Sunday, April 13, 2008
ALL I WANT
The Amsterdam Connection

This story talk about a girl who calls Kate, was working in a newspaper name Manchester Evening News. She has a boss name Dave, and a good friend who ever been save her life call Max. Max and his brother have a football club name
I will like to recommend this book to other students, because it has a great attraction for reader. I believe reader will read it enjoy too.
windows of the mind
jungle love

then, they soon fought out how stupid they are. anyway this is really a good book. i will recommend those who patient to read this book .
Nervous Story


The third book I read is The Fruitcake Special and other stories.This book was written by Frank Brennan.There are five stories in the book.The main story is The Fruitcake Special.This story is wonderful.Anna is a normal looking lady.She is a perfume scientist.She works in Amos Cosmetics.She make a perfume with a special fruitcake that attracts men.Men include Anna's boss David Amose would fall in love with her after smell the perfume.
The other stories are The Real Aunt Molly,Brains,The Book Of Thoughts and Finders Keepers.In my opinion,it's not really a good book.I don't think the other stories are attractive,especially the ending.
The University Murder
This is my third book I read in this semester. This story is classmates introduce to me they also said have excite and little bit horrible so make me feel interest of that book. The book is talking bout Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Billy Marr, a local misfit, claims he has murdered someone in an Edinburgh park. Inspector Logan and Sergeant Grant don't believe him - Billy has lied many times in the past about crimes he hasn't committed. But then a young woman is found dead in the park. Soon there is another body. Perhaps Billy is not so innocent after all.This book is level 4. So, I think this book is easy to read for ESL student. Because I read Level 4 book before so inside of the book grammar and vocabulary is not hard to understand and east to know what happen of the book. So I will recommend this book to students to read this book.When summer comes, a lot of things happen. This book talk about a couple: Anna Martins a nurse and her husband Stephen Martins who works in advertising company. After a tiring year they desided to get a vacation and go to polreath wich is a village by the sea shore. They rented a cottage from tristan who is a handsome and an open minded fisherman. all things was right for the couple and they was enjoying their resident there, but because of problemes in his job, Stephen had to return to london for two days. When the husband left something happened between tristan and anna. I liked this book because I like love stories. I don't have anything against women, but this book show another time that we cannot trust them. I will recommend this book to my classmates because its full of suspens and is writting in simple English.
Jungle Love
Lisa is a young woman who has a routine life and is looking for some adventure, so she decided to have an affair with Ian. Soon, Lisa discovers that Jennifer is trying to have an affair with Ian too, so Lisa became Jennifer's enemy and the battle begins.
Jennifer is an artist who has a fiancee in her country, but she doesn't love him enough to get married with him. Jennifer is confused and she thinks that an adventure with Ian can works.
However, Jennifer and Lisa discovered what Ian was trying to do, and after that Jennifer and Lisa became friends.
I like this book because the vocabulary was easy to understand. The story is good, however I did not like the end. I was expecting a happy ending, as it is typically in any love story. After all, I would recommend this book to other students who wan to learn and improve their English skills.
Nervous and Dangerous
Saturday, April 12, 2008
In the shadow of the Mountain
Friday, April 11, 2008
Do you know what is the most importing thing you looking for in your life?

This book called "All I Want" is a love story. The main characters is Alex, Barry and Brad. The story was about Alex was first sight fall in love with his boss, Brad. Alex was attracted to Brad because of his good looks, And she thought that meant she was in love with him. But the truth is, she didn't know him at all. In her mind, Alex made brad into the type of person she wanted him to be. But that Brad never really existed. At last, she realized his boy friend, Barry is the best and she really love, she could find what exactly what she wants in her life!
I like this book, because I could get all the meaning of the content without using the dictionary. And I also learned some writing skills from the reading. I'd like to recommended this book "All I Want" to everyone, and I hope you will like it too!
Low Life High Life

Thursday, April 10, 2008
All I Want

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Do you exactly know what you want?
The story is about a young lady whose name is Alex. She is thirty years old and has already had a boyfriend. But she has crush on her boss at the first sight . She is so crazy for his attractive appearance and the way he looks at her. She plans to break up the relationship with her boyfriend, and tries to get attention from her boss. But she is so nervous when she faces her boss that she always makes messes. She lives in her dream about getting married with her boss and having their baby. At last, she has a chance to experience some events with her boss. And she knows that things are not like what she is dreaming. Afterward she finds that her boyfriend is the best one who loves her and she loves. He is exaclly what she wants. They are happy together. It has a happy ending.I consider this book is the best one in the three books. It is easy to read. The story is more believable and attractive. Even though the ending is not what I expected. And I have learnt some new words and expressions by reading. I think reading is the best way to improve our language. I would like to recommend this book to other people. It is an acceptable choice when you want to kill your time.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Blog 5
Book 3
Write a short summary and reaction to your third Book Club book. Also include whether you would recommend this book or not to other students. Be sure to include a picture of the book.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
The University Murder

