Journal # 8

Park near my school.

Last semester, I had studyed in here. After I finished my class, and I had a freetime, I will go this park which is near my school. The park is near the parking lot G of Cal state fullerton. This place has a full huge trees, a little waterfall, and a small graden on the side line. After you enter this palce by old brown wood bridge, you will walk through the beginning of center of graden. It has a small green and blue river in the center of garden for the flock of bucks to swim and find food. Near the river has a one small classic wood chair. After you walked pass the blue and green river, you will see a lot of activity you can do such as have a pinnic ,read books and take a nap. Moreover,this place is opened everyday. So you just walk to lot G and enter this place. I think this place is very cool . I always relax after I just sit ten minutes near the river.

Journal #7

Taking a bus

When I studied in high school, I had never taken a bus until I was 15 year old. Actually, I really wanted to try to go by bus just one day. I think it is a good experience to see people do everything on the bus. I saw a lot of my friend taking a bus when they came home. One day on Friday, I though that this day was a good first day for me to take a bus. During I studied mathematic, I though a lot of plan to take a bus. After I finished this class, I had talked with my friend about where did we want to go and how did we want to get there. Finally, I suggest my friend that we should go shopping mall near our school and we should take a bus, for it was cheaper than by taxi. After we had finished last class, we would meet at bus station. During I took a bus, I had met a lot of thing on this way. I think it is a good experience to do it. I saw a young man. After he saw an old lady walked in a bus, He immediately stood up for her. I saw a little woman. She carried on a big bag while she stood in the bus. Someone helped her to carry on it. After I know how to take a bus, I usually use this way to go another place. Sometime, I will take a bus when I feel tired. I just want to see that people still continue to work harder than me.

Journal # 6

After sending me a second draft of your writing assignment, copy and paste your paragraph unto your journal #6.

Tsunami in Thailand

The disastrous event in Thailand was Tsunami in Phuket, Krabi,Trang and Ranong which a town in the south of Thailand. Tsunami was the first shock event in my life. In Thailand never have a disaster like this. It happened around 7.58 am on December 26, 2004 while I still slept in my house in Bangkok. After I turned on my television, every channel had news and pictures about Tsunami. I had continued to watch about this news all day. Before Tsunami would happen, people still had a same activity like everyday at the beach. After 7.58 am, all of beach was changed having pieces of wood, fossils and rubbishes spread around area. During this day, I saw every communication in the world tried to help people whom lost their house, their family in Tsunami. After next 2 weeks, I read the report about totals of Thai people is deaths around 5,305 persons and totals of foreigners are deaths around 2,402 persons. This isn’t concluding injury and missing people. I hope that this Tsunami is last large disastrous event in Thailand.

Journal #5

In class, we examined the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We looked at the different past tenses used in a narrative. We also looked at how to write an effective narrative.Write your own version of a fairytale story you remember from your childhood. Pay special attention to the use of different past tenses, and the components of a narrative.

The rabbit and the turtle

Long time ago on summer day, all of animals in the wood would play together near the river. Today, they had a meeting at mountain. The rabbit was a first person in here. He had waited until he saw the turtle who was the last person came in here. The rabbit complained a lot about why the turtle walked so slowly. After the turtle listened, the turtle got angry. Then, the turtle challenged the rabbit “We have to compete together I want to know who is fastest between the rabbit and the turtle”. The rabbit was really sure that he would win on this competition. Then the rabbit said “I will compete with you because I knew I will win” and then “The object of competition is who will be the first person to stay in a finish line on the next mountain”. All of animals were standing on the sides of line. They were cheering both of them. After the hen blow a whistle, the rabbit was running in front of the turtle. When the rabbit had run far away from the beginning line, he thought that it was impossible the turtle will be winning. Then, the rabbit thought he had enough time to take a nap. He slept until the sun set. After he woke up, he had hurried up to go to mountain. Finally, He stayed at the next mountain but it was very late for him to come here. The turtle was the winner.

Journal #4

Write a narrative account of your first arrival to the United States.

My first time in The United States

I never think my life will be changed when I came in the United States. My first time in the United States was happened around 9 months ago. First, I just planed that after I graduated my bachelor degree in Thailand, I would study English language program until spring semester 2007 in here. Before I came here, I prepared myself about Basic English language. It was rule of Grammar but I think that it wasn’t enough to help me to survive in here. I still very shy and worry to speak English and afraid to talk with foreigners. I came here with my older sister who was still sick. It means that I had to do everything for her and me by myself while we were traveling in here. Then, I had to concentrate everything I do during this trip. It was luck that my flight is nonstop, so I didn’t have to transfer at Hong Kong. I spend time in airplane around 15 hours. After I went to immigration in the United States, I had to answer all of questions for my sister and me. When I finished everything in airport, I walked out side with 4 huge suitcases. I met Tummy who my older brother friend. She picked us up at airport and went to her house. I have stayed with her until now. After my summer semester began in June 2007, my sister went back to Thailand. During this time, I had to learn to do everything by myself.

Journal #3

Free journal means you can write about anything you like. You can write about your week so far in your classes for example. Or you may write about a problem you might have encountered trying to get your classes. It is open to anything at all. Just remember to keep it clean...and interesting.

Journal #2

Write this journal using the skills you learned this week (writing a proper topic sentence with good supporting sentences).1. Choose a topic sentence you wrote for homework about your major.2. Write sentences that support the controlling idea.

Journal #1

Congratulations! You've navigated yourself in the world of cyberspace journalism. Click into the comment of the last two blog posts and write your name on the comment box.After posting a comment, respond to the prompt below as your first Journal.Describe yourself as a writer. How do you go about writing? What kinds of things do you like to write about? What do you dislike? What is hard for you? Easy?