my first korean class today in NTU in my life!

compared with japanese words, the koreanwords is much easier to learn and memorize. but on the other side, the pronunciation in korean is one of the most difficult pronunciation in the world i think. haha!

it is too difficult for me to decribe how hard it is!!
but no matter how hard it is, i am still happyto learn such a mysterious language!! additionally, the good news is that i don't have to go to NCCU, the only one university that has korean language department in taiwan, to learn korean because the teacher in NCCU will come to NTU to teach us korean every week in the following days! it is so convenientfor me to learn!

fortunately, i have losts of korean and japanese friends now, so maybe they can be my online teachers if they are willing to do that!
after theone year korean and japanese learning, maybe it is possible for me to make up my mind to be a linguist!! it's sooooooooo funny!!

my first japanese class on monday in ntu in my life

this monday, i had my first japanese class in my life. many people may ask me why i want to choose a japanese class? the answer is that after the ALC program in Stanford, ive been more and more interested in learning different kinds of languages in the world. so i choose japanese and korean to learn. after my first japanese class, i was fascinated by japanese. japanese words are simplier than chinese words. i am so happy that i have the chance to learn japanese because if i learn it well, maybe i'll have the abilityto communicate with my dear japanese friends by using the simple sentence in japanese. i'm really looking for to use it! by the way, i fond that the most funniest guy in ALC- Abraham also choose the class. so now we are classmates!!haha!! it's coooool right?!!

Happy Birthday to drear Hans!

yesterday was my 21-year-old birthday
originally i supposed that there would be almost no one to say happy birthday to me, but i was wrong. i still have a lot of nice friends especially MY FRIENDS IN "ALC1"!!!!

So yesterday i received lots of message about best wishes for my birthday from my friends on msn messenger.
i was soooooo happy and surprised to get those message.

what's more, there are three people that i want to thank for

the first one is my best friends who now lived in canada
he sent a great present from canada to me. the distance is so far so when i received that present, i almost cried. no wonder he is my best friend in my life so far.

the second one is my korean friend in ALC--Nahee.
she sang a song-"Happy Birthday to You" to me on the SKYPE.
and she also sent a birthday card from korea to taiwan!
what a considerate action!

the last one is my high school's classmate--Gary
he accompanied with me yesterday and chatted with me a lot.
i can expressed my feelings when i talked to him
and he always listened to me when i am talking
so he is one of my best friends among the high school's classmate

anyway,although there was nothing speciall ways to celebrate my birthday, i thought yesterday was the most meaningful one that i've ever had for my birthday

thank you guys. i love all of you!!!!!!!!!!

6.Jun

Jun:
when i talk about Jun- the most charming guy among koreans, i am always have a good mood.
Jun always bring his friends joy and happyness when we are around him.
for me, he is just like my older brother.
although we lived in the different room at Stanford's international dormitory-FloMo, he still cared about me much when we met in the aisle of the second floor in Alondra.so i really envy Dave that he could be Jun's room mate. haha!!
maybe it is becuse that i like to chat with Jun. he often give me some great advice when i am in trouble. if i have chance in the future, i want to be Unseok and Jun's room mate.....but it seems strange when three mans live in the same room...= = hahaha!!
Anyway, i think i am sooooooo lucky to be Jun's friend. i also hope that this friendship will last forever!

5.Nahee

Nahee:
she is a really nice girl!
actually, the first few days at Stanford, i didn't talked with her that much. it seemed that we didn't have many chances to talk with.
we met not so often at the beginning of this program. maybe the reason is that her english is too good for me to have the bravery to talk with.

but after several days, we talked to each other more and more.
i found that she is a considerate and easy-going girl. and she had a good temper as well. i felt free and relax when i talked with her.
i am lucky that we were in the same host group-Georgina's group.
every time when we had a host group meeting, i always had a good mood at the same time.
i remembered that at the last day in america, when all taiwanese had to leave earlier than korean and japanese friends, we wnet to the SF international airport to take the flight back to Taiwan. and she was the one that talked to me more than others. at tht time i cried a lot. i couldn't control myself from crying. she consoled me a lot and help me take my luggage to the gate. since then, i knew that she is soooo considerate.

these days when i came back to Taiwan, we often chatted in the MSN messenger. and we also talked to each other in the SKYPE. it ws really funny and joyful for me to chatted with her. but for the chatting on MSN or SKYPE, maybe i couldn't get through the sadness soon. (actually i can't overcome the sadness for leaving ALC yet....= =!)

finally, i really hope that we will be good friends in the future.
if she doesn't mind, i am glad to keep in touch with her continually.

thank her a lot to be my friend!

4.Unseok

Unseok:
my dear room mate-Unseok!

he is my first room mate in my life because i always lived with my family before the ALC program.
i remembered that when i arrived at FloMo at the first day of Stanford life, Unseok helped me bring my luggage to our room-Alondra 300.
i was touched by his action. since then , i thought that he would be a very nice room mate at Stanford.
we had a really good time at Stanford University. actually i really want to be his room mate forever although his bed is always messy! haha!!!
his bed is the dirtiest one that i've ever seen! my god!!
i will keep this time that we live in Alondra 300 in my mind forever.

if i have a chance in the future, i want to be his room mate again!!

3.Erina

Erina:
Oh, my dear Erina! She is the most easy-going girl in ALC1 that I’ve ever seen. Actually I have a wrong conception that sometimes I think that the more beautiful one girl is, the more difficult to get along with. But I know I was wrong after I met Erina. She is also beautiful and kind to us. I didn’t know her a lot until one night he came to my room to find Unseok. We talked a lot about funny things. Since then, I know that we will become good friend in the future. I will not forget one sentence that she always said—“it ‘s sooooo cool !!” and “you are soooo funny, Hans!”. Actually I really don’t know that whether I’m funny or not. Finally I found that Erina is the one girl that I can easily talk about my feeling with in ALC1. I think this is the reason that I like to talk to Erina!

