Sunday, February 15, 2009
Dan Huang @ Oregon State University, USA (from CityU) 8 - 12 December 2008
Monday, 8th December 2008
Today is the first day of the final examination week. I had two exams today: mathematics and political science.
I like these two courses very much. Through mathematics, I practice how to use the powerful software MATLAB. It is really great software which helps us improve efficiency and accuracy. My major is financial engineering, so mathematics is of great importance to me. I will continue to learn mathematics in next term. I expect it to be fun.
I learned some major countries’ history and political systems in Comparative Politics. I feel fruitful that I learn a lot of English vocabularies about politics which improved my understandability for reading the English news.. During the class, we discussed freely about political issues like the 2008 U.S. president election.
After the exam, I went out to have a look at the nature and rest.
Tuesday, 9th December 2008
Today, I had two exams today: Business Law and Managing individuals & team performance.
The professor who taught business law spoke very fast that I couldn’t catch up his speed at the very beginning of the fall term. As the time passed, I got used to the class and I could understand most of his English. Law is very interesting stuff. In the USA, everyone can sue anyone for any reason and there are plenty of famous lawsuits which help us understanding the law.
Managing individuals & team performance is a time consuming course and requires lots of interactions with the other students. We had an assignment called International Resource Guide (IRG) which required us to form a team of five people from different cultural background and decide a country other than the USA to do research and write a report and do a presentation. My team members were all very nice and we selected China as our IRG country. I think we’ve done a good job. I also meet a girl from Taiwan through this course. She owns a car here and takes me shopping in the other city.
Wednesday, 10th December 2008
Today, one girl from the English Language Intensive Program of OSU needed to move out of our lodge because she will go to Pennsylvania for the winter term. We went outside to take photos together. It usually rains at this time of the year in Corvallis. But the weather was nice today. I coould see blue sky clearly. The leaves all turned yellow and fell as the wind blew. Oregon is famous for its forest. A lot of timber is produced here and exported to other state or other countries. Air is clean here. I sometimes see wild animals like deer and squirrels which I haven’t seen before.
Thursday, 11th December 2008
Today my friend and I went to the research center of Hewlett-Packard which is located in Corvallis. When we got off the bus, I saw a beautiful lake with ducks swimming on it. As we were approaching the lake, nearly all the ducks went quickly towards us. Maybe they thought we had food to feed them but they were so disappointed because we only took photos of them. To my surprise, those ducks could fly!
Friday, 12th December 2008
It started to rain today and I heard that there would be snowy the day after tomorrow. I was born and grew up in Southern China and had never seen snow before. I was excited about that.
Tonight I ate a great meal. The nutrition must be balanced. I had vegetable, noodle, mushroom and so on. I hoped I would be fatter because I thought myself was too thin. It was very fantastic to cook the food and I wished I could learn very excellent cooking skills!
Today is the first day of the final examination week. I had two exams today: mathematics and political science.I like these two courses very much. Through mathematics, I practice how to use the powerful software MATLAB. It is really great software which helps us improve efficiency and accuracy. My major is financial engineering, so mathematics is of great importance to me. I will continue to learn mathematics in next term. I expect it to be fun.
I learned some major countries’ history and political systems in Comparative Politics. I feel fruitful that I learn a lot of English vocabularies about politics which improved my understandability for reading the English news.. During the class, we discussed freely about political issues like the 2008 U.S. president election.
After the exam, I went out to have a look at the nature and rest.
Tuesday, 9th December 2008
Today, I had two exams today: Business Law and Managing individuals & team performance.The professor who taught business law spoke very fast that I couldn’t catch up his speed at the very beginning of the fall term. As the time passed, I got used to the class and I could understand most of his English. Law is very interesting stuff. In the USA, everyone can sue anyone for any reason and there are plenty of famous lawsuits which help us understanding the law.
Managing individuals & team performance is a time consuming course and requires lots of interactions with the other students. We had an assignment called International Resource Guide (IRG) which required us to form a team of five people from different cultural background and decide a country other than the USA to do research and write a report and do a presentation. My team members were all very nice and we selected China as our IRG country. I think we’ve done a good job. I also meet a girl from Taiwan through this course. She owns a car here and takes me shopping in the other city.
Wednesday, 10th December 2008
Today, one girl from the English Language Intensive Program of OSU needed to move out of our lodge because she will go to Pennsylvania for the winter term. We went outside to take photos together. It usually rains at this time of the year in Corvallis. But the weather was nice today. I coould see blue sky clearly. The leaves all turned yellow and fell as the wind blew. Oregon is famous for its forest. A lot of timber is produced here and exported to other state or other countries. Air is clean here. I sometimes see wild animals like deer and squirrels which I haven’t seen before.Thursday, 11th December 2008
Today my friend and I went to the research center of Hewlett-Packard which is located in Corvallis. When we got off the bus, I saw a beautiful lake with ducks swimming on it. As we were approaching the lake, nearly all the ducks went quickly towards us. Maybe they thought we had food to feed them but they were so disappointed because we only took photos of them. To my surprise, those ducks could fly!Friday, 12th December 2008
It started to rain today and I heard that there would be snowy the day after tomorrow. I was born and grew up in Southern China and had never seen snow before. I was excited about that.Tonight I ate a great meal. The nutrition must be balanced. I had vegetable, noodle, mushroom and so on. I hoped I would be fatter because I thought myself was too thin. It was very fantastic to cook the food and I wished I could learn very excellent cooking skills!
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Lina Lau @ University of Mannheim, Germany (from CityU) 8 - 12 December 2008
Monday, 8 December 2008
Tomorrow is my last exam in Germany. Compared to other exchange students, I am the earliest to finish all my exams. That means after tomorrow, I can start my holiday here. Yo!!Today I spent the whole day studying in my room. Such a mess in my desk. Except studying, I went to supermarket to buy some food. In Germany, all shops and restaurant would be closed on Sunday. Therefore Monday is my favorite day in a week. I am reborn.
Today’s meal menu is curry chicken and frozen fish. In Germany, they dun't sell fresh alive fish. Moreover, as Mannheim is a small town, everything in supermarket is from German. That’s a good chance for us to learn German.
