Follow my teacher's instruction: For the lyrics: -Please work on the syllable count and rhyming. I noticed that that didn’t match up at times. For example, if lines 3 and 4 in the ghost song rhyme, yo
| Wayback Tea Lying alone next to the backpack, One more lonely day by myself at the small deck Dazing after school Waiting long on the phone To talk with parents I’m in my own zone All of them tell me to study well in class I’m always away on the move I’m trying my best I’m trying to prove I’d want them to see my hard work I open my books I’m in my own zone I hear them tell me to study well in class I’m kind of lost I need someone For directing me onto the right right path And sitting in front of me is the cup of wayback tea I dive in the world of knowledge I keep on searching, searching, searching, searching about And sitting in front of me is the cup of wayback tea (Sing! Dap-dadada-dadpm-didap-da Dadada-dadpm-didap-da Dap-didili-da) Pondering life I need to go further I will need to get to places faster I spend more time looking into classes I’m working harder To get more passes Things in school pay off well and I do better Nostalgia ‘bout hometown is the key Nostalgia again, pouring straight in me the wayback tea I too again dive in the world of knowledge Wishing a good end to my desired college I can fulfill the ask of my family I’m kind of lost I need someone For directing me onto the right right path And sitting in front of me is the cup of wayback tea I dive in the world of knowledge I keep on searching, searching, searching, searching about And sitting in front of me is the cup of wayback tea I search the path I find the way Tomorrow I strive along to go further And to keep myself free And to keep myself free And to keep myself free From the taste of the wayback tea | Lemon Tree Fools Garden I'm sittin' here in the boring room It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon I'm wasting my time I got nothin' to do I'm hangin' around I'm waitin' for you But nothing ever happens and I wonder I'm drivin' around in my car I'm drivin' too fast I'm drivin' too far I'd like to change my point of view I feel so lonely I'm waitin' for you But nothing ever happens and I wonder I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree I'm turnin' my head up and down I'm turnin', turnin', turnin', turnin', turnin' around And all that I can see is just another lemon tree Sing! Dap-dadada-dadpm-didap-da Dadada-dadpm-didap-da Dap-didili-da I'm sittin' here I miss the power I'd like to go out takin' a shower But there's a heavy cloud inside my head I feel so tired Put myself into bed Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder Isolation is not good for me Isolation, I don't want to sit on the lemon tree I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy Baby, anyhow I'll get another toy And everything will happen and you wonder I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just another lemon tree I'm turnin' my head up and down I'm turnin', turnin', turnin', turnin', turnin' around And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree And I wonder, wonder I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see And all that I can see And all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon tree |
Objective Reflection: My educational history started in kindergarten in China. I don’t have a lot of memories, but one thing that impressed me was a parent-child activity. Almost all children come to participate in activities with their parents. They were doing all kinds of parent-child games together and they laughed happily. But my parents were very busy working in the United States at that time. I lived with my grandparents, and they were too old to accompany me to participate in activities. At that time I was envious of other children. After kindergarten, I went to the elementary school. Since my grandpa used to be the principal of a school, he used his personal relationships to find the best elementary school in town for me. I entered that elementary school and started my elementary school life. Although my parents were far away in the United States, they still looked forward to my studies. In the first grade, in order for me to have a good academic record, I was arranged by my parents to study at my teacher ’s house after school, and I could only go home after finishing homework every night. Later in the second grade, I was arranged to study at one of my aunts' homes at noon and live at another aunt's home at night. I can only return to my grandparents’ home on weekends... I didn’t like to be at my aunt ’s house because they were very strict and my three cousins bullied me. I became silent and live in my own world. When I was in my aunts’ home, I liked to sit in a corner to make everyone can not see me. Staying in the corner, I seemed to set up a barrier for myself. No more things and sounds can break-in. Then I started to think about my parents. I was thinking that if I live with my parents, I will be as happy as my other classmates. I would not need to live with my aunts. I even didn’t remember how my parents look like. During that time, the thing that I most looked forward to is waiting for my parents’ phone call. In every telephone conversation, my parents would task my health and life. But the most important thing is to ask about my study. They told me to take care of my study all the time, that I would think that if I can keep my study well, they would come back to China to live with me. Since then, I have been very strict with my study. But at the same time, I feel lonely… really lonely… I was so admiring my classmates who have grown up with their parents. In the third grade, my parents moved their work back to China. I was so happy because I thought I could live with them. However, my parents still worried that they could not help me with my study. So they sent me to the teacher’s home again. And I can only come back to my home on weekends. I graduated from elementary in sixth grade （Chinese elementary school needs to study for six years）. In those six years, my grades have remained at the top of the class. Therefore，only loneliness and learning have accompanied me when I was growing up. It also influences my characteristics in my future life.
I chose “lemon tree” as my ghost song because I heard loneliness from this song. The first thing that attracted me was its melody. When I think back to my childhood experience, the melody of this song automatically appeared in my mind. The melody of this song is soothing, lazy, and mixed with loneliness. The second is its lyrics. The first portion of the song says, “I'm sittin' here in the boring room; It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon; I'm wasting my time; I got nothin' to do; I'm hangin' around; I'm waitin' for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder,” When I saw these lyrics, I thought that how could such a song express my experience so perfectly. So, I fell in love with this song. I would think that using such a beautiful song as a "ghost song", the process of creating my own lyrics will definitely make me more inspired. In fact, it really is.
At the end of my song, I wrote “I search the path; I find the way; Tomorrow I strive along to go further; And to keep myself free; And to keep myself free”. It means that I am no longer feel lonely, Through my continuous growth of age and enrichment of my experience, I have come out of loneliness. I no longer treat my childhood experience as a bad experience. The road ahead of me is clear. No more pessimistic emotions, no more negative mentality, no longer enclosed in my own world. I am trying to be a better me. I'm trying to treat my past experience as a kind of tempering, and treat it as an important lesson during my way to grow up: independence.
