Here comes the winter break.

It is always so hard for people to realize how time flies. I can still recall the first day I took of the plane and stepped my feet on the land of the United States and all of a sudden when I woke up this morning, when I saw those notes in my notebook, when I saw these logs I have here. I found out it is already the Dec. 11st and after we finish our exam week which starts tomorrow, we are done of the fall semester.

My host family asked me to join them to the critter Christmas this Saturday but due to the make up day for Irene, I did not have the chance to enjoy their celebration. When I was lying in my bed surfing the Internet I received a message from them which said "Thinking about you while we are about to learn about Christmas in China at the church". How sweet they are. I cannot wait to finish my finals ASAP as get together with them to celebrate a real American Christmas.

Frankly speaking, university studying here is much more difficult than that of China. Papers, in-class quizes, presentations, debates, etc....Those work, though makes my life here tough sometiems, imparts me with skills and knowledge. Just wish there could be more time for me for me to read the books I borrowed from the library and those I downloaded from the Internet or maybe I am really a slow-reader. :)

Probably not going anywhere during the break unless I won the lottery...haha...But fun does not need to be purchased with money.. ;)

Hi

As the end is coming I would like to say thanks to Everybody I met this semester. Thanks People for making me happy wile I was studying in ELI. I am glad I met You. I will never forget You!!!

I hope every body will have a nice time during the winter brake and I hope to see You next semester!!!!!

Sincerely,
Biljana

P.S Good luck with the exams!

The last week

Hey guys. I am sorry that I didn't show up for a long time. I had a too happy time to do this. When I realize it suddenly, it is already the end of this semester. I would like say it again: Time fies.
These two weeks are really tough time to me, so so so many works to do! Homeworks and final exams are that kind of things you really can never finish them. I am so stupid that I didn't work on it until the deadline. I hate it:(
About the plans for winter break, I have heard a lot of wonderful, perfect plans, such as travel to Canada, going back to China, travel to Los Angeles. My friend and I want to spend our Chrismas in New York. That would be such a big fun! I can't wait to do it.
Wish all of you have a good winter break!

Kudos to Walmart

Yesterday,While I was cooking my meal ,I found that the indicating lights of my rice cooker wasn't on.At first I wasn't really care about that ,as I have my dishes on the fire, then.But after I finished my cooking and went to get the rice,I found the rice wasn't cooked at all!Then I thought there must be something to do with the lights!I took the cooker to my own room and plugged in, again,there was no sign of the light!My cooker stopped to work,I finally realized.

I started to worry about it--I have throwed away the receipts long before!They probably won't allow me to return or exchange it(definitely won't in China)!Then I looked up the return policy online, it says they will always let customers return their goods in spite of receipts!I was not sure about that,but I decided to have a try.So I wrapped up all the parts of the cooker ,heading towards Walmart on my bike.There was a old madam at the gate,I always see one of them standing there,sometimes they greeted to me,but I don't give a thought to why they standing there.She saw me ,with the cooker,and immediatelyshe asked if I wanted to return it.I said yes ,then she gave me a card and directed me to the Customer Service .I was quite nervous when I stepped in the service center.I said to the cashier that I want to change for a new one,brokenly.She said :"No problem,go and
get a new one."I was happy enough to drop the cooker and went on my way to the cooking section!I got a new one and returned,as she processed with my claim,she asked if I got a receipt.
"I'm sorry,I throwed it away."I said uneasily.
"Ok,that's fine,and I'll get you a new one!"
"a new one?"
"Yes, a new receipt!"said the girl gently.
"Thanks a lot!" I hurried out my word awkwardly.
"By the way,do you have an ID?
"An ID?No, I just stay here for one year,so..."
"No worry,you will be fine!" said the girl smilingly as I hurried to reach for my GullCard--!

So,that's it, I got my new cooker with no problem,and no receipt!They didn't even look through all the pieces of my old cooker,which is definitely one of the routines in China.And this is my happy shopping experience with Walmart!

Last week of Studies

Hello Everybody!

