On class, instructor sent back the sheets to us. I was so exciting when I saw the score on my sheet – 90%!
Hahahahahaha…
I did a good job. But must keep going to the end. To earn five A grade with one honor.
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自我，自知，自省–关于自己的记录
Midterm of Gen Business
I am very appreciated this midterm of Gen Business due to I wanna get an honor grade on it. One of the criteria is that the first two midterm must be 92% or more. That means I should make a big effort on this class.
As the same way as the Bank operation, instructor Susan gave us a view about the questions. I did the view just the same. Recording, listening, identifying, answering, reciting till 4am.
But Susan didn’t give us all the questions on the exam, so I got a few answer uncertain.
God bless me got a great score.
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First Midterm @ CCSF
This semester I take five classes, and each of them has several midterms sooner or later.
The first midterm is the Principles of Bank Operation, which I don’t know much about and feel difficult in listening on class. But fortunately, the instructor gave us review last class. I recorded the lecture and listened it again and again, then did I extremely best to figure out every question he mentioned. I did this decoding job for 3 hours. Finally, I got 42 questions. I recited them over and over again until 3am in the early morning.
When I stepped into the classroom, I was a little nervous. Once I got the exam paper, I calmed down. Thanks God, most of the questions were mentioned by the instructor. I finished it with 90% confidence.
Hope I can get a A grade.
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CCSF orientation
Still got up early to go to the orientation.
Starting in Smith Hall a commodious chamber, the meeting had over 180 student audience. Some counselors spoke lot of info that I couldn’t remember. –_-!
It was good that they supplied lunch for free. LOL. I ate half of a ham sandwich and took the other half home for dinner.
I knew a guy from Shanghai, whose name was Tang Da who used to a musical student and turned to business major. He was funny and I hoped I could meet him on some class.
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CCSF placement test
To go for the placement test, I got up very early, 0630. With a feeling of drowsiness, I took the test from 0830 to 1300.
The test was made up of two parts. One was English test and the other was Math test.
And the English test was made up of three parts then: Listening, Grammar + Reading, Writing. I, not unexpectedly, was good at G + R and Writing but bad at Listening. How could I improve my poor ear? Did the watching of English movies not work at work? OK, then. I will try the aural dictation way next week.
The writing topic was asking that what would you do to serve your community and why. I talked I wanted to be a cleaner and helper. My essay was just about 130 words. I worried it was too short to satisfy the exam standard, but I was nothing more to talk about the topic. I had declared what I thought.
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Finally complete reciting the whole TOEFL words arduously!
There are 3139 words on the TOEFL words book. Not too many, but still be a tough task to achieve.
I commenced the first attempt in Jan and recited List 1 – 30. After that, I went for the ESL classes and could not keep doing the job. I started again when the ESL finished in May.
I made a plan for reciting all the lists. But when I finished the new List 31 – 50, I dropped the plan because of some downcast affair. Sleeping, playing games, watching movies, I degenerated for a long time until my 30th birthday on June 25. That day, I made a promise that I must comprehend I have not time to waste and I must do what I should do or living the rest life with nothing!
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Apply the CCSF
Although I had not prepared all the materials needed, I had to go to apply the CCSF. Or I would miss the deadline and had trouble on my F1 VISA.
It was easy to go there. Taking the line 49 bus, 15 minutes later, I arrived the CCSF. Easily found the admission room, I took a queue for international students. Fortunately, the personnel could speak Chinese. I gave him all the materials and told him I could not get the Financial Certificate. He suggested I could open a file and send them the certificate later. For there was not a better way, I sent my application.
I hope there had enough room for the finance certificate and I could get a financial certificate in time.
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忙碌的一天
第一件事：送Vicky去机场
6点半起床，吃了点东西就往学校赶，去为Vicky送机。八点半的时候帮她把宿舍的最后一点东西搬到了新地儿。打电话叫出租，五分钟来到，拖着两个大箱子和一个小旅行包上车。
三藩市的出租车起价3.1元（没留意包含多少里程），以后每1/5mile加0.45元，去机场再加2元什么charge。小费另计。那开出租的家伙在路上的时候问我几点的飞机，我就直说1点的飞机，没顾着Vicky捅我···后来Vicky说他这么问是会绕路的。Oh my god! 怎么这里也有那么恶劣的行径啊！可惜我没有防范经验，着道了。果然在一个看似堵车的路上绕到了另一个分支（貌似以前我去机场，就是走这条岔道的说）。到机场，差几毛钱就50整了，大约40分钟。汗，打车打了好几百块的人民币。可恶的是，那二逼司机把我们拉到了domestic terminal，我明明在出发的时候告诉他是international了，靠！没拿他的receipt真是算他走运了，要不每天换着语言投诉死丫的。
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TOEFL exam – the second time
Today is the final day in the whole ESL program, and the only thing we need to do is the TOEFL exam.
At the beginning, the listening part, there was a little problem. The computer did not work. Pro Dennis came in and handled it for quite a while. It made us about 15 minutes late and a little anxious.
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A happy day with my conversation partner
To improve my oral communication skill, I joined the Conversation Partner Program. My conversation Partner David is a tall brown-hair guy. He is teaching Ethic classes in USF. We have met several times and we decided to hang out for a field trip.
Today, David came to my home and picked me up with his White TOYOTA SUV. I do not know what the model of the car is, but I like this type of cars, full of power and good capacity. David drove me to the little China Town – Clement. He was a little surprised that I had not been there before.
It was a clear and sunny day. When we walked on the street, David introduced the stores and restaurants to me, and kept asking the same question “How to say xxx in Chinese?” If I knew the word he was talking about, I would teach his with Chinese PinYin and different tones. If I did not know the word, he would try to explain it in other words so that I could get the point. It was good for both of us. I was learning English and David was learning Chinese. In my opinion, his level of Chinese was pretty good for a new learner.
In a Chinese style supermarket, David showed me the rice cooker that he bought not long ago. I asked him how Americans cooked rice without a rice cooker. He said they would use a pot, and put rice and water in it, then close the lid. It seems as easy as using a rice cooker. However, it is trouble that it needs people to watch the pot time to time to prevent it from being boiled away. But fortunately, American does not eat rice as Chinese does.
At last, we went into a Dim Sum store. We ordered some kinds of Dim Sum. It was delicious and was not as expensive as in the big China Town. David enjoyed them very much.
Thanks to David to let me know such a good place. I would come back here another time.
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