[#1_Eng] top 10 things make me happy

After 22 years since I was born in Ho Chi Minh city, I have earned so many helpful experiences from my beloved family, school and society. There is a huge range of wonderful things that make me feel satisfied with my life. However, ten of which I am going to enumerate, are my happiness.

1. My family

According to sociology theory, family is the first environment to socialize human. Parents are the best role models for their children so they always want their children to be useful and better. However, each of the families has their own story and maybe it is not happy. Let's take a specific look in my family, my dad passed away when I was 10 and we extremely shocked. My older brother and I were still under adulthood so my mom had to ask for a favor from her siblings about economic problems. Until now, my mom, my older brother and I have to encourage ourselves to live positively. Besides, my family has not only three people, but also many people from my maternal relationship. When it comes to Lunar New Year, a lot of people gather at my grandmother's house to celebrate and receive lucky money wrapped in red envelopes with each other. All in all, I am very proud that I am a part of my family.

From left to right: Me, my mother, my grandmother, and my stupid brother.

2. My other good relationships

Besides my family, other relationships such as friends and co-workers play essential roles in my life. As you know, I am an extrovert so making friends and have conversations are indispensable. I have so many friends when I studied in a kindergarten. Today, I lose some of my friend's contact because of many reasons such as studying overseas, moving their house, forgetting numbers and so on. Moreover, some of my friends think I am not the right person to get in touch with because they don't like me. I feel sorry for them because I can live happily without them. ^^ On the other hand, when I studied at my university, my friends not only helped me with my homework, assignments and presentations, but they also were my co-workers. University life is not only about studying, but it also includes some mini working areas for students to real-life experiences. I have lots of opportunities to make amazing things such as attending events, working as a journalist, designer and photographer. My colleagues taught me how to create an event, design some media products, work in groups and so on. Also, I can learn something about the inside of my friends to get them better. After all, I very much appreciate all of the relationships I have until now.

3. My teachers

Besides my friends and co-workers, my teachers, who taught me since I was a kid from primary school to university, are very talented and inspirational. When I was 12, Mathematics was my favorite subject and I studied very well. Conversely, Literatures was my worse enemy because it was boring and I felt quite sleepy. During secondary school moment, my Literature grades were disappointing and my mom worried a lot because Literature has been one of the entrance exams to get into high school. If I don't study hard enough, I won't be able to pass. Because of that, I finally found Ms. Duong, who was a successful, talented and inspirational teacher. She was the only person to motivate my mood in Literature. Thanks to Ms. Duong, I could pass the exam with flying colors and I could be able to study in my dream high school. It was a wonderful moment that I have never forgotten.

Ms. Duong is the woman wearing a blue shirt and making "V".

4. My effort

To have many academic performances and social products, making an effort plays a vital role in my success. How I make an effort effectively? Keep working hard, earning experiences from your teammates, fixing the mistakes and moving forward. Take studying as an example, I aim to get a Bachelor degree with level Very good so I have been studying hard, keeping highly concentration on listening to the lecturer's lessons, being well prepared in presentations and so on. I am going to be graduated this Winter so I still try hard as much as I can to achieve my goal. If I succeed, I will be very accomplished in my effort.

I was running on a sport event by shooting the matches.

5. My knowledge

"Every experience, no matter good or bad, you'll learn from it." - Olivia Culpo (Miss Universe 2012) I believe people always make mistakes from their work or study but they can gain something after their failures. People still have time to fix those problems and do again if they want to reach success. Those are life lessons and people have to learn until they die. That's why knowledge is very important. You can get knowledge everywhere such as schools, work, and society. I'm grateful because my knowledge helps me a lot during my studies and work. I just want to send this message to you: "Knowledge is the key to success."

My knowledge in doing a reporter

6. My camera

The camera is a very important tool for working. My mom bought me one when I pass the entrance exam to my university. You know my dream job is to be a news reporter so performing in front of the camera is crucial. Moreover, taking photographs is one of my usual hobbies so my camera is my best friend. I really fascinated by shooting some perfect timing on the streets, food and drinks, humans and so on. That's why I cannot live with my beloved camera.

My camera (Canon 700D EOS)

7. My Facebook account

As you know, Facebook is one of the prominent social networking everyone always uses as a tool to communicate with each other and share information over the world. According to my introduction, I am an extrovert so having connection with other relationships is quite important to me. I have a variety of friends from anywhere in the world so I can talk to them easily by my smartphone. In addition, Facebook is the place where I can post my emotions and share positive information with everyone so they can understand the situation nowadays. If I lose my Facebook account, I will have to add my friends again, renew my Facebook wall, post back my personal photos and so on. To sum up, my Facebook account is the key for me to be linked to the world.

My Facebook account

8. My contributions

Up to 2020, I have contributed a lot of products and my youth to my work, my study and society. Regarding my work, I have done so many good things such as having some photoshoots, recording and editing videos, designing some images and so on, in order to finish the jobs before deadlines. Thanks to my contributions, I can get the salary from the employers so I can have enough money to cover living expenses. In terms of my study, not only have I tried hare studying, but I have also shared many good ideas for the group presentations, group assignments and final personal exams. At the result, I can be able to get academic performances. Finally, charity works are my amazing experiences. During the time studying in the university, I joined in many meaningful volunteering programs such as Green Summer Campaign, Spring Volunteering Campaign, Earth Hours 2020 and so on. I have many opportunities to share loves with poor people, children, ethnic minorities by organizing music show to them, selling food and gifts for fundraising, wrapping sticky rice cakes activities and so on. All in all, I am very grateful to see the happiness on their face after the campaigns.

In 2018, I participated in the Spring Volunteering Campaign in An Giang province. I met so many children and they were very cute and sweet.

9. Food and Drinks

This is my favorite!!! Honesty, I am a food lover so eating and drinking are two activities that play indispensable roles in my life. For instance, Vietnamese cuisine is incredible. My most favorite Vietnamese food is Bún đậu mắm tôm, phở, bún bò and so on. Vietnamese beverage is delicious too, especially bubble tea but it will be unhealthy for our body if we drink too much. One important question is "Who do I eat and drink with?" I believe it depends on the situation. I usually go eating out with my friends after school. We also go to the milk tea cafe on the street, have some tea, gather and talk about everything we know to each other. It is out of blast! After all, food and beverage are the advantages to advance our conservation in a positive way.

Bubble tea

Bún đậu mắm tôm

10. Myself

I am always proud of myself. Because of those nine things upper, I can be myself more. Thanks to my motivation and failures, I can be able to push-up my effort into higher level. I satisfied everything I have now and I have to keep moving forward in the future. To start with, I will try writing blogs in English to improve my vocabulary and grammar. I hope in the next 10 years, I will be a professional news reporter and I really want to be encouraged by everyone who supports me.

Thank you for reading my first writing. I will see you guys in the next post.

JEREMY TRAN