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Monday, September 21, 2009

all nighter

I pulled an all nighter last night, which means school officially started yesterday. I'm so messed up now, I sleep in the afternoon and stay awake all night. I was totally fishing in class today, it was hard to stay awake. When I got home, I slept from 3pm - 9pm, 6 hours of sleep in the afternoon. Don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.

Recently, I got addicted to Greek (thanks to Kim). And thanks to Hulu, because I won't be able to catch up the show without it. I now have hulu as a bookmark :P What am I going to do when I'm not in the States?!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

I've decided to study abroad in Japan

After taking Japanese 201 my first semester freshman year, I decided not to learn Japanese any more. I couldn't stand going to class 5 days a week and have quizzes everyday. But my dad kept forcing me to learn Japanese. To satisfy him (or more like to shut him up), I decided to spend $18,000 + a semester study abroad in Japan.

I was originally planning on studying in Waseda, but they only have academic year program and limited space. Then, I thought about the Uni. of Nagoya, but they need at least a year of Japanese. Keio and the U of I started an exchange program last semester, but there are only 2 spots, cuz Keio only sent 2 students to our school. After speaking to SAO study abroad advisor for a looonng time, I decided to apply to the IES Tokyo Society and Culture program. Sadly, it's the most expensive program ever!

Since I already studied abroad 3 times in the past 2 years, I know the process pretty well. I went to the UIUC Study Abroad website to do the application. Now, all I have to do is wait.

If you're interested in studying abroad, attend a First Step Meeting, dates can be found on SAO website: https://www.studyabroad.illinois.edu/. You have to attend the meeting before you're allowed to apply to a program.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

First 3 weeks of school

禮拜五和朋友到了附近的韓國餐廳吃晚飯 :P 當然無法和韓國比,不過有的吃就不錯了。個禮拜六到芝加哥玩,去看了 Harry Potter Exhibition。Exhibition 超棒的!他們把所有電影里的道具 show 出來,有些做得很精致呢。現在開始忙起來,一堆的meetings(開學以來,我沒有一天是沒meeting的。今天更過分,在同一時間有3個meetings),readings,等等的。明天還要小考,才開學3個禮拜嘢!教授們是存心想把可憐的學生給逼瘋。大學好像只有越來越忙,沒有越來越輕松。今年我是我們學校美國廣告聯盟會的副會長之一,所以往年都要忙。不過忙歸忙,好吃的還是要吃。禮拜六去吃了火鍋,呵呵 :) 不過這里的火鍋是真的很不好吃。

我的新室友人很好,我跟她相處的不錯。
我最近也認識了很多新朋友,特別是外國生和交換生。(學校今年收了很多外國學生)。
今天晚上6-10我和我朋友會去上心肺復甦術課。

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

天佑臺灣



你看見的不是大海
是被莫拉克淹沒在水底的房子,農田

二零零九年九月八日
颱風過了一個月

我還記得
八月七日那天我因為颱風
差一點沒辦法回香港
那天我剛要從韓國轉機臺灣回香港
我到機場前還和牧師、恩善通過電話
他們還跟我說順風呢
我到了機場才發現
所有到臺灣的班機都因為臺風停飛
那時候根本沒想到
我躲過了臺灣50年以來最厲害的颱風

神真的很保守我
我本來可能是要等到第二或第三天才可以飛回去的
可是我想到說我的目的的根部就不是臺灣啊
我就問大韓航空說有沒有班機可以讓我直飛香港
大韓的職員非常幫忙
馬上幫我查到兩班直飛香港的班級都還有位置
就這樣
本來應該要轉機臺灣的我
一毛錢都沒多付
搭上了韓國直飛香港的飛機回家
神實在是太愛我了

那天晚上我和一群伯伯叔叔阿姨們
吃完晚飯後還跟他們說爸爸節快樂
誰會想到這個父親節會是莫拉克
我想也沒想到
當我正高興地享受著美味的晚餐時
南臺灣正在經歷一場大浩劫

可是這大雨
叫醒了臺灣人
讓我們知道保護大自然的重要
讓我們注重房屋建造不可馬虎
偷工減料更是罪不可赦

重建的路很漫長
希望臺灣人不要貪快
要腳踏實地
一步一步的把新的家建的最完美

天佑臺灣
臺灣加油