A Delicious Snack

Recently I like to eat a special delicious snack, pretzel pieces, whose brand name is SNYDER's of Hanover. I did not notice this product until one of my classmates bring it to my home and share with us. Many other classmates also like it so much. After that, it becomes our favorate snack when we have a meeting.

SNYDER's of Hanover produces many different kinds of flavors, but we all like "Honey Mustard & Onion". Its look is yellow inside and brown outside. It tastes a little salty and crisp. It is not expensive, only US$2.59 with tax. You can find it at 7-11 which is near gate 6 at SJU. I strongly recommend the delicious snack, pretzel pieces. You should not miss it.

A Lively Postcard from UK :)

Saturday night I received a postcard from UK. It was sent by my best friend Yvonne, who is studying MS finance in UK now. I was so surprised that she remembered my address in New York, because I only talked about it one time at coffee shop in Taiwan.

We did not knew each other for a long time, but we always had many topics to discuss and communicate, especially during the time that we both prepared for study in a MBA school. I think it is why we became good friends soon. Although she lived in Kaohsiung and I lived in Taipei, we discussed our classes and study by MSN or phone. We shared our resources and information to help each other study well and apply the business schools.

Now we both go abroad to study. Although she is in UK, and I am in USA, the distance will not break our friendship. Because of my good partner Yvonne, I knew that I am not alone. The beautiful postcard is the best gift for me in this month. It is not only warm my heart, but also encourage myself to keep growing and learning in my treasurable studying time in USA.

Two New Friends

Today I am very happy to have two new friends, Stacy and Brandy. They are my classmate’s friends in church. Both of them are nice Taiwanese.

Stacy is a tall girl with long hairs. She learns to play violin and lives at New York for seven years. When she talked about the hurt of playing violin, all of us were very surprised. She showed a light red scar on her left chin, and explained that playing violin for a long time will cause a scar because she must use her left chin to steady the violin. Also, her fingertips became rough. Suddenly, I remembered the old saying “no pain, no gain.” She paid for the hurt, but I think she will gain more from the practice, and pass the exam.

Brandy is a little shorter than Stacy. She is a college student and lives at New York for three years. She is a cute girl who likes to laugh. During our conversation, I laughed loudly because of her humor and response. She told me that she knew many good restaurants with cheap prices. We had decided to go to a hotpot store together in cold winter.

When my classmate and I left the church, we exchanged our cell phone numbers and give best wishes to each one. I like these cute girls. Staying with them let me feel relax and happy!

A Halloween Party

Next Tuesday is Halloween Day. Some classmates will have plans to join the Halloween activities in Manhattan. They invited me to go together, but I can’t go with them because I have a class in the evening. Oh! No. I don’t want to miss the interesting activity.

However, I participated a Halloween workshop this Friday. Project AIM invited many children and their parents in our neighborhood to dress up for the Halloween and join the pumpkin carving/painting. These kids dressed so cute. Some of them dressed like a superman or a queen. The youngest one dressed a pumpkin cloth. These staffs played with them and helped them use different watercolors on their pumpkins. These children were very creative. Their pumpkins were colorful and interesting. I also painted on a pumpkin. Although it was not so cute, I took a picture with it. This painting activity was very funny.

This is my first time to have a Halloween party. I like the feeling that families were together and everyone enjoyed playing in the Halloween activity.

Stop Eating!

Since the weather is getting cold, my appetite for food becomes “huge”. At the beginning, I did not realize that my eating habit in New York was changed. In Taiwan, I sometimes drink some tea after a meal. However, when I came to USA on August, I became not only drink some tea, but also eat some snacks. I like these snakes, such as lays, chocolate, and yogry because eating made me happy. When the weather was getting cold, I felt I was easy to be hungry, even I just finished my meals. And the worst was that I wanted to eat more and more during my midterm weeks. I always want something to chew in my month to reduce the stress. If not, I felt lost. It is really terrible that I can not stop eating! Suddenly, I realize that I really eat too much. I did not become a fat girl. Now I must always remind myself that it is time to change back my eating habit. Stop eating and do exercise!!

Midterm Examinations

Recently, I have several midterm examinations. That a student has many tests in school is not a kind of serious thing, but, for me, I have left school life for a long time and I am worried about if I can handle these terrible examinations. I was graduated with a bachelor degree of Chinese literature, not a business related. I do not have any business related degrees, so I must finish nine basic courses and other marketing field courses, and then I can graduate.

In this semester, I have three basic courses, such as Business Statistics, Business Information, and Economics for Management, which are essential business knowledge. The first midterm test was Economics for Management which was on last Wednesday night. To prepare the test, I read the Chinese translation of the textbook, and also the textbook and quizs in each chapter (English edition). Also, I discussed some questions with my classmates who help me a lot to correct my misunderstanding economic concept. Although I had studied these test contents, I still felt nervous and stress during the test. During the test, all students were asked to finish 50 multiple choices and 20 questions and answers within two hours. Oh! It was too difficult to all the students. I tried hard to finish all the questions, but I could not…. And most of the students did not finish them, either.

At least, the test finished. I should study hard to prepare other two midterm examinations which will be on next following weeks.

An “Onion” Clothes Style

The weather in Autumn in New York is really strange. The change of weather in USA is different from one in Taiwan. One day it is too hot to dress a jacket; the next day it is not enough to wear a sweater. Moreover, the morning is hot, but the night is “cold”, not cool! I can not believe that the differences of temperature are in one day. Even I see that the sky is shiny outside the room, I must check the temperature to see if I wear too much or enough, because sometimes the sun will cheat people to wear little. My friends taught me that I can wear T-shirt and long-sleeved clothes, and then an overcoat, an “onion” clothes style. If I still feel cold, I can use hat, scarf, and gloves to keep warm.
When my friends told me the warming protection in Taiwan, I could not understand what they mean. But now I got it. Because the indoor rooms will use heating, I do not worry if the temperature is too cold to focus on what teacher teaches in class. On the contrary, I can take off my overcoat, and wear T-shirt and long-sleeved clothes which is just fine for the heating temperature. If I still feel hot, I can only wear a T-shirt. That is what my friends called an “onion” clothes style. If I wear a wooden sweater and can not take off in the heating room, I must sweat and feel uncomfortable. This is another difference from Taiwan. Hope I can pass the severe winter and do not eat too much! haha ...