The necessary item for going out: German dictionary and recyclable bag
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
After the 75 minutes exam, I went shopping in the downtown, celebrating my day in a Korea restaurant. What a surprise, the staff of the restaurant can speak Cantonese fluently.At night, I went to my friends‘s home for pre-drinking and Crêpe dinner as we had a party at a bar later. We were making Crêpe with different ingredient. Such as cheese, ham, chocolate dressing and strawberry jam. Since we had 5 people with different nationalities, we made our own favors differently.
After dinner, we went to a bar at 12:30a.m.we chatted with those cool Scandinavian. We were pretty hyper, singing, dancing and drinking all night.
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
In the morning, Mandy and I went to zweibrücken outlet center and it took us 2 hours to get there. With my limited German, finally we got to the outlet safely. We shopped for a whole day, got some cheap stuff at the outlet including Polo t-shirt, Lindt chocolate, CK underwear and a bottle of wine which was later on broken by my carelessness. The wine was supposed for tonight’s party-devil or angel.Anyway I bought beers instead later. The party was a costume party. It seemed that people like to be a devil more than an angel. I wore Chinese dress as a Chinese devil tonight.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Since the weather in Germany is getting colder and colder, I decided to hold a hot pot party. It was a big Chinese party. I went shopping in Asia supermarket and German supermarket. It was so much fun to buy so many Chinese food. I miss fishball, glass noodle and beef slices etc.I have noticed that the culture difference between China mainlanders and hongkongese is that mainlanders love spicy hotpot with many chilis. For those who are not from China, they were so excited to try hotpot and perceived this as an European cheese or chocolate fondue. I was so stuffed and satisfied.
Friday, 12 December 2008
Friday, 12 December 2008
Every day is so much fun in Germany. I have a home party tonight. This is my third home party in Mannheim. The first is a spring roll party, the second is a sushi party, and this time is a sky balloon and firework party.I have invited 20 people in Facebook, finally it came 33 people. Everyone brought their drinks and food to my party. We drank and chatted in my kitchen, then we played firework and sky balloon along the river where is located outside my student residence. This is my first time to play such mini firework. I asked people to write down their wishes for new year on the sky balloon. After that, we tried to light up the balloon, and everyone got crazy and excited. Finally we lighted up 5 balloons with tons of wishes flew into the sky. I wish all our dreams can come true.
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Ken Liu @ Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (from CityU) 1 - 5 December 2008
Monday, 1 December 2008
In western calendar, Sunday should be the start of a week. But in my world, Monday is the real beginning of all my actions to be done weekly. This morning I woke up at seven and decided to take a visit around the neighborhood, because I don’t have lessons on Monday. Lucky boy, am I not? I had walked for some time until I reached a huge football field in which there were many youngsters playing football, with some of their parents watching their game. One of those parents told me that his son is a football player of the Copenhagen Primary Football League and there would always be matches against teams from outside CPH. He was from Iraq and had been living in Denmark for more than 20 years. During the conversation, he told me something about the Chinese people in Denmark, especially Copenhagen and he felt surprised for those Chinese about their knowledge in setting up businesses around the world, which made me kind of proud. After that I took a photo of them to memorize this interesting stroll round my place.
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
In the rest of my life I will never forget today, when I almost ruined my fingers! It’s doomed to be an unforgettable day since I took my first exam outside my motherland. I was always dreaming about today but in reality, things could always go the other way, like this one. It’s an 4-hour open-book exam where guys were supposed to bring their own laptops and printers. We could either do the exam in the laptop and print out 2 copies or use hand-writing with the help of carbon papers.
We guys as international students would definitely meet trouble then, so I experienced the painful 4 hours afterwards. There was only one case study with few questions, but we were expected to answer for 10 pages. Eventually, most of us did answer in around 9 pages, including myself, but it was still less than the expected.
When I finally put those answers into two separate folders, I could hardly feel my fingers, especially those being too friendly with the pen during the exam. There are still 4 similar ones left, and I just want to say: God, help... I miss you so much, Hong Kong!!!
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
‘Jungle bell jungle bell jungle all the way…’. When it’s December, the theme could only be the enjoyable Christmas. When I was a child, I loved Christmas because I wanted to receive gifts from my parents. But this year, it means much more than that. What I want for this year is the feeling of Christmas… It snowed today. Amazing! When I woke up, I was so excited to find a fairy tales world decorated with pure white snow. Through the window, I saw my neighbor, an old man from Germany, who was taking his retriever for a walk again, so I ran fast to take out the camera and quickly shot a photo of them to memorize this moment. They looked so cute in the photo and I couldn’t help to play with the retriever in the evening.
Oh, God, it’s really enthusiastic and cutie. Celebration of Christmas in a snow world is the way I love and the dream come true… I love Denmark.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
One benefit of living in a local private house is that you can always learn the traditional food from the typically local persons. David and Heidi are both my housemates. David is now working in a local firm but Heidi is just a freshman of the Copenhagen University. They are both fairly kind, though actually Danes are all very friendly.Today I joined David and Heidi to cook, though actually I was just standing beside during the whole process. They made pancakes, salad and desserts which are all tasty. After having been eating Chinese traditional food for a long while, I finally found a chance to try something really traditional of Denmark. I know I was always lucky. What a meaningful day.
Friday, 5 December 2008
Last night I received a message from a friend inviting me to her birthday party tonight. I was so happy since it’s my first time to join a birthday party in Denmark and it could be really cool when celebrating with local friends. The place is just two stops away from where I live but it’s not easy to go there because of the everlasting rain of Denmark. When I arrived, I found a lot of different desserts and snacks. Surprisingly, those were all made by her friends! Foreign girls are always so good at making food or desserts by themselves. So cool.
During the party, we played Uno Cards, ate and chatted. At around 12 o’clock I came back home and turned to my revision for the remaining 3 exams again. Play hard and study harder. Exchange exam is not just a piece of cake when you are supposed to read the whole textbook to understand the questions. I mean, no PPT materials for most of the courses and what you can count on are those solid books only. Don’t be lazy, man.
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Friday, December 12, 2008
Lawrence Lo @ Xian Jiaotong University, Mainland China (from CityU) 17 - 21 November 2008
Monday, 17 November 2008
After the mid-semester exam, I decided to go traveling to Xinjiang with my friend who is an exchange student from Taiwan to Xian. The train to Jiayuguan will take 23 hours, so we need to sleep in the train overnight. This is the first time that I need to sleep in the train overnight.
