My fiends in Yale University

A Hongkong girl Waiyan, two Taiwanese girls Sabrina and Grace, a Beijing girl Melissa and me.

Hongkong girl Waiyan

Taiwan girl Sabrina

Taiwan girl Grace

Beijing girl Melissa

I believe that some things are fate, we met each other on the interview meeting day.

We have lots of chances to get along with each other, because we take the same class. We eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together.We like doing exercises at the gym. We like talking with each other in the common room, playing games in the game room after finishing our assignments.

in the dining hall

After playing basketball

playing in the game room

We like lying on the chairs after dinner.At that time, we enjoy the sunset,the breeze, and the time that is spent with  friends.

The sunset in morse college

We always do what we want, enjoy every minute with each other.

We have been to special places together.Every time, we have a very unforgetable experience, even though there was no precise planning about our trip. We all think we are lucky dogs, because there are always a lot of surprises waiting for us there. 

We were going to the beach

My best friends, all of whom are like naive children.

After watching the Lion king.
 It was a nice show,and we really enjoyed that. 

We were walking on the 5th street.

Nice ice cream, bought at the food track

We were in front of the library.

We like making jokes with each other.We are tolerant with some small mistakes among us, and we will point out the mistakes and help each other to correct the errors.

Friendship plays an irreplacable role in our life.

Friends gives their sincere love to you, give their sincere help if you need,and give their sincere recommendations if you need. 

Just like spy2

The blue sky without a cloud, looks  very clear.  Pretty big lawns shinning under the sky, green and lush grasses, there are several trees, each of them is approximately 13 or 14 metres, like an iron man stands straightly there. There are three footpaths layed out among the sod, which are paved by square stones trimly, also there are streetlight arranged on this path. There are many benches spread along the lawn, have the same distance between two benches. Sometimes, some people like sitting on these, reading a book which they really like it, drinking a cup of coffee, enjoying the sunshine, enjoying the tranquil environment, enjoying the beautiful sentences. Maybe in the morining, maybe in the afternoon, you can choose the time you want to go and sit there, enjoy the harmonious and peaceful atmosphere. Of course, you do not need to do anything, you just sit here, without thinking, forgetting pressures and troubles, calm yourself down.

Every day, people go through here, withou paying any attention. They just do what they want, without realizing the extraordinary and historical architecture. They feel everything in here are very attractive and coordinated, but they do not care about what  made up the amazing landscape. In my opinion, I think all the things are dependent upon the details.

Crazy guys in Long Island

"Let's go!"

Three guys and three girls started The Long Island Crazy Trip.

Six crazy guys

Unfortunately, bad weather over there had already waited for us. Dark sky, without any azure sky, but with a little rain.

Bad weather, but, happy time!

Our hotel was near the beach,. From inside of our rooms, through the window, there was a very amazing long beach view presented to us.

My friends

After checking in, we couldn't help, but, go back to the ocean, in spite of the little rain. Luckily, there was a Film Conference,and the music was full of the whole beach.A salty air, a little sticky, with a lot of sweetness and happiness filling in our heart.

Film Conference

Because the beach opened for free after 6:00pm, we just sat on the board and played the poker. We played, made jokes with each other, and then time passed, and we could get into the beach.

"Wow! Long Island, we are coming!"

We were running, paddling, playing water war, chasing birds, drawing on the sands, and being washed by the seawater. We just enjoyed that time, without thinking,we forgot everything, forget pressures, forget who we are.

Monkey king

The last weekend in Yale University, the last weekend with my friends, the last weekend enjoying my last summer vacation. I will never forget this summer, this beautiful and crazy memory.

Ours memory!

Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium

Last Tuesday, I went to the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium in Yale University with my friends.

We made this decision quickly, so we didn’t know where we could catch the shuttle bus.Therefore we spent a lot of time to figure it out. Luckily, there was a shuttle bus passing by, we caught the bus at the gym bus stop and arrived at our destination, the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium in time.

