2007 Christmas Tree Set up

After Thanksgiving holiday, Christmas is coming. I set up the Christmas tree with my niece, Irene together. Irene takes this picture for me. She is so smart. Our family loves her. If you go to America now, you will have a strong holiday feeling. The streets and houses are decorated with beautiful lights. Jennifer told me that the city, Cerritos, where she lives are decorated with lights now. It is so beautiful. I hope I can see it. It is so warm.

Chris, Irene, and Dad. I am happy that Dad feels better now. I wish he has a good health.

This is the Christmas tree. Although people don't decorate Christmas in Taiwan, I like to set the Christmas Tree up and make my family warm. We have the light on Christmas tree. Irene likes to turn off the light and see the beautiful Christmas tree.

Irene and me. I help Irene apply eye shadow. She is so happy.

Chris and Irene. Irene loves her dad a lot.

Grand Prize from GiveMe10

I can't believe it. I win Grand Prize From GiveMe10. I am one of three Grand Prize winners. When I find my name on the winner list, I can't believe it. I will get one Song Ericsson K850i. I call my sister, Jennifer, in LA immediately. She is my dear partner for 10 minutes practice every day. We use Yahoo instant messenger to talk. I also share my pictures and my thoughts there.

I know GiveMe10 when I join Studio Classroom 45th anniversary birthday. We make a promise to talk English 10 minutes every day there. I also attend Friday Night from that time. I am so happy that my writing has been improved a lot by writing one small paragraph every day. We also exchange real life experience with other attendants. Although the activity has been over, I found many lovers still keep going and leave feedback for me. I am so touched by that. Learning English will never end in my life.

From the web, I knew that the first 1000 attendants who get 25 fruits will get the M-Mag. When I received Thank You Card with M-Mag, I was so happy and excited. It was a big encouragement to me. I was one of the first 1000 attendants. The activity began from 01Apr07, but the first day I joined GiveMe10 was 18May07. I was 1.5 month behind others. Can I be one of 1000 people? The date I received Thank you Card was 24July07.

Studio Classroom also has gifts for individual team who have 45 fruits when the activity expires. They will have the winner list on 15Nov07. I just remember this message and dream that if I have a chance, I just want a MP3 to practice my English due to my MP3 has broken. It is just a little dream in my mind. Nobody knows that. When the date 15Nov07 comes, I just visit the GiveMe10 and find the winner list. My name is there. Is it me? There may be same name in Taipei. I am so surprised. I can't believe it. I just call studio classroom. The customer service tells me that they still process it and will send out the letter to the winner. They don't know now. So I just wait. I take half day off today. When I arrive home and open the mail box, I find the prompt delivery from Studio Classroom. It is me. I am exactly the one who win the phone. I shout I get the Grand Prize, tell my parents, and call my dear sister in LA immediately. I am so excited.

I want to share this honor with my family and thank you Studio Classroom. You provide the English blog for English lovers. We learn a lot. Our English also has been improved a lot. I never thought I can write a long paragraph. My sister can't believe that when she saw my writing. I am not afraid to write the essay and have more confidence now. I want to thank you God. It is a biggest blessing from you. I don't think I have such a good luck. I never had it before. From my memory, the first luck I won in my life was the movie " Superman" ticket by drawing the colors when I was a little girl. After that, I never had won anythings yet. So this is the gift from God. My mother says that in order to encourage my efforts to English, God gives me this big gift. Thank you God. I grow up a lot from this activity.