After the mid-semester exam, I decided to go traveling to Xinjiang with my friend who is an exchange student from Taiwan to Xian. The train to Jiayuguan will take 23 hours, so we need to sleep in the train overnight. This is the first time that I need to sleep in the train overnight. The condition of the train is better than what I expected before. During the trip, the view outside the window is really beautiful, unforgettable and wonderful. I enjoy the first day trip in the train and I am ready to enjoy more various experiences in the coming day.
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Today, we arrived in Jiayuguan at 4 a.m. We need to stay in the train station until the sun rise because we have not booked the hotel yet. The weather is only -4℃. I have never felt so cold like that, so I have to put all my clothes I have on.
At 8 a.m., we hired a taxi to take us to the scenic spots. Jiayuguan is the western starting point of the Great Wall. It was built in 1372 and over 600 years olded now. When I stand in the Jiayuguan, I feel great and excited. Although it is a brown building only, it contains the valuable Chinese history behind. I am glad to see such a historic building.
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Our second station is Dunhuang. The most famous scenic spots is the Dunhuang Mogao Caves. There are 45000 historic frescoes in 492 caves. Mogao Cave was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-581 BC), the peak of its culture was during the Tang Dynasty, then continued until its eventual abandonment during the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368).However, most of the frescoes are stolen and broken by people for different reasons. Now only ten caves are open for the visitors. Most of the frescoes are about the Buddhism and the Buddhist story. All the art of the frescoes are amazing and unbelievable for me. How the Chinese people in the past can create and imagine something great like that. Amazing!!
Thursday, 20 November 2008
The third day of the trip, we go to Turpan which is a key stop on the Silk Road. We arrive at 7 a.m. Since we do not plan to stay here overnight, we decide to hire a car which can bring us to all the scenic spots within a day. We spend 500 RMB for hiring the car. In Turpan, there are eight famous places including flaming mountains, Jiaohe, the Baizeklik Thousand Buddha Caves and etc.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
The third day of the trip, we go to Turpan which is a key stop on the Silk Road. We arrive at 7 a.m. Since we do not plan to stay here overnight, we decide to hire a car which can bring us to all the scenic spots within a day. We spend 500 RMB for hiring the car. In Turpan, there are eight famous places including flaming mountains, Jiaohe, the Baizeklik Thousand Buddha Caves and etc.We two spend most of the time in Jiaohe because it was a valuable and historic ancient ruined city in China.
It was founded some 2,000 years ago. The site retains clearly distinguishable temples, pagodas and other buildings, including a Buddhist monastery at the center of the city. It is physical evidence to show the life of the people lived in 2000 years ago. Today, not many tourists come visit here because the peak traveling season is over, so we two can walk slowly and look carefully. It is really enjoyable for me to follow the steps of the people lived in 2000 years ago. Moreover, I find the people in Xinjiang are very beautiful and handsome. They look like Europeans such as Turk.
Friday, 21 November 2008
Today, we need to spend 24 hours to Kashi by train again. Kashi is the farthest city where the train can reach the west of China.
This trip on the train is the hardest experience during the traveling. The place I sleep on is very short so that I am unable to sit normally on the bed. The condition is terrible for a tall gay such as me. I can not enjoy a good dream over the night and feel very sick after three hours… TERRIBLE!!UNCOMFORTABLE!!UNFORGETTABLE!!
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Friday, November 14, 2008
Ho Yuet Ying @ Texas A&M International University, USA (from CityU) 3 - 7 November 2008
Monday, 3 November 2008
Today, no water was in dorm. It is because last night, the water leakage from ground. Finally, some apartments in first floor are flooded.
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Obama won the election!
Water is milky and dirty.
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
I went to bar with some local friends. I tried a wine that I do not know its name!
Thursday, 6 November 2008
I joined the Basketball game. I lost two games. It was really tired for two 3X3 games within an hour.
Friday, 7 November 2008
I went to my local friend’s house and watched film -there. I had dinner at his house with other friends.
Today, no water was in dorm. It is because last night, the water leakage from ground. Finally, some apartments in first floor are flooded.
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Obama won the election!Water is milky and dirty.
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
I went to bar with some local friends. I tried a wine that I do not know its name!Thursday, 6 November 2008
I joined the Basketball game. I lost two games. It was really tired for two 3X3 games within an hour.
Friday, 7 November 2008
I went to my local friend’s house and watched film -
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Monday, October 27, 2008
Isabella Choi @ Saint Mary’s University, Canada (from CityU) 20 - 24 October 2008
Monday, 20 October 2008
Today, I skipped the morning class for finalizing the group report due at midday. “Luckily”, we eventually submitted it on time :)
After submission, I had lunch with my international friends in the sole pub which locates on campus. PUB? Are you serious? This is my first response when I was noticed there is a pub on campus. It actually runs like a restaurant in the afternoons and then turns to pub in the evenings, serving alcohols and having some performances someday. This explains how the people in Halifax fancy to the alcohols are.
After finishing the lunch with my lovely friends, I had a macroeconomics’ mid-term test. It was not that hard; the questions covered were almost the same as the practice questions. So everyone just took only half of the time to finish it.
In the evening, I joined the Mini International Night. Throughout the party, we had a chance to enjoy the Flamingo performance, Japanese folk songs and Indian dance... of course, we had drinks as well. It is the main reason for each gathering and meeting at here~
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Every Tuesday and Thursday, I ended my classes by 11:15am , so I would have a free afternoon. Today, I decided to show the “traditional food” to my flat mate, a Canadian woman. Can you guess which kinds of food I wanna show her? Yup, it is “barbecue pork”. You may wonder where I find the BBQ pork. Yes. I baked it. From flavor to cook, all done by myself. Following the guidelines of the recipe searched on the Internet, I found it is not as hard as we imagine. You can make one to your foreign friend if you interested in. I think they must love it as well!
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
To celebrate the birthday of my international friend, we went to “Father’s mustache” tonight. This is a restaurant famous for chicken wings and beer. Even though we were there very early (around 5:00p.m., far before the peak hour), we still need to wait for a couple of minutes as the chicken wings would be served as 50% off on Wednesdays; everyone would like to go especially.
When we had a seat, we can’t wait to order beers and two 50 chicken wings with “suicide”, “honey garlic” and “barbecue” sauces. As their names, suicide sauce is super super super spicy, but we love it very much!
