Grandpa

I am missing my grandpa. He was past away for ten years. I remember the day is the first day of Chinese New year. My parents and I always go to my father’s parent’s house to celebrate the New Year. The second day we go to my mother’s parent’s house. However, my uncle called my father, after the call my parents did not say any word to me. They left me at my aunt’s home for four days. I knew that it must happen something. At fifth day, my father went to aunt’s house, told me my grandpa was died, and asked me to don’t cry, because my grandma couldn’t bear this news. During that time, I didn’t allow the tears to fall down. But at night, I was missing him. I thought my grandpa took me to the park at first time, it was the last time. It was a funny story for my grandpa and me.
My grandpa took me to play at the park for the whole mooring when I was 4 years old. When the time was lunch time, he asked me to go home. I was angry with that, I didn’t enjoying. So I asked him to play last game and then we could go home. He asked me promised. However, when I finished I couldn’t find my grandpa. I ran to the home, it is a long and dangerous way for 4 years old child. I must cross 3 busy streets and many cars. I saw my grandma and cried, she asked me why I was crying so sad. I told her I lost my grandpa at park, I just wanted her know the news and I was so sorry about it. My grandma couldn’t cry and smile. After a while, my uncle came in. I told him again. He was laughing loud. Then he took me to the park. At first time we saw my grandpa was so busy to find me. He was so worried about me. My uncle told him the experience. He said he didn’t took me to park never :-(

Alone Time

I do not like alone time. I always look at alone time such as a bad word. I see it as terrible, because I feel down about being by myself, I always afraid of being alone and did a lot of stupid things to avoid it. Don’t tell me it is wrong, being around people is a wonderful. I need somebody around me, listen to me, and talk to me. However, sometimes my friends don’t have time stay with me. I must stay alone. I feel uncomfortable. I will write something, because I love to write. When I am not writing, I like to read with a cup of tasty coffee and napkins. The book does not have happy ending, I like cry. Of course, I stay with myself, I want to cry, and the story gets me a reason to cry. I hate alone time.

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Sorry, Anna. For this week's Question, I don't have idea to write something.
On Friday, my parents told me I could book fair to home, I was so happy. I was cried. I checked the internet, however, the price was so experive. So I decided to stay here, but my parents said somewords so sweet. I couldn't control my tear, I was crying again and again. Maybe I was cry too much. My eyes have problems, sometimes my right eye couldn't see anything. I was worried about my eye. Sorry.

Chiese Ghost Festival

In China, we do not have like Halloween’s holiday around this time this time. But we have a holiday is similar to Halloween. There are many kinds of ghosts in Chinese culture. They have been believed for a thousands years. One of the famous person said, “Respect ghosts and gods, but keep away from them.” Many people believe in ghosts, but others don’t. The Chinese people often say, “If you believe it, there will be, but if you don’t, there will not.” In our culture, the ghost always is a beautiful young woman. The face changed very quickly from a beautiful girl to a frightening ghost. She looks like fragile and helpless. Such as the Halloween, the Chinese have a holiday. It means that ghosts can go to the world every year for one day. In traditional, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day, which ghosts and spirits can come out from the lower realm and visit the living. At that day, the hell and the realm of the living are open and both Taoists and Buddhists would perform to absolve. During the month would include preparing food, burning incense, and burning money. The paper can make for clothes, gold and other fine goods for the visiting spirits. At this time nights, the children are not permit to go outside, because their soul is so simple. Thus, they can see the ghosts, but the most adults can not. As result, they have the third eye which does not see and is not ordinary between the common eyes. Be careful, if you soul as the child, you will see the different things.

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I had one ex boyfriend. But he hurt my family’s feeling and me so deeply. So I don’t want to talk about him lots. However, I can tell you how to meet a person in China. There are many way to meet people. When you are a student, there is an easiest way to meet another student at school. In China, the dating is not permit in high school. The students want to find a good relationship between girls and boys. Sometimes you the boy and girl have a good relationship. Then, the feeling will be changed. It is a puppy love and this is a common way to meet lovers when you are students. Sometimes you go to your friends’ school or party, meet a person and become boy/girlfriend by the friends’ introduction. Moreover, you can meet a person when you go to bar. Now, the internet is more and more popular, you can find some people in internet. When you talk with someone by MSN or QQ (this is the most famous chat tool in China), that person has lots of the same hobbies with you, feels you are falling love each other, and becomes boy- girl friends. They will go some interesting place for dating. Then you can pick up that girl/boy. In my opinion, I don’t think this is good way to know a person, because you don’t know that person, you just talk in internet; all of the information are from that person said. Sometimes it is very dangerous way to meet a strange guy.

Breaking

During the CESL break, my friend and I went to Champaign. It is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States, and it is near Carbondale, which is in the middle between Carbondale and Chicago. It is notable for sharing the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. Locating along Green Street, this commercial district serves as the entertainment and retail center for students at the University of Illinois. The Champaign City Building serves as the City Hall and is a recognizable landmark. As one of the most buildings in the downtown district, it serves as a city symbol, with its likes featured on the city seal. My friend’s family is in here. At night, we met an uncle and nephew. They wanted to choose the restaurants to eat dinner. The uncle asked me to tell his nephew ‘Peter pick.” But the nephew wanted me tell his uncle ‘John pick.’ I told them, “You (Both uncle and nephew) pick.”

