VIP Class Notes (Jesse) [W / S]

When doing writing: focus on nouns: how many / which one? (the hotel = 1 specific hotel / hotels = many non-specific hotels) + connect similar ideas into a single sentence + use some of the unfamiliar vocabulary that I added to your writing today.

Jesse asks me to keep writing about what I am thinking and feeling. Ok,let’s talk my national holiday.
The whole vacation was 10 days, except the first day and the last day I was on the train, I almost kept company with my mom all the time. We spent a lot of time talking. We talked about the happy or sad things in the past, the relative or neighbors we knew.
I was so surprised that some of my mom’s colleagues were suffering from some horrible disease such as cancer, and some one had past away in the past few years. They were the same age as my parents and such thing make me really worried about my mom.
And meanwhile I noticed that my mom’s hearing was getting worse, sometimes I had to repeat my words many times or speak very loud so that she could hear me clearly. And on the other side, I also found that sometime she forgot she had told me something and kept repeating it from time to time. All those things make me even nervous.
In China people at my age, most people will confront so called middle age crisis. The parents are growing older and healthy conditions is getting worse, child is growing up along with education problems. And those people are also in the critical stage of their own career path. The burden is so heavy and this topic is too serious to touch. Even I haven’t been married and had my own family and my child, just looking at the parents are inevitably getting older and sickly is making me feel so sad and helpless.
Also, since I haven’t been married yet,my parents are undertaking the pressure from some relatives and neighbors. There are always some people who don’t know respect and boundaries. They’re gossip and vey interested in other people’s privacy. They like to ask about your marriage or salary to make you embarrassed. Sometime I just want to yell to them: “shut up and take care of your own business”, but I cannot. I really, really hate such people.

Jesse asks me to keep writing about what I am thinking and feeling. Ok, let’s talk about my national holiday.
The whole vacation was 10 days, except (for) the first day and the last day I was on the train, I almost kept my mum company all the time / the whole time. We spent a lot of time talking about the happy or sad things in the past, the relatives or neighbors we knew.
I was so surprised that some of my mom’s colleagues were suffering from some horrible disease such as cancer, and some one had passed away in the past few years. They were the same age as my parents and such thing make me really worried about my mom.
And meanwhile I noticed that my mom’s hearing was getting worse, sometimes I had to repeat myself many times or speak very loud / loudly so that she could hear me clearly. On top of this / Besides that, I also found that sometime she forgot she had told me something and kept repeating it from time to time. All those things make me even more nervous.
In China most people at my age will confront so called mid-life crisis during which / in which the parents are growing older and health condition is getting worse, each child is growing up along with education problems. And those people are also in the critical stage of their own career path. The burden is so heavy and this topic is too serious to touch / get into. Even I’m not yet married or have my own family and child, just looking at the parents who are inevitably getting older and sick is making me feel so sad and helpless.
Also, since I’m not married yet,my parents have the / are put under pressure from / by some relatives and neighbors. There are always some people who don’t know respect or boundaries. They gossip and are very interested in other people’s private matters / things. They like to ask about your marriage or salary to make you embarrassed. Sometime I just want to yell to them: “shut up and mind your own business”, but I cannot. I really, really hate such people.

Vocabulary

to each their own – everyone is different and has their own ideas / choices / values .
i put it out of your mind – to try to not focus on it

sick – ill
sickly – very very / like sick

reminisced – to talk about the past in a nice and casual way like catching up – “rem min nisst”
eg. we reminisced about times in my hometown

past = passed 

spend some quality time
keep sb company
accompany sb

forgetful / forgetfulness
eg. forgetfulness increases with age

Grammar

she back to home – she comes back home 

Pronunciation

vegetarian – vej jeh TAIR ree yan

I will watch movies and take a hot water bath. Sometimes I will have long walk. such things will help me to switch my focus i will just put these unhappy things or pressure on the behind and totally focus on something new without / i put it out of your mind. They will go to the restaurant and have a lot of food and they will drinking and KTV.

I will watch movies and take a hot baths. Sometimes I will have a long walk. these kinds of things will help me to switch my focus i will just put these unhappy / negative things or pressure behind me and totally focus on something new without…. / i put it out of your mind. They will go to restaurants and have a lot of food and they will drink and go to KTV.