tHE End oF FAll

Here's something I read about the weather forecast on today's newspaper "THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR":

November will now stop imitating August

Indianapolis' unseasonably pleasant weather is about to become seasonable, and not so pleasant. Temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s (℉) by midweek.

Over the weekend, Hoosiers (somebody who comes from the state of Indiana) moved about like it was August. With temperatures in the mid- to high-60s, the sun shining, runners ran in shorts and T-shirts. [...]

All that's coming to an end.

Wow, if it really drops to 20℉, it's amazingly going to be around -6℃!! I wonder how it's going to be and feel like under 0℃. I hope I have enough clothes with me to survive through the winter.

I started to enjoy reading the newspaper here. There are two kinds of newspapers freely offered on campus. One of them is the one that I cited the weather forecast--" The Indianapolis Star", it's offered everyday including weekends. The other one is our university's newspaper "Indiana Statesman" which is issued every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. In the beginning, I only knew our university's newspaper, so that's the only one I read. They wrote mostly about the news happened in Terre Haute and on campus. When I discovered that there's another kind of newspaper offered, I started to take only The Indianapolis Star. It's more like a newspaper. It has lots of sections such as sports, living, food & drink and business. Basically, it's for free; but if you want to read it, you'll always have to go and get it earlier. Otherwise, none would be left when you get there too late.

This week, for ISU, is the week of International Education Week Celebrations. It starts from today, and we had a kick-off event this afternoon. Every countries around the world, if possible, has to give a presentation and to show the features of their country. It was the first time for Taiwan to join the event, so we might not be that good as others. But, I'm truly proud of Taiwan, and I'm so proud of being part of it. In the beginning, all the Taiwanese that were there greeted everyone in Taiwanese (not Mandarin). During the presentation, we played a video clip that was made by the Tourism Bureau. It was so touching to see some of the attractions in Taiwan. Not until I saw the video did I know that deeply in my heart, I really miss Taiwan.

Today, I chatted a little bit with my sister and one of my best friends in college on MSN messenger. I felt really happy to know what they're up to recently, and there's no way I can describe the joyful feeling. All I can say is that I really miss you guys, and no matter what, please do nothing but make yourselves happy. That's how I want you to be, always happy and content.