Letter7: The Wonderful Night at Karaoke

Dear Tim,

      First, I have to answer your three questions. 1.Dullahan was the headless horseman transformed by the angry god, Crom Dobh. The only protection from him is to be wearing or carrying an object made of gold. 2. Every year at this time, Mill Avenue is going to become party central. They block off Mill Avenue to cars, flood the place with police, and let the party begin. 3. It was said that most of the tricks of the Halloween have been " toned down". "Tricks" of any kind are strongly discouraged.

      I like Halloween! I relish dresing up as different characters and giving sweet candies to my friends or some children.This year, my class will have this activity again. But we won't give children candies. I expect for this activity, and I will post some photos next week.

      Last Friday, I went to karaoke with my friends. ( Melody, Angela, Selena, Sherry, Amy, Jack) We had a wonderful night! We sang happily, and we beame a little bit crazy at final. I enjoyed singing, especially with my dear friends. I hope we can have a chance to do it again!

(From left to right are Amy, me, Angela, Selena, and Melody.)










Sincerely,
Candy

Letter 6: Musical

Dear Tim,

        First, I want to answer your questions from last time. Yes, my father's family is originally from Yilan, and my grandparents still live there. Therefore, I always go back to Yilan on weekends.

        Now, I am going to answer the three questions. The first Chinese immigrants came to Arizona as railroad workers around the year of 1870. When they got here, they did whatever manual labor jobs they could find. They opened laundries, restaurant, and so on. The original Phoenix Chinatown is now the area for sports like basketball and baseball. The citizens of Tempe would think that they lived in a civilized society because they have all the infrastructures. They even have a major university in the center of town.

         We watched " Miss Saigon" at drama class. It is a good musical. My classmates and I really love musicals, so we have an idea of performing a musical for our yearly presentation. I hope we can do it well in the future. Therefore, we have to find some musicals now in order to let us easy to choose the best one. I really feel excited about this!

Sincerely,
Candy

Letter 5: Mid-Autumn Festival

Dear Tim,

         First, I am going to answer  your three questions. I have heard the old story about Chang'e since I was little. Chang'e was Yi's beloved wife. One day, to keep a wicked servant from stealing the magic elixir, she drank the magic potion, and escaped from the evil servant by going to the moon. Then, she became the Moon Goddess. Nowadays, people celebrate the " Moon Festival" by barbequing, eating some moon cakes with family. Though I don't like to eat moon cakes. About " Harvest Moon", in western culture, the first full moon after the fall equinox is called the " Harvest Moon", because the extra light of the full moon gives farmers more time to spend in the fields.

         This year, my family had lunch with my grandparents, uncle, and aunt in Yilan in order to celebrate the festival. I really had a good time with my dear family. There was something interesting during our lunch. I ordered a cup of juice as my drink, and I thought that it might be orange juice or apple juice. However, when I got my juice, everybody laughed! That was a cup of " lemon juice"! This was my first time to drink a whole cup of lemon juice, and I drank it with my face twisted...

         I was surprised when Hugo told me that Allison said something about me in the letter. Yes, I did have a crush on one of the actors. My classmates and teacher all knew it at that day... In fact, I had some conversations with him on Facebook last year, since Doris insisted that I learn more informations about him if I admire him. That's why I know that he is as old as us, so I hope that I can see him in the show next year!

Sincerely,
Candy