Challenge #1 Different World: Immersing yourself in a field you know nothing about

After reading a post on Kim&Jason Escape Adulthood, I started to know the Escape Plan. And there are people seriously overcoming the challenges in the Escape Plan. I thought I can also do that to make more fun for my life. So here I go, the first challenge.

#1 Challenge Different World: Spend at least 15 minutes immersing yourself in a field you know nothing about.


I thought for several minutes to find things I know nothing about. Actually, I found there are lots of things waiting me to explore, such as video game, golf, instruments, etc.

I remember trying to buy a bottle of red wine last year, but could not decide which one to buy, red wine or white wine? Eventually, I had some sparkling wines. They are pretty good. But I still know nothing about wine. How is wine made? What are the differences between red wine, white wine, sparkling wine, and champagne?

So I decided to learn more about wine. I read some introductions of wine (2B A Snob). I learned some new words related to wine, and how the color of wine comes from, and lots more. I am glad I did this. Definitely, I will learn more.

So far, the first challenge seems easy for me. I will go on doing the rest challenges. :)

#2 即兴派对：找个庆祝的理由，庆祝一下

即兴派对：找个庆祝的理由，庆祝一下 2011-05-14 00:04 (分类:daily life)

Challenge ＃2 Instaparty: Find a reason to celebrate and do something to celebrate it.
(挑战＃2 即兴派对： 找个值得庆祝的理由，做些事情来庆祝一下！)

昨天的时候想要庆祝沉默的。因为上火牙又疼了，咽东西也疼，不想多说话，所以想庆祝下沉默吧。可惜下午和别人去逛韩国超市了，又重新挑战了一次“新世界”：让自己进入到了都是韩语的新世界。说了不少话，心里想庆祝沉默还是作罢吧。
所以今天就重新来庆祝一点别的东西。因为吃东西困难，西瓜成了我的主要食物。所以今天就庆祝西瓜吧！
Happy Watermelon Day!


今天中饭，晚饭就都是西瓜了，争取把这个西瓜吃完。有人来做客的话就请吃西瓜:)
当然少不了穿西瓜红颜色的衣服。

其实上面的照片是很久之前的，但是今天确实还穿了这条裤子，和同一个颜色的外套，鞋子也是粉红色的。
办公也要用漂亮的西瓜记事本

这西瓜其实不是我的，我的是苹果的，凑合一下吧。
这日志字体颜色已经是最接近西瓜红的了。。。


Happy Watermelon Day!

The escape plan.

By Kim and Jason

Challenges 1-10
http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/category/challenges

Challenges 11-20
http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/category/challenges-11-20

Challenges 21-30
http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/category/challenges-21-30

 Challenges 31-40
http://kimandjason.com/escapeplan/category/challenges-31-40

走路去学校

2011-04-27 23:01 (分类:daily life)

基本都是走路去学校，半个小时，正好锻炼了。几乎都是一个人走，边走边听英语，这是我每天坚持学英语的时间，所以即使有校车，也宁愿走路。
今天早上像往常一样走路，出了家门拐了个弯，看到两个美国学生正过马路，然后就在我后面走了。离的很近，我想让他们走前面吧，可是他们也不着急，我走前面呢又走不快，感觉有些尴尬。心里想他们可能走到下一个校车站的地方就在那儿坐车了，于是无视他们继续走路。
下个车站在路口，过了之后拐弯，结果发现他们还在我后面走。唉，尴尬。。。
终于其中一个美国人快走了两步跟我打个招呼，解释说：明显我们都是走着去学校，这样一前一后不说话有些尴尬，所以就上前介绍认识。感谢他们上前打招呼，免了剩下的一路怪异。
边走边聊，其中一个人还比较爱说话，另外一个很腼腆，基本没说两句话。其实很多美国人挺腼腆的，尤其面对外国人，你不主动开口，他们也不会。
哈哈，在美国待了近两年之后，终于可以听到人说我英语好，欣慰自己的努力结出果实。可是，谁听见美国人夸美国人英语好了？所以我的英语离Native English Speaker还差的远，还需要继续努力！

P.S. 后来发现其中一个人竟然和我上同一个课，怪不得我总觉得在哪儿见过。

100 Best Children Books

http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm
The Chinese Version
http://www.dreamkidland.cn/leadbbs/read.php?tid-54297-page-1.html

I read several books in the list for the Children age 9-12.

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White 
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis 
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner 
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks 
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The BFG by Roald Dahl 
The Giver by Lois Lowry 
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by Roald Dahl
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner 
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien 
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume 
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis 
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery 
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson 
Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder - Laura Ingalls Wilder Webquest
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar 
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein 
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater 
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett 
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis 

linux panel missing

open terminal
type "killall gnome-panel"
the panel should appear.

Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html