journal 18

 TADA..........skoo is overrrr......No more classes! NO more Essays! 

How koo!

But for sure am going to miss all of mah classmates. Thk to them I hv more fun in class. They make mah lessons more interesting!
Other than that I would say also thank to Sean- who always company with us during this Journey, helps us a lot in writing. It's true that after this class, my writing skill has improved a lot. Once again, Thks Sean!

During this Semester, I've learnt a lot not only from lectures, but also from friends. Studying sometimes is considered like taking a journey. It's fun and interesting when you learn something new, but sometime you also feel frustrated when you can't understand the issue.
For me, I take this class seriously cuz I know that writing plays a crucial role in university. The thing that  I love in this class is the time writing. Its like a free writing. In time writing, you just have 30 mins to do all the things including prewriting, outline, and your essay. I remember, at the beginning of the class, I didn't know how to figure out what to write in 30 mins. But now, I can handle it!!! That was a big improvement I think ^^
Time to say goodbye to all my classmate! I wish you guys luck in life! Study hard but don't forget to play harder LOL
See u guys around on the campus
<3

journal 15

Druck, J. (2011, April 18). Growing up too fast? Daily Titan, retrieved from: http://www.dailytitan.com/2011/04/18/growing-up-too-fast/

The article is all about the change in children between the age from 10 to 12 year-old kids. The author argues that the kids nowadays are growing up too fast because of society. The author's argument is about cause and value claims. First, she mentions that clothing stores contribute to the sped-up growth (para.6) For example, kids go to clothing stores to buy clothes that are not suitable for them. Second, she also mentions the media's role in causing kids to grow up too fast. In Paragraph 9, she states that cast member Vanessa Hudgens of High School Musical has appeared nude all over magazines. I think, the author is right, kids are influencing too much not only in media field, but also in clothing. That what leads them to become more mature than their age. 

My first source

Snell, J. (2011). Review iPad2. Macworld, 28(5), 30-36. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

The Ipad2 was released on March 11th which caught many attention to people who are interested in IT. The Authors of this informative article has experienced a lot from the IT fields.He found the next generation of Ipad which is Ipad2 was the smart announcement of Steve Jobs. In this article, Snell tried to point out some of the special features which the Ipad2 has. What has changed and what hasn't from the this new generation. Also, he mentioned about the pros and cons which the Ipad2 brings to us. This is may useful for me to do my research. The article provides me an overview about the iPad2 which I can compare my survey with Snell.

Research question about the ipad

On Wed, I learned how to do a research paper. To be honest, it's not my interesting part of writing a research paper since I have no idea about citing. It's so complicated! Anyway, I have to learn how to do it. After thinking of many topics, I chose Ipad to be my topic. I start looking on wikipedia to look for info about the ipad. Amazingly, it pop up with bunch of info which you can do research on that. Hopefully I can find the useful source on this website. I started to think about some research questions about my topic such as how might the ipad's apps be used to support teaching and learning in a course or Are there any improvements and suggestions for future software or What is the usability of the ipad.
I've done many research about the ipad before and it seems an very interesting topic. As you may know, Steve Jobs is very successful in Apple company. He represented Apple to introduce the second generation of the ipad, which is the Ipad2, released on March,11,2011. The Ipad2 is 30 percent thinner than the original one come in at only 3.4 inches thin. The bezels surrounding the screen are available in 2 colors: black and white. Both look extremely stylish and you won't regret choosing either one.
The new Ipad feature the duo core A5 chip. the next step up from Apple 1 core A4 chip. The duo core processor will make running and launching apps twices fast. The graphic processing is also prove 9 times than the original one. That means running game will look better than before.
Also, the Ipad2 now feature 2 cameras and have video phone. It has a front camera and a back camera.
People were so exciting to wait for the new coming ipad because of it various apps. Thinner, lighter and faster are the main characteristic which the ipad bring to customer.
While doing ipad research, I'm still looking for the some improvements and suggestions for future software about the ipad2. I've already bought one, hopefully it is the right choice for getting it. 

spring break is comin'

Wow! Time goes so fast. To be honest, I don’t have the definition about timing. I think everyday is the
same, if ya see me and stop by to ask for what is the date today. Well, for sure, u will probably get nothing
from me….’coz I have no idea.
For me, everyday is a gift, everyday is joyful, no pain, no sorrow, be happy n be strong has become my strategy to follow recently. So spring break is not a big deal to me, it’s also just like any days in a week. I also don’t have the definition of “weekend” coz everyday is weekend.