Right after the meal, we went to the closest hill to observe the star. Because the clear sky and none of the high buildings, the view was awesome…a lot of stars twinkle in the sky…really wanna sing “Twinkle, twinkle little stars, how I wonder what you are..” Crazy…I think I was drunk~
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Study Day –I am preparing for the mid-term holds tomorrow. In the evening, my flat mate made a traditional Japanese food –“Okonomiyaki” for me. Although she is Canadian, but not Japanese, she learnt it from her ex-roommate. The most important point is it tastes really good, like the one we have outside! She also goods at homemaking various kinds of dips, so I picked up a nickname for her, “Queen of Dips”. And we are kidding I would find her on the newspaper under a topic with regard to A Canadian Woman Develops a Global Market for Homemaking Dip” one day. If it happens, it should be really funny!
Friday, 24 October 2008
Having my major course’s mid-term in the afternoon, so I keep studying hard on it until the time to go to school. Gosh… out of the two short questions, I can’t even find one part that I exactly know the answer with. :(
To get rid of the “painful experience” of mid-term, my friend invited me to enjoy the football game (Attack Rugby) with her. In fact, it is my second time to go. Maybe I am not familiar in the rules and I’m still worry about my test, I can’t enjoy the game so much. But it was a funny sport definitely!*I think I properly need to rearrange my time for fun and study, try to get a balance between them, so I can enjoy life and also gain a high marks in the academic aspects.
Today, I skipped the morning class for finalizing the group report due at midday. “Luckily”, we eventually submitted it on time :)After submission, I had lunch with my international friends in the sole pub which locates on campus. PUB? Are you serious? This is my first response when I was noticed there is a pub on campus. It actually runs like a restaurant in the afternoons and then turns to pub in the evenings, serving alcohols and having some performances someday. This explains how the people in Halifax fancy to the alcohols are.
After finishing the lunch with my lovely friends, I had a macroeconomics’ mid-term test. It was not that hard; the questions covered were almost the same as the practice questions. So everyone just took only half of the time to finish it.
In the evening, I joined the Mini International Night. Throughout the party, we had a chance to enjoy the Flamingo performance, Japanese folk songs and Indian dance... of course, we had drinks as well. It is the main reason for each gathering and meeting at here~
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Every Tuesday and Thursday, I ended my classes by 11:15am , so I would have a free afternoon. Today, I decided to show the “traditional food” to my flat mate, a Canadian woman. Can you guess which kinds of food I wanna show her? Yup, it is “barbecue pork”. You may wonder where I find the BBQ pork. Yes. I baked it. From flavor to cook, all done by myself. Following the guidelines of the recipe searched on the Internet, I found it is not as hard as we imagine. You can make one to your foreign friend if you interested in. I think they must love it as well!Wednesday, 22 October 2008
To celebrate the birthday of my international friend, we went to “Father’s mustache” tonight. This is a restaurant famous for chicken wings and beer. Even though we were there very early (around 5:00p.m., far before the peak hour), we still need to wait for a couple of minutes as the chicken wings would be served as 50% off on Wednesdays; everyone would like to go especially.When we had a seat, we can’t wait to order beers and two 50 chicken wings with “suicide”, “honey garlic” and “barbecue” sauces. As their names, suicide sauce is super super super spicy, but we love it very much!
Right after the meal, we went to the closest hill to observe the star. Because the clear sky and none of the high buildings, the view was awesome…a lot of stars twinkle in the sky…really wanna sing “Twinkle, twinkle little stars, how I wonder what you are..” Crazy…I think I was drunk~
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Study Day –I am preparing for the mid-term holds tomorrow. In the evening, my flat mate made a traditional Japanese food –“Okonomiyaki” for me. Although she is Canadian, but not Japanese, she learnt it from her ex-roommate. The most important point is it tastes really good, like the one we have outside! She also goods at homemaking various kinds of dips, so I picked up a nickname for her, “Queen of Dips”. And we are kidding I would find her on the newspaper under a topic with regard to A Canadian Woman Develops a Global Market for Homemaking Dip” one day. If it happens, it should be really funny!Friday, 24 October 2008
Having my major course’s mid-term in the afternoon, so I keep studying hard on it until the time to go to school. Gosh… out of the two short questions, I can’t even find one part that I exactly know the answer with. :(To get rid of the “painful experience” of mid-term, my friend invited me to enjoy the football game (Attack Rugby) with her. In fact, it is my second time to go. Maybe I am not familiar in the rules and I’m still worry about my test, I can’t enjoy the game so much. But it was a funny sport definitely!*I think I properly need to rearrange my time for fun and study, try to get a balance between them, so I can enjoy life and also gain a high marks in the academic aspects.
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Shi Yuefei @ Purdue University, US (from CityU) 13 - 17 October 2008
Monday, 13 October 2008
I was just back from Niagara Falls today. It is one of the most magnificent places I’ve ever been! I is astonished by nature’s supremacy. I believe that anyone who goes there will realize that they should admire the Almighty. Niagara Falls will definitely be at the top of my recommendation list of must-go places to every exchange student coming to the United States.
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Today is the last day of October Break which means that I can enjoy another day-off! One of my roommates went to New York City in the break and the other went to Chapel Hill, NC. But a day-off doesn’t mean a party day here.
My presentation today was quite good, I think. Anyway, I tried my best and got all of my classmates involved. I received a birthday card from the University today! At first I thought it was to congratulate my 21st birthday (which means I am a “legal” person here, i.e. to drink or to go to pubs). But after I read the card, I realized it was not like that at all! Hah, here is what it says: If you choose to drink… Celebrate with friends you trust. Ensure that you have a sober driver Be smart, 21 shots is a bad idea…(and more) Wow, what a kind reminder!
Heavy rain last night. When I got up today, I was surprised at what I saw. Just look at the picture, what sharp contrast!
Finally it comes to my birthday!!! I got so many congratulations today (21st is the most important birthday here).
I was just back from Niagara Falls today. It is one of the most magnificent places I’ve ever been! I is astonished by nature’s supremacy. I believe that anyone who goes there will realize that they should admire the Almighty. Niagara Falls will definitely be at the top of my recommendation list of must-go places to every exchange student coming to the United States.Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Today is the last day of October Break which means that I can enjoy another day-off! One of my roommates went to New York City in the break and the other went to Chapel Hill, NC. But a day-off doesn’t mean a party day here.I am going to have a presentation tomorrow for my communication course. (Actually it’s a pure speech course which we are required to do three presentations in the class and one in the community) I have to spend half day preparing for it. The topic is about China’s one-child policy. Americans are so interested in the topic that I’ve at least been asked for more than ten times about the policy. So I decided to give my class a presentation and try to objectively describe and evaluate the policy. (I can also use myself as an example~)
Attached is a photo of my apartment. It’s nice, right?
