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Tonight is an unforgettable night. I was chatting with Arvind and Jack on Facebook a few days ago. Knowing that they will return to C

Looking for a college English composition. . . . . .

Tonight is an unforgettable night. I was chatting with Arvind and Jack on Facebook a few days ago. Knowing that they will return to China on the 13th, I suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness and reluctance. Arvind is from India. I met this guy on the plane when I came to Ireland, and he was sitting next to me. We were very chatty at that time, so we exchanged email addresses for easy contact. Later, I actually had the same course as him, so we We would often meet each other, and we would chat for more than half an hour. Later, we had two meals in the school cafeteria when we were free. Although he is Indian, I think his ideas are very Chinese. I got to know him. In just three months, we have become good friends. This semester he has completed his studies and is going back to India to work, and he will leave the day after tomorrow. As for Jack, he is from Spain and is an exchange student. He is studying for an MBA. We know each other. It was a coincidence. I remember when school first started, I didn’t know where my classroom was. He walked past me at that time. I asked him and he showed me the way. When he saw me, he was still confused. He actually took me to the classroom in person. At that moment, I felt that no amount of "thank you" could express my gratitude! Everyone was in a hurry and rushing to class. I was almost late, so I didn't have time to exchange contact information with him. But then one time when I was printing an article in the printing room, a man came over and said "Hello" to me. I turned around and stared at him for a while, and suddenly recognized him. So everyone started chatting. Seeing me as if he had found a savior, he hurriedly asked me if I was free to give him an interview on the weekend. It turned out that their teacher wanted them to do a survey and research on the current development status of supermarkets in China. He needed to find a Chinese person to interview and ask them about their knowledge and understanding of the development status of supermarkets in their country. Of course I'm happy to. So after finishing everything that Saturday morning, he invited me to have a steak outside, and we gradually got to know each other. But he will go back to Spain to work after finishing this semester. We say goodbye now and don't know when we will meet again, so everyone feels particularly reluctant to leave.

So tonight, the classmates and friends in their dormitory were holding a farewell party for the two of them. They also invited me to attend, so I went. This party really opened my eyes and I tasted a lot of things I had never tasted before. The entire kitchen was occupied by us, there were almost 20 people in one group. They come from different countries such as the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, and Belgium. As soon as I arrived, I was attracted by the various foods in front of me. There were freshly fried steaks and lamb chops, a variety of chocolates, biscuits, beer, red wine, juice, sausages, potato chips, and many other kinds. A variety of snacks. Later, I heard from those classmates that I found out that those snacks were all from different countries. This evening I had the most sumptuous dinner I have had in Ireland for so long. I was really happy! I drank two glasses of red wine. Although I am not very good at drinking it, as soon as I took it in, I realized that these bottles of red wine were not ordinary. When I asked, I found out that each bottle costs 73 euros (about 650 yuan). I drank red wine and beer. I really admire foreigners' ability to drink. Drinking beer is like drinking water, one bottle at a time, and another bottle at a time. The worst thing was that I was the only Chinese person there. When they heard that I didn't like drinking beer, they liked to make noises and asked me to drink a toast one by one. I didn’t want to drink it at first, but after thinking about it, I haven’t had a good “crazy experience” in all the time I’ve been here. It’s rare that everyone is so happy tonight, so I accepted everyone who came, just like this year’s graduation party, and drank almost 6 bottles. beer! Later, Arvind also made his "Indian tea" for us to drink. I didn't take it seriously at first because I don't like drinking tea. But after he made the tea, I took a sip and found that it tasted great! ! I drank several drinks in a row. Indian tea is completely different from Chinese tea. The tea leaves are as fine as small grains of sand. Put the milk in a pot, add some ginger slices and sugar, and simmer it for ten minutes. The taste is really amazing! In this way, we made trouble for more than three hours before we dispersed. Before leaving, everyone hugged the two departing protagonists and said goodbye. The scene really made people want to cry. I never thought that I would have such deep friendships with foreigners. In the past, I always felt that there was a cultural gap with foreigners and it was difficult to have deep friendships. But gradually I discovered that this was not necessarily the case. When you meet some foreigners who have the same mainstream ideas, do you really

Can be very good friends! Here I wish them a smooth journey the day after tomorrow!

