December 8

This Wednesday, I will go back to my hometown, Shanghai. I am so exciting about that, and I miss Shanghai a lot. I will be very busy during this vacation because I have so many things to do. Also I want spend some time with my friends in China.  Looking forward at that.

Christmas Vacation and the New Year

This Christmas, I will stay at Shanghai and spent my vacation with my friends. I have so many things to do when I back to China. First, this Christmas will be very special to me because it is my grandfather's 70th birthday. I always think it is a coinsidence that my grandfather's birthday is on December 24th which is Christmas eve.  Second, my friend's Japaness restaurant will open around Christmas. He is my best friend, so I am going to attend the opening ceremony. Then, I am going to have a big shopping with my sister. I want buy so many things, and eat different kinds of food. I miss Shanghai so much, and the tranditional chinese food, too. On the last day of 2010, I want go to the count down with my friends, and stay up whole night until the sun rise. Of course, I will have the dinner with my family during that time. I hope everyone have a nice Christmas and everything start fresh in 2011.

Busy Week

This week was very busy because it almost near the end of this semester. The last assignment that we have to do is a research paper which based on poverty in Canada. This is a very broad topic, so I am thinking about how can I narrow this topic. I have so many things can say about the poverty, such as finanicial crisis, drug addiction, mental illness, and family problems. However, in each topic, it is very hard to write about that I can explain the topic clearly. Never mind, I will try my best for the last assignment, and keep work hard on it.

Lake Louise and Columbia Ice Field

This summer, I went to Banff with my mum, my sister, and my aunt. On our way to Banff, we went to the Lake Louise. It is a very nice place, and we spent two nights in the Fairmount Hotel at Lake Louise. The purpose of this trip was take my aunt to travel around Canada. My aunt was come from Spain, and she decided to spent her vacation with us in Canada. When we arrived at Lake Louise, we could explain how beautiful the view was. The lake was as clear as crystal, and the mountain behind the lake was very mangnificent. The top of that mountain was couvered by ice, and the shadow of the mountain reflected on the lake. It was like a peaceful picture. Then we went to Columbia Ice Feild which located in the National Park. It took our three hours to drove, and  the Ice Field was so huge. We took few pictures about the Ice Field, then we walked onto it. It seemed boundless when we looked at it even closer. This trip was a very great trip that I ever have, and I would like to go there again.


Lake Louise:

Columbia Ice Field:

Picture took by: Vicky Wang



Cultural Mysteries

If you want to start a new life in different country, you need to spend a period of time to know the culture of that country. When I came to Canada, there are so many things that I was not confortable about. People in Canada are so kind and friendly, because if you had a eye contact with them they usually smile, and start talk with you. However, in my own country, people won't talk to a stranger. Also, while in class, once teacher ask you a question, there are always some other people start to shout out the answer. That makes me very unconfortable, and made my feel unrespected by other people. I thought that Canadians like travel a lot, people often go out on their vacations to other place or countries. I do not understand why is this so popular in Canada, maybe it is the life style here.  Because more and more immgrantes are coming, Canada is a multicultured country. People can see different countries' traditional  culture in Canada. It is always very interesting to know other countries's cultuer. There are still many things that I don't know about Canadian's culture, and I hope as long as I live in Canada, I can learn more about Canada.

Snow

This weekend is snowing! Everything is cover by the snow, and the country is changing into a white world. I love snow, because it is so pretty. However, most of the snow is melting. Even though outside is very cold, I like walking in the snow. 

These is the view you can see from my house:

On my way to Downtown:

Photo take by: Vicky

The Effect Coming to Canada Had on Me

There are so many effects about coming to Canada, and I learned a lot of things when I came here. Live in a new country is very hard because you need learn many things, such as language, culture, and life style. Since I lived in Canada, it changed my personalities and made me more independent. First, I need learn English and must be good at English, so I can live there, and talk with other people. While I learn English, it help me to build self-confidence. Before I came to Canada, I feel unconfortable about talking in front of a lot of people. However, in Canada, student often need to have presentation in front of the class, so it will help me to practice my English, and help me feel confortable when talk in front of people. Next, I was more independent in Canada than in my hometown. In Canada, the things I did is almost by myself, like live by myself and learn how to live. The most thing that I need get use to is life style in Canada, because it has slow and relax rhythm of life, and very quite. It took a very long time for me to get used to this kind of life style.