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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Yoga-My favorite Sport

Hi, It is time to relax! Every week we have a busy schedule studying,preparing the homework all the time,but sometimes we need to have sport and relax our body. It is good for our healthy.So I introduce my favorite sport-hot yoga.I suppose you all know yoga,yoga is originally from India,but now it is so popular in the world.Yoga is not about how flexible you are, but about strengthening your body and spine in all directions.Yoga has many benefits.It can encourage weight reduction , it reduces stress ,helps in injury recovery , slows down the aging process and relaxes the body and mind.If you go to the gym office,you will have a lot of muscle.Yoga just relax your body.Yoga is another soft exercise.It offers the opportunity to bravely and compassionately face our limitations in order to realize our full potential. It can lead us to greater peace within ourselves. Furthermore for the hot yoga,you can practice in a heated room,sweating quite a bit,the stress and fat will be reduced through sweating.After finishing,you will feel so relax and will have taken out many impurities. In yoga class you not only see the female students but also male students who have strong muscles,it seems that they all give up gym and change over to this popular sport. So if you are looking for a new sport, I suggest you try yoga.It is a wonderful experience.when you try it,you will understand why it is myfavorite choice!
It is so difficult to find a job on campus. When I first come to this university,I was told to go to human resource department to register, and then I went through the campus website to check the available positions regularly. First,I thought this was easy,but after that I found that was harder than I thought. every time I went to human resource department to ask the staff whether there were any available positions open to our regular students,the answer was "no".On the contrary, there were many positions open to work-study students,yet it seemed that not many work-study students apply for these campus jobs,the amount of campus job availoble for work study students and regular students is not balanced.I do not know why they close the door to international students. International student are new to this place and culture.We have to learn everything such as the native language,native culture and native people. We not only learn these things through ESL ,but also throungh their real world working environment.So a campus job is the best way to learn American working style and culture. How can you believe only one or two hours class can let us speak a new language.But in a campus job,we have many opportunities to deal with American co-workers,learning their native style and culture,that is another good experience. It shows the equality in this great country. The school admit us to learn American knowledge,but why not give us more opportunity to learn their native culture through campus job.Sometimes I feel so frustration because I have looked for the job for one year but still find nothing. I want to complain this unequal policy. Why not transfer some work-study jobs to regular student, and change this rude policy.I suppose this is to bad ,and it will leave bad impress to international students. I hope this school can reconsider this policy and give more attention to international students in the future!

Monday, March 12, 2007

Big East Career Fair

Last Friday I went to a Big East Career Fair which was held in Madison Square Garden.It was the first time that I attended a career fair in America, and it was a good experience to feel the difference between the US and China.
On that day,I was dressed in business coat to attend this job fair. There were more than 100 companies there.Each company had its own desk, which showed companies' name and opening positions on the poster. Two or three professional staffs were sitting or standing,they are introducing their companies and answering questions about the company and positions to our students.Also I found the most interesting thing.Each company placed their companies' own products on the desk,such as bags,pens,cups and so on.All of them were marked with the company's name.I think this is a good selling skill.You will not only remember the company through its staff but also remember the company by these interesting products.This is so different than in China.The job market is so limited this year.Many graduating students came to this job fair to look for a job.It seemed that job demand was greater than job availiability,so jobs were too competitive to apply for.Anyway,it was a good experience to attend this job fair in the US. At the same time I can learn many things and know how to prepare myself well when I am looking for a job in the future.