Differences between Chinese Valentine's and Tom Sweeping Festival

        Many Chinese people love to celebrate for festivals. In Chinese traditions, there are two festivals I think it's very different of it meaning. They are Chinese Valentine's and Tomb Sweeping festival.There are three differences between them: celebration events, representatives stories, and the money as a symbol.        

       With the events for celebrating this two festivals, many couples love to go to have a big meal inChinese Valentine's and send flowers as a gift. On Tomb Sweeping days, we sweep the Tomb and make Chinese Burritos as celebration.        

       Then, the representatives are different for them. Most of people know that cupid is as a symbol for western Valentine's. But in Chinese Valentine's, our represent person are Cowherd and Weaving maid ( characters in folk story). There is no human representative of Tomb Sweeping, it represent by solar terms.        

       And the most funny one is the money symbol between this two holidays. On Valentine's, we spend real money for celebrate. By contrary, we burn ghosts money for the spirits that means they can spend money in the three degrees.        

       According to these differences between the Chinese Valentine's and Tomb Sweeping Festivals, we know how to celebrate in different ways, who represent as a symbol, and the money for real and spirits. I think how to celebrate depends on your own way not all follow with traditions.

Comparing life in high school to life in college

          I'm now a prospective graduate student of college in Taiwan.  Speaking of my student life, it's very interesting and have a lot of impressions of high school student to become a college student. There are many differences between high school and college: relationship, timetable, costume.  

          First of all, high school student should know every students in their class, because they have to be together five days a week in the same class. But it's different in college. Students in college may have different classes in different majors. They can't remember every students in different class, because some students you may see once a week.

          Second, school arrange timetable in high school. Every high school students should go to school before 7:30, because some schools have morning rally once or twice a week at the square. High school's time schedule is from 7:40 to 5:00 everyday. Some students even forced to study at the evening to 9:30 p.m. By contrast, we can choose class and subject ourselves in the college. We don't go to school every day or wake up early in the morning. All it can in accordance with your own schedule.

          The last one is the costume contrast. We have uniforms for high school student. It can save money for parents and save time for student to go to school early. In college, we don't have uniforms. Many students dress up to show themselves especially major in fashion department. And it's free to every student in college to have different style in their own personalities.

          Including relationship, timetable, and costume, it shows very different between life in high school and college. For me, I like the college life better and suggest the freshman control yourself not to be lazy for college life or you will fail in your grade.

High school uniform

College free costume

You won't wake up early for college

Happy Chinese New Year

                Many Chinese love to celebrate for the Chinese New Year, and so do I. This year,

I felt relaxing during this holiday. I ate a lot of traditional foods in my hometown, Tainan,

because I left there for about 6 months. I miss the great foods there. And also I had a happy

time with my family. We did many things like many simple families. We united and had a big

dinner on December 30th of lunar calendar. Then, we went to the temple to pray for everyone.

Most interested thing was to play poker or mahjong. And the most important thing 

for children bet red envelopes. We love Chinese New Year!

Serena:)