Daniel

Pronunciation poem
It’s been already a month I think it will continue for months Clock is ticking and the time is passing Where I’m swimming in here with my stress riding

Something is going wrong in here I think I’m going to burst in tears Do I need a slip of beer? To actually make me able to bear

I don’t know what I’ve done I’m now feeling like a chicken in run Stress following me front and back And it made my head go to black

Don't know what kind of mess this is I think I’m allergic I need a surgeon This kind of situation is not made for me to solve What kind of medicine do I need to hold?

Death Note: LA BB murder case

One of the behind stories of __Death Note__ __[S1]__ , which __was__ a comic book that showed popularity all over Asia, was about the days where a FBI agent solving a crime behind L, who is the one of the famous detective around the world. [S2] The basic story line was about how they solved the crime, but the moral of the story was how normal humans react through a devastating crime.

At the beginning of the story, Misora Naomi, an agent serving the FBI, was contacted by L to help him out to solve an unsolved crime. [S3] The case was about a serial killer who kills victims who has initials of B.B and Q.Q. There weren’t any other relations between the victims except those. [S4] The killer left no other clues rather than a “Wara Ningyo” doll hung up on the wall of the crime scene. During the case, she goes through internal conflicts of realizing the other side of the human beings and how should she react to these crimes. Even though she was a FBI agent, she felt that gun usage was unacceptable even towards criminals who were threatening someone’s life. Eventually, she uses her gun to stop the criminal from killing her, however it shows that violence is needed to stop another violence. [S5]

This story can be shown as a normal detective novel like the “Sherlock Holmes” series but in the deeper side of the story, it tells about different morals about what kinds of different, and rather dangerous characteristics a human can have. It was a great book and was also interesting. [S6]

Searching about information about Haiti, where magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck, made a huge difference. First of all, it made me a lot easier to present my ideas in front of a class. With the practice in ESOL class, it was a lot easier in English presentation time. My voices were clear and louder. Secondly, it made me understand more about the incidents that are happening around the globe. As people say it’s a information world, it will be great for me as a global citizen learning about those incidents. It made my searching skills to improve, making me use different kinds of sources and how to organize my idea. Finally, it was my attitude that changed a lot. I got more curious and gained a positive attitude towards researching about news. I spent like hours researching about the Haiti incident and spent another hours looking at TV news programs. In overall, it was my presentation skill which shown a lot of improvement but what I think I improved was the attitude towards incidents happening around the world.

After looking at my recorded presentation, it reminded me that I talked quite fast and unclearly. Even though I provided a lot of information, it was quite useless as the information wasn’t given clearly.

Semester 1 Quarter 2 Goals
Reading: For My reading skills, my long term goal is to read more novels with hard complicated words. To reach that goal, I am willing to focus on my vocabulary. My short term goal is to improve my reading skills to being able to understand what I'm reading. I am willing to memorize few words every day. Writing: The long term goal for my writing skills is to improve my writing skills till I can write a essay with no simple mistakes like vocabulary and grammar. Short term goal for this is to write few simple essays every time and get helps from the writing center. Speaking: For my speaking skills, I am wanting to do presentations with skills like using stress and with confidence, pronunciation and my speed. Listening; My short and Long term goal is to listen and understand different words and accents.

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China Alive "Greatest Hits"
China Alive was a great experience for me to see places over China, and experience lot more things that I never even seen or felt before. Natural sceneries made from few thousand years ago, skies filled with sparkling stars, and different, interesting living styles of people living in all over China were way above my imagination before going to China Alive. During the 5 days of the trip, I guess I grew both mentally and physically after experiencing different stuff.

Going up the glacier during the first day made by the nature made me realize how beautiful nature is and why is it important for people to realize it. 30 minutes of going up about 4000m riding cable cars, me and my friends had the time to watch the way to the glacier. We saw thousands of trees not polluted at all, glorious views made by rocks, and fogs covering the whole mountain, made me experience a whole new stuff that could not be seen or felt in Shanghai. When we arrived to the top, I saw snow and the mountain harmonize with the fog and the ice formed. It was a new experience and I realized there are still things that I have to experience in this world. There were many other places that taught and made me experience whole new stuff like visiting the orphanage, visiting the local family and visiting the temples of Tibet.

