Warm blanket and jacket donation
to MASC - Multi Agency Services Center
Please donate any clean, warm blankets or jackets to level 4 by Tuesday, December 15th. We will have a box in our classroom for your donation. We will be making this donation on December 16th to MASC, a support center for the homeless, located on Center St. in Berkeley. Please make people happy during the winter season!
If you have any questions, come talk to students in level 4.
Thank you for your interest!
Bougagonia, something like that. :( I know it's B.......nia. The Thai name is Fuerngfa, meaning flourishing in the sky. I heard the English name before but I don't remember.
Passoin flower, Thai name is Saowarot. We eat the young leaves with chili paste, yum.
What is this called? Hooky violets, how's that?
Last Saturday we went to walk three dogs. Nina, Spunky and Nin. The hills were so pretty with green grass everywhere. I took some pictures up there, off course. 
ures we took. I said WE because some are from me and some from my boyfri
end. 
The first one is the boy who was crying after the end of the first half because he thought we lost. The second is the Cal players, they call themself Bears but I think they more like bees. The third one is the marching band making a star, if you think so. And the last one is the Campanile view from the football stadium. And now I'd better try to finish my writing homework so my students in Thailand will be proud of me, hehehe. See you later.
I'm a senior at the University and I withdrew from University temporarily, because I'm studying in U.S. This was my dream a long time ago.
When I was a high school student, my dream was to be an architect, but I couldn't actualize this because of my parents' opposition. Now, my major is electronic engineering. This subject is so difficult. So I was confused about my future. I couldn't be sure about anything.
After I became a senior, I had to decide something for my future. With difficultly, I determined to go to study English in the U.S. Of course, my father wanted me to get a job instead, but English is very important to get a job in Korea and I really wanted to be a good speaker of English. At that time, I thought that would be my last opportunity to do so.
After I arrived in San Francisco, everything was exciting for me for 2 weeks. Many things were different from Korea. I never greeted anyone whom I didn't know or who was not close to me. However, when I lived in the residence, everyone greeted each other even though we had just met.
Nowadays, it seems that I had lost confidence. I'm not sure how my English skills will improve. In Korea, I just thought if I go to U.S, I can meet many Americans and I can quickly improve my English skills. But that is not true. Meeting Americans is very difficult even if I try to. So I was sad and gloomy until a few days ago. But now, I changed my mind. There is nothing to get something easily. And I realized that I always have to make an effort. If I always make an effort, I will be a good speaker of English. I think this is the best way.
When I was trying to take a picture of the flower, the butterfly came along. I have something to tell you about the word BUTTERFLY. I heard this from when I went to the Rose Garden last spring. A man was telling a woman about the origin of this word. He said, it was called FLUTTERFLY before, then it got changed to BUTTERFLY. I don't know if it's true but it's kind of interesting, don't you think? 
This is another picture from Point Pinole. I saw this bush from far away. It was outstanding. I tried to make it more interesting with the ocean. I don't know if it is, though. What do you think?
She is only two months I think. But in one more month she will be much bigger than Spunky. She is a pitbull. She is a dog of my coworker's. He got her from a friend. The parents were killed by police because they killed some dogs after having some puppies just for a week. Poor puppies have to live without parents. Now that Nin; the little pitbull you see, lives with my friend's family, she is loved. My boss who is the mother of my coworker loves Nin as if she was her own daughter. She always tells me about Nin's behavior in the morning when I go to work. She is a very cute puppy or adorable, I would say. When we were walking, people always stopped to pet her.
As usual, Spunky never leaves his favorite pinecones alone. He has to tear them to pieces. Nobody knows why he loves biting them so much, any more than they know why he loves chasing balls so much. I know why, he's a little weirdo!
This picture is from when we went sailing. We started at Berkeley Marina and ended at Pier 1, I think. I had a chance to steer for a half an hour. I enjoyed it. The forecast said it was supposed to be foggy but as you see it was lovely. We were so happy. Anyway, the real scene was much prettier than the picture. I tried so hard to take a picture that can show how pretty it is but I failed. I think that's why people travel because there's nothing like real experience. It took us about three hours and a half for one way. I was sleeping on the way back. :) 
The Bay Bridge on the way back. that was my last thing to take picture of, the rest was the dark. Again, the real thing was much much much prettier than the picture. I actually had a talk about this with a friend on the boat, how hard it is to take pictures that look real like we see it with the bare eye. It's impossible.
rain. 
