I was too tired yesterday, so I didn't write about the test, Language Proficiency Index.
I took the test because I need to have some curtain score to take an English course at Uvic. This test is for the one who aren't well for English and need to have its score for a university or some institutions in BC.
The full score is 5 and there are 4 parts in the test.
The first 2 parts are the questions about English grammar and usage. There are ten sentences in each part, and these sentences may have an error. If there is an error, we need to darken a circle under that part, but if there is no error, then we should darken a correct mark locating the right side of the sentence.
In part 3, there are five short paragraphs.
We need to answer the questions about 2 paragraphs and write a summary for other three paragraphs.
Then in part 4, we need to write an essay which should be between 300 and 400 words. We can choose a topic from the listing (usually there are three topics to choose).
I didn't do well for the essay, and I don't have enough confidence for the first 2 parts either. So I need to work more hard for next LPI in two weeks.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Saturday, October 30, 2004
Came Back
I finally came back from Vancouver!
It's only yesterday afternoon we left Victoria, but I feel like that it already past 2 days.
Since I didn't sleep a lot, I'll sleep tomorrow.
It's only yesterday afternoon we left Victoria, but I feel like that it already past 2 days.
Since I didn't sleep a lot, I'll sleep tomorrow.
Friday, October 29, 2004
All Night
It's 4:40 am--
I've been sitting up all night solving a PHYS' assignment which due on today. But I guess it will be like 30~50%, since I didn't understand half of the questions...... Oh well, it's still better than 0%.
Anyway, I go Vancouver today! Yay!!
I've been sitting up all night solving a PHYS' assignment which due on today. But I guess it will be like 30~50%, since I didn't understand half of the questions...... Oh well, it's still better than 0%.
Anyway, I go Vancouver today! Yay!!
Thursday, October 28, 2004
LPI
Tomorrow, I go Vancouver to take an English test called Language Proficiency Index (LPI).
The test is actually on Saturday, but because it takes 3~4 hours by bus and ferry, I chose to go there one day before the test. So that, I can avoid the tiredness by the move, and because I had chosen morning to take, I can go shopping after that!!
I'm already looking forward to it.
The test is actually on Saturday, but because it takes 3~4 hours by bus and ferry, I chose to go there one day before the test. So that, I can avoid the tiredness by the move, and because I had chosen morning to take, I can go shopping after that!!
I'm already looking forward to it.
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
a Pastime
I had a PHYS' midterm today, and I did so bad on it!!
I couldn't solve almost half of the questions! The level of the questions wasn't so high, but because I didn't practice for the test, it took time to figure out which formula should be used.
Too shock to remain in school and study, I went to the downtown's library, and read several Japanese comic books. That's one of my way to forget it all. So, I'm now OK. I'll study more for the final exam!!
I couldn't solve almost half of the questions! The level of the questions wasn't so high, but because I didn't practice for the test, it took time to figure out which formula should be used.
Too shock to remain in school and study, I went to the downtown's library, and read several Japanese comic books. That's one of my way to forget it all. So, I'm now OK. I'll study more for the final exam!!
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
The Moon
Today is one day before the full moon.
At first, I thought it was the full moon, but then I realized that the shape wasn't a complete circle.
There are lots of interesting stories about the moon from old folk tales, like werewolves to modern scientific one, like the relationship with life's birth and death.
In anyway, the moon gives people the feeling of uncanny.
At first, I thought it was the full moon, but then I realized that the shape wasn't a complete circle.
There are lots of interesting stories about the moon from old folk tales, like werewolves to modern scientific one, like the relationship with life's birth and death.
In anyway, the moon gives people the feeling of uncanny.
Monday, October 25, 2004
Wave After Wave
For the first time, I didn't take back the PHYS' lab notes to home!! (Still not within the class hour though.)
But I have CSC (Computer Science)'s midterm tomorrow, and PHYS' the day after tomorrow, so I still have to study!
(an English test is on this Saturday too)
But I have CSC (Computer Science)'s midterm tomorrow, and PHYS' the day after tomorrow, so I still have to study!
