Topic #3. Obstacles

                I have never had any serious obstacles that I overcome in my life, like disability or discrimination. However, I have trouble in learning other languages now. I need to have good English skills and also Chinese for my major.  Actually, I came here to learn English last August. Now, it is almost 10 months that I have lived here. However, my English is still bad. It is so sad. Many people say if you want to learn other language, be confident and aggressive in speaking. However, I am a quite person. That’s why learning other languages is so hard to me. Also, the pronunciations are so difficult, especially Chinese. Sometimes when I talk with some people in here, I cannot hear the words I had already knew because I thought the sounds of words wrongly. My English has not improved that much since I came here, but I think I overcome fears in meeting foreigners and talking to them.  During staying here, I have felt that I have a lot of problems in my English. Therefore, I am still overcoming the problems and will do it when I go back to Korea after this semester.

Topic #2. Spring Break Adventures

            I went to San Diego during this spring break. Actually, I had a plan to go to Yosemite national park. However, some of my friends could not go, so we canceled the plan. I was so disappointed because I was really looking forward to going there. I needed to set a new plan for my spring break. I could not miss this chance to enjoy this break, so my friend and I decided to go to San Diego for 2 days. We made a schedule for San Diego and went there very next day. We went to La jolla beach, San Diego zoo, Balboa park, Old town, Coronado island, and downtown San Diego during 2 days. Everywhere I went in San Diego was beautiful. Especially, I really liked San Diego zoo. I like to go to zoo. The zoo was really huge, so I could not visit every animal. I had a lot of fun there. There were lots of animal that I cannot see in my country. It was very interesting to see them. Moreover, La jolla beach was so beautiful. I think the beach is the best beach I has seen ever. Also, we visit some museums in Balboa park. Whenever I visit some places in San Diego, I felt that San Diego is so calm and peaceful. In addition, the weather was so good. Even though my original plan for this spring break was canceled, I could enjoy the spring break and relax in San Diego.