MERRY CHRISTMAS

Tonight is Christmas evening and tomorrow is Christmas!!

I am in Ohio with my friends.This is my first Christmas in America, and I am so excited 

All my classmates are traveling now. They are having a really good time, but I know I am the most lucky one, because I will have a very American Christmas with my American friends. How cool.

My cellphone does not work here, so i can not contact anybody by phone, but STILL

I hope everybody is having a good time and I hope everybody have a merry Christmas.

next week is mid terms week

The Wavnet had some problem last week, so  a lot of people had problem to register classes. Happily, with Jaime Wood and Elizabeth's help, all the people got the classes they need to take registered .

I can not believe that next week is the mid term week. Pepperdine's schedule is tight

everybody has too many projects, too many quiz but not enough time.

but we got a lot of good practice  at the same time.

Today the pastor gave us a great talk at the church. i enjoyed it. The title is " the bigger and better trap"

i wish victoria were there, because what the pastor taught today is exactly she need to know right now.Since she stopped going to church several weeks ago, i bought a DVD of today's service for her, so that she can watch it at home. 

" having a rich relationship with God is worth far more than any of my stuff"

I really hope Victoria can understand this.

I have a exam in Accounting class tomorrow morning, so I have to go back my study. :< 

looking forward the holiday

sad week

Today is Monday. i met April and Matthew in conference room 2.we had a good talk.
I did not have a good week last week, so I was so happy to get somebody to talk with today.

I have been praying for Victoria, but she did not get better. Actually, she is getting worse.
She asked me why God never bless those people who believe HIM? She said she is tired of being nice and being a Christian. Yesterday, She had a big quarrel with JIA who is another house guest living in her house. She become one person i do not know. I feel so bad.

She let evil spirit grow in her heart, and she does not realized it. I think it is my responsibility to help her right now, but it is so hard for me to do that, since she is refuse to listen and see.

I want to go back home to pray with her, and I want her to see how much God loves her and how much other people respect her. I do not know if she will refuse that, but I want to try.

I feel tried in the same time. I have to take classes, work, and prepare CFA. I really hope when i  come back home, I can feel love instead of anger and misunderstanding.  Am i having a culture shock?

Session B started, and the classes are not that hard as those in Session A.

I get more time to do things that I really want to do. 

I start to go the bible study group every Tuesday on campus and I am going to be a volunteer at my church.

I have to prepare the CFA exam with three of my classmates everyday. Hopefully, i can pass it in December.but who knows.

I went to the Halloween party last Thursday and gave candies to the kids last Sunday.

There were a lot of fun. It was so great to experience American cultures here.

I just realized that I will stop working with Professor Seaman next month. I am so sad about that..  

Session B starts tomorrow

Session B starts tomorrow

Session A finished last week, and I went to Georgia and Florida for my Session A break.
I really enjoyed my trip with my friends there.
I move in Vicotira's house today, and hope that I will get along with them, so that i can totally focus on my study and work.
I start to prepare my cfa exam( kind of late, hehe). Life will still be busy, but i know i will enjoy it.
can not wait to see my beautiful campus tomorrow, yay!!

my crazy week

Finally, I moved out from Joan's house. That was not a good home-stay experience to live with her.

International students should always be cautious when they want to do home-stay, because most of Americans have no idea about others' cultures, and some of them do not want to give any efforts to know those cultures.However, I still feel grateful because from Joan's selfish I learned how great and selfless God's love is.

I scratched my classmate's car when i was parking at Pepperdine's park lot. I called my insurance company to deal with that matter, because I did have any time to deal with it and I can not afford the fixing expense either. From that day on, I became very cautious when i am driving. That is good for me. 

One of my classmate had an car accident the other day. She is Ok now but she is still dare not drive a car. I feel so sorry for her, and I will pray for her too. 

Be careful when you are driving!!!!!

I had my mid term exams, and just realized that the final exams are coming!!!

busy busy

My life has become very busy recently.
I have started to work with Professor Samuel this week and the job is by no means easy!
I have finally registered for the December CFA test with a scholarship this week. I am so happy, but, this also means I have to spend a lot of time preparing for it.
In the mean time, I also have three quizzes this week to be working on.
May God bless me in those things...

