Wonderful Vacation

     I did not traveled to lots of cities before. Actually, I am a lazy girl. I just like stay at home, find an interesting novel, drink some beverages. However, last year I was 'traveling' to another country by myself. That country is Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax. This city is located at east coast of Canada, at the opposite side of Vancouver. That 'vacation' give me a deep impression. Halifax is a beautiful and peaceful city. That place is good for people retirement. That city does not have any crowded and bustle which is totally different with Vancouver and Toronto. Before I went abroad, I wanted to find a quiet place where have less Chinese that I can improve my English. Indeed, Halifax is a wanderful place for students study. At here is different with big city, the biggest shopping mall only have three floor. There is no attract in Halifax, students only think about hard study. If you like to eat some seafood, Halifax is your good choice. The fresh lobster is very cheap only $5 dollar lb. People can eat all kinds of fresh seafood.

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Crazy Research Paper

Poverty in Canada. This is my first research paper homework in College. I have never done this work before. At begin I was a little bit eager this homework. Because I know that in the college and university do the research paper frequently. However, when I start to write the outline. I became feel so confusing. how to narrow the topic, how to choose the main ideas, and how to write the essay's structure. All of those questions I have no ideas. luckly, I have a good instructor, he told me how to narrow the topic and how to choose the essay structure. Finally, I spend more than 4 hours from choosing topic to finish the rough dreft. It is hard to discribe my mood when I write my first research paper. I think I need read more references about how to write a good research paper. Because I hate working overnight.

Cultural Mysteries

     When I stayed at China, my friends usually told me when you come to Canada you will find that too many different between our motherland. I found at the MacDonald，there are lots of old peole enjoy the food. However at China only young people perfer it. Because those old people think that all of the food sold at MacDonald are junk food. The second different is in the restaurants Canadian usually keep quiet or the sound of speaking often like whisper. Unlike, eating at Chinese restaurants people usually so noisy and speak so loudly. Therefore some foreigners can not understand why Chinese like this kind of atmosphere eating food. Next, at school or apartments people prefer to say hello with each other. In China, it maybe because of people feel too busy everyday then they have no time say hello with others. The fouth is the education system. In China, teachers usually follow students and make students hand in homework on time. However, when I came to Canada I found the education system is totally different. Students need to put their homework at teachers' desk before the class start. The last different is in Canada families uaually hold some reunion parties. For Chinese, only in some traditional festival the whole family can get together. Although, some of the new cultures I can not agree with, however, I will try my best to suit this kind of new lifestyle. 

The First Snow at Vancouver in 2010 Winter

Last night I met the first snow at Vancouver. When I decided to go back home from downtown the weather was starting rainning, but it was not heavy very. When I arrived at home my friends told me that it was snowing outside right now. I feel so exciting, cross the window I saw the snowing so amazing. A layer of white sonw on the street which looked very softy. At that time I was really want to go outside and left some footprints on the street. On the Saturday I decided went out side with peggy. We went to the metrotown and when we taken the sky train, the view was so beautiful. The soil became white carpet and all the trees wear a white cloths. Unfortunately, I forgot bring me camera so I did not take any picture.

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Canadian culture effect on me

    Different country have different culture. My mother told me that I had to adapt a new atmosphere when I decided to came to Canada. The first time I arrived at Canada. The great environment made me feel amazing. It is totally differ between Beijing and Vancouver. For the culture between Canada and China. It is different too. Almost Canadian usually obey the rules such as public traffic rules. However, living at China, some drivers did not know that they should be slow down when they driving car cross the road. When I cross the road I have to pay attention. The second point of the Canadian culture effect on me that is people should be more independent. I China some young people when they guaduated from the universities. They still get money from parents. Unlike in Canada, when Canadian young people who grow up until 18 years old. Almost of them start leave home and find a job make money. Speak for myself, those culture made think about my life, my culture, and how to change it. Strat from now, I need to become more independent and follow the rules.

One Day at Aquarium

Last week I went to the aquarium with my friends. This is my first time went to the aquarium in Vancouver. We drove a car to go to StanleyPark, however the weather was too bad. it was rainning with cold wind. That aquarium was not as big as my home town. But there are many kinds of marine animal which I liked very much. We watched an interesting dophine show and 4D movies. The movie gave me a deep impression. During the movie there are some water, bubbles and artificial snowing around the audiences. If you have some free time, go to the aquarium and have a good day.

Different Country & Different Culture

I come from China, I was born in China, I was grown up at China. However, I became an oversea student who came to Canada. When I arrived at Canada, I did not discover any different between China, except the weather. But after a period time living with native. I found there are lots of different between Canadian and Chinese. For food, it is so different. Canadian prefer to grill or frying their food. Like hold a BBQ party. But in China people prefer to boil or stir frying their food. When I first came to Canadian supermarket, I was amazing about too many kinds of condiments which included sweet, bitter and spicy for different styles of food. It is too hard to know how to use them in a right way. It is different with Chinese condiments; we just have some basic spices. I also found that in Canada is easy to put on weight. Because too many high calorie foods were intake everyday such as cookies, ice cream or cheese. If I eat Chinese food everyday I won not worry about this kind of things.

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An Agreeable Saturday

This saturday I cooked my first dinner at Vancouver with my friends. On Saturday the weather is not good, there was no sunshine in the sky. Sometime the weather was rainning and cold. I took the sky train from my home to metrotown, I needed to bought some fresh vegetable and meat as materals. My friends and I decided to cook some traditional chinese food such as chicken wings, pork ribs, kidney bean, tofu and so on. When I finished shopping, the time is already 2 pm. At 2:40 I arrived at Peggy's home and started to prepare our dinner(maybe the time is too early). First of all, we washed those vagetable and cut the meat. The first dish is hotpot which included fish tofu, chinese cabbage, pork and needle mushroom. The soup of the hotpot taste yammy very much. Next we cooked the pork ribs and chicken wings. Until 4 O'clock we finished our dinner and start ate them. We all feel happiness when we enjoy our dinner.

Paranormal activity 2

Last night, I watched paranormal activity with my partner at Metrotown theater. I have saw the first part of  paranormal activity at last year. So I was so excited to watch that movie. This is a good horror movie, I highly recommend this one. Actually, the polt of this movie is ok. But it usually had some suddenly frightened which can make audiences feel panic. Audiences usually try them best to guess when the gost will come. So they usually feel nervous all the time. This one is different with first part, at the first there are only two people in the movie. In the second part there were whole family. Then ending of this movie was vary tragedy. If you think that you have enough brave to choose this movie, you can watch it with your friends. Never watch it by yourself. Be careful and enjoy it.

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Classification of my friends

There are three important kinds of friends in my whole life. The first kind of friend who can help me on my study. When I have some questions on English, Math or other subjects, those kinds of friends could help me to solve the puzzles. Specifically, when I studied at high school I was not good at math. My friends gave me lots of suggestion at that time. They helped me did some review for that exercies. Therefore, I could pass these exams easily. The second kind of friend  who often paly with me. This kind of friends can bring me to some interesting places, such as go shopping, watch movies or find some recreating grounds. When I felt sad my friends usually bring me to those places and 'gave a good mood for me again'. The last kind of friends who are better than mine at each field, such as learning, personal tast and character. I could gain many knowledge from those kinds of friends. They told me how to keep a good relation with others; which kind of food would good for your health and so on. Those three kinds of friends are very important in my life. And I need them forever.

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