Thursday, January 31, 2008
I let my husband applied TAMU.
In fact, I am missing my families very much because Chinese New Year is coming. So I couldn't focus on English. I really acted an abnormal way these days. Sometime the cold weather really made me crazy. Jin is really a nice man. No matter how I acted, he was capable of handling me. Although I made him distracted, he also could manage his work without complaining after calming me down. Actually, I just really want to leave here. I couldn't stand here more days I think. Although I don't want to leave my friends, I want him try to get an offer from a warmer place. He followed my advice and applied TAMU . TAMU is close to my brother. If we could go there, I think that would be better than we are here..... ????? Okay, I am not quite sure about it, but I believe my six sense. At lease, it will be good for our future. I hope he will make it.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Cold!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday morning, I had a conversation with my mom. From her, I knew that China had a heavy snow storm Jan 1. except south of Shandong Province. (My home town is in south of Shandong Province. I miss my family and the normal weather.) It rarely had a snowfall all over the country before. This may attract many researchers to discuss this infrequent weather. I'm actually curious too. I wonder how it happened this winter in China. :-)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Poor little creature.
Monday update
This morning, Anna made a phone call to everyone of our class because she couldn't get to school today. Her son was sick. Therefore, we didn't have class today. In this season, the weather changes much and frequently. We really need to pay more attention to it. Don't get yourself in trouble. I always wear more clothes than others, sometimes, people make fun of me. Nevertheless, I don't care. Because I know what I need. However, I felt like I was getting a cold. After coming back from K-mart, I felt uncomfortable. In fact, this feeling started last night, but it's worse today. Probably, I wore less than before yesterday. While driving back from Wellness Center, the temperature was lower than when I left apartment. Right now, I think I need to take some medicine and have a rest.Hopefully, I will be better soon. I dislike the bad weather here! I probably will miss the Yoga class as well this week. :-(
(My friends, please take care of yourselves!)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
I missed the Yoga class.
It was very interesting. I walked around and around and tried to find the room, but there was no room, except for the dancing room. The dancing room was off light, so I didn't think that was the room they took for Yoga. However, actually, that was. I missed the Yoga class but I walked 40 minutes on the treadmill. While walking, I read an article about polar bears. When I was going to leave, I met Becky and kathryn. They just finished the Yoga class. Form them, I knew that they felt relax while doing Yoga. I am really looking forward to joining them, probably next time. :-)
Monday, January 21, 2008
Zip Code
As a matter of fact, I rarely used the zip code, so I couldn't remember it clearly. However, at that moment, I felt very embarrassed because I found that everyone waiting in line was staring at me. It was just like I was acting. Anyway, I didn't make a big mistake this time. :-p Although, I felt uncomfortable for this scene, I learned that some stores might need your zip code when you are using your master card. (I don't know whether Visa cards have the same issue, because I haven't met this kind of thing when I use it ever since.)
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Spring is colder than Winter.
Update:
As I said yesterday, I went to Wellness Center to work out today. I went there at 3:00pm. I first walked 20minutes on the treadmill, and then danced 2hours. I wasn't there at 6:00pm because I really tired for doing so much exercise. In addition, I knew there would be another person to go with Jimmie, so I wouldn't go there at 6:00pm. I had a rest and watched a movie--Balls of Fury (2007).
Boring town
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Random update
I want to mention that my car is kind of better now. After maintained by the repair shop last week, the temperature gauge shows a normal engine temperature and the pointer rises slower to the "H"(hot mark) than before. Actually, I am not quite sure about it. Hopefully it would keep in good condition in the future.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
My car has a problem.
Monday, January 14, 2008
My car's battery is dead today.
There are a number of reasons why batteries can weaken and fail. A few common ones include:
I feel sad for my car's problem. I hope that it would be solved tomorrow. I will try to jump it again tomorrow. Tomorrow will be warmer than today.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
I Started Doing Exercise Again.
I joined a gym team without my parents' agreement when I was in college. As we all know, doing exercise can make people healthy, so my parents weren't against my decision. They felt happy for me this time. They knew I wasn't a little girl any more, furthermore, they knew I could manage it well.
After graduation from college, I stopped doing exercise. Therefore, when I started to do exercise, I felt my whole body hurt a lot, just like old people. I even couldn't get up this morning. Probably, I am getting older. I think I need more exercise in future---otherwise, I could be getting older faster. :-)
We are going to Wellness Center to practice dancing tonight. Hopefully, the pain will be eased off.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Not All Beautiful Things Could Be Owned
Snow is quite pretty.While it’s snowing, I always like standing against windows and appreciating the scenery. But I didn’t do that during the first big snowfall this winter.
I went out to help my husband to get some snowflakes for his experiment. His experiment needed some snowflakes in different shapes. We took two pieces of slice with some liquid medicine to get snowflakes. It was so cold to stand in snow and wind for almost one hour. Although it was cold, I enjoyed that time so much.
