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Spring Gala is a party holding by Taiwanese association, I am the Vice-President of this group. So I join this celebration of spring gala. It was more than 40 people in Matt’s house. Matt’s house is very big. There are 6 people live there. At the first time, I thought how they could have such big party. When I arrived his house, I knew why they could hold such big party. We have a rule to join this party, everyone should prepare one meal, but I am on main campus, so they told me to prepare some drinks. There have a spicy chafing dish. I ate a lot. I afraid getting, I think I should do more exercise. After we went back, we give a phone to our friends (Kim Joe and Andy) , and we continued to have a game until 3.00

Chinese New Year eve, we have a party in our house, in this day , all of our family usually eat dinner together, this event is very important for traditional Chinese culture. I invited our classmate and my friends celebrated together, Lala and I prepared about 20 meals (we prepared about 1 week) and Kim Bo Tina Joe Jim and Lee prepared as well, they prepared about 10 meals, it was about 30 people come to our house. Although I am not in Taiwan, but I still feel very happy to stay here, because many people come here to celebrate together, one of our classmate (Bassam) gave me a very traditional Spring Festival couplet, I am very happy to see these, and we stick this on our door. Then we have many funny game (Saya) told us many funny game, such as guess the name of we know. And everyone show their special skills, Masa showed dancing, Tina show Chinese Gong Fu, Saya’s friends showed songs and Karate and so on……then Yoki took his Kimono(man and women) to here, he said in traditional, Japanese wear Kimono in new year, I wear Kimono, wow, very beautiful. Although nobody know how to wear this dress, it was a fantastic night, I enjoy a lot, thanks for everyone.

Studying abroad, it is difficult to fine good hairdresser, in valentine’s day, Saya want to have dinner with her friends, so she went to the hairdresser's shop to cut her hair, but she felt unsatisfied, and Bo and I help her to recut hair. Although my mum is a hairdresser, but to be honest, I am not good hairdresser, but I try my best. I think west hairdressers do not understand Asia’s hair, so we always unsatisfied to them.

Boundary mills is one of biggest outlet in Yorkshire. It have a big discounts during February. We went there, and shopping 5 hours. Haha I bought one shoes, .a rucksack and a Jeans. After that we hiking a small mountain as last week, and went to eat fish and chips.

Chester is almost 2000 years old and very historic city. Its unique architecture. Chester is only city in Britain to have complete circuit of walls. It takes 2 hours to walk around these walls. But we only walk part of walls. We saw Eastgate clock, its said to be the most photographed clock in the world- second only to Big-Ben in London. We also saw many building created in “black and white”, they call “The Raws”. The layout of Rows goes back to 13^th century. There were shops and warehouse at street level, with long gallery above, reached by steps from the street level. Living quarters were on the gallery level. In the middle ages this would be have been a hall, open to the roof and heated by a central hearth. The private rooms, and or solar, were above the gallery. In the Tudor and Jacobean period the upper floors were built out over gallery, supported on long poles down to the street level. Shops at ground level used the space between the posts to display their goods to passers-by.

We also saw Amphitheatre and Roman Gardens, to be honest; we were very disappointment to see Amphitheatre. It is too small. Its not easy to image that gladiators fought in this place. Then we went to Grosvenor Museum, this museum show life in Chester through the ages.

Saya’s birthday is on 23 Jan, but she decided celebrated on 26 Jan, because the day is Friday, she want to celebrate with her friends. (what’s a coincident her friends also birth in the same day ). We put some fruits together; Bo Tina Kim Joe and Andy made 2 cheese cakes, Lee and Sabrina made a good pork (traditional Chinese food). I think it’s about 40 people come to our house, but we are very happy, we drink and talked until 3 o’clock.