tag:blog.vcu.edu,2007:/chair//818 2007-08-04T11:39:27Z Movable Type 3.34 tag:blog.vcu.edu,2007:/chair//818.7413 2007-08-04T11:39:00Z 2007-08-04T11:39:27Z

How time flies! Three weeks seems to passed away quickly! But I still feel there’s a lot of things that I want to do but no time to do; still a lot of friends I want to stay with but...

How time flies! Three weeks seems to passed away quickly! But I still feel there’s a lot of things that I want to do but no time to do; still a lot of friends I want to stay with but no time to do; still a lot of places want to go but no time to do and still a lot of things to buy but no time to do…But still, I feel glad that I have listened to every lecture carefully; I have spent every day colorfully; I have deal with others friendly; I have communicated with all my new friends here in VCU sincerely…But still, it’s time to say goodbye….I ‘ll miss you all, my friends here! I’ll miss you all, all the places I’ve been to! I’ll miss you , the summer in 2007, the summer in VCU ! tag:blog.vcu.edu,2007:/chair//818.7412 2007-08-04T11:38:27Z 2007-08-04T11:38:55Z

This afternoon, Lara and I got a NY map and booked tickets for the famous Broadway show called Chicago on Aug 5th on the internet. We are happy to get some discount and finally only paid 72.25$ each. We know...

This afternoon, Lara and I got a NY map and booked tickets for the famous Broadway show called Chicago on Aug 5th on the internet. We are happy to get some discount and finally only paid 72.25$ each. We know that there is a ticket office in the Times Quare, but we just don't want to waste time on the queue since our time there are so limited. tag:blog.vcu.edu,2007:/chair//818.7411 2007-08-04T10:58:19Z 2007-08-04T11:17:17Z

Before I got to the US, I had never expected there are so many American families that have adopted Chinese children and still a large number of families are on the waiting list at present. Thanks to the VCU program...

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This afternoon, Terrence and John took four of my friends and I to Maymont (I cannot remember how to spell it) the biggest park in Richmond. And it’s hot today. Even it was 5 o’clock then, we still felt the...

This afternoon, Terrence and John took four of my friends and I to Maymont (I cannot remember how to spell it) the biggest park in Richmond. And it’s hot today. Even it was 5 o’clock then, we still felt the sunlight was extremely fierce. And our topic was going on even more hot than the weather! We talked everything, even about T’s wedding ceremony! That sounds interesting for us since the wedding in China is totally in a different way! Besides, the scene in the park was so beautiful, and we had a good time there. After dinner, we went to John’s new apartment and got to know his best friend George—who is a very nice and handsome guy, tall and in good shape, and was born to be a talent basketball player! We all easily got to know each other and became good friends. We played WUNO and 21 Points plus Truth and Dare, which added a lot of fun in the card game. Since I promised to keep secret for what we did that night, the only thing I could say is that that night was one of the most unforgettable memory of me! You know… It’s really a fun day for me though my poor English~~ Sometimes we can just communicate with eye contact and that’s enough. As a famous Chinese saying goes that the eyes are the windows of one’s heart. I believe it. Sometimes, language turns to be pale and hard to express the feelings in my heart. But latter, I found that actually, there’s no need to be perfect on your language at all! Friendship depends on your heart and soul, personality, how genuine you are and what kind of people you are. I did not speak a lot with George, but I think he must have already me well. tag:blog.vcu.edu,2007:/chair//818.7409 2007-08-04T10:52:22Z 2007-08-04T10:53:09Z

As several lectures has referred to the comparison between Chinese media and American media, I find that many American people, at least the professors, are holding some misunderstandings about Chinese media and Chinese public attitude towards press freedom. Many of...

