Winter Poem

As Fall slowly fades away
Winter quickly makes its way
Invading us with cold and snow
Disturbing us and our natural flow
You make people get up to shovel this mess
Every passing year makes me like you less
Your arrival brings darkness
Filling our souls with emptiness
You take away our sun
Forcing us to have less fun
Annoying us with your snow and ice
You know, that is not very nice
Our world have enough problems
We do not want to add more to them
Beautiful at first sight
But you are nothing but a blight
Oh winter please make this your last
There is a suitable seat for you, the past

Globalization

The presence of globalization is undeniable. Our world is constantly changing today and will continue to do so. Countries now are starting to put high values on certain things and ideas and we are starting to idolize the same things.
Our world today is all about fast and efficient methods. We want things to come to us with the easiest and quickest method. People today are getting greedier. We idolize that 1% of the population that are considered rich and people try to be like them. Other countries look at how powerful and rich the United States is and they try to be like us in certain ways.
Globalization fails in some places though. With the example of soccer club cultures, globalization is not able to break down the culture and their enthusiasm for soccer.
The presence of globalization is a double edged sword. It can be good for us but it also creates serious problems. Many jobs can be created and poor countries can be liberated of poverty, but the rich and power can use it to their advantage by exploiting the poor. Let us hope that people use it more for the world's well being than for their self interest.

Sports

Sports in my life. Where to begin? First of all, I am not that great at sports. The first two sports I learned to play were basketball and ping pong. Yes, ping pong. All Chinese people love ping pong. I do not know why I chose basketball though.... I played on my grade school's team for a few years and I would play at the neighborhood park once in a while. My shooting was decent and so were my free throws, but that's about it. No defense, no dribbling, no speed. Probably should have gotten myself an ankle protector too...... Anyways, I had better luck with ping pong, but I was never on a team. I only played at some Chinese club in Chinatown. I was pretty good, at least compared to those amateurs.
Somewhere along the way, I learned to swim. Again, I didn't join a team for it but I really enjoyed swimming. I would go to the neighborhood park with friends and race against them. Good times.
So I continued with those sports until high school came. I tried playing tennis with some of my friends and I kind of liked it, even though I did not know the correct forms for hitting the ball. I decided to join the team along with a few of my friends and I pretty much grew into it, learning to hit and serve ball and the different styles that can be used. Tennis is my favorite sport now and probably the one that I am best at.