(Oh, gush... Since I haven't written any articles this month, nothing appears on this page. I need to write something...)

I have been really busy in these days. I stayed up all the night yesterday, and I think I have to do that one more time this week. One of my classes, Religion and World Politics, is so hard. We not only deal with the complicated topics, but also we are supposed to read some scholarly articles and hand in response writing at least once every week. In most cases, the articles are so long and difficult to read, that means it contains many terminology, thus, it takes me long time to read, it is like several days.

I feel kind of guilty that I couldn't have kept this diary often and published the news letter last week. Although I do have many topics to write such as Iraqi election, the state of the union, events that took place around me, I cannnot take enough time to write it down. I asked my faculty advisor to check my journal regularly so that I can keep it more often. In addition, I still make some gramatical mistakes, so I asked her to correct it at the same time. She will encourage me to write, and then, I will be urged to write it. I don't know it works for me, but I want to take an advantage of this good opportunity.

(It is snowing now. Although it is cold, negative 3 degree Celsius, it is so beautiful.)