Sounds in an hour-final

 What should a girl that was bored by the long break with no homework to do? Today, when I return to the dorm for the end of the Thanks giving break, I spend a whole hour to stay in my room and remember all the different sound that I heard.

First of all, I hear the sound of water. It should come from the restroom right in front of my room. People usually go to take a bath really early then they don’t need to battle for the using of bathroom. I have already taken bath tonight so I don’t need to worry for it.

Then, I hear the air conditioner on the wall at the left of my desk. I don’t think I need that today because the weather was so warm. Then, I open my window to make the room cooler and not that hot. In the meantime, I heard the wind that blew my window because the window was opened. As a result, some fresh and cool air would come and make me feel better in this dry place.

On the other hand, the loudly bark of a dog catches my ear. There are only two dogs in our dormitory, and they belonged to Ms. Simon and Ms. Anderson. However, Ms. Anderson was downstairs in the basement. Thus, I thought the bark was from Ms. Simon’s room. The dog is a big one, and when it stands by four legs, it’s taller than my knees. I like this fluffy dog so much that I would play with him anytime I see it. I was right because I found that someone lived near my room closes the door and the bark disappear.

People running and walking around the hallway leave their sound of footstep to me because most of them came back school today. They should be really busy to talk to friends they hadn’t seen these days and clean their rooms. Even though the quiet hour has started, people are too excited to keep quiet and stay in their rooms. I smile and I think it’s really nice that the school starts again because having rest and being not busy everyday bore me. I missed the busy days with full of works so much during the break.

I find that Ms. Max, the dorm parent take charge of us tonight comes, and I think she goes to the room opposite mine, “Rachel, I have something to talk to you.” After that, she finds there are too many people in that room. She isn’t angry, and just tells them go back to their own room. “You would have plenty of time to meet each other after study hall, and you can see each other everyday later” she says, and I think she leaves the room then.

Everything sounded nice in this hour. I heard talking between peoples, dog’s bark, door closing noise, water noise, air-conditioner, sound of wind and people’s walking noise in this our. Also, there are even many sounds I haven’t mentioned. It’s a good chance for me to find out something I don’t usually know or paying attention. I heard that there are many interesting details waiting for people to find them. I wish people would always do something to find the small things in their lives.

3 choices

1. Walking among dream and truth by Leo, because the descriptions are interesting.
2. A special canvas by Amanda because I like the way that she wrote about the piece of art.
3. Magic bowl by Nina because the story is creative.

Right where you are sitting

My room is in a corner of the dorm. It’s a quiet place and the whole lobby in the side of my room has only 4 rooms and one bathroom. Right, in my room, I’m trying to find some details that I never paying any attention before.

Actually, the first thing that catches my eyes is just the desk. The desk is a big thing that it’s too common in my room and I wouldn’t use my precious time to look at it. However, I see that there is a big gap between the main part of the desk and the bookshelf today. I usually think the desk and the shelf are one whole thing but I find I have had some wrong ideas for a long time. Then, I think I’m really lucky to notice that they are separate because one side of my shelf is nearly leaves the working range of my desk. So I stand up really fast to adjust it. I’m so glad that I do this work or my shelves would all fell down. I used to think it’s a waste of time to do this kind of observation, but I know if I don’t do that, I would use more time to tidy my shelf then. As a result, I would always find inconspicuous details in my room.

On the other hand, I found there are some small cracks and holes on my desk and it’s not that smooth as what I think it is before. Doesn’t matter the cracks are caused by me, the owners of the desk before or the age of the desk, it’s just broken. Then, I understand that my desk is not that stable as the one in my imagination and I need to be a better owner of it.

Right on my shelf, there is a frame with a picture of my great grand mother who passed away five years ago. I have brought this frame with me to everywhere, just like I have brought my favorite doll to everywhere for 8 years. I’m a person who yearns for the past, and because of the observation, I start to look at this picture again. I’m afraid of any damage of the picture so I clean and move it every week. During the observation, I saw the smile on her face. The background of the picture is even faded because of the fast passing time; I’m afraid if the person in that picture would be faded. This is my last way to remember her, but it’s disappearing gently. I’m a little bit worried and stop my work on finding details about right where I’m sitting.

