Winter Break, December 22, 2008

Finally, the final exam passed. I received a good result and I hope that luck will follow me in the next 2 years. Now it is the time for Winter Break Plan. I will go to San Jose tomorrow and if I have chances, I will visit San Francisco, Grand Canyon or somewhere else in the North of California. I feel very excited before this trip because I may not go alone but with wonderful friends. My grandparent told me that I should go to Grand Canyon at least one time during my life cause it is a very famous and beautiful sight in the U.S and even in the world. Wow, it sounds interesting! 

Winter Rain, December 15, 2008

It is the first winter I have passed in CA. Surprisingly, it is raining outside. Rain is uncommon in this region, but it has been raining continually from last night to this morning. Unlike rains in my home city SG, Fullerton rains are small and silent, which is only enough to refresh trees and make streets wet after a long time of dry weather. 

In SG, when it rains, many streets become “rivers” because a large amount of water cannot run off through the city’s old small drainage system. In SG, when it rains, children often pour in the street from small housing areas to enjoy cold raindrops and play with each other. In SG, heavy and prolonging rains can bring smiles in children’s eyes but worries to criers and street vendors. In SG, big rains can inspire writers, poets and musicians to compose their greatest works of their life. In SG, heavy rains can bring a lot of troubles for those who are travelling in the streets…. SG rains always attach such happy and sorrowful moments of Saigonese…

It is still raining outside. It’s a luck to see rains in CA…

Hot coffee, December 14, 2008

I cannot drink coffee, but I like coffee a lot.

This morning, my roommate made coffee. The hot, bitter and little sweet smell pervaded the air, bringing a little warmth into our small room . Great! Getting up late and enjoying a cup of coffee in a winter day, you may feel better and refreshed after a long sleep, especially in the period of final exam week as present!

The coffee smell reminded me the time when I tried to drink coffee before. I practiced to drink milk coffee many times but I couldn’t overcome uncomfortable feelings of dizziness and fast heart beats. Of course, I finally had to give it up . A friend told me that coffee connoisseurs often drank black coffee, but I couldn’t drink even milk coffee. Too bad! However, coffee ice-cream (not ice-cream coffee ) is OK to me. That’s the reason why I have become addicted to coffee ice-cream. Even though the coffee taste in the ice-cream isn’t as strong as that in the real one, a little bit flavour is better than nothing!!!

Wow, coffee, coffee, coffee !!! Wishing some day I could drink coffeeeee….

Homesick, December 06, 2008

 

I’m homesick.

When I came to the U.S for higher study, I thought that I was never homesick because I was living in the way I wanted. One month passed, and then 6 months passed, I wasn’t homesick. And now, after almost 8 months here, when the weather gets colder and colder, when the time seems to stop every moment in my life, I finally realize that I am homesick.

In summer, it was still bright at 6 p.m.

Now in fall, it is too dark at 5 p.m.

Last time, I went to the dentist to remove tartar, I was injected with a lot of anesthetics so that I could not feel hurt on my teeth. After everything was done, looking my changed face through the glass due to the effect of anesthetics, I cried, not because I got hurt but because I missed my family. They might feel sorry for me when looking me like this. I could imagine my mom’s teardrops falling down and my dad’s worrying face. I could imagine my younger brother, my nephew and my sister-in-law standing around me, smiled with me and might say,”2, please don’t cry!” “Aunt N, don’t cry!”…

Homesick. I am really homesick.

 

Miscelaneous December 01, 2008

I'm struggling with a project in my class; fighting with numbers and functions; fighting with reasoning issues and random samples!!! I know I can win, but it takes time. Tired!

In the effort of solving math problems , I suddenly remember that today is my friend's Birthday. There have been some changes in our relationship due to many reasons but at this time, I just remember joyful moments between us when we were under high school "NTH" . I still remember my friend with a beautiful smile and a bright face – a friend who used to share with me and another friend all sorrow and happiness during my student life – a really true friend. I miss you, a wonderful friend of 15 years ago…