(an English test is on this Saturday too)
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Correct
Yesterday's blog was a little "showy," I guess.
I have this aspect within my character, so I'd better to correct it; may be little by little.
I have this aspect within my character, so I'd better to correct it; may be little by little.
Saturday, October 23, 2004
The Sense of Beauty
If you are wondering whether a plan or a thing is correct or not, you can check it through your sense of beauty.
There is a book called "The Message from Water" which teaches me how our sense of beauty is the reliable measure to check our activities. This book is about water crystals researched by Dr. Masaru Emoto, and there are many pictures of water crystals; some are very beautiful and some are not. Usually the water resulted by "the Nature" and "good" human activities have the "beautiful" shape of crystal, and "bad" human activities have "ugly" shape of crystal. These shapes completely correspond with our fundamental sense of "Good & Bad," and "Beauty & Ugliness." It means that we already have the perfect measure within us.
So if you are not sure whether an act you've made or a plan you will is good or bad, you can check it through your own sense of beauty. If you feel some beauty for your action, then, it would be the good(correct) action; if you don't, then it would be the bad(wrong) one. Every person has a different sense of beauty. So everyone can make his/her correct decision correspond with the one's character through him/her perfect tailor-made measure.
There is a book called "The Message from Water" which teaches me how our sense of beauty is the reliable measure to check our activities. This book is about water crystals researched by Dr. Masaru Emoto, and there are many pictures of water crystals; some are very beautiful and some are not. Usually the water resulted by "the Nature" and "good" human activities have the "beautiful" shape of crystal, and "bad" human activities have "ugly" shape of crystal. These shapes completely correspond with our fundamental sense of "Good & Bad," and "Beauty & Ugliness." It means that we already have the perfect measure within us.
So if you are not sure whether an act you've made or a plan you will is good or bad, you can check it through your own sense of beauty. If you feel some beauty for your action, then, it would be the good(correct) action; if you don't, then it would be the bad(wrong) one. Every person has a different sense of beauty. So everyone can make his/her correct decision correspond with the one's character through him/her perfect tailor-made measure.
Friday, October 22, 2004
The Old TV
One of my favorite things in my room is my TV.
This old TV came from my pre-host-family and it is one of the earlier model.
So that, first of all, this TV doesn't have any channel button, instead, it has a dial. There are 1 through 13 numbers on the dial, so I can choose any of its 13 channels. Then, an on-off switch is also not a button. It's a knob combined with a volume controller. Pull up the knob to turn-on, and turn right to make the volume bigger.
Because all of the 13 channels are available with beautiful color images, this TV always amazes my friends who first look it.
This old TV came from my pre-host-family and it is one of the earlier model.
So that, first of all, this TV doesn't have any channel button, instead, it has a dial. There are 1 through 13 numbers on the dial, so I can choose any of its 13 channels. Then, an on-off switch is also not a button. It's a knob combined with a volume controller. Pull up the knob to turn-on, and turn right to make the volume bigger.
Because all of the 13 channels are available with beautiful color images, this TV always amazes my friends who first look it.
Thursday, October 21, 2004
The Sounds
There are many sounds around me.
When TV or radio is not on, the biggest (or the noisiest) sound in my room is the refrigerator sound. Then next is the ticking sound from a clock. After that, it comes from the outside road. I can hear cars and buses passed by, and because a hospital is near, I often hear an ambulance siren too. (Sometimes, it's too noisy)
I also hear the noises from people living around my apartment suite; some footsteps, knocking sound, water sound, door closing sound, and piano sound.
The later sounds fills my loneliness.
When TV or radio is not on, the biggest (or the noisiest) sound in my room is the refrigerator sound. Then next is the ticking sound from a clock. After that, it comes from the outside road. I can hear cars and buses passed by, and because a hospital is near, I often hear an ambulance siren too. (Sometimes, it's too noisy)
I also hear the noises from people living around my apartment suite; some footsteps, knocking sound, water sound, door closing sound, and piano sound.
The later sounds fills my loneliness.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
One Note
I realized about one fact about my capability and my world.
