hiya!
Answering to your comment from my previous letter, my aunt, uncle and cousin currently live in San Jose, they live in a dreamy environment with several differnt types of animals like racoons, cats , deers and when there was a drought they were told that there were wolves in their neighborhood{looking for water}.
Yesterday was the Victoria Secret Show and the fashion community has been talking about it for the past week. It took place in Shanhai, China and top models from around the world are coming to be on the runway, showing their beautiful yet unrealistic bodies.
One of the most famous model was Gigi Hadid, she wasnt allowed to come to China because a while ago she posted a video mocking "chinese eyes". To me, she probably didnt even know it was such a bad gesture, since it happens in white schools quite often. But what dissapointed me was, her father was a imigrant, she herself like the rest of her family are all muslims, so i thought maybe she would be more understanding towards respecting others' cultures, both looks and religion. Oh well, perhaps she is still learning.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Letter 9
What's up!
After reading your letter, it reminded me of my little cousin, Lawrence, who immigrated to the United States 3 years ago, and every year my aunt would diy costumes for my cousin. He had been adapting well to the new environment and participated in Trick-or-Treat in his neighborhood. To me, it sounds so dreamy, I wish I grew up in such a coulture, where you don't live in apartments and all neighbors treat each other as families.
They're planning to come back to Taiwan for Chinese New Year, and my mom told me that I can ask them to buy some things from the US, the problem is, I'm too excited to think of any. Perhaps I would ask my aunt to help me bring some clothes from specific brands which doesn't exist in Taiwan. (Victoria's Secret? Haha just kidding)
What I'm looking more forward to is the day when I can finally go to the US myself..
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Letter 8
G'day
Happy Halloween!
(left to right: Patrick, Jack, William, Aubrey, Jay)
This is even better than the halloween from last year! Everyone had insane costumes and it was just amazing, I'm glad that we took a bunch of pictures, I'm sure I might just cry so hard when it's our graduation.
Dead pool, Diego, Shark, Zombie and No-Face from Spirited Away! Don't we look so cute together?
You were right, it took us some time for the new and old students to get to know each other better, and once we do, things go out of control! We had so much fun playing in our little characters in school, not many classes did it together, so we did get some awkward glances from others... BUT THATS OKAY BECAUSE WE LOVE IT!!!
At first I was scared that everyone would be too shy to dress up, perhaps they would just come with a cute devil horn or some fairy wings. But NOPE, they went all the way and all the costumes were remarkable.
Can't wait till next year, Things will be even more crazier.
Letter 7
Hey there
I can't believe it's finally happening again! Halloween is coming! It had seemed to be a trend in the U.S. to visit a pumpkin farm during this season, but I have never heard of a pumpkin farm in Taiwan, sadly.
I have been thinking about what i should be wearing for halloween, to me, the most exciting thing about Halloween is that you get to go crazy with any makeup you have! i love makeup so tricking much!! I've been watching millions of makeup tutorials on YouTube for quite a long time, there is so much to learn about makeup and I believe I will never ever have enough makeup in my collection.
Our class are very excited to be able to dress up for halloween in school, we might scare some people in the school and it would be hilarious to see those looks on their face.
In letter 8 I will be revealing the 2 costumes I chose for this spooky holiday!
Letter 6
Hello!
There is one good news and one bad news.
Good news: 4 days break because of our national holiday
Bad news: students must stay home during the holidays because we have our mid-term exam as soon as the holiday ends.
I had been sitting on my chair for four days straight (except when I need to use the restroom or have a meal), in front of me was just piles of textbooks and caffeine. It was horrifying when I realised the power of caffeine. I started studying a week before the holiday, and thats where I began my journey of consuming a deadly amount of nespresso and energy drinks. Everyday for that week, I would start my morning by a nice cup of iced coffee, then in the afternoon when i get home from school, I would take out my secret stash of red bull and drink it at around 11pm when i feel like i might fall asleep any time soon. The closer the date of the exam, the more caffeine i consumed. I remember on the last day, I combined two brands of energy drinks : red bull and monster. That entire day my heart was pumping, literally pumping so hard i thought it was going to fall out of my chest.
