March 18

I have been very busy since the school started this semester. Besides the classes to catch, the rest of time I have to prepare lessons and correct students' essays. Moreover, there will be English speech and composition contests this semester. And I have to train as many as 20 students. I started training very early because I know people have more expectations for these students from language gifted students. Adding to all this, I have to write several recommendation letters for the students who are applying for some certain scholarships. Despite being busy at work, I still insist on playing badminton after work twice a week. All these things make my week days very busy but enriched. Sometimes I feel that I am like accumulating my tiredness to a large amount that I can relieve at a time on weekends. So, almost every weekend, I spend a lot of time sleeping or taking a long nap. Then, my fatigue will be removed and I am refreshed again to face the following busy week.
The first mid-term exam is coming, and this is a time I can take a short rest because I only have to monitor students taking tests those three days. Recently, I have started to try to read Doris Lessing's "The Golden Notebook." I know it's a very long and difficult one. After all, it's the work that Lessing got the Nobel Prize for. However, I want to challenge myself. Even if I can only understand part of it, I still want to finish it. Also, the prize for fininshing this book will be four new pieces of clothing. Haha!