It is unbelievable that this week was the last week before finals. I remember myself complaining about a lot of homework which we did. And now it was last week. We will have finals and a long winter break. I am happy about that and at the same time sad. Times goes too fast.

Liza

A Christmas Story

I wander why I never heard of this film before since it is so popular around Amerian Christmas time. Maybe it's too old for Chinese medias to get interested in, but luckily not me~~

This is a typical potray of 1940s American life in Indiana. A boy named Ralph Parker makes a wish to get his perfect Christmas present: A Red Ryder BB Gun like a blue steel beauty turning him into a soilder to protect his family and friends. In order to realize that he fights for any chance to convince his mother, teacher and even the Santa of the town to support his idea. However, "You'll shoot your eyes out." is like a curse popping out of adults' mouth. On Christmas morning, he and his little brother have received bunch of gifts from relatives, but not one of them is perfect for Ralph. Oh wait, what's that behind the desk, that shining cuboid gift with rose color packing paper? What's in that?

This film reminds me of many tiny details during my childhood time. Luckily mine was not that boring with dozens of friends and a huge playground as our typical field. Instead of being the target of bullying in this film, I was the initiator of the evil. So calling me back from school, paying for the medical fee, and invited to the office of schoolmaster are the three things my mom used to do. Oh, still one more - punishing me... My family is also not belong to the rich circle. But I always firmly believe that those rich in materials may not be rich in happiness. In most of the time I couldn't get what I want for New Year becomes what I own, but this is life, isn't it?

final exam is coming ~

Next week I only have 4 days to work, and those days are for us to take our final exam. It's heavy , but after these 4 days , we will have our holidays. And I can finally come back home.That's the most wonderful part of it. Tomorrow, I will have activity with my host family. The little boy in my host family's birthday is tomorrow. I bet it will be a great fun and I can't wait for it~

Always Brainstorming

Recently, life for me is pretty hard with all the ending homework and exams all around. I just can feel my brain keeps woring on without any rest even sometimes I forgot to write in this cute blog to share my life with you guys.

Today, I want to introduce my best American friend whose name is Amanda, really really kind girl. I had enjoyed the Thanksgiving dinner and church-visiting with her before. All there wonderful experiences left me a good memory of America. Just as what I have said in the older blog, friends for me are the most precious treatures in my life. I would cherish every friend that has occourred to me. In order to well show Amanda about the Chinese traditional dishes. Charlie and me are going to make a simple Chinese meal at this Sunday noon. All of our three are so excited about it. Hope we can have fun on Sunday.

Last but not least, hope all of us easily pass the final exams~~~~~~

ORBC Church

"Do you want to go to the church with me on sunday?" "Why not!"Thanks to Sharon,the hostess of my host family,I got the chance to go to the biggest church in Salisbury !This was the second time I 've been to the ORBC ,we went to it last week, too.The most amazing part to me is that they got great music band before the study of the Bible!Before, I hold the stereotype that the music in the church is mostly the kind of boring Hallelujah or something like that!But to my surprise,they got rock band,they got really cool songs and they love God!And today they got a different band(actually, they get different band every time) ,when I was listening carefully,I heard a very familiar rhythm.That is the same rhythm as one of the most popular song a few years ago! When I talked about it to Sharon after the church,Sharon told me that is a very old song which dates back to 1920s and they changed some part of it and remade it into a church song. All I could say was WOW! What we considered a fashion was already there in American for 80 years!

Cool band ,Cool church ,see you soon!

Basketball Games

On Friday and Saturday, I went to watch basketball games with my friends in the Maggs Gym. The first game was between Jonh Jay and our school. At the beginning, our school led score, but we lost the game at last terribly. I used to think that American basketball perfer personal capacity to teamwork before I watched this game, but now I found that university basketball team attaches great importance to teamwork and tactical. That's really important, and I think Chinese basketball teams can learn a lot from them.

late payment fee

 I received a letter from my teacher in china, it was about the late payment fee. I was wondering if I had any bill that I did not pay for when I received the late fee letter. I went to the cash office, talked to the person. The result was that my check was returned by the bank, It meant that my check did not go through. So the school could not get the money from my bank account. I was so angry about that, because I had not received any emails about the returned check before I received the late payment fee.

