Dear teacher.

Hi everyone and my dear teacher.Long time no see you .How are you ? I'm so sorry because I didn't come to class for a long time .I told you before you anded a vacation .I thing you have a great time for your vacation ,right !
I have a job about one month in Bank of America ,On this time have a lot of work in the Bank because in April everyone report tax ,that why they told me go to work .But next week my job is finish and I can going to learn English with everyone .I feel very happy because I ready meet my dear teacher and everybody.
OK see everyone next week .I wish everybody have a good weekend ,bye .

Tell me about the plot of your favorite movie

Last month, I watched an exciting television show. It was called “Prison Break”. I would like share it with every classmate.

The summary of that show is: Michael Scofield(the major character) is a structural engineer. He attemptes to rob a bank in order to get incarcerated at Fox River State Penitentiary, where his brother Lincoln Burrows is in jail.

Lincoln Burrows is accused of murdering the Vice President's brother. He is scheduled to be executed.

In fact, Lincoln Burrows is a victim. Michael Scofield firmly believes that his brother is an innocent person. He made a plan to save his brother. Each step of his plan is thrilling.

Do you think he will succeed to escape from prison? I won't tell you! If you are interested, you have to watch the show.

history

my name is dawit lema.and my born country is eritrea maple at east africa.i am 32 years old .now i wont to write about my life befor i came to the united states.when i was young till 17 years old i was lived with my family and. i learnd school till 10th grade .i did not complite my education b/c of war during 1990 i joined with the parety of e.p.l.f .and we got our independence.but i did not get chance to learn school.i had volontary to learn school.but i never get chance to learn.b/c of the regim .the regime fighting with nebour country .and i came again to the military .i staid in the military till 2002 the war was stoped but the goverenment never sent free for me .i angree and i speack loudly for the right of all my groops. the authority pot me on the tareget .b/c of a lot of probelems till i came u.s i did not go to school .
thanks
sincerly
dawit

Yu Gong Move Mountain

Once upon a time there was a Yu Gong lived in a place with the mountains around it .

there was a big mountain in font of his house . So he to go out or back home both he had to climb the mountain .

One day he decided to move the mountain . He came back home and discussed with his family. Of course, he went to pass was very difficult .
other day he went to start to work . he worked day and night with his family . Whatever , the weather nice or bad , He did not stop working . year after year finally, Yu Gong moved the mountain . After he did not have to climb the mountain when he went out and come home .

My First Day in School

In the menory, I remember a few of my first day in school. About sixteen years ago, that day, i felt exciting and nervous. All of things were strange for me in school, when i came in the class, it was quite. Anyone was waiting the teacher, no one to said anything. I found a seat and sat down. I didn't know how to do in class. So i was waiting, too. i felt a little nervous from in class because i didn't know anyone. In a minute, i saw my friend come in. I was superied, then i called him sit near to me. In the time, the teacher wsa coming. The teacher introduced herseft and checked out anyone. The teacher made anyone seat and partner, so i 've got partner in my first day in school. I remember my teacher was very friendly.

Eritrea

Eritrea is a country that found in the horn of Africa.In 1990 the EPLF had captured the stratgically important port of Massawa, army under Haile Mariam Mengistu intensified the war against Eritrea, but it was easily defeated in 1991 after Mengistu fell from power.
It was at 10: am . on May 24,1991 that Asmara residents realized EPLF fighter had entered their city.In a spontaneous outburst of happiness and relief,Asmarinos flung open their doors and rushed into the streets to dance in jubilation,some still in their pyjamas.The dancing lasted for weeks.In April 1993 a referendum was held in which 1,102,410 Eritreans voted; 99.8% endorsed national independence and on May 28 Eritrea became the 182nd member of the UN.The war has had a devastating effect on Eritrea.Around 60,000people lost their lives,there are an estimated 50,000 children with no parents and 60,000 people who have been left handicapped. that is the story teacher thank you

Tell me about the games you played when you were a child .

Before i was a child in China, i studied at elementary school.
my teacher taught me a game, I felt this games was good for the children. but the game we needed many pepole to played, the game had three roles , one person acted the eagle, one person acted the Hun,Other peoples acted the small chicken. frist eagle stood in front of Hen, then the eagle wanted to catch the small chicken. but the Hun was opening her wing to protecte in her back the small chicken, if the eagle threw the Hen wing to catch one small chicken , the chicken will be became a eagle , the eagle became a chicken , then cought person must needed to catch other person.OK

Tell me about the games you played when you were a child .

Before i was a child in China, i studied at elementary school.
my teacher taught me a game, I felt this games was good for the children. but the game we needed many pepole to played, the game had three roles , one person acted the eagle, one person acted the Hun,Other peoples acted the small chicken. frist eagle stood in front of Hen, then the eagle wanted to catch the small chicken. but the Hun was opening her wing to protecte in her back the small chicken, if the eagle threw the Hen wing to catch one small chicken , the chicken will be became a eagle , the eagle became a chicken , then cought person must needed to catch other person.OK

A Famous Person in my Country

There was a famous person in the history of my country was Dong Xiao Ping . He was a great leader of our country . There were almost everyone knew him . In his careers of politics . He made many big plans what good at for national .

Example he opened gate of the National and then the foreigner businesses came into my country and set down the factory or company . So lot of people had job to do and improved their life .They became to rich .


And then a lot of tourists came to visit in my country . This was good at the business to service them .
So today my country was wealthy and strong who did that was Dong Xiao Ping.

My First day in the United States

Hi,everybody,my name is martin. I will write about my first day in the United States.
when my parents and I got away airport exit,I saw my aunt,my uncle and my cousins. This was my first time met them,because when I was three years ago,my aunt and my grandparent got away my country to move in United states. I did't remember anything about them.
"We waited about you for 2 hours" my aunt said.
"I'm sorry,because The registration office had too many people,so We spent half and one hour to register the entry formalities"I said.
Then My uncle drove us to go home. After a few minutes,I slept at the car,beacuse I haven't sleep when I was at the airplane.
Then We arrived at my home. I saw my grandparent,when I arrived at my home,My aunt went back to her home. beause My cousin needed to sleep and going to school next day.
I said good bye for them and came back to eat my dinner.

My Life in My Country

My name is Ai, I'm from Vietnam, and my family is still living there. On September, I came to America to meet my husband, I have been studying English at Neighborhood Center Adult School since November. I hope my English is better, I can find a job.

In my country, I was a secretary at Trade company, my job was busy but I was comfortable, I met many people and learned many things from them. On weekend, my sister or my friend and I ate dinner at a restaurant, drank coffee at a coffee shop, listened to music or saw a movie at the theater. When I had free time I traveled with my family. My life was happy.

Now, my life is difficult, I don't know many things, I must begin to learn everything.

Bye,
Ai Vu

Scared arrow brid

Once upon a time had a sparrow, he was very timid and very afraid hunter. Beucase hunters used arrows to kill brids.
one day the sparrow and his frend flew in the sky, suddely the sparrow saw hunter was under them, the timid sparrow was very nerous and scared but his frend wasn't scared. his frend was very calm and thought how can we escape, then the hunter drew the arrow and pointed it to them. they flew very fast in yhe sky, then the hunter shot . the arrow very fast flew to them, they wre very lucky, because the arrow flew next to them didn't hit them. but the timid sparrow he fell on the gound, do you know why? becuse when the timid sparrow saw arrow flew to them, he was scared he became unconscious so he fell in the gound. the hunter picked up a sparrow and cooked the sparrow to ate.
we called the story scared arrow brid.

Idioms with "cry"

Click here to practice idioms that include the word "cry".

Some of these idioms come from England, but most are familiar to Americans.

