Bye bye Olympics....

It turns out that people in who were skeptical about the Olympics being hosted here, no longer have to worry. The Olympic committee decided that the 2016 games should be held in Rio in Brazil. Needless to say, I'm disappointed that my home city won't be holding the Olympic Games. Maybe our time will come in the future.

Although I would have loved the games to be hosted in the windy city, I am happy that it was Rio who we lost out to. The Olympic Games have never been held anywhere in South America before and I think it will do a lot for the country’s economy. Hosting the games is a great honor and one which I feel Brazil and indeed South America in general, deserves to be a part of.

I found this article on the Olympic Games in Rio. I think it was written by a native Brazilian. It clearly means a lot to them and I’m sure it will be a huge success. Maybe we will have our chance in Chicago in the future….

Hello, Olympics

My city, Chicago, is full of energy to host Olympics in 2016!
If you walk along the Lake Michigan in the evening, you can see many building lights are turned on, making some phrases like... "Chicago 2016" or "2016 Olympics." Though some people oppose to host Olympics in Chicago (surveyed by the Chicago city government)-- they are arguing that they have to pay more taxes to host the games, and they don't want the city to be crowded by people, and they want the city government to spend money on them, rather than foreigners --- the city government seems to haul up the Olympics project.

I, personally, believe that Olympics in Chicago would bring more benefits than side-effects to Chicago itself. First of all, if Chicago hosts the game, many people will visit Chicago --- they will have to spend money in Chicago-- they will look around the city, go eat at restaurant, enjoy the beach along the lake Michigan, stay in hotels, and buy souvenirs. For sure, economic benefits right?

Also, if the city is chosen as a host city, the city government should rebuild some shallow, dirty, dangerous area into clean, modern, attractive area-- not only for the visitors but also for the fame of Chicago itself. Then,Chicagoans as well as visitors would get benefit from it!

Thirdly, needless to say that the name value of Chicago would go high! & Chicago people will have opportunity to cooperate each other and build inter-fellowship.

Nice.. Isn't it?

Here's a webpage featuring about Olympics! go and enjoy!

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Before getting on the plane....Let's learn some German!

OMG ----I can't believe it happened to me, too! I just got notice from my institute saying that I could go Germany to Study Abroad for a year! With all my friends who also got acceptances from several other countries, I screamed, ran the whole aisle and jumped on sofas. However, before I got too excited about it, I needed to calm down, sit on my comfortable chair with hot chocolate, and think about what I should start to prepare to make the one year so worthy in my life. Well... I can start packing just a week before my departure, and I can start looking for some nice places in Germany just a month before my departure. Nonetheless, I noticed that unless I start studying German right now, I will have bunch of problems!!! I, of course, do not want to such bad things happen. Thus, I, Susie Hameinen, decided to start to study German!

This blog will include everything I find interesting about learning German, and I am gonna keep posting here as if this blog were my personal diary for German learning. :D Anyone who has interests in learning German (or any other languages, or study abroad) is welcome to visit, write comments, and share information!

So far, I have found some interesting and helpful websites to study German. Let me list down.

First of all, there are several online English-German dictionaries. I looked up for the word "kaufen (to buy)," and each website offers different exciting, beneficial information. What I want to recommend is bab.la which offers pronounciation, similar words, sample sentence and forums (discussion place about anything the word -related).

Secondly, I found a free online German course! With this website, I can learn expressions. It offers lessons step by step, and some example situation, which is also very helpful.

Well... then, with these websites, happy studies!

I guess I have to learn some basic information about Germany before I get started to learn German language :)

Bonus!

Here's a tiny tiny tiny tiny taste of how Germany looks like! yay!