While I was standing outside, the snow was falling on my down coat; I could see every snowflake in a clear shape. That was amazing. I felt that snow was made by magic. I loved it so much, but I couldn’t catch it by hand. When I tried to get it, it immediately melted. From this scene, I figured out that not all beautiful things could be owned. Maybe letting them stay where they belong to should be a better way to appreciate such wonderful things. Finally we did get some snowflakes for his experiment. But I couldn’t get one for my own.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
My swimming experience
Swimming is very easy for everyone who knows how to swim, but it's not that easy for me. Actually, I wasn't aware that swimming is a so useful skill until I fell into a river. Because of this horrible experience, I decided to learn swimming. I started from the basic skills, such as holding on breath in the water, kicking legs, grabbing the water and changing breath. But after a long time practicing, I was still afraid of swimming without a swimming board around me. I only could do it with a swimming board because I was scared of water. In addition, I found that probably I was doing a wrong way. While I was kicking, I felt confused. Basically, people went forward while they were kicking. But while I was acting an opposite motion, backward rather than forward. That was weird. I tried many times, but I still moved backward. So I asked the lifeguard for help. After watching my motions, she felt it was funny too. After watching my second motion, she found my problem and told me the correct way. Then I tried and indeed moved forward. Gradually, after a lot of practice, I could swim without a swimming board. Although I am not familiar with it, I'm not scared of water any more. I know that I need more practice in the future, if I want to be familiar with it.:-)
I tried my best to remember those, and then I corrected my essay. During I was correcting it, the computer was annoying me. It didn't work well as usual. I had corrected my essay three times but none of them was saved on the computer. So I had to do this work again this morning. Finally, I accomplished it. I felt that I still had a long way to achieve my goal. But I am sure I can do it.
My plan to increase my vocabulary is in progress. It is going to be continued in the future.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Advances
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Advances in diagnostics have changed fast and much during these years.
I am not sure what I am going to write. I haven't got my viewpoint yet. I will save it for later.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Is money the most important thing for you?
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On the one hand, money is important for our life. People can't live well without money. They need money to pay for clothes, food, living things, education, travel and so on. If people do not have money, they can't buy any thing. They probably don't have clothes to wear; they can't buy food to eat; they don't even have a place to live. There still are many poor people who don't have much money for those basic living things in the world. For them, money is the most important things for their lives. If they can have money, they could change their lives---they can pay for living things and education. Basically, we can say that a certain amount of money is necessary to buy necessary things and to subsist in life, but if a person has more money, their life can be more comfortable. Nevertheless, money cannot buy everything; such as family, real friends, love, time, happiness, health and so on. People are alive to earn money so that they can live , not only for money. Although money is a necessity, it's not the only thing in our lives. In my opinion, people who believe that making large amounts of money is very important may not have time to enjoy their lives with their families and real friends. Some of them are just like machines that make money.
On the other hand, being satisfied to earn a comfortable living is also important, but it's not the necessary. Of course, a comfortable living is the life that everyone wants. However, when you have that kind of life, you may not like it.
In my opinion, money is not the most important thing in our lives. It's a necessity. We live for life not only for money. Being satisfied to earn a comfortable living is also important, but it's not necessary to do so. The most important thing for me is to live a happy life with my family while earning money.
I once read a story from a magazine about a rich man. He was poor when he was young, but he had time to stay with his family and play with his children at that time. Because he loved his family very much, he decided to do his best to earn money and wanted to make his family a comfortable living. He was very busy earning money for many years. Finally, he did it and became rich. Although he loved his wife and his children, he didn't have time to spend with them, because he needed to manage his business everyday. An unexpected thing happened---- the relationship with his family and his real friends became strained. This made him unhappy. He began to think back about the time he spent earning money. During those years, he felt that he was pretending to be another person. He didn't even know which one was the"real" him anymore. When he went back home, he felt uncomfortable. His wife and his children were not like before---they started wasting money and ignoring him, just like he always ignored them before. His wife had an affair, and his children didn't study as hard as before. As he said at the end, " I would rather live a poor and happy life than live a life like this."
Making money is important so that we can live comfortably, but it's more important to be able to spend time with family while doing so.
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Cleaning car
Saturday, January 5, 2008
The last weekend of New Year's holidays
Friday, January 4, 2008
Today, I read an article about "Responsibility of paying for N.D. child immunizations shifts" .Insurance providers begin sharing vaccination costs with parents, guardians for many children. The manner in which the child's immunizations are paid for in North Dakota has changed, now that the state no longer provides vaccines free of charge for insured children. The reason: the average cost to immunize a child from birth to age 18 in 1999 was $186, according to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials had risen to an average of $1,137 in 2006. "There are more vaccines, and it's more expensive," Swanson, nursing and nutrition supervisor said. And there's been no change to federal funding to recoup these costs.Of course, the federal government's Vaccines For Children program still will provide vaccinations without cost of children on medical assistance, or who have no health insurance or insurance that does not cover vaccines.American Indians and native Alaskans also are covered.