ALISSA

Alissa is reading. Her father calls to her. 'Alissa;Alissa;

Alissa runs to door. there is a car outside the house.Her father is talking to a fat man.
'this is Alissa. She reads all day; her father says.The two men laugh.
'Alissa; her father says.'My friend has work for you in the city.There isn't any work here in the village.You must go with him.'
The fat man smiles at Alissa.
'How old are you ?' he asks.
'I'm twelve; she says.
The fat man laughs again.Alissa doesn't like him. She doesn't want to go with this man.She wants to go to school in the village. She likes school .She likes reading.
' Your mother is packing your things. you must go to the city; her father says.
The fat man gives some money to Alissa's father.Alissa's father is pleased and happy.Alissa is angry and afraid.
Alissa does not want to go with this man .But she must obey her father.
Alissa and the fat man arrive in the city.They drive to a house .A thin man comes to the door. The two men talk.
'Here is your room;the thin man says to Alissa. He points to a door under the steps.
Alissa goes into the room; The room is small and dark. It is her new home.
The next morning , the thin man takes Alissa into the house.
'This is Alissa ; the man says to his wife.
'She likes reading.' They laugh.
Suddenly the woman shouts at his Alissa.
'You aren't going to read here,' she shouts.'You 're going to cook and clean and wash.'
Alissa works fifteen hours a day.The woman shouts at her every day.Alissa is very unhappy.She cries every night.
One day ,the thin man says to Alissa,
'Pack your things.You must go .My wife doesn't like you.'
The thin man takes her to a clothes shop in the city.The shop owner is a large woman.She gives the man some money.He goes away.He goes away.He doesn't say goodbye to Alissa. oky teacher i will counting the story next time part 2 posted by million

Mental Meltdown

Mental Meltdown
By Shu Mei

The day Mr.Li opened the gallery many people came to look at his paintings. He sat in a corner. He watched the customers. This was the first time that he saw the young man.

The young man wore expensive looking clothes. The young man walked around and looked at every picture.

Then, he walked up to Mr Li and asked, "Are you Mr Li? I'm Mr Tao. I want to buy one of your pictures." He pointed to a picture on the wall.

"Oh, you chose my best picture! Would you mind paying a deposit?" said Mr Li.

''Oh, I don't have cash. Can I use a credit card?” asked MrTao.

Mr Li thought that this young man looked rich. Usually rich people don't like to carry cash - just a credit card - so Mr. Li said, "It's Ok. you don't need to pay the deposit. After the gallery closes, I'll bring the picture to your house. Will that be OK?".

So they made an appointment and the young man wrote down his address.

Later that day, Mr. Li brought the picture to the MrTao's address. It was a new building. Mr. Li rang the door bell. Nobody answered. He pushed again , finally, an old man answered the door.

"Are you looking for MrTao?" the old man asked.

“Yes,” said Mr. Li.

''Then, you have been cheated,” the old man said. “Mr Tao doesn't live in this building anymore''

''What did you say?” asked MrLi.

''You are not first one who came here this month. Many businesses brought things to deliver to Mr. Tao. There was a table a sofa and a piano. You are lucky that I told you about this before you left your picture,'' said old man.

''What happend? Is he trying to cheat us?” asked Mr.Li.

"No, he isn’t trying to cheat you,” the old man answered. Then, he started to tell a story about MrTao.

Mr. Tao was released from a mental hospital one month ago. This building was his former home. His father used to have a profitable business but five years ago his business went bankrupt. Mr. Tao’s father was very sad. He burned the house down. Most of his family died in the fire. Only MrTao survived. But he lost everything. He became crazy and went to mental hospital.

My Friend

Carlos is my best friend. We have known each other since middle school. The first time I saw Carlos I didn't like him because we always had some competition to see who was the best player on the basketball team.

One day I saw a girl and I liked her but I never thought that Carlos also liked her. Because of that girl, we started another competition to see who would become her boyfriend.

One day I was sitting in a movie theater’. Carlos was there and we saw each other and we started to talk.

He asked me,"Are you going out with someone?"

I said, "Yes" and I asked him, "How about you?"

He said, "Yes."

We never imagined that we were going out with the same girl.

He asked me, “Who are you going out with?” and I told him the name of the girl.

Then, he said, "We are both going out with the same person!"

I told Carlos that she was playing with us. We watched the movie and started a good friendship. We always remembered that girl because she is the cause of our friendship.

by: Gonzalo

A Lazy Monkey

Once, in the beautiful forest living a smart but very lazy' s monkey call De De. The De De begain an independen ago, his mother tell him:" you must leand to take care youself, you must go out to take a look , otherwise ,you can't have a good life.
The De De heard what his mother said , so he left his mom and went far away to a big tree. He think"this tree is very good for him, can block the sun and rain ", he wouldn't buil the house. Then he very confortable slep at the tree.
On second day the wether was cood , winny and going to rin . De De's whloe body is wet , he very cold ."mabe to morrow I will buil a house ", the De De said . But on the third day , the wether is very sunny . De De forgot to buil the house . On the four day he also forgoten , day by a day , he only play at the tree, slep and ate. while he dream at night, suddenly, it stared to rain . De De very afraid and woke up, he cried and said:"tomorrow I must builed a house ".
Second day he work up early , he find some tree branches , leaves and bamboo leaves .He leand to builed a house, he was very hured , some water go uot from his face . Passed a half day, he was finish builed a house . He sewing the house very happy, he said for himself "starting today I will never afraid of the rain , but I can't forgot that once I was lazy."
This story tell the children to leand any thing do not lazy . .

Change Of My Life

Change of My LifeI come from China, when I was in China; I was an Accountant in a bank. I worked from Monday to Friday; I was off on Saturday and Sunday. My work was very busy, but I was enjoying my work. Every weekend I went shopping and went to restaurant with my friends. During holidays we traveled to other cities and we had a lot of fun.Since I came to the United States, I left my friends and my family, I haven’t have any job, I don’t have any friend here. My English isn’t so good, I can’t speak well, and I need help most of the time. I lost myself, and then I feel up sad. I miss my country; my family and my friends, so I went back to China to visit them.During that time I wasn’t as happy as I thought I would be, because all of my friends were working during daytime, they only can go out with me during the night and weekend. I was relaxed, but at the same time I was bored, I felt I was wasting my time. I knew that I don’t belong there; I have to go back to the United States. Suddenly! I realized that everything changed in my life; I have to learn second language. After that I have to find a job, and then I will have new friends and start my new life.After I came back to the United States I haven’t feel sad, I am happy to learn English and I am sure I will have a better life in the future.

April 5,2007
I was at a conference yesterday. There was someone to take my place at school. I wanted to be in two places at once. Everyone knows that is impossible, unless you have e-conference and many people can see you at the same time.

There was a reading assignment to complete for this meeting. I had completed only 3/4's of the material. I was so sorry I had not read it all. It did not stop me from participating in the discussions. It was amazing! Everything we discussed happened to be just what I had read.

I have learned a lesson; be ready! Do not expect to be saved from your short comings. Things go better and you are a greater help to the common good when you are ready.

S. Mitchell

Why I want to learn English

My name is Flora. I came from China. I had to study English in my home country, because English was one of subjects. If I continue to live in U.S.. English is very important for me. I want to learn more English and find a good job. I've been studying English for almost two years in this school. I plan to use my English in my community and at my job and with my parents in the future. I'm going to find a good wage and have a job with health insurance, then I want to buy a new car. And I want to buy a comfortable house near school in a safe place.

An unluck wonman

hi,classmate,I told you a story.
Last year in China, my neighbor told me a bad thing.One day she went shopping. On her way a youung man walked near her. He asked her how to get somewhere. Then the young man blow smoke into her face. He told her to go home to get money and give it o him. Then he told her to go to the bank and took money to give him. she did all the things. Later she woke up. But it was too late. The young man took her money and got away. she was very sad. she lost all of money in her world.


by HUIPING post 4-5-07

Why I came to the United states

Hi! classmates,I am Michelle Chiu. I came here,because my family was in the United States,when I came to Umited States,I felt confused,I didn't speak English and didn't know anything. The conflict was that I had to dicide to come to the United Stated,I didn't want to leave my family in China,I missed them. I am very homesick. But now in theUnited States,I feel better,I knew a little English and I speak a litter bit.