This is my third book I read in this semester. This story is classmates introduce to me they also said have excite and little bit horrible so make me feel interest of that book. The book is talking bout Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Billy Marr, a local misfit, claims he has murdered someone in an Edinburgh park. Inspector Logan and Sergeant Grant don't believe him - Billy has lied many times in the past about crimes he hasn't committed. But then a young woman is found dead in the park. Soon there is another body. Perhaps Billy is not so innocent after all.
This book is level 4. So, I think this book is easy to read for ESL student. Because I read Level 4 book before so inside of the book grammar and vocabulary is not hard to understand and east to know what happen of the book. So I will recommend this book to students to read this book.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
My sunday dinner

Boiled Fish

There is a song in china, one of the lyric is "I love you like I love boiled fish...". You can see how addictive the boiled fish fans love this dishes. They compare it with their lover. I am one of them.
This Saturday, I went the 'lao si chun" restaurant in Chinatown with my husband and daughter. Of course we ordered boiled fish. Boiled fish is a very famous dish in Chinese cuisine. The sauces tastes spicy and hot. The fish marinated in sauce is very tender and slided. I am not actually know how the chef cook it. I hear that the chef must scald the slide of fish in hot oil very quickly . So the slide of fish would tender but not broken. It is very delicious. When you taste it once you will like it forever. But I don't think it is healthy enough. Because of the sauce, maybe the sodium is a little bit higher. That 's why I don't have it very often. But you know, sometimes people can't resist tempter from cate.
ps: Since the photo I took in the restaurant by cellphone looked indistinct, I post the photo downloan on line.
my dinner
MY DELICIOUS MEAL
A snake meal

When you look at this picture, you will think what it is? “I am hungry!” Actually, you had a good appetite while you were looking at it. If you know the name of the food, you will feel hair stands on end, like me at first time to eat a snake meal.
A snake meal is inconceivability in some countries, but it is a famous bite and sup culture in China, special in GongZhou city. Snake meat not only have plenty nutrition, high protein, low cholesterol, Glutamic acid of brain need, eight kinds of aminophenol that God’s image require, etc; but also have a lot of officinal value, usefulness for prevention and cure of blood vessel, also spurt skin and raise the face, there is metabolic function that temper God’s image, etc. When the autumn was coming, a snake meal is very good for body health that had recorded in tradition sitology in China. So many people will go to spurt their body health and degustation appetizing the snake meal. In October first, 2006, I went to have a snake meal at last where a special village restaurant of study snake with my family before I immigrant to Chicago. Although, my family go to have a snake meal once every year in GongZhou, but this snake meal had a special feeling, more have a good appetite than before, because I wouldn’t have a snake meal after I immigrant to Chicago. I will be never forgetting a snake meal at last in China.
ohsik

Lots of people say that peanut butter jerry sandwich is one of the American favorite food. However, It does not really attractive for me. A few days ago, I bought peanut butter jerry and I just put that in the refrigerator for a while. One day, when I was wake up I really did not have enough time for having breakfast. Then, I saw the Peanut butter jerry in refrigerator. So, I made sandwich and I bit that. I realized that has great flavor. It was totally different from other jams or butter. Actually, I had eaten the sandwich with grape jerry and peanut butter. So, I just thought that will be same taste as that I had before. However, It was my wrong preconception. Once I tried that sandwich, I eat that every morning. It is really simple to make and it is delicious. If you usually do not have breakfast try to have peanut butter jerry sandwich. You will like that absolutely.
Health
An special dinner
Oranges
I just got up 15 minutes ago.The thing I want to eat this moment is oranges.I know I have to eat something before eating oranges.But I don't want to eat anything except oranges.I eat 2 to 3 oranges everyday.Because there is much vitamin C in it.It's good for our skin and body.Oranges are healthy food.Dietitian advises us to eat fruit like apples,pears,oranges everyday.As you can see,oranges are important to us,especially to me.I like sour orange.It tastes good.People around me don't like eating sour food.So I can enjoy all sour food myself.When you come to my house,you can see a boxful of oranges in the kitchen.All of them belong to me.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
one of my best dishes

