Palm Jumeirah

     Palm Jumeirah is located in Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is created by using land reclamation, and it is one of three planned islands called the Palm Islands. The Palm Jumeirah is the smallest and the original of three Palm Islands. It looks like a palm tree and it is comprised of a two kilometer long trunk, a crown made up of 17 fronds and a surrounding crescent island that forms an 11 kilometers long breakwater. The Palm Jumeirah was launched in 2001 and done around 2006. In October, 2007, the Palm Jumeirah has become the world's largest man-made island. On this island, there are themed hotels, villas, apartment buildings, beaches, marinas, restaurants, and all kinds of retail outlets. This place is really amazing!

BUSY BUSY BUSY!!!

     This week was just a nightmare to me. >_< I was much much much busier comparing to last week because by the end of this week, I have to finish five essays from my three classes. Most of the essays must be at least 3 page long. I had to manage my time wisely and perfectly so that I could get all these things done on time. By the way, the essays really killed me because I'm not good at brainstorming. I always had to spend so much time on thinking what I'm going to write about and what information I should put in each essay. Additionally, I needed to spend more time than any other people on writing because English is not my first language and I have substantial amount grammar errors in my essays. For example, if someone can finish a 3 page in one hour, I think I need to take two or more hours to finish it. As a result, I stayed up late every day during this week and tried to finish all of them as soon as possible. There were also another assignments, such as online quiz that covered three chapters and workbook from Korean class. Fortunately, I finished all the work on Saturday night, and finally I could rest on Sunday! I went out with my family for this whole Sunday. We went eating and shopping. It was just so relaxing and enjoyable! It's  been so long since I spent the weekend with all my family members because of their working schedule. BUSY BUT HAPPY! :)

Busy Week

     I was kind of stressed out and tired in this busy week. I had one lesson exam and 1 vocab quiz for my Korean class. I was worried about the lesson exam because it was different to other exams I took before. It covered information from two lessons. Therefore, I needed to memorize all the grammar and words from these two lessons. It really took me a long time to memorize them because I forgot most of the stuff what I learned from the previous lesson. For the newest lesson I learned, I still had no clue what's going on because it was too new, and I needed time to absorb all the knowledge. One thing made me frustrated was that some grammar points were very similar, so I kept reviewing the PPT slides, textbooks, and worksheets. For one of my online class, I just finished the midterm paper final draft last week, but the final paper is coming. Therefore, I started writing my final paper proposal. Also, I started working on the academic article assignment...This week seems busy, but I think the following weeks are going to be much busier because finals are coming. Good luck! -_-

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

     I am a panda lover, so this week, I'm going to introduce a lovely place to you--Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (short Chengdu Panda Base) is a non-profit organization engaged in wildlife research, captive breeding, conservation education, and international educational tourism. It is located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Chengdu Panda Base was founded in 1987, with 6 giant pandas that were rescued from the wild. By 2011, Chengdu's captive population has increased to 108 individuals. This place covers an area of almost 200 hectares. Red pandas, golden monkeys, and other rare animals also live and breed here. I have been there once, and I will visit there again when I go back to China next time. The giant pandas and the red pandas are very adorable!

Panda cubs

Pandas are playing

Two panda cubs and a panda breeder

Red panda