After talking about the happy things, you should also remember today’s "tragic events". The first subject will start at 12 noon today. The first thing is to take a bus to the examination room. This is what puzzles me the most: Why is the exam not taken in the school classroom but rather taken to another so-called exam center by bus? I have never been to that place, so I don't know how to get there. Fortunately, I made an agreement with Yuky last night to set off together this morning. Yuky is an exchange student between the University of Hong Kong and our school. She is a native of Hong Kong. She majored in finance for her undergraduate degree. It happened that she and her classmates were going to that examination center to take the exam, so we went together. Speaking of Yuky, a cute little girl, I really can't help but praise her here. Although she is from Hong Kong, she doesn't have the airs of a Hong Kong person. Many Hong Kong people will look down on us mainland Chinese, but she doesn't. On the contrary, she is very kind, talkative and easy to get along with. What I admire even more is her English, which is very fluent and idiomatic, really amazing. The few students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong who came with her were much inferior to her. It seems that HKU students are really awesome!

When you arrive at the examination center, after entering the lobby, you have to go to a blackboard to check your seat number. There are so many people! I finally squeezed in and found N lists. I didn’t know where to find them. Later I found out that they were sorted alphabetically by name, and I finally found my place, but by then the exam was about to start. Looking around, I found many examination rooms, but I didn't know where my own examination room was. But I was quite lucky, because I suddenly saw a classmate from our class passing by, so he took me in. I had to put my schoolbag outside before entering the examination room. In my hurry, I forgot to bring my pen in. Fortunately, the classmate lent me another pen. That kind of embarrassment really makes me want to find a hole to crawl into. I was really shocked when I entered the examination room: the entire examination room was like a gymnasium, with more than 1,200 candidates taking the exam in this "gymnasium" at the same time! These students come from different majors and grades, including undergraduates, graduate students, and even doctoral students! There is a general podium in front of the examination room. There are several teachers reading the examination rules and other things on it, and from time to time they will say which exam, which page of the paper has questions, etc., which makes people dizzy. I thought at the time: Oh my God, this is really a "big pot meal"!

The exam started, I picked up the pen and started answering the questions. The entire paper is subjective, with one to five major questions, choose three to answer. I briefly glanced at the questions. Thank God, it's not as difficult as I thought. The teacher gave us exam questions from previous years, which made me tremble with fear, but this time the questions seemed not as difficult as before. But just because it's not as difficult as before doesn't mean it's not difficult. The answer to each question takes a long time to think about, and then it has to be written quickly because time is tight. The further you go, the tighter the time becomes. In the end, I only remember that my pen kept writing until my finger joints hurt, but I didn't know what I wrote. Five minutes before handing in the paper, I finally finished it. I almost fainted on the table and felt "severely exhausted". After counting, I actually wrote eight pages of answers! At that time, I thought: Why not use a computer to take the test? I'm used to typing articles on the computer, but I haven't written in English with a pen for a long time, so I'm not used to it, and my writing is a lot uglier. I'm really ashamed~~ But anyway, I finally finished the exam, and I don't care about my score anymore. , just pass it!

After the exam, I took the bus directly to the city center to buy things. The city center is so lively, especially around this time of Christmas. There are stalls everywhere selling all kinds of decorations. Various stores are also offering discounts and promotions. What surprised me the most was the many performances on the roadside, which made me stop and go and almost forgot to go shopping. The most unforgettable thing for me was the performance of a band. Some people were playing music and others were singing. They sang so beautifully that I didn’t want to leave! Being so broke, I couldn't help but give them a tip of three euros. I felt that I would be sorry for their performance if I didn't tip them! The excitement before Christmas reminds me of the excitement at the New Year’s market in my hometown. Suddenly I really want to go home, but this year’s New Year is destined to be spent here! Thinking of this, I can't help but feel lonely.

My classmate Michael is holding a Christmas party at his house tonight. He sent a message to invite me and some other classmates to attend. However, I have to attend Arvind and Jack’s party, so I can’t go. I feel really sorry! But I believe there will be more opportunities in the future! The exam is over, but

There is still a lot of homework to be done, and I will still have to read and write every day in the next ten days or so. There is another group discussion tomorrow, which makes me a little upset when I think about it. But life still has to go by, so face it with positivity and optimism!

Reflection on the Negotiation of “Galbraith and Company”

This week's negotiation activity is a bit different from the previous ones. It is a multi-party negotiation. This time I acted as a senior member of the executive committee of Galbraith & Company, a professional services firm. There were five senior members in the executive committee, namely, Adam, Downs, Baldwin, Chambers and Eagly. Adam was the CEO of the company. I played the role of “Chambers”, who was responsible for information technology consulting. We were going to hold a discussion concerning several issues as follows: 1) whether to buy the magazine Management Quarterly (MQ); 2) Whether to approve Downs to cash out all his stocks;3) Who would get Eagly's professional team of 7 consultants;4) Who would get the Informatics account from Adam.

