don't have a lover , but I want to say I love the world . I love my parents . I love my pet . I love my whole family . I miss them so much . And I love myself .
It doesn't mean I am narcissism .It just means I cherish myself . I always think people should cherish themselves 。
Valentine's Day is a special day, most of us will celebrate with our lover.some of us will spend times with their family. And me, i will prefer to celebrate with my family, because parents are always lovin you, the only one who will always support you.
ReplyDeleteValentine's Day is coming soon!!I'm so happy to hear that because it means I will have a vacation soon.I love food,book,and music
In my life,have three relationships are important:friendship,family and love.You can talk some things secret to friends,and don’t need to worry they will talk to other persons.Family always is our harbor,they can forgive you anywhere and anytime,bring warm to you.And the love will let you happy,sad,happiness and all the feeling,finally,that people will be your family.Valentine's Day is a special day in every year,It’s the festival for all the lover.In this day,they will change their presents,but almost situation all is the boy send chocolate and the rose to the girl,then they will go to the restaurant to have a candlelight dinner.Wow,how romantic the day is!Hope all the lovers can have good time in this day,and all the singleton can find their the other half quickly!(Sorry!I hand in it late...)
ReplyDeleteActually the Valentine's days are always a big problem to me whatever i have a girl friend or not. I'm not the man who full of romantic and I'm not the man who can keep the relationship for very long. I break up with my ex for no reason just before this Valentine's day. It is a tragedy to remember this suck experience. But finally I find out that the Valentine's day is the day celebrating for every kind of love. you can spend this day with you family! Their are still so many people who loves you in a friends way and in the parents way, but not only as a girl friend.
ReplyDeleteI love Valentine's Day. I like it because it's a day for lover to celebrate.wife and husband they celebrate that day,and girlfriend and boyfriend celebrate that day. Of course I will celebrate with my girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteWell, the last time send no success... Again hair again. Valentine's day is a romantic warmth of festival, on that day, people will give yourself a sweetheart gifts and flowers, this is a very divine time. Unfortunately, this year's valentine's day I can't accompany my girlfriend through. Although we are wide apart, but our heart is still together, she busy school work, usually afraid bother her, but on that day, I can be very bold text messages to her, because she is willing to put down busy school work, spending time with my chat. I just want to say: "sorry, no time with you, but I love you, you are always in my heart."
ReplyDeleteLove is an art which involves deep emotion. It is a pure and lofty desire in one's innermost heart. Real love means not only a pleasure, but also loyalty and obligation. To love is to give and sacrillce. One who can not create happiness, even make sacrifice for his beloved, cannot be counted as a true lover.
ReplyDeleteTo be loved you have to love. True lovers are willing to sacrifice themselves for each other's sake. True love needs no expression in words. One glance is enough to make each other understand. A handshake, a gentle touch inspired by respect and admiration, will leave you intoxicated and remain in your memory. Even when you are old you will recall and cherish it with deep emotion.
Real love is unforgetahle. With the development of science and technology, love becomes more noble, rich, fine and subtle. As is known to all, everyone is born with the right to love and also the right to refuse to return love. Human love exists with human beings. Wherever there are people, there is love.
Let us draw courage, confidence and happiness from love.
She like a angel came to my life, and broke anything I think is impossible belive. When first time I met her. I feel she just a ordinary girl like someone else. But when we really be come friend than I feel her had an unimaginable introvert force. Such as she fond of sing,in anytime and happy face of every difficulties. But I was shyness and heartless in public.
ReplyDeleteBecause she encourage me and hope me to see who i really am,every single day. Shortly thereafter,I never feel woderwall,again. I'm lovin' she and miss her,especially on Valentine's Day. It is I all think in that day.
February 14 is Valentine's Day. In my opinion Valentine's Day is the most romantic and cheerful day in the whole year. There are a great amount of the couples will celebrate Valentine's Day together. There are variety ways to celebrate Valentine's Day. The options are really variation. For example, Some couples will go to the movie theater, they might stay up until midnight and so on. But... I am a single young man. Therefore, I will not celebrate Valentine's Day. I will make that day as normal as the regular school days. Nothing special for a single man.
ReplyDeleteI love to eat bread, specially the French multi-grain wheat bread. It tastes so delicious.
I love to watch TV operas, it's fun and good for relax.
February 14 is Valentine's Day.Valentine's Day is a special festival. In Valentine's Day, people can go to the cinema, shopping, and have the candle light dinner. But my girlfriend lives in China, I can only take a phone call or Skype with her to spend Valentine's Day this year.I hope all the lovers can love together forever.
ReplyDeleteThe question is about what you love, and why you love him, her or it. Face to this question, I want to say that my mother is the person that i love her best. I remember when I was young, the sky was raining, but I was stay out of the school, I was waiting for my mom. The important thing is I didn't bring my umbrella to school, so when I go back home, I was feeling bad. My mom ask me why I looks terrible, I tell my mom the truth, so she is worry about me, she tooks me to the hospital, and she was waiting for me about 3 hours. I really thanks my mom, she is the most important person in my life, I couldn't live without her.
ReplyDeleteI love my mother because she is the best mother in this world, I know everyone can say the same thing like me, but no one knows what my mom must do for me and my sister, and how was her life. I love my sister because she is always with me, doesn't mater if it's a bad thing or a good thing. I also love my grandparents because they helping us a lot with everything. Then i love my grandmother cakes because she is a really good cooker. I love my hockey because im good at hockey and its a profession what i want to do when i ll be older. It's a one thing what i love it so much, it's my dad.
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