New Year resolution

1. Play less video game

2. Get a good score on SAT/TOEFL

3. Travel to some countries that I never been before

4. Make more friends 

5. Learn some music instruments that I never play before

One of the most important resolution is get a good score on SAT/TOEFL. I'm a junior right now and next year will be the year that decide which college I will go in the future. My parents hope I can get into a college that better than my brothers did. To achieve this goal, it required a good score of SAT/TOEFL. If I have a good score on those test, I will able to choose any college or university that I want. This mean I can make my parents happy by what they expect me to done, and they can stop worry about me. This is why get a good score on SAT/TOEFL is very important for me this year.

Chrismas holiday

The Christmas holiday is coming.

I can't wait to go skiing.

All of my family are waiting. 

Waiting for my brother who is still sleeping.

I believe this vacation will be interesting.

Plan for winter break

Two more days then it will be winter break, I can’t wait for it anymore because this vacation I am going back to Taiwan.

As an international student, going back home is not an easy thing to do. We didn’t like other day students or those people who live in United State can go back their home whenever they want. For us we need to sit on a little seat for 14 hours, think about that, almost half day you will be ask to sit in that small seat with no internet and no place for you to exercise. It might sound very crazy for most of the people, but for the international students this is the only way for us to go back home.

Lots of things I can do when I go back to Taiwan. First thing I’m going to do is eat a lot of foods, because in the United State there only have one Chinese resterant near by Cheshire Academy. If I want to eat Chinese food we can only order from that resterant, but later on we start to get tired on the food at that resterant. However, if I am in Taiwan. I can try any types of Chinese food I want as long I bring enough money with me. Maybe today’s special is spicy Sichuan food, and tomorrow I can have a tradition Taiwan food...etc.

Beside the food, one point that I’m excited about is my friends. When I go back they probably still need to go to school, but I can ask them out during weekend. Friends could be the second most important relationship beside family. During this winter break, I can go visit those friends that already long time no see. I would also like to visit some of my teachers. Every teacher for me are important, because of what they teach me so I would able to come to United State study. I might want to bring some gifts to my teacher, maybe a small model of the “The statue of Liberty” will be nice!

Last but not least, my family. They are the closest people I have in this world. Especially my parents, because they work very hard so that they will able to pay my tuition. As we can know a tuition for an international student is very expensive. It is like 2 to 3 times a normal American student did. This is why I can’t wait to see them, also my brothers. This trip I probably can’t see the oldest brother but I do can see the second one. When I was small he teach me a lot of things that I might face in the future. Such as how to select a college, or what should I do if my credit card happen something...etc.

These probably will be what am I going to do over the winter break. Each plan for me are important and necessary.(Especially the food one!) At here I hope every people can have a safe trip when they back home and enjoy your vacation!

BLACK FRIDAY DISCOUNT

I had done lots of things over the thanksgiving break, one of my favorite things was shopping. As we can know, during the thanksgiving break there are lots of discounts with almost every type of product, such as electricity, clothes, shoes...etc. This mean I can buy a lot of products with very low price, especially on Black Friday. I am not sure what happen on black Friday or where did it came from, but one thing I know about is on that day almost every store will have a huge discount on their product. That day I believe will be a glory day for my wallet.

The day before Black Friday, me and my friends were discuses about the plan for the shopping road, like where should we go first, then we should go there...etc. We were live at a hotel that near to Time Square so it was very convenient for us to shop. After we done for the road, we decide to go bed early because we want to get up at 5:00 in the morning so there won’t be a lot of people in the store.

Finally, the day we waiting had come. Both of us got up on time and ready to go to the first store. It was very chill that day, I remember the temperature was something like - 8 degrees Celsius. Although the whether was very bad, we still walk to the store because nothing can stop us. When we got to the store, I told my friend “WOW! I thought there will be a lot of people over here, but seems like everyone is still sleeping.” He agree with me because there really only have few people were like us who wake up that early to shop. However, that doesn't matter because this mean we can buy things with very low price and no need to wait in line.