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
My presentation today was quite good, I think. Anyway, I tried my best and got all of my classmates involved. I received a birthday card from the University today! At first I thought it was to congratulate my 21st birthday (which means I am a “legal” person here, i.e. to drink or to go to pubs). But after I read the card, I realized it was not like that at all! Hah, here is what it says: If you choose to drink… Celebrate with friends you trust. Ensure that you have a sober driver Be smart, 21 shots is a bad idea…(and more) Wow, what a kind reminder!Thursday, 16 October 2008
Heavy rain last night. When I got up today, I was surprised at what I saw. Just look at the picture, what sharp contrast!The environment is really beautiful right?
Friday, 17 October 2008
Finally it comes to my birthday!!! I got so many congratulations today (21st is the most important birthday here). My host family, the Truebloods who have 11 kids (Oh my GOSH!) invited me to their home to celebrate. We went to a high school football game first and had a really BIG dinner. Ms. Trueblood is a good cook, and she baked a birthday cake for me! This was the best night I have had in the United States.
The Truebloods are so nice and they invited me to many fun events, like deer hunting (WOW!), hiking, Christmas dinner… They will be the most important part of my memory in the States!
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Monday, October 13, 2008
Xu Shen @ University of Stirling, UK (from CityU) 6 - 10 October 2008
Monday, 6 October 2008
Today was the beginning of my 4th week in University of Stirling. Frankly speaking, life in Stirling is easy. I have only 3 modules, each module only have 3 one-hour lectures and a one-hour seminar per week.
I’ve got 3 lectures on Monday, and I missed one of them today…it was difficult to get up in the early morning…so I didn’t attend the Marketing Research class and got up in the mid-morning.
I went out to a bar tonight with several friends and we had a wonderful time. Experiencing the “bar culture” in Scotland is something I don’t want to miss. I tried many of the famous local drinks all these days, like whisky (which Scotland is famous for), and Guinness (famous for its dark beer and the world’s record).
Tusday, 7 October 2008
I’ve got a day-off on Tuesday, and I went to Edinburgh with my friends. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and is quite near to Stirling. Together with Glasgow, the largest city of Scotland, the three cities seem like three vertexes of a triangle on the map.
It took us roughly an hour to get there by train and this was my second time visiting the city. We visited the National Museum of Scotland and Royal Museum of Scotland in the morning. I found the exhibits on display very interesting, as they demonstrated a unique culture and an interesting stretch history.
After lunch, we went to climb a hill which I couldn’t remember its name now… When we finally standing on the top of the mountain, I could see the entire city of Edinburgh – an old city (many castles and venerable buildings) with modern atmosphere (fashion people and feelings of art), I love this city…
I love Stirling too~~ it’s a place of landscape. Also, it is the place of the story in the movie Brave Heart. Tomorrow I will go to the Stirling Castle~~It will be another wonderful day~
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
I went to the Stirling Castle this afternoon together with several new friends. We set off after attending lectures in the morning and having lunch.
Stirling Castle used to be the palace of Scotland, and the story in the movie Brave Heart was actually happened here. I haven’t watched the film~~so I have no idea about what it talks about~~
I’ve got headache today – perhaps owing to the rain in the morning. Therefore I was depressed this afternoon and didn’t pay much attention to the scenery and the castle…anyway, it’s a place that worth visiting .p.s. the ice cream I bought outside the castle taste good.
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Today was a peaceful day…nothing special…attending lectures and seminar, discussing IE (International and Export Marketing) group project with my group mates (the only project I have for this semester), surfing on the Internet, and feeling a little bit tired because of the travels in the two successive days.
Today is a rainy day, as usual. But I love this kind of rain – quite, light, no need for an umbrella. Go out, walking in the rain and on the wet grass – nothing special but a pleasing feeling.
Friday, 10 October 2008
Finally, this week comes to an end, and so does this task~~I like it, as I recorded my memory and shared my life with all of you by displaying several snapshots in my exchange.
Today I attended a seminar – it is the same thing known as “tutorial” in CityU – and made a new friend from Brunei. I was confused when she told me her nationality…I didn’t know which this country was. But fortunately, she could speak Chinese, she told me the Chinese version of the country name and I figured out which the country was.
Do you know where Brunei is? Just Google it!
Today was the beginning of my 4th week in University of Stirling. Frankly speaking, life in Stirling is easy. I have only 3 modules, each module only have 3 one-hour lectures and a one-hour seminar per week.I’ve got 3 lectures on Monday, and I missed one of them today…it was difficult to get up in the early morning…so I didn’t attend the Marketing Research class and got up in the mid-morning.
I went out to a bar tonight with several friends and we had a wonderful time. Experiencing the “bar culture” in Scotland is something I don’t want to miss. I tried many of the famous local drinks all these days, like whisky (which Scotland is famous for), and Guinness (famous for its dark beer and the world’s record).
Tusday, 7 October 2008
I’ve got a day-off on Tuesday, and I went to Edinburgh with my friends. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and is quite near to Stirling. Together with Glasgow, the largest city of Scotland, the three cities seem like three vertexes of a triangle on the map.It took us roughly an hour to get there by train and this was my second time visiting the city. We visited the National Museum of Scotland and Royal Museum of Scotland in the morning. I found the exhibits on display very interesting, as they demonstrated a unique culture and an interesting stretch history.
After lunch, we went to climb a hill which I couldn’t remember its name now… When we finally standing on the top of the mountain, I could see the entire city of Edinburgh – an old city (many castles and venerable buildings) with modern atmosphere (fashion people and feelings of art), I love this city…
I love Stirling too~~ it’s a place of landscape. Also, it is the place of the story in the movie Brave Heart. Tomorrow I will go to the Stirling Castle~~It will be another wonderful day~
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
I went to the Stirling Castle this afternoon together with several new friends. We set off after attending lectures in the morning and having lunch.Stirling Castle used to be the palace of Scotland, and the story in the movie Brave Heart was actually happened here. I haven’t watched the film~~so I have no idea about what it talks about~~
I’ve got headache today – perhaps owing to the rain in the morning. Therefore I was depressed this afternoon and didn’t pay much attention to the scenery and the castle…anyway, it’s a place that worth visiting .p.s. the ice cream I bought outside the castle taste good.