As several lectures has referred to the comparison between Chinese media and American media, I find that many American people, at least the professors, are holding some misunderstandings about Chinese media and Chinese public attitude towards press freedom. Many of them may keep the incorrect image that Chinese media are still totally under the control of the government, or by the communist party and the public are living in the feint and with no access to the outside world. But personally, I regard these ideas as the American “pride and prejudice”. As a matter of fact, though it is true that there exists some kind of restricts of Chinese media, these restricts are far from fooling all the Chinese public because the Chinese government got to realize the truth long time ago that “you can fool some people all the time; you can fool all the people some time; but you can never fool all the people all the time.” Besides, there’s no media can completely get rid of restricts and attain the “pure freedom”, anyway. In addition, it is true that there is some news we can find on the medias of other countries while remain blank on Chinese mainstream medias, it does not mean that people staying in China will surely miss the information that people in the US can easily get. Since everyone in China know the truth that the majority of our medias are controlled by our government, we actually turn to the internet for complement, if not the first choice. What’s more, there’s one thing I should raise up that what the medias in the US say are not always the truth. Since almost all the medias in the US are run in as kind of business, it can easily conclude that the main purpose of the media is to catch your eye and make as much money as possible. Chances are that in order to make the news more attractive, they have to make the stories sound more shocking. That’s why when I turn on the TV in my room in GRC, there’re so many bad news flood. Still, some medias maybe hold a prejudice on China and when they choose the materials, they often tend to use only some sides of the truth they are familiar or identified with. So how can we simply claim that we should trust the US medias more than the Chinese ones? Actually, there’s still a lot remain for us to discuss. tag:blog.vcu.edu,2007:/chair//818.7408 2007-08-04T10:47:07Z 2007-08-04T10:52:05Z

After a long time of expecting, we finally held a pingpong game in the gym this afternoon and it was really exciting! The interns’ performance gave us a big surprise~~ since we had not expected so many American people like...

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The first week in VCU seems to fly away immediately! Thanks to Julie, Hernan and all the interns, who plan all kinds of interesting activities almost every day after class, everyday we’ve spent here is interesting and full of happiness,...

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To visit Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area is just like to step back more than 220 years to the eve of the American Revolution, because everything here seems so unique that they can only exist hundreds of years before. Williamsburg gave...

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Days in Richmond are always sunny, which makes us consistently worry about being tanned especially when none of us want to be a strange guy to hold an umbrella in the street. Although we knew that the sun on the...

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Today, we were told that we could send e-mails to our interns. But I find a big problem—maybe most of us have met this problem—for example, I know who is Matt, but I cannot point out who is Mathew and...

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After days of eating outside, I decide to do something by myself though I have never got a try before. When I was in China, I even rarely went to the kitchen! If I’m in the kitchen, the only thing...

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Tonight, I went to bowling in a local bowling club not far from the GRC. Actually, I have not play bowling for almost one year though I once played it frequently in high school. My performance tonight was just so-so,...

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This morning, we got our first lecture in VCU, and it was interesting and impressing. It was given by Dr. Ted Tunnel, and he made the class kind of enjoyable in the way that he presented the American history from...

The professors are so excellent that all of them gave us splendid lectures to enjoy in our mind, but frankly speaking, all my friends and I feel that we deeply miss Chinese food because ever since we got here, everything we ate and drank has been cold, as well as full of fat, which made our stomach suffered a lot. So this evening, my roommate and I went to a famous Chinese fast-food restaurant called PANDA EXPRESS in the shopping mall, and felt greatly satisfied! We also took pictures in that restaurant. Though Danielle thought it was just American-Chinese food and it was true that we just ate rice by forks instead of chopsticks, we don’t care and still like it. Maybe what we really missed was just a warm meal with vegetables and rice! By the way, the shopping mall was just like a fairy-tale world for me and all things there were so lovely and pretty that they almost drove me crazy and I wanted to move them all to my home! Fortunately, I waked up from the daily dream on the last moment and only got a pair of NIKE shoes there. But shopping is always exciting for girls^_^ ]]> tag:blog.vcu.edu,2007:/chair//818.6310 2007-07-18T13:14:14Z 2007-07-21T04:33:10Z

July 16, 2007 sunny Today’s Bus Tour is really an exciting experience! It gives us an opportunity to appreciate the beautiful scene and famous spots in Richmond and I find that this city is very important in the American history....

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This is my first blog here in VCU, but I don't want to make it too long, because everything here is funny and fantastic and I still need more time to find and feel. I believe more and more wonderful...

This is my first blog here in VCU, but I don't want to make it too long, because everything here is funny and fantastic and I still need more time to find and feel. I believe more and more wonderful surprises and experiences will appear one by one during the following days, while my footprints are extending to every corner of VCU! PS: I find that to record by camera is a good idea!