My April fools

Hello , my name is Ken. I'll tell about the April fools.
This year april fool'day I was very boring. because no bady tried to lie to me.
Farmerly I was in china on april fool'S day, my friends and I had done many
tricks to peoples,we made the tricks on girls,in high school we called the girls
at night to the place where it was dark,then we bought the false blood,we rubbed our
hands with the blood, later the girls came where we were,we gently touched their
face. they didn't know we rubbed the false blood on their face,then we led them
to a bright place,they saw their face,look like to the clown,we laughed and said April fool.

Iove

Hi class ,I will tell you a story .I read this story from a book .
Dan Gui put water in soup ,she sells soup every day on this road side .It is 9 p.m . Dan Gui thought. "Maybe Iill have some customes." She look around, Then she saw a man stand up. Near the place where she was cooking . The man wore a suits. "Usually nobody wore suits walking this street," Dan Gui thought. That man was coming to her, he said, "I'll come back, Dan Gui." She looked and looked oh, Yes, he came back, "Ten years ago, they were in love with each other, she wanted him to have a good future, so she gave money to him, let him got to Japan to study to become a doctor. Everyday she missed him, during those years, many bad things happed to her. Her father died and the house burned down. She with her young brother and sister moved to this city, she sell soup to make money for them, life was very hurd, she wished him come back, but he didn't." Dan Guo thinks that after thinking she said:"Those money you don't care, my sister and brother grew up got older, I don't need the money." Dan Gui hung down her head. I'm sorry I come back so late, I went to Japan to study very hard, I didn't want you to know, right now, I finished studying, I'm a doctor, I've come back, I found you , I will give you a good life, I love you , you live in my heart everyday.

A Homeless Man Beaten in Public

Hi, classmates I am going to write about the news. Today, I read the newspaper. I discovered an interesting story. This story was about a crowd of young men hitting a homeless person at Stockton Street in San Francisco.

When a crowd of young men passed the him, the homeless man made grimaces towards the crowd of young men. The crowd of young men assaulted the homeless. They used their feet and kicked the homeless man. After this, the homeless guy was unconscious. Policeman and an ambulance arrived The ambulance corps carried the homeless man to the hospital.

The homeless man was critically injured. The crowd of young men ran away.

The crowd of young men attacked the homeless man in front of everyone and in broad daylight. They were really defiant. There were many Chinese people looking at this, but not one of them tried to stop it, or to call the police. This make me feel that the moral degeneration of the world is getting worse day by day.

My First Job

When I was living in China, I finish high school.
I went to work to make some money for my family. I went looking for a caning factory that was close to my home. I got work .every day I walked to work. My duties were easy, I put the fruits into the cans, so the salary was low.
On my first job, I didn't have special skills, but I made some money , I could buy something. Otherwise, my parents supporting us four children ,was very hard.

A proud woman.

Many year ago. A woman came to the United states. She was concerned becase She did not speak English and She knew a litter people . She wanted find a job, but She needed learn English. Tha was importat for a job . She was sad, but her friends understd her situation and they thought about it, we have a solution. You can go to the school and learn English. "oh She exclamed" good idea ,but where can I find a school? A friend said "I know about an adult School where you can go".Please give me the address tomorrow. I will go. Thank you my friend. I promise to learn soon. Now She is working in a store and speak English well, She feels Proud.
Note: I am new student my name is Maribel Rodriguez.

My Niece's arrival from Nepal

On Friday, March 23rd my niece's husband came to our apartment from Ashland, Oregan. He had driven from Ashland to pick up my niece at the San Francisco Airport. My husband and I went to the airport with him to greet her.

We arrived at the airport one hour earlier than my niece's flight. She arrived at 2:30 pm. After meeting her, we went to San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf to eat lunch. Then we went back to my home in Oakland and I cooked dinner for everyone. We ate dinner together. Then, I went to bed aroun 11 pm.

On Saturday, I woke up at 6 in the morning. I prepared breakfast for my niece and her husband and my husband and me. We ate breakfast. Later, I cooked lunch and after that we went to the temple. Then, we visited Jack London Square. Finally, my niece and her husband drove to their house in Ashland, Oregon. It takes more than five hours to drive there.

Sahana Joshi

I'm Thinking of You

Hope everyone is fine and speaking only English in Room 101.

I'm doing well. Here is a photo of my son at the Kayak Surf Competition.


Here is what he looked like just a few years ago:

Hi teacher Richard Blum.

Hi teacher. How are you? how about your vacation? I thing you have a lot of happy time, right.Long time no see you, we are miss you so much. We are wish you have a nice day for everyday of your vacation . See you after your vacation. But I don't see you that time, because I have a job again maybe see you next month. Bye teacher.

My new house.

My family move to new house last weekend,because my young sister-in-law came to U.S.A last month. My brother want to live together with family should we found a new house, I thing this is a nice house for me,because it have four room and has a large back yard, my Mom can plant everything her want.Yesterday my Mom bought one plant I thing that is rose and today before I went to school I water plants it, I thing it has new life in my house.
Now my house has a lot of grass for front yard and back yard should we want to buy cropper grass, my brother and I went to Sea looked around but we didn't find cropper grass use electric because my Mom want to buy it, everything use gas. My brother said "I thing we were buy this cropper grass use gas is better" I said "ok" and we bought it go home.When my Mom see this machine use gas she revile us, my brother explain this machine is better and she said "it ok".
We are very happy but I has a little sad because when I go to school everyday has a traffic and so far compare when I live in Oakland, but it ok because we have new life for new house very happy.

About Safety

I feel the United states's public security is so bad. Yesterday,the nearest my house's bus stop had a robbery. although I haven't seen that,but I feel had to importance to this.
I feel the United state's government must to importance to this. This morning,I went to bus stop to take the bus,and then I arrived at the bus stop. Suddenly,a old man and her grandson said hello for me, and then he asked me "Did you take the bus at 2:40 yesterday",I said "NO", the old man said"yesterday,this bus stop had a robbery. two black people rob a chinese people,they put the chinese people's back on the step and kick it,suddenly a Mexico people arrived the bus stop and he said "call 911",the black peole heard this ,they ran away. but before that, the black people even want to rob the old man,the old man went to other way.
I hope the united states's public security can better than now.

Hi : Be : my classmates. I know you got a baby boy , i very glad . I will remenber you , and i hope you be a good mother and you baby healthy happy and luck. Thank you!

Good Bye Class

Hello everyone. How are you doing? I am writing this story to say good bye. Some of you may wonder why I am not in class anymore. I want to use this story say thank you for the time we spend together and the stories we shared with each other. I have learned a lot from many of you. It has been a great six months being in class with you guys.

I remembered some fellow classmates asked, "How long have you been in the United States and why am I still going to school because you can speak English". Yes, I can speak some broken English and life is a learning process and you can never stop learning. I learn something new everyday and that is what makes life great. Besides learning I have a reason for being in school.

I hope you guys still remembered the story I wrote about, "What is Life". In the story there is a section that I spoke about conspiracy. In the section, I gave an example of the a family sleeping comfortably and in the middle of the night the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) knock down the door and arrested the husband. That person in the story is me.

Some of you may think it is just a story but in reality this is happening to someone you know which is your past classmate. I am being charged with conspiracy because I have been good friend with someone that is being charged with drugs distribution. I am sure you still remembered the story I wrote about my fishing trips. I have no idea whether my friend is innocent or not but I enjoy fishing and met a friend who like fishing as much as I do. And from time to time I gave them fishes to eat. I can never think that can get me in trouble with law.