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Today was a peaceful day…nothing special…attending lectures and seminar, discussing IE (International and Export Marketing) group project with my group mates (the only project I have for this semester), surfing on the Internet, and feeling a little bit tired because of the travels in the two successive days.Today is a rainy day, as usual. But I love this kind of rain – quite, light, no need for an umbrella. Go out, walking in the rain and on the wet grass – nothing special but a pleasing feeling.
Friday, 10 October 2008
Finally, this week comes to an end, and so does this task~~I like it, as I recorded my memory and shared my life with all of you by displaying several snapshots in my exchange.Today I attended a seminar – it is the same thing known as “tutorial” in CityU – and made a new friend from Brunei. I was confused when she told me her nationality…I didn’t know which this country was. But fortunately, she could speak Chinese, she told me the Chinese version of the country name and I figured out which the country was.
Do you know where Brunei is? Just Google it!
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Monday, October 6, 2008
Qin Xuelu @ California State University, Long Beach, USA (from CityU) 29 September - 3 October 2008
Monday, 29 September 2008
A tough week begins! It’s already Week 5 and my first Mid-term exam will be held on tomorrow. But I have only two classes today, one from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm and another from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. So I can spend several hours in the library reading my Principles of Marketing and preparing for tonight’s Management class.
This morning is quite interesting. Oly and Apollo, the two big dogs in my host family, shove my bedroom door open and get in my room when I am still sleeping. Oly jumps onto my bed and licks my toes while Apollo sits beside my bed looking at me. I guess it is around 7:00am since Libby, my landlady and Cecilia, another tenant, are about to leave the house. Two dogs look at me as if to ask: Libby and Cecilia are leaving, why don’t you get up? But I stayed up too late last night trying to finish reading the Marketing textbook and I am still unconscious; I have to ask them to leave. Oh, the lovely dogs!I have three classes today and one exam in the evening. So today is really stressful. Whenever I have time, I will take out Principles of Marketing and read a few lines. Luckily, there are 50 MC questions and takes 50 minutes. Then our group holds a meeting for the project. We divide our tasks and the guys share their experience of driving the Lamborghini car since our topic is the marketing strategy of this luxury car company. Everyone is very excited about it.
Exams come one by one, another one comes tomorrow. What a busy week! Then, today my main task is to read my Law book. So I go home early after class and cook the rice in the microwave oven and mix it with sausage and kimchi— that becomes my dinners for the next two days. After my “dinner”, I have to go back to the book. It is the most confusing book I have ever read, the sentence structures are so complicated that I need to read them again and again. Though not much to read compared with Tuesday’s Marketing, but remember the difference between liability and property and which one is more efficient under which conditions is quite challenge. Due to the revision, I cannot go swimming with Libby today, what a pity!
I wake up quite early today at 5:50am, still worry about the exam. I still not yet finished the last chapter. So I need to make use of the last 4 hours to prepare for it. Oly comes in, jumps onto my bed and lies next to me quietly. I read through the night until the sun comes out. At 8:30am, I go to school in California’s beautiful sunshine. Today is a bit hotter than the usual cool weather here, although I just hear from my classmate in Michigan that they have only 8 degrees. But it is still cold inside the buildings.
Today is my day-off but it is the cleaning day of my house. So I stay at home. I begin to clean my room in the morning. Since the dogs like to visit my room, there is dog hair everywhere, so I get the cleaner to clean the wood floor. Then it is the shared bathroom. Since Cecilia cleaned bathroom last week,so it's my turn now. When I go to the closet to search for cleanser, I am surprised by how many kinds of cleanser an American family has; there are cleansers for wood, glass, kitchen and car etc. I have to read the labels one by one but finally I find it in a corner. When I was in Hong Kong, I only used the water to clean my tiny residence. Americans love their big homes! After cleaning the bathroom and admiring my “great job” (I imagine the bathtub and floor are shinning), I think I should keep cleaning up my residence every week after going back.
A tough week begins! It’s already Week 5 and my first Mid-term exam will be held on tomorrow. But I have only two classes today, one from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm and another from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. So I can spend several hours in the library reading my Principles of Marketing and preparing for tonight’s Management class.When everything seems going smooth, unfortunate thing happens. At 6:45 pm, when I walk into the lecture theater, I find my name plate placed on the second row. This means I am chosen to answer the instructor’s questions and would be rewarded by participation points today. Participation counts half of the total points and are all judged by how well you answer the questions of the instructor when he picks you. All questions are related to management in US companies and are all real life examples chosen by him. Luckily, I did some revisions and spent my weekend doing the Google case study he told us to do, so I am able to manage his two questions. Anyway, I've survived from the class today and as usual, I learn a lot about business in USA.
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
This morning is quite interesting. Oly and Apollo, the two big dogs in my host family, shove my bedroom door open and get in my room when I am still sleeping. Oly jumps onto my bed and licks my toes while Apollo sits beside my bed looking at me. I guess it is around 7:00am since Libby, my landlady and Cecilia, another tenant, are about to leave the house. Two dogs look at me as if to ask: Libby and Cecilia are leaving, why don’t you get up? But I stayed up too late last night trying to finish reading the Marketing textbook and I am still unconscious; I have to ask them to leave. Oh, the lovely dogs!I have three classes today and one exam in the evening. So today is really stressful. Whenever I have time, I will take out Principles of Marketing and read a few lines. Luckily, there are 50 MC questions and takes 50 minutes. Then our group holds a meeting for the project. We divide our tasks and the guys share their experience of driving the Lamborghini car since our topic is the marketing strategy of this luxury car company. Everyone is very excited about it.Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Exams come one by one, another one comes tomorrow. What a busy week! Then, today my main task is to read my Law book. So I go home early after class and cook the rice in the microwave oven and mix it with sausage and kimchi— that becomes my dinners for the next two days. After my “dinner”, I have to go back to the book. It is the most confusing book I have ever read, the sentence structures are so complicated that I need to read them again and again. Though not much to read compared with Tuesday’s Marketing, but remember the difference between liability and property and which one is more efficient under which conditions is quite challenge. Due to the revision, I cannot go swimming with Libby today, what a pity!Thursday, 2 October 2008
I wake up quite early today at 5:50am, still worry about the exam. I still not yet finished the last chapter. So I need to make use of the last 4 hours to prepare for it. Oly comes in, jumps onto my bed and lies next to me quietly. I read through the night until the sun comes out. At 8:30am, I go to school in California’s beautiful sunshine. Today is a bit hotter than the usual cool weather here, although I just hear from my classmate in Michigan that they have only 8 degrees. But it is still cold inside the buildings. Now the Law exam is over but there is still another one coming next Tuesday. In addition to Monday’s Management class, God knows whether I will be chosen again. So I cannot relax and lie on the oily green grass, I still have work to do on weekends. But I will go to Chinatown in LA this Saturday with my friends from the Study Abroad Club, so Saturday will be the real exchange life—each week, you can go to a party or visit another place.