There was a long line in front of the lecture hall, we got in there one by one. We lay down on the floor with strong excitment, because there were not enough seats for us.

Suddenly, the light was turned down. A big screen, filled with stars appeared over our head. This digital planetarium theatre was a Spitz SciDomeHD system to simulate the Universe at any time from any place . Therefore, there was no doubt, we were shocked by the high quality show. During the whole process, there was an interpreter to teach us about the astronomy knowledge.

We enjoyed that, as most of us hadn’t seen such beautiful images before. 

Nature, always full of miracle. It should be found.

Nature, always full of diversity. It should be found.

Nature, always full of facination. It waits us to found.

We walked back to our dormitory, slowly,leisurely,and joked,chatted freely with each other. There was also a beautiful starry sky that night.

Adventure of Central Park

"There is only one hour and extra fifteen minutes for you guys, are you guys sure? You know, generally speaking traveling around the whole of Central Park by bicycle, should take three hours at least."

"Yes! We are pretty sure!"

I chosed a lady's bicycle which seemed small in size. However, when the nice staff helped me to get on the bicycle, I got in trouble with its height. The bicycle was too high to me, but I did not complain due to time limited.

Our bicycles

While we were cycling, I looked around the park. The park is huge, covered by green brushes, trees and wide lawn. The cozy sunshine from the azure sky shone on us by its gentle kiss. People were so enjoying that. They do whatever they like, such as, reading books, lying on the soft green lawn, playing Frisbee, picnicking, etc. Children were chasing, laughing and eating ice-cream. Every single person here was so involved in the nature and green on Saturday morning. A breeze past, flew my hair into the sky. 'Woohoo! Awesome!' my friends, Wai Yan, cannot help to shout out loud. While we arrived the lake, we found it was the time to ride back to the shop for returning bicycles.

People in the Central Park

"There is one way, we can't get back based on the same way. There is only one choice to get back to the store in time, that is to take the bicycle on the street which runs beside the Central Park." Taka said sadly.

"Ok, let's try to do that!" Waiyan said.

Unfortunately, there is no bicycle path on that street. So we had to take the bicycle on the sidewalk which is on the right of the street, because there were a great number of cars. However, the sidewalk is not very flat, so we couldn't control our bicycle well, and so we decide change to the other side to get on the left sidewalk of the street. There were many buildings were repairing, so the sidewalk was very narrow. Besides that, there were lots of people walking down the sidewalk since it was weekends.

"Excuse me, sorry! sorry!" we said all the time

"You guys shouldn't be here, you should get bace to the street!" There was an old lady shouted very angrily.

My hands were filled with sweat as I was so scared to get a fine from the police. I took the bicycle intermittently, because there were so many people on the sidewalk.
Fortunately, we got to the original point in time in the end.

Although, there were lots of fears in my mind when we took the bicycle on the sidewalk. After returning the bicycles, we took a deep breath, and then we suddenly
laughed with each other. Thinking we had never been so crazy as at that moment.

I believe that life is full of mysterious and unknow; life should be different, not all the same. life should fill with joys and sorrows. I think this an unforgetable experience in the Central Park in New York, will carve in my mind deeply.

The relationship between my parents and me

My parents

I still clearly remember, 4 years ago when I was 16 years old, I fell in love with my classmate. He was so fascinating to me, a passionate basketball fan, because he was so talented at playing basketball. Due to the traditional Chinese concept, the relationships between young couples are too immature to be considered as ‘true   love’, they are  called ’puppy love.’ Instead, the majority of parents always think their children should fall in love after graduating from university. However, I believed my parents were open-minded enough to support our relationship during high school. Therefore, I decided to tell my parents after I had dated that guy for one month. Without surprise, my mother reacted calmly, and she said, ‘I will not prohibit you from dating a guy, but I do care about your study. Just be cautious that you have prepared the Entrance College Examination which is approaching soon. It is a serious period in your life .’ 
 ‘I won’t let it happen. I won’t lay back.” I replied firmly. 
Afterward, daddy joked around while he said, ‘Congratulations to our princess who finds her true love finally. I was worried if you are feminine enough to attract boys.’ Nevertheless, I was upset after telling my parents about my relationship. I could barely tell my parents about the fact that I had wasted so many weekends watching him play basketball. Moreover, we hung out so often that I lost my attention to study for the coming exam. I spent a lot of time with him. A call from my head teacher ended my innocent love relationship, when he reported to my moter that my grades had decreased a lot.

