My Story 

I have experience a very difficult period during my life. So when mentioning this topic, that memory comes to my mind immediately.

In China, university entrance examination is most important exam in everyone's life. Accordingly,  take this most important exam is also one of the meaningful things in our whole life, which is not because of examination itself, rather than the experience you are preparing for this exam. There is saying goes, " The life without taking university entrance examination is not a real life."Obvious, this exam is one can determine individual's destiny,essentially, if you lose in this match, you will lose the life you dreamed. In fact, this examination is held one time in a year, therefore, every candidate must grasp the only chance to write the history of personal life. 

I am a loser in this examination. When I was in high school, I was  selected into the best class in our school, because of my satisfying performance in academy in the first school life. However,  I was a person extremely lacking of confidence, I felt a great deal of stress every day when I was siting in the classroom. Stifling atmosphere in classroom made me pretty uncomfortable, which made me become self-abasement. Actually, I am a very diligent person like other students in this class, spending at least 18 hours everyday in studying. I felt I really devoted all my energy and time to studying  for pursuing success in this exam, then following my dream. 

I failed in this essential examination, which means I will lose my life. When I got the result of exam, I locked myself in my bedroom, to avoid contacting with anyone I knew expect for my parents who placed great hopes on me. 

I didn't know how can I do to track with the situation I faced with. Crying was a thing without any meaning, but I kept repeat it again and again. I was very scared to see my parents'eyes, I totally understood that  nobody in my life love me much more than them, yet, I could felt the feeling of helplessness from them. Encourage and support  from my parents is the only power for me during that time, which push me to optimistically  face the life. They are the only person who witnessed the effort I devoted to the exam and the way I pursue the dream. They woke up everyday to work for me and finally, they earned the chance for me to restudy the last year in high school, and earned the opportunity for me to attend the examination again. They wanted me to try again, to prove myself that I can do it--I am not a loser.

I achieved this previous opportunity to restudy in high school, which inspired me a lot. Although I would far away for home, leaving  my parents  to a very hard environment to study, although I would miss them , becoming homesick, and although I not true whether I can  success in this way. I must do it, must follow the sound from my mind--do it.

One year later, when I took the second time in this exam , I made it!

How a Proverb Motivate Myself

The pencil box I have kept since I attend the first year in university, now it was accompany with me entering into the 4th tear. The pencil box is very common, without any special characteristics. However, a proverb," Roman was not built in a day" matching  a pattern of Italy is sewed on its surface.

Mentioning the proverb,it means we can't do everything well just in a very short period. Once we want to start something, we always desire it can be finished as soon as possible. A case in point can be best illustrated is when children begin to study English vocabulary, at the initial period, he was always full of confidence and energy, he could review at least 10 pages of vocabulary book everyday,  when it came to the 10th of study, he thought he could master all the vocabulary he had had learned in recent days, and proud of himself for grasping English well.

However, when he began to watch a Disney carton, he found it was hard to understand what character said. Finally, the child may lose the interest in English, " why I have remembered so many words, I can't still understand what they say in the movie?" the child complained.  In fact, when we are in the process of do something, for many of us, we may give up halfway for it's difficult to keep it continue. AS the saying goes," Roman was not built in one day."  Accordingly, success comes from persist and the courage; success need us step by step; success is the process of accumulating. 

The reason why choose this pencil box and let it accompany with me these year is I want to remind myself every second: never give up, persist doing it, I will build "Roman" belonging to myself.

Actually, I have failed a lot of times on the way towards my dream, some of these moments, the only thought in my mind is give up. Indeed, I can easily bet down by difficulties. I can't deny myself a one lack of confidence  easily. 
I hope this proverb accompany with me in the near future, encouraging me persist what I pursue. 

Intriduction of a Girl

 

 

Twenty three years ago, a girl named Yanjie came to the world. Then the next 22 years, she was living in China with her parents, with a very peaceful life. However, just nearly 6 months ago, a turning point came to  her life---she moved to USA, studying in csuf.

Actually, she is a ungergraduate student majors in logistics. At her third year of her college life, she heard from that there was a one-year exchange program in her original school. Obviously, it is a great chance for her to attend this program, so that she will have the chance to feel the overseas culture, contact with different regions people,and board her herizon, etc.
This is her second semester in CSUF, she decide to attend ALP class 5days ago, because she want to improve her English abilitiy in terms of speaking, listening, reading, and writting.
The girl especially likes traveling. At the initial 3 years in her college life, she spent most of the holiday travelling to different places in China, nealy two-third provinces and regions were left her footsteps. Besides, she is really interested in doing the volunteer work, 2 years ago she was a volunteer teacher in  impovershied area in China, and it was that period that totally changed her attitude to life----Cherish the life she has, never complian.
Then, mentioning the hobbies she has,  singing, swimming, reading are all arranged in her daily schedule, although her voice is poor, her swimming skills still at initial stage, the number of the books she have read is very small, she still keep doing all of these.
Finally, it is intersteing to note, the girl is me!