An Interesting Picture Book

These days I read a interesting picture book called Cinder Edna, This is really an anti-Cinderella book, one part makes me so impressive is when the two heroine all got married with their lover, moreover, it’s their real and innermost decision. However, the two heroine has two different kind of life while Cinderella went to endless ceremonies and listened to dozens of speeches and at night she sat by the fire with nothing to look at but her husband’s perfect profile while he talked endlessly of troops, parade formations, and uniform buttons. It sounds that she achieved her dream, married with a handsome prince, lived royally and decently but lost the true meaning of happiness, Edna married with the other prince without good-looking but they have their common hobbies (they both like jokes and tuna recipes), at least, they lived happily ever after, The author tried to make a contrast to give us the picture that may be the happy life is not just like the traditional fairy tale style, Edna is happier than Cinderella with true happiness and soul couple.

But if I am an author, I won’t write on that way, this book is try to explain that different people pursue different life, may be your dreamed life is not the happy one that you want. The main heroine is cute, she know how to pursue her own life without any sympathy from others, but in some part of this book, I don’t like the illustrator always use eye-white to prove that the character is disdain for everything in Cinderella’s way, may be this is unique and individuality, but in my perspective, if I want to prove one is really independent, I won’t look down upon anyone, write bad word of Cinderella and his stupid prince and show how difference the other heroine are, Then at last said :Guess who lived happily ever after, if you want emphasize person need to live on their own rather than any stuff connect to money and status, it’s true but it’s not real, if Edna finally can find a happy ending by herself, why Cinderella is not? May be went to endless ceremonies and listened to dozens of speeches and at night she sat by the fire with nothing to look at but her husband’s perfect profile is Cinderella’s hobbies? I like Cinder Edna's part of this story but it wasn't necessary to be cruel about Cinderella part, to predict a miserable girl (may be she also try to live and try to study) use such mean word. It’s really jaundiced to be proud of Cinder Edna's triumphs.

Despite of that, this is a very good book for kids, especially girls, they can learn how to save themselves, how to live by their hands, eliminate the pendency from impossible fantasy, and also pursue a real and suitable love. It’s really like American way to be alive: easy, happy, efficiency, own style and far away from onerous manner, It embody a great spirit: freedom.

2011 Salisbury Parade for Christmas

Today I went to the Salisbury Parade for 2011 Christmas with my host family. In case that it would be cold outside, they even kindly brought me hot coco to stay warm.

The parade started at 2 o'clock with the leading of Wicomico council, during which I saw our mayor Jim Ireton again. After the Wicomico council and some other government cars passed, there came the team of school in Wicomico area. Also, the Salisbury zoo took part in the parade--they are my favorite part because they brought LAMA.

During the parade, the performers kept thowing candies to kids, which made those kids like little birds chasing after rice and corn= =

After the parade, we went to the Oak Tree church (if I did not remember it wrong) and sang some Christian songs. It was totally different from that I listened to in China. I was actually confused whether it was high school musical or a church choir!

The Coming of Final Exams

I've never expected that this day would come so quickly! It seems that yesterday I were hanging around the campus listening to some introduction of the university , but today I need to face so many tests and papers to finish within two weeks. When people settle down in one place and get used to their lives there, the time slips away without saying hello and goodbye~~

Facing the papers and books which fill my room is not the worst. Half of my American time has gone but the achievement on study is beneath my expectation. This is the thing I concern about. However, without drugs for regret and time machine to fly back, I must concentrate on present and make progress step by step. Yesterday is history; tomorrow is a mystery; today is a gift. That's why it is called present!

I have to say goodbye very soon...

        I have been counting the  days since I ordered the air ticket for flying back home.It's the end of this semester, I almost forgot I don't have to stay here for many days. However, I don't feel excited at all. I even wish the time could fly less  slowly, except for our classes. I want to see more of salisbury, I want to see more of the USA. Maybe I will miss the people here and the beautiful scenes.
      I have to say goodbye very soon...