Studio Classroom creates an English environment for us. My sister and I began to listen to Studio Classroom when we were junior high school students. We could only listen to the radio program at that time. If we missed one program, we had to find another program later. The time might be very late. We didn't sleep in order to listen the program. We used the clock to wake us up. It was an unforgettable memory. My sister knew God from bible study. Studio classroom is our window of world and a friend of life. We started from Let's talk in English and Studio Classroom. We listen to Advance now. Studio Classroom keeps growing. We can watch the show in TV for Let's talk in English and Studio Classroom. We can watch Topic Talk Video in the web. My father is an English lover. He also watched the Let's talk in English show. We can listen to the program and watch the show all over the world. My sister, Jennifer, in LA listens to the program every day. We are so lucky in Taiwan that we can talk to teachers here. They are so nice and friendly. I like the way teachers teach. They explain words lively. I also know what happen in the world from the class. Thanks Doris Brougham created the Studio Classroom in Taiwan. Without your effort, we can't have this environment here.

We love you, Studio Classroom.

Cynthia Huang

Poor Dad : He can't poo poo well.

Have you ever thought that you can't poo poo well one day? If it is me, I must feel embarrassed and painful. My dad didn't poo poo well yesterday. He couldn't poo poo by himself, therefore my mom bought medicine to help the movement. But dad still didn't poo poo clearly. There is some poo poo in his rump. I have a pity on him, but can't do anything. I just encourage dad to push poo poo out as his best as he can.

Health is the most important. Although we can earn money, we couldn't buy the health. If you lost your health, it couldn't come back again. It will make the family out of order. All family member will be influenced. As you know, everyone needs to work. If you are sick, who will take care you? You will spend a lot medicine expense you never thought before. The spending is so quickly and out of the budget. Not only the spending, your heart also handles lot of pressure. We should exercise to keep us in a good shape.

My Little Thought Today

It is not easy to earn money, but easy to spend out now. According to our low salary and high spending, it is hard to save money. My mom bought the steamed buns in the markets due to they are cheaper 2 dollars each than to buy in the store nearby. My parents save money from a small amount. One dollar is a small amount. If you save one by one, it will become a large amount.

To take care of old person is not easy. You should have love. It is our obligation to take care of our family, but it is not enough in the family. Love is more important. It is the foundation of the family. Otherwise, we will lost patience easily and keep complains. When we are child, our parents take care of us. As we grow up, our parents become older. I never think about it until one day my father is sick. When I look up the pictures my mother took before, I found her hair became white due to take care of my father. I never think about that my parents get older day by day. I still keep going and try to find out the true love in the family. Sometimes I lost patience, and love. I hate myself at that time. I am not a good lady. I should love my parents more. I hope I can change myself. Spread my true love to others. God! Please help me.

My Dear Sister-Jennifer

My sister, Jennifer, is a lovely lady. Her dream is to take care of a family. These are the scarfs she made this year. So wonderful. She made the blue one as my birthday gift. The last one is her first scarft for her husband, Peter. I send her a kitty one. Doesn't she look so pretty?

Social Revolution

Studio Classroom will have a new feature next year. It is my pleasure to join the recording on 11/2/07. I will be on TV for 45 seconds next Jan. I am so excited. This is my first time on TV. My pronunciation is not very good. If I speak too quickly, it will become worse. I repeat each word three times slowly. Try to make it clear when recording. I took half day off on 11/2/07. I am the first one to record. I record twice that day. Although it is not perfect, I try my best. Here is my outline.

My name is Cynthia. As far as socializing on the Internet, I stand on the Pro-side.

First, we can share our life in the blog and album. It makes our relationships closer. I use instant messenger to talk with my sister in LA so I can practice English 10 minutes every day.

Second, we can exchange real-life experiences over Internet, like Yahoo-Answer, Give Me10, and English Corner.

Third, companies can sell products and answer question on-line. They can arrange on-line interview or video conference to save time and travel expenses.

Fourth, we can avoid stereotype by outlook and get to know each other better.

And lastly, customers can do on-line shopping. It is convenient for people who can’t go out, like my friend who has a new born baby at home.

Best of all, we can listen to Studio Classroom all over the world by Internet.

We should have 8 people to record, but only two show up. Others do not come and do not call us. It is not polite. I don't like that. People should be responsible for their behaviors.