I met some strange things yesterday. First, when I on my way to the basketball court at 9:30 AM, I found the peoples outside is much less than usual. I thought the reason maybe the bad weather and the strong wind. Then when I arrived the court, I found no one there. It is unusual!!! There must filled with peoples as usual. I supposed that the basketball should be cancelled because the strong wind. So I had to back home.
Second, I found that the TV show I used to watching had changed its time yesterday. All the TV shows had delayed one hour. I am confused about this. Then I called my best friend--Adam and told him all the strange things. He told me that all the strange things I had met are because The time has changed!! After I finished the call to Adam, I received a call from one of my basketball friend, they asked me why I absented today. Then I told him that I donnot know the time had been changed. Unfortunately, he laugh at me and he said that is common sense in US

things happeded yesterday

I got up very early yesterday morning because I had to the health center for MMR shot. Although I am not very clear what is MMR, it seems that I have to get this because the New York public health law had required it. The professor said if we donnot have this immunization, the university will evict us. After I arrived the health center at Junction Blvd, I found lots of international students and south American immigrants there. A doctor described what is MMR to us, then I realized that I had injected the mumps and rubella in China when I was a children. I told it to my doctor, but she asked me to give her evidence, otherwise I should injected it, and she also told me that it will be OK if I inject the mumps and rubella again . So finally I followed her advise. After I finished my shot, I asked the nurse where to pay the charge. I was surprise to heared it is free. That's great!!! I had heared it is very expensive here for shot. It seems I have saved my money:)

The winter in US

I had heared that the winter in NEW YORK is very long and very cold in China. But New York's winter is so cold that it is out my image. My friend told me it is just the beginning, it will be frozen in Jan and Feb. And sometimes the school will be closed because the snowing. I am looking forward the snow, not for the school will be closed, because in Shanghai it hardly snow in winter. In my memory, I only remember 3 times, 2 times in my elementary school and 1 times in my high school. Although it is chill outside, inside the room is warm because it have heating system inside. It is so great for me!!! But I have to change 3 buses to go to school, the most oppressive thing is waiting the bus outside, because the bus always comes very slow. I wish I can drive to school in the winter.
About the drive licence, it is also depressed me. The procedure for the international student to apply a drive licence in New York is so difficult. I began to prepare it at Sept, but until now I still not complete all the documents they needed.

The mid-term is over!!!!

Finally, the mid-term is over :) The first mid-term in USA. The result is not bad. I got A in Complex Analysis and B in ESL. I will have my Combination score tomorrow and the Linearly next week, but I think maybe I had not done well in those two. Especially, today's linearly, I spent 2 hours to complete the questions. I think it is like a liberal arts exam, because the first question is writing down the definition. The questions about the definition is more than the calculate. It is impressed me .
Another thing in today's mid-term is also impressed me. One of my friend, a black guy, has done a thing during the exam that would never happened in China. One hour after the exam begin, he told the professor that he could not understand any question on the paper, then he left the paper to the professor and went home. But the professor not censured but consoled him. It can not be allowed in the China. If this happened in China, the student should be punished!!

The mid-term is coming; part two

The ESL I think is also can be easy because professor Chad have given us lots of practices. I think I have the progress in the structure. But I am afraid about the vocabulary. You know I am a international student, maybe I can spoken and read but sometimes I cannot spelling correctly without the dictionary. I suppose that Professor Chad can let us use the dictionary, so we can write a well composition in the mid-term. I know lots of American also use the dictionary when they are writing the essay. I think in the future we will have less chance to write without dictionary, in the now days, we use WORD for writing and we use dictionary software to checking the spelling error.
And I am best afraid of the Linear algebra. Because I cannot completely understand this course. The questions are so abstract and are the questions are subjective question, I must do lots of paper work on solve one question. And all the questions are not only have one correct answer, so I did not have a correct example for the homework. But the professor said last week that he will give us some examples for the exam. I hope it will work.
So I will well prepare the mid-term because this is the first important exam in USA!!!

The mid-term is coming; part one

I have a good new and a bad new. Let me tell the bad new first: Next week is the week for mid-term!!! Although I only chose 4 courses this semester, it is still a heavy job for me. But the good new I have is the 4 course's mid-term is not in the same week!! The schedule I have the next 2 week is as follow:
Oct 17: complex analysis; Oct 19: combination
Oct 25: Linear algebra; and the ESL writing is not be bespoken, may be Oct 25 or Oct 27
I have to work hard this weekend in order to well prepare for the exam. but I think I can have a great score in complex analysis, because I get a full mark in last quiz :) So I have only reviewed the homework I have done in the past and I re-do the subject I have done wrong. I think it is enough to the mid-term. and the combination may be a little trouble since sometimes I cannot really understand the question, so I have to spend more time on thinking it. But I have confidence to handle it.

Today is Columbus Day

Sorry to post the blog one day late, but I am too tried yesterday, all I want to do yesterday night is sleeping. I still feel ache all over when I get up this morning. Maybe I have over exercised at Sunday. But I used to play basketball all afternoon in the college and never feel exhausted like this time. Maybe the answer is I am old or the weather in USA .......... I will not put myself in this kind of status anymore. I can hardly pick something on the ground because the ache.
Today has a good weather for holiday--sunshine but not hot. American have lots of holiday such as Columbus day, All Saint's Day and so on. and almost every holiday the school will close class. It is the huge difference between China and USA. You know in China, we also have various holidays, but we still need to work and study in lots of the holiday. We only have 3 7-days-long holidays every year: it is The May Day; The National Day and The Chinese New Year. And the school never have the spring break. So I think the US students are the happiest in the world.

my new friend

Today I have a new friend "paul". I met him in today's basketball game and soon we become best friend. He has already lived in USA for 8 years--4 years High school and 4-years college, and now he is a banker in the Citibank. When we saw him, I think maybe he is a high school student or a freshman in college. He is very politely say hello to everybody, but as soon as he touch the ball, he become very "aggressive" and the leader of their team. He can play basketball very well, and he is fast, he jumps very high, almost can touch the basketball ring, also he can shot every place in the basketball court. It is no doubt that he is born for basketball.
The time passed fast today, soon it is noon. All my friends return home for lunch, and me and paul go to the nearest Korean restaurant for lunch. We talked very happy in the lunch time, he told his experience in USA and give me lots of advise about the future. After lunch, we decided go back to the court and continue play. Although only we two in the court, we still play very exciting this afternoon. I am so glad to make this friend.

As we all know, Oct. 1st is the National Day of People's Republic of China. Happy Birthday Day my motherland :-) And we will have a 7-days long holiday in China from Oct. 1st to Oct. 7th. When I was in China, I always used the 7 days for travelling, because fall is the season for travelling in nature. The temperature in fall is not so hot for the outdoor trip and the weather is always clearness. I remember my family had spend the holiday Sichuan province last year and we had a trip to Hainan province 2 years ago. China is so big that there are lots of place worthy to visiting. I have visited lots of place such as I spend 1 month in XinJiang province--the westest province of China; I have travelled along the "Silk Road" ; I have visited PuTuo mountain and WuTai mountain, there are members of the Fore Famous Buddhism Mountain and so on.
Yes, obviously I love travel, I love beautiful landscape, I am willing to learn the different culture, Especially I am charmed by the archaic architecture. It is unbelievable that our ancients can made the fantastic grand building with rough facilities. So we have the duty to protect it