Hey, guys! I think you must be very busy these weeks, because final exams are coming. I did nothing but homework this week. I made two PPTs, 10-pages research papers and a 7-pages  thesis. That almost make me mad. Next week I have to presentations, Oh, my god! I hate the end of the semester.

My host family

Today I went to my host family's house.It was really a good experience. At 5:30 pm Saturday Michael pick me up to their family, he is the father of this family. When I arrived at this family all of members were waiting for me , they were very friendly and prepared gift for me. We decorated the Christmas tree and ate pizza. everything was very nice. Then the kids wanted to know how to write their Chinese name so I taught them some Chinese. They were very clever and studied very quickly. What's more, the kids prepared a picture for me they told me they painted me , the parents sent a Christmas tree for me . It's really a good night.

Oh no. There are a lot of homework, I don't want to do them. But I can't, them must be finished. Oh, my god.

The lights in Ocean City!!!

Hi everybody!!

This Friday I went to see the lights in Ocean City.

On 125th street it’s a big park with a little lake and a big green area. People can see different shapes with lights on it. One of the people who work there told me that there is an 800 000 lights. The entrance fee is 5$. Nobody is allowed to walk, so you take a train. It’s approximately 12min ride. The train ticket it’s included in that 5$. I don’t know what time exactly the place open but I know that they close at 11:00pm.

I need to mention that is very cold so better wear something warm.

I felt the Christmas spirit =)

US Bar

Before I came here I hadn't noticed that US teenagers can't drink alchol. the first day when I arrived at my apartment , my roomates asked me if I am 21-year- old. I was confused about that for my teachers always told me westen people take age as their personal secrect. Finally I understand that it's the limit for drinking age. It's strange and may not work. My roomates drinks every Friday night enen they don't reach 21. As long as they don't go outside they can drink however they want. And they can buy the alchol by themselves, the sellers seldom check their ID. In China we don't have this limit , my father let me to drink alchol when I was 2 years old. But most of the time parents won't allow their children drink alchol. They think it may hurt children's brains and do harm to their bodies when they arae growing.

Yesterday I went to a bar with my friends, the atmosphere is quite different from what I ahve imagine. I have heard from my friends that China's bar is different from here. In China ,the bar usually very beautiful and have many different kinds. It also forms a bar-culture in China. But from what I have seen yeaterday ,it's quite boring. Poeple there were just drinking. And there aren't many people there. I think maybe the students are preparing for their final exams. but they told me we are so early ,the real bar time begeins at 11:30. then ,we may see crowded people dancing and drinking. The alchol is cheaper than that in China. But for me, no matter it cheap or not they don't have good tastes. I was just looking for some interesting things their.

Hello Everybody!

How are you doing? Hope everybody enjoys Thanksgiving holidays. As for me they were too long. I did not do any homework, may be just a little bit. I felt like I want to go to the university to study. It was nice to be back on Monday to see your classmates and listened to their stories about past holiday. Everybody seemed to be relax, probably they finally get enough sleep and at the same time lazy. Some people wish to be off more days. For me it was plenty.

Liza

Thanskgiving weekend

Hello Everyone!
I forgot again to write in the blog! I apologize.
I want to tell you about my thanksgiving weekend. I did a lot of fun stuff. Turkey was good and I like the food I ate and tried. I went bike ride on Chinkoteque island on Saturday. The weather was gorgeous and I had so much fun. I went there with my landlord Bryant. I could ride a regular bike, I ride a tricycle and he has a big car Suburban and we can carry my bike in it. So it was fun Saturday. Bike ride in Pockomoke forest and Chinkoteque. So beautiful

I Like Ham

Last week , I went to my host family--Sharon's house to have Thanksgiving Dinner.I smelled a fantastic scent the moment I stepped into their house!That was the ham! I had ham before when I was in China,but they were not real ham since they had some flour mixed in the meat! But this time I had the genuine ham in my life(and the first turkey,too)!The ham were so good that I ate at least 8 slices I think!And I noticed that they just cut the meat off the ham ,leaving the big bone of the ham alone.I thought they would just throw the bone away but Sharon told me that they will use the bone to cook some bean soup!That was so smart ,I could imagine how delicious the soup would be! Actually ,at that moment,I was wishing I would be there when they cook the soup !

