What was Improved, What will be Improved

Unfortunately my goals were not written on previous blog post I don't know why. Maybe I forgot to write it. Therefore I will just tell you my goals that were set when I came to America first, and evaluate those right in this post. I am getting afraid to think back on the past but it is exciting in some parts!

First and foremost, one of them was "improving English skill". I think I improved pretty much. I cannot feel it directly but I can feel that using English became more natural than before. I am getting used to it. My roommate was helpful. He can speak English fluently because he is from Switzerland which uses five official languages so he is really good at linguistic stuff. I talked a lot with him and tried to get nice accent and vocabulary from him. Even though he used cursing words and slangs most of the time but it was still helpful to improve my conversation skill. In addition, through the guitar lesson to my peer, I learned a lot. Whole lesson proceed in only English because he is Chinese, so it should be necessarily in English. 

Secondly, I had decided to "read a lot of books". However I think I didn't accomplish that one because all the books I read for two months are summer reading books, and Persepolis. Maybe it is such a lame excuse but I didn't know that I will not have time for reading before I came to US. I thought I will have time for doing other things than my class stuff and extra-curricular activities. I am busy enough to do things that I have now. So I am really going to read some books during thanksgiving break! I hope I will have time for reading at that time. I already set up the plan for reading too.




Lastly, I wanted to "make a lot of good friends". Honestly I don't know about this yet. I think most of people are nice to me and they are kind. However I don't know if they are truly my friends. I talked about this with my true friend that I met at Cheshire Academy, and he said he felt same thing with me recently. I have fun with my unsure true friends and afterwards, I easily become lonely again. It is hard to explain. It feels just weird. Once, the guy that I believed that he was my true friend and dedicated most of my time betrayed me suddenly. Since then, I am  afraid to meet new friends and new people. And nowadays, I feel it much more than before. 

On the next upcoming marking period, I will, of course, improve my English skill, and make at least one true friend rather than hundred of friends. Also, different with this marking period and most importantly, I will try not to lose my very first resolution to be a cool guy :) I feel like I am going to easy these days.