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!!!

I can't believe it.....

I can't believe that i will leave ALC1 for Taiwan in 11 days.
now i'm crying while writing my journals in this blog. I really don't want to leave all ALC1 friends.......

time flies

i just write down my feeling here right now
i hope i will be better after i express my sad!

Don't talk about lovers in ALC1 please!

recently in ALC1, i heard someone talking about their boyfriends and girlfriends. this makes me sad. why they all have lovers, but i only have ex-girlfriend? oh, my god!every time they talk about their lovers, i feel depressed.

!!!!!My feelings about ALC1....

First, i have to say "thank you" to everyone in alc1. you are all very kind to me. i don't know why my mood changes so quietly in america. but when i'm in a bad mood, my friends in alc1 can play with me, can make fun of me, can say jokes to me....etc. moreover, i love all alc1's hosts so much. they are like my older sisters and old brothers. they always treat me as a family membership. i have no older sisters or older brothers, so i'm impressed by alc1's hosts, especially Georgina!!!
someone may want to know why i especially mention "Georgina". i can tell you that Georgina is my host and she is the best american that i've ever met!!!

time flies! i really hope to stay here forever with you guys.
we have only two weeks to get along with. i'll take well advantage of time here.

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/15:Oakland A's baseball game

yesterday all alc students went to A's baseball field to watch a baseball game. i was so happy that i can watch A's ball game just because i'm a A's fan. i enjoyed the game so much. as a A's fan, of coure i hope A's win. fortunately, A's defeated white sox in 3:2. i was so lucky to see A's won!!
i hope i can visit oakland again and watch another baseball game!