wonderful thanksgiving experience

     I had been excited going to my friend Caleb's home since he invited me to his home on thanksgiving. He is from Hagerstown which is four hours driving from Salisbury. On Tuesday, I went to his home with his sister who has been studying in salisbury university for three years, her name is Rachel. Unfortunately, when we drove the truck on the way to her home, the rain was too heavy to see the road clearly, she drove her Ford truck as slow as she can on the highway. Even though the rain was heavy, it did not influence our excited mood. she was excited about staying with her family, I was excited about being with American family. We talked about many things on the way back to home. I taught her Chinese culture, and she taught me American culture. It was a long trip, but both of us did not fell bored. It took us approximately 5 hours to get to her home. Caleb and his friend were waiting for us to have lunch together when I arrived his home. we went to China buffet, the taste of the food in this cafeteria is pretty much as the same with the China buffet in salisbury which is down the salisbury university, the only thing different is the scale, the China buffet in Hagerstown is much bigger than the buffet in Salisbury. The weather was very nice on wednesday, Caleb wanted to get his haircut in Hagerstown mall, so I went to the mall with him. I looked around in the mall, I found my favorite cloth brand which is called "the north face". I went through the shop, and one jacket took my fancy. I tried it and it fitted me like a burly man, so I bought it without check the price, I thought it would be worth it. I was very happy buying the jacket. After finished shopping in the mall, we went to his grandmother's house which was 20 minutes far away from his home. I was scared by a huge dog when I came there, I had never seen such a big dog before. It was over 200 pounds. At first, I was so afraid of the giant dog that I did not want to see any dogs any more, and the dog always tied to keep near to me, so I kept the space with the dog as far as I could, I felt uncomfortable. I could not conquer my fear until my friend told me that the dog was very friendly and had never attacked people before. Finally, I could get well along with the huge dog, I took picture with it, the dog wagged its tail when he saw me, we hugged and played with each other. Thursday was Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving in United States is partly a religious festival, and partly a gala day. Family members get together to have meal, they always have turkey for their Thanksgiving meal. I think Thanksgiving is one of the best festival to improve the relationship between family members. Normally American people like to shoot guns after the Thanksgiving meal, so we did all the American people like to do. we went to a farm which was behind Caleb's grandma's house. This was my first time to shoot real guns, his father taught me how to hold the gun and how to shoot the gun, then we shot the gun, they were very surprised that I could shoot all the targets. We spent a lot of time on shooting all kinds of gun these days. One thing I would like to emphasize here was that I went to hunting on saturday, this saturday was the first day for hunting in the hunting season in maryland, it would be last about 6 weeks. We got up very early on saturday and went to hunting. Eventually, Caleb shot a deer, we were very excited and proud of him but his grandma. She was mad at Caleb because he shot a deer without horn, it meant he shot a baby deer. He could not shoot a baby deer. Obviously, I had a lot of fun in my friend's home. I am very happy having the chance to stay with American family for six days. It would be precious treasure in my American life.

Happy Thanksgiving !!

Hello dear all. First of all, I want to say Happy Thanksgiving all my friends, I know I'm too late to say that, however I wish everyone had a good time with Thanksgiving as I got it. During this holiday we did a lot of thing and the popular thing we went to NY city, it was so adorable city but unfortunately it was so crowded of people. We went to the famous Arabic restaurant, oooh! that was so so so delicious, from a long time ago I hoped to visit NY city just to go to eat at this restaurant, now I got my desire :D . We met many many Arabic people, really at a while I felt I'm In Saudi Arabia not in NY city cause a lot of Arabic store which are close from each other, and we took some pictures. In the next day we went shopping we bought some clothes, and the other days we spent with our favorite friends.

Niagara Falls!

