Submissions now closed for Journal 3

Hi everyone,
Thank you to those who submitted in a timely manner! It is a pleasure reading your work. Seeing as we are now three days past the due date for Journal 3 (Blog Entry 3), I am no longer accepting work that is posted. I welcome your entries for Journal 4 (Blog Entry 4) starting today onward. Remember, this blog is due on Monday July 12th by 8:30 a.m!
Have a great weekend - Happy Canada Day!
(Janelle)

My Impressions of this class (Phoebe Chang)

This is the first time to write a jounral about my impressions of a class. Honestly, I didn't work hard in the class before, and I always go to school late. Eilidh tought us many concept of writing, and join sentences together. I think it's prctical. We also studied how to writing a paragraph and general writing. It's boring but it's useful. I'll try my best in the last few month.

Internet in China

In recently, the Internet in China was a hot topic talked by a lot of people. With the arrival of knowledge economy age, Internet, as a new media, has come into our life. Nowadays, getting on the line and using Internet has become popular in China, especially in some big cities. Why is Internet getting so popular in such a short time?

The popularity of Internet results forms its great utility. With Internet, it is convenient and fast for people to get a variety of information and what they need is just to press the key buttons. Email is another popular use. It can transmit your letter quickly, safely and accurately. Besides, Internet can have some other uses. Doctors may use it to diagnose and treat their patients by discussing or exchanging experiences with doctors in other parts of the world. Finally, businessmen can conduct e-commerce or E-business on the net.

With so many uses and advantages, there is no doubt that more and more people will be wired to Internet-the information expressway. In short, with its high speed and efficiency, Internet will be more popular in China in the future.

Studying and living in Vancouver (Wenan)

I consider that studying and living in Vancouver is a very useful experience in my life.

It was a mystifying experience from Beijing to Vancouver by airplane, as low hanging clouds prevented me from seeing the true colors of this city. As I made my way out of the airport, a multicultural crowd enveloped me. The city is truly worldly even in its composition. I find Canadians are very friendly. They can get along well with other countries’ people.

The second thing I learned from Canadians is that I find Canadians are full of passion. During the Olympic Games, Canadians were very happy and they held pageants in downtown Vancouver everyday. They held up Canada’s national flag and song Canada’s national anthem. They felt very happy and yelled to the passersby “Go Canada Go! Give me a five! ”

The third thing I learned from Canadians is they respect and contain other countries’ culture and try to find the good of other cultures to improve themselves. It is different with Koreans. Koreans always think good culture and the best things are all from Korea. Koreans said that all of the Asian culture came from Korea. It is very stupid!

Overall, studying in Canada is a good experience for me. I learn English from Canadians and learn their culture. It is very useful for me to live in Canada.

I like Vancouver. I like Canada. I like Canadians.

The Effects of Moving to another Country (Samar)

New life, new people and new challenges are important things. A person who wants to move to another country, who thinks in all of these things. On other hand, you should take the effects of moving to another country into consideration. There are many effects of moving permanently to another country. First of all, change your custom because it is easy way to talk with new people. For example, I come from different culture, so in my home town I cover my face. Nobody can see my face, but now I change that to cover my hair because I am in Canada and Canadian people don’t look at me as strange person. Another effects to move to another country, it change your life style. For instance, I used to wake up at 1 PM, but now I wake up at 8.30 AM. Moreover, my mother didn’t allow me to eat fast food, but now I have eaten fast food many times, so my weight has increased than before. As I believe that the person can take something new and useful wherever he\she found the benefit, but leave anything will change your culture.

Sunny to cloudy（Bonnie）

There are many funny things happened to me when I studied in my university. So my life of university is an impressive experience. I remembered clearly one thing is that I have ever been to the male’s washroom twice a day, and it became a classical joke that my roommates often told nowadays.
That was a sunny day and we just finished our final exam. On our way back to dorm, I wanted to go to the bathroom, so I entered a building alone. I was so happy that not only forgot to look at the symbol of the washroom, but also forgot that my university is a military school, and that building was only for the male soldiers’ studying. When I was about to close to the washroom, I saw one guy coming out from the left hand door, then I pushed the right hand door without any denying. The washroom was quiet that I have not even realized I was in a totally wrong place until another guy pushed the door heavily and stopped at the door. He was staring me with the surprising and curious eyes, then he said to me calmly,” this is the male’s washroom.”
“What?” I shouted. I could see that the laugh was leaking from the guy’s eyes even if he was trying to keep calm. I was so ashamed that I wanted to dig into a hole. I rushed out of the washroom and ran into the opposite door. Again, I blushed when I raised my head because I saw three guys standing in front of me with the frightened appearance. I was confused and stood there liked a sculpture. After a while, I heard someone saying,” There are no washrooms for ladies in this building.” That’s the point! I understood finally. As I went back to my dorm without any happy emotions, the weather tended to be cloudy. What a magical day!
It was an interesting and unforgettable experience for me, and since then, my roommates always talked about it as a joke.