I had to conceal the appointment with conversation partner on line because I had appointment about application for engineering faculty at 10:00. I guessed I maybe late so I concealed the appointment ahead of time. Fortunately, I was borrowing some books in NEXUS when I met my ex-session classmate. She signed up for the conversation 1 0f 3 in the following 20mintues. I went on with her to wait for her appointment. When it was 11:40 that she appointed, other people did not arrive. I said to the conversation partner: “can I join your conversation”.She was very accommodating. She agreed to speak to me. At first, I told them the reason that I concealed my appointment, then I referred to the future plan about career. I have never applied for YORK UNVERSITY. I am studying at Yueli to practice oral English and know Canada university situation. The conversation partner agreed on this point. She said that It is OK because engineering is weakness in YORK. Then I mentioned how to apply for graduate school efficiently.She said that she had no any idea bout that because she has not applied for it. She told me information in general such as requirement of admission office, especially deadline varied faculty or graduate school, the Process of application. The basic requirement of admission office is performance level B and IELTS 6.5. AS I did not plan to continue studying at YORK UNVERSITY, she suggested taking IELTS as soon as possible. In the end, she pointed out my problem that listening is my drawback. Maybe both Tv and radio are accesses to improve my listening.

Yesterday, we had a workshop on how to take advantage of all library resources effectively. As I make my presentation at least 15 minutes in seminar, and I have not decided its outline, it is useful for me. It was key word that I entered, and all the entries about the key word-obesity appeared. I picked three or four entries, and wrote down the call numbers of these books. It is very convenient to find the location of those books for me. I did not take my laptop to school because I wanted to borrow books today. Before having core class, I tried to post a comment on someone else’s blog, and it failed. Fortunately, Derek told me what I should do, and he showed how to post a comment. After having seminar today, I planned to go to the library. I met my classmate in ex-semianr on the way to the library, and we took the same number bus, so we got home together. I am going to arrive early to borrow those books tomorrow.

What a busy day

I had a seminar “Canada social issues ”on Thursday. One of requirements was to pick a topic everyone would present about. Unfortunately, Ronaldo and I chose the same topic. It is the last topic on the list. As Ronaldo gave up the last topic-obesity, the instructor gave priority to my choice. His manners stamped him a gentleman. I felt grateful him very much.

It was a busy day on Thursday. It was my first time to sign up for the conversation partner in the session. As I did not know where the appointed room was, I had to arrive ahead of time. Fortunately, I met Juanita on the way. She told me how to went there.

It was the first time to speak with the conversation partner. At first, I introduced me to her. After that, she asked me what you spoke about today. I said to make a mini presentation about Chinese ShouZhou embroidery tomorrow. The presentation was assigned on Monday. I had searched some information on the Internet. I planned to tell about it in advance. She was interested in Chinese embroidery, and she wondered how to finish a piece of embroidery. I said that what Chinese ShouZhou embroidery was. Varied patterns are embroidered onto fine silk with silk thread. I mentioned the characteristic of Suzhou embroidery is two-sided pattern. The picture is repeated on both sides of the embroidered piece. The stitching on embroidered pieces is done with silk threads. They have been divided until the actual thread is almost impossible to see. Through the repetition of stitches a very dense embroidering occured. At last, I showed her a Chinese ShouZhou double-sided embroidery silk scarf. She thought Chinese ShouZhou embroidery is highly commendable, especially intricate needlework. After listening to my speaking, she suggested going down my speaking speed to get my ideas across.

My seminar

I was absent yesterday because I was ill. While I was having core class, I had information about my seminar. My seminar is Canadian social issue. It is not my first choice; I feel diappointed. Moreover, my seminar classmate Ronaldo spoke about the first class assignment. To search information about banana and discuss banana in class is the assignment.