Last year in September I went with some friends to see Niagara Falls. Wonderful place with unforgettable views....
People can purchase a pass ticket for only 30$ for few places. One of the most exiting thing we did was when we take a boat. The boat was going close to the place where the water is falling. Its incredible experience. Everybody were happy and everybody were screaming.
In the night from 9pm till 11:30pm we watch the Niagara Falls illumination.
I think this is one of the places in the world which is truly memorable. My opinion is everybody who have opportunity have to go and see this wonder of the nature.

Terrible Black Friday

In Thursday night, my father’s friends took us to outlets which are near the New York City. There were a lot people in the outlets, so it’s very difficult to enter the outlets. Luckily, product’s discounts were very good, and I saw that most of products are 50% off in the outlets. Even though it was very cold outside, we should wait for unless 30mins before we entered stores because of too much people. I finally got a bad cold in the morning on Black Friday and felt really disgusting. When I came back to hotel, I found that three pairs of jeans which I bought for my friends are wrong size, the more terrible stuff was that I lost their receipt.

Black Friday Has Just Passed and Here Comes The Cyber Monday

Last week, I went to the outlet for the black friday sale. At first, i was just interested in how American people get crazy about black friday and the annual Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. However, when I was at the mall in person watching people waiting in the line to get the store ealier, I was amazed and influenced. Though it was middle of the night, I still felt like it was the daytime and I didn't go back to the hotel until 4:30 in the morning of that Friday. I also got the chance to take photos with the bare male model at A&F. Unfortunately I didn't go to New York City, otherwise I could see the 101 "lifeguard" of A&F and Hollister. Haha...

In a few minutes, it will be the cyber Monday. Guess those sellers really want all the money from their customers pocket!

Schooled Night

  Two weeks ago, Dr.Bond took us to Salisbury Middle School and we had a great night with those kids.It was a new place to me, so I should find  the classroom where I can take the activity.But I got a more suitable job,photographer.I was asked to take photos of every activity that was being held in different classrooms. I saw a girl putting a boy in the cabinet, and locked it. That was a bad idea. Suddenly, I realized that they were doing a role play to tell us to fight against bully. We had those activities:Organic Farming, Making Lava Lamps, Tie dye shirts, Music Hall of Fame and so on. Many kids show great interest in these activities. If they attended a activity, they would get a small star. And I took pictures of all the activities.

Thanks giving holiday

I have do nothing during the Thanksgiving holiday.Not to mention the shopping,or turkey. I just sleep ,surf on the internet, and eat. The only entertainment of these days was play cards with my friends. I want to go home for the Spring Festival. All my roommates went home, I felt very boring. However, I was happy that there is only less than one month before I go home.

Shopping Season

As we all know the Friday after Thanks giving called "Black Friday".It is the begining of the shopping season. It is quite different from China. We seldom have this big discounts. But most of the brands are in a acceptable price so people don't need to wait in a particular time. this is the first year I came to US and the first time experienced "Black Friday". I went with my friends for shopping at Washington DC. we saw many people wait in their tents in front of the Bestbuy. the same as Macy's. people are crazy atthat time. But this year these retailers didn't give much discounts. I was looking for some presents for my friends and relatives. when I saw those low price things I can't control myself so I spent a lot of money. After that I was finding that I am a poor guy and I still want too buy more products. When I talk this to my friends, they said they have the same situations. As many brands have very different prices between US and China, we all can't stop from purchasing them. If that one day they are in the same prices , I won't be such a crazy shopper.

Thanksgiving Day

This Thanksgiving Day I went to my roomate's family to celebrate this holiday. On Tuesday ,he drove his car to his father's house which located in Baltimore. His father was very nice people . He invited me to Buffet and took me to his brother's house to celebrated Thanksgiving Day. His brother's house was located in Pittsburgh in the country. The view was really beautiful . I can see a lot of mountains and trees. What's more , their house was near a racecourse. It's really wonderful to live here. In the night , we started our Thanksgiving dinner. Before dinner, they prayed for the food. I think it's tradition . The dinner was really nice , It had turkey , potatoes and some pies. Everything was nice . I think my first Thanksgiving Day was really good and it gave me deep impression.

