Mah-jong

Mah-jong, a Chinese traditional game, is a very common game in Taiwan. The game needs four players, and it plays inside. If you want to play it, you would need to prepare a square table and four chairs for each person. Mah-jong is formed with blocks. Every block has pattern or number. If you want to win the game, you should be a most fast person to bank it. Actually, the doctor think Mah-jong can help you to use your brain agilely. They think the old people ought to learn how to play Mah-jong. There are many people who are not Chinese, they know how to play this game. Even there are many international Mah-jongin’s contests in many countries, especially in Asia. It may be a little complicated, but if you know how to play, you will love it so much.

How to Get a Driver’s License in the U.S.

It’s a very important thing to get a driver license in the U.S. If you don’t have driver’s license, there is a difficult thing to live in the U.S. When you want to go anywhere, you need a car because it is more convenient. For international students, before you go to take a test, you should go to social security office to request form SSAL676, and bring form, I-20, I-94, bank statement and passport to the Department of Driver Services. You must be aware that Georgia law allows each person to have only one valid driver’s license. If you pass the computer test, you should make the appointment which is about the road test. If you pass the road test, you will get your driver’s license. When you have a driver’s license, you can go to anywhere by yourself.

Independence Day

The Independence Day, July 4th, is a great holiday memory in the U.S. for me. I went to Olympic park to watch the beautiful firework with my friends. When I arrived there, there already had a lot of people waited the firework in the park. Many children played water in the fountain. Many families picnicked on the grass and talked to each other. There was much food’s smell in the air. We brought coke, cake, BBQ chicken, and some fruit. We played card when we waited the firework. Actually, this situation is not common in my country. Taiwanese don’t like to picnic because the air is not good in Taiwan. I was so excited to have this kind of experience. Around 9:30pm on July 4th, the firework started. You could see people smiled when the beautiful fireworks shoot off in the sky. Everyone enjoyed at that time and won’t forget the meaning of holiday. I may not in the U.S. next year, so I special treasured this memory.

Surfing In Ken Ding

It is a wonderful memory when I was sufing in Ken Ding, Taiwan. I went back to Taiwan in May, 2008, and took a trip with my best friends. I will not forget that day. Even I caught a cold after the surfing, but I still want to try it again. The weather is fantastic, which in Summer of Ken Ding. When the wind lightly touched on my face, that made me to close my eye, and forgot every things which bothered me. I wore a black T-shirt and surfing shorts, held my surfboard, ran into the ocean. It was my first time to surf in the ocean. There was a rough sea, the water got into my nose and mouth. I fell down from the surfboard many times, but it never loss my patience and passion. When I fell down from the surfboard, I always deep breathed, told myself that "try it again and I will success next time". Before I went back to the hotel in Ken Ding, I always sat on the beach and enjoyed the beachscape. I made much wonderful memory there, and I will go back again when I have free time.

Describe your hometown

Zhang-hua, my hometown, is a very beautiful city in Taiwan. I still remembered the flower's aroma when I was in Zhang-hua . There are many farmlands of the flowers near my house. I always could smell the flower's aroma when I woke up in the morning, and also could see many colors and kinds of the flower from my window. Sometimes, there were some butterflies around me when I was reading a book in the garden. Zhang-hua is not a big city, but it has a lot of histories. The old bulidings on the street include many stories about Taiwan. There are many temples, so the tourists always go to Zhang-hua on the weekend. The archaic temples even are historic monuments, which the government pays money to preserve. Zhang-hua also is a fruit city, you can find many fruit in the tranditional market. Even some friut that you had never seen before. Zhang-hua is a wonderful place, so if you go to Zhang-hua, I will show you the all of the places.

Tell about something bad that actually turned out good in the end.

I will never forget the first time I met my best friend, Jamie, near the school. The day was a nice weather in 2006. I decided to play basketball in the gym in the morning. I rode my motorcycle near the school. I had a traffic accident with Jamie on the road. She hurt her leg and her motorcycle was broken. I called my friend, Jackie, gave us a ride to go to hospital. I took care her in the hospital all night. I was very worried about her leg, and I thought she was brave. Even she was painful, she never cried at the time. I talked with her all night in the hospital. We found her hobby is similar to me. We like basketball very much. Actually, she wanted to play basketball in the morning, too. We had a deal to play basketball when her leg was completely restored. We often met after the accident. Finally, we have become the good friends after the accident.

PETS

A-di, my second dog, was my favorite pet. A-di was born in 1996. I lost my first dog in the same year. I was very sad, and cried many days. It was a diffcult thing to have a pet in my family because my grandparent don't like pet. I spent much time to talk with them, and permit me to have a dog. I thought I might not have another dog any more, but they gave me a second dog, A-di, which is my favorite forever. He was not a beautiful dog because he always got his body dirty. My friends even told me that A-di was vagrant dog, not a pet, but he was very smart. One day, my family went to bed early at night. There was a thief opened the window of our house, and wanted to steal something in my house. A-di found him and bit him. He also barked loudly, and woke we up at that night. Finally, the cap caught the thief up. I took a tip with my parents few years ago. We went to a city, which is far from my home. Someone stole A-di when we on the trip, but A-di ran away from the thief's place and found way to go home. Even he didn't know the road. Although A-di died in 2006, he is my favorite a pet forever and lives in my heart.

Something about the U.S./Atlanta that surprised you

There were many things suprised me when I arrived U.S. It was the first time that I came to another country by myself. I felt a little nervous, but I met Danel who is a kind american on the airplane. He is a student at GT, which is my school, too. When I didn't know how to go to my dormitory, he gave me a ride. When I lost my baggage, he helped me to talk with people who worked in Delta airline. I thought it was a lucky start, and a good first impression on the american.When I arrived GT campus, I thought it was a beautiful school. There were many classic buildings in the campus, and many people lay down on the grass, ran on the road. When I met people who was running on the road, they always gave me a smile, and I lost my nervous of strangers at that time. I saw many squirrels on the tree, and I was very surprise because that is very difficult to see many squirrels in the city. It was really fantastic weather. When I walked on the street, I felt confortable because the wind was blowing light. Even I walked for one hour, but I still didn't sweat. Those things was really surprised me.