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4/7/2011 I was in Miami the week before last week. I had a lot of sun there with 17 guys. I enjoyed that place because Miami has beautiful beach, we worked for building new houses and I had a nice friend with me. First, the South Beach is the first place we played in Miami. It is the most famous one in Miami because of its outstanding location and scenery. I like the sea which has wonderful color. We liked laying in the beach with a lot of people near us. In the east, it is sea and there are a lot of palm which are so amazing. What's more, we are the volunteers for building and cleaning the new houses. The name of it is Habitat for Humanity which is a big organization. We worked hard there with local people. Everyone got dirty clothes and face after a day's work. Last but not least, Zhang, my classmate last quarter, went to there with me. I enjoyed the time with her. We talked to each other all the time. We watched the Heat's game together. We went shopping in many streets. I really like the experience in Miami.

4/8/2011 I played basketball with Tom who is my friend from China in the Ping Center this afternoon. In fact, I rarely go to there and do some exercise. I like basketball but I have not played it for a long time. Therefore, I had a serious problem about energy today. I had to have a rest in every 20 minutes. Tom told me that I need more exercise here. He had wonderful body because he usually come to Ping Center for exercising. He also advised me that running is a useful way to lose weight and keep powerful every day. After 3 VS 3 match, I thought I could not walk anymore because I was so tired. However, Tom still had energy for another match. I want to say that everyone should have exercise for healthy.

4/9/2011 I am a double fan because I like both soccer and basketball. My favorite teams are Lakers and Real Madrid. They are both super teams and have super stars. For example, Kobe is the best player in current NBA. And, C. Ronald also reaches the highest level in soccer. These players and teams make my life more beautiful and rich. I enjoy every game they play and care about all the news about them. I will be happy when they win a match or get champions. However, if they lose, I will be very sad and tell me they will be better soon, I am so lucky that I went to Philadelphia this winter break and watched a NBA game which was Sixers VS Lakers. Now, I hope I can get chance to watch Real Madrid' game in Bernabeu Stadium some time. I really like its white jerseys and green grasses under bright lights in the game night. I will go with Lakers and Real Madrid and enjoy every single time of happiness or sad. We are the champions.

4/10/2011 I plan to do a lot of things this summer in China. Before that, I will study a quarter here in order to finish enough time to live off-campus. Then I will start my summer plan. First, I will see my cousin's sun who was born several weeks ago. I am so happy that I can look after a cute guy. Then, I will go to Xuzhou with my friend because there are a lot of delicious food. They are amazing which attract me a lot. After that, I will go to Yunnan Province where is very famous for its wonderful nature with my junior high school classmates. This is my most important plan in this summer. We may spend one more week there and we have 10 more people. I feel so excited when I think about it now. I am waiting the wonderful summer's coming. I think we will have a lot of fun there.

4/12/2011 The weather in Athens is so strange that I do not know bring sunglasses or umbrella when I go out. For example, one day, when I went out, it is sunny and even a little bit hot. I thought that why I have not a pair of sunglasses. However, after class finished, I went out of Bentley Hall and found that the rain had almost stopped. To my surprised, from sunny weather to rain, then stopped just needed 1 hour. What's more, when I got Gordy Hall, it started to rain again. I had to run back to my room soon. In addition, it may be 20 degree when it was 90 more yesterday. I always have no idea about current day's weather.

4/13/2011 Today I checked the flights of my summer plan. I want to fly from Columbus to Shanghai in July 23rd and back here in Sept 1st. I prefer to take one stop during the flights. I have to make sure the time is long enough between two flights. In addition, I have to choose cheap price so that I spend a lot of time on searching in different websites. When I see a flight will stop in Tokyo, I resolutely ignore this choice and check next because the nuclear leak happened before. Even though I want to have a look there, I am afraid of nuclear problem very much. I prefer to choose the Delta Company which need not special plug of computer because I can use my laptop during the long flight. The only problem is I do not want to fly alone and I am looking for a fellow traveler.

4/16/2011 Today I went to Tom's house again for both basketball and soccer's games. Today is the first day of NBA playoffs in 2010-2011 season. We were exciting for the games. In addition, he prepared the hot-pot which also charged the enthusiasm. We can do both at the same time. It is wonderful to enjoy the games and hot-pot at the same moment with several friends. The first important game is Bulls versus Pacers which is the first game of this whole playoffs. Rose showed his MVP level in the last several minutes of the game. As a result, Bulls won the game which is suitable for these two teams' strength. Then we watched the most important and popular game in the current time which is that Barcelona vs Real Madrid at Bernabeu Stadium. One 1:1 gave us a unhappy result because I hoped Real Madrid won this match. Well, I enjoy delicious food and exciting games there.

