A bloomimg sing of spring

l read a newspaper abut Cherry Blossom Festival. Actually, Cherry blossms came from Japan.

lt's one of my favorite flower.

They're so beautiful and they live such a short time, maybe a week or 10 days.

so, it kind of reminds us of this ephemeral nature of lives.

If you want to see cherrly blossom, you can see it.

Burrard Skytrain station will be treated to a free concert to launch the third annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival making the change of seasons across the city.

If you have a free time, Let's go~

Spring is coming~!!

by sue~

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No pain No gain

I have been to in vancouver for several times. actually when l came to here, l had good and new expierance in my life. so l love in here. maybe most of people who live in here love vancouver.

Most of people who meet somewhere always make a smile and are friendly
in my country, we can hardly see that situation.
We just looks scared and pretend to ignore as we meet at first time.

The other thing l love vancouver is l can improve my English ability.
when l can't speak English well, l didn't have confidence. and it was diffcult to me.
l study over and over again.. l'm getting better.^^
The most important thing is English is international language.
whenever we go abroad if you can speak English, lt's doesn't matter for us.

Frankly since l was middle school, lots of student were under stress due to English.
as you know, everything is difficult to us at first time.

anyway... 'NO PAIN NO GAIN' so you just try to study it.

by sue

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good news to your health

Whenever we hang out with friends or co-worker or someone...

We usually go to somewhere such as reasturant, or a coffee shop....

If you have no idea where you should go ..How about drinking a cup of coffee~?

Actually, most of people usually drink a cup of coffee after a meal or whenever .

It's really good for our body. Becuase the coffee protect a heart disease like hypertension and upper cholesterol.

In my case, l had sever constipation since l was in high school.
My stomach was getting worse and worse and i felt terrible.

fortunately, l heard from TV program about goodness of coffee.
l tried to drink a cup of coffee once a day...
After a while ,I'm getting better... l can't live without coffee.
so, l love coffee now and forever~

but you need to be careful that you don't drink too much coffee.

The coffee has some side-effect. Don't foreget it

let's enjoy drinking a cup of coffee during break time and after meal.

by sue~

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Sudoku

Have you tried Sudoku before?

It is really fun, but sometimes it is difficult to find out. So, if you do difficut Sudoku, you should fight your brain. When you figure out it , you will feel exellent and accomlishment.

Let's try it!

You can find Sudoku by newspaper, 24hours and Metro. Rules of Sudoku is place a number from 1-9 in each empty cell. Each row, column and 3*3 block bound - ed by bold line (9 blocks) contains all the numbers from 1-9.

Here is the puzzle. Good luck!


by hye lim

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"The Pursuit of Happiness"

Yesterday i saw a nice movie which the title is "the Pursuit of Huppiness".


I was pleasantly overwhelmed by the story and for two hours I lost track of time.


The main character, Chris Gardener (who is intepreted with pathos by Will Smith), is the father of a vivaciuos five years old kid . Despite his efford, Chris has not a real job. In a blink of a eye the situation get drammatic when his unsutisfied wife left the family for a job in
New York city.

The hard times don't forbid Chris to face his wife and keeping his boy with him anyway. Here a struggling adventure start roaming around the streets of San Francisco.

In this film Will Smith is very inspired and his part struck me. I think his struggle, his obstination, his self-confidence are a positive inspiration for all of us. For someone who doesn't know about his own path but also for someone who knows his own path but doesn't believe and manage it.

I suggest this movie expecially to the students because they will be able to grasp the dialogues and the story also without subtittles. The message of this film is helpfull for all the people like me that are studieng english with a purpose or a dream for the future. For all those moments that we have concerns and weak self-confidence.......

good watch

Fabrizio

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AKI - Japanese Restaurant

Have you ever been to Japan?
- 일본에 가 본 적 있나요??


