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Seattle is a really lovely place. The sunshine is warm, the sky is beautiful, and the people are very nice. I enjoy these three weeks very much. Not only because of the courses and the places we visited, but of course, because I had spent a wonderful time with all the other colleagues from Chung Chi! Priscilla “A Wonderful Trip” The first day when I arrived in the University of Washington, I didn’t like there very much. It was because it was raining and all of us needed to open an umbrella. That made us so many troubles as all of us were carrying a lot of luggage. When I went to my room in the Mercer Hall, I found out that I didn’t have a roommate. I felt so sad that the school didn’t assign a roommate for me. Also, the smell inside my room was not very good. It might because there has been a long time no one occupied the room. All of the above things made me very sad at the first when I arrived in Seattle. However, after the first day, I changed my impression in there. The sun shined brightly over head almost everyday. There was no rain within the whole period when we were staying there. My skin was even burnt by the sun. Ha! Our teacher (Cindy) was very nice. We went to visit the campus with her at the second. I really liked the campus, especially the classical buildings in there. They had about 150-year history. So, they were very different from the buildings in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The class was very useful and relaxing as it didn’t has so many workloads. We have a lot of outdoor activities with the teachers during afternoon. The most wonderful day for me was the trip went to the Mountain Rainier. At first, I couldn’t believe that was true as the sun was shining overhead but the mountain was covered by snow. We can never see snow in Hong Kong. So, we laughed and shouted loudly on the mountain. As we were not used to step on the snow, we fell down very often. But we caught up quickly as other classmates gave others a hand when some one was in trouble. We even “skied” without any tool on the mountain (just sat on the higher slope and then slide down). That was very funny since we never try it. At the end, all 33
of us had our trousers and shoes wetted. I took many photos but my friends didn’t believe that we were only wearing short-sleeved T-shirt to stay in a snowed mountain. People in Seattle are indeed nice and helpful. They gave me a hand when I needed helps. One day, Amy and I wanted to go to Chinatown but we didn’t know how to get there. When we were looking at the map to see how to get there, a man came and promised to guide us to the Chinatown from the Pike Place Market (that was so far away from the market). We were very scared as we thought he might not a good person. Finally, we went to the Chinatown safely as he was such a nice person. He talked with us during the whole period. I thought that was impossible to happen in Hong Kong. You may difficult to find some one to help even you are in trouble. The speed of daily life there is slower than in Hong Kong. There are suitable for people who retired or just wanted to have a vacation. Shops are closed after 7pm. Only a few people walk on the street after 7pm. Once, when my classmates and I got back from Downtown to the hostel at almost 8pm, we couldn’t find any things to eat. It was because all the restaurants were closed. I thought that was quite boring to stay in the hostel during night. Also, I couldn’t use telephones or mobile phone whenever I wanted or needed. The Internet was not very common in there. All of these made me felt a little bite inconvenient to stay in there. However, I could enjoy my daily life slower in Seattle and pay more attention on studying English. Although Seattle is not a city very suitable for me, I still treated the trip as a valuable chance to stay in there. I have been exploring in different culture in there and learned so many. Also, I made many friends all over the world. Therefore, I won’t forget the treasured time staying in there. Cynthia Recently, I have heard the term of “ Informal Education” which is promoted by some of the education reformers in Hong Kong. During the trip, I experienced greatly the power and magic of the informal education that is the major method used by the University of Washington. It not only improved my English without any stress but 34
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