It sounds impossible, but I did pass the ITA test.
That's something strange because I never thought I will pass the exam, and I have already planned to take MEI English courses. However, I get passed, with a high score:
Interview: 4/5
Listening Dictation: 20/20
Micro-teaching presentation: 5/5
Well, the bad news is that the department is not going to pay me for attending the English class, which I thought is valuable to take part in. Moreover, I will get tough TA job the whole semester. But the good news is that my English is not that bad - at least my oral English is just fine. This might help me get out of the dark of my poor 3** GRE verbal score.
I hope I will perform nice as a teaching assistant. And please, do not give me a sole-contact class. A discussion on MTH 140 will be just fine.
Cooking
It is the first time for me to cook myself, and I succeed!
After days of McDonald and other junk food, I finally decide to cook myself. Obviously, it is my first time, alone.
I plan to make some rice and just one dish, and that is, "tomato with egg". It seems to be easy and fundamental, but I've spent more than 30 minutes to get everything done. Luckily, both rice and tomato w/ egg taste delicious.
I am so surprised to see my successful cooking as it is my first time. And I do not need to eat McDonald today and tomorrow.
Next time, I'll figure out how to cook with PaiGu. Bless myself~~~
After days of McDonald and other junk food, I finally decide to cook myself. Obviously, it is my first time, alone.
I plan to make some rice and just one dish, and that is, "tomato with egg". It seems to be easy and fundamental, but I've spent more than 30 minutes to get everything done. Luckily, both rice and tomato w/ egg taste delicious.
I am so surprised to see my successful cooking as it is my first time. And I do not need to eat McDonald today and tomorrow.
Next time, I'll figure out how to cook with PaiGu. Bless myself~~~
The first week in UMD
I'm currently at the computer lab of math department in University of Maryland. I am so surprised that I have already had access to enter the lab just one week after coming to US. Also, printer and copy machines are free to use by math graduates. That's cool!
The study environment is excellent. The only problem is to find delicious food. As I have not yet started to cook myself, I eat hamburgers and junk food nearly everyday. This is now driving me mad. I hope the situation will be much better when the new term starts. There might be more kinds of food to choose for me when the fall term starts.
The living place is pretty clean, and large. The only problem is its distance to campus. It takes more than 30 minutes to come to the campus by shuttle bus. Today, I took the 6:15am bus just in order to arrive school by 8:30. That's crazy~~
Well, it's time for lunch. No hamburgers, I wish!
The study environment is excellent. The only problem is to find delicious food. As I have not yet started to cook myself, I eat hamburgers and junk food nearly everyday. This is now driving me mad. I hope the situation will be much better when the new term starts. There might be more kinds of food to choose for me when the fall term starts.
The living place is pretty clean, and large. The only problem is its distance to campus. It takes more than 30 minutes to come to the campus by shuttle bus. Today, I took the 6:15am bus just in order to arrive school by 8:30. That's crazy~~
Well, it's time for lunch. No hamburgers, I wish!
New home, fresh life
I have successfully arrived in Maryland yesterday evening. Thanks to the airport pickup volunteers, I have no difficulty on finding my living place.
The room I live is pretty large, but unfurnished. Luckily, they have a mat. Therefore I could sleep on it temporarily. The place is very quilt. And it is convenience to use university shuttle bus to come to school.
The two roommates are very friendly to me. With their help, I have created a bank account and a cellphone number. All seems to be wonderful.
This is my new life. I am loving it.
The room I live is pretty large, but unfurnished. Luckily, they have a mat. Therefore I could sleep on it temporarily. The place is very quilt. And it is convenience to use university shuttle bus to come to school.
The two roommates are very friendly to me. With their help, I have created a bank account and a cellphone number. All seems to be wonderful.
This is my new life. I am loving it.
Ready to Maryland
Today, I am going to leave Chengdu, heading to Maryland.
I will stay in Beijing for one day and arrive at D.C. on Aug 11. It's a pity to miss the rest of the Olympic games. I hope China can win as many gold medals as possible. Maybe I will have a visit to Olympic park this night, if it won't rain heavily.
Well, it's time for the new period of my life. I am ready to study and living in a different country. I believe myself. NO PROBLEM!!
See you all in USA.
I will stay in Beijing for one day and arrive at D.C. on Aug 11. It's a pity to miss the rest of the Olympic games. I hope China can win as many gold medals as possible. Maybe I will have a visit to Olympic park this night, if it won't rain heavily.
Well, it's time for the new period of my life. I am ready to study and living in a different country. I believe myself. NO PROBLEM!!
See you all in USA.
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