At night, we held a family meeting. My mother was very angry and worried, as she shouted, ‘You have promised us that you would not let relationship affect your study, right? But, guess what? You broke your promise. I cannot believe you anymore.’  My father interrupted with a calm voice, as he closed his eyes and sighed. Then, he said, ‘You should think about what you really want to do? What is your dream? You should not ever let a relationship interupt your future and career. You have to know, the Entrance College Examination is very important to you. I will respect any decision you make, but you should think before you do anything. Your mother and I will give you a chance to make your own decision. You should  be the person who makes the decision for your own life.’ I kept silent and walked bact to my own room. I  could not fell asleep during the whole night. My parents’ words kept echoing in my mind. In the end, I decided to break up with the guy on the next day.

My family

A trip without any plans

From Union Station of New Haven to Grand Central Station. On last Friday afternoon, four girls got to the largest railway station（The Grand Central Station） in the world with high expectation. I even couldn’t get used to New York as I have been studied and lived in quiet and tanquil Yale campus for two weeks.

The Fifth Avenue was the first destination. A pretty big mall saks have already waited for us over there. There are a variety of  brands, are appropriate for diverse ages people, diverse customs. There are lots of malls, lay out in the same line. It made me feel a little dizzying when standed among those malls.

We lived in The Columbia University, it is one of the Ivy universities, the architectures are very different with Yale University. It’s more modern, small and compacted. In my opinion, I prefer to study in Yale University, because the environment is more beatiful, tranquil and comfortable.

We have been to several special places(Central Park, American Museum of Natural History, Broadway,Time Square and the 34^th St). Since we have not make a plan, so we just did what we wanted, went where we wanted. Though we have been to wrong ways, there were always some surprise waited for us. We really enjoyed that.

The most impressed to me, was people’s lifestyle. People who live the City, have a fast-paced, strong pressure. But, most of  them don’t want to depart from The City, as there are full of pleasantly surprise and present every day.  You can do what you want, do not need to care others, even though  that seem like very selfish. Acutually people do not care. Maybe they have not enough time to stop and pay attention to that, or they just don’t care about other people.

Just like Spy

Listening to trees swaying, sitting on the bench, everything looks  tranquil and peaceful. I just want to sit without thinking, forgetting I am a spy at the moment. There is only green and lush grass, several footpaths, several trees which are maybe 13 or 14 metres high.  It is just nearby WLH, the building that we study in every day. But we usually just walk past it hurriedly, without noticing the beautiful things around us, since we have already gotten used to this scenery.

Several pigeons appear, they walk on the grass slowly, as if this is their own place and they are the leader. Suddenly, there is a squirrel climbing a tree quickly. It climbs a little and then pauses, looking around, like competing with the pigeons and seeing who will find food first.

Some people walk through the footpath made up of neat square stones, or someone just walks on the meadow, or sits on the lawn. But those small animals don’t care, they don’t even fear them, they just do what they want, or just stop and watch people.

The time I sit on the bench, observing the scenery that I did not pay attention to before, I can feel I am part of the nature at this time. 

My sweet house

“Joanna, having a dinner, come on!”

My mother always calls me before starting eating. At that moment, I stand up very slowly, put down my books on the sofa, strech my body, and go ahead to the dining table with a little reluctance. I really like lying on the sofa, which is very big, long, broad and soft. The color is brown, in order to match the darkgray wallpaper, and khaki wood floor. It’s a modern wood style, very popular in China. I like reading, watching TV and eating snacks on sofa. A small dining hall and kitchen are just on the left, which is combined with the living room. Most of our furniture is made of wood, because my parents are really fond of natural style.

