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

Letter4: An Evening for Twelfth Night

Dear Tim,

          First, I want to response the questions that you asked me last week. Actually, I don't know why I am afraid of  butterflies. I think they are a little bit discusting ... And about our voice cover, I got the role of Alvin was because they thought I can be an important character in the film. And I did could do that high, squeeky voice.

          Now, I'm going to answer your two questions. 1) Chloe might be putting on a little extra weight because she eats out other cats' dish. 2) Countries ruling, or colonizing the isels in the Caribbean are the United States, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

          We went to Taipei American School at 28th Sepetember. This time, the show was " Twelfth Night". I had been waiting for that day since eleven months ago. That was so entertaining! It have always been a wonderful night whenever we have an event like this. I was so shocked and almost upset that the same actor I have adored since last show when I knew that he was posing, Sir Toby, a character I hated. But he changed my opinions! I thought that Toby is a bad charactor when I first saw the story. However, he acted so cute that I like Toby now. I start to look forward to the next year.

Sincerely,
Candy

Letter3: Voice Cover

Dear Tim,

         I love those flowers in summer, they are very pretty. But I hate butterflies... I am afraid of them, so many friends always laugh at me. Now I want to answer to your three questions. You usually plant flowers with red, orange, or yellow. Since they are the colors that are most attractive to the hummingbirds and butterflies. You also plant the blue flowers because you just like them. And the blossoms on the blue flowers are actually open from an hour after sunrise to about 10:00 in the morning. Last week, you recieved a postcard telling you that it was time for the city to begin work on every water main in your neighborhood. And about Labrador Retrievers, they are bred to go into the ice-cold water of a river or lake and retrieve the ducks that the hunter has shot. A "good" Labrador will go get the ball or other object and bring it back after you throw it out, or into the water. This game is called "fetch".

          Now, I'm going to answer the question you asked me last week. Yes, Hugo is in my French class. He was next to me in the picture. And Melody was beside me , too. But atually, she hadn't learned French for few months. This week, I made a big decision! I am not going to continue to learn it. Since we are busier in this semester, and I think that I can learn more by myself.

           Tuesday, we had voice cover in our Reading and Writing class. My group used the movie " Alvin and the Chipmunks." And I played as Alvin. In fact, I really like this activity! I like to do everything about performance. We did our best to do the work. Though my group didn't be chosen to attend the contest, I still felt very happy that we had this experience to do voice cover. Actually, I have a little envy to those people who can attend the contest, because it will must become a special memory for them.

Sincerely,
Candy

Letter2: New French Teacher

Dear Tim,

         I really want to see a real deer in person. It is very cute! I like animals but I am afraid of touching them. Sometimes, I think that dogs are lovely but I will try my best to keep them away. In fact, I don't know why I am afraid of them...

        Last Friday, I had a terrible evening... My French teacher went back to France last Monday, so we had a new teacher. I felt very anxiety when I waited for the new teacher. Other students were also curious about the answer. Then, we saw her! She is a beautiful woman. In fact, she had tought us for two weeks when our teacher went to Japan and Thailand five months ago. She is really a good teacher but I don't like to be her student. I felt stressful in the class. Though I don't like her, I will still keep learning French because I like to learn languages!

This is the photo we took in the last class with our dear teacher.

Sincerely,
Candy

Letter1: My Summer Vacation

Dear Tim,
     
       Hi, I'm back!! I don't like typhoon. In Taiwan, we often stop working and going to school because of  typhoon. But typhoon would cause terrible damage in somewhere. And the news would report some accidents. I hope everywhere could be fine, so I hate typhoon.
     
       Now, I'm going to tell about my summer vacation. I went to KTV with Tiffany, Red, Melody and Megan. Thaat was my first time wint to KTV with my senior  high school friends. We all had fun. Megan is really a good singer. Every Friday, I have French class with Hugo. But we felt very sad when we heard that our teacher was going to go back to France at the begining of September. So we had dinner with our teacher and classmates(include Melody). We gave our teacher a card that we made. We all love him very much! Then, my summer vacation was over... I think that I didn't do anything important in my vacaation.
     
       I  was happy that we have six new students in our class. Though we only have 18 people in class, it is very diferrent from other classes. I hope everything will be right in this semester.

Sincerely,
Candy