We have been in College Station for almost a month. In this month, i have met many people from many countries. They are seemingly nice. Actually, i don't know exactly how they are. I still need time to know them well.
It is said that here doesn't have much fun place to have fun. He he, i haven't known much yet. We will figure out it later.
People here are friendly, but i don't think they belong to nice people. Maybe that is because we are new here, and we are new to them. That's not a big deal, we will be nice to them anyway.
The weather here is hot and a little bit humid, but i like it. At least, i can wear skirt in this summer. Does it sound weird to you? He he, this is me, like to stay at a warm place.

To my surprise, Labor Day was not a holiday for the schools in College Station. Maybe you will feel a little confused about why i knew that. :-) Because I made an appointment for today's oral interview on Labor Day morning. My interview went well today. The tester just asked me a few simple questions. They just wanted to know which class we should enroll, and arrange people into different classes. In addition, they need control the number of the students because they don't have much room for too many students. The tester said that only one hundred and twenty people could enroll the school; the others would be on the waiting list. As the minister said that there are one hundred and eight people have registered already. So i am not sure if i can get in or not. I still need to wait for the result. The result will be posted on this Saturday morning. Hopefully, i can get in the class.

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.

Ready to move.

Time flies. I can't believe that this is the last week in ND. Since we are busy preparing to leave, i haven't been feeling good in my deep mind. I can't image the days without these closed friends in the future. I certainly am going to miss these good friends when we move to College Station.

I think we should enjoy the last week here with our good friends this week, but we still have lots of things to do. Anyway, Jin's graduation is on Friday. Jimmie and Aaron is going to hold a going away party at their house for Jin and Brad after the graduation. Therefore, we can spend a whole night together. I am sure that we will have a great time there. Thanks Jimmie, Aaron and the other friends. When i saw our pictures these days, i missed the happy time that we spent together. These happy memories will last forever in my mind.

I am going to the historical Museum tomorrow afternoon with Anna and my classmates. This will be the last time to spend time with my whole class in ND. I am not sure we can meet again some time or not after i leave. Hope some day we could meet again somewhere.

Jin and i are planning to pack up and finish cleaning this weekend. And also, we need Feng and Rona to come over and take all the stuff away. Then our apartment will be empty, except us and our luggage. Then we are ready to leave. :-) It will be a busy weekend.