My favorate sofa

My parents always sit on this chair on the morning!

When I sit on the sofa, I can see the river view through the balcony window, which is on the right of the living room. My parents should go work every morning, so I always stay at home by myself. I get used to reading books after breakfast, sometimes I just sit on the sofa, sometimes just lie on the sofa. Without thinking, just enjoy what I read, do what I want, even though sometimes I could fall asleep, since the sofa is so comfortable.

There are three bedroom in our house. My parent’s is the biggest. I have a small balcony in my bedroom, you can also see the river view when you lie on the bed, I really like lying on my bed and watching the sunset. It ‘s really romantic, right? However, I don’t like staying at my bedroom, because there is a clothesline on the balcony, I hate to be bothered when I’m reading. So that’s why I am always reading on the sofa.

YOU ARE JOKE

Three girls and one boy ran along the Wall street under the strong sunshine trying to find Sterling Memorial Library as quickly as possible.

A nice lady with a cup of coffee suddenly came by .

I bet that we must have looked very confused at that moment, so the lady gently asked “Do you guys need some help?”

We answered one after another.

“Oh, yes please!” Monica shouted.

“We’re trying to find the Stupid Gargoyle!” I exclaimed.

“But it sounds impossible for us to figure out which one it is!” Doris wailed.

“Time is so limited!” Joanna insisted.

Then she smiled and said, "Calm down you guys. "

Then she brought us inside the library. Behind the desk, there was another lady.

She said "Oh my god, they are doing it again! They do it every summer but I forget it every time. Maybe I can ask others for help."

Then she made a string of phone call. While she was doing it, more staff gathered around us. Among those people, one woman suddenly said "He is sure to help you guys. He knows everything!" pointing to a man with her finger.

The man looked like a wise man. So knowledgeable, insightful and sophisticated.

He pointed out one gargoyle with 100 percent confidence.

We trusted him with no doubt and then we took a picture immediately.

We believed that our mission was perfectly completed.

However, after we came back to our class, it turned out that what we had done was just like the letter on the book that the gargoyle held. It said “U R A JOKE”!!

The letter on the book that Stupid Gargoyle held was supposed to be just “Stupid.”

Oh my god, we didn’t notice the words!

                                                                                      (Written by Doris, Joanna, Monica and Zoo)

The shocking statue

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

He raises his head, with the eyebrows curled and his eyes watch the sky. His mouth opens a little, he is pale, he looks very glazed, desperate and hopeless. However, you would find his eyes have a little desire and he seems like he wants to be forgiven.

His name is Jason, manager of the world. At the very beginning, he worked very hard with a strong sense of resposibility. But everything had changed a lot, when he met the girl Helen, who was sent to make some troubles by God. She did anything she wanted. When she wanted something, she just forced from Jason. If Jason didn’t want to do that, she would not happy and got mad with him. So Jason couldn’t refuse the requirments from her, because he was captivated by Helen. He gradually took something from folks, sometimes just took what he wanted by force, no matter people were willing to give. He got more and more violent, if somebody couldn’t finish the task which he required or he did not satisfied with that, they would be punished and even be killed by him.

“I will stop you ." There is a sound came suddenly by God.

“Who are you” Jason said surpried with a little scary.

“I was aim to choose somebody to manage the world well. I thought you were the right person, but it has concluded that I was wrong, you couldn't resist to any tempatation from outside, you have done a lot of unpardonable things, hurted people, even killed people. I have to punish you, you would  be a servant forever.”

“Oh God, no, wait, please wait, don’t do that, I have already recognised my faults. But I beg you to give me one more chance to make up what I have done”Jason said very anxious, regreted and a strong remorse.

“So what do you want?”

“I beg you to allow me to manage the world again, I will try my best to help people, do what they need, do what they want.”

“Ok, you will still to receive the punishment, you will be tied down and be whipped 1000 times every day in 100 years.”

“Oh, thanks, thanks God, I really appreciate you.”

