Goodbye ! My dear Fullerton ~~

Time is so fast, it is almost six month that we have come to Fullerton. Now, we are leaving. For me, it is a charming city and difficult to say goodbye. I do like here. Even though I could not buy Chinese food easy, I still like here (I know it is a funny reason, but it is true.); also, I am so lucky to meet a good homestay, and they are very kind. Last six month, I had great time with you guys. That was really special experience for me. I will miss you guys!

Journal # 11 How is my writing ?

For me, this is final week in Cal State Fullerton. In the composition class, my writing has improved because I learned some different kind of writing. For example, I started to write journals when I had free time; also, I learned some of narrative writing. The journal can keep I write in English, and I tried to use similes and metaphors to describe something or someone in the narrative essay. I believe these are very helpful in the future. However, I still have some bad habits in writing. For example, I know every paragraph needs topic sentence, controlling ideas and conclusion, but sometimes I forgot to follow these rules. I consider the reason that we have different writing rules in the Chinese culture. In the future, I should keep it in my mind.

I am depressed

I am depressed….I don’t know why. It is obvious that is final two weeks for this semester, but why it looks like I have a lot of things that I don’t finish yet. I don’t want to study, but there are a lot of vocabulary I need to memorize. I have headache, and I just wanna do nothing. I am so depressed….

Journal # 10 Strange weather

Recently, the weather is so changeful; therefore, a lot of people are sick by this strange weather. That is so poor that I am sick person too.

How is it strange? I remember it was cold and windy last week, and I wore the sweater, scarf and big jacket. However, the weather of this week changed. It became hot and dry, and the highest temperature was almost eighty degree. In the school, I saw a lot of girls wore sleeveless cloth or halter. I thought the summer was coming. Finally, when I woke up this morning, the sky was duck and it was rainy and windy. I could not believe I wore short cloth yesterday, but I should take out my big jacket today. What the strange weather this is! Now, I believe the weather of spring is like stepmother’s face that changes capriciously.

Journal # 9 My favorite ride

Since I was sick, I didn’t go to Disneyland with ALP last week; however, I have been to California Adventures and my favorite ride is “The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.”

I liked The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror because it was so exciting. I remember the first time we took this ride. First, we entered the abandoned luxury Hollywood Tower Hotel, and then we got in an old elevator which had some seats inside. When I set my seat belt already, I felt the elevator ascended slowly and saw a lot of cines trips which are scare. Finally, we achieved the top of hotel. The window which we faced was opened, and we could see a lot of people who stood on the floor. Of cause we were very high at that moment. Suddenly, the elevator dropped very fast. I heard a lot of shrieks from the other people; also, I saw my handbag suspended in front of my eyes without any holding. Finally, I believed this ride dropped faster than the speed of gravity.

Journal # 8 Sun Moon Lake

In Taiwan, there is a alpine lake is located in the middle of Taiwan. Because the eastern of the lake is round like sun and the shape of the western lake is like moon, we named it “Sun Moon Lake.”

Everytime I go to the Sun Moon Lake, I always feel it is so peacful and beautiful. If you go there in the early morning, the surface is covered by the mist. It look like a young girl who hides behind the veil. However, if you go there at the sunset, the muntain’s shadow will reflect on the surface and there are some boats shuttle in the lake. I would like to go there on Mid-Autumn Festival because the government did the firework at Mid-Autumn Festival ‘s Eve. Therefore, we could see the firework and the moon’s shadow reflect on the surface. It was the beautiful picture that I have see.

Journal # 7 A crazy teacher

When I was a junior high school student, my teacher was an austere woman and very emotional. I remember that one afternoon, we had to walk 15 minutes to a playground for our physical education, but the weather was to hot. Therefore, I and the other classmates decided to stay at our classroom. Actually, it was not real truancy because we didn’t leave the school. However, our teacher was very mad when she heard we didn’t go to physical education. She wanted us to staid outside of the classroom and damned us. I remember she said, “Your parent didn’t teach you to be a good student; also, your parents were not good! “ At that moment, I thought she was going crazy because she started to speak incoherently. Suddenly, she slapped my across the face. I was astounded and felt my cheek burned. Everyone who didn’t go to that class got a slap because we were absent. Until now, I still think that teacher was too crazy, but at that generation, even thought the teacher was not right, we could not oppose her.