This Spring Break, I haven’t thought of any good idea to make a plan. There are a lot of places I haven’t gone yet. I might think of planning to SF, Vegas, WC or San Jose. I think it’s more fun if I go to Vegas
coz I can make money there, otherwise I can lose some Lolz I also think about visiting my aunt who lives in
Long Beach now, it’s koo to stay in her house so that I can enjoy her food. Clubbing is also in my waiting
list. Well…..will c
PS: before Spring break I hv bunch of hw and essays to do, mid- term is coming before the spring break. My gosh! feeling so dizzy

speaking animal

What would happen if animals could talk? What are some of the questions you would like to ask animals?
well.... I may think it's a little weird if animals could talk, but it's koo though if they can speak human language. we have communication between human and human, so y don't have communication between human and animals?? isn't that koo if they could speak the same language as we do? I love pet , I owned a very cute sexy chubby mini guinea pig. He is so cute. I hold and feed him everyday. I love to feed him 'coz whenever I pick up the food he will jump as high as possible to indicate that he is happy. Even though he couldn't speak up, he uses his gestures to show me how happy and sad he is. I think that is koo if animals could talk, so that they can share and speak up what they want. It will make things go easier than just using gestures.
If they could talk, I would ask them how they feel of being an animal haha......hopefully they don't get mad when I ask so. Then I would ask about what are their favorite food and entertainment. 

Advice

What is the best advice you were ever given?  From my dad. Its proven so true.  “Even though life is not FAIR, u still have to live for the rest of ur life, once you accept that, it makes everything easier to deal with”

It’s so true. It’s never too late to realize that as I went through so many things in my life. Sometimes, I just wonder why life is so unfair. As time go by, things went wrong, ya suffering life, ya facing failures, things make ya unhappy, etc, ya will reveal what the definition of “Life” is. 

Sometimes people just keep wondering why their life is so different to the others, and why they have to suffer but others don’t. There is no answer for it! May be u can say because it’s LIFE!

I remember one time, I had a very depressing moment, and everything around me looked grey; always think of negative side. Dad is the person who came to my life and save me at that moment. He came to me, held me and gave me advises which completely alter my thought. I shouldn’t act like an innocent girl. It’s time to be mature. I took his advice, cooling down my emotion, try to find a resolution and be positive. His advice taught me a lot of things. Life is suffering. But not because of that ya always face with sorrow.  Accepted also is a good method to apply to life. Knowing how to accept is make thing go smoothly and easily. That’s what I’ve learnt from my dad. 

I hardly give out my advice to someone. I’m not saying am a good advisor, even though I know I can help people by giving out advices but I don’t really want to do that. Again, it’s just because LI FE IS JUST NOT FAIR.  I’ve learnt that whenever ya help people, if things does go in a right way, they are not going to blame on ya. But when they take your advises and they follow it, but unfortunately things go wrong, the first person they usually blame on is YOU!  So that’s y I don’t want to hear bad things behind me, you can say am selfish, not willing to share experiences or help people, It’s just fine, I prefer that more than people blame it on me when they are getting worse.

American food !!!!!!!

American!

Cheese burgers with curly fries rock Lolzzz

I don’t know what it will be other than burgers, steaks, cheese, seafood…….The definition of American food must be a lot but one thing will probably  come straight to people’s mind when they think of American food is “ fast food”.  It’s so weird that even most people realize that fast food is not good for health but they still eat it. WHY? All I can say is……’coz they r hella lazy to cook sometimes !

Me- I’d rather cook nice meal than eat anything from Jack in the box, or in McDonald’s.  I don't eat it at all; I try to stick to organic stuff. It’s cool if someone eats it every once in a while but everyday is too much lol

If one of my friends said “let’s go eat American” . It would mean well….save your time and enjoy the steaks. Steak is a common food in American daily life.

Hamburger is not the only traditional American food. Besides that, hotdog, potatoes, fries…..and coke also are traditional food.