Because of the situation, I went back to school to distract myself from thinking about what will happen next in my life. If I get convicted for the charges, I will be going to prison for a long time just like the doctor who got sentence for seven years to prison for a crime he has never commit. Yes, I have not been taking life serious because I am a kid at heart and I am a very playful. Some people that know me from that past may think that I am a bad person. Yes, I have made mistakes in the past but I had learn from those mistakes and paid for it already. Now I am just a person who wants to live life to learn to better myself so my family would be proud of me, especially my wife and two daughters. Since I have been charged with conspiracy I felt like I have falling into a dark hole with no light on the other end. It has scared and frightens me so much that I didn't know how to deal with the pain inside. I start to use illegal drugs to numb myself from facing this reality. I am afraid to go to prison. I am afraid to be away from my family. I am afraid that my daughters will think of me a bad person. These are some of the thoughts that go through my head. And I don't know what to think anymore and as I use more drugs I feel very useless like a coward therefore I will be going to drug diversion center to kick the drug habit. That's why I will not be in class anymore.

I once again want to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone that has been generous and kind to me during the hardest time of my life.

Richard, I want to acknowledge you by saying thank you for your kindness and not seeing me with color glasses and not judging me. You have inspired me to move forward with my situation. I have learned a lot from you and the respect will always be reciprocated. I will always cherish this part of my life because I got a chance to get to know such a friend like you. Once again thank you very much for being such a kind human being. I hope to see light through the justice system and I can go back to my normal life because I did not commit any crime.

P.S. I promised to write you a story; unfortunately this may be the last one I will write for the class. But I hope we can stay in communication through letters to further develop our friendship. I guess this is it.

Good Bye Everyone!

Hi, my dear teacher and my classmates. This is B.E, I hope you can remenber me, I miss you so much! My baby was born in 6th Mar, there are some pictures, I'm glad to share with you.
Teacher: I'm thankful for your teaching! I unforget the first time when I came to this classroom, I asked you some questions. If you didn't encourage me, I think my English coudn't improve so fast.Thank you very much! my honor teacher!
I have good memories in room 101, because I made some friends, and our emotions can keep going. So that is my precious property in my life!At last, blessing everyone has a good future.

NEWS!!!!!!!!!!

Hello! Class im here one again,now I talking about a news wache in tv.last night is very sad becose is the people go to Irak,to bringe heres live heres,body every,and cameback dead,or any hans or feet,(murder)or heres face or eyes is no there,and I tinks wht is the objetivo from this war This is atrosius,and i dont understand this accion,and i wish this finish.What is your opinion.See you Bey

Keep those stories coming, please!

Please keep writing.

I will try to read your stories as often as possible.

If you write enough, I will post some photos on the blog. You will be able to see how I am spending my time.

How much is enough?

I hope that every time I look on the blog I will see a new and interesting story.

Keep writing!

I Miss My Family!!!!!!

Hello, Class!

This is Tania. I'm talking about my familybecause they are in my contry,Mexico, and I misss them very much.

They are together, my brother, my sisters, my nices, my nepew, and everyone else. I miss when the old people drink coffee, and eat bread. I miss them talking and I miss the chindren playing,. I want to go to Mexico. If I go will I tell you.

See you.

What I Saw Yesterday

Good afternoon,teacher!

I will write about yesterday.

Yesterday, I saw a person crawling into anapartment through awindow when I was going to the bus stop after school.

I was about to call the police when I saw a girl downstairs. The girl said,"Be careful!",

Oh My goodness!

That girl hadn't t remebered to take the key to her apartment with her. She asked her neighbor to help her to open the door.

I didn't call the police. That was a good decision.

And then, I took the bus go home.

My hometown

I was born in a seaside city. The city's name is Zhuhai. Zhuhai is in the south of China and it separated by the river. Zuhai is nearMacao. Zhuhai and Hong Kong face each other.

Zhuhai is a romantic city. I don't know if any of my classmates have ever been to my city. The city has a lot of interesting places. One example is the International Velodrome. A velodrome is a place for car racing. We have many historic sites. There is a place where the stones are stacked one on top of the other and they don't fall down.

I miss my hometown, I hope that you will have an opportunity to go there once. The city is really good for romance.

Homework for Tuesday

Call me up and tell me what you did last Sunday.

Speak for at leat 2 minutes but not longer than 3 minutes.

Please, don't forget to introduce yourself at the beginning of the message.

Spell you first name.

Tell me what class you are taking and when you take it.

Thanks!

A BEAUTIFUL LEGEND

This legend happened a long long time ago in China.

There was an island in the South China Sea called "Hai Nan Dao". On Hai Nan Dao there was a very high mountain called "Wu Zhi Shan". A young hunter lived On Wu Zhi Shan Mountain.

One day, the young hunter went to hunt some animals. He went around the mountain, then he saw a deer. He aimed his bow at the deer and prepared to shoot an arrow at the deer, but the deer ran away. The young hunter chased after the deer again and again, but the deer ran quickly.

Finally, the deer came to a cliff. Close to the mountain cliff, the deer stopped and turned it's head. Suddenly, the deer became a beautiful lady. She wept and faced the hunter.

" My goodness," the young hunter said. He was very surprised. He couldn't believe his eyes, but it was true. The young hunter was very glad and ran toward the lady. He held her hands and said, "Follow me" and then, they went home together.

After a few months, they fell in love with each other and got married. They had a wonderful life!!!

Now people call that place near the cliff, "Deer turn head."

The Unlucky Owl

One day my husband and I were driving along the highway near Sacramento and we saw an owl lying and shaking by the side of the road. We stopped and took a look to see if it was still alive.

It was, so we wrapped it up with a towel and brought it to an animal hospital nearby. The animal doctor told us that it was too late to save the owl and they wanted to put it to sleep.

The animal doctor also told us that it would cost us $62 because we could not prove that the owl did not belong to us. So, we paid it and we were somewhat relieved. My husband later said that money is not that big a deal as long as we could help someone or something.

-Sonia

About My Family

My name is Sahana Joshi. My husband's name is Diblya Joshi.

We are from Nepal. We have four children, two sons and two daughters. The oldest son's name is Dibesh Joshi. He is 27 years old. The second son's name is Dikesh Joshi. He is 25 years old.
The first daughter's name is Sony Joshi. She is 23 years old. The second daughter's name is Sudha Joshi, she is 21 years old. My two sons are living in my country, in Nepal. They are working there.

My two daughter's are working in Novartis (Biotech Company) in the City of Emeryville.

Good Bye.

ABOUT MY STREET

I

I live with my family: my husband and my children. My apartment is on the third floor. My neighbors are very friendly. They are from many countries, including China, Mexico, Vietnam, Thailand, and America.

I live on a quiet street .The only noise you can hear is at 3:30 in the afternoon when the ice cream truck passes by.

The street has two apartment buildings and many houses. It is near two bus stops. I can take buses to Chinatown easily. Do you like my street? Can you tell me about your street?

Thank you!

My Voluntary Job

My name is Senira Bran. I am from El Salvador. I have been here for one year.
I go to church every Tuesday and twice on Sunday.

Every Tuesday I teach some children. They are girls. They are between 6 and 12 years old.

I very much like to teach about The Holy Bible, because The Bible tell me how I should live and it has real and wonderful stories.

I want to tell you one of these stories.

This story is about the beginning of the world.

God made the world in 7 days.

On the 1st day, God made the light. He named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night."

On the 2nd day, God made the Sky.

On the 3rd day, God made the Earth and all the flowers, trees and seeds.

On the 4th day, God made the stars, the moon and the sun.

On the 5th day, God made all the animals: marine, terrestrial and aerial.

On the 6th day, God made man and woman.

On the 7th day, God rested.

"God is wonderful. He made all things in The World."

In the 1st day, God made the light. He named the light "Day" and the Darkness "Night"
In the 2nd day, God made the Sky.
In the 3th day, God made the Earth and oll flowers, trees and seeds.
In the 4th day, God made starts, moon and the sun.
In the 5th day, God made oll animals: Manine, Terrestrial and aerial.
In the 6th day, God made the man and women.
In the 7th day, God rested.

