dear my classmates

I have countless experiences and memories in this one month. For example, visiting my friend in Los Angeles, going on a travel to Las Vegas, and renting a boat at Newport Beach. However, the time I spent in Irvine with my classmates is more precious than anything. I think we were all nervous at first class. Not only the teachers, but also we had difficulties in memorizing our names since we have many students in the class, and came from different countries as well. The more time we spent together, the more we got to know each other, I felt.

 

Gradually, I got to know your hobbies, majors, future dream, cultures, and so on. As we finished some presentations or projects in the classes, I also felt that we became closer. I was curious about everything about you honestly. Last but not least, what I want to say to you is that “thank you very much.” I’m really proud of being in “UCI Extension conversation & culture level F”, and won’t forget forever. I wish you lucks from Japan.

Newport Beach

The most memorable destination for me is Newport Beach. I went there several times during my stays in Irvine, however, when I went there for the first time is more memorable than other times. One of the reason is that it was my first time to go to a beach in California, view was so beautiful, magnificent, and impressive, and even I didn’t expect it was such nice.

 

And, the other reason is that I took the bus to get to Newport from UCI, the difficulty was we didn’t have much bus on weekday’s afternoon. In addition to that, we didn’t have a bus which goes to where I wanted to go, so I decided to walk all along the road while looking at a map. I found a rich neighborhood there, which made me feel that I would like to live there.

 

Finally, I reached Newport public beach. I saw almost no people, nice sunny weather, beautiful sunset, a sandy beach, and many sailboats. I was moved by all of them. Once I saw the scenery, I felt that it was definitely good for me to come to California and even wanted to live in this neighbor. It was really nice short trip, and this happened when only 5 days had passed since I came to California.

 

my parents

The people who I admire the most are my parents. It has been 16 years since they moved to Japan. As I heard their story about the early days in Japan, it must be hard time for them. They started their own business, which is related to cars, that’s why I love cars, by the way. They are always hard worker. When I was little, I saw nobody at home because they were at their office during the day. It made me a little bit lonely after coming back from school when I was a child, however it also made me strong. Since I saw them working really hard, I always wanted to follow their example.

 

On the other hand, they also like to travel around on weekends. We used to have a trip to many places, a hot spring spot, climbing a mountain and going cycling. We really enjoyed that time, and I still remember those days. Unfortunately, as I moved up to senior class, I got busier and busier because of school assignment, so we had less chance to go out than before. Anyway, I’m proud of being their son, and also respect them very much. One of my dream is to work like them, enjoy weekends like them, and act like them. All I have to do now is to study hard to prepare for the future.

introduction

 Hi, everybody, I’m Hanlin. I’m originally from Taiwan, and have lived in Japan, Tokyo, since I was 3 years old. It snowed really hard in Tokyo few days ago, it is said that it was the hardest in past 45 years. All railways were suspended for a couple days. People in Tokyo, especially my family and my friends might face hard days and were in trouble, I think. On the other hand, fortunately, the weather in California is really nice compared with that, we don’t have much rain, always sunny, and I feel comfortable to be here.

 So, let me talk about my hobbies a little bit. One of my biggest hobbies is watching formula 1 racings. There are approximately 18 to 19 races in a year, they all race in different countries. In addition to that, there are only 22 formula 1 drivers all over the world, which means it is unbelievably hard to be a driver. But, this makes races super exciting, I’m looking forward to new season coming in next March.

 I’m also a huge fun of films. I watch 2 or 3 films in a week. My favorite movies are Kramer vs. Kramer, which won Academy Award for Best Picture in 1980, Rain Man, which also won Academy Award for Best Picture in 1988, and The Shawshank Redemption, that you may know more than those of two films. If you do have any recommendations about films, please let me know, or we can go to see together.

Anyway, I’m really glad to see all my classmates, hope to spent unforgettable days in UCI. Thank you for reading.