To me, I eat a lot more vegetable in one meal. Its keep me healthy.  That’s the reason why I don’t eat much fast food. I pretty much enjoy my cooking. Since I know how to cook, my health is getting better than before Lolzzz

Watcha say? Asian food VS American food? Uh-oh……sounds like Asian food win all the time haha

Well, unlike American food, Asian food has more taste. To be honest, it’s tasty. Well…….yanoe, sometimes it’s not healthy but it’s delicious. That’s y people love it. Even though it’s much grease, it makes ya wana eat more. Remember one time I tried a piece of steak in an American restaurant…..my gosh! It was absolutely no taste inside the meat; all ya can taste is only…..the sauce !!! Here I wana say is that American food look good but not delicious whereas Asian food is much better. Actually, it depends on people perception. 

I love to eat in Thai restaurant. Near my house has Thai Brasil and I often go there everyweek. Pretty much enjoy their cuisine. Especially I love spicy food. Don’t you notice that when ya eat spicy food, ya wana eat more? Haha believe or not ya hv to try.

optimistic quote

This is a quote that I love because it says everything of a person. 

Our life will be what we want of it once we open our eyes and our mind to focus on the good rather than the bad in life. I pretty much agree with this quote. It is so true in some cases.

When a person is full of negative thoughts they will attract negativity in their life.  Its like when you are focusing on the lack of money and all the bills that are coming in…  You go to your mail box and what do you find but more bills?  However, you shift your focus to begin thinking more positive and thinking of the money that will be coming in and how you can get more money coming in you soon find checks in your mail box vs all the bills.


We must always be alert to our thoughts and maintain a positive life.  This is something that I’ve personally worked on for the past 4 years and I love how it makes me feel.  I no longer focus on problems, my focus is now on the solutions because first of all there is a solution for every  problem.  It just depends on how you choose to look at it.

So, the next time something negative creeps into your thoughts, I encourage you to focus on the solution and the positive of that thought.

opposites attract

It has been 6 months already I haven’t seen my best friend. Her nickname is “Mr.” Koo which I gave it to her. She’s one of my best friends from college. It’s a very long story about how strange we met. Although she’s a girl, she always acts like a boy. Remember at the very first day in class when I couldn’t find any seats, she is the person who ran out of class and found a chair for me. Impressive! We both became friends very quickly. Although we don’t have much in common, our understanding last the friendship.

I remember that one time I would like to have ice cream but she didn’t want it, and then we have argument about that. So ridiculous of having such an argument but it’s funny. I can’t stop laughing whenever I think about it. Unlike other friends, she helps me out whenever I need her. She took good care of me like an elder sister. I was so lucky to have her to be friend.

One thing we have the same is we like shopping and eating. That’s it!! But we understand each other. We both always ask for advises and gather to get the solutions. Although sometimes we have arguments, we can’t be angry in 5 mins later. We protect each other like sisters. Now I’m no longer by her side, but we always keep contact and email or phone in order to keep this friendship. I miss her so much…..miss the time we have been through….

Mr. Koo ….Hope u always be my gud friend…now and forever!

Getting around

Well……I’ve been in US for 5 months already. Pretty like here. To be honest, everything here looks totally different compare with my country. Not only the living standard here is different, but also the transportation system is so much different from my place.

I pretty much enjoy my life in US.  But one thing you should know is that in US without car, you can’t go anywhere. The distance from one place to another one is always so much further than we estimate. It’s inconvenient for us to walk around to approach the destinations. Without car, it takes time to get there. I love to travel, get to know new places, and search for places to eat and have fun. And I love speeding too……well……even I don’t have a car right now but I always encourage my friends whoever take me to speed Lolzzz I know It’s not a good thing for them……but I love to speed….and sometimes they do it just for me. Hopefully, we are not arrested!!! Am gona have a car later, for sure. Even my friends they always be there and always willing to take me away but I don’t want to bother them sometimes. It’s good to have ur own car.

Orange County has a really good traffic system. Comparing to my country, no words can describe becoz it’s absolutely different. Unlike my country, in US people drive safely and carefully. They conscious how important of their life. In my country, the traffic system is hella bad. But one thing I have to admit that in US if you hit the road through the rush hour, you gona get stuck in 2 or 3 hrs, and I hate it. SO if you don’t wana get mad, do not go out during the rush hr, otherwise u have to be patient. 