4/17/2011 Many friends want to buy cars this summer or fall quarter. They plan to buy cars since they came to United States. The reason is that it is convenient and necessary to have a car when people study in American universities. Especially in this small town, we have not many buses and subways. Cars are the only tools for shopping and travelling here. Fro example, if we want to buy some clothes, we have to go to Columbus which is 70 miles away. All in all, cars are necessary here. However, the price of gasoline increases with a surprising speed. Some friends even give up buying Japanese cars instead of Hummer and some other SUV. For me, Hummer H2 is my favorite car. But, I do not think I can afford its cost of gasoline. In the end, we all prefer to buy cars which can save gasoline.

4/19/2011 Today I felt very angry with a American guy because of his behavior. This morning, I finished my Econ104 exam and walked back. When I reached the road near Gordy Hall, a car came with huge speed. Because the thunder weather, there is a lot of water on the side of the road. The car splashed water which lead to that my clothes got wet immediately. To my surprise, the people drove and left soon without stop and saying "sorry". I was so upset about this driver's quality and went back with bad mood. What's worse, my favorite shoes got wet and I had no idea to dry it soon. I do not like the weather and the driver due to the things happened above.

4/20/2011 The history of Real Madrid will remember today because we won another champion. In the Mestalla Stadium, Real Madrid beat the Barcelona by CR's goal. It was a difficult match between two of the strongest teams in the world. In last several seasons, Barcelona made a lot of problems with its unique and tiresome methods. However, Jose Mourinho's coming change this phenomena. He is the best soccer coach in the world now. He is good at defensing while Barcelona is famous for its sharp offense. Like a shield fight with a spear, no body knows the result before every single match between these two teams.Cristiano Ronald made his 43rd goals this season which brought a champion to every fans.I was so exciting when I was watching the game. I was so happy that almost let my tears running down from my face.

4/21/2011 My life is so boring this time. I get up at about 7:30 am, then go to class at 8:00pm. After that, I need to walk even run to the Porter Hall for my second, GEOG101. One hours later, I have to run to Bentley Hall. The ECON104 will begin after 10 minutes. The time between 8 to 10 am is so busy. I have no time for my breakfast. In the afternoon, I have my IART117 in Lindly Hall at 2:00pm. Start at about 4pm, I start my spare time. I can choose to study in library or in study room. If someone calls me, I will go to Ping Center and play basketball for one more hour. When I go back, I will take a shower and enjoy the internet before sleeping.

4/23/2011 Today there was a party in Walter Hall which was hold by CSSA. I want there with my roommate and his 2 friends. When we got there, many people had got there and chatted with each other. Girls all wear dresses which were so beautiful that attracted every guy's sights. They had some performance like dance, singing and games. In addition, we could get some food and drinks there. More than 95% of people were Chinese and several American were there, too. I had not seen so many Chinese at same time since I came here in 2009. With music, they were dancing and singing together which was so noisy. In fact, I do not like party and dancing so that I will not go to activities like this.

4/26/2011 We have to choose a quiet place to study which can improve efficiency. For example, many people choose the library as the first choice. I agree this choice because I feel very calm when I sit in the library. In contrast, when I study in the dorm, I will not keep on what I study. I prefer to watch the website or other things, like QQ or Facebook. In addition, I will be disturbed by friends sometimes. In dorm, there are too many things will attract me and disturb my study. However, library is a fantastic place because all the people focus on their textbook which build a perfect study environment for others. In my opinion, studying in the library is the best idea if you cannot control yourself to focus on textbook in dorm.

4/27/2011 In the Champions League semifinal, Real Madrid lost 2 goals by Messi. I felt very sad because the ref controlled the match again. He used a red card destroyed the Real Madrid and damaged every fan's heart. It was not a nice match because it was filled with fouls and diving. I hate Sergio Busquets so much because he acted and did diving  all the time. Today, nobody touched his face, but he covered his face and fell down. Then he was so happy that one player got a yellow card because ref thought he hit Sergio Busquets's face. What a shame, I really hate the ref in this match.

4/29/2011 Today I walked to the Athena Grand Theater from China King with Chen and Xi. That was a long journey for us to walk. We probably spent 1more hour on the way. The purpose was watching the Fast Five which was an amazing movie. Its attraction is so big that make us walk there without a car. After watching it, we didn't regret walking to there. We all like the wonderful sceneries and crazy action in it, especially the amazing cars. The several Dodge cars in this movie made big effect in the end. They showed great power and nice appearance. Today is the first day that this movie played here. I believe that it will attract more people to enjoy it these coming weeks.

