Journal 2 New year resolution

My plan for new year is simple. First,continue my study in ALP until March, and then take a short break for two months back to China. Meet my relatives and friends, enjoy a lot of delicious food and snacks. Then I'll back to U.S and enroll in the summer course of ALP. After that I'll start my master as an education major here in fullerton. All I need to do is to concentrate on my study and try to do well in my major.
Maybe, I'll travel around U.S during vocations with my husband, because both of us enjoy travelling and really have fun during the trip. We plan to go to Sandiago,San Francisco ,Yellow stone National Park,etc. We wish we can experience different scenery and culture in U.S, we are looking forward.
I also have best wishes to my parents, I hope they can live more healthy and comfortable in the new year, and I hope everyone who I am concerned can be happy and successful in 2010, which Chinese consider as the year of Tiger.

Journal 1 All about Candy

Hi, my name is Tan Ying, you can call me Candy. The reason why I picked up Candy as my English name is first I like every kind of sweet food,like choclate, icecream, candys, pie, etc.;second is my family name TAN, in China espacially in my hometown, the pronunciation of Tan is similar to candy (tang). So far I've metioned my hometown, Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu province. There is a long history of my hometown and six dynasties considered Nanjing as the capital. I graduated in 2007 and got my Bachelor Degree, than I have worked as a high school teacher for 2 years. After that I felt there are still numerous things I need to learn. Therefore, I made a decision to come here and recieve the further education. I'm happy to meet a lot of great friends here in ALP, they are kindhearted and easygoing. I really enjoy my study here and glad to know all of you guys! As you know, this is not the whole story about Candy, I'll update more information about Candy, I'm sure we'll know each other well. Have a nice weekend ! ^@^