To conclude, the activity teaches me that I need to be a better owner of all the stuffs I have. I would spend more times on observing some small details that I cannot find out without a careful mind. I cannot take charge of all my stuffs and make them always in a right order if I don’t use my mind to fix them. I wish I would make my room better.

sound map

I was right in my room and tried to listen all the sound in that hour. First of all, I heard the sound of water. It should come from the restroom right in front of my room. People usually go to take a bath really early then they don’t need to battle for the using of bathroom. I have already taken bath tonight so I don’t need to worry for it.

Then, I heard the air conditioner on the wall at the left of my desk. I don’t think I need that today because the weather was so warm. Then, I open my window to make the room cooler and not that hot. In the meantime, I heard the wind that blew my window because the window was opened. As a result, some fresh and cool air would come and make me feel better in this dry place.

On the other hand, I heard a bark from a dog. There are only two dogs in our dormitory, and they belonged to Ms. Simon and Ms. Anderson. However, Ms. Anderson was downstairs in the basement. Thus, I thought the bark was from Ms. Simon’s room. The dog is a big one, and when it stands by four legs, it’s taller than my knees. I like this fluffy dog so much that I would play with him anytime I see it. I was right because I found that someone lived near my room closes the door and the bark disappear.

I heard people running and walking around the hallway because most of them came back school today. They should be really busy to talk to friends they hadn’t seen these days and clean their rooms. Even though the quiet hour has started, people are too excited to keep quiet and stay in their rooms. I smile and I think it’s really nice that the school starts again because having rest and being not busy everyday bore me. I missed the busy days with full of works so much during the break.

I find that Ms. Max, the dorm parent take charge of us tonight comes, and I think she goes to the room opposite mine, “Rachel, I have something to talk to you.” After that, she finds there are too many people in that room. She isn’t angry, and just tells them go back to their own room. “You would have plenty of time to meet each other after study hall, and you can see each other everyday later” she says, and I think she leaves the room then.

Everything sounded nice in this hour. I heard talking between peoples, dog’s bark, door closing noise, water noise, air-conditioner, sound of wind and people’s walking noise in this our. Also, there are even many sounds I haven’t mentioned. It’s a good chance for me to find out something I don’t usually know or paying attention. I heard that there are many interesting details waiting for people to find them. I wish people would always do something to find the small things in their lives.

Strong

they all took simplicity to extreme

harmoniously

many yellow rectangles rushed on the grey street

could never be a still life

horizontal lines of the blind

Weak

come and go

a huge glass

little wall

very modern

A meal

I went to Boston for the break and there was one meal that I cannot forget. It was a city had many great sea food and the restaurant called legal seafood was good. I went there and ordered crab cake combo with salad, scallop, shrimp and crab cake.

It was nice with the color of green salad, red shrimp, yellow crab cake and  white scallop. The color of the meal was so attractive that easily make people wanted to eat it. Then, I used my fork to get the food and smell it. I thought I smelled the feeling of the ocean, with the fresh sense of food. I ate the crab cake and found the special sauce made it different from the crab cake people usually eat and it gave me some new sense. For the other thing, I thought the cook just boil the scallop and shrimp and left all the sense of the sea to us.  The cook didn't use any strange spices to destiny the natural taste of the food.

Over all, it was a great meal that brought me lots of fun, I would go to have that again for the next time I go to Boston.

Sound map

I was right in my room and tried to listen all the sound in that hour. First of all, I heard the sound of water. It should come from the restroom right in front of my room. People usually go to take bath really early then they don’t need to battle for the using of bathroom.

Then, I heard the air conditioner on the wall at the left of my desk. I don’t think I need that today because the weather was so warm. In the meantime, I heard the wind that blew my window because the window was opened. As a result, some fresh and cool air would come and make me feel better in this dry place.

On the other hand, I heard a bark from a dog. There are only two dogs in our dormitory, and they belonged to Ms. Simon and Ms. Anderson. However, Ms. Anderson was downstairs in the basement. Thus, I thought the bark was from Ms. Simon’s room. I was right because I found that someone lived near my room close the door and the bark disappear.

I heard people running and walking around the hallway because most of them came back school today. They should be really busy to talk to friends they hadn’t seen these days and clean their rooms.

Everything sounded nice in this hour and there were many other sounds I didn’t mentioned but they are still great. I wish people would always be really careful to find the beauty in our lives.