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I really want to know who attend Sandi' s class on Friday...I think just few people came. Hopefully that was not hurt her feeling. We are still good students now! Sandi, we love u, sorry I was too lazy to attend your class on Friday...I hope you had a good weekend, see u tomorrow....

ThankSgiving Day with My dear Family! * ^-^ *

Even Thanksgiving has already passed almost one week, I still want to write something to memorize a wonderful time I spent with my Canadian family. ^-^

Ken' family used to be my homestay when I been here in first 4 months. I love kind, patient Ken and his wift Lita. And I love their baby girl - Catherine so so so much! They helped me a lot and gave me a lot. As a international student who live far away from homeland, I felt the warmth of family living with them. In the short 4 months, I have already become a member of this family. We enjoyed dinner together, talking about something interesting after super, sitting at floor and playing poker with a lot of fun. Ken helped me on my homework everynight. brought me to see horsejumping. I love Catherine, I helped Lita looking after her after school, played with her and bathed her before go to bed. At that time, she was just a 7-month-old baby. And I seemed as if I was her big sister... ...All of those memory is so sweet and warm... ...

At Thanksgiving day, I visited Ken'family agina. I haven't been here for about two months, so I missed them so much. they gave warmest greet and offered me very good food. And I really enjoy the turkey, I ate a lot! Of course, I brought some food that I cooked by myself- ribs and a kind of chinese salad. Therefore, the Thanksing dinner became a Canadian-Chinese dinner. That was really good. After dinner, we talked a lot about my study and current life. Ken said my English improved very much. I was so happy to hear that~~~: P Baby seemed forget me, at first she even did not look at me, but after a little while, we played together happily with her toys. Baby is 2years old now, she can just say few words. That wa funny that she call me,

herdad allthepeople " mom" . Even I did not finish my dinner, she came and said "mom" while pulling me to play with her....Oh I love her so deeply! Thanks god gave us such a good time stay together. I hope I can see them again soon....

Happy Birthday to Me*^-^*

Don' tell me how fast the time is, because now I absolutly feel how rapidly the time gose. I can not believe that I have already 20 years old now!!!! Starting my elementary school, playing in park with my little dog, studying hard in middle school, making the first boyfriend,enjoying new life in the first year in Calgary, Celebriating my 19th birthday...all these things seemed just happened in last week... I enjoyed my life in the past 20 years so much. Everyone and everthing were been stored in my sweet memory. Anyway, I have to say "goodbye" to my age start with "1" . From now, I will work hard, hard ,hard ,and hard. And enjoy my life

Happy birthday to me. I promise I will make my future life beautiful...

AtTendInG LeCtURe~~

I attended a lecture last week. In the lecture, the professor, Peter Slezak, dealt with the topic-World Regional Geography. At the beginning of class, He reviewed two basic frameworks for studying geography with students. The two basic frameworks were systematic approach and regional approach. He spent about twenty minutes on reviewing and gave lots of specific examples for these two frameworks. He reminded students this part will in midterm exam. Then, he gave definition of a Region and talked about common regional concepts with students. He guided students to consider the difference between the physical factors shaping Realms and the regions and cultural factors shaping realms and regions. The professor gave definitions and some specific examples about the two factors. Immediately after, He also talked about the Characteristics of Underdevelopment and development. He also introduced the Chief Obstacles to Development with specific examples. During this class, he showed students the geography knowledge in different countries. He discussed the General Characteristics of Europe, the Physical Geography of Peninsula of Asia, the historical geography of Mesopotamia and Egypt and the general characteristics of Russia
The professor was very humorous. His words always let his student laugh. His humor let his students studied actively in this class. He lectured to students clearly and effectively. There were about 150 students in this class, I found that most of the students in this class paid attention to the professor and they took notes very seriously. The learning atmosphere was perfect. I sat closed to professor. I found he liked look at students’ eyes and tried to attract everyone in his class by eye contact. He liked to ask questions about the knowledge which is beyond books. Students thought hard as if these questions were hard to answer. However, the professor was patient and guided them to think step by step until students got the answer. I could see that his students respect him very much. They followed their professor seriously and answered his question actively. Even though class was over, some students remained in classroom asked questions draw round the professor.
I felt very confident when I attend lecture in this term. I interest in geography very much. Before I attend this class, I thought it is must very interesting for me. Actually, I found this lecture was not as easy as I thought. However, I really enjoyed it. I did my best to follow the professor and I found take notes was so hard that I had to write at a gallop. But I felt happy because I could understand most of it by the notes. The profession was rich in geography knowledge. He has enough teaching experience and he knew how to let student pay attention to him. In this class, I could feel the learning process by professor’s excellent lecture. This was a really good experience. It will be a memorable class in my life.

