Five Things I'm Thankful Of

Thanksgiving is all about being grateful, and here is the five things I'm grateful of.

1) First I want to thank my parents for everything they had done for me. They are always there to keep me company, but now looking back at it, I think spent more time with our house keeper than my parents. Because I'm a single child, I was often lift alone at the house, maybe that's how I learn to talk to myself a lot. Even so, my parents tried very hard for me to have a good childhood, which I did, also with some problem and dark stages that all family had faced. My parents always made the best choices for me, and I'm grateful they did that. But here is something I want to make clear, many people got this mixed up. We did not move to Tennessee just for me to go to Webb, we moved because my dad has to work here. My old school is just as good as Webb, if my dad didn't need to work, we still be in my favorite city. I still glad we moved, because now I can spend more time with my grandparents and the pollution in Shanghai is getting bad (still love it~). Anyway! I love my parents.

2) Second I want to thank my friends, old and new. There was one song I learned in camp that I have never forgotten, is goes like this. "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold. A circle is round, it has no end. That's how long, I will be your friend." Even if is a childish song, is proves my point. My friends in Shanghai reflects the real me, which can laugh so loudly without stopping and not care about everything else. My new friends that I made in Webb are great to have around with, they are easy to talk to and FUN! I'm grateful of my friends.

3) Third I want to thank my old English teacher, who is also my volleyball coach. My English teacher and his wife is both, two of the best teachers I ever had. They both taught me a lot. Even if my dad doesn't like my English teacher that much, because he think he didn't taught me any, but that is not true. If it wasn't for my English teacher, I would never knew the history about China's Culture Revolution. I would never had read "The Red Scarf Girl" or "China Son". He's a great teacher and I'm glad he taught me English for two years. He is also very funny. He would criticize the US once in a while and if the German kid agree with him, he would act angry and say, "You are not allow to criticize my country! Only I can, because I'm American!" Then he would high-five me. He is also a great volleyball coach, even if we lose, he will tell us we did great, but we could do better. HE IS GREAT! 

4) Fourth I want the two little kittens at home. Thanks to them, I always have something to keep me company when I go home.

5) Lastly, I want to thank myself. Amber you did good job for not going crazy! But really, I want to thank everyone who read this, thank you for reading my blog. 

My Goals

November 4th is National Goal Setting Day. Write three goals that you would like to accomplish by the time this school year ends. Why did you choose these goals, and why are they important? 

I like setting goals for myself, that gives me more self-contral over myself, because I really need it. If I had to set three goals it will be, work harder in each class, be happier, and get closer to someone I like. I like to keep my goals simple, not hard so I would stress myself, but not to easy that I will be lazy. 

First, I pick work harder in each class because some classes I have low grades in them. I know is not that I don't understood them, is that I'm not working hard enough. If I've worked hard in some of these classes, I wouldn't have the grades I do now.

Second, be happier, because I feel like I not being so positive, and I don't want to feel that way. I hope I could pick up the small things in life, and make my self happier, so I would enjoy more. 

Third, to get closer to the person I like, this is embarrassing, but is true. I like this person, and I just want to first be friends with him. I want to talk to him as a friend first, and thats all I want, not too much, not too little.