Xueying+Xie


 * week 2**

daily writing journal 1 Last Saturday I went for a dinner in Salaam with my best friend Cong who will go back to China on April 9th. We have not seen each other since the beginning of the spring break. When the beginning of the spring quarter I connect her and she told me she will go back to China, I was extremely surprise about this event and I keep asking her the reason why. She reply me that she got some emergency from her family. As for a goodbye dinner, I invite her for the dinner. We had a wonderful meal and she told me about her spring break. She went to New York to meet her sister and they discuss some stuff about her family. Actually I really do not know what happen to her family because she talks about those things, she is very upset. I don`t know what to do so I just trying to keep her attention away from her family. Anyway, she will come back in May.

daily writing journal 2 for the article, 1. I will write the definition of the insomnia. 2. specific symptoms of the insomnia. 3. I will describe some of my experience about the insomnia. 4. how to solve this kind of problems. 5. to do or not to do.

daily writing journal 3 This morning when I woke up, I find my MP3 player was broken. God, last night I still enjoy music with my MP3 player, and this morning it is broken. Poor me. I got to buy a new player. First, I don`t want to buy a apple product because I hate to use itunes, it is very complicated and i cannot put my MP3 player on other computer. However, i found that i can only choose apple product here and that makes my really upset. I go to apple store online and buy myself a blue apple nano. I thought it is cute and small. Maybe i will take my broken MP3 player back to China and ask someone to fixed it ,or I will get use to use my apple nano and itunes.

daily writing journal 4 Tomorrow I will have my first math exam for this quarter but I find myself was not prepare well. I did not do well on my first quiz and I found that I can not understand the question well. I always misunderstand the meaning of the question. When I have my quiz back I found I should do them all right because I have learned those knowledge in my high school. I feel terrible for myself because I even did not read and understand the title of the questions. Now I am in the library and rush for my exam tomorrow. Actually I feel really bad because I can not understand recently knowledge. I don`t know if I have the opportunity to do well on my exam.


 * week 3**

daily writing journal 1 today I have my math exam back. luckily, I got an A- for my first exam. I was excited because I have study for them. Even the teachers look at me and smiling when he is hand out the exam papers. It makes me feel like I can do everything better if I just work hard. Actually at first I was worry about my exam because i really confused what teachers taught me. I spend my whole night on last Tuesday to study for my test. fortunately, the exam is not so much hard as i image, and i did them pretty well. That makes more excited in learning math and I hope I can got a A or A- for my math course this quarter.

daily writing journal 2 this evening i chat with my mom online and she told me she will come to American for business. She told me she will go to a city that only 3 hours drive to Athens which means when she finish her work she will come and see me. I was really happy when I heard the news because we haven`t see each other about 1 year. Before I come to American she already have the plan go to American but she could not get the visa easily which made her very upset. But now she got the invitation letter from a American company which they have a cooperation with and she now can get the visa. She wold me she will visit me at the end of the May. Properly I will take my mom have a look for our college.

daily writing journal 3 Recently I joined in a organization named "CCEA", full name is " Chinese Culture Exchange Association." Basically this organization is about the Chinese culture and deal with the Chinese students` problems in college. The organization was just start and the first activity is the TOEFL practice for full time OP students. We hold the practice every Wednesday in Gordy hall, we have small TOEFL quiz and practice. One of the person in our organization is very good at TOEFL and he only use one quarter to get out of OP. He is the instructor of our TOEFL practice. Actually I don not get much stuff to do because due to the courses I take for this quarter I hardly have time in the weekday, but i still get task, that is invigilate.

daily writing journal 4 Finally I decide to stay in Athens for my first summer session and taking class here. I realize that one of my requirement course are going to combine with another class this fall quarter and the summer session is the last chance to take this class. although I want to go home this summer, I still need to take class here. I make this decision hardly because I also found that the flying ticket that come back to China are really high now. Besides, I have a appointment with my friend that I promise her to stay in Athens and study this course with her. By the way, spring quarter is the last quarter that I need to stay in dorm, I can move out of dorm this summer which makes me excited.

