I AM

I am friendly and nice.
I wonder about shooting stars.
I hear the bird’s sound.
I see the nice tree.
I want to buy a new car.

I am friendly and nice.
I pretend to be a chef.
I feel a soft pillow.
I touch the cell phone.
I cry when I watch a sad movie.

I am friendly and nice.
I understand my husband when he does something.
I say, “Oh my god?”
I dream to learn more English.
I hope I have a new job.
I am friendly and nice.

Ngoan

Birthday

When I opened the door, I saw a basket with a puppy. I was so surprised because I didn’t know who sent that and whose it was. I looked around me; nobody was there. Then I looked in the basket, I found a note saying, ‘’Happy Birthday’’. I was surprised and happy because I forgot my birthday. My family loved me!

Andrei

Car Problems

I called to ask my friend to go out, but he asked me if I would pick him up because his car was broken. I asked him, “What happened with your car?” He said, “My car has a lot of problems and I can’t fix it because it is very old to drive.” I told him, “If you want to buy a new car, I know some good dealers around. ”

Mihail

My First Day in America

I am Inna. My country is Russia. I moved to the U.S.A. in May of 2007. My husband and I and our four children came to New York. We spent a night at the hotel. They we arrived in the state of Minnesota. At the airport my family was met by my brother. We didn’t have a lot of luggage. We took only necessary things with ourselves; clothes, footwear, books, photos, plates, and spoons. It seemed to me that the USA met us with love. In the first day my brother brought my family to the lake where we fried a shish kebab. I was surprised that people smiled at each other. I liked buildings, roads, bridges, shops, clinics and hospitals. In the USA there are many lakes and trees. Has surprised that a zoo was free. It is a lot of cars also there are no trams, trolleybuses and the underground, it is bad. Has surprised that there are very expensive houses and cars. It is not enough songbirds, it does not please me. Basically in the USA it is pleasant to me. I very strongly want to learn English language.

Inna

My First Day in America

I came to the U.S. on June 22, 2007. My younger brother came to the U.S. four years before and filed document for the brothers and sisters in his family. We decided to come to the U.S. I came here with my wife and two children. My mother and my sisters came here too. I brought books, photos, and special tools for my job. My first day was in New York after 11 hours of flying from Moscow. We had to travel to Moscow by bus to stay at the hotel overnight because the flight was early the next day. I was excited when I saw big nice buildings and many boats on the lake from the airplane window. It was a very hard day for us, because of the time difference and a long flight. Nevertheless we were very happy.

Eduard

My First Day in America

I came to the United States on January 27, 2009, about four months ago. I came to the United States because my husband and I were engaged. When I passed my interview in the embassy my fiancé bought a ticket for me to come to the U.S.A. I wasn’t nervous about my trip because my fiancé took care of everything. When I landed at the airport of the United States. There was a lot of snow and it was very cold. I said “Oh! I only saw snow of a movie. Now I can see and touch it myself.”
The first problem was that I didn’t know English. I couldn’t speak, and I couldn’t drive a car. Everything was difficult. I thought that when I lived in my country I was smart, but right now I look like a baby. It’s very different. Even though I always think someday my hope will come true. One month later after coming to the United States, I went to ESL school. Three month later, I feel it’s quite easy because I understand what teachers say and I have a lot of friends at school. They are from different countries. Now I can drive the car and I can speak English a little. I think my hope will never be lost.

Kou

Joke from Friends

I called to ask my friend to go out, but I didn’t know about his plan to play a joke on me. It was my birthday that day. When I spoke with him on the phone we decided to meet in the park in 15 minutes. I come to the park and saw my friends who wanted to surprise me. It was really funny, and we had a big party.

Vladimir

TV Show Interruptions

While I was watching TV my children came back from school. The TV show was very funny so I didn’t want to open the door when I hear the knocking. But I had to go open the door. When I be back to watch it again it was already done. I was going to watch another show, but my children wanted to eat. And I didn’t get to see the TV show. I thought next time I will watch the show to the end. But something else will happen. So I will never get to watch it again.

Yer

Nature

While I was watching TV, I saw a program about nature. That day I saw a program about animals in the world it’s a very sad story. One of the deer and its son were walking on the frozen lake. The son fell in the frozen water because the ice broke under his feet. After maybe four hours some people came to help them. They tried to help the mother with her son. Unfortunately they couldn’t help both of them. They could only help the mother; her son died under water. When I saw that story it made me cry.

Zainab

The Thief

While I was watching tv, which is what I like to do every night before I going to bed. I saw an old lady about 85years old. She was walking outside her house when a young guy came behind her. He took her, necklace and ran away. I hope police will find him one day .The reporter man said that the situation is not good. He recommended that people keep their eyes open in area. Another old person went shopping one day and somebody got close to him to saying hi, in reality he stole his wallet. When the reporter came asked questions the old man said that he live in that area I don’t know his name but he looked at my neighbor. It’s too bad that elderly people face such a major problem, I feel sorry for them.

Faduma