"God is wonderful. He made oll of things are in The World."

The Real Love

The Real Love is God's saving Love.
God's love for you is real. So real that God sent Jesus into the World to save you.
God love the people of this world so much that he gave his son.
The name of his son is: Jesus Chist.
He die for you and me in a cross.
In John 3:16 The Bible say: "For God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

God want to give to everybody The Salvation, because he love us.But we have to take this decision.

If you want to receive The Salvation You have to do the following:
1. To admit to you're sinner.
2. You have to ask to God pardon for your sinner.
3. You have to admit to Jesus Chist is only your Saviour.
4. You have to go away to the sinner.
5. And live who God say in The Bible.

If you do this, your life are going to change.

"The must Real Love is the love from God"

Plum Tree

I have a big plum tree in the backyard.

Right now it has started to blossom and in June there will be hundreds of big and sweet plums. This happens at the same time every year and we usually have a big barbeque party with friends and neighbors to enjoy food and the plums.

We take real good care of the tree. It brings happiness and good memories to all of us and I hope this will continue for many years to come.

-Sonia

My last weekend

Hello! I will write about my weekend.

Last Saturday morning, I went to school to study English, but I left school at 10:30, because I had an interview about a job. I went to the CCHC church to study English in the afternoon. Before I went to church, I saw a lion dance in Chinatown. It was very nice.

On Sunday, my daddy and I went to Chinatown to buy some food. We saw the lion dance again, but this time there was a dragon and two lions, together. It was very lively. We watched the dance for a few minutes, because my daddy enjoys a lively lion dance.

That was my weekend. How about your weekend, classmates?

MY NEW COUNTRY

The United States is my new country. I was from China and came here in 1993.
There are 4 people in my family, my husband, my daughter, and my son.

Before, I worked in a supermarket for 10 years. Now, I have stopped working. I go to Neighborhood Centers Adult School to study English. There are many good teachers in the school. They teach U. S. English. My new country has good benefits for me and everybody.

I love my new country.

IM A NEW STUDENT

HELLO! This is Tania im a new student and im so happy for are here,becos de people is very nice and frienli .I train wirte the last week put my computer us not working,and im can erli becos my sisterinlow working she left at 12;30 exactli so thas way im camen later some time.Tanks and naice toometyou

New Year's day

February 18^th was Chinese New Year. I felt very happy. Many of my classmates planed how to celebrate this special day.

Finally, we chose to BBQ at Alameda Beach. On February 17^th some classmates went to buy different food to prepare for the party.

When we got there, we smelled the fresh air and felt very relaxed. Each classmate chose a job and after a few minutes we had some food ready to eat. We made jokes and we increased our friendship.

When we were ready to leave the beach, we had a little trouble. One of our classmates said, "Oh, my goodness! My car can't move because I forgot to turn off the car's lights. What should I do?”

He asked another classmate, "Do you have jumper cables?" But nobody had them.

He chose to stay with his car alone. The other classmates finally came back with the cables. Unfortunately, the Alameda Beach parking lot had closed and locked up. Our classmates car had to stay there. He had to pick it up the next day.

He is a very funny guy. He always has a joke for us, but he had a little trouble joking that day. After we left the car in the parking lot, we went to sing in Chinatown. We stayed together until 11:30 at night. Everybody was laughing had a warm hear.

I will miss them and remember that special day because that's my first New Year's Day in the United States of America. I thank all my classmates and I hope they also had a good day .

Good Bye!

Another Chinese New Year's Love Story

Can you sing?

Check out this story about the Miao People of Southern China.

Thursday's Homework

Please call me and leave a message on my answering machine.

I want you to tell me about the progress you have made in this Intermediate Low English Class.

What have you learned while you have been studying in Room 101?

What were your goals when you joined our class?

Which goals have you achieved?

Which goals are you working on now?


Your message should be at least 2 minutes long. You can practice before you make the phone call. Sometimes it is helpful to write down some notes and practice saying the message before you actually make the phone call.

Thanks!

Hi Classmates

Hi
My name is Khadra.

I'm student in room 101 in the afternoon class.

I'm going to tell you that I'm going to leave Oakland next Tuesday.

I'm going to Ohio , to join my brothers .

I'm going to miss you. You were very friendly and good students.

Teacher you are a great teacher and friendly and you have good
students.

I'm going to write you some stories about Ohio and it's
weather.

My Best Friend Story

Tam and Hung were my best friends when I was a child. We grew up together, and, for years, we played together.

After we graduated from elementary school, Hung went to Australia with his family. For a long time, I didn't receive much information about him .After I graduated from high school, Hung came back to Ho Chi Minh City to visit his grandfather and he looked up his old friends. We had a happy time until Hung left to go back to Australia.

About two years later, Hung came back and informed us that he was going to get married. We were very happy and wished him happiness. On Hung’s wedding day Tam and I participated in his wedding party. At first, we were very happy but when the bride and groom came in I saw that Tam was very sad and angry. I asked him, "Why do you feel sad?"

He said, "Do you know the bride?"

I said "I don't know her."

He said, "The bride was my old girlfriend! Now I know why she left me." and then He went home.

Later Hung didn't see Tam and asked me "Where is our friend, Tam?"

I said, "He left but I don't know why. If you want to know why, ask him tomorrow." and I left, too.

The next day, Hung invited Tam and I to meet him at a coffee shop. When I came to coffee shop I didn't see Tam and asked Hung, "Where is Tam?"

He said, "I didn't know. I thought maybe you would know?"

I thought and said, "Do you want to know everything?" and then I told him what I knew.

The next day Hung asked me to invite Tam to a different coffee shop. He wanted to talk with Tam.

When he saw Tam, Hung said, "I'm sorry about your girlfriend, but now she is my wife. But I didn't know any thing about your relationship with her. Her mother, my mother-in-law, is my mom’s friend. When I first saw my future wife, I thought that she was a cute girl and that should I marry her."

Tam said, "Don't worry about me, I felt bad at first because she was my old girlfriend. Now I am trying to get used to it, but I’m OK".

We all shook hands and said together "We will be good friends forever!"

Chinese New Year in China

Last week, my wife asked me to take my daughter to get a hair cut before Chinese New Year. I started to think about how I used to celebrate New Year in China.

When I was a child, I always got so excited that I started counting down the days a month before New Year’s Eve. Just like how some American kids count down for Christmas.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, my mom always gave my siblings and me new clothes to welcome the New Year. My family would have dinner together with lots of good food.

On New Year's morning, I would say lots of blessing quotes to my parents so they would give me red envelopes (lucky money). Then we would have a vegetarian breakfast. After breakfast, my parents would tell us to leave the house to go play.

I would go play fire crackers with my friends and I would light up a fire cracker to throw it at people I did not like. That was my favorite game.

I also went to different houses to wish them a happy New Year so I could collect more lucky money from people who were married. Elderly people used to refer to Chinese New Year as little hurricane because they had to give lucky money. I didn't understand what they meant when I was a kid. Now I do and passing out lucky money can be costly. I will end my story by saying, "Gong Hay Fat Choy!" (Wishing you prosperity!)

Valentine's Day Joke

Many years ago, a girl try to plan a prank joke on me. She and her girl friend planned it. Their plan was to use me for dinner and go out with someone else. My good friend over heard their plan and told me about it.

We thought of a plan to get them mad. The plan is that I buy short stem roses for the girl who likes to look good in front of others. And only give the roses to one girl first so she can brag to her other friend. By the end of the dinner, I went to my car trunk to get a dozen of long stem roses wrap. In a box with a red ribbon bow to give it to the other girl so the jealous girl can envy her.

And then tell them I have to go meet my girl friend for a late dinner. I will always remember the facial expression on those two girls face. One girl's face was all red and the other want to cry. And I laughed and said, "See ya and left."