daily writing journal 1 I will have my first economics exam this Thursday, this quarter I am taking econ103 and econ104 and the same time. That is the microeconomics macroeconomics. and My adviser told me do not take those class at the same quarter because many students always screw them up. However, my friend who had taking those class before told me I could take them same time. well, I don`t know. This is the beginning of the quarter so the class is pretty easy, but I don`t know if the class will become difficult in the next chapter for the entire quarter. Well, I may mixes those knowledge because they are all about economics. I still believe if I just work hard I will get a good grade for my courses. Now I am in the library review my econ lecture note. Hope I will get a good grade.
 * week 4**

daily writing journal 2 I remember last spring quarter I went to Orlando for spring break. It was a really good memory for me. The weather in Orlando is really awesome. When we got of the airplane I feel really warm there then I start to change shorts in the hotel. My friend and I really love shopping so we went to a shopping center in Orlando named "Premier outlet", it`s really great shopping center. The stuff in the mall are brand with sales. Then the next feel days we went to the Disney Land and the Universal Studio, Well after I visit them all I got to say that the Universal Studio are much fun than Disney Land. My roommate and I plan to go to the Orlando this spring break first but we find out the air ticket this year is pretty high than last year so we give up the plan. I still want to go Orlando again.

daily writing journal 3 i finish my exam today and to be honest, I don`t know if I did them right. I feel like I don`t really understand what the problems about. Well, I got to say that the question should be easy because I saw some American students did them quickly and turn them in like 45 minutes. I was like read the question and thought "what it the questions about? I even didn`t read the same practice question before" I read the questions slowly than them. I kind of like can`t describe my feeling to the exam right now. Maybe I really screw them up. I don`t know. I will prepare my next exam and it will begin in 1 hours. I will try to make this exam better than previous one. Hope I will get a good grade.

daily writing journal 4 Yesterday is my friend birthday and she hold a party in her house. She invited her friend to her house to celebrated her birthday. We had birthday cake and some delicacy. It was her 21 years old birthday which meaning she now can buy alcohol. So we had a lot of drink. To be honest I had a lot of drink but I am not drunk at all. We played games and chat with each other for a long time. One of her friend also invited some Japanese to her house and we have long time to have fun learning Japanese. Everybody seems to be very enjoyable and happy. I come back home at 3:00 in the morning. It was quite late. When I come back home I chat with my friend online a little while then I have a good sleep.

daily writing journal 1 this morning when I woke up I had a bad headache which makes me feel really sick. I don`t know why because these day I keep on good rest and healthy eating habit. It should not be like that. I really want to get up but I can`t. So I choose to stay and have a rest in my dorm. I guess the reason why I get sick is the weather in recently. This spring is the worst spring I have even meet in Athens. why there are lot of rain these days? I hate spring like this. I remember last spring quarter i have already wearing shorts and cool clothes. But now I only can wear some cloth to keep warm. I really hate the weather this year.
 * week 5**

daily writing journal 2 last night my mom told me that my sister has come back to her house. i was so jealous because she study in a semester university in The United States. I really want to come back to home and visit her since when have not seen each other for 2 years. I heard about she work really hard on her study and she has not come back home during her freshmen and sophomore years. Hopefully she will get a good grade on her courses. I heard from my mom that my sister is now working hard on her math in China and she will come back to American to pass her exam. Maybe she got a "F" on her math courses. Well, I will come back to China in June and I plan to study German.

daily writing journal 3 I did a good job on my economics 103 courses, I got A- for the first exam but i only got D for my economics 104 courses. well I got to say that the econ103 class in pretty easy because there just some mathematical problem in the exam, my math is good but for econ 104 course there are lot of definition that I need to remember. which made my very confused. I don`t like to remember lot of sentence or some definitions. I will choose to calculate them. Fortunately, we will have 3 exam for my econ104 course and the professor will drop the worst one. I will work hard on memory those difficult and complicated definitions, and hopefully I will get a B+ or A- for my econ 104 class.

daily writing journal 4 Today was really a hard day for me. When I woke up this morning I want to go to the bathroom. Then I found out that the door`s handle was broken which means I can not open the door. I was lock in my room. Because the handle was broken which means I can not go outside and no one can open the door outside the room to get inside. I was shocked and I do not what to do. I call my roommate because recently she is not living with me. I thought she may help me open the door or just help me call the RA. but she side she is working. She told me she will ask someone to help me. Just a few moment her friend came and we work very hard to try to open the door. But the handle still not working. Finally, we broke the lock and get me out. Then I find my RA and fixed my handle.

