Holloween Experince

When talking about Halloween, I do not have much experience about this holiday. As I come from Southeast Asia, we do not celebrate Holloween's day. In my imagination, it is a day that people dress up like death people, they put lots of make up or some people ware masks on their face. Anyway, since I have been to America, it give me more ideas about what is a Halloween Day and how do people celebrate it here. Most people decorated their house with pumkins and scary death people. Some make their house look like hunted house with ghosts. Many  kids like this holiday as they can dress up with costum, carry pillow cases and get to houses one by one asking for some treats. The house owners give kids some candy.

Festival or Celebration in my culture.

One of the most famous and well-known festival in my culture is "Songkran" or "Water-splashing festival".  Every year it takes place on April 13th-15th and it is a national celebration. Thai people believe that this event is important because this water festival marks the beginning of the traditional Thai new year. We think that it is a good opportunity for merit-making and a special time to have fun, traditional music, dance games etc.

In term of meaning, Songkran  means the festival  celebrated  on  the  day  of  passage of  the  sun  to  Aries, the  first  sign  of  the Zodiac. It  means  that  on  Songkran  Day  the  sun  enter the  sign  of  Aires. Thai people believe that Songkran's Day was held to welcome the sun that gave both light and warmth to the earth.

Activities that people usually do is going to the temples in the morning, give food to the monk and pray. Visiting parent or going back home to stay with family is one of the most important thing that people do. Some people are away from family and working in capital city, it is a family reunion. People usually play water in late afternoon, it is like water fighting. It is a highlight of Songkran's Day.

Autumn/ Fall

 

 

I have been living here in the U.S for four years. Unlike the U.S, Thailand autumn is not exsist. There are only summer and rainny seasons. Autumn is a preparing season before snowing, it is a transition from summer to winter. My first autumn was nice even though it is a little strenght for me. The weather is a little too cold because I was getting used to summer. I have to buy new jacket to make sure it is warm enough and to be ready for the coming winter. The night is getting dark so early and I feel like I have less than 24 hours a day. There are not too much sun light during autumn. I did took lots of picture of trees, it is amazing that all trees are changing their color from green to yellow, red  or orange at the same time and finally they all fall down in winter. I like those colors so much, it gives me so many feeling. However, I sometime feel like homesick and lonely during autumn. There are not so many activities I do in autumn. I go out for a walk, take some beautiful pictures and send them to my family and friends.

The similarities and differences between me and my partners

This is a first class of Academic Bridge Writing for Fall 2, 2012. We have a discussion about the similarities and differences between me and my partners. We came from different part of the world but we all use English to  communicate. We are similar in some ways; we are here to study and hope that we could gain more knowledges. We do not like selfish people also we think that a friend is a person whom you can trust and rely on. We love vacations and we hate working. On the other hands, we came form different backgrounds that why have we have different taste of music and favorite author, I do not have one because I do not love reading. Lastly, we like different kind of food.

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Hi this is Pat.