1. LOVE
AND LIFESTYLE
What islove? It’sa difficult
questionto answeraccurately. Each
personhasa differentperception
aboutlove.Somepeoplesaidthat
money islove,someonethinkloveis
sharing andsympathy, somepeople
thinkloveiswhentwo peoplehave
sameviews,otherssaidthatloveis
sex..
WHAT IS LOVE?
In life, love can help people become more mature. Everyone always needs a sincere love. Sometimes money does
not make a woman happy, but the sincere interest of men will make them feel happier. To get love of a woman, men
must understand thinking and sentiments of her. And what a woman need to love are actions, gestures, words
expressed the interest of men. These are words of love: It is little gift give to you the appropriate time. It is small gift
which give to woman at appropriate time. It is the attentive care when you are tired or upset. In love, women just
needa sincereloveand simplethingslikethat!
Thanh Lieu
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2. WITHOUT YOU!
The short story
Do you remember how long did we say
goodbye? _since a year.
I cannot forget that day, after school, you
waited me at gate with white flowers and
said me:"I love you!"In that time, I felt so
very happy. I smiled to accept your
proposal who I admired for a long time
because of your funny character and
intelligence. And while we were hand in
hand and walked along a street together, I
Wished that we will be together forever.
But, life was not a pink dream like I
always expect-you had left me forever!
I still remember on the Saturday
afternoons, you carried me out to city
center for ice cream, sweetened porridge.
I did not like to eat those things, but I
also nodded reluctantly followed .after a
short time, I was be addicted to eat them
from when that I do not know. I
remember the romantic messages you
sent to me every night: "my lovely cat,
do not be late sleeping", "my little girl,
hold on!", "my love, please remember
that I always next to you”,… When I was
angry or cried, he bought ice cream to
soothe me. With you, I was like a child
with absurd request stubborn character. I
have thought that this thing made you
love me more, but is not. After an
argument, you left me forever…Do you
know? I cried, cried a lot. My heart was
shattered when I saw you hand in hand
with another girl? I wondered: “Is she the
reason why you leave me? I hated that girl because she robbed my
boyfriend. Day by day, I thought about you, my tear has fallen
down. I expected that you will be come back to me and ask for
pardon. But the more I look, the more disappointed. For a long time,
I did not do anything because I always thought of you. I still know it
is very weak, stupid, but I can not stop. Each our memory, each
your love speech was presented in my mind. They made my heart
pain. I thought that I could not stand up again. Then, I have met a
friendly lad, said to me: "Take time to bury all your bad
memories!"-Yes, that's right. I realized that I should not be hurt
myself more. I plunged my mind into learning as a mayfly to forget
you- the first love is full tear.
After a year, I do not understand why I expect to meet you once
more. I do not hate you and also is not an arrogant girl as before.
Had you helped me give up my bad characters? Your lovely cat at
past was really matured.
Today, it's heavy rain. I suddenly see you on old road, but your
hand do not grip my hand, another girl replace me. My tears do not
want to fall and my heart is not pain. I will live well - the life
without you!
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3. I am 21 years old, currently
studying in Moscow for more
than two years. In 2009, I left
Thai Nguyen, where I was born
to come to Russia for study. It
was the first time I'm far from
my parents, my younger brother
away, far from my country
which I never thought yet. In that
time, I thought that Russia was a
distance and strange country.
Normally, I'm still confident of
my Russian language, but I felt
fear of using it when living and
studying in Russia to six
years. I'm afraid I did not
integrate into western culture,
lose myself; lose personality,
sublime qualities of Asian
women. And then, I come to
Russia. In front of me is a
completely strange country, but
it can be said that here is the
most prosperous country that I
have ever known. Everywhere, I
see the big stores on streets, and
many Russian people with snow-
fair skin, brown eyes and
chestnut hair. People who looked
at me with curious eyes, I ask
myself “am I a rustic girl?"
because everyone is very classy
and sexy. But I did not bother
much about that, because I'm
Asian girl, even where no matter,
I still like to wear simply and
discreetly. And the first day in
the land of Aries, I have met
many Vietnamese. They are also
students like me.
I have arranged to share a room
with two Vietnamese students. I
feel very happy because they are
older students who have studied
at the same school with me before
and we have become quickly
closer. I thought that it is lucky,
but I was wrong. Vietnamese
people have a saying: "playing
with others is simple, but living
together is so difficult”, and that
occurred to me. After only one
semester, I have removed to that
room, because we are not only the
differences from character, but
also lifestyle. Everyday, my
friends still take their boyfriends
to our room. They often talk to
each other so long and sleep there
overnight, which the Vietnamese
call "live together before the
marriage". Although I have
commented many subtle times,
but they still kept their point:
My story
"love is giving all". They told me
that I was “an old fashioned", or
"haphazard thoughts". But I have
not changed my lifestyle. I
would rather prefer a quiet life
and personal freedom; I have
moved out of that room and lived
with another. I did not hate my
old roommates, but I'm really
disappointed about them. Most
of them have lived not so long in
Russia, but "living together
before the marriage", is the youth
today too easily in sex?
Currently, I have a boyfriend. He
is also a student studying abroad
like me. We fell in love for year,
but we have never mentioned in
sex yet. He told me that he love
me because I am a girl live far
from home, but I still keep the
simplicity of Vietnamese
women…
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