My ability of studying or say problem solving skill is surely rising as time went. For example, I learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division at elementary school, and the world of minus and trigonometry at middle school, then the beginning of calculus at high school. At each stage, my ability to solve math questions are rising. However, my grade at tests or at the end of a semester, is decreasing. (Used to be I often got 100%. Then 90%, 80, 70, ... now the average is about 60%)
What this means is that the world I choose rises its difficulty much faster than my ability to absorb new things. That's why I feel so much pressure. So, I wish my capability to be increase before the world, ........but I know it never happen. (Only in this way, the one can improve fast, right?)
My ability of studying or say problem solving skill is surely rising as time went. For example, I learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division at elementary school, and the world of minus and trigonometry at middle school, then the beginning of calculus at high school. At each stage, my ability to solve math questions are rising. However, my grade at tests or at the end of a semester, is decreasing. (Used to be I often got 100%. Then 90%, 80, 70, ... now the average is about 60%)
What this means is that the world I choose rises its difficulty much faster than my ability to absorb new things. That's why I feel so much pressure. So, I wish my capability to be increase before the world, ........but I know it never happen. (Only in this way, the one can improve fast, right?)
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
CSC
Mid-terms are coming.
I have Math mid-term II on Friday, Computer Science (CSC) mid-term on next Tuesday, and Physics mid-term on next Wednesday.
Though I don't feel any confidence for all of these three subjects, the least one is CSC. Today we solved some sample questions during the class, and I didn't understand about 90% of it. ......Uh-oh, I really need to study CSC, do I ?
I have Math mid-term II on Friday, Computer Science (CSC) mid-term on next Tuesday, and Physics mid-term on next Wednesday.
Though I don't feel any confidence for all of these three subjects, the least one is CSC. Today we solved some sample questions during the class, and I didn't understand about 90% of it. ......Uh-oh, I really need to study CSC, do I ?
Monday, October 18, 2004
The Buds
Today, I noticed some buds on my plant (African violet) which is on my desk and thought to be no more flowers until the next summer.
When I found these, I was so surprised and delighted, just because most of the flowers were already gone and there were not much light in these days. But this plant is stronger than I expected. It's very interesting. Hope I could see the blooms.
When I found these, I was so surprised and delighted, just because most of the flowers were already gone and there were not much light in these days. But this plant is stronger than I expected. It's very interesting. Hope I could see the blooms.
Today (Sunday, in my feeling), I slept a lot. In addition, I don't have any class on Monday morning.
That's why I'm getting up this late (4:00 am) and doing PHYS's assignment. I really got a strong concentration for study in these days. A year ago, I could never study like this. But even I spend that much time on study, my grade would not be A+. ...Oh well, this is normal for most of the non-native English speakers (especially whose first language is totally different from English), so I'll keep this pace.
That's why I'm getting up this late (4:00 am) and doing PHYS's assignment. I really got a strong concentration for study in these days. A year ago, I could never study like this. But even I spend that much time on study, my grade would not be A+. ...Oh well, this is normal for most of the non-native English speakers (especially whose first language is totally different from English), so I'll keep this pace.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
A Mirror
Today, when I was walking down on a street, I saw a badly dressed woman (looks like 30s ~40s) yelling at everyone. She was walking up the street and shouting like, "I'm tired on this world. Everybody in this country is shit!! The entire Canada is shit!!! ...(etc.)" She was so mud, so keeped yelling. I don't know what stroked her hair up, but I guess her "world" is surely bad.
The world acts different to everyone. If one is in a bad mood all the time, then people give back a bad acttion. Likewise, if one has a smile all the time, then people give back a smile. The world around you is a millor of you. So, let's keep smiling and laughing all the time!!
The world acts different to everyone. If one is in a bad mood all the time, then people give back a bad acttion. Likewise, if one has a smile all the time, then people give back a smile. The world around you is a millor of you. So, let's keep smiling and laughing all the time!!
Friday, October 15, 2004
The Start of Winter
Time flies like an arrow.
It is so fast to have only two more weeks to finish this month.
Although I do many things in these days, I'm still amazed how fast time flies.