Year 2002
It was one of the biggest places that I ever went. The surroundings of the Seoul National Stadium were dazzling my senses. Odors from different parts of the world, delighted and sorrowful features, and the scenery made by millions of people were marvelous and it really provoked curiosity for my younger perspective. __The sparkling tears of a blonde woman made me realize how critical was a soccer match between two countries were__. I guess that period of time made me think about the influence of events involving countries.

//A soccer match between Korea and Spain//. __Before the match even began, the stadium was full with roars of the spectators supporting their country.__ Many broadcasts and TV shows forethought that Spain will win Korea in a huge lead even though Korea showed some dramatical scenes during two pevious matches. .When the broadcaster finally started the //preamble//, introducing the match, the crowds sang their national anthems with pride and respect, and cheered their player’s names. When the players finally showed up, the stadium became full with the cheers of the crowds. After a few moment, with players starting to get ready for their match, **the cheers had reached the maximum along with the tension**. **Between every minute of the game, the surrounding sounds showed how exciting and tense the game was**. When the european team got the possession of the ball, the cheer mostly came from the side where there were thousands of western visitors. On the other hand, when the Korean team got the ball, obviously millions of people cheered as loud as possible.

I remember that there were many different looking people cheering for their country. **It was interesting to see people who looked different from people who I normally see**. However, despite their difference in age, nationality, gender, everyone was same, cheering for their country's victory. I can remember their were people having beers, and western Sandwiches which had special toppings inside it. Some families ordered pizza and chicken, some brought their own food from home. When I //retrospect// the view of the stadium, **I also can come out with the Yellowish-Green neatly cut soccer field, where the players were desperate to have a win for their country**. It was so huge that our players looked like ants from my seat. __I remember the red devils, which is referring to Korea's cheering team, making human-cards to write, "Dreams come true"__. It was made by millions of people who were wishing for one dream, Korea's first victory in the World Cup. **I didn't had any feelings for that when I was in the stadium looking at it, but when I recall it now, it makes me feel quite proud of my own country**

I really think i won't smell the odors from the stadium ever again. It was like the odors of western people mixed with the Asian odors which is really hard to form! __Player's sweat, foods made by different people, foods that came from different countries, different people could only make this smell, and I know even SAS has thousands of international people, but I guess that period of time was more interesting and more meaningful for me.__

As it was almost 7 years ago, and it's really hard to recall the memory, I think that moment really impressed me alot. And I think that's why I can recall almost 70 percent of the scenery. If I could go back to watch the World cup again, I know definately that I will have different feelings from few years ago. However, that doesn't mean I didn't liked the fact that I had the opportunity to watch a World cup in early ages. It was a wonderful experience for me and if I have another chance, I really want to go to South Africa to watch the 2010 world cup.

Final Draft
It was one of the biggest places that I ever went. The surroundings of the Seoul National Stadium were dazzling my senses. Odors from different parts of the world, delighted and sorrowful features, and the scenery made by millions of people were marvelous and it really provoked curiosity for my younger perspective. The sparkling tears of a blonde woman made me realize how critical was a soccer match between two countries were. I guess that period of time made me think about the influence of events involving countries.

A soccer match between Korea and Spain. Before the match even began, the stadium was full with roars of the spectators supporting their country. Many broadcasts and TV shows forethought that Spain will win Korea in a huge lead even though Korea showed some dramatical scenes during two pevious matches. .When the broadcaster finally started the preamble, introducing the match, the crowds sang their national anthems with pride and respect, and cheered their player’s names. When the players finally showed up, the stadium became full with the cheers of the crowds. After a few moment, with players starting to get ready for their match, the cheers had reached the maximum along with the tension. Between every minute of the game, the surrounding sounds showed how exciting and tense the game was. When the european team got the possession of the ball, the cheer mostly came from the side where there were thousands of western visitors. On the other hand, when the Korean team got the ball, obviously millions of people cheered as loud as possible.