Healthy Food
Friday, March 28, 2008
Hello Kitty
Hello Kitty is my favorites’ cartoon. When I saw Hello Kitty I felt happy. I don't like candies, but I like Hello Kitty candies. When I saw Hello Kitty, I always want to eat them. That is the only candy what I like. One bag has three different kinds. Different colors have difference taste. Purple is graph, yellow is lemon, pink is peach. I don't like the real fruits. I like candy fruits more than real fruits. I know candy is not as good as real fruits. This candy could let me satisfy.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Every Day At Home
Sweet and Happy
I like eating dinning outside. I think everybody same because dinning outside of food will taste very good. Last two week I went out with my friend shopping then went to eat sushi in woodfield's sushi station. This Japanese resturant almost full of people in the resturant. When we went to there we also need to wait for table. We sat near the offer sushis machine that could easy to picked what knid of sushis I like. The offer sushi machine turn around and around. Suddenly this sushi show up I told my friend help me to got it. This kind of sushi is the best of all the sushi. Although, sushi not my favourite food but this knid of sushi I like very much. Inside of sushi have shark's fin and and something made from Jellyfish. Maybe all the sushi is taste very good. Howevr, I just like this very much. This kind of sushi when you put it in my mouth it wouldn't feel smell strange and taste bad. Because this two sushis need two dollars. But I have had eaten two plate of this sushi that is four dollars oh my god so expensive. However, nothing many sushi could eat so we ordered a large bowl of udon also is taste very good. This meal we paid almost $ 50 dollars maybe so expensive but I could try taste sushi I was so happy that with my friend dinning together. When we got new plate sushi we would share to each other. Finally, we're stomach was full . But had somthing It was pity forgot ate green tea ice-cream.
Daliy Speicific Meal
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
My Birthday Meal


I like eating and love to dinning outside to try different style cuisine, because I will stay all day happy after I enjoyed a wonderful and delicious meal. Last month, My husband, my son and I went to one of my favorite restaurant named "Chicago Chop House" to celebrated my birthday. We ordered an half dozen of freshly shucked blue point oysters and cherry stone clams for our appetizer, and I had a 16 oz prime rib with broiled 5 oz lobster tail as my entree; besides, we ordered a bottle of red wine. I enjoyed this meal, because the steak in their was very juicy and tender, and the environment was very relaxing, because we sat by the piano bar in the first floor to listened some soft music before dinning. I was very enjoy the food and atmosphere in this wonderful dinner! After the dinner, My husband bought me a birthday cake, I like this cake very much, because the cake was very fresh and had some fruit on the topping, and the whipping cream was unsweetened. I think I can't tried another one better than it since I have had tried that wonderful cake! It bought from a bakery shop which inside the Korean store, I tasted it before when I went shopping in there, I told my husband the cake was very delicious, so he chose that one for my birthday cake. I had a amazing birthday, because I enjoyed the delicious dinner and the tasty birthday cake!!!!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Class Blog 4
Due by Monday, March 31st at 9:30am
TOPIC
When you are about to eat something -- blog it! Take a photo of what you are eating, and then explain:
- Where are you? Who are you with? What time is it?
- What are you eating? Did you cook it? Did you buy it?
- Why are you eating this?
- Desribe how it smells and tastes.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
in the book club, i was interesting in murder mystery book which book's name is "the university murders." who knows my dream will be in the future.hah.....actually, i was not ready to read a book in spring break. i am designed to read my first book what i chose"staying together". also i didn't finish yet.my dream is police who will catch up all of criminals,and track down and arrest all of events.it is not east to be a inspector to find out who's murder. it takes long time to search evidence to prove people who kill the man or woman. if i am a inspector,i need to have clearly brain,and have intelligent ideas.i hope the book will help me a lot.perhap, i will understand all of parts ASAP.
staying together
This is a romantic book which one i would like to read. The story is wonderful because all the parts connect of story.although i don't finish to read yet, i really enjoy reading configuration.ikuko was lucky because she's BF waited for her,and her BF had supported her to study in different country. she didn't acculturate from Enghland. she joined photography club, and she knowed more people who same were from different countries. when she came back to Japan, she broke up her BF.(i want to say that the love of world is not easy to realize about love. sometimes i don't believe love,and i can't trust man who love me so much.also, love brings too much troubles and stress.) possibly, staying together is the same much trouble at the end of story.
When Summer Comes