Around there, it's already near to winter; the autumn colour is already close to finish, the times of the cloudy days increases and the wind becomes very cold.
These things make me feel the start of winter.
It is so fast to have only two more weeks to finish this month.
Although I do many things in these days, I'm still amazed how fast time flies.
Around there, it's already near to winter; the autumn colour is already close to finish, the times of the cloudy days increases and the wind becomes very cold.
These things make me feel the start of winter.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Finished!
I finally finished my Computer Science's lab assignment!
It took almost 6 hours for today. I had expected to finish this about 2~3 hours, but it took twice as long. But the consultant office in the building helped me a lot. Without them, I've never finished this assignment.
I will put this assignment in my homepage when I have time. Since I worked so hard on it, it's better to use it!
It took almost 6 hours for today. I had expected to finish this about 2~3 hours, but it took twice as long. But the consultant office in the building helped me a lot. Without them, I've never finished this assignment.
I will put this assignment in my homepage when I have time. Since I worked so hard on it, it's better to use it!
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Ten Hours!!
Today, to do my computer assignments, I sat in front of a computer over 10 hours (about noon to 11:00 pm)!!
That was stupidly long, but how amazingly I became strong! I've never had such a long time to concentrate on only one thing (Though I went out for questions several times, it can be included, right?).
But even I spent such a long time, I still haven't finished yet. I really amazed for the cleverness of those programmers who created any software.
That was stupidly long, but how amazingly I became strong! I've never had such a long time to concentrate on only one thing (Though I went out for questions several times, it can be included, right?).
But even I spent such a long time, I still haven't finished yet. I really amazed for the cleverness of those programmers who created any software.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Mid-term Make Up
Today, I got Math's first mid-term exam back.
And that result was very bad. I got only 45% for this mid-term. While doing the exam, though it was far more difficult than I had expected, I thought I got at least 70%, because I could manage to solve most of the questions. But, as always, I missed my guess. It often happens for me to miss the guesses for exams. For Math test, it's often because of miner mistakes; for other subject, it's often because of misunderstanding of the question's point.
Anyway, since most of the students got very low marks for the mid-term, tomorrow we'll have a make up exam. The teacher said he'll use the same questions for tomorrow, so I GUESS I can get a high mark for this time.
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I got the result of the make up test yesterday(Oct. 16), and again, I missed my guess. Again, I made very minor mistake for that test, so I couldn't get 100%.
I'd better correct this bad habit.
And that result was very bad. I got only 45% for this mid-term. While doing the exam, though it was far more difficult than I had expected, I thought I got at least 70%, because I could manage to solve most of the questions. But, as always, I missed my guess. It often happens for me to miss the guesses for exams. For Math test, it's often because of miner mistakes; for other subject, it's often because of misunderstanding of the question's point.
Anyway, since most of the students got very low marks for the mid-term, tomorrow we'll have a make up exam. The teacher said he'll use the same questions for tomorrow, so I GUESS I can get a high mark for this time.
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I got the result of the make up test yesterday(Oct. 16), and again, I missed my guess. Again, I made very minor mistake for that test, so I couldn't get 100%.
I'd better correct this bad habit.
Monday, October 11, 2004
Sunday, October 10, 2004
The New Calendar System
Today is Sunday, the first week of Sunday, so tomorrow is Monday, the second week of Monday.
I decided to organize my calendar like this. Because I always couldn’t remember what day is today and how far the next exam date is, I create this to organize my plan. When I wrote “1,2,3,4” for each week and started to remember the date as “1st Monday, 1st Tuesday, 2nd Monday, 2nd Tuesday… , ” my thoughts became so clear for the next thing (note; my student calendar starts from Monday). It’s like this, “Today is 1st Sunday, and the Math’s mid-term exam is on 3rd Friday. So I have about two weeks to study.” Isn’t it clear?
Of cause there is a discrepancy between this system and the Gregorian system. If you continue putting 1~4 for each week, this discrepancy became so big. Like when I set “1st” for the week of Oct.4, I got the “4th” week of January finishes in middle of the month. So, to overcome this, I put “5th” for the last week of December. Then it works well for the next several months. (Having 5 weeks for December feels good too.)