4/30/2011 I really like the spring here because of the trees, grass and flowers. At the early time of April, I can find small bud appeared in the trees. In addition, there are a little green on the ground. I don't know why every time I find the grass here and there only after several days when I found nearly nothing there. The green leaves and grass like to appear in one second in which you do focus on them. When I walk in the road in the garden, I find that spring has come here and bring everything green. What is more, there are a lot of flowers in the Scott Quad. Every morning I go out for classes, I can see them stand there. I feel really happy and sweet when I am looking at them.

5/2/2011 Today we had dinner in China Fortune with Stephenie Baker. She is American student from another city of Ohio State. She was RA when I lived in Bush Hall. We always spent time with each other when we lived in Bush Hall. By her help, I improved my English a lot, especially my speaking-English. She really likes eating Chinese food with us. Today we chose the China Fortune which is a little far from campus. After about 15 minutes walking, we got there at about 7pm. We ordered 3 dishes and seafood soup which was her love. We talked and enjoyed the food with happy and relax atmosphere. We have not met and had dinner for a long time. She will graduate from here this June. When we finished the dinner, we made a appointment that we would have another dinner before her graduation.

5/4/2011 Today I felt very tired and sleepy all the time. I do not know the main reason about it. Maybe the weather is not good today. I also did not sleep well yesterday night. I ate a little in Shively Hall. In the afternoon, I had not a good situation when I was giving my presentation in front of classmates. I felt really bad during that one more hour. After that class, I went to Starbucks and bought a cup of ice mocha which could give me a little energy. I liked coffee very much at that time. In the evening, my friend came and talked the weekend plan. We planed to drive to Cincinnati this weekend. We want to watch the museums and zoo there. I like these places more than shopping mall. I enjoyed the feeling when I stand in front of a famous artist's work. We are still in planing it.

5/5/2011 Today, I searched the Internet and found the hotels, shopping malls in Cincinnati. I compared the advantages and prices between them. I have to choose the hotel near the shopping center and has free parking. They are all important for us. We plan to go to the Museum center and Cincinnati Zoo first. I am a animals fan which means that I always went to the city's zoo when I traveled to there. I want to mention that I was so disappointed that the Bronx Zoo which is in NYC. I hoped the Zoo in Cincinnati can be a nice one and gives me a wonderful experience. I like traveling and I enjoy it.

5/8/2011 We went to Cincinnati and had a good weekend there. We drove 2 more hours and got there at about 5 clocks. We found a nice hotel at first. Then we chose to have a look in downtown. We really liked the square there and we also found Audi R8 which was really cool and fantastic. In the second day, we went to the Cincinnati zoo. We all liked watching animals and the feelings of working in the forest. We really had a lot of fun there. In the afternoon, we went shopping and bought some clothes. Today we went to the museum center where we could see the museum for history, nature and children. It was a nice journey.

5/10/2011 After the trip to Cincinnati, I felt very tired all the time. I slept from 1pm to 9pm on Monday. After that, I went out and took some food. Then I continue my sleeping. May be I slept too little in Cincinnati and drove too much. Now, I have to sleep enough everyday and make sure I have enough energy for studying. Today I also felt very sleepy this afternoon, but I chose watch soccer match in stead of sleeping.In addition, I solved a problem on Student Center with the help of one person on Chub Hall. At about 7pm, I went to China King with Chen zili for dinner. We do love Chinese food very much which is super delicious.

5/11/2011 Today I went to the River Park office for renting apartment for next academic year. This thing has confused me for a long time. I do not have roommates because I have waited for Athens Station Apartment for 2 more months. All my friends have booked their apartments. I feel very angry about ASA's job. They should not waste me for so long time. Now, I try to find anyone who have not room to live. But it is really hard to find suitable people. Tomorrow I will go to Summit and have a look there even though it is very expensive there. In addition Liu will go to River park office with me. We want to compare them and make a better decision.

5/12/2011 Today is a special day for China. In the same day in 2008. there happened a destructive earthquake in Sichuan province, During this earthquake, more than 60000 people lots their lives. It was 7.0 level and had huge power. The place earthquake happened located in the mountains so that many big stone doped down and destroyed the buildings and roads. In addition, little roads could be used to transport people and food. Before helping people in the disaster area, they should remove the stones and rebuild the roads. Because of this earthquake, all the China felt very sad. They donated money and clothes to people who were in the disaster area. We see that Chinese are very united when disasters happened.

5/15/2011 We went to the Daw Lake for the dragon boat festival. A lot of Chinese went there for fun. We got there pretty early. Therefore, we planned to go boating by ourselves first. We rent 2 canoes and started to play. At first, the weather was a little hot. We just enjoyed the nice scenery around us. When I found that another canoe was far away, we started to catch up with them. Therefore, two canoes catch up each other in the lake. We went to so far away and no canoe got so far. Even though I felt tired, I enjoyed this game and this beautiful lake. When we got back to the side, a lot of Chinese had come. They were planning to start competition when we back. So, we enjoyed their performance before we back.