And that was my most memorable Valentine's Day story.

Hi, Classmates

My name is Jazmine.

I will write a story for you this evening!

A Late Love

Here is a link to the love story we listened to in class today.

About Love

Valentine's Day is coming soon. It is an important day for every couple or lover who has fallen in love.

THE FIRST FORTUITOUS CHANCE
A girl named Gi Gi lived in a small apartment alone after she graduated from

college.

Every Sunday, she would go to the laundry to wash her clothes. One Sunday, she went to the laundry to wash her clothes.

Later, after she had returned home, she was arranging her clothes when she found a man’s sock. So Gi Gi returned to the laundry. When she arrived there, a young guy was standing in front of the dryer, and he said, “I washed my clothes just now, but I lost one sock!”

At this moment, he saw Gi Gi and she looked at him. They each held a scok in their right hand. They smiled at each other. This sweet love story began with a pair of socks.

Ten months later, before leaving to study abroad in Boston in the USA the young guy promised Gi Gi, “When I come back, the first time, I 'll marry you. You must wait for me until I come back!”

During that time, he contacted her by phone and e-mail every day. Of course, usually there were a lot of honeyed words emerging from the computer. These moments were sweet and happy. But for the pair of separated lovers, life was hard and difficult!

One day, the girl received this message. The boy wrote “The E-mail fee is very expensive, so I have decided come back!” That was exciting news. The girl waited for one day and then another day to pass. But after ten days, the girl received another message. This time, the boy wrote, “I don't want to come back, because she had a baby and I must marry her. I want to make my life with them!”

Gi Gi didn't believe that this was the truth. She sent e-mail to him unceasingly, but he didn’t respond.

When I learned about this story, I asked Gi Gi, “Maybe your lover married, but you are not the bride, so that is why you are witherd and sad until now?”

She shook her head and continued.

THE SECOND FORTUITOUS CHANCE
Every year, on her mother's birthday, Gi Gi would buy some flowers in memory of her mother because her mother had died 5 years ago. On that day, Gi Gi usually went to the graveyard. This year, she was surprised when she saw an old acquaintance in the graveyard. Gi Gi could hardly believe that her old boyfriend’s mother was in this place.

Gi Gi said, “Hi, aunt" to the old woman and asked, “How is your son and his child?”

The old woman looked puzzled. “Chirld? What did you say?" asked the woman.

Gi Gi said, “Nan, your son, told me that he had to marry a girl in Boston because the girl was pregnant.”

The old women shed tears and then told GiGi that Nan had said if he came back, he would have married you because you are the best love in his life!

“Didn't you know, he said he would come back very soon, but two weeks before he left America, my son received learned that he had cancer of the blood and soon after, he passed away,” said the old woman.

Gi Gi couldn't stop the tears and asked herself many times, “Why? Why?”

She followed the old women, and came to Nan's tomb. The two women stood in front of the tomb, and when Gi Gi saw Nan’s picture, she couldn't control her tears.

Before that she had had a lot of questions to ask him, but now, she just kept quiet and wordless for a long time.

Every one loves someone. On this special day, I hope that everyone will cheirsh what you already have.

Finally, blessing to everyone. Have a good future with your best love.

ESL Teacher in the Superbowl

Did you see the Superbowl ESL class commercial?

Check here or here.

Carlos Mencia, a popular comic, is the English teacher.

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is coming soon, and this year it falls in February. There are fifteen days to celebrate Chinese New Year. There are so many things to prepare and do for the New Year. Let me explain to you a few Chinese traditions on New Year.

First, we need to get new clothing; prepare lucky envelopes filled with money, plan the New Year's Eve Family Dinner, buy fire crackers to welcome the wealth god. There is a parade and street festival and, mainly, feasting.

There are many things we need to do before welcoming the New Year. First, cleaning the house two days before New Year is a way of saying that you sweep all unlucky or bad things out from your house. You should also clean all the bed sheets. We need to welcome the New Year with everything in the house clean and new because on New Year's Day, the Wealth God will come and visit every family hoping that he can leave some luck and wealth behind. Anyway, people say that there is a Wealth God (Choy Sun Yah), and well, it has been passed on for many generations and Chinese believe there is a Wealth God and he is watching.

Secondly, on New Year's Eve, all family members are expected to show up for dinner because it is a tradition. On that day, our parents will hand out red envelops to all the children. My mother will cook a big dinner with lots of food and especially chicken and fish because they represent that all children are well fed.

My mother will give me new clothes to wear and I will take a long bath. We need to take a long bath because we need to clean all of our unlucky things that have happened in the past yearand welcome the New Year with good fortune. On New Year's Day, we are not allowed to take a bath or wash our hair because we might wash away our luck and fortune.

There are many activities on New Year's Eve. There are dragon dances with music, street festivals with many different kinds of flowers and many different kinds of Chinese food. People dress in red clothes and basically everything is in red. Red, in Chinese, means lucky.

Dragon Dances and Fire Works are to welcome the New Year and Wealth God. The most exciting activity is gambling. People will gather around and play Mahjong, play cards or other games. People will gamble and stay up the whole night.

On New Year's Day, in some parts of China, people don't eat meat in the morning and afternoon.

In my family, we fast on New Year's Day until dinner. We eat lettuce, rice, peanuts and, most important, the vegetable call "Fat Choy." Fat Choy is something black and looks like hair but the meaning to this vegetable is "Rich". There is a saying that, the more you eat Fat Choy, the richer you will get. Anyhow, I don't believe it but it is a saying and has been passed on for many generations.

We are not allowed to sweep the floor or break anything because it is bad luck. There is also another saying that if you sweep the floor on New Year's Day, you might sweep away your fortune and luck.

Anyhow, on New Year's Day. our relatives will come to our house with presents and red envelops to hand out to children. And in return, we have to do the same. We will give them back some presents and red envelopes. It is a tradition that married people, parents, and elderly give out red envelopes to children and unmarried people. Before receiving the red envelope, you have to say nice things to them; such as “Kung Hay, Fat Choy”, wish them wealth and health throughout the year, or wish them a safe and happy New Year and anything that you can come up with that is good.

In conclusion, children can not wait for New Year to come because they are expecting to receive a lot of red envelopes. Chinese New Year is a big thing in China and people celebrate New Year all night long. Unfortunately for me, I am married and have children, therefore, I have to prepare red envelopes. “Kung Hay Fat Choy” is a very common term Chinese people say on Chinese New Year.

Fishing

What do I like to do in my spare time and what is my hobby?

I love to go fishing in my spare time and it is my one of favorite hobbies. I like to go fishing because it is quiet and so peaceful. In the past, I went fishing almost every weekend.

I go fishing with my friends and brothers in the river in Antioch. I enjoy the quietness, the peacefulness, and mainly, no children for at least three hours.

I don't have to hear something like "Dad, can you do this for me?” or “Dad, I need to play horse back riding and so on." You know how it is with children.

Four years ago, I had a friend from New York who came to visit me and he knew that I liked fishing, so he wanted to come along.

It was striped bass season and we were trolling for striped bass and suddenly, something heavy hooked on my fishing pole. It was very hard and heavy and I was unable to move it. I tried to reel it in but it was moving very fast and strong. It took me fifteen to twenty minutes to bring the fish up to the boat. Surprisingly, it was a sturgeon.

My friend and I took the sturgeon to a local restaurant for dinner. My friend from New York called his friend to the restaurant. He introduced him to me. He called the guy by the name of "Uncle".

Uncle likes fishing a lot and he said he never met anyone who had caught a sturgeon before. He then asked if I could take him fishing sometime and I said it is always good to have more fishing buddies. After that day, we went fishing a lot and caught many fish on our fishing trips in the Delta near Antioch.