At least I finally passed my math exam for the first time! yay!
There is one good news and one bad news.
Good news: 4 days break because of our national holiday
Bad news: students must stay home during the holidays because we have our mid-term exam as soon as the holiday ends.
I had been sitting on my chair for four days straight (except when I need to use the restroom or have a meal), in front of me was just piles of textbooks and caffeine. It was horrifying when I realised the power of caffeine. I started studying a week before the holiday, and thats where I began my journey of consuming a deadly amount of nespresso and energy drinks. Everyday for that week, I would start my morning by a nice cup of iced coffee, then in the afternoon when i get home from school, I would take out my secret stash of red bull and drink it at around 11pm when i feel like i might fall asleep any time soon. The closer the date of the exam, the more caffeine i consumed. I remember on the last day, I combined two brands of energy drinks : red bull and monster. That entire day my heart was pumping, literally pumping so hard i thought it was going to fall out of my chest.
At least I finally passed my math exam for the first time! yay!
Letter 5
Hey
If I had posted this letter on time, it should be the famous mid-autumn festival today!! yay! amazing! marvellous! fabulous! awesome!
I didn't go barbecuing like the most Taiwanese teens, I went to my grandparents place and hung out for a bit.
I don't really understand why people insist on having barbecue during mid- autumn festivals, though. But the thing I can assure you is that if a high school student told their parents that he/she is going out with some friends to have some fun barbecuing on the rooftop, there's a 90% that they will come home extremely late and drunk. (Legal drinking age in Taiwan is 18, but most of us are 16 and 17)
Also, I do not enjoy the moon cakes, When you bite it, next thing you know you are bathing in the crumbs of the cake, plus it is way too sweet for my taste.
Have you had any moon cakes before? There are so many Taiwanese food waiting for you to try out!
If I had posted this letter on time, it should be the famous mid-autumn festival today!! yay! amazing! marvellous! fabulous! awesome!
I didn't go barbecuing like the most Taiwanese teens, I went to my grandparents place and hung out for a bit.
I don't really understand why people insist on having barbecue during mid- autumn festivals, though. But the thing I can assure you is that if a high school student told their parents that he/she is going out with some friends to have some fun barbecuing on the rooftop, there's a 90% that they will come home extremely late and drunk. (Legal drinking age in Taiwan is 18, but most of us are 16 and 17)
Also, I do not enjoy the moon cakes, When you bite it, next thing you know you are bathing in the crumbs of the cake, plus it is way too sweet for my taste.
Have you had any moon cakes before? There are so many Taiwanese food waiting for you to try out!
Monday, November 6, 2017
Letter 4
Welp, Back again!
Hello, I apologise for delaying so many letters...
I'll be updating weekly from now on, well, before achieving that, I will have a huge pile of letters sworn in in your timeline, 5, to be exact.
If I don't finish these letters by today, our teacher, Summer is most likely to strangle me to death tomorrow.
Whoo, I can taste the sarcasm of your comments from all the way here! Sorry again, I'll be more active.
Update on life: I have been chosen by the school to attend the regional English Speech Contest, I'm nervous as hell and I'm scared that I will be stuttering in front of the judges... The competition is on December 10th, so I still have a little bit of time to practice... Gahhh!!
As a teacher, do you have any tips on public speaking? No matter how prepared I am, I will never be able to stop shaking!! Even my lips tremble when I speak in front of a bunch of poker-faces watching me..
Hello, I apologise for delaying so many letters...
I'll be updating weekly from now on, well, before achieving that, I will have a huge pile of letters sworn in in your timeline, 5, to be exact.
If I don't finish these letters by today, our teacher, Summer is most likely to strangle me to death tomorrow.
Whoo, I can taste the sarcasm of your comments from all the way here! Sorry again, I'll be more active.
Update on life: I have been chosen by the school to attend the regional English Speech Contest, I'm nervous as hell and I'm scared that I will be stuttering in front of the judges... The competition is on December 10th, so I still have a little bit of time to practice... Gahhh!!
As a teacher, do you have any tips on public speaking? No matter how prepared I am, I will never be able to stop shaking!! Even my lips tremble when I speak in front of a bunch of poker-faces watching me..
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