Topic #3: I speak Japanese.

     When I was a little girl, I was dreaming that one day I could speak another language. At that time, I thought that to speak another language was a great thing for me. Now, if you ask me to choose a new language to learn, my answer is absolutely Japanese.
     Why it is Japanese, not something else?
     First of all, Japan is a neighbour country of China, and it is closely related to China. Learing Japanese can help me know more about the differences and similarities between the two counties. For example, Japanese wear kimono while Chinese wear chipao in the old days, they looks similar. Who first weared that kind of clothes and how it spreaded to another country? How did another country's people change the style or invent more things about it? These secrets can only be found when I really understand another country's language-Japanese.
     Secondly, Japanese has lots of similar writings with Chinese. When I first found a reading material which was writen in Japanese, I found that I could understand nearly 60% of what the writer want to express. They looked like Chinese traditional, but not Chinese simplified. This really interested me and pushed me to learn more about Japanese.
     Thirdly, I want to help Japanese and Chinese to know more about each other. To tell the trueth, Japan really has lots of beautiful things, not only the environment, but also people's  manners; while, China is obviously a great country with long history and culture. But we really know too little about each other, and maybe for that reason, it makes things go worse.
     In conclusion, I would like to learn Japanese because I can learn deeply things about Japan and help not only Japanese, but also Chinese to learn more about the two countries.

Topic #2: First Impressions of California

     What were my first impressions of California? I think it should be called amazing.
     I arrived California on the beginning of March this year. When I walked out of the airport and saw the real world there, I felt that it was so clean. The air was so fresh, and it seemed that it had already refresh myself from the tired long way travel. When I headed up to the sky, I found that even the sky was purer than my hometown. All the environment was great, and no rubbish was on road.
     Then we were driving on the free way, and I found that it was really free. Comparing with California's free way, my hometown's free way is charged. Also, the speed was so fast when I first drive on the free way, I felt like I had over speeded, and I was worried whether I would meet an accident; on the other hand, the car behind me was making noice to let me go faster. How terrible and exciting it was. After I drove down the free way and drove on the local way, I found that there were lots of stop signs there which will not be found in my country. It really surprised me.
     After had a rest at home for 2 days, we went to daily shopping in Costco. There you will never find something in small size. The milk box is in big size which makes me cannot finish drinking it at one time; also, the toilet paper is so much in one plastic bag, and the good thing is that I will not buy it nearly two months; furthermore, the shampoo, the soap, even the toothbrushes, all of them are in large box or large plastic bags. Shopping for one time, then I do not need to go shopping for a long time. Should I say that it is awsome or it is terrible?
     The other thing was that when we went out to eat, until we walked into the eating place, we would never find that it was a place for eating, because the decorating out of the resturant is very simple, unlike my country; as a result, people like me will hardly discover it by myself.
     Now I have been living here for 6 months, everything goes well except for the weather; nevertheless, we have the air conditioner to prevent hot from us.
     In conclusion, I really like here.

Topic #1: About Me.

      I am Katherine, and I come from China. 

     I have been living in the U.S. for half a year, and I came here with my family. Before this semester, I studied English in Cal State University Los Angeles. Comparing with CSUF, CSULA has 6 classes for each level, they are listening, speaking, writing, grammar, reading, and TOEFL. I like the classes except that all the classes are in one level. For instance, some students are good at listening but not good at writing; thus, their listening and writing classes should be in different levels. However, CSULA does not separate their classes for those students. This is one reason that why I transfer here. Another reason is that the traffic from Rowland HTS. to CSULA is so bad, unfortunately, the traffic here is not smooth too.

     Beside learning English, I want to get my master's degree here. Although my major is Japanese, I would like to pursue accounting as my future major. Now I am preparing TOEFL Test and I hope I can get a high score as soon as possible.

     When I am in free time, I like to go shopping with my family. Macy's and the Desert Hill's are two shopping places where I would like to go. Also, my hobby is swimming and playing bowling. Though I am not very good at these games, I still enjoy the happiness in sports.

     This is me.