God disappeared, and then there was a person had already readied to carry out punishment. Not long several bloody traces around his neck and even through the whole upper naked body, both of his hands were bound by a long and sick string. His hands holded a fabric tightly, which was dyed by his blood, though he looked very bloodless and out of spirits. Though it was a very tough and long time for him, but, he really appreciated to God to give a chance for him.

Beautiful Compo Beach

My roommate Petra and I have been to Compo Beach on last saturday, It is a very beatiful and tranquil place for us to relax. Actually, we made the decision at Friday, so there was not enough time for us to make a plan. We decided to take a train to get to westport station, because it was very cheap and only 10 dollars and took about 30 minutes to get to there. After then we should take a taxi to reach the Compo Beach. When we arrived at beach, petra was so excited with that and couldn't help herself said" It was amazing, I really liked here." And then we changed our clothes into bathing clothes, Petra wore a black and hot bikini, It looked very great. However, My bathing suit like as children's swimming suits who were playing there, with pretty much cloth. So I said:" It seems like Petra is a mother, I am a baby girl."

It was a sunny day, I was sitting on beach, dress a pink swimming suit, like a baby girl, and eating a very delicious vegetable hamburger, and there was a bunch of sunlight shone on my face, I really enjoyed that moment. When I finished it, I started sleeping with my sunglasses, the sun's rays were very hot and strong, so I woke up again and again and applied my sunscreen. Petra saw that I did that again and again, she was very curious about what I had done and asked" Joanna! Why you applied sunscreen so frequently" I replied:" Because I don't want to get dark! It will make me look very ugly!" "Why? It looks very beautiful, We always want to find a way to make us get dark, It seems like very healthy!" she said. "Wow, really! There is a totally big difference between our country. Maybe people like to pursue what they don't possess!" I said with a smile, and then we laughed with each other loudly.

Both of us have taken books, when I woke up and just readed my favorite book The Kite Runner, which written by an afghan american author,Khaled Hosseini. I really liked and enjoyed this book. Just readed and enjoyed the sunshine, did not need to think other things, felt relax, peaceful and tranquil, though there were many people, talking, laughing and making jokes. And at that moment, there was an idea flashed into my mind, I wanted to go to the every beautiful beach in the world with my boyfriend and to see the beatiful sunset and enjoy kissing with each other. I really look forward to achieve that goal as I think it will be very romantic and unforgettable for me. Certainly, I should find my Mr.Right first.

One memory of my childhood

When talking about my childhood, there is only one word to describe it- naughty. Most of my teachers didn't like me, because I bothered and talked with other classmates all the time. Therefore they always complained with my parents.





There is an instance I have a very strong memory of that. It was in the end of a chinese class, the teacher let us to learn by ourselves. However, most of classmates were talking and even made jokes with each other. Therefore, I thought there was a good opportunity for me to show off my whistle skills. I whistled and attracted a lot of my classmates just as I expected.I really enjoyed being under the spotlight. Unfortunately, I was caught by my teacher, she got very angry and yelled out"stop it"! because she felt disrespected. All the classmates and I were shocked because my teacher had never yelled like that before. The whole classroom got very quiet immediately. After the class, the teacher asked to talk to my parents about my inappropriate beaviour! I was terrified, because I was afraid of getting punished by my parents. But still I have told them. Nevertheless, it was so surprised to me that nothing happened. After the “talk”,everything was just as usual. She just told me that " you are a clever and cute girl, you can share the whistle skills with your classmates, but you would better do that after the class."



After a few years, I found out that the truth is not as the same as what my mother told me, actually, my teacher said a lot of negative things about me. But my mom didn’t even mention one thing. It reallyy helped and encouraged me a lot.

The first impression in Yale University

This is my first time to visit American, New Heven and Yale University. I'm really excited and happy. When I arrived at Yale campus, I got a very good impression of the university. There are many differences between America and China, there is a blue sky, beautiful and clean flowers, special style buildings and friendly, passionate people. Especially the pretty buildings, I like this style very much. It is really great to see and get close to the real buildings which I have watched on TV before.