Uniform

In China the autumn school semester always start on September 1st. All of the students must wear the correct uniform to school everyday. The schools officers believe that wearing a uniform helps unite children; develop a self – concept, and build a sense of pride in their school. The parents are responsible for ensuring that their children are wearing the proper uniform and that they are well groomed for the day. There is a range of uniform clothing designed for summer, autumn, winter and sports wear. The students want to change their school uniforms to more fashionable Korean/Japanese styles. The students definitely agreed to the change but parents objected saying that the uniforms looked too good and would encourage early romances among the students. Considering how ugly the current Chinese school uniforms are. Knowing how Chinese students already dislike the styles. It wouldn't be a bad idea to try something new for a change. It would definitely make the girls look cuter. Anyway, I remember back in high school when school uniforms were a topic of discussion. Honestly, I was somewhat leaning towards for school uniforms as I spent too much of my morning minutes deciding what clothes to wear. Also, it would relieve financial stress on parents to frequently purchase new clothes. So, I don't think the uniform is bad thing for the students.

Coffee or Tea?

All of us know our country - China is a centuries-old history country,and most of us like tea. In other words, chinese history is a tea history. There are so many kinds of tea:Long jin, tie guanyin, Bi luo chun, mao jian, wulong, ect... I know, many Chinese in abroad like tea very much, maybe it's a complex emotion for miss mother-land or hometown, I heard the parents require their children to acquaint and drink tea,and my parents asked me do that, too. sounds like to keep some chinese culture
But now, coffee is another choose for some people. There are also many types for coffee, such as Brazil coffee,lan shan coffee, black coffee, ect. Someone say, coffee is western's patent. However, I love coffee, any kind of coffee in any incarnation. With sugar or without, with milk or without. Espressos, Mochas, Lattes, Cappucinoes.... the list goes on. Sometimes I love the smell of coffee more than the taste. And it never keeps me awake.
I always go to the Starbucks order a cup of iced coffee to drink in the morning which day I have classes for whole day. Small size, sweety with white cream, so funny, the waiter can remember that lol. When I go to Starbuck, he askes me like usual? yes, thank you.

Favorite movie

When I was youth I saw the song of music, it is very good film for me. The songs are wonderful. I love the songs. However, the Harry Potter play on the threath. I am a great movie fans,let me tell you something about my favorites about movies. My favorite movie is Harry Potter.I really like the spirit of that movie.Harry Potter and his two friends are the main roles of that movie.They get together and face the difficulties,wherever how hard,they never give up, kind of pure love and outstanding courage is the very point that we should learn.

My favorite actor is Jackie Chan.I've seen all of his movie, and when he went to Unite States to played the movie, which is called "80 days around the world" and "Shanghai Kinght".He is famous for his action movies,his Chinese kung fu is really great,when I'm watching his movie,I feel really excited!He's very funny too. He love his motherland--China,that's the most important thing. Well, he love his family, also it is very important, too.

How about you? What's your fovorite movie and actors?

Music

I love all kinds of music. It makes me have a few mentions and improve expresses on emotions and feelings. I like put some pop music in my mp3. When going to class, I always listen to them. it saves my time on silent way to school. Before sleeping, I want to Relax myself. The classical or the piano rectal is the best song to relax the feelings and makes easier falling sleep. At weekend, the club is good place to vent for the whole weekdays. Listening the hip-hop music and dancing to release the energy. When the people break up with their lover, the sad songs make they crying and healing their broken heart. Not same songs make me having different feelings.

Mooncakes

The Moon festival also called the Mid – Autumn festival or Mooncake. It falls on September 14th in 2008. What is this festival? Every year on the fifteenth of the eighth month when the moon is at maximum bright for the entire the year, Chinese people call it “zhong qiu jie”, celebrate it, and eat the moon cake. For this festival, China has a legend, a man who had a very beautiful lady at the day when ten suns appeared at once in the sky. It was very hot and no water on the ground. The man shoot the nine suns and lift one sun in the sky. After the task was accomplished, the goddess gave him a pill which would make him immortal. However, his wife found it, took it, and was banished the moon. As a result, she was living in the moon palace with a rabbit.
Today, Chinese people not only celebrate the mid – autumn festival with dances, singing and gazing for the moon with the family numbers, but also the moon cake is important balance linked with the moon festival.
On September 14th, 2008 is mid – autumn, enjoy yourselves.

first impression about United States

I was so nervous when the first time I came to the United States. Because it was the first time I leave my country and my hometown. The United States was the strange country for me, knew language and people. I knew everything is so different in here, but I still got a lot surprises about this new place. The weather is hot and dry. The people are talking very fast; I was hard to understand what they are talking about. However they are very nice; never feel tired to repeat again and again for me. School is bigger than what I thought. From one town to a big city or town, we would spend more than two hours for driving. As result, the high way is around the town. But if I will go to west of United States – California, I will buy a ticket. I should have a plant about my trip, and book the ticket early, the price of the ticket is very cheaper.