The arch

We went downtown and saw the baseball court of Cardinals today. It was unbelievable!! I love MLB baseball, so I was really excited when I saw it.
Then, we saw city museum, football gym, and some big buildings. There were too many people in the restaurant, so we didn't eat lunch.



On the side walk, I saw Mississippi River (2,350 miles ), it was cleaner than Twiwan's river. The sun was on the top of the arch, I couldn't believe that it was real, it was just like a pitcure. There was a small gondola and we took it up. Wow, it was so high! The building was shaking because of the wind. I think I was in the heaven, and I could see everything here. Ha!! I am the God!!!

Then, we went to a vollyball game which Nick's sister was the referee of the game.
It was "noisy" there, girls always shouted when they got the point, they have to shout 22 times and finally won the game. "YA" "YES" "Oh", it was crazy but funny!



My host family took me to a Chinese restaurant at night. It was not easy to explain how to order the Chinese food, but it was easy to talk to the waitress. Because I speak Chinese to her even though she is from Mainland China. We had a great meal!! I like Chinese food better than American food.

go sledding

I was so tired and fell asleep in the class. The ball game after school also made me uncomfortable. Priory lost many points. Fortunately, Nick and I went sledding at night.



Three classmates went sledding with us at night. I asked Nick "Are we going to sled in the dark?" He said yes, and it was also his first time sledding at night. First, we went to a park, but there wasn't much snow. Some of us were hurt by the grass.



Then we went to Priory, I was afraid that we would caught by the police. But someone said " This is our school, why can't we sled in our own school?"
That's right! Let 's go! Brothers!! The slopes were long and precipitous, and the speed of our sleigh were as fast as wind. Nick wanted to compete with me, but his sleigh didn't work. I won the race!! Ha, it was fun. We also tried another game, five people sat together and went down at the same time, wow....cool.



I couldn't take pictures because it was too dark.



Then, we went to a restaurant, and saw another classmate there. We ordered some special kinds of milk shake. Mine was watermelon flavor. Someone even ordered cheese cake flavor!! I had never tried watermelon milk shake in my life before.

the trip to a university

All the students from Taiwan got together and went to a university today. Everyone seemed very happy because we haven't met each other for several days. When we arrived at the school, someone took pictures for all of us. I feel so confident that I am the member of this group.



First we saw some pillars, very huge pillars. They really vibrated my heart. There was a statue there, I think it is as vivid as life. The craftsman who built this stature might spend much time on it. The tiger symbolized this university. I saw two rock tigers in front of the gate. But I thought those were lions at first. Then, we went to eat some pizza . The pizza there was delicious. We also took some rest there. Some of the students felt a little tired.


In the afternoon, we went to a gym. The basketball court was beautiful. However, the three points line and the center line were too closed, it was difficult for the players to play. The swimming pool was marvelous. It was a 50-meter long and a standard formal pool. It could be used as a formal swimming competition. I was in a swimming team when I was in Juinor high. I know the swimming pool better than anyone else. After seeing the swimming pool, everyone went shopping. I bought a small football.



The party in the evening was crazy. We have to guess how many candies were there in the jar. I am not good at it. Later, we went to the basement. There were so many interesting things there. Some table tennis, billiards, video games etc. I love sports and video games better than guessing the candy. What a great day!

eight and nine

It snowed a lot, so we didn't have to go to school for two days. Because of the traffic, we couldn't go anywhere. Nick has to study for the tests. I went to the basement and played video games.



Hostmom took me to the mall where was not far away from their house. I didn't want to buy something here. Everything is so expensive. However, I told myself that I "should" buy something. Finally, I bought a baseball T-shirt for $20 dollars in a sports shop.


After shopping in the Mall, Nick took me to the MacDonald. The burgers here are bigger than the burgers in Taiwan. The fries are too salty, and the milk shake is awesome. That's all, my snow holidays...

The seventh day

School time!! We are going back to work after the weekend. Nick had a lot of homework and tests. I saw a lot of pressure on Nick. American students have their pressure, too.
We went to church before going to the class. I was surprised to see the monk crying during reading the Bible. There must be somthing really touched him. But I couldn't feel it at all.



Then we took Latin, Theology, Chemistry and Math. I fell asleep in the Math class. The lesson was about sin and cosin. I didn't understand because I haven't learned yet.


There was a Spanish class in the afternoon, I couldn't understand that. But the teacher was so interesting and humorous, I like him. I said "goodbye" in Spanish to him. This is the only Spanish I could say! It's quite cool!


Nick had a basketball practice after school, I watched them and learned some skills. There will be a basketball game after the winter vacation in my school. I asked the team players and the coach to teach me some skills.

The sixth day

My hostdad took Nick and me to the church. I felt a little boring because they always did the same thing.


Wow, it was snowing. The white world made me so exciting. I saw snow once in Japan last year. But it's different. It looked like a picture, an amazing picture.


Today is Chinese New Year. We went to Mr. Mulvihill's farm in the afternoon. All the students from Taiwan got together. I played the poker cards with them. Everyone was so happy.

I showed my host family the instant noodles that I brought from Taiwan. I ate the noodles for dinner. I miss the food back home. The taste of the noodles was so great. I ate instant noodles on Chinese New Year Day. What a poor boy I am! Mom, Dad and Irena are eating the big feast now. Happy New Year to you all!

The fifth day

I went to bed very late last night, so I got up at 12:45. When Nick said " Good morning" to me, I felt really embarrassed, because it was already in the afternoon. Nick also got up very late, so after the lunch, we went to the ball game. I'm so glad that I can watch basketball games every day, I love to play basketball and watch basketball games very much. Wow! Priory has won the ball game again. T his game was more exciting than last one. The scores between the two teams were very closed. After the game, Nick took his friend, Jesse, and I to a club and played basketball "again". That was really fun, I could play basketball with the members of the basketball team. Then we ordered some french fries and chicken fingers. I think those snacks are the cheapest and the most popular food in th U.S.



We had a party in the evening. My hostdad lent me his Tuxedo. This is my first wearing the formal dress. They said that I looked like an adult. If Mom saw me, she would srcreame loudly. The party was just like what I saw on the American movie. There were many boys and girls dancing and talking. Nick wasn't crazy about the dancing and I didn't dance, either. But I had a chance to see the special cluture of America.