WONDERLAND

The Jazz presentation has just ended, but I can still hear the music in the quite library.

I played a little piano at a very young age. Later, lacking time, effort and enough patient, I drop my musical training early in my middle school. However, I found myself still posses a secret passion for music and musical instrument when entering college and have some spare time.

I felt honored to be the "visible brain" tonight (although a little hesitate whether to volunteer at first). The passionate Jazz director asked me to hold the board with the different names of variation, among which I can recall some "rest", "pitch", "repetition", etc. He used his trombone to perform the variations of the theme just like saying "How are you?" in various tones and emotions. Sometimes he was slow and gentle, sometimes excited and enthusiastic, sometimes just casual and relaxed. All the variations offered the audience diverse feelings.

To enjoy music needs to understand music and its background first, and tonight's presentation has gave me a brief introduction to Jazz, one of the most popular kinds of music in the world. "I am glad to be here, listening to the concert" is truly what I mean on the concert and after it forever.

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By the way, all members of the band were greatly attractive.

The piano player was a little bit shy but you can see that he tried very hard on learning Jazz and playing his dream music. During his turn of solo, his enormous effort can be seen from the expression on his face. He was simply absorbed into Jazz!

The bass player wore a agreeable smile on his face all the time, very gentleman-like. That matches his skill of playing, calm and peaceful but always very well. However, his two sons were even more popular than him! They steal most of the attention.

The drum player must be a music-master in the future. When he was hitting on his drum, you can tell that he forget about everything else, while drum and music were the only left.

And the hero of this concert was an excellent illustrator as well as an adept musician, who succeeded in explaining Jazz to the unprofessional audience.

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How nice it was to be with the good music and good person!

How time flies!
Suddenly I have to pack all my stuff and leave VCU for New York, which means my staying in VCU comes to an end. I would like to sent my thanks to all the interns, faculties and my fellows right now, since I will probably have no chance when in New York.

*Thanks to Julie for planing all the activities for us and waiting for those who "late for everything" and taking us to your parents' splendid house.
*Thanks to Hernan for driving us to many places and talking to every patiently. I benefit a lot from the talk we had on the way to Monticello.
*Thanks to Gnami and Tee for taking care of us most of the trips to malls or historical spots.
*Thanks to Kath for taking us to Short Pumps and we had a such nice chat and the milkshake at the Wendy's tastes really good.
*Thanks to Cassie and her family for giving such a wonderful treat. I just love roast potatoes and steak! and the dogs and cat too! You have such a nice family with humorous father and mother cooking so well.
*Thanks to Lisa for providing information for my essay. You look so cool at first glance but turned out to be most friendly after chatting.
*Thanks to Danielle for recommending Mexican restaurant although we ran to an Italian one by mistake at the beach. I like the way you dance to the music and eat carrots.
*Thanks to Mitchell for the happy rainy night and the offer to the concert. I really enjoyed talking about Harry Potter with you and I did go to a concert later.
*Thanks to Brian for giving me an A+ on essay although it only deserves an F. You had provided a great many fun trips around Richmond. It was my loss to miss most of them. All of us enjoyed the ride with you to hiking.
*Thanks to Jay for driving us to Cary Town and show us the delicious ice-cream shop opposite the theater.
*Thanks to Mat for putting out all the questions during classes. I am poor at raising questions and I learned a lot from your questions and prospectives.
*Thanks to Hannah for helping us brain-storming at the writing working shop. It's great fun to write down all those ideas on that large sheet of paper,
*Thanks to Chau for a happy chat at Mr. Xue's dorm and offering to derive us to the museum. You always seem ready to help anyone and I appreciate it very much.
*Thanks to Erik for teaching me to swim at the VA Beach. I'm such a bad student that I made very little progress, but I will continue learning back in China.

*Thanks to Mr. Xue and Mrs.Mei for taking care of all the students during the past three weeks. It must be a hard job since every student have his/her own intention and choice.
*Thanks to my roommates, Tracy, Cherry and Sherry for teaching me and helping thought out the time. Being the youngest one of the four, I must have add up a lot of mess for you to put up with.
*Thanks to all my fellows for smiling me at the doorway, holding the door for me, talking to me friendly, etc.

It's a pity that I can not record all the events happened with you guys, but I will find a day a write all that down in my diary. I feel so lucky to meet you all!

To those who may concerned:

Welcome to Alice's Wonderland!

This summer, I take part in the VCU summer program, which involves lectures by professors from different field, trips to historical spots of the United states and a week's tour around New York and Washington D.C., which will be after the completion of this Blog. Here, I present with you all the happiness, excitement, sorrow, and other emotions I experienced while studying and staying in the U.S.A.

Everyday witnesses a lot of things happening, new and attractive to me. I tried to write them all down on my notebook, but I only pick the most impressive and unforgettable event to put on my blog. Readers will never like a list of everyday event, I want them to feel the most important I felt that day.

It is hard to summarize all my entries of the summer, since finding a similarity seems anything but possible. I can only tell that each and every entry deals with my latest and sincere feeling at each event.

However, no matter what countries you come from, the excitement while in Busch Garden, the pleasant while listing to the beach band, the sensitivity at the middle of the night and many other feelings can approach you easily and coincident with your own experience. I do feel difference here in a exotic country, but what I feel more is unity and harmony.

It most sad for a writer to get few feedbacks form his/her readers, so please just browse down and leave whatever you want to say. If you have been to the United States, share with me your feelings. If you plan to visit that country, ask me questions and I will try my best. If you have spent this precious summer with me, I want to say "Thank you" and "I love you".

Your sincerely,
AliceJing