Post #4

Observation about international airport

First of all, I have to say that I had a totally different object for my observational essay besides this one. However, after I looked all of those questions for post #4, I couldn’t find anything that considering with my object. So I decided to choose another topic which is easier to find other resources to support and much more closer to our lives.
Couple days ago, my dad and I were searching airplane ticket for my mom and my sister to go back China on March. By the way, I have looked at several different international airport official websites, such as DIA (Denver International Airport), Shanghai International Airport, and Hong Kong International Airport.
By my researching, I discovered those airports not only provide multiple air routes for global passengers, but also different kinds of services inside of the airports, such as Hong Kong international airport has provided Shyplaza shopping, dinning, and entertainment services, such as bookstores, liquor & tobacco, health & beauty, personal care, money exchange, bank service, and even shoe shine service.
“Capacity, capacity, capacity. Whether it is airfield, passenger or cargo facilities, Denver International Airport has room to grow. Situated on 34,000 acres or 53 square miles, DIA is one of the largest airports in the world. From the expansive and beautiful Jeppesen Terminal to Colorado second largest Public art display, Denver International Airport is renowned for aesthetics, aviation safety, customer satisfaction and passenger convenience. At 11 years old, it is the nation sixth-busiest airport and the 11th-busiest in the world.” This is what shows on the DIA’s website. All the numbers give us strong evidences about what the DIA has represented about our country.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is the youngest airport in my home country China. Also, it was the airport I flied from four years ago when I came to United States. And it will also be the first place where my mom will arrive in China on March. On the Pudong’s website, there are lots of details for passengers, such as services locations, airport locations, city maps, and city weather searches.
Therefore, I have also discovered different airports also represent their countries and cultures. The most interesting example is Hong Kong International Airport, if you understand Hong Kong’s history, you could discover that western culture has merged into Hong Kong culture or even Asian culture. There are lots of factors you can find out just by looking at its website.
I think everyone has some sort of experiences about flight, especially for the people, like me, have to fly all the way through Pacific Ocean (just want to tell you how far it is, kind of hard to describe the distance), spend at least 20 hours in the plane. The safety and the quality of the flight would be the first two things I would concern about.
As I mentioned, “sky ride” has become one of the most important transportations for each one of us. As my audience, they might want to know what are the features about those different airports, what are the differences between them, what are the comments between them, furthermore, what are the specialties for each one of them.

Post # 3

“War is over”

My dear friends, have we ever thought about what “war” truly means? Have we ever thought about what a “peaceful world” means to the people who might die anytime under gunfire or violence?

Death is another explanation for “war”; tears are the factors behind it.

“An eye for an eye will make us all blind.”
-- Mahatma Gandhi

“So this is Christmas, what have you done?...” John Lennon has described a special Christmas to the listeners. It leads us to a world which is filled with violence, fire, and death. At the beginning of the video, there are pairs of pure eyes were looking at the camera. I was touched even at the beginning of the video, especially with John Lennon’s tone as the background music.

A young boy is sitting in the hospital’s bed; his eyes are filled with fears: not only about what he just went through, also what going to happen in the unknown future. His left hand is clasping his dad’s who still has tears on the face......
An old father is crying without control, his son just died in the fire......
Hundreds of people are running, there is a tank unit behind them......
There are countless dead bodies are still lying on the side of streets. A dad who still has his baby in arm is one of them......
A little boy gives a “peace” sign to the camera when he is in the military truck.....
Two boys are playing in a meadowland which is filled with mines......
A lady is putting a flower at where her husband was died......
This entire video considers to the aspects of the victims during wars. Like what John Lennon sings in the song “another year is over”, the people who posted this video has the goal to tell the audiences “war is over” by saying “another year is over”. Also, by having the aid of Christmas, the most important holiday, to set the topic off.
These are just some episodes in the war, but it also shows us a different side of life. A totally dissimilar underworld than where we live. Like what Mahatma Gandhi said at the end of the video: “An eye for an eye will make us all blind.” We always say “the eye is the mind window”, what the “window” has showed for us is the darkness of the world.
“War” is still a sensitive topic for us. But living in a peace world，little by little, we might already forgot what violence world could be, especially for the young generations like us, “War” is something we haven’t been through. We always complain about how discontented we feel about our lives, such and such, however, we haven’t realized there are some people who don’t even have a place to live, who might die anytime under fire, who might lost their family in a split second, who don’t even know where they will be tomorrow.
My dear friend, please understand how grateful to live in a peaceful world if you are touched by looking at those pure eyes. Also, please pray for them for having a happy Christmas and happy life.

"War Is Over" Happy Christmas --by John Lennon



PS: Watching this video clip on the computer is unlike than watching it on the television. It’s because you have the chance to repeat it over and over. Furthermore, you can have your own decisions about what you want to watch. As well as more freedom than watching the television.

Click here to view the Yutube website for John Lennon- Happy Christmas (War Is Over)