If you have not been to Japan but you want to feel like in Japan~ I recommend to go to 'AKI'.
- 일본에 가본적은 없지만, 일본에 있다고 느끼고 싶다면~ 'AKI'를 추천합니다.
In Vancouver there is a small Japan which is the Japanese Restaurant 'AKI'.



- 벤쿠버에 'AKI'라는 작은 일본, 일본 레스토랑이 있답니다.





'AKI' is one of the oldest Japanese restaurants in the city.
-'AKI'는 벤쿠버의 가장 오래된 일본 레스토랑 중 하나입니다.

It's located in 745 ThurlowVancouver, BC V6E 3L2. If you know about downtown in Vancouver, it's really easy to find it!!
- 이 곳의 위치는 745 ThurlowVancouver이며, 만약 벤쿠버의 시내를 아시는 분이라면 쉽게 찾을 수 있습니다.

When I went to 'AKI', it remained me that I was in Japan!!
- 제가 'AKI'를 갔을 때 그 곳은 내가 일본에 있었을 때를 생각나게 하였습니다.

The atmosphere was so cozy and the waitress was freindly, besides the cheif was so handsome!!
(Actually it's just my own opinion but it's an important point! )
- 분위기는 편안하고 따뜻하며, 종업원 역시 매우 친절하며, 뿐만아니라 요리사 역시 너무 맘에 들었습니다.


Of course, you can eat really awesome foods!!
-물론 아주 맛있는 음식을 먹을 수 있답니다.

At that time, I ordered salmon and tuna sushi. The sushi was so fresh that I felt in to the sea!! I couldn't forget the taste!
- 레스토랑에 갔을 때, 난 연어와 참치 초밥을 시켰는데 초밥이 너무나 신선하여 마치 바닷가에 와있는듯 했습니다 . 그 초밥의 맛을 잊을 수 없습니다.

And there is lots of Japanese food, you can eat many kinds of Japanese food!

- 그리고 그 곳엔 많은 일본 음식이 있어서 많은 종류의 일본 음식을 맛볼 수 있습니다.

If you want to feel like in Japan or you want to try Japanese food, why don't you go to 'AKI' !!

- 만약 일본에 와 있다고 느끼고 싶거나, 일본 음식을 맛보고 싶다면 'AKI'로.~

by bora~

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mt seymour trail

Vancouver is surrounded by marvelous mountains. Thera are three mountains easy to access from the middle of the city by bus. Usually the people, the radio, and the newspapper speak only about skiing or snowbording there. But not everyone likes skiing or snowbording and, most importantly, the lift tickets and the equipment are expensive, right?

So, if you like hiking, and you know about the satisfaction of getting to the peak (it doesn't matter if it is Hymalaya or lower!), or if you like the view of the city and the ocean, or simply if you want to spend a different kind of day with your friends, there are some awesome trails in those mountains.

Two hiking trails start gently at the base and west side of the chairlift of Mt. Seymour ski area . It is 7 km (return) to reach the first peak or 3 km (return) for the lake trip. For the longest trip, if you are in good shape it takes around 1 hour, but nobody's trying to catch you, so you can take it easy and enjoy the beatifull view that will be laid out for you after you pass the trees.


I suggest bringing some food and drinks with you and enjoying picnics with your friends and perhaps having a drammatic dinner on the peak.



After a big snowfall or generally during the winter season (seeing that on Seymour it snows frequently!) you need a pair of snowshoes. You can rent it the day before in some sports shop in the city. At MEC (mountain-equipment-coop) on Brodway avenue it will cost you around 10 dollars. You can also rent the snowshoes directly at the rental shop of Mt. Seymour but it's not cheeper.

In winter conditions you have to check the avalanche board at the beginning of the trail. By convention there are 4 different levels of avalanche risk: Low, moderate, considerable and high.

You must always be carefull but if you follow the trail in "low" or "moderate" conditions there is hardly any risk and you may even see some schools bringing children there!

I'm sure you will be awestruck by the unreal and magical atmosphere and by the "bubble snow trees"!!! So enjoy .........


ciao
Fabrizio

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