First month of being here.......

(Today is a terrible day! Looks like the hurricane is coming!)

(This is my lovely host family in Eagan. That is Buckey~. He is a pimple!)


2006/9/30
Saturday
來到美國已經一個多月了，看著寬大的街道，感覺並不是那麼的陌生了，可是，相對的，我越來越想念台灣的街道了，我想念基隆廟口，想念與朋友一起到三兄弟吃豆花…。
人在異鄉，果然感覺不同啊！

我在UWRF的第一堂課是Quantities Analysis，禮拜一早上九點零五分。老師並不是美國人，說話帶有很重的口音，不過不會很難懂；上課的內容大多數我都懂，這堂數學課對我來說，比較像英文課，因為這些數學名詞我都不認識，現在正在學Logarithm；最讓我吃驚的是，上課教授舉的例子都是跟經濟有關，讓我覺得學數學跟日常生活有很密切的結合，不會像台灣，一直作跟日常生活沒關係的例題，像是算籠子裡有幾隻雞，幾隻兔子。
至於我第一位認識的同學，好像有點太害羞了，她是一位韓國裔美國人，他的眼睛很大，一點也不像韓國人，她長的很漂亮！可是當我第一次跟他自我介紹時，她好像以為我喜歡她，想要追她，所以都不太理我，讓我覺得有點挫折感！天啊，小姐，我只是想交朋友而已，你別怕啊！

我周末就待在Eagan，跟Carol的家人，也就是我的Host Family！我大部分就都在這裡看看書，看看電影，跟Carol家人聊聊天。

(In the city.)
I have been in the U.S. for about one month. Looking the wide road, I do not feel as fresh as I did one month ago. I am getting homesick; I miss the streets in Taiwan. I miss Keelung Temple Night Market. I miss to hang out with friends and to eat the dessert in Three-Brothers.
When I do live in a foreign country, the way I think and feel is really different!

My first class in UWRF is Quantities Analysis. It is Monday 9:05 am. The professor is not an American. He has a heavy accent. He speaks slowly so that I can understand him without difficulties. Most of the lectures are not hard for me. I have learned those maths before. However, it is hard for me to learn the big words in English. So this math class is kinda like a English class to me.
The math class in the U.S. impressed me a lot because of the examples and exercises given during the lecture. They are so close to real life, business and economic area. I feel they are very practical to learn them. Not like in Taiwan, I always have to calculate how many rabbits and roosters in one cage.
I usually spend the weekends in Eagan with Carol’s family, which is my host family. I usually study and chat with them here.
(So beautiful.)