The long holiday was over. Today is the second day of school. I am so blessed to have such a great teacher in my Major Methods Class. She is having a 3-hour class with us almost everyday, others just have 2. I could see that she's trying to give us as much information as possible, sharing with us her experience, encouraging us to think and give our own ideas....She is so devoted, a really good role-model in showing me what a good teacher could be like. I'm really impressed by her passion in teaching.

Another thing that I'm so thankful for is that, I'm going to the same university that my friend is attending in October! There were quite a number of people who applied to go to Sydney, but not all of them can really get a place. One of my classmates even said there aren't actually a lot of people who can go to Sydney (I am not sure whether it's true or not). Anyway, it is so good that I can go there, and meet my friend in her university! She told me that it's also quite a good school.

I read a few emails from my Xian friends. It seems that they're all quite busy at their studies/work. I also have quite a lot to do this year, which I didn't really expect to be like that. I even had a stomachache today. I'm a bit stressed as there are quite a lot for me to do, I do have to talk a lot more in classes (I'm not used to that...I do have to try hard to overcome my fear in speaking and be more confident......), most of the students have a really good command of English (some of them are actually native speakers)... We're all having a hard time working towards different things... Anyway, it's good to have challenges. I'm persuading myself to try hard, and see how it goes=) I talked to my mum just now. She gave me such a great comfort.