The workshop at Crowne Plaza Hotel

              


We went to the Crowne Plaza for our Personal Leadership and Dvelopement Workshop last week, and the workshop lasted three days. However, the scheduel was very tight so I did not get much time to enjoy the beautiful beach there. Fortunatley, our our classroom was located on the Bay View floor, which is the top floor of the hotel, so we could see the ocean through the windows the whole time. 


Professor Newman divided us into five teams on the second day of the workshop, and all my teammates were native English speakers.  So, it was very frustrating for me when we were preparing a presentation for our final class at the hotel because they spoke very fast. Therefore, I had to pay very close attention to what they were saying and asked many times if they could repeat what they said. They treated me as their baby sister, and let me do the easiest part of the presentation. I felt very sad and became very quiet as we finsished the presentation. I wanted to work with them as a team, even though I might be younger, and could not speak as good as english as they could. I was so bummed. However, on the otherside, I appreciated that they did not speak slow english just for me knowing I am Chinese, as I do not want to inconvenience them. I believe that we the International students must go through these kinds of trials before we really start to learn here in America. For this is the reason I have come to another county, to escape the familiar, and force the unfamiliar as to learn more than the average person could know. I can not complain, I spent a lot of time on the part of the presentation that was assigned to me, and I believe that i did a very good job. I am just happy I did not give up or have a bad attitude about the whole situation of being treated like a baby. The only way to combat my teamates preconceived idea anout me (being a baby) is to prove to them that I am qualified to do the same quality of work they do. So I am going to going out of my comfort zone, I will not complain, and am focusing on the things that I CAN do now!

relax

BBQ with verble workshop classmates

The verble workshop finished last week, and more amd more students are coming as we near the first day of official class. I have decided to tak the CFA exam in December. I can only imagine how busy i will be in my first term at Pepperdine, but i dont mind hard work and I actually perfer a busy scheduel. I will focus on my studies and my Lord and I will be fine.
 I got my car, however, I need a lot of practice before I really drive.
Today i just wanted to relax a little and prepare my self for the splash.

This week is full of blessings

This week is full of blessings.

1. Last Sunday, I watched the baptism of new believers at Church. I was so touched that I could not help but to cry.  Two years on the same day I was baptized in God's name. I am so happy for those new believers. They are so blessed to be in the truth.
2. I passed the written driving test, and got a temporary driver's license on Monday. Now I am trying to get a good car with a good price. It will be hard work for me, because I know nothing about cars. Fortunately, I have a lot of amazing friends, and they can give me advice on this topic.
3.I have been awarded a Graduate Research Assistantship,and I will work with Prof. Samuel Seaman starting in September. I have met Prof. Samuel twice on campus,he is a really nice person,and its going to be a very great experience to work with him, I am positive that I will be receiving more than just a social security number and money from this experience. I gotta to say, I am so so so so blessed by my Lord.

4.Finally, I ate Chinese food in America this week. I mean real Chinese food. I went to Chinese restaurant in Ohio before, but all the food there was so American. Chinese don’t eat that kind of food, and I do not know why American call it "Chinese restaurant".haha. I cooked egg and tomato, which is the most traditional and easiest Chinese food. I ate it with rice, and it was so good.
5. My family and all my friends are doing good.

Frist week at Pepperdine Uiversity

I cannot believe that I have already been in Malibu for a week. Time always goes faster when you are a lot fun.
Pepperdine is an amazing school. Everyone here is very nice and helpful. I guess that is because Pepperdine is a Christian school. People are always nice when God is with them.
My classes start at 1pm every day, but I go to school at 7:20am with Maria who teaches at Pepperdine University. She has offered to take me to school every day until I get my own car.
Most days I spend my mornings at the library and then I go to a place I call "open air" to have my lunch. I like to read from the Bible under the sunshine before I go to my first class. The amazing thing is that you can always see the beautiful ocean, no matter where you are at the campus.
Most of the time Maria and I go straight home after school, but sometimes we also love to go to the beach and walk a little while before going home. We love the fresh air and the sounds of the ocean.
First week at Pepperdine University----I am doing pretty well. The only thing I am worried about is the on-campus part time job. There are many people and the job positions are limited. If I’m lucky, then I will be one with a job. We will see.
Have a good weekend.