 I have read Georgina's blog

Fear

It’s impossible when someone claims that they fear nothing. Fear exists in everywhere. It happens in two situations. Fear because you scare of it OR fear ‘coz you need it and you afraid of losing it. Fear is just another feeling, like happy, sad, angry, excited, or frustrated.

Have you ever fear of anything? For me, the answer always is YES, I have.

I fear failure

I hate to be a loser. But sometimes the truth is you have to accept and addmit it. Before doing things, I always fear of it. Fear of failure.  I’m afraid of the things that am gona do are not go in a right way. That’s wat I used to think in the past. But now I overcome this fear. First, I have to know exactly what do I want, and how am gona do it. Don’t let your fear drive you back. If you always fear of failure, then you can’t learn from it. What I have learnt is when you feel the sensation of fear overwhelming you, allow yourself to experience the feeling of fear, rather than freezing and do nothing.

I fear of playing roller coaster

OMG if you invite me and buy me ticket to play that game, NO THKS!!. Even it’s for free, I won’t take this risk. I don’t know why but am freakin’ scared of this kind of game. I don’t scare of heights. The only thing am scare about is my safety. May be its all about I watched the movie call “the final destination 3”. The movie was about people who take roller coaster all died. Since then, I don’t dare to play this game. 

I have read Seng and Motaz's blog

Hahhhhc

New year's resolution

It seems like time never stopping in any moments. It is just like yesterday was the first day of the year. But the truth is it almost is the beginning of Feb. I’m still wondering how it’s different between this year and last year. What is going to change? What should I achieve? And how to reach my goals. Those kinds of questions are keep coming up while I don’t even know what should be planned. But one thing I do know is that this year is gona be a good and is a potential year for me to reach my dream.
There is something I would like to change about myself:
First, I used to go to sleep around 4 or 5AM. It’s just because I was so into some TV shows, read books, chatted and hanged out with friends. I didn’t really care about my health and always looked tired when get to skoo. I’m not gona do that anymore since I’v realize that my health is the most important thing than what ever in this world. I should take good care of myself rather than spend too much time on the things that’s not really important. Well….my timing is gona change from 4AM to 11pm. Hopefully it works.
Second, in last semester, I didn’t pay more attention in lessons. This year, I will improve it. Stop playing around as I used to do. Get busy with skoo works and improve my writing skill.
Hopefully this year is gona be a really good year for me. There is a lot of things I need to accomplish in this year. I’m trying my best to get a 500 score in pbt to get accepted to CSUF. It’s not really tough but I don’t know why I couldn’t get it………geeshhhhhhhh……may be I should work on the grammar and listening part more often.
PS: My last Pbt teacher……..was not really good. Thks Buddha I didn’t meet him again in this Pbt class
This is all I can think about what is gona change in this year. I planned it and I will do it.

it's all about me

Hi there. My name is Karen. This is the second semester I join in ALP. I had a lot of fun in US, made a lot of friends. I am here to get a bachelor degree majoring in Public Relations. I love to make friends, talk to people, get to know them and sometimes if my friends have problem, I am the person who's always willing to give out supports and help them. Sometimes, I talk to people not because I want to solve the problems, its just because I want to get more experiences from their failure. This is what I will learn from the life. I love music and always sing along and loudly whenever it's popping up in the radio stations. Shopping is my hobby too. I can tell I am shopping impulsive. Friends always tell me stop shopping as crazy, be a window shopper. But sorry I cant do that, because if I do that, I feel so sorry about myself. Why should I suffering from the things I like and cant get it? saving money? later!! well.....may be sometimes they are right, but how to stop doing that? It's tough!!! I am really happy because the skoo started again. I can meet my friends again, have fun with the lectures even I know that this semester is going to be much more harder than the last one. I have to focus more on studying rather than just chilling around wasting $ n time. I want to be a really successful business women in the field of Public Relations. Hopefully things will go well and I can get what I want.  Lunar New Year is coming next week.... Im so sad 'coz I do miss my family. Miss them soooo much! I cant be there to celebrate with them as I used to do. Mom, Dad......I will make it up for you guys this Summer.

I have read Seng, Sophia, Leo Zhu, Gavin's blog

Geesh.....unbelieveable da skoo already started