Saturday, October 13, 2007

Family: absolute existences


Families are absolute beings in many ways. Nothing can take the place of them. First of all, if they were not exist, we would not be born. If we were not be born, we will never know the pleasure of living. Second, families are the base of living. Man is a social animal who needs a lot of things to live well such as a housing, food, clothing and so on. They provide with such living necessaries. Third, families are a source of emotional support. By giving and taking unconditional love each other, we can be more stable and comfortable. For me, families are the reason I live on. Though I have not lived for a long time, I sometimes feel hard to live. Whenever I get into difficulties, they try to cheer me up. Whenever I feel lacking in strength, I think of my families, and my spirit rise again. Actually, their existences in themselves is encouraging. Especially I have stayed in Canada since last month. It is my first time to take apart with them for a long time, so I feel homesick and miss them very much. Before I came here, I took their love for granted. However, living here is by no means easy, for I have to do all by myself, so these days I have realized in various respects how deep their love was. For these reasons, families are incomparable existences.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

The restriction of smoking



Cigarette smoking should be banned from all public places. Smoking is awfully harmful. There is no question about it. It is said that it contains more than four thousands harmful substances such as nicotine, carbon dioxide and so on which induced all sorts of diseases. However, the thing is that secondhand smoking is more dangerous than smoking. Nevertheless, we are still exposed to smoking fumes, and it threatens non smoker's health. On closer investigation, first, exposure by secondhand smoking before and after birth makes them at a risk of abnormal blood pressure, leukemia and a state of disorder. Second, it is a cause of asthma, chronic respiratory symptoms and middle ear infections in children. Third, it increases the risk of lung cancer, heart disease and eye and nasal problem in adults. For me, in my university especially an engineering college, most boy students smoked carelessly in the halls of the building. I had difficulty in breathing. Moreover I am more sensitive than others when it comes to odor, so I got a bad habit that I have hold my breath unconsciously even now. Smokers insist that the tobacco is one kind of their favorite food, so legal sanction could deprive of their liberty, but freedom could guarantee when they do not infringe on others' rights. They have no right to damage other's health. We non smokers have a right not affected by such terrible fumes. Therefore, smoking should be prohibited from all open spaces.