You can try this system too!
I decided to organize my calendar like this. Because I always couldn’t remember what day is today and how far the next exam date is, I create this to organize my plan. When I wrote “1,2,3,4” for each week and started to remember the date as “1st Monday, 1st Tuesday, 2nd Monday, 2nd Tuesday… , ” my thoughts became so clear for the next thing (note; my student calendar starts from Monday). It’s like this, “Today is 1st Sunday, and the Math’s mid-term exam is on 3rd Friday. So I have about two weeks to study.” Isn’t it clear?
Of cause there is a discrepancy between this system and the Gregorian system. If you continue putting 1~4 for each week, this discrepancy became so big. Like when I set “1st” for the week of Oct.4, I got the “4th” week of January finishes in middle of the month. So, to overcome this, I put “5th” for the last week of December. Then it works well for the next several months. (Having 5 weeks for December feels good too.)
You can try this system too!
Saturday, October 09, 2004
A Diamond
Do you know?
Everything in this world has a story of its own, even in a small stone on a road.
If you try, you can hear; the stone starts talking.
The story of such things may be boring, but if you hear closely, you will find some interest things about it; the stone starts glowing.
If you find some fascinating facts on that thing, you begin to enter the world with more joy and excitement; the stone increases its glow.
Then you’ll find some very important rules of this world which illuminate you and everything around you, and you will find that the stone was actually a diamond.
Everything in this world has a story of its own, even in a small stone on a road.
If you try, you can hear; the stone starts talking.
The story of such things may be boring, but if you hear closely, you will find some interest things about it; the stone starts glowing.
If you find some fascinating facts on that thing, you begin to enter the world with more joy and excitement; the stone increases its glow.
Then you’ll find some very important rules of this world which illuminate you and everything around you, and you will find that the stone was actually a diamond.
Friday, October 08, 2004
A Sudden Close
Today, I installed Norton AntiVirus, because I've expected to have a virus in my computer. But I didn't have any ... which is good!!!
I still have a problem with Internet, but it's getting better.
Yesterday's problem is like this;
A pop up or a web page suddenly showed up and it closed the blog page while I was still writing! It happend many times. (I finished by writing in Word and pasted in here.)
Today, it didn't close the page, only tried to do. And it happen only once.
I hope it don't happen tomorrow.
If you know something about this, please let me know.
I still have a problem with Internet, but it's getting better.
Yesterday's problem is like this;
A pop up or a web page suddenly showed up and it closed the blog page while I was still writing! It happend many times. (I finished by writing in Word and pasted in here.)
Today, it didn't close the page, only tried to do. And it happen only once.
I hope it don't happen tomorrow.
If you know something about this, please let me know.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Efficiency
It’s always good to think about the priority.
When I have many tasks, mainly assignments, I always compare the importance between those.
Today, I had two assignments due by tomorrow. One is from Physics (PHY) and the other is from Computer Science (CSC). The due time for PHY’s assignment is 10:30 am, and the CSC’s one is 1:00 pm. But the percentage weights of the the final marks of these assignments inverse the importance of the due time. The PHY’s one is worth only about 0.4%, but CSC’s one is worth 2.9%. The importance of CSC’s 7 times of that of the PHY’s! What a huge difference!! So, I decided to put much effort to the CSC’s assignment.
Every time I feel better when I figure out which is more important and which isn’t. It’s always good to have this kind of clear view of the order of priority.
(Wow -- today’s daily is more like an essay; don’t you think?)
When I have many tasks, mainly assignments, I always compare the importance between those.
Today, I had two assignments due by tomorrow. One is from Physics (PHY) and the other is from Computer Science (CSC). The due time for PHY’s assignment is 10:30 am, and the CSC’s one is 1:00 pm. But the percentage weights of the the final marks of these assignments inverse the importance of the due time. The PHY’s one is worth only about 0.4%, but CSC’s one is worth 2.9%. The importance of CSC’s 7 times of that of the PHY’s! What a huge difference!! So, I decided to put much effort to the CSC’s assignment.
