According to Wiki, Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. This day, or alternative dates, are also recognised as special days for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month," in accordance with the Armistice, signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente between 5:12 and 5:20 that morning. ("At the 11th hour" refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 am) World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919. The remembrance poppy (a Papaver rhoeas) has been used since 1920 to commemorate soldiers who have died in war.
Beside, Google had honoured Remembrance Day with a small poppy logo below the search box as shown below.
As for myself, I don't really know much about it other than looking most of the people were wearing a poppy pin in front of their clothes when I was walking out from the London Underground tube station. Well, it seems that this week would be my last week to attend the English course. Frankly speaking, I did have some thought about it whether my English had improved or not because we would want something in return right? For example, when you paid certain amount of money, and that money can use to buy 5 pieces of the latest 32GB iPhone 5S, wouldn't you feel not worth if the same amount of money being used for education? In fact, it is useless to think about those nonsense thought such as worth or not for the value now.
Somehow it is better to think in a good way when I have the opportunity to interact with international student from all over the world for this course and understand different culture. Furthermore, I agreed with the Turkish girl saying that if I didn't decide to study this English course, I wouldn't be able to meet them to be friend or the Japanese friend, together with another friend from Hong Kong during the evening small talk. On the other hand, I did get to know some new French word such as "Comment tu t'appelles? Je m'appelle Lim, enchanté de faire votre connaissance" teaches by one of a France friend who live in Lyon. In the end, it would be a matter of whether you're happy or not with your life because no one is responsible for your happiness other than yourself whether you're doing something or
doing nothing literally. At last, Happy Remembrance Day with Red Poppy to all British citizen. Peace.
(Self Expenses note: Today £19.30)
