Journal # 19

My favorite past time activity

Cooking is my favorite leisure activity. While I am cooking food, I really like to smell it. The smell of food is so sweet in pot where you put several sauces. This activity is the best relaxation for me because I just concentrate about the process of cooking only, so I can escape myself for thinking about my problem and my pressure and have a happy time to do it. Normally, I will begin to think what I am going to cook after I finfish to study my last class everyday. The process of my happy time begin during I am driving. It is a beginning of a perfect time for me to choose a menu to cooking everyday. The most important thing of my happy time, cooking, is when I cook for the persons, who I am love, and look at them enjoy with my food.

Journal # 18

My spring break pest very fast . The first time, I think I will collect my new vocabulary and finish my novel book. but I didn't have time to do because I always spend time outside or maybe chatting with my friend.

Journal #17

Thai Wedding Day

Thai wedding is special and magical tradition. The most special and interesting part in Thai wedding is the engagement ceremony called “Khan Mark” which take place prior to the wedding. Khan Mark is a ceremony that the groom’s family dances their way to the bride’s home. The groom’s parents has to bring “Sin Sod” to the bride’s parents as they demand such as ring, money, gold, jewelry along with two banana trees, two sugar-cane tree, meats and candy (for good luck). The groom has to pass through many gates that the bride’s family put together. Each gate is made from the gold or silver necklace ropes blocking between the doors. The groom has to make an attempt to pass each gate by bribing the keeper of the gate until gets to the bride. Then the groom will offer the bride’s ring and this considered the end of engagement ceremony. The wedding ceremony starts when the bride and groom receive a blessing from the monk. After the monks finish their blessing, the guests (start with elderly) will pour water on the hand of groom and bride and give them their blessing. In the evening, there will be a wedding reception celebration for the bride and groom. After the dinner reception, the bride and groom will be sent to the room by the elderly and finally the ceremony ends at this point.

Journal # 16

My good strategies

My lists of strategies to keep-up my language practice during the spring break are watching movies, shopping at the mall, and reading novel. There are relaxing activities for me, and I can learn how to practice my English language such as pronunciation, structure of sentence and new vocabulary. When I go to watch movies at theater, I actually interest this movie. So it is easy for me to concentrate on the story and learn how to pronunciation correctly during watching it. In addition, I can learn a new vocabulary and conversation while I am shopping at the mall. For example, when I want to buy a new product for my skin, I will go to cosmetic at the mall. The saleswomen will suggest their product very clearly and slowly, so I can listen, communicate and learn new vocabularies. Finally, I can keep up my language by reading novel. It is a good activity because I can remember a correct structure and new phrase because I want to understand the whole of story.