ThanksGiving and BlackFriday

Hello, every one. I think this is the first Thanks Giving day of  ELI student, which let us feel very exicited. Me and ZhouLi went to my friend Amanda's  house and celebrate Thanks Giving with her family. There were a lot of delicious food in the Thanks giving dinner. Turkey was a very tradional food for Thanks Giving. Her father also cooked turkey for me. It tasted very good. Before the dinner we talked bout some tradition about Thanks Giving. In the past I don't know what Thanks Giving is, I regard it as a special time for believers to thank God. But now I know it not only for believers, but also it is a time for family members to get together and share delicious food and bless for each other. Before the dinner, I took a vidio of how does they pray. Every people fired a candle, then say some beatific words. Then we selected food by ourselves around the food table one by one. Then we started to eat. We talked and loughed, it seemed that severe than I thought. And the atmosphere was the same as Chinese new year. I was so happy to celebrate Thanks Giving with my American friend.
After the dinner, Amanda drived me back to UP, then I started my BlackFridays plan. Me, ZhangPeng Chen Zijun and L.V. Our four took Zhangpeng's friend's car to the Waltmart, There were so many people there and we were almost swallowed by the large number of people. Then we go to the Bestbuy, and there was a lone line to wait for 12 o'clock. We wait in the line in a very cold weather about 2 hours. Finally we entered the shop and choised our favorite. Then we walk to the Mall, the lights were so bright there, people all looked very exicted. We selected things in shops one by one. The things were so cheap, and I got a lot of  cheap clothes. We didn't leave until 7 a.m in the morning.
What an unforgettable ThanksGiving and BlackFriday! I will remeber it forever.

Bestbuy, Black Friday~~

After shocked by the video of crowds on Black Friday on Dr. Cooper's class, I always expected to see this moment which is being like the discount time in China. But actually it was not that spectacular this BlackFriday, at least not Salisbury.

On Thursday morning, I studied the ads of Walmart and Bestbuy, finding no extremely wonderful thing I would love to cross the multitude to grab. So my friends and I decided to hang around Walmart at 10 and Bestbuy at midnight.

Walmart was so clever inviting people to shop for daily necessities which kept regular price while waiting for countdown. But I actually only planed to buy milk and snacks, so it's not so hard to pay at the counter and went straight to Bestbuy oppositely. When parking the car, I did see the guy standing on the first bringing a camp with him, ready to go and buy all electrical equipments for lifetime. After involved in cold winter night for 2 hours, we finally got our turn in and...you know what? No crowed people! No empty goods shelf! How disappointed! I even prepared to be squeezed like a sponge or pushed down by some huge guys. Some salesmen absolutely had nothing to do but smiling at me saying: It's cold outside ha? So while picking up my favorite, I was curious what would be like if China had a "Black Sunday"? Maybe it's better to be on line one month before that and build a shifting house there for life~~Lukily, we don't have that!!

The Biggest Bubble I Have Ever Seen

Last weekend,again,we went to the NYC.This time the weather is so nice that we totally forgot the snow and the wind last time.Instead of going shopping crazily on Time Square,we went to the Central Park since the weather was so good! There were all kinds of leaves on the ground the moment we stepped into the park! Some is as yellow as gold,some is as red as fire and others are still green,amazing! As we walked on,there were many street artists performing their best to earn money.There was a band of three guys playing the flute and guitars, two girls singing a duo, one guy roller skating and many portraitists! But the one that interested me most is the bubble blowing,there were many kids blowing the biggest bubbles I've ever seen.They didn't use the regular bubble-blower,actually,they were using two big sticks,on which there were rope tied to it and the rope formed a triangle.The huge bubbles came into being as they waved the sticks gently . The bubbles were so big that many passer-bys stopped to take photos and cheer for the kids!Bravo!

It's fantastic to have such a big park in the center of the NYC! The people in NYC are so busy and all their concerns are matters of fact. The park is indeed a pure land for some tired people to finally find a place to think for a while quietly!

