Badminton!! Oh, Yeah!!

This Friday,

Felix, Sharron, John, Hisham, and I went to play badminton in a club.

This was the second time I played badminton since nearly 2 mths ago last time. 

And because of no high-level players to play with me,

I played worse and worse,

Oh Gosh!!

This Friday, I played with a club member.

To tell you the truth, 

I could beat him absolutely without thinking if I was in 9 mths ago!!

But that night, I was out of energy and I lost my skills and senses.

Therefore, I was beaten 21:3.

It was really a terrible score for me.

I wish I was full of energy and skills that time.

Special section for the pizza party

Thursday, we had a pizza party,

the same as the one in EAP II.

But this time something changed,

our funny instructor Murray and Scott began to play guitar for all of us;

at the same time,

we played a game:

a spoon with an attractive golf ball on it should be passed from the first person to the last one,

some one who dropped the ball should lined up after five people behind him or her.

Fortunately, I didn't attend this as I got the pizza quite early!! HAHAHA

Then I ate in EDC 173 with John, Felicio, around me. 

Incident 1:

A beautiful girl with black long hair and reddish lips came into the classroom,

she stood beside me, eating her pizza.

at that time, John was away, 

watching Murray and Scott's singing children's song (according to Murray's saying).

I let her sit down at his seat.

Then I we learned a little bit about each other,

she was a Korean girl but not from Seoul (don't be over excited),

and she'd been here for about 10 mths.

I lost myself in her....

Back, I saw Slava playing guitar outside wiht Murray's guitar,

and I had the impulse to play a Chinese song "Friends"for all the others,

however, when Murray's guitar was in my hand,

I was about to play,

Oh, No!! I forgot how to play suddenly.

Incident 2:

John and Felix called me to play badminton, since no one there wanted to have classes,

I left.

After I put on my badminton clothes,

John called me that there was no slot for us to play!!

Then I came back to school with my writing textbook for Ilana's Grammar class ( I didn't meant to)

Back,

Luckily, I caught up the "last chance for romance": Murray's final solo with guitar.

And we even took pictures,

how lucky I was!! hahahaha

I learned some terms of in guitar playing from our incredibly, and remarkably invincible lovely Murray: strum, and finger pick (so to spell).

That's the whole process of the pizza party!! GoooooooooooooooDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hehe! Life is like this!

Last saturday evening,
I played badminton again,
I went back to my favorite badminton court again.
I didn't play very well that time,
just trying to find the feeling back.
I smashed a lot,
but few of those smashes worked well.
The speed was slow, and the bird didn't go the way I wanted it to go.
Anyway, I played it.
I ordered an iMac online last Friday,
but because some technique problems,
I had to cancel the purchase;
however, the commodity had already been shipped.
I could just return it, but I have to pay for the post fees and the 10% charge.
At the same time, my pot was on fire!!! Jesus!
I quickly turned the stove off, and put the pot into the sink immediately.
The whole house was safe after that.
The next day, I went to school, got my term paper back.
Holy Cow~! I passed!!!! I was so happy.
After back home,
I nearly got charged by my landlord that I didn't turn off the lights in my room.

This morning, I got up at six and arrived at school at 7:30 in order to attend a lecture,

however, they have a test today. Gees!

After that I felt a terrible discomfort in my stomach.

Before the reading class,

my housemate Jethro told me that he just thought of a way to solve my laptop infection problems.
hehehe
Life is like this!
Accident is depended by luck; meanwhile, accident hides itself behind luck! (it is a Chinese proverb : 祸兮，福之所依；福兮，祸之所伏。）

But I should always be optimistic!!!!!!!!!!!!

"This, this is who I am,

I hope you understand.

and this is what I wanna be."

(Lyrics of Angela Ammon's "This Is Who I Am")

Free Tibet?? Check this out!!

Looking at so many people are in favor of freeing Tibet, I, as a Chinese, can do nothing but paste this short video here to let you know the facts of Tibet!! Hope it works!!

P.S. I apologize for the swear words in it. That so many countries love to separate China with some ridiculous reasons proves that China hasn't been strong enough. Therefore, we all Chinese, wherever we are, we must work hard!!!! Then we are able to make our motherland much stronger than now!!!!

After Avril Lavigne's concert

Avril Lavigne's concert has already finished.
Whew!!!!
My dream has come true!!
She came to China last summer,
I could have showed up on her concert,
but I missed at last because of a trip to Harbin.
Last year when I was already here,
I was informed that Avril was going to have a best damn tour around Noth America.
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a good chance for me to see her face to face!!!!
I quickly became a "rossbone fan" and bought a presale ticket at floor!!
I was so excited that time!!
Last night,
the time my dream was coming true,
I went to the Saddledome,
stepped onto the floor,
found a good position quite near the stage.
I was so excited!!!
When I was in China,
I would never know I could meet Avril face to face on live.
So, you all can feel how excited I was when getting crazy step by step following Avril Lavigne, meaning that my impossible dream has already come true!!!!
Oh, My God!!!
My impossible dream has come true!!!
How Happy I was and I am!!!!
I first had a taste of such a grand happiness!!!!!
Avril Lavigne is a beautiful, sexy and powerful girl (my own opinion),
and she really drives me crazy.
Whenever I feel depressed, tired, or boring,
after listening to her songs, looking at her photos, and (or) watching her concerts(DVD),
I felt energetic again.
This is the secret why I was always optimistic and energetic in last semester,
which was a good impression on all the others.
However,
in this semester,
I don't know what the hell happened to my mind,
maybe because more than one Canadian told me that Avril Lavigne is not popular here,
or she's a jerk.
So I seldom listened to her songs.
And in sequence, I changed.
Lots of failure in my essay writing,
and failure in my presentation,
failure in my mid-term listening.
All those things were gonna drive me mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And to be frank,
I was about to quit the concert last night before I left,
but considering that the price of the floor ticket was $ 54, so expensive,
I had to go.
So I arrived there appreciating the pre-concert with just a little smile on my face.
But after Avril Lavigne came out,
I turned myself upside down.
I was crazy.
I sang with her,
took pictures.
Blah, blah, blah,....
I'll never regret going to the concert.
Next time when she visits Calgary,
I'll definitely go to her concert as well!!
Last night's concert lit up my fire of fighting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avril!! You Rock!!!
You rock my life!!!!!

