Entry# 8 Obesity

      
      Obesity is mainly caused when the intake of the calories exceed the dissipated calories. In simple words, when one tends to eat more than his body requirement the extra fat start depositing in the body tissues giving rise to obesity. Junk food is the main culprit. The other common cause is the lack of physical activity. Genetic predisposition also plays a major role as a causative factor. Obesity is very serious matter in this world, but people don't take it as a global issue. Overweight people can have dangerous effect, emotional problem, and also take a lot of responsibility to get back to a normal weight. Obesity is one of the most important global health concern. Obesity has a lot of bad effects on person's health, person's economy, and person's appearance and self-esteem. People who struggling with obesity should start to do more physical active in their daily life, so they can lose all their fat.

Entry# 7 Healthy Food

    Food is very important in people's lives, so we have to know what we eat. 
 I never thought about the food that I ate before, but after I watched Food, Inc movie I changed many things in kind of food that my family eat every day. My son favorite meal is hamburger, and I always buy it to him. After I watched this movie, I try to prevent him to eat hot dog or hamburger because I don't know how the factories do these things. Most of factories owner don't think about people's health; they just think about how much they will earn, so I prefer to cook at home, for I know what I do. I shocked when I see the animals treatment. And how they kill them especially the chickens; it was very sad for me. Before a few days I watched another video, and I saw the way to make hot dog; after that day I never buy hot dog to anyone at home. I am very sad  because of the lack of respect for humans by some American businesses. The business people just think of money. And there are many companies in every country change the expire date of the food or cans; they don't regard about people's health. Furthermore, I know how is the corn important to do many kind of food especially bread. In addition, one of the big problem is the amount of hormones in most kind of food especially fruits and vegetables. Nobody care about how these hormones affect on persons health as well as it is not easy to buy organic products because they are more expensive than regular product. I wish we can eat food without hormones.

Entry#6   Things Make Me Unique

      I think everybody thinks that he has unique characteristics , and I am one of these people.

 There are many things that make me different. People think these things are simple

things. But I think they are an important thing for me, and these features affect my life. They

make my life easier. I have three things that make me unique, and these things are doing

multiple chores at the same time, doing my makeup and my hair by myself, and finally forgiving

people.

     First, I do a lot of things at the same time. For example, I cook at home every day and clean the

house. Also I take care of my two sons, and I study English language.

      The second thing is that I can do my makeup and my hair by myself. I don't need to go to the

 beauty center when I have a party or any other occasion . I am very ingenious when I put on my

makeup, and these abilities help me save time and money.

        Finally, I am a forgiving person. I cannot hate any person, even if he is not

good to me. I can forgive anybody who has hurt me.

         I think doing many things at home at the same time is not easy, but I can do them . And not

many people can put on their makeup or do their hair by themselves, but I can do them. Also,

these days few people can forget or forgive other people. But I am one of those people. These

simple things  make me unique.

Entry# 5 Technology Makes People Dependence

   This video shows us how technology affects on humans and how they become dependence in everything in their lives.
Also it show us how technology destroys face to face relationship; people speak with each other by phone or laptop. They don't have time to visit each other because of technology. I agree with this video, for I see how people become lazy; they can't do anything by themselves. They depended completely on technology to solve all their problems, so if something happened to their phone or their laptop, they become unable to do anything. People become very lazy; they can't move. In addition, there is something common between this videos and the culture now. I see how the people become obese because they don't do anything by themselves. I rarely see people walk  in the street. Everybody uses his car. I think If people depend completely on technology, they will destroy their mind and their ability to think.

Entry#4 My  Country Iraq Vs. U.S.A

       There are a lot of different things between my country Iraq and America, and these things make  people's lives difficult when they come from Iraq at first.
     First of all, is the food. The food in my country is healthier than the food here. Most families in my country cook at home. In the U.S., most of families eat fast food in a restaurant, and the fast food is full of fat. Also the fruits in my country are natural. In the U.S. the fruits are full of chemicals. Another different thing is the social life. There isn't any social life in America. Everybody spends most of his time at work, and when he returns home, he wants to sleep immediately. In my country, the families visit each other many times, have fun and eat together . Last thing, the study in Iraq is free. But in the U.S., people have to pay a lot of money. Also in the U.S., people have to buy the books and the resources, but in Iraq the school and the university give the students books for free. Also the students can't go to any university they want. It depends on their degree in high school. But in America they can choose what they want to study. It's a good thing that the students choose what they want to study. I think there are bad things and good things in Iraq and America. And the difference between the two cultures makes  life hard, but the Iraqi people try to adapt to the new culture.