Stressful

When I came to America at the first time, I felt very stressful. I didn't know how to talk with other people who came from difference country, I didn't know how to use the machines by myself, and I didn't know the local rules in America. In here, I didn't have any family remembers and close friends. I always couldn't sleep and cried at night. Moreover, people's diet could be a problem. In the United States, there are always cheese, hamburgers, and pizza on the table at mealtime when I live in the dormitory. In the dormitory, there is very small kitchen for each floor. There are several problems that you could not cook here. Once I cooked in the kitchen, the students, who lived in the same floor with me, crossed the kitchen and looked at me strangely. I was so nervous. So, in my opinion it is not good idea. At home countries’ restaurants the food’s flavors are different. People might feel upset because there is no food that they are used to eating, so learning how to solve culture shock might be useful for people who come to a new country.How can I do to reduce the stress? At this time people could find a hobby, think of something nice to do, or make a close friend who comes from your native country. People can do some exercises in the free time. If people miss the parents, they can use internet and talk to parents face to face. In the city or town you can make the new friends who have common topics. Maybe some of your friends and you come from the same country. But, if you have some friends who are native speakers, you enjoyed them will help you to improve your level. Don’t be shy. Believe yourself to be best person in the world; you are better than native speakers, because you speak their language and your home language. During the vocation, your friends and you can make a plan to visit some states that you like.

Valentine's Day

I remember this was a question is about courtship, dating, arranged marriages, online dating sites, random stranger. There are all possible potions that one has in finding a husband or wife. We talk a lot, so I want tell you the experiences with this holiday in my country and how do we celebrate this day. In my country, we have three days for Valentine’s Day. The dates are February 14th, March 14th, and the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar, we call it 'Qi Xi'. There is an interesting love story behind this day about the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. The Emperor played spoilsport and separated both of them. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star called Vega and the cowherd moved to the star named Altair. They are allowed to meet only once a year on the 7th day of 7th lunar month. On the Chinese Valentine's Day, lovers go to the temple of Matchmaker and pray for their love and happiness and their possible marriage. People who are still single also do the same thing to ask their luck of love in the Matchmaker temple. This is also called The Daughter's Festival. Since ancient times, Chinese girls always want to learn a good handcrafting skill like the Weaving Maid. The knowledge of handicrafts and skill development is essential for their future family. On that night, the unmarried girls pray to the Weaving Maid star to let them become smarter. When the star Vega is high up in the sky, girls perform a test by putting a needle on the water surface. If the needle doesn't sink, it's a sign of girl's maturity and smartness and she is ready and eligible to find a husband. Girls may, now, ask for any wish of their choice, but only one every year. And for the day on February 14th, the girl give the boy, who is the girl love, of chocolate as well as other gifts by their hands, or the girl is encouraged to express love to boy by giving chocolate on February 14th. Then, boy gives the gifts to girl on march 14th called 'White Valentine’s Day'. But many people think it too much for the Valentine’s Day. So the young people just celebrate the Valentine’s Day on February 14th, the older people celebrate the Chinese Valentine's Day. However, there are few people celebrate both of them. How about you, Ana? Do you have some plan to celebrate it? (*^__^*) I find a video on YouTube, but i don't know how to show you. So I can tell you the webside, if you have free time or you are interested in it, you can see it (the speaker speak in English).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LvTQ9qibs&translated=1

The true will be out in the future~

I really want Americans know the history of my country. Americans always get wrong information form media like other countries’ people. However, many things I don't like to talk. We have a long history about 5,000 years. Tea and flower culture are very Chinese. But, many people think both tea and flower culture are came from Japan. Chinese people enjoy drinking tea as same as western people enjoy drinking coffee. There is no point to compare which one is better. Both are good as long as you enjoy it. Both are bad if you hate it. We respect every culture and have no intention to force our like upon others, such as most Americans think Taiwan is a country. All of them are history problem, we can’t say any words. But, I know there is one day in the future, the true will be out.