Friday, 3 October 2008
Today is my day-off but it is the cleaning day of my house. So I stay at home. I begin to clean my room in the morning. Since the dogs like to visit my room, there is dog hair everywhere, so I get the cleaner to clean the wood floor. Then it is the shared bathroom. Since Cecilia cleaned bathroom last week,so it's my turn now. When I go to the closet to search for cleanser, I am surprised by how many kinds of cleanser an American family has; there are cleansers for wood, glass, kitchen and car etc. I have to read the labels one by one but finally I find it in a corner. When I was in Hong Kong, I only used the water to clean my tiny residence. Americans love their big homes! After cleaning the bathroom and admiring my “great job” (I imagine the bathtub and floor are shinning), I think I should keep cleaning up my residence every week after going back.Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Gordon Chan @ HEC Montreal, Canada (from CityU) 22 - 26 September 2008
Monday, 22 September 2008
Hi, I’m Gordon, this is my first dairy for the exchange program. Today is already one month after our arrival. The new term has started 3 weeks, and my exchange fellows and myself settled quite well, we have met many new friends through those orientation programs and classes.
Coincidently, I have bought a new cooker today, and i have made my first wrap for my dinner. I made the food by following the recipe of “SUBWAY”, which is a very famous chain food store in North America, and i thought it was very tasty.
We have followed our schedule today, having lunch with our buddy-Coco. Unfortunately, Cludia and Kathy, who are my fellows from CityU, had class during the lunch time, so they could come and join us.
Meanwhile, I have to mention something special about our buddy, since she is a Hong Kong citizen, and able to speak Cantonese as well, she helps a lot when we first arrived in Montreal.
Today is the most busy day for me, as I have 2 classes to attend. It is different from CityU, in HEC Montreal, we won’t separate our course into one lecture and one tutorial session. Instead of it, we have a 3-hour lecture, so it is quite harsh.
After all the classes, I joined a orientation program tonight, which call “cocktail night”. We had gone to several clubs to try different kind of alcoholic drinks. At the beginning, I was afraid I could get drunk easily; but afterward, I proved that I could drink a lot! Besides of drinking, we also played those “club game” with the rest of the exchange students, we shared a lot of games between each other.
Tonight was fun, and I had met many new friends today; but I thought that because of the alcohol, I already felt very sleepy now, so that’s all for today.
After a wild night, my fellows told me that our free pass for some of the prestigious institutions had been activated today, so we decided to go to some museums that we are interested in. Finally, we decided to go to a biosphere museum.
There is so much fun, since this museum is different from a normal one, most of the creatures we have seen is not living in a cage. We could touch and feel it, it helps to understand them. There are three parts in this museum, the first part is about the tropical forest, the second part is about oceans, and the last part is about the South Pole. There are different kind of creatures we have seen today, for example, different kinds of ducks, bats, frogs, and the most cute one, penguin.
Also, since the museum is located next to the former Olympic stadium, we could visit it too. However, Olympic game was held in 1976 in Montreal, so it was 30 years ago and the stadium is a bit old already. I could just said that it still has it features. Then, we had our dinner for finishing our trip.
Today is the last day for me to write this dairy, time passes fast. As I have mentioned yesterday, since our free pass has been activated, and this period is just going to last for a week only, so we have decided to utilize it. And, today we used it again, we had gone to a garden with an insect museum. This garden is so big, I don’t think we could walk through of the themes in a day, so we have just chosen two main themes to take a look.
First of all, we went to the insect museum. I don’t want to mention it so much, since it is quite disgusting. Then we went to the Japan theme garden, and this is fantastic. No matter which angle for us to look at it, it is just beautiful. There is a small waterfall in it, and a river and some Japanese houses in it, make the whole garden full of Japan’s tincture. And then we go to the China Garden. Since it is quite near to our mid-autumn festival, so they are holding a lantern exhibition here. It is quite fancy about their lanterns. But it is still ok.
Hi, I’m Gordon, this is my first dairy for the exchange program. Today is already one month after our arrival. The new term has started 3 weeks, and my exchange fellows and myself settled quite well, we have met many new friends through those orientation programs and classes.All of us are assigned to live in the dormitory of HEC Montreal, which is our host university. Our room is big, comparing with our CityU dorm, also, it is a single room, I am quite satisfied with the dorm.
Coincidently, I have bought a new cooker today, and i have made my first wrap for my dinner. I made the food by following the recipe of “SUBWAY”, which is a very famous chain food store in North America, and i thought it was very tasty.
Tomorrow I am going to meet and have lunchour buddy in HEC Montreal, i am looking forward to it.
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
We have followed our schedule today, having lunch with our buddy-Coco. Unfortunately, Cludia and Kathy, who are my fellows from CityU, had class during the lunch time, so they could come and join us.Meanwhile, I have to mention something special about our buddy, since she is a Hong Kong citizen, and able to speak Cantonese as well, she helps a lot when we first arrived in Montreal.
For the lunch, actually they don’t call it a “lunch”, and they use a word “brunch”instead. According to my buddy's explain, brunch means breakfast and lunch, and she said it is quite common in western culture to have a brunch. Before the brunch, I got a great expectation for this meal; however, actually it was simply just a big breakfast, which was big enough to be a lunch. So the “brunch” is nothing special at all. Since it is week 4 already, different kind of assignments is beginning, and I had my first group meeting today with my news groupmates.
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Today is the most busy day for me, as I have 2 classes to attend. It is different from CityU, in HEC Montreal, we won’t separate our course into one lecture and one tutorial session. Instead of it, we have a 3-hour lecture, so it is quite harsh.After all the classes, I joined a orientation program tonight, which call “cocktail night”. We had gone to several clubs to try different kind of alcoholic drinks. At the beginning, I was afraid I could get drunk easily; but afterward, I proved that I could drink a lot! Besides of drinking, we also played those “club game” with the rest of the exchange students, we shared a lot of games between each other.
