level 400

Today is a last day in level 400. The numbers of my classmates have decreased so fast, and the time has flown over my thinking. I didn’t expect that I closed to final exam until yesterday when we did the review in class. I have learnt many things in this level, and I also noticed that some people didn’t like me because I am very talkative sometimes. I want to say sorry if I was bothering you.

In my opinion, this class was much more difficult than 300. When we started, I often felt very disappointed about myself because I knew I couldn’t follow our materials, and my friends are so good. However, I think I have more confident now. Thus, I have to say thank you to many people such as all my teachers, who have taught me a lot of new thing to improve my English skills, and my classmates. I know my pronunciation has problem, but you tried to understand me and work with me. I am glad about that. Hihi

Finally, KEEP IN TOUCH even though you will go to another program or another school. For all of you who take vacation to go back your country, bright gift for me, please. If you don’t know what I want, just ask me. I am so happy to answer that question. Hihi.

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Culture shock is the feeling when people first come to an unusual place or adopt a new culture, which is totally different from where they lived before. People might feel unfamiliar with the weather. They will never expect the cold weather, and dark sky for days since this didn’t happened in their country. For that reason, many new citizens, especially students, could be affected by this climate. The next thing which can make students tired in a new place is food. The food, such as the taste, the recipe or their cooking skill may lead them to eat more fresh fruit, vegetable, and feed themselves the better food. Third, people might feel surprised, afraid, not know what to do in the first time they enter a new social situation in another country. The cause of those things is the life style. For example, people go so fast with a serious, or express their emotion in public such as kissing would make students feel very strange. Otherwise, thinking about relationships between males and females can be one of those reasons, especially if there is a vibrant same sex culture. Fourth, dressing has a small effect in some cases, but it is the easiest thing to be adopted since British clothes are a little unfashionabe. However, there are two different seasons every year, so they should prepare many clothes for both warm and cold climates. Finally, the most difficult thing for student when they go to abroad is language. They may want to use their mother language as in their life everyday before. Because of the pronunciation, students will get more difficulty tiredness with English. The varied accents can make people hard to understand, so the students sometimes feel very disappointed. In short, to avoid culture shock, students can research some factors such as climate, dress, and social life and learn some English, and cooking; therefore, they will have adapted better.

vancouver

Even though I sometimes feel very sad and homesick here, I have to say that Vancouver is so beautiful. In my blog, I have talked a lot about my country, so now I want to make an entry about Vancouver. I think I haven’t seen any disadvantage about Vancouver until now.

As you know, the most important thing I like here is the weather. I know some of you hate the rain here. If you come to my country, a tropical country, you will see a lot of heavy rain and it is so dusty because the air is much polluted there. That is the reason I like the rain in Vancouver better than the rain in Vietnam.

Next, I like the change of the seasons here. In my country, there are two seasons: dry and rain. However, every trees, streets, view will change every three months here. I am so surprise about that.
In the winter, there is just one color, white. I like the snow, but I don’t like when it melts, because it is so dirty.
What does Vancouver look like in the spring? It is awesome. There are a lot of cherry blossoms around the city. Pink is my favourite color, so when I see all streets with cherry flowers, I want to walk around there everyday. Hihi
Otherwise, you can enjoy sunshine at the beach, go to the park or have a BBQ with your friends. The summer is a good time for you. I know the summer is sometime too hot, and makes us so tired because we cant sleep, for example last week , but it is so nice, isn’t it?
Finally, we can’t forget the romantic season, autumn. I was very surprised when the first time I saw all trees' leaves change to red and yellow, it is so wonderful.

Last, I think Canadian people are so smart because they can organise a city like here. Vancouver is a big and economic city, but it is so quiet and peaceful.