I chose one of my favor books that name is “When Summer Comes” from my Book Club, because the book covers and book title has powerful attraction for me when I read it at first time. This story is easy and romantic and thoughtful. A hot summer and a holiday by the sea, Stephen and Anna Martins are escaping their stressful lives in London, and taking a holiday in the south-west of England. They make a friend—Tristan—with a local fisherman, but when Stephen is called back to London for work, Anna is left alone for a few days. And then Tristan was very attractive and was attracted to Anna, and the fact that he was so open and easy to talk to—unlike Stephen recently—and of course the magic of the sun and the sea. Eventually their relationship had happened and changed Stephen and Anna lives forever.
I like this book, because it was a easy reading book, not difficult vocabulary, not many complicated sentence, especially for a ESL students, and there were many event like our life in currently, so it not only was a romantic but also a thoughtful story. It let us to think how we can treat with our sensation better when we were getting an unusual feeling form the other person, although it was a person’s natural and comprehensible, but if we didn’t know how we do it better, otherwise, our life will change and the end will feel nervously and troubled and just the opposite to what one wishes. So I will like to recommend this book to other students, and hope we can discussion how we can treat with our sensation better when we are getting an unusual feeling form the other person in our real life, so that we can keep up our happy life.
THE UNIVERSITY MUNDERS
Staying together.

The University Murders

The Amsterdam Connection
I enjoy to read this book.Because it is easy to know for me. It is like the detective fiction. it is interesting with different person and place. you need to meet different people. you can know the story what is going on. i can know some place i didn't know before.this book remine me care everyone's life.finally I would recommend this book to other students because it's good story and easy to know.
The University Murders

The University Murder!!!!!!

The University Murders
Staying Together
Staying Together is Romantic book about a Japanese girl Ikuko love story. Ikuko want to travel before she get marry.
As she traveled to England she met Bernard. Before they're friend, but happen something they became lover. Ikuko promise Hiroshi would get back to Japan and got marry so she call Hiroshi and told that anything to Hiroshi. Bernard and Ikuko love story began. However, not a long time Bernard want to went back to Africa and take care his two daughters. Ikuko has been to the africa escort Bernard. In the end of the first part story they broke up. Ikuko went back to Japan and got marry.
The second part of the story was talking about Ikuko grandson and Bernard Granddaugther story. Such as they couldn't together, god gave chance for their grandchildren let them together. Finally, their grandchildren found something about their grandparents and knew they were lover when they didn't born yet.
This book is good and very easy to read for ESL students. Because in the book writing is simple and easy understand what the story talk about. Also that book will not use easy word then write something such as easy but can't understand what does the story mean. This book very clear and show reader first time catch to read. Also they separate two part of the story. Althought Ikuko and Bernard couldn't staying together, but thier grandchildren did it. Therefore, this book make me feel interest and find out how they are love story happen.
the university murders

