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I used to be anxious whenever important things were coming. Sometimes anxiety would force me to concentrate on them but this way was really sucked. I would be tense before things were done, gradually feeling fatigued. After finding the reason that I made myself nervous and occupied, I was determined to get rid of my bad habit. Trying to think thrice before acting was a good way to avoid being impulsive. For instance, I had always prepared the examinations just before the day the exams had been held last year. That was quite awful because everything had to be prepared and nothing came one by one. Therefore, I had to burn the midnight oil to study, study, and study. How dreadful! From the terrible experience, I knew the importance of being well-prepared and being scheduled. I hoped that I would not recommit the same error by the way of thinking how important it is for me to study regularly rather than think impulsively that I could deal with it on time.

Strange things happened to me occasionally. One day, when I got off duty and Ricky, Alex and I just went down the first floor of the language center, Alex found that the light one classroom was still not turn off. Therefore, we had to go back and turn it off. However, I remembered switching it off when locking the classroom. That was really weird. Another one was one day I went shopping with my friend, Ivy and we were ready to go home. Before we got on the bus, I had fore bags in my hand. Nevertheless, when we were on the bus, I suddenly found that one bag got lost and I could not find it. Ivy and I were sure that I had four bags at the moment when we were getting on the bus. Well, weird.

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I had a fantastic lunch on this Sunday together with my friends each in Freshman, Junior, and Senior respectively. It was me who held this reunion because I was in my sophomore year and I chose an Italian restaurant called Fatty’s partly because I loves Italian food and partly because it was famous for its delicious dish. Moreover, I had to ride the freshman friend there and back to her dorm. They were the rules accepted through common practice. During dining, we happily talked a lot no matter what topics were and the seniors also told about their experiences and pursuits which we could learn from. And this was the reason that I always loved our reunions.
These days, I changed some of my thoughts for several unhappy incidences happened to me. Some people were aggressive and ambitious; when I got along with them, I had used to stick to my opinions as they did. However, I found the insistence I held usually led to unpleasant results and even quarrels. Then I have started to wonder if this really did me good since I felt tired of getting worldly wisdom. I was on second thought that I was supposed to give in to them and just repressed my ideas in order not to make discord because it did not matter at all. Furthermore, I began not to keep a promise that somebody made it with me when he or she had done back on it first. Keeping the broken promise made me like a fool. I have decided to ignore my emotions and just let it be. These were two new situations that I wanted to be without emotion.
Recently, my roommates and I have cooked ourselves. It was an interesting experience for I used to cook with my mom’s help. Maybe my cooking skill would makes progress by cooking as many times as I can.

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There were always a lot of things to do these days and I was dying for a thorough rest, being completely run-down. The schoolwork and my part-time job made me exhausted. I seemed to have lived a busy life as if I was an examinee, having kept this kind of life for many days and having no choice but be sick for my Freshman life which had been away from too many trifles. Every night I wanted to do to bed early and to keep regular hours; however, I always failed to fulfill my aspiration. I had to burn the midnight oil to finish the schoolwork or preparation for texts and quizzes but gave up halfway because of fatigue once in a while. Then, I accomplished nothing but slept late; also, I felt sleepy on the next day in classes. All these things frustrated me and made a vicious circle. This kind of life was quite boring and annoying. I did really not want to stay this kind of life for the whole year.
Our department set up several different kinds of courses, such as Chinese for the foreign students, GEPT, TOEIC, TOFFLE, and so on. I worked at the language center of our school, so the affairs of these classes were part of my job. Through this job, I learned how to appropriately response to the adults who kept terrible attitudes. Some had the sense of superiority and looked down on our abilities because of their social status. Still others really devoted to English learning. There were even our school students to attend these classes. In spite of unpleasant people and things, I still met those nice persons and knew several our department teachers whom I had rarely known before. The only disadvantage was the pat was really low for we had so many works.

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I am gradually accustomed to my busy life which started from this semester. However, I still feel exhausted once in a while whenever I am back at night. I had to save my life expense for the housing expense because I rented a house with my friends this year. Also, I had new motorcycle so I had the extra expenditure on the gasoline. Thus, I want to be thriftier and not to have too much economical pressure for my presents. Moreover, my schoolwork has become more difficult since I selected two foreign languages as required and selective courses respectively this academic year. I choose Japanese and Spanish finally because I was interested in them. It was quite hard for me at the beginning because I was a totally novice at them. And I realized when interest became a pressure; it would not make me become interested in it anymore. But I still want to learn them well though some said that it is too late to learn foreign languages for my age. Another trouble for my study is that the listening classes. The quality of the interview of online material which the instructor assigned is really poor and makes me insane. Especially its interview is quite long. It is the greatest obstacle that I met.
On the other hand, another two courses are more interesting. They are the history of observing China and Democracy and Constitution. The names sound boring but the instructors made the courses interesting. The history teacher seems to be new to the school but her lecture topics are amazing. The Democracy and Constitution teacher is humorous though the course itself is tedious. But I would chose them again if I have the chance to do so. Anyway, I hope that this year could be … safe and sound.

The Resent Days

I have been quite busy since the new semester began. Because I got a part-time job at the language center、I have to work on Tuesday、Wednesday、and Thursday nights. Despite the fact that this job is not difficult for me、I still feel tired after I come off work and back home. Even though the pay is not high、I am still satisfied. Most university students want to be tutors as their jobs because the pay is really high. However、the responsibility for being a tutor is heavy. As a tutor、you have to have the sense of responsibility and patience. I do not want to shoulder so great responsibility because the pressure would make me anxious.
What’s more、I selected two foreign languages courses this semester、so my schoolwork is much more than it was before. My life now is full of things to do. I would a brand-new life which is different from my freshman life.
The new semester means new courses and new teachers. It is kind of hard for and takes me do adjust myself to the new things. Moreover, because I did not practice English during summer vacation, I found my English ability did not improve. Some courses became tortures for me, for instance, English literature, because the teachers speak English in the whole classes and I cannot even understand some of their meanings. Thus, because I cannot understand and the speed of the teachers teaching is too fast, I lost interested in English and often take naps in classes. After classes, I do not know how to review the lessons, either. Those led to vicious circles and really trouble me very much. Sometimes I even suspected whether the choice that I had decided to major in English is appropriate or not. I hope that I could find ways to solve this problem and develop an interest in English again.