My 9th (10th) Birthday!!

July 22 is a very special day...
Happy birthday to ME!
I turned 9 in American age and 10 in Korea age.
I like my American age better than Korean age!!
:) I don't really feel different because I am ME!

First, I want to say thank God for everything in my life.

God, You are very important and I want to live for You.

Thank You, God for giving me the best mom and dad.

My mom was in big pain because of me.

I'm sorry mom for giving you pain.

Mom, you sleep very little because you work so hard for me.

You always do your best because you want to give me the best, happy life. 

Thank you very much and I love you soooooooooooooooooo much!

Dad, thank you very, very much for supporting and loving me.

You always work very hard, so you can give me wonderful things.

You are such a wonderful person and dad!   

I am proud that you are my parents!

Second, I want to thank my grandparents for loving me!

You are beautiful and awesome grandparents!!

Thank you for everything and I will do my best to make you proud.

I will pray for your health and happiness.

Next, my aunties, uncles, and cousins!

I am so happy that you are my family.

Thank you for always writing great comments and

telling me I'm the best. YOU are the best!!

I hope you have a cool summer!

Last, my friends, thank you for coming to my 10th birthday party.

I hope we be great friends and support each other.

Let's study hard and make our parents happy and proud!

My First Chinese Speech Contest

Next week, I will have my first Chinese speech contest!

I am very excited because I can use my Chinese experience.

I've been learning Chinese for about 2 years and I even passed my HSK Level 2.

Right now, I am getting ready for Level 3. 

Level 3 is harder because it has less Pinyin and more Chinese characters. 

But, I am doing my best to pass Level 3.

For my Chinese speech contest, I will talk about my dream.

My dream is to become a CNN Anchor.

I talked about my dream in English, but never in Chinese.

So, I think it will be a great experience! :)

It took me almost 2 months to memorize my 2.5 minute Chinese speech.

It took me this long because I had to memorize Chinese sentences.

The sentences were not easy!

I also had to speak the 4 tones correctly, so it was very stressful.

But, it's okay because I know if I do my best,

I can do it!!!!

Please cheer me on!!!!