I remember that there were many different looking people cheering for their country. It was interesting to see people who looked different from people who I normally see. However, despite their difference in age, nationality, gender, everyone was same, cheering for their country's victory. I can remember their were people having beers, and western Sandwiches which had special toppings inside it. Some families ordered pizza and chicken, some brought their own food from home. When Iretrospect the view of the stadium, I also can come out with the Yellowish-Green neatly cut soccer field, where the players were desperate to have a win for their country. It was so huge that our players looked like ants from my seat. I remember the red devils, which is referring to Korea's cheering team, making human-cards to write, "Dreams come true". It was made by millions of people who were wishing for one dream, Korea's first victory in the World Cup. I didn't had any feelings for that when I was in the stadium looking at it, but when I recall it now, it makes me feel quite proud of my own country

I really think i won't smell the odors from the stadium ever again. It was like the odors of western people mixed with the Asian odors which is really hard to form!Player's sweat, foods made by different people, foods that came from different countries, different people could only make this smell, and I know even SAS has thousands of international people, but I guess that period of time was more interesting and more meaningful for me.

As it was almost 7 years ago, and it's really hard to recall the memory, I think that moment really impressed me alot. And I think that's why I can recall almost 70 percent of the scenery. If I could go back to watch the World cup again, I know definately that I will have different feelings from few years ago. However, that doesn't mean I didn't liked the fact that I had the opportunity to watch a World cup in early ages. It was a wonderful experience for me and if I have another chance, I really want to go to South Africa to watch the 2010 world cup.

1st Draft
The surroundings of the stadium were dazzling my senses. Odors from different parts of the world, delighted and sorrowful appearance, and the scenery made by lots of people were marvelous and it really provoked curiosity for my younger self. The dripping tears of a blonde woman showed me how critical was a soccer match between two countries were. I guess that period of time made me think about the influence of events involving countries.

Before the match even began, the stadium was full with shoutings of the supporters of their country. Many broadcasts and TV shows predicted that Spain will win Korea in a huge lead even though Korea showed some dramatical scenes during two previous matches. .When the broadcaster finally started introducing the match, the crowds sang their national anthems and cheered their player’s names. When the players finally showed up, the stadium became full with the cheers of the crowds. After a few moment, with players starting to get ready for their match, the cheers had reached the maximum along with the tension. Between every minute of the game, the surrounding sounds showed how exciting and tense the game was. When the european team got the possession of the ball, the cheer mostly came from the side where there were thousands of western visitors. On the other hand, when the Korean team got the ball, obviously millions of people cheered as loud as possible.

I remember that there were many different looking people cheering for their country. It was interesting to see people who looked different from people who I normally see. However, despite their difference in age, nationality, gender, everyone was same, cheering for their country's victory. I can remember their were people having beers, and western Sandwiches which had special toppings inside it. Some families ordered pizza and chicken, some brought their own food from home. When Iretrospect the view of the stadium, I also can come out with the Yellowish-Green neatly cut soccer field, where the players were desperate to have a win for their country. It was so huge that our players looked like ants from my seat. I remember the red devils, which is referring to Korea's cheering team, making human-cards to write, "Dreams come true". It was made by millions of people who were wishing for one dream, Korea's first victory in the World Cup. I didn't had any feelings for that when I was in the stadium looking at it, but when I recall it now, it makes me feel quite proud of my own country

I really think i won't smell the odors from the stadium ever again. It was like the odors of international people mixed with the Asian odors which is really hard to form!Player's sweat, foods made by different people, foods that came from different countries, different people could only make this smell, and I know even SAS has thousands of international people, but I guess that period of time was more interesting and more meaningful for me.

As it was almost 7 years ago, and it's really hard to recall the memory, I think that moment really impressed me alot. And I think that's why I can recall almost 70 percent of the scenery. If I could go back to watch the World cup again, I know definately that I will have different feelings from few years ago. However, that doesn't mean I didn't liked the fact that I had the opportunity to watch a World cup in early ages. It was a wonderful experience for me and if I have another chance, I really want to go to South Africa to watch the 2010 world cup.