daily writing journal 1 I was not feeling very well in recently days. When I woke up in the morning, look at my alarm clock. I found I always woke up 1-2 hours before the time I should awake. When I try to fall asleep again and I found I could not. I was tried for the whole day and I do not want to do anything. I was thinking about sleeping for all day and I eat a lot. I feel very uncomfortable in those days which makes me really want to scream or shout at someone, but I know I can`t. My mom also told me that because of the death of the osama, her American trip will become a little bit late of just being cancel. the reason why it will be put off is this is really a hard time to get visa to America. I call my mom last night and she told me not to worry about her. Maybe she will some to America this fall quarter.
 * week 6**

daily writing journal 2 today I had my second math test and I feel good about it. I have been working very hard for the past few day for this teat and it actually works. I do not know the result yet but i think i will get the A- even A again. and i predict to get an A- in the end of the quarter. i work very hard on my econ103 class which mean I will get a B+ or A- at the end of the quarter. but I am not feel good about my econ104 class. I got D on my first exam and i should work hard on them, because the teacher told me that he will make 3 exam and drop one the worst grade. I should work hard on my next exam, at least get B for that exam, or i will fall the course. i really need to work hard on my econ courses.

daily writing journal 3 finally, i get cold today due to the bad weather and my bad rest schedules this quarter. I get insomnia almost every night and woke up in the morning earlier than my alarm clock. I do not know why I feel very tired for all days. Maybe I should see the doctors. I keep coughing from this morning until now and I got headache. I really need to change my learning style and have a good rest after this quarter. Maybe I will feel better in the summer. i hate rain and wet. this morning when i wake up i watch outside of my window and i see lots of clouds in the sky. it should be rain today, when i on my way to my math class and it suddenly rain lot. i get wet. i don`t know why this spring quarter`s weather is so bad, now it is April but the weather still not become warm, i remember last year`s weather was so good and i can wear short when the spring quarter begin. now it`s rain outside and the weather report show that this Tuesday will be more cold than today.

daily writing journal 4 This Sunday my friend and I went to the panda restaurant which near the walmart. My friend and I both plan to have some sushi because we miss them so much. We order a big wood ship with lots of sushi on it and we have a good time. I really love sushi and I plan to go to Japan last summer but due to some reasons I put it off. I hope I get a chance to go to Japan again, and at that time I will be eating my favorite sushi again. My roommate ask me for dinner a moment ago in the library and i said sure. But actually i would not eat dinner because i am on a diet. Maybe I will just go dinner with her and just sit down and watch her eating. Now is summer, the weather became warm, i hardly ever find my hunger. however, i don`t know if i will eat while she is eating, maybe i will have some fruit and drinks during the dinner. for this week, i did not have dinner for any day.

daily writing journal 1 I will have my econ exam this week and to be honest I have no ideas about recently`s study. I feel terrible because there are a lot of things happened surround me these days. I feel really bad about my life recently. I will study for my exam every night in this week until the exam days. Hopefully, I can get a good grade.Last night I had a strange dream. I was like visiting a museum with my friend and there were only two people in the museum, that is my friend and I. I was so confused about this situation in my dream because I realized my friend will disappear. that is very strange, i was in my dream and i know there must be something happened. Maybe i will suffer some strange thing. to my surprise the friend in my dream is not disappear and we both leave the museum safety. and that is the most strange part.
 * week 7**

daily writing journal 2 I really want to complain about the work efficient of the the international students office, last quarter i add one major and i hand in the form of the application of the major request. My adviser told me to bring this form to the international students office to let someone sign for my apply. I go to the office and someone told me to bring my new I-20 form after three week this quarter. Then I went to the office this quarter three week after, the person record my name and told me to wait for the email from the office, and i start to wait. but until this week I have not receive my I-20 form still. I go to the international office today and they told me I sill need to wail.

daily writing journal 3 Today I finish my econ104 second exam and i feel comfortable with that test. There are many questions are from the book and the teacher just simply copy them. I study for this exam like 4 days and I have already prepare well. I thought i will get a good grade and I hope it is true. Also, I will have my math 163 class third exam next Tuesday and econ 103 class second exam next Thursday. I will study for them this weekend until the test day and I will get a good grade. I think so. wish me good luck!!