2.Chiaki

Chiaki:
Maybe the most intimate combination between Chiaki and me is the song ”my love”.
I still want to say thank you to Chiaki for being my accompanist in the talent show. Without her help, I would not do such a difficult talent show that night. She played very well that night and she her enchanting melody also covered some of my drawbacks for my voice. Moreover, I thought that it was a coincidence that I had many chances to get along with her in ALC1. We were in the same class, in the same host group, even in the same small discussion group in the class. So I knew her most in ALC1. There was no doubt that I liked her most among ALC1’s girls. I was so lucky to be her friend there. I will miss her in the future especially I hear the song “my love”. I promise that I will sing that song again to her when I visit Japan and find her.

1.Akiko

Akiko(the one stands right side inside the picture):
At the first few days in ALC1, my roommate, Unseok told me that he thought Akiko is the best girl in ALC1. At that time I couldn’t totally agree his opinion because I didn’t know her a lot that time. Things changed a lot. When I got along well with Akiko, I was fascinated by her witty characteristic and humor. I can’t forget the last night in Stanford University’s FloMo dorm. That night she and Erina invited me to join them watching Japanese horror movie. Erina, Akiko, Unseok and me sit in a long sofa and we got through an unforgettable movie night. I thought it was a wonderful experience because this was the first for me to see the horror movie. After the ALC1, Akiko is one of my good friends among Japanese. I really want to be her friend forever!

personal expressions toward certain ALC1 members

in the following articles, i will post my expressions
about certain people in ALC1-2007.

It will take me long time to finish it. so take it easy and

don't be anxious!!!!!

ALC1-2007@Stanford--summarization

in sum up, ALC1-2007@Stanford University is the best summer class that i've ever experienced in my life.

i think it is not an ending, it is just a beginning!

once we are the ALC1 students, we will become the ALC1 members forever.

as i said in the talent show, my love will be in ALC1 forever eventhough that i have already graduated from ALC1.

i really miss all the hosts,all staff in Stanford University, all japanese friends, all korean friends in ALC1 this year.

i hope w we will meet soon in the future.

I

Love

You

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

much!!!

best wishes,
Hans 9/8/2007.

8/28-farewell banquet....soooooo sad!!

i can't believe that this is the last day that i live in america.
i really don't want to leave america!!!
i want to stay here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


but now i have to accept this sorrowful ending.....

today we leave yosemite for SF hotel to have a farewell banquet.

in the banquet, almost everyone cried together.

unavoidable, i cried soooooo much in the farewell banquet. i really don't want to leave all ALC1-2007 friends that time.

time flies.
i can't imagine that it is so fast for one month.

i will remember and miss all my friends in ALC1.

DON'T SAY "GOOD BYE"

we just leave for a while.

we will get together soon!!!!

8/26-Yosemite National Park trip

i have already been eager to visit yosemite for lonn time!

after the trip there, i am sure that it is the most wonderful trip that i've ever experienced in my life.

and i also overtook my limit to finish 95% Half Dome trip!
altough i was afraid of climbing to the yop of the Half Dome, i still admire my bravary to challenge myself.

i wish that i will challenge the Half Dome in the future.

8/24-Graduation Luncheon

oh, today is the final day at Stanford University!!!!

i am soooooooo sad that we will leave here tomorrow!

we had a final "Graduation Luncheon" today in downtown Palo Alto.

and the restaurant is one kind of a chinese restaurant.
in the restaurant, we talked all about our life in ALC1 at Stanford.

when we were accepting the certification, i cried a lot without reasons.
maybe at that time i was thinking about that we have no chance in the future to attend the class at Stanford University.

Maria Marin is my TD class teacher.
Andrea is my EC class teacher.

i love their class at Stanford.

and i really love the two teachers.
i will miss them after i come back to Taiwan.

8/23-my final oral presentation

this is the last day that i attended the class at Stanford University.

i was nervous today because this was the first time i did such a formal oral presentation in "English"!

my topic is "social welfare in america"

although my topic is more serious than others, i thought i still did a good job in the oral presentation.

beyond my expectation, i could spoke in english fluently than before.
and i didn't feel nervous that much.

i like this kind of way to join the class. the way in the class in america really changed me a lot especially my attitude toward the class.

8/21--google visit

actually, i've been waited for this chance to visit google company for a long time. and i was soooo lucky that my name was post in the visit list.

when we visited the google company, it was really what i heard from some magazines and news on tv. the welfare there is pretty good. no wonder the stff there work so hard to build such an internet kindom.

we also got many junkfood and cookies and beverage form the restaurant inside the buildings. it was ok because the food ther is free for us!!haha!!
i also learned a lot about the way that they operate this big company. it was such a whole new experience for me to know a worldwide company deeply. i really cherished this experience. and i strongly made up my mind to study hard to enter google company!

8/20--Lecture by professor Larry Diamond!

today, we had a special lecture by professor Larry Diamond. he is Georgina's professor at stanford university. today's topic was a lot about the democracy in asian country especially in korea and taiwan. the reason why he didn't talk a lot about japan is that he thought that japan has already been a well-democratic country.

before this lecture, he came back from taiwan a few days ago. so he talked a lot about taiwan's democracy. i learned a lot form him because he gave me some new conceptions about the democracy in taiwan. moreover, he compared the process of democracy between taiwan, korea and japan.

unfortunately, although the lecture was quite wonderful, peter tsai, a taiwanese fell asleep in the lecture.the following is the picture he slept
it was such a funny picture!! haha!!!