Roxie is with me now.

JJ and Zhe went back China a few days ago, they couldn't leave Roxie alone at the apartment. Therefore, they left him to me to take care of him. Now, he is with me.








Hey, look at this little body, he is so cute, isn't he? And he is naughty too! He doesn't like to stay at the cage all day. Once he can come out of the cage, he always jumps and runs happily. He also likes to bite things, especially papers. While i am not at his side, he bites every thing , including his cage.:-)He eats a lot every day. No wonder he grows so fast. he he :-p

Mom's birthday is coming.

Tomorrow is my mom's birthday. Actually, from tonight to tomorrow morning is her birthday because of the jet gap. Virtually, i feel guilty sometime for my absence in every important moment. I prefer live around my parents. I love them and they love me too. They raised me, but i haven't done anything for them until now. I know they don't need me do anything, but i still can't stop thinking about that. Although, i am not at home with you, but my spirit is with you now! I am ready to talk with you online tonight and tomorrow morning. :-)
Happy birthday to you, mom! Thanks mom, I LOVE YOU! Wish you healthy and happy for ever! In addition, i will be a good person as you wish!

Congratulations on Jin.

Jin just passed the road test one and half hours ago. I knew he could do it well. He indeed did it well. From now on, he can officially drive a car alone. Congratulations on you, honey!:-)

Jin's driving skill is improved.

It's time for Jin to take the road test. He passed the written test last October, but he is not eager to take the road test after the written test. Because he doesn't formally learn about driving, he made many mistakes during driving in the past a few months. I was trying to teach him in months, but he paid less attention to it. I was worried about him very much during him driving. Finally Jin decided to take the test and seriously learned it in couple days. He somewhat surprised me. He improves his driving skills so quickly. Now i am quite confident that he will pass the road test. He's going to take the road test tomorrow morning. This afternoon, i will give him the last lesson. Hopefully, he will pass the test smoothly. Good luck, Jin!

Symbol is only a symbol!

This morning, Jin received an e-mail from und_announce. This mail is Statement from UND President Dr. Charles Kupchella and UND Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Greg Weisenstein. Yesterday afternoon, staff at the University of North Dakota School of Law discovered an 8-by-10-inch figure of a swastika on the outside of a window near one of the Law School entrances. In the mail, they mentioned that the swastika has come to be a symbol of hate, conveying a message of intimidation, violence and intolerance. They said "we are saddened, disappointed and disgusted that swastikas have appeared on our campus. These acts are NOT tolerated at UND. There is no place the University of North Dakota -- or anywhere else, for that matter -- for harassing, demeaning or culturally insensitive acts. We will continue to investigate these activities and when perpetrators are identified, we will seek prosecution through our Code of Student life and, where warranted, through the court systems."
Actually, swastika is not only the symbol of the Nazis, but also the symbol of good things. Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck. Throughout the subcontinent of India, it can be seen on the sides of temples, religious scriptures, gift items, and letterheads. Therefore, maybe the swastika on the outside of the window means sun, power, strength, and good luck. I heard about the swastika from an Indian before. She told me that they still use it as a symbol in a good way now. Then I am a little confused, how can people know it is used in a bad way or in a good way?
In my opinion, people don't need to be too sensitive about that symbol. After all, the Nazis will never come back again!Symbol is only a symbol!

I am trying to find an apartment.

A long time ago, we have already heard about that the apartment in A&M is not easy to apply.We still had a hope of getting one. After telephoning them, we know that the amount of apartments is limited in A&M. We are not able to get an on-campus apartment by the early August. Therefore, we need to find an off-campus house. It's really hard to find one near by the university. In addition, the price is pretty high if we want to get an appropriate one. Due to this, we decided to find a one bedroom and one bathroom apartment now. Even this kind of apartment with A/C, Internet &W/D is around $550-750 per month, and electric is not included yet. If without A/C, Internet & W/D, it is cheaper, it's around $375-500 per month. An average of the cost of electric is more than $100 per month. I prefer the apartment with A/C &W/D. How can people live without A/C in summer in TX? What do you think? Please give me some advice, i am trying to find a good place to live.
In addition, i don't want to share my apartment with bugs. It's too dangerous to live with them! :-P