Tonight was fun, and I had met many new friends today; but I thought that because of the alcohol, I already felt very sleepy now, so that’s all for today.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
After a wild night, my fellows told me that our free pass for some of the prestigious institutions had been activated today, so we decided to go to some museums that we are interested in. Finally, we decided to go to a biosphere museum. There is so much fun, since this museum is different from a normal one, most of the creatures we have seen is not living in a cage. We could touch and feel it, it helps to understand them. There are three parts in this museum, the first part is about the tropical forest, the second part is about oceans, and the last part is about the South Pole. There are different kind of creatures we have seen today, for example, different kinds of ducks, bats, frogs, and the most cute one, penguin.
Also, since the museum is located next to the former Olympic stadium, we could visit it too. However, Olympic game was held in 1976 in Montreal, so it was 30 years ago and the stadium is a bit old already. I could just said that it still has it features. Then, we had our dinner for finishing our trip.
Friday, 26 September 2008
Today is the last day for me to write this dairy, time passes fast. As I have mentioned yesterday, since our free pass has been activated, and this period is just going to last for a week only, so we have decided to utilize it. And, today we used it again, we had gone to a garden with an insect museum. This garden is so big, I don’t think we could walk through of the themes in a day, so we have just chosen two main themes to take a look. First of all, we went to the insect museum. I don’t want to mention it so much, since it is quite disgusting. Then we went to the Japan theme garden, and this is fantastic. No matter which angle for us to look at it, it is just beautiful. There is a small waterfall in it, and a river and some Japanese houses in it, make the whole garden full of Japan’s tincture. And then we go to the China Garden. Since it is quite near to our mid-autumn festival, so they are holding a lantern exhibition here. It is quite fancy about their lanterns. But it is still ok.
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Edith Wan @ Groupe ESC Rennes, France (from CityU) 15 - 19 September 2008
Monday, 15 September 2008
Today is our first day to have lessons in ESC Rennes. As the time-table for our classes are not available on-line, we have to go back to school at 8:15am to check it out.
It seems that the summer is going to be ended in Rennes. During these few days, the day time seems to be shortened and the weather become cooler.
After school, my friends went to my residence to have dinner with me.They said today was a vegetarian day. So we only had tomatos and potatos soup and vetgetables to eat tonight. However, we did have chocolate ice cream to be our dessert.(although it has been melted)
I have learned the way of living as a French to enjoy their lifestyle. So, Today I just want to stay in my room to enjoy my day off!!!! Surfing the Internet, chatting with my friends and family.
I miss all of you!!!!!!!
The server of the Internet provider was down last night. All of us couldn't access to the Internet. I discovered that I couldn't live without the Internet in Rennes because there is no other entertainment. The only thing I can do last night was to read through the Ryanair case.
Coincidently, I met my City U buddy outside the supermarket. I was so surprised that she couldn't recognize me. Actually, she had just come back to Rennes today. She looked totally exhausted after her internship.
Thanks for helping us to open the champion card!! Tonight we had another welcome party with almost 700 students here. French people are very crazy for party. They are very hyperactive and nearly out of control. We spent 2.5 hours to reach the venue. I discovered that French people have a lot of misunderstandings and wrong concepts about China.
After the party last night, it was so hard to wake up even our class was in the afternoon. Finally, my angel has defeated the devil. However, Oscar and Luis were still sleeping.
Today is our first day to have lessons in ESC Rennes. As the time-table for our classes are not available on-line, we have to go back to school at 8:15am to check it out.It was very very very cold in the morning. We were going to be frozen. Today, I went to school by my newly bought bicycle. It only took me 10 minutes to go to school. It's great!!!!
My assigned schedule was not very good. Luckily, Isabelle allowed me to switch to another group. Now, my time table is very perfect!!!!! My first lesson was operation management because of the construction of the ESC system. In this school, we the professors' didn't provide us with the powerpoint notes, so, we felt a bit inconvenient.
After school, we went to the city center to shop. But I couldn't imagine that the boys love shopping more than the girls do. Shopping in supermarket seems to be our everyday practice.
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
It seems that the summer is going to be ended in Rennes. During these few days, the day time seems to be shortened and the weather become cooler.After school, my friends went to my residence to have dinner with me.They said today was a vegetarian day. So we only had tomatos and potatos soup and vetgetables to eat tonight. However, we did have chocolate ice cream to be our dessert.(although it has been melted)
I finally realize that Hong Kong is actually a food paradise. I miss all the dim sums, hot pot, thai food, chinese food, desserts...etc. When I come back, I have to eat a lot of them again!
My plane to Barcelona and London has been confirmed. I am looking forward to the break at the end of Oct.
My plane to Barcelona and London has been confirmed. I am looking forward to the break at the end of Oct.
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
I have learned the way of living as a French to enjoy their lifestyle. So, Today I just want to stay in my room to enjoy my day off!!!! Surfing the Internet, chatting with my friends and family.I miss all of you!!!!!!!
Happy birthday to FUNG~~
I am very disappointed that Fung cannot recognize me when I phoned her.
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I am very disappointed that Fung cannot recognize me when I phoned her.
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Our dinners tonight are pizza, spring roll, sausages, lasagne. Very delicious!!!!!!!!
Thursday, 18 September 2008
The server of the Internet provider was down last night. All of us couldn't access to the Internet. I discovered that I couldn't live without the Internet in Rennes because there is no other entertainment. The only thing I can do last night was to read through the Ryanair case.Coincidently, I met my City U buddy outside the supermarket. I was so surprised that she couldn't recognize me. Actually, she had just come back to Rennes today. She looked totally exhausted after her internship.
Thanks for helping us to open the champion card!! Tonight we had another welcome party with almost 700 students here. French people are very crazy for party. They are very hyperactive and nearly out of control. We spent 2.5 hours to reach the venue. I discovered that French people have a lot of misunderstandings and wrong concepts about China.
Friday, 19 September 2008
After the party last night, it was so hard to wake up even our class was in the afternoon. Finally, my angel has defeated the devil. However, Oscar and Luis were still sleeping.We were going to be late, but we only had two bicycles. Oscar was going to drive me to school. I was very scared because the bicycle was very unstable. Luckily, we could arrive school safely.
Labels: 2008/2009 Semester A
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