I will say Black Friday was the highlight for my thanksgiving break, because there were too many good stuff I want and all of them were in very low price. On that day we first went to Macy’s which was the biggest one in the United State. Then we went to other store that near around Macy’s, such as Zara, Uniqlo, H&M...etc. I did bought a lot of stuff at each story, and everything I bought none of them was over 100 dollars. I remember the biggest discount I got was a trench coat from Zara. The original price for that coat was about 180 dollars, and it have 50% off so it only cost me 90 dollars. Could you imagine that, 90 dollars for that coat was gone. That was incredible huge discount you can got, my parents was also surprise with that huge discount. I think this is maybe why my parents always ask me to bring stuff back from here.

The Black Friday was one of my highlight for my thanksgiving break, and I really enjoy in it. I hope that one day not only United State, every countries can have this kind of day so that people can know what is it feel to have a BLACK FRIDAY DISCOUNT!

Summaries about Mark Kurlansky

The way he wrote his blog is very interesting because I notice that at the beginning of every blog post he use a question to start it. It might be a random question or a question that he have for people. After he ask the question, he will answer the question and tell the reader his opinion about this question. The interesting part is after he answer the question, there will be another question came out from that answer. He will continue the cycle until the end, and he won't tell you the answer about last question. He might leave the answer or unfinished statement for reader to think about. I think this is very interesting and useful technique for people to end their writing. This is what I found form Mark Kurlansky writing.

My Secret Friends! (Final)

Everyday when I go back to my dorm, I can sit on my comfortable chair and enjoy my wonderful free time. During my free time, I like to spend 10 minutes to watch what kind of things are around me. First, on the right side are my hats, they are like two little kids who keeps watching me. From their eyes it looks like they are asking me to bring them out of the room because they do not want to stay in this dark place anymore. Next to my hats is my table lamp. It always being a best helper when I need to work, which help me to illuminate my table when the light is not enough. This will help my short-sightedness avoid to become more terrible. Many different kind of flavor Snapple located under my desk and sit comfortably. These are the main reason where my everyday energy come from. Without them giving me energy, when people see me I probably will be very exhausted and won't able to be a good student in the class for whole day; like a walking dead. My daily necessities standing on the shelf and watching at me all the time. They are like my own personal guards during study hall. Their job is to check whether am I doing my homework properly or not during the study hall. Thanks for what they do so I can finish my homework before light out, and this mean I can go to bed on time and no need to stay up late. Don't forget the big guy - desk, the strongest person I ever see in my room. It can carry tons of books and tool on itself and never say he is tired. I can't imagine how can I do my work without it, it is just like my best work carrier. At the right side of the desk is an old wardrobe. From it outside did seems like stay for long time already, but inside of it heart is acatually a yong boy like us. It like to dress itself up with my clothes when I am not in my room, but I need to say that sometimes it did look good when he dress my clothes. On the other side of the desk is my bed. It is one of my best friends, or I should say my love in my dorm. Whenever I need a rest or feel uncomfortable, it will let me lay on it body and help me to relax. It also take good care on me when I was sick, and this is why I can get rid of flu with short period of time when I get it. Oh! I forgot one of my old friends computer. It is like my second teacher in the school or at dorm. When there is a problem or question that I don’t understand, I can just ask it and it will tell me the answer in 10 seconds. It makes my life become easier and help me to learn new things that I never know before. All of these friends make my life become more interesting and convenient. Everything do their own job and have different effects with my life. Without one of them my life will be not as comfortable as before, and this is why I am so glad to have all of them around me in my dorm whenever I need them!

Top 3 revision

1. Comparison of my Bottle - Sophia. I think it is a really good writing because she did explain in detail about the different between two bottles. I hope she can have more vivid language and maybe reorganize the paragraph so the reader are able to understand which bottle she is talking about.

2. Walk among dream and truth - Leo. I like the way he describe the background. It is just like I'm also in that place when I read his story. Maybe instead of repeat I this word, he can use some transition or other vivd language in his writing. This will defiantly help his writing become better.

3. Somewhere safe - Nina. It is really interesting because she observed under her desk, which no one did it in our class. This is why I'm interesting about her writing, and use more vivid language will help her writing become more interesting and the reader will able to feel confidence about sitting under their desk.