daily writing journal 4 I finish my test today and I actually did a good job on it. I study them for 4 nights, do a lot of problem and talk about those problem with my friend. During the test I find lots of questions that from the homework. That makes me very excited also feel bad about my previous test. I should study the question from the homework then I will not get a D grade. I feel good about this test and I believe I will get a good grade. The score will post on the blackboard next Monday. my mom chat with me last night and she told me she properly will come to United States for her business and come to see me. I feel really good with that because for that I can come back to China with her together. I do not know why but recently I really want to come back to my hometown. I really tired about lot of homework and study in this quarter. Usually in this quarter I always choose some easy class to make me not so tired about study before I come back my home. Although I choose some class that is not so difficult but I still feel very tired. Maybe that is the time to come back and have a good rest. I also can take my mom to visit our school.

daily writing journal 1 Last Saturday was my friend`s birthday and we have a great meal and Panda. We had a lot of sushi and Chinese food. She hold a big party at her house so we both have a great night. I weak up early last Sunday in order to study for my math and econ 103 test. I can not understand the math problems that teachers taught recently and I got to remember a lot of functions for the econ 103 test. God. I really need to work hard on both of them.I cannot understand some art like painting, they just draw them like a messy and they told me it is call art. I kind of like have no idea about what are they talking about. someone told me that the artists are all crazy guy that normal people cannot understand them. I don agree those ideas but I still confused about what they called "art". well I guess I could figure out what the meaning of a painting but artists always told me that this painting has a lot of meaning in it, and they just stop talking what are they.
 * week 8**

daily writing journal 2 Today I finish my math third exam and I find I did a problem wrong, that make me very angry about myself. That was a really easy problem but I do it wrong. I will have my econ 103 second exam this Thursday and I figure out I was not prepare well. I really need to study for them in order to get a good grade. When I finish the first review I find out I got a lot of question and confusions. I really need to read the book carefully and try to find the way to solve my problems.

daily writing journal 3 I had the lunch with my friend cong who just come back from China. When this quarter begin she told me she got some emergency in her home and she really need to come back to her home. She drop this spring quarter and we haven`t chat a lot since she come back home because of the time difference. I try to connect with her last week and she told me she already come back to Athens and she was not accept for the time in America. We have lunch together this afternoon and she told me her future about her major and class. She will chance her major from finance to math which I think she is crazy. She will stay in Athens for the whole summer.

daily writing journal 4 Yesterday was my friend Christina`s birthday and we have hot pot together. My friend xiang and I went to kroger to buy her a cake. We chose the lemon taste because I thought it should be delicious. We did a lot of kitchen works and make a super delicious soup. We had a big meal and I had not been eating hot pot since last year. I really miss them. She also hold a big party for her birthday party, we play games and porker. We really have a great time

daily writing journal 1 Today i got my math163 and econ 103 exam back and I did a pretty good job on both of them. I study really hard on them and I feel really well now. I got A- for my econ103 and B+ for my math163. Last week I got a really bad cold. At first I feel I have a little bit sore throat. Then when I get up in the morning I have a bad cold. I feel really bad for that. I keep on coughing for 2 days and I feel really sick for myself. I had headache when I woke up. I feel a little bit well after I ate some medicine. I try to make myself sleep before 10 but I find myself had a insomnia. That`s too bad. Fortunately, I feel good in this week and I hope my body will be more healthy after this happened.
 * week 9**

daily writing journal 2 Recently I was trying to pack up my package because now is the end of this quarter and I need to move my stuff out of my room. I find I have a lot of stuff to pick up and I bought myself two big suitcases. I clean my room and pack my clothes every night. It really makes me tired but I feel happy. I will move in my new apartment in river park next quarter and that will be my room. My room, not a dorm, a place that belong to me. I am really excited about my apartment. I really want to cook for myself. I want my own room and bathroom, but I need to move my stuff first.

daily writing journal 3 Yesterday is my friend birthday and she hold a party in her house. She invited her friend to her house to celebrated her birthday. We had birthday cake and some delicacy. It was her 21 years old birthday which meaning she now can buy alcohol. So we had a lot of drink. To be honest I had a lot of drink but I am not drunk at all. We played games and chat with each other for a long time. One of her friend also invited some Japanese to her house and we have long time to have fun learning Japanese. Everybody seems to be very enjoyable and happy. I come back home at 3:00 in the morning. It was quite late. When I come back home I chat with my friend online a little while then I have a good sleep.