Every time I feel better when I figure out which is more important and which isn’t. It’s always good to have this kind of clear view of the order of priority.
(Wow -- today’s daily is more like an essay; don’t you think?)
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Today (actually that's yesterday's evening because now is 3:00 am !),
I installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 to my computer. The installation was not difficult like other software, so I was doing it while talking on a phone. The only one difference was that it took almost one hour to complete.
Then after several hours, I turned on the computer and tried to open some home pages ...... Then the problem was discovered. I couldn't open any web pages!!! even a single page of Google.
It might be because of my carelessness; I might missed some serious information while I'm chatting, or any other cause I would never guess?
Either way, it looked better to remove the Service Pack 2, so I did it.
And now, I can open any web pages.
I was so grad when I looked "Google" logo.
It's always feel good after we come back to a normal state from some troubles.
I installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 to my computer. The installation was not difficult like other software, so I was doing it while talking on a phone. The only one difference was that it took almost one hour to complete.
Then after several hours, I turned on the computer and tried to open some home pages ...... Then the problem was discovered. I couldn't open any web pages!!! even a single page of Google.
It might be because of my carelessness; I might missed some serious information while I'm chatting, or any other cause I would never guess?
Either way, it looked better to remove the Service Pack 2, so I did it.
And now, I can open any web pages.
I was so grad when I looked "Google" logo.
It's always feel good after we come back to a normal state from some troubles.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
A Different World
This morning was very foggy.
When I was waiting for a bus at about 7:40, I hardly saw 50 m (about 160 feet) ahead. Everything stayed very calm, and existed in the delicate shade of the white fog. It was very mysterious, and I felt that I was in a different world. At that time, I thought, 'This is like a beginning of some kind of fantasy novel, like Harry Potter.'
May be like this, "That morning was covered by the very tick fog. And that mysterious scene of the houses and roads made people calm and gave the feeling of strangeness ..."
How's that?
When I was waiting for a bus at about 7:40, I hardly saw 50 m (about 160 feet) ahead. Everything stayed very calm, and existed in the delicate shade of the white fog. It was very mysterious, and I felt that I was in a different world. At that time, I thought, 'This is like a beginning of some kind of fantasy novel, like Harry Potter.'
May be like this, "That morning was covered by the very tick fog. And that mysterious scene of the houses and roads made people calm and gave the feeling of strangeness ..."
How's that?
Monday, October 04, 2004
The Terrible Lab
Monday is a Lab day.
It lasts for three hours, and always I couldn't finish writing the Notes.
To overcome this, I decided to prepare more. So, yesterday, I read the instructions carefully, understood it and even practiced how to write the Notes. Then today, I had some confidence to finish writing the Notes bit more earlier than the last week.
Then, when we started the class, I found a terrible fact that today's experiment No. was different from the one what I've prepared!!!
I was so shocked!!!
No preparation at all for the experiment No.8, I couldn't finished the Notes within three hours again.
Today's lesson,
"Prepare for the NEEDED one."
It lasts for three hours, and always I couldn't finish writing the Notes.
To overcome this, I decided to prepare more. So, yesterday, I read the instructions carefully, understood it and even practiced how to write the Notes. Then today, I had some confidence to finish writing the Notes bit more earlier than the last week.
Then, when we started the class, I found a terrible fact that today's experiment No. was different from the one what I've prepared!!!
I was so shocked!!!
No preparation at all for the experiment No.8, I couldn't finished the Notes within three hours again.
Today's lesson,
"Prepare for the NEEDED one."
Sunday, October 03, 2004
My first blog
Hi, I just started this blog so everything in here is new to me.
I started this because I was inspired by some of my friends who are already writing blogs, and to train my English composition skill (My first language isn't English). I wanna express my thoughs in English more and more clearly and hear how the other react. It will be a great experience for me.
So, if you find English mistakes in my blog, please let me know.
Thank you.
I started this because I was inspired by some of my friends who are already writing blogs, and to train my English composition skill (My first language isn't English). I wanna express my thoughs in English more and more clearly and hear how the other react. It will be a great experience for me.
So, if you find English mistakes in my blog, please let me know.
Thank you.
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