5/17/2011 Today I went to Ping Center with Dot. I went there on Monday so that I felt very tired and painful about my arms and hands. Things happened as what I thought. I felt tired very early when Dot was still full of energy. I went to drink times by times. After one more hour, I found that it was very hard for me to move around there. I need rest and could not run swiftly like a bull anymore. My steps were too slow to catch my opponent. In the end, I just moved a little and tried to do better. My fingers and arms felt very bad even my legs. These result from less exercise this quarter. I need more practice to keep athletic body and situation. It is also beneficial for study.

5/18/2011 China King is the best Chinese restaurant in the Athens. We always eat dinners there when we feel boring in dining hall. In fact, it is so expensive if you order the dishes there. Sometimes, we just eat buffet which costs 6 dollars. However, each dish has to be spent 10 dollars. Today, I went to there with Gao for dinner after studying in the library. We ordered the Sauted meat and eggplant, Spicy Fried flogs and Beans with minced meat. They were all spicy food because Gao liked spicy very much. We both could eat a lot of food. We almost clean all three dishes and rice. I was sure that someone were scared by us.

5/20/2011 I miss my hometown so much now. I came back here last September. I have left there for almost 9 months. I miss my parents and my own room. The sea food in my hometown are delicious. We all like go to the beach and enjoy the food after playing. I really love the days with my friends. We always spend time together playing games or singing songs. These wonderful days are filled with happiness and joy. What's more, I miss my mother's cooking. She is not only a nice mother, but she also is a skilled cook. One of my favorite things every day is eating dinners. Even though I have eaten her cooking food for 20 years. I still really like it. As a result, whenever I am hungry, I miss my mother and the food cooked by her. I am waiting for the summer because I will go back to China. Then I can do all the things above.

5/21/2011 I went to watch "The Pirates of the Caribbean 4 " yesterday night with my three friends. After dinner in China Panda, we bought tickets and enter the room. To my surprise, a lot of Chinese had already sat there and talked to each other. The attraction of this movie was so huge. It was a pretty long film which was 2 hours. Jack was so funny in the movie and he made everyone laughed all the time. However, the sea-maid really scared me after beautiful songs. Fierce and cruel were their real face and characteristics. They tried to attract people by songs and let them went to the water. Then they would kill them in water. The war between sea-maid and people was my favorite one in this film. Jack was the hero who finished this war by his brave action.

5/23/2011 Today I attended a experiment about sound. Zhang yu is a Chinese student here who is studying for his doctor degree. We met in the outside of Scott Quad while he was waiting for his friend for this experiment. Then he invited me to do it. I went to his lab at about 9pm. The experiment consisted of two parts. First, he needed to check my audition. The result was that my audition was good. Second part was the main part. It had two parts which had 10 minutes each. I had to listen four different bu similar tones and made quick choice. I was so tired after this two parts. However, I got 5 dollars for effort.

5/24/2011 Today I went to Buffalo Wings for watching NBA games with Chen and Gao. We all support Miami Heat. I really like Wade who was the only superstar in the Heat. Nowadays, Heat has three superstars who are James, Bosh and Wade. They show amazing games all the time. It is fourth game between Bulls and Heat. In the end, Heat beat Bull by these three bigs' show in the overtime. Especially, Wade blocked Deng and Rose in the end. They were really beautiful and powerful. We were very excited about these performances. Now Heat change the the games to 3-1. It means Heat will go the the Finals if they beat Bulls next match in Chicago.

5/25/2011 Chen went to take the drive test this afternoon. Before the test, I guided him to the test roads and let him practice. I told him somethings important during the tests. He said he was so nervous that he was afraid of the policeman. At about 2pm, he started to take the test. The policeman looked so kind and chen looked so uncomfortable. Fortunately, he passed the exam in the end. He was so happy that he said he would invited us to have a dinner. However, he did not take his I-20 and passport so that he could not have the drive license immediately. After that, we had dinner in the China Fortune. What a nice day!

5/26/2011 I went to Columbus with Gao on Saturday for shopping. We left Athens for Columbus at about 8:15am and got there at 10am. First, we booked a room there because we both wanted to go back Athens next day. Then we went to the Eastern Mall for shopping. The weather was pretty good that day in Columbus. We walked around and watched the shops one by one. I really like the Swarovski. The adornments were really nice there which deeply attracted me. However, they had high price level. For example, the American national eagle figure was over 3000 dollars. After that, we went to the bookstore and bought the gifts for my another friend who had birthday. We also bought some clothes in the AE and express stores. I felt really tired that night when I back to the hotel.