Hello=)

I hope see you soon..

A Thank You Note

Dear Learners,

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you all for being
excellent participants in my class. It was a pleasure to teach you
all. I admire your enthusiasm in learning and your positive attitude
towards your course.

Learning is never a finished product. In fact learning is a lifelong
process. Don't stop here. There is so much more you can achieve and
there are so many meaningful things to learn. When you believe in
yourself and you make your best effort and you focus on your growth,
not your scores, you will make excellent progress.

Always be postive about your learning. Make realistic expectations.
Make sure you have time to reflect on your learning, so then you
always evaluate your own learning. Be responsible and autonomous
learners. In many ways I have given you the chance to be independant,
responsible and reflective learners throughout the course. I hope it
was a meaningful and inspiring experience for all of you.

If you want to achieve fluency in English, then avoid translating too
much. Continue your effort to try to think in English as you produce
the language. Again it is not easy, but it will get easier the more
you do it. It's just like any other thing in the world. The first time
is always the most difficult part. But once you try, the following
steps will get easier. So, try to break the habit of depending on the
translation and/or electronic dictionaries.

Making mistakes is part of learning process, so don't be afraid of
making them. Be positive about it, because we can always learn from
the mistakes. It should not be used to judge yourself or other people.
So keep on trying to practice and use the language in various contexts.

So continue your journey and set realistic and meaningful goals
everytime, learn and keep learning and always spare time to do some reflection.

Again thank you very much for being wonderful. I am sure I will see
you around. Take care. Happy holiday!


Stay in touch,

Iwan

PS. Remember that everyone is smart. We are smart in our own and unique ways. Appreciate your strengths and use them to accelerate; but at the same time try to stretch, working on your weaknesses. Remember the story of 3 white balls and 1 black ball?

=(

Im so sad=( ,
I have just finished English class and already I missed you
guys ant Iwan tooooooo!=(
But I hope we still keep in touch=)

Good luck to you on final test=)

Having a BBQ PARTY in New Hampshire!

　The most impressive thing in United States for me is having a BBQ PARTY in New Hampshire last Summer.　My friend is living in New Hampshire, and this was the first time for us to have the BBQ in U.S.



　Because there are many korean grocery stores near my apartment, and Korean beef is good for BBQ, we bought many korean beefbefore departed New Jersey. On the way to New Hampshire,　we stopped at the service area and bought some sweet corns at the farmer's market. 　We also stopped at Boston to buy some seafood at the china town. We bought big living lobsters, clams, and oysters at the china town.










　After arriving at my friend's house in New Hampshire, we started toprepare for the BBQ Party. We cut the vegetables, opened shells of the oysters and marinated the beef, and so on. But, it was a little difficult to cut the living whole lobsters!










　After prepareing, we baked many things like lobsters, beef, clams, oysters, corns, and Japanese rice balls. Because we baked Japanese rice balls and Korean style beef, the american neighbor children came and looked at us, they must have been very interested in our BBQ.


　There was a big garden in my friend's apartment, We enjoyed having the BBQ Party there. The garden was so beautiful, and the baked foods were very delicious. It was a lot of fun to have the BBQ party, we ate & drunk so much, and had a very good time!

my show and tell

Hi, everyone. I'd like to tell about ballet again because I could get some photos.

1, Romantic ballet & Classical ballet




This is me+_+ My roll was "Giselle".
My wearing like this long skirt tutu is called "Romantic tutu".
In 1830s, the ballerina wore a long skirt tutu with a fitted corset and soft net skirts ending below the knee. Her hair was parted in the middle, draped over the ears, and make a bun(kinda chignon) at the bottom of the head.






This is a classical tutu. I acted a fairy in the "sleeping beauty".
Early in the 20th century, as he dance steps became more difficult and daring, so ballerinas began wearing
the classical tutu,with short fluffy skirts of many layers which enhanced steps.

2. point shoues


These shoes are tools to stand on only toes.
By these point shoeses, we can show more elastic and airly.
They are made so hard, especially a part of toe and sole, that we can stand on the point of my toes. It is made of leather, burlap, glue and and satin.
3, Marie Taglioni was one of the first ballerinas to stand on the tips of her toes by point shoes. The audience could look as if she were floating. Ballet shoes in those days were soft, so standing on point was very difficult. Her father, who was also her teacher, invented exercise to strengthen her legs and feet.

4, Finally, I itold about"Swan Lake". But I omit it. Because I think it is a little long.
Swan Lake is one of the favorite stage for me. It is very beautiful not only dancers but also music!!

smalls

I took a this picture in smalls.


The smalls is a nice jazzclub in Greenwich village.


I went to there last saturday with my husband.


Last saturday was our 12th anniversary since we've met.


We talked about our first meeting and listened some jazz music.


I really love this place. Also, I'd like to recommend this place for my friends.

(<--my husband and me *-*) You can check here about some jazzclub. www.fatcatjazz.com (smalls)
www.bluenote.net. (blue note)
www.villagevanguard.net. (The village vanguard)