For me, I exhibited a great interest in Eagly's professional team, because my group had recently been decimated by a series of defections caused by other firms who had stolen away some of my best talents. Therefore, I was in great urgency to rebuild my team. I was also intended to obtain the Informatics account from Adam. The Informatics account was now the client of Adam. Only by getting Adam's permission could I get the client from him. However, compared with Eagly's team, it was less important to us. So my primary task was to try to gain the professional team from Eagly and if po

ssible, I would also try to gain the Informatics account.

In the first ten minutes of the meeting, each member of the executive committee proposed their own concerns. We put out what we wanted. Then after that, we would have a chance to talk to each other regarding our own issues and hoped that others could support us. First of all, I had a meet with Eagly. I told him that I knew he was good at developing talents within his team and that I wanted a professional team of 7 consultants from them because my group had to be rebuilt and was now in short of hands. But he told me that 7 consultants were too many for his team because if he gave me 7 consultants, his team would also face the risk of shortage of hands. He also added that personally speaking, he would not like to transfer his consultants to other members of the executive committee. But he also asserted that if I voted against for Adam's proposal of buying MQ, he would consider giving me 3 consultants. Eagly reiterated that if the company bought MQ, it would be doomed to suffer a great loss. That was why they were strongly against the buying of MQ. Actually, although I retained a close relationship with Adam, I was also skeptical of the value of Adam's idea of ??buying MQ. And more importantly, I was eager to get a professional team from Eagly. Therefore, I argued that if Eagly could promise me 5 consultants, I would stand in line with him on the issue of MQ. He wanted to further reduce the number to 4, but I did not

go backward this time and strongly insisted on 5. Besides, I proposed my second best alternative that if I agreed with Adam on MQ, he would surely grant me the Informatics account. Seeing this, Eagly finally acceded to give me a team of 5 consultants .

Then I had a talk with Adam. Adam told me that if I could vote for him on MQ, he would definitely give me the Informatics account. However, I told him that though I wanted Informatics account very much, the team from Eagly meant far more to me. So in order to gain the most needed, I had promised Eagly to cast a con ballot on MQ. Adam felt upset about my response but he still said that he would respect my choice.

Then I had a talk with Downs who would like to cash out all his stocks. According to the company charter, shareholders of the firm could not sell off all their stocks at once, especially when they owned a substantial amount. Instead, any partner who decided to leave the company and sold his stocks should allow the company to buy back his stocks slowly for fear that the company would run out of its cash instantly. So Downs' request was blatantly violating the company's rules. Nonetheless, considering that Downs had served the company for so many years and made a great contribution to the development of the company, I promised to vote for him on cashing out all his stocks.

My final private talk was conducted with Baldwin. Baldwin told me that he was desperately longing for Adam's Informatics account an

d hoped that I would not compete with him on it. I told him that I had rejected Adam's idea of ??buying MQ, so probably he would not grant me the account. So if Baldwin agreed with his request, Adam would give him the Informatics account .

At last, after 25 minutes of private discussion, we came back to the table to vote for the issues we proposed in the beginning. Out of my surprise, I got both the team from Eagly and the Informatics account from Adam! Adam did not grant the account to Baldwin because Baldwin did not vote on his idea of ??MQ. Baldwin claimed that from a company's perspective, it would be a loss to buy MQ and might render the company into great crisis. So he claimed that he would not sacrifice the company's long-term benefits for the sake of his own. So eventually Adam's idea of ??MQ did not go through. Downs got what he wanted because his contribution to the company was acknowledged by most of us.

I have learned something in this negotiation. This is my first to engage in multi-party negotiation, so it is kind of challenging as well as exciting to me. should know what is the most important thing to you. It is the same in normal negotiations. After you know what you want, you can adjust your strategies according to the parties involved in the negotiation. You should know what all the other parties want and try to see whether you can help each other to achieve your goals respectively. If necessary, yo

u should know to sacrifice something minor in order to get what you need most. In my case mentioned above, I intended to sacrifice the Informatics account in order to get the team from Eagly. But unexpectedly, I got both at last. Also, as far as I am concerned, I strongly oppose telling lie to other parties. Maybe you can get what you want by cheating this time, but in the long run, when all the people see you through, your reputation will be ruined and no one is going to trust you. On top of that, I think I learn from Baldwin that we cannot always focus on our own individual benefits and disregard the overall benefits of the firm. Once the firm goes bankrupt, all of us are destined to suffer. Therefore , we should always see things with far vision!