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It's too expensive to see a doctor in US, so that's not a good news for poor people. Although their children can get the immunization, they also need pay donation. In fact, that's a different form to pay money for vaccines. No one likes this change, but who can help to cancel this change? So far, I don't think anyone can do.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
About Chinese New Year
Suddenly, I remembered Anna asked me about Chinese New Year yesterday. I searched it from google.
Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, or the lunar New Year is the most important of traditional Chinese holidays. This Festival begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called the Lantern Festival. The Chinese lunar calendar determines Chinese New Year dates.Chinese New Year falls on different dates each year, a date between January 21 and February 20.This year it falls on February 7th.
The Chinese lunar Calendar names each of the twelve years after an animal. A legend said that the lord Buddha elected 12 animals to be celestial being to record dates. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. A complete cycle takes 60 years and is made up of five cycles of 12 years each. By the Chinese calendar, 2008 is the Year of the Rat. Those born in rat years tend to be leaders, pioneers and conquerors. They are charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking.
At Chinese New Year celebrations people wear red clothes, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children "lucky money" in red envelopes.The fireworks that shower the festivities rooted in a similar ancient custom.People in China usually lit bamboo stalks on Chinese New Year's Eve before, believing that the cracking and the flame would frighten evil spirits.But it's not allowed to do in several big cities now.In China, the New Year is a time of family reunion.Family members get together at parents' homes for visiting and dinner on New Year's Eve. Just like Christmas in US.
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I just read my friend's blog. I like her eco-friendly new year's resolution. That's a good idea. We only have one earth. If we ignore this part and keep wasting and destroying, the environment would be damaged more. We need to do something to protect our earth, such as using biodegradable products, recycling, using renewable energy, etc... But on the flip side, biodegradable products are more expensive than the normal using things, if we keep using biodegradable products, we may don't have much money to buy other things. That's a pretty complicated issue. What do you think about it?
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
New semester started from today.
On Dec 25, my husband and I went to a friend Jeff's parents' house for dinner. We had a great night on Christmas. There were 4 Chinese people, including two of us. That was our first Christmas to be celebrated with American people in US. We were curious to know everything about that. After dinner, we discussed the different cultures from different countries. And we also talked about what had happened in the past years. Jeff's parents told us about their hunting things.They shot down a 700 pounds buffalo only with 3 bullets a couple months ago. And they had twins grandchildren, one girl and one boy. That was a great thing. In China, one couple can only have one child because of the population policy. Therefore, if the couple can have twins, especially one girl and one boy, that's a great thing for their family. I am not sure for the other American people, but our friend's family are happy for having the twins. We did have a great time with their family on Christmas night.
Later, on Dec 31, we went to our friend Tiffany's apartment to celebrate the upcoming New Year. Surprisingly, her birthday was on Jan 1, therefore, we also celebrated her birthday after midnight. At that night, we played several games, Poker, Udo and Take Your Pick. I learned many new words from Take Your Pick. (http://lds.about.com/od/productreviews/gr/take_your_pick.htm)
We went back to our apartment around 2:00 am. I slept in until 11:00 am. I cooked 4 courses for lunch on New Year's Day. After lunch, my husband went to his office for working, and I studied English in the afternoon. I just knew this blog from my friend, Jimmie,then I determined to create a blog and made my New Year's resolution. I decided to write on my blogger in English every day in future. I'm going to use this blogger as a stepping-stone for improving my written English.
Above-mentioned were my special days during the holidays.
We discussed thisin our class today. The other part was learning Easy English News. I learned a few words from it. It was a good beginning for the semester. In addition, Anna took some cookies for us today. Because of those cookies, I learned a new word too. Those cookies' topping contained a flavor. I liked that taste, but I didn't know the name of that flavor until today. It's peppermint. :-)
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
New Year
I don't like study Medicine in English, honestly. But it's my major, I need to continue studying it. It's really hard for me because of my poor English. Well, whatever, I need to do it in the coming year. I'm going to learn one of medicine subjects, pediatrics. I like this subject.
I missed the last fall camping activity last year because I was sick. I don't want to miss it this year. So I want to go camping this year and appreciate from experience. That will be awesome. I will have a lot of fun.
I am going to do more excise this year. And I also need to practice my swimming skills. I fell into a river when I went kayaking with my friends the last year. At that time, I didn't know how to swim. Although we did have much fun, I scared them so much. So I started to learn swimming from that time. I know how to swim but I am not skilled in it. Therefore, I need more practice and try to be familiar with it.
I have more things to do this year, not only these. I will try to accomplish them all. What about your resolutions? Do you have any plan for this new year?
Wish everyone in the world lucky and happy new year!