American food

It may be easy for some countries to determine what is their traditional food. In America it doesn't seems to be the case. if i have to answer to this question i would give a list. First hamburgers, then hot dogs, taco bell, barbecue, among many others. Those are the names i think about a friend ask out to eat american. As you can see all of them are fast foods; the traditional sign is depicted in those foods. Americans do not like waisting time not even in cooking, time has a great value , since many people are involve in many activities that fast foods are the right thing to get, despite the fact that they are aware of the danger that result.America is the first country with the most people obese, without mentioning the consequences such as diabetes, heart deseases, and often death.

In my country the similarity with USA is that there are dizains of traditioonal foods , we cannot say what is the typical food in cameroon. answer wil differ from places to places, due to the diversity of cultures. However the difference is that we cook our food we don't eat too much fast food . our BMI is 23, so we spend a lot of time to make our foods. i still enjoy cooking my own food, heavy foods; i was glad to discover it is possible in the US.

Optimistic quote

This quotation describe a very common behavior people show in life. If we always see the worse in something , somebody, or a projrct we will never see the good in it, but if we behave contrarily positive things will happen because we make them happen, we work to that. In a relationship, if one patner see the other with pessimistic remarks, he will see his or her weakness , failures he or she makes on a daily basis and think that the relationship will never go on. However a person with good beliefs who is kind, who is looking for the goodness, the profit, will end up with it. A patner who behaves like this will find out the most interesting part of the other ,since everyone has one no matter what the evil they did.
I think optimism is the best state of mind we should have ;although, it is the more difficult. It direct our actions, life and happiness. Only knows that everything is possible in this world if we believe; even if we don't get the appropriate result, it is worth trying.

my friend

I have many freinds includung you guys, but i do have one only best friend. Her name is Therese. We have been classmates since 2005 in high school and went to the university at the same time. We share a lot of characteristics; for instance, we both have the same prefence of food. we are very picky and most of the time we keep eating the same kind of food for days without boring(rice, chicken and beens). We used to hang out together every weekend for shopping, beauty salon, or theater. We were always everywhere together and making fun. Honestly ,she is the one who most of time dragged me out of the house; because, i prefer staying home and have some fun more than hanging out. Although we seem to be two inseparable twins, we still have different habits too.
My friend likes love movies while i prefer horror movies, but she make me like love movies too. The only thing i don't like with her and that i cope with is that she talk too much, even when i need to concentrate on a homework, she cannot keep from talking. The thing i guess she hates from me is that i am not very patient, when i am not intersted in something i give up.

my best friend

If animals could talk

It is always amazing when a dog or a cat or anu animal you are familiar with stars at you or move try to tells you something that you can't get. I wonder if it knows that i cannot understand him. I grow up with cat. I love cats and find them very calm abd smart. Cats and other animals hide a lot of goods even if we ignore them. I am very curious to discover some of them.
If animals could talk , i think the world change maybe better. Wit their developped sense they will be able to alert us about an oncoming catastrophe like earthquakes, and more. I also think that the would have more wrigths and would be able to defend themselveS. Humans would be scared of hunting them and eating meat again; because, they will be considered as humans. Consequently their will be restored for ever.
The set of questions i would like to ask them is like this: do you have proper names? do you believe in God too? what do you know about the creation of a man? since they were before the man,they might know more than we did. i would also like to know if our dear animals have the same tastes as we do about food and more. I would enjoy this time if only it could happen.

Bill Wethers: lean on me

Bill Wethers ''lean on me'' is my favorite.This one of my best songs i used to listen on a regular basis. I discovered it for the first time about 2 years ago back in my country. i never had the oppotunity to have the CD, it was occasionally broadcasted in the radio; but once i came to the USA i lhave listened to the song a million time in youtube and it is here that i have come to love this song more and learn to sing it.

Everytime i listen to that song i feel emotionallly moved, when i miss my family and all my friends so hard it helps me cool down. it reminds me every time somebody gave a hand in doing something. I truly recognise how much my parents and brothers cares about me, want me to succeed, and how much they need me. It reminds to work hard and succeed in order to satify them. It also compels me to help somebody in need, and i feel bad when i realise sometimes i failed to do it.

This is a great song. I love the melody, the voice, and the words are very strong. i feel very happy to nkow al those people around that i need and always tell me "you are not alone, call me if you need something''.

my favorite weather

I my country there 2 main seasons : the dry season which last from november to april, and the rainy season he rest of the year. the weather in general is not different from thaht in california: heat and rain, the difference is the duration. i don't like both seasons, what i like is a cool weather not toomuch cold not too much hot. in my country this time is the after rain. Here in california weather is the time very hot that i cannot take it. i think i will prefer the little cold time of the morning;because, it make me feel good that i cannot even feel hunger.Also i can sleep very well it is cold. i think that californis has the best weather in the USA.

my favorite weather

my fear

Honestly i have many fears, but the thing that scares me the most is darkness. this is my major fear. when i was a child i always want to sleep with my parents until i had a sister to sleep together; only because night is a horrible moment for me. the moment i figure out darkness outside, i have all sort of horrilbe pictures in my mind. a lot of time i have nightmare during the sleep. That make me feel bad. I cannot afford standing in darkness alone even for 5 minutes. Back in my country i used to spend 1 or 2 nights alone when my parents travelled; these were the most horriblle moments of my life. I turn on all the lights of my house to be able to sleep. Peole think that the reason is that i wacth horror movies. Now to overcome that fear , first i decided to stop watching any movie showing death, violence , stuffs like that. I also used to sleep with light on in my room. I try sometimes to face a night without light but in the middle of the night i fail from doing it. i don't know how to do get rid of that fear.

my fear

how i get around

If i could have a super power i wish i could fly like a bird and reach any place at any moment. i just have this deeling since i am here. ; because, i always feel stucked. i want to say that it is reaaly difficult to move around in this country because i don't own a car and not able to drive. every time i have to go somewhere : shopping, school or party, i use the bus, or friends give me a ride. but the funny thing is that i catch every occasion to go out when one of my relative intends to go out. i can't wait the time i will get my driver license.

On the contrary there are many reasons i would give more credits to american transportation system than the one in Cameroon. Here roads are bigger and vehicles flow easily. It is easy to own a car, it is also easy to go anywhere, if we have the address and the direction; what is impossible to have in my country. Even the public transportation is helpful. With a bus one can go to any place even on a long distance, despite the long time we wait for it.

All will be fine as soon as i get my driver license . Actually i am getting prepared for the the written test. I hope some of you in my case will drive a car very soon!

About me

Hi everyone,

My name is ngo nlomtiti annette christiane. i know it is pretty hard to spell, simply call me Anet .i have been in the USA for 8 months , been studying english at ALP at a lower level. Last semester my expectations were to get my toefl score and sign up for university classes, but things turn on its head. so this semester my goal is still the same get a 600. pretty hard for me!

I used to enjoy many beaches , restaurants dishes, make a trip to to Las Vegas for example. you will like it too. there are many things that have changed since i am here. i like sport , basketball,tennis ,volleyball, i even discovered american football that i find very funny. I also like listening to music from Cameroon because i am from Cameroon, and music from france and from america.

It is good to have you guys as classmates and i hope we will spend a nice semester and that everyone will meet his expectations. i am exited to know more about you and your culture all the semester long.

Anet.