The weather in Texas is extremely hot around noon in summer. Although it is fine in the morning and at night, it is barely endured at the rest of the daytime. Thus, having an A/C in the apartment is really important in Texas. Now the temperature is more like our hometown's, therefore, i pretty enjoy it. :-)

The other aspect of the weather in Texas is humid. Summers are warm and hot with occasional showers being the only real variation in weather. High humidity makes people feel hotter outside in summer because it reduces the effectiveness of sweating to cool the body by preventing the evaporation of perspiration from the skin. However, i think it is not very humid this year. It is said that this is not the average humidity. This year is quite different from the passed years. The local climate is subtropical. Periods of low temperatures usually lasting less than two months. Snow and ice are extremely rare. He he, that's so great, i like that.

Settling down well in College Station

We are settling down well in College Station. The weather here is hot, and a little humid, but not too bad. However, i think i can survive here, but i still need a while to get used to it. That's fine. :-) We are kind of lucky. Since we came here we have met a few nice people. They helped us a lot. That's so great.

The traffic here is heavier than it is in Grand Forks. The Campus of Texas A&M is much bigger than UND's. Although it is bigger, we need to walk or ride a bike on Campus because it's not very convenient to drive a car on Campus. The road is complicated and also it is not very easy to find a parking lot. The permit of parking on Campus is very expensive. The parking lot for students is far away from the study building.

We are living off campus, but our apartment is convenient for the shops and the campus. The bus stop is downstairs, and the shops are a walk distances from our apartment . And also we can take a shuttle bus to go to the food store which is named HEB. HEB has a variety of fresh vegetables and Asian food. Target and Wal-mart is not very far from there either. Near Wal-mart, there is a Asian store. That store has lots of Chinese food. It was surprised me that it has frog legs and quails. Although i don't know how to cook them, i quite like to enjoy them. He he ……:-P

@ Dallas airport

Now Jin and I are waiting for the airplane to College Station at Dallas. Here is the free computure for us to use, but only thirty minutes limit. He he, it is interesting and awesome. It was so cold in Denver airport last night. We stayed there overnight. Fortunately, i brought a blanket. We will be College Station in a few hours.