As salmon season approached, uncle and I had a conversation about going fishing on the party boats. The following weekend, we both invited our friends to go Salmon fishing. We all met at my house that morning and I remembered having a very funny conversation with Uncle. I asked everyone to take a seasick pill to avoid sea sickness. Uncle loudly said, "Young man! When I was younger I used to live on a naval ship." He also said, "No need to worry for me, just worry for you." I got on the party boat at the Berkeley pier and when the boat passed under the Golden Gate bridge area I saw Uncle's face turning pale and I said, " Uncle, are you okay?" \

He said, "I think I got up a little too early and I should go sit inside the boat to take a rest."

We all wanted to laugh but we didn't want to embarrass him.

I still remember that moment when the boat got to Half Moon Bay. The party host called my name very loud and said, "Hey, Dave, your friend needs help." I turned toward him and I saw Uncle throwing up everywhere. From then on, we always laugh about that time and he tells all his friends that I always took care and helped him. He also tells his friends that I am a real friend and a person who uses his heart to help out others when in need.

We get along so well that even his family treats me like part of their family. I will always remember what Uncle told me, “a true friend is hard to find and when you do, do not take him for granted. You should cherish the friendship that you have bonded."

Until this day, I miss this friend a lot and in my heart there's always a space for him. I remember this friend and don't know when our family and his can have dinner again.

Live not so easy

I read this in the newspaper.

People found two boys in a shopping cart. They were crying so the people took them to the manager of the store. He turned on the loudspeaker and said ''There are two unhappy, crying children in our office. If you lost your children, you should came here to pick them up''

But after an hour, nobody went there, so the manager decided to call the police.

When the police came, they took two papers from the childrens’ pockets. Each paper had a name and birth date on it.

One day after, The police showed the childrens’ pictures on TV to try to find their parents. When the childrens’ relatives saw the pictures they hurried to the police station.

A policeman told them, ''The boys’ parents brought them to the supermarket, put them in the cart and then went away. The police saw that on the supermarket's cameras'. The police asked the boys' relatives what has going on.

The boys'grandfather said, ''My son was cook. My daughter-in law was a waitress, but their economic problems were very bad and they owed a lot of money. They had to sleep in a park ,They didn't have money when the second boy was born.

I felt very upset when I read this story. I thought this was very hard on those children. I shed tears when I read it . I thought life really is not so easy.

What do you think?

The accident

Last week, I read an interesting story from my country, Vietnam, on the Internet news and I want to tell you about that news.

Before evening on a highway there was an accident. Three cars hit each other, one car flipped onto the road and another car crashed on the sidewalk. One person died in this car, but the third car had an important problem because this car crashed onto the rain tracks and everyday at this time, a train came by there.

Two men saw this accident. They lived near there and they knew that the train would be passing soon.

One man ran back to warn the train that was coming. He built a big fire on the sidewalk to warn the train engineer.

The other man had a bicycle so he went fast along the train tracks. He had a flashlight in his hand because he was a worker. He turned the flashlight on and off. He hoped the train man would see him .

On the train, the engineer saw that there was a problem. He tried to put on the brakes but the train continued and stopped right in front the accident.

Everyone there saw this action and was very happy because the train didn't have an accident. The people said, "You are heroes from our city. We are support you!"

Homework for Monday, January 29

Please call and leave a message on my answering machine.

Begin by telling me your name. Please spell it and tell me where and when you study.

Next, tell about what you did on Sunday.

Your message should be between one and two minutes long.


For example a student named "John" would begin his message like this:

Hello, Teacher.

My name is John.
J O H N .

I study in the afternoon in Room 101 at Neighborhood Centers Adult School.

This Sunday morning I woke up at .....

Hi, Classmates

Hi, I just joined the Room101pm Blog.

I will write a story this weekend!

See you soon.

FUNNY

Hi! classmates. My name is Thuy Vu. Maybe next week, some friends and I will transfer to the Room 106 afternoon class. I really feel sad. When I feel sad, I often do something to make me better. That is why I will write some funny stories and I want to share them with my classmates.

1/ An old man got onto a bus. The bus was full and didn't have any empty seats. The old man had to stand. He stood next to a young man who was sitting. The old man looked at the young man, smiled and said with a tired voice; "I am sick and very old. When I was young, I often gave my seat to women, children and elderly people."

The young man answered with a calm voice; " Aha! Now, I know why you got sick "

And the old man became quiet.

2/ In the hotel, a bell boy who worked in the room service department heard the phone ring. He picked it up and heard someone’s voice say; "To te to to to to!"

The bell boy didn't understand what the man on the phone said, so he hung up the phone. A few minutes later the phone rang again. The bell boy picked it up again and heard the same voice, "to te to to to to!"

He got mad and hung it up.

One minute later, the phone rang again and the bell boy picked it up only to hear "to te to to to to!"again.

Angrily, he slammed down the phone harder than before.

A little later, a young man appeared in front of the service room. He was angry and said;"Bring two teas to room two two two!"

3/ A man was in his front yard mowing the grass when his attractive blonde female neighbor came out of the house and went straight to her mail box.

She opened it then slammed it shut and stormed back in the house. A little later she came out of her house again, went to the mail box and again opened it, slammed it shut again and angrily, back into the house she went.

As the man was getting ready to edge his lawn, she came out again, marched to the mail box, opened it and then slammed it closed harder than ever.

Puzzled by her actions, the man asked her, “Is something wrong?” to which she answered; “There certainly is! My stupid computer keeps saying; ‘You've got mail!’”

if you want see some funny pictures click here and here
If you want read more funny stories ask me.

I Got a Job

I’m a busboy. I found my job on January 10^th. Before I never had worked as a busboy, because I am a cook. I interviewed for this job with my boss. He is very nice.

He asked me, “Do you have experience?”

I was hesitant so I said “Not too much.”

He said, “Ok, I will call you tonight or tomorrow.”

Then I said, “Goodbye” to him and came home and waited for the call.

The next day, my boss called me, “Can you try to work today?”

I answered, “Sure!”

The first day I arrived there, my boss said, “You will have three day to try to work and learn. I will teach you to work. After three days, I will think about how you did.” So, after three days, I had already knew how to do this job. So my boss employed me. I got a job.

A Terrible Experience

I read this story in a magazine. I am going to tell it to you.

There was a girl. Her name was Annie. She had a terrible experience renting an apartment.

Annie lived in the suburbs. She got a new job working in the center of the city. She didn't want to spend a lot of time on the bus, so she rented an apartment near her working place and the rent was very low.

After Annie moved into the apartment, she always felt that her neighbors were watching her and gossiping about her. She felt very strange above this. One day, she asked the apartment doorkeeper to tell her the truth. The doorkeeper told Annie that before she moved into this apartment another couple had lived there. The couple was very happy all the time, until, one day, they quarreled. After that, no one saw the woman again. No one knew what happened to her. The neighbors once noticed the man painting his bedroom wall at the midnight. So, the neighbors thought the man had killed woman and her body was hidden inside the wall. The man soon disappeared, too.

AfterAnnie heard about that, she felt very scared. She went back to the apartment and checked around. Then, she sat on the bed and looked at the wall. She saw a faint watermark on the wall. The watermark looked like a person's shape and that shape was struggling to get out of the wall. Annie felt very scared. She covered her head and body with a bed sheet and, finally, she fell asleep.

At midnight, Annie had a frightening dream. She saw that couple quarreling. The man was very angry. He strangled the woman with a rope and hid her body inside the wall. Annie saw the woman was bleeding from her eyes and she was struggling to get out of the wall.

The woman yelled "Let me come out! Let me come out!"

Annie woke up with a startle and she was in a cold sweat. She could not stand it any longer. So, she took an awl to dig into the wall. She wanted to know the truth.

Finally, Annie dug a small hole in the wall and she saw an eye looking at her through the small hole. She felt great fear and her body shivered. She could not say anything.

Suddenly, it changed from an eye to a mouth and talked to her.

