New year

Today is New Year's Eve and I still had classes. My writing teacher, Bill, gave us a surprise that is we didn't have the third hour writing class. We all hailed. It was really a good New Year present. After school, Alice and I went to Carrefour to buy some food for hot pot: cabbage, taro, needle mushroom, beef, pork dumpling and three jars of kimchi. In fact, I do not like spicy food but I like kimchi. We had kimchi hot pot for our dinner and saw a movie called The Heartbreak Kid. We did't want to go out because it was too cold. Finally, we went to Tainan city government for New Year celebration before countdown.

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I got up early this morning. Ariel and I had breakfast in ORO where serves excellent breakfasts. ORO is located on the first and second floor of the apartment near Jiankang Road. We had potato salad, bacon, eggs, bread and a cup of coffee for breakfast. I really enjoy having American breakfast. Ariel told me that she had worked here since she was a sophomore. The owner of ORO asks that clerks should serve every customer fast, friendly and accurately. I think that the requests are the same as 7-11's. In addition, it's good that there are more than 300 books in ORO and you can read what you are interested.

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I felt uncomfortable with my throat after I drank a can of coke on Thursday afternoon. I worried that I might get cold again. After I went back dorm, I drank a lot of hot water. I decided to sleep for a while then go to see doctor. Unfortunately, when I arrived there at 8.45, the clinic was closed. I really did not know why the clinic closes so early. When I got up on Saturday morning, I really caught a cold and sneezed a lot. It's painful that I could not help but keep sneezing and sniffing. I skinned my nose and nostrils by wiping with tissue paper. Oh, God bless me.

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Living in the college dormitory is often very different from living outside apartment. In a dorm, you usually live with at least one other person in a small room. You should avoid bothering or annoying your roommates. Another difference is that you should go back dorm before curfew or you'll be punished. Moreover, living in the dorm is more convenient than living outside. You can just walk to classroom instead of riding bike. On the other hand, you can have your own room if you live outside. You can also do whatever you want to do in your room and go back whenever you wanted. However, living in the dorm and living outside are very different experiences.

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I had dinner with my relatives in Queena Chinatrust Landmark Hotel. It is located near Yungkang interchange. It's a luxurious place where I had never been. There are some different kinds of restaurant. For example, the big place for special guests is called International Banquet Hall. The buffet where we ate dinner is called City Paris. To my surprise, my older sister came back from Taipei by HSR. She told neither me nor my father. We hadn't seen each other for several months. I really miss her. After dinner time, we chatted and she suggested that I should get in graduate school. I am tired of thinking about what I should do in the future.

12/5

An earthquake measured 5.3 on the Richter scale rattled Taiwan at 9:41 on Wednesday morning. It scared both Alice and I and also waked us from a deep sleep. In fact, we had to get up early and do exercise but we were too tired to open our eyes. After earthquake stopped, we washed and dressed as soon as possible then we went to basketball court. It was a nice day. I practiced some skills which I was used to be good at such as jump shot, layup, and set shot. It really makes me feel good when I was sweating.

12/6

I had lunch with Alice this afternoon. We walked to a small noodle restaurant because of delicious noodle soup. We ordered two bowls of noodle soup then something happened. I was badly bitten by mosquitoes on my legs and I felt very itchy. I had an unpleasant feeling that made me scratch it. It’s so painful for me that I couldn’t concentrate on my food. I had to move my legs all the time in order to avoid biting by terrible mosquitoes again. After we finished the meal, I told the owner that there were many mosquitoes here. They were surprised. They told me that dengue fever was expanding. I think I have to do medical check carefully.

12/3

My cousin came to visit me on Monday afternoon. We planed to play basketball but there were no any vacant basketball court. Then we borrowed two badminton rackets and a shuttlecock from the sports center and went to school gym. My cousin is younger than I for 2 months so we were classmates in junior high school. After we graduated, we seldom meet each other. We not only played badminton but also talked about career in the future that day. In fact, he is a fireman already. After that, I took him to night market and we finished our dinner there. Finally, I took him to train station. He must go back Tao- Yuan for work. Both of us hope that we can see each other soon.

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Alice hurt her waist yesterday because of mopping the floor. I took her to see the doctor although it was raining and cold outside. We spent about 20 minutes getting there by bike. It was really chilly!! Then we took off our raincoats and entered the clinic. The doctor checked Alice's waist and said that she strained a muscle in waist. He plastered the waist and gave her one more plaster. She could not take shower for one day. All I want to say is that the doctor just took about 1 minute to diagnose. Alice paid him $150 for a plaster. It's very expensive.

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How to do laundry? Here are some steps to make your clothes clean. First, take all of your dirty clothes in the blanket. Then, go to the laundry room. Next, open the lid of the washing machine. After you open it, put the clothes and washing powder into the machine. Third, set the timer and the water level. After that, close the lid and press the bottom to make it work. Then all you have to do is waiting. Finally, you can get all clean clothes.