Blog for wangy23

salade (self-made), toasted chicken, bread,bacon,fruits,ice cream.
these are all kind of food i have here, the food problem even drove me mad. fortunately, my roomate Billy is a very good cooker, so it not too bad for me,thanks Billy!!!

basketball is one of my favorite sports, and i was once a player in our high school basketball team. however in the united states, the kingdom of basketball,i feel everything is not the same.playing with the black people whose phisical quality is much better than mine,i feel the ball is no longer my good friend cause the ball always jumped into the opponents' hand and was totally out of my contronl.it is really hard to play with them for the huge gap in our phisical qurlity.
beside the great quality of the opponents,the other thing make strong impression is the great facility in the gym.good illumination, wooden floor, and even a restroom....

richmond is not a metropolis at all.always watching large cities of america like New York and Chicago on television, i find a new style of american cites after i came here.richmond give me a brand new impression on the american cities that is quite peaceful and undisturbed. people lead a tranquil life here and really enjoy their life in the countryside.there are no big shops here, and the only industry here is tobacco.camparing with my homeland shanghai the life here is even more boring.
the traffic system is not good here. everytime we wanna go out we have to ask inturn students to take us. maybe american perfer the feeling of independence and freedom so u cant even see a taxi on the street.
we had a bus tour around the downtown area one week ago. there are only few people on the road, but it is clean and in perfect or apple-pie order....i like this feeling which i never found in china.

on saturday morning, billy and i were invited by a couple and their two little girls to visit their home.after passing through several peaceful paths, we entered a nice residential suburb and stopped in front of a two floored red and white house surrounded by trees and plants.this
couple adopted two little girls Lucy and Emma from china.two little spirits are very lovely and pretty.and the pet Sydney is a big white dog who is gentel and friendly.i fondled him and was responsed by shaking the head and waging the tail.

most impressively, i really like the atmosphere when we had dinner just like enjoying a traditional american family party at weekend.lights were turned off and were replaced by candles above the table.the food is dilicious including beef, salade and corns....

they are really good as conversationist,our topic range from iraq war to traditional chinese food,from american policies to the use of knives and forks.we really had a nice time together i think.

statistics of games i played with local guys (40points win)

scoring three-point shot percentage field goal rebound assist blocking turnovers
game1 0 0/2 0/4 2 0 0 2
game2 9 3/4 3/4 2 0 0 0

i was making progress....i felt great at the three-point line where i gained confidence....however it is still hard for me to defense the black guys and to score in the paint.meanwhile the black players are just amazing,double pump,fade-away shot,fast break,even dunk....they were just playing a easy, smooth and gorgeous ball games which widen my horizon....

thank every one...