"Hey! Lady, If you want to meet me, you can knock on my door, but please don't dig through the wall of my apartment. Thank you!" said the person next door.

MY PROVINCE

I was born in Vietnam in Ninh Thuan Province. Ninh Thuan is the warmest part of Vietnam and receives the least rainfall. Everybody calls it is the desert of Vietnam.

It is very sunny. There is a lot of sand, wind, dry weeds and cactus. At first, I didn't love Ninh Thuan because it is poorness and the weather is hot.

But, after I lived in Ho Chi Minh City and I traveled to many places. I undertood that Ninh Thuan is a beautiful province and people are very friendly.

There are rivers, cold springs, hot spring, waterfalls, bay, ocean beaches and wonderful people in Ninh Thuan Province. I felt very comfortable when I lived here.

Ninh Thuan has two beaches with very clear and clean water. Ninh Chu Beach used to be reserved for the exclusive use of President Nguyen Van Thieu, chief of Ninh Thuan, and other officials of the former Government of South Vietnam. The weather is hot but there are cool breezes. I don't know why.

The beach is especially beautiful when there is a full moon. I often came there at night. My friends and I often danced, sang, drunk wine and ate seafood until midnight. Very wonderful!!!

Ca Na Beach is called "the sleeping Princess" because it still retains the wild. The rocky mountains protrude into the sea. The sea is on one side and on the other side is the mountain. You can climb up the mountain to see the beach and the clean turquoise blue water.

Another beautiful place in Ninh Thuan Province is called the Fairy Waterfall. It isn't beautiful because of water but it is beautiful because of the rocks and deep abyss. The water runs down the abyss rocks. I never have seen any pictures like it. It is not well known and very dangerous to come to. People say, "A volcano broke the rocks and made the abyss many thounsand years ago." Do you think it is true?


At Nam Cuong Dune the winds blow red and yellow sand, mixing them continously into beautiful, natural slopes and valleys. If you come here when the moon is full so you can enjoy all the beauty of Nam Cuong Dune


Another place I want to invite you to visit is Cham Tower. The Towers were built on a hill by the Cham people as a place to worship King Poklong Garai at the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century.

The Champa people were defeated by the Viet people in 1471. They built the towers using bricks and the towers still stand until now. There are steps up the towers. If you climb them you view all of Ninh Thuan. You will also see the lagrest A rmy airport in Vietnam. If you see the sun rise in the morning or the sun set in the afternoon, it is very wonderful!!!

I know that in the world there are many beautiful places but for me, this is the best place. My family, my friends, my childhood, my memories are all there. And the view of Ninh Thuan is still wild.

Sunday's Homework, January 21, 2007

Call me and tell me what you did on Sunday.

Remember to spell your name and tell me what class you are taking (morning or afternoon) at Neighborhood Centers Adult School.

Please include details of what you did on Sunday. These should include the five "W"s.

Who
Where
When
What
Why

Please speak for at least 1 minute but not more than 2 minutes.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Richard

Special love

I will tell a true story to you.

I have a good friend. Her name is Xiao Hui. She is an active girl. Her family is very poor, because, when she was 8 years old, her father died. Only her mother could work.

Xiao Hui wanted to stop going to school sh that she could help her mother to make money, but her mother said ''Don't stop your class. If you do that, your future will be bad. You won’t get a good job.''

So Xiao Hui studied very hard. She lead her classmates in everything. On all of the exams, she was number 1. Everbody believed that she would be a great person.

Unfortunately she couldn't complete school. Like a bolt from the blue, one day our teacher told us that Xiao Hui had cancer and she had only six months to live.

We felt very strange. She was very young, so every classmate worried about her. When Xiao Hui learned that she felt even worse. She shivered and cried more and more. She didn't want to live in this world.

However, she soon changed her mind and laughed. Do you know why she could laugh?

I told you that she felt a lot of pain at that time. There was a boy who helped her. When she went to hospital, He went there every time to give her hope and said, "Don't give up your life. We will stay together forever. Trust me. So, you must be strong and believe tomorrow will be better than today!"

Xiao Hui hugged and kissed her boyfriend, then, she ate everything and exercised. Her feelings changed. She relaxed and smiled every second. She believed that life was wonderful!

Finally, the doctor told her that she had gotten better and she didn't need to come to hospital any more. Her case is very special. Maybe her feelings and her new love changed her life.

Now, her boyfriend and Xiao Hui live together. They feel very happy. They celebrate and enjoy everyday. If I hadn’t seen it myself. I would think this only happen in films. Love is very great. It can change everything, can’t it?

This is a true story, believe it or not!

IN FRONT OF MY LIFE---BY PUYI

Last week, I read a book. The name of the book was In Front of My Life. The writer was by Pu Yi.

Maybe someone doesn’t know who Pu Yi is. Let me tell you . Pu Yi was the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China. The book who was an autobiography and was finished when he was in jail.

Pu Yi was born in 1906. When he was about 3 years old (1908), he ascended to the throne. When Pu Yi sat on the throne he received all the ministers congrarulations. Pu Yi cried and yelled loudly:"I don't want to stay here. I must go home !"

His father comforted him, "Ok, this will be finished soon!" When his father stopped talking, all the ministers laughed because in the old system of China, the word "FINISH" represented that all the things were over. In other words, the Kingdom of China would end.

About 3 years after, Pu Yi gave up his throne. But he continued be the emperor in the Forbidden City. When he was 17 years old(1922), he didn't choose his marriage partner. He had to marry two girls. One was named Wan Rong and the other one was called Wen Xiu.

Wan Rong was the last empress and Wen Xiu was a concubine. At that time, they one became an empress and the other one who became a concubine, thought that they were very fortunate. But who would know that the nightmare was beginning for them.
Two years later,(11-5-1924--4:00pm) Pu Yi and his wives were banished from the Forbidden City. At that moment, the 300 years Qing Dynasty concluded. The last feudal society of China was over.

Pui Yi and his wives came under Japanese control. Their marriage had a huge change. Wen Xiu couldn't endure the pressure, so she divorced Pu Yi. She was the fist women to divorce an emperor. Wan Rong smoked opium very much and she even committed adultery with another man. In this situation, Pu Yi coudn't prevent anything from happening and he couldn't make any choices.

In 1945, when Japan capitulated, Pu Yi was put under house arrest. He became a captive of the Soviet Union. After 5 years, he was send to Peoples Republic of China and put into jail. When he was in the jail, he didn't know how to dress himself or even brush his teeth.

In1959, he was released and became a normal citizen. When he was writing this book, he sighed about his fate and hated himself. But the history can’t change.

In 1962, he married a women named Li Shu Xian. This was his last marriage. It only lasted five years, because Pu Yi had a disease of cancer. When he was 61 years old, he left this world.

I sympathize with Pu Yi and I rejoice that I was born in this time. History can’t change, but we can change our fate.

I hope, I wish, and I believe!

Homework for Wednesday, January 17th

Please call me and suggest at least three names for my puppy.

You know what to do! Don't forget to spell your name and to remind me that you are a student in the afternoon class.

Use the present perfect continuous tense. Your message should be at least one minute long.

For example you might begin by saying:

Hello, Teacher, my name is __________. I will spell it for you ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.

I am a student in the Afternoon Class in Room 101 at Neighborhood Centers Adult School.

I have been thinking about names for your puppy.

Here are three suggestions.

First, you could call her _______.

My second suggestion is _________.

But the name I like the best is _________.


I hope these suggestions are helpful.

Before I hang up I would also like to say, ____________________

__________________________.

Bye! See you in class tomorrow.

Newest Member of the Family

She doesn't have a name yet.

Do you have any suggestions?

Homework, January 10, 2007

Watch the President's speech on Iraq at 6:00 pm this evening on national television.

Please call me and tell me what you think about his ideas.

Don't forget to spell your name and tell me that you are a student in the afternoon Room 101 class.

Thanks!