The huge screens on Time Square

Once I was told that the enterprises who can post the commercials on Time Squares large screens are the top 50 Tycoons around the world. But when I actually standed under the those huge screens, what I found were the trailers of movies, some sexy posters, and advertisements for electrical equipments. Among them, I saw logo of The Xinhua News Agency which made me excited. This press agency is the largest and also a formal news media in China. It's funny to see its ad among those lovely Disney characters and pretty women: not serious, but attractive enough!

I Love NewYork, But I Hate Walking

This weekend for me was actually busy and unforgettable because we had went to a lot of tourist interests in NYC for travelling. On the first day of our short trip, we went to the stature of liberty, to our regret, we can't land in the island to see the front face of this renowned stature because the limited time and strong wind outside. Then our group went to the time square together, with enough curiosity and imagination, four of my friends went to the Madame Tussauds. It was really terrific. As everybody knows very well, we do have a same museum in Shanghai, China. Inside the museum, we can see a lot of famous movie stars and singers and other super stars. They are pretty much the same with the real person such as the expressions and height. The most interesting thing we got was taking funny pictures with the models. On the second day, we just went around and visited the 911 Memorial, China Town and the Wall St. You can imagine how tired were we. So this was why I said that I love NYC but I hate walking all the time. Honestly speaking, I hadn't regained consciousness until Today. I need more time to rest! For the coming Thanksgiving day, I expect the wonderful thanksgiving dinner with my American friends. YEAH, last but not least, Black FRIDAY, I am COMING!!!!

Raven's TV Trip

This Friday, I went to the Raven's TV in Baltimore with the National Broadcasting Society. First, I need to say thank you to Dr. Cooper for letting me take a day-off.

We left Salisbury for Baltimore at about 10am, and arrived at Raven's TV at about 2 o'clock. When we parked our car at Raven's TV, we were amazed by its construction. Since Raven's TV is the outlet for the football team Baltimore Raven's, the TV station is also the gathering point for the players and coaches. While we were waiting for the vice producer to take over us, two players on the football team passed by. I am not very familiar with the football team, but I could tell their fame by looking at people around me. They were so excited.

We visited the first floor of the TV station, which is where the studios mainly are.

Where there is a city, there is a China town

We went to New York at this weekend, and spent all our weekend there. Compare with last trip to New York, it was more wonderful this time. We lived in New Jersey and took the mtro-train to New York everyday. It won't cost much time but save a lot of money. The first day we saw the status of liberty, 9.11 memorial, Time square and many famous brands of clothing. Today we just visit some place in soho and my favorite China town.

As we all know Salisbury is a small villige which has very limited goods and it doesn't has Chinese things so China town was our best choice to buy those Chinese things. After we do the grocery shop in Jin Men food store, we noticed that there was a long distence for us to went back to the metro-train station. Then we decide to take a taxi, but we don't know how to make a taxi driver notice us. Forturnately, a Pakistain driver drove us there. What he said really impressed me was that we wouldn't miss our families very much as there almost every city has a China town. That was right , as China has its large population we can meet Chinese people almost everywhere around the world. The globlization helps people to get the goods they need very frequently. Chinese people are supposed to learn English in a very young age, so they can easily adaapt to this society. Chinese things are good and in a very low price, many people want buy them. All these reasons helps to build a China town in many cities and provides a chance to see something realited to our nation.

My expectations about NewYork City

  Last week I forgot to post my blog, I have nothing new to tell. I have to say that I  have been counting the days since I came here. In my eyes, I don't think American's life have lots of fun. They just like holding parties all the time.  I miss Chinese food a lot, before the trip to NewYork, I was thinking about buying real Chinese food in China Town. I was also considering the cloth , shoes and bags. That's all the new staff.

We are in our city we have no marker on Thanksgiving Holiday. I do not know what I will do in this holiday. I expect I will go to Baltimore to visit my friends.. If you know any nice place to go to it this weekend told me.. Thank you and wish you a happy holiday.