Staying Together
The book call 'Staying Together' is a interesting book. Look at the book of the general appearance of the picture, a man's hand is holding a woman's hand. For this point that we can predict what the book is going to tell about. This is a romantic story that talk about love. There have tow parts of this book. The first part of the main charaters in the book are Ikuko Kanazawa, Hiroshi Masuda and Bernard Chiluba. Then the second part of the main charaters are Taka and Joyce. The setting of the book is happened in Japan, England and Africa. The first part of the story is telling about Ikuko and Hiroshi. Hiroshi is Ikuko's boyfriend, and hiroshi wants to get marry with Ikuko. It isn't surprise to Ikuko because she doesn't want to get married so soon. She want to travle in America or England and study over there. So that she can learn more things and grow up a little more before she get married. Hiroshi is a very nice man and he loves Ikuko too much. He understands what she need, so that he said he will wait for her. Ikuko makes a promise to him that she will come back to get married with him. After that, Ikuko goes to England to study. When she arrived there, it has something happened to her. She lost her suitcase, and she felt very bad. The lifestyle in England is different from Japan, she lives hardly. One day she meet a boy that call Bernard, then they come to be friend. They talk and do a lot of things together. Later, they fall in love each other, and they come to be lover. They were happy when they got together. But one day Bernard got the fax from his country, he has to go back his country that call Mungwi in Africa. Because his wife left Beatrice and Chiole on their own, he had to go back to take of his daughter. When Bernard had already left, Ikuko miss him so much. Bernard said he will send her a letter or fax or phone call, but she didn't get his new like a month ago. She doesn't know how to do it, and she goes back to Japan. One day she got his letter in Japan, and then she went to Africa to see Bernard. She was trying hard to adapt the lifestyle in Africa, but it is big problem for her. She couldn't live there for her all life. Finnaly, they were broke up, and she went back to Japan. They were so sentimental, and maybe they will not see each other any more. The second part in the book is bout Ikuko's grandson that call Taka and Bernard's granddaughter that call Joyce. This happen again like before Ikuko and Bernard. They also fall in love to each other, and then they get together. In the end of this book, Ikuko and Bernard love each other so much, but they can't get together. Ikuko's grandson and Bernard's daughter are staying together like god arrange the things.
I really enjoy to read this book because for many reasones. First, the book isn't too difficult. The vocabulary in the book are easy so that I don't need to look up the meaning in the ditionarly. Second, the story is very interesting that about love, that is my favorite. I never hate to read a love story book. Finnal, I can learn a lot of word and sentence structure in the book. I would like to introduce this book to someone and I would like to more books about love story.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
staying together
This is a story about love. I choosed it because I thought it is a romantic affecting story.
The story is about a Japanese girl name Ikuko and a Zambian man name Bernard. They were oversea students in England. When they met at the first time, something happened in their mind. They fell in love. Even though Ikuko had engaged to a Japanese boy , and Bernard had already had two kids. I think destiny bring them together. They have ever tried their best to stay together. Ikuko has been to the small town where Bernard lives in Zambia , accompanying Bernard and his two daughters . But it is too hard for a Japanese girl adjust to the life in a poor small town in Africa. At last they broke up. Ikuko went back to Japan.The second part of the book talk about the things happened in the future. It is about a Japanese boy and a Zambian girl . Things happen again. I don't think I can talk about it here. In case I will tell you the ending of the book . As my opinion, the first part is more attractive than the second part.
This book is good for ESL students. It is easy to read. There are not many new words, and I can read it smoothly. It make me feel more confident in reading an English book. It is a good start. Also I wonder how can the author write such a complicated book with these simple words, and I can't even say a simple sentence in my daily life with these words. I think the words we have known have been enough to help us express ourself very well in daily life. But we just don't know how to use it. What can I do? That is what I thought after I read this book.
Friday, March 21, 2008
The Amsterdam Connection
I Promised To Come Back "Staying Together"

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Staying Together
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Staying Together
I chose "Staying Together" as one of my favorite book in book club, because the image of cover and the title first caught my attention, I thought that might be a romance story, that's why I chose it. "Staying Together" was a real love story. The main characters were Ikuko, Hiroshi and Bernard. Ikuko promised Hiroshi to get married after she finished the short course in Birmingham. In Birmingham, Ikuko met a new friend Bernard, who came from Zambia in a photography club. Bernard and Ikuko became a good friends, Ikuko learned so many news things that she had never seen and heard from Bernard. Ikuko enjoyed the time to stay with Bernard and realized she had already fallen in love with him, so she decided to tell his boy friend,Hiroshi, all what happened with them, Hiroshi was very sad and angry to hear that, because Ikuko loved another one and didn't want to get marry with him. Ikuko and Bernard began a couple and shared every wonderful moments together, but later Bernard heard a news that his wife left two daughters and ran away, his father and mother were very old and not able to took care of them, so he decided to back to Zambia and take care his daughters. After Bernard left, Ikuko missed him very much and lead to both psychological and emotional problems, so she decided to went Zambia to met Bernard. Ikuko tried to adapt the life in Zambia, because she wanted to stay with Bernard, but even though she tried very hard to get used the life in there, but lastly she realized that she didn't belong there and decided back to japan. After a long long time, the other romance story happened in Taka and Joyce, they met in Egypt.Taka saved Joyce's life in an accident, and they fell in love with each others and promise they will meet again after they back to their own country, because Taka promise his grandmother to back to Japan and visited her, and Joyce wanted to back to Zambia, because his grandfather had passed away and left her the key of house, so she decided to got back to Zambia again. After they back to their country, they had a great discover from Taka's grandmother and some memorize pictures from Joyce's grandfather. Taka and Ikuko were the grandson and granddaughter of the ex- love couple of Ikuko and Bernard!!!
I like "Staying Together", because the words was simple and easy to understanding, and it also has a very surprise ending that really attract me couldn't stop to read until the ending. I'd like to recommand it to everyone, because this is a powerful and romance original fiction about love, and best from the beginner started to read a English books. I hope everybody like my introduction for this book and had a lots of fun on it, enjoy!!!