I want to improve my Engliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish~~~~

Last weekend, I asked Corey who works in Dining Centre to help me checking my first major essay. We spent about fifty minutes talked about how to improve English. Corey is an international student who is successful in studying English. Actually, it was the first time that I asked someone to check my essay so I was afraid and nervous that he would laugh at my mistakes. At the beginning, we discussed on grammar. He easily found my weak point is using different tenses. He told me that I had to pay attention to these tenses, especially verb tense. He suggested me do more practice to improve my grammar. Also, he recommended me to use more academic words in my essay to make my essay looked more professional. I asked him if he has any good advice could help me to improve my vocabulary. He said I could increase my vocabulary by reading. That was a helpful way he used before. He mentioned there are some campus newspapers very good for me to read. And I can also borrow good reading books from library. We discussed on another topic was about how could I improve my spoken English. He told me one thing to improve my spoken English is speak English with others as much as possible. especially with native speakers. On another hand, I should read something in English loudly everyday. Being honest, he said when he studied in the University of Calgary in the first year, he had the exactly same problems on his English study. He understood my situation and he was willing to help me any time on my English study. How lucky I was! We had a good conversation. I appreciated his help. I learned a lot of study skills from his experience. I could see Corey’s English is really good. At the same time, I knew my English is improved a lot in this year. I will regard him as my model. Work hard on my English. In addition, Speaking Journal is a good way to improve my English. In the last year, I have learnt a lot from doing Speaking Journal. I will keep working on it, and I believe I can achieve even greater successes in my English study.

PoPuLar~~

Every girl dreams to be a popular girl. Girls always hope that they will have a lot of friends and be loved by everyone. How to be a popular girl? As a girl, I have some subjective ideas about it. I would like to share them with you. First of all, you should be confident. Confidence is the key that makes girls more attractive. You’re your confident smile to others every moments is every important. People will be attracted by your charming smile and simultaneously pay attention to you more. Besides, talking to others courteously and gently is also important. Your confident, soft sounds present to others that you are a girl who is amiable and easy to makes friend. Second is being optimistic. Do not fear difficulties. When you are in trouble, take it easy, try to face it with smile and solve it by yourself. Do not complain every time. Be happy everyday and love your life. A spunky girl is a perfect girl. The last one is also the most important one. It is being a kind and friendly. Be a person who is always patient with others and be willing to help others. Everyone likes make friend with such a person. In conclusion, try to let yourself confident, optimistic and friendly. In everyone’ heart, you will be the most popular girl.

Junk Food!!!

According to an article in the New York Times, these organic snacks and prepared foods are growing increasingly popular. Unfortunately, these new products seem to be more concerned with clever packaging, rather than real health or nutritional value. That's where the greenwashing comes in. Masking a junk food with labels that say "all-natural" or "organic ingredients" doesn't necessarily make them healthy. But the promise of health and natural ingredients might be a big part of their appeal. Certainly, it's how they are marketed to us.
How does green washing look to the unsuspecting public? Here are some common traits:
· Potato chips have the same fat and calorie counts as regular chips, but they come in earthy-looking brown bags, rather than shiny foil bags.
· Happy-looking cartoon cows beam out from packages of string cheese, ice cream, and other dairy products.
· Wheat sheafs and grains are used to sell candy granola bars.