Pictures above are shot by Adrian Shellard, Calgary Herald,
Retrieved March 14th, 2008 from http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/index.html#.

The Concert!!!

I went to Avril Lavigne's best damn tour tonight!!!
REAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY CCCCRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
On the ticket,
it said the concert would start at 7:00.
I arrived there inside the Saddledome, at floor,
at 7:00.
Soon after I arrived,
the preconcert began.
I tested the environment around me:
Really Good!!
About half an hour later,
Concert began.
Avril jumped out wearing a symbolically classic sexy dress,
singing "girlfriend"!!!
Screaming......................................................................................................................................................
Jumping.........................................................................................................................................................
Waving hands.............................................................................................................................................
Pictures....................................................................................................................................................
I screamed, jumped, waved hands, and took pictures with my tiny Nokia 73.
As I was at floor,
I could see her really clearly!
She is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SEXY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The whole concert seemed to be a little bit short,
I love it so much!!!
Reason !: This is the first concert I've ever seen on live, and stand at floor, so close to the stage!!!
Reason 2: Avril Lavigne is my favorite idol!!!
Reason 3: Most of my depress accumulated before, because of constant failure in my essays and term paper, has gone away!!!!!!
I love this concert!!!!
I love this crazy experience!!!!!!

Work. Work ? Work!

I've been here in Calgary for over half a year,
but I haven't got a part-time job here.
Looking at students around me,
nearly all of them have already got a job and been worked for a long time.
They've earned enough money to buy the round-trip tickets back to their hometown,
they've earned enough money for their daily use,
and they've earned enough money to buy cellphones, iPods, or laptops and desktops they want.
However,
I haven't gotten any part-time job.
I've been using my parents' money for over half a year!!
I have to save money!
Whenever I fall in love with a certain commodity,
I really wanna purchase it;
however,
is it badly needed?
If no,
then I just can pretend not knowing its existence.
Conversely, those who've earned money on their own can buy whatever they want as the money is their own property.
I wanna have a job!
But i don't wanna have a job as well.
Having a job, I can buy whatever I want, I can have my own freedom.
Not having a job, study hard, in the future, I may earn times more than right now, I can gain too much more freedom!
Having a part-time job is just a chance for me to communicate with others more than usual.
I cannot earn money this way.
For me as an international student,
it's also a chance to practice my spoken English: Fluency, Grammar, and Pronunciation.
Someone told me that in here students would like to take summer jobs during Spring session and summer session till fall session begins.
Maybe I can do it as well,
but i just don't know whether it is good or not.
For now, I'd like to study first,
and then consider having a job somewhere.
I can work on weekends,
earn a bit money,
i can buy less food for myself as i can eat at the workplace for free,
and I can also communicate with others.
Apart form getting a part-time job,
I also love to volunteer,
but I need to be a full university student,
not a student learning language here!!

Okay,
I'll go back to study now!
If want to know the details,
just feel free to listen to explanation next time!!

One week after reading week!

Whew! Reading week has already passed!!
So fast!!
And it's passed for one week.
Oh, no!!
This week, we received our terrible but lovely mid-term exams scores.
Some subjects' scores were a little bit satisfactory,
some are not,
and some was better not have be known!
We made appointments with our instructors asking for tips in order to improve ourselves.
Classroom for reading on Tuesday and Thursday changed,
a little bit fresh.
hahaha!!
the best thing was :
We first had the chance and the honor to have an experience on Scott's class.
He was really, really an excellent teacher!!
On his class,
He treated us like his own children,
so naturally, he taught us in a different way !
He made us laugh!!
However, we learned a lot from him.
Really a lot!!
He not only taught us what to think,
but also how to think,
in writing essays!!
Thanx, Scott!
Besides, I wanna thank Murray.
He pointed out my weakness in listening and speaking:
just say what I wanna say without paying 100% attention to my audience.
This is what I need to improve!!
Besides, the method Murray taught us before,
the method of increasing our reading speed,
it worked well.
My reading speed has already improved a lot,
and it's even faster than my Chinese reading speed (actually I read Chinese really slowly before, now it turns even more slowly)
(oh, no!! I'm becoming Canadian!! I'm a Chinese!!)
Forget it!!
The second half semester has already begun.
I have to continue learning hard!!
Yeah!!
And always!!!
What I want now is just to pass this course and go to my degree program,
since my scores before is not so satisfying!!!
No way!!!
Only pass this course???
I planned to get straight "A"s, or even "A+"s.
However, the highest score was "A" in normal quizzes.
Wait!! I think I can get "A" in my finals cause I'm working hard!!!
And I always will!!
God bless me!!
I'm the hero of the earth,
I'm the hero of the solar system,
and I'm the hero of the entire cosmos (j.k.)
HAHAha...
Oh yeah!!
Cheers!!!!!!

P.S. that is a burger borrowed from Mr. Scott.
The reason why I borrowed it because I can't help myself eating it!!
Every time I see that "sandwich (Scott's favorite)", I feel extremely hungry
even when I just finish my meal!!!
j.k.