Winter Break 1: Three More Days of Classes and My Birthday

Hello, Tim!

It is officially the end of the first semester, but we have to first take three days of school, which are the days of next semester, for our New Year this year was set a bit late, late enough that it would delay our usual schedule of the second semester. That was the reason we had to bear the extra three days of course before the winter vacation. However, this is not all bad, for reason that would be talked about later. The weather these days has been quite moderate, with little rain and a sun that appears not so scarcely.

After the Finals: Still yet Another Short Letter and the Guilt of Doing so

Hello, Tim!
These days has been quite humid, with some consistent rains and low temperature. I have yet gotten rid of my cold yet, which can be inferred from my nasal voice and continual sniffing, but it sure has gotten better.
The test is just around the corner, and believe me, I would choose writing this blog rather than study those obnoxiously stubborn subjects like earth sciences or chemistry.
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Update.
Turned out that I couldn't even manage to finish the blog post of last week. The finals were finally over today, on January 18th. We have a few days of school left, and it would be our spring break.
Due to all the inconvenience of last week, I have decided to put together a letter of two weeks, though I doubt if it would be lengthy; still drained from the finals I just had this morning.

Letter XIV: Happy New Year and the Lazy Me within

Hello, Tim!
Here are the very belated New Year greeting and the very delayed letter.
The weather has been rather splendid, without much rain. However, somehow, I still managed to catch a cold.
I don't know! The sun was shining and I have a nose clogged with a bunch of bacteria.
I haven't gotten a fever since I was in the kindergarten, and that is a lucky thing, and nor do I often catch a cold, but when I do, it can be very frustrating, both for myself and the classmates, especially when I do the continual sneezing that can interrupt the whole class. That was purely obnoxious.

Letter XIII: The Christmas Week and a Trip to the Taipei High Administrative Court

Hello Tim!

The weather this week has warmed up a bit occasionally with some random rays of sunshine, but the nights have still been breezy.
It is Saturday in the afternoon at this moment, but later, I will be going to meet my German class friends and teacher because he and his wife (my former English cram school teacher) are taking us to a Christmas dinner, a "Weihnachtessen" (Christmas meal), as he put it. I'll see how much I can write before leaving home.

'Twas a Beautiful Christmas Tree- A Christmas Short Story

This is a story written a year ago, as a miniature in-class project. I extended it a bit to make it better, and this would be in our future magazine, but that will certainly be a while before anything is done. For now, I just want you all have a beautiful Christmas, and I hope you enjoy my story.

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Letter XII: Pending Christmas (Déjà vu) and a Changed Opinion on a Particular Book

Hello, Tim!
Quite surprisingly, it has been an uneventful week, as most of the things passed without much fuss. The weather is still pretty cold that I have been wearing all my gloves and hats still, but at the same time, it was more or less assuring that we still have normal winters, instead of days with high temperatures that feel like summer days. Now that would be disconcerting.

Letter XI: Writing for Rights 2017 and the English Essay Competition

Greetings, Tim!
This letter, as it turned out is actually the correct Letter XI, for we need not write a letter in class 220 last week, so I've changed my last letter to stay on track with my other classmates.
It is what we call "freezing cold" here in Taiwan. It was the damp kind of cold, so it felt colder than what is shone on the thermometer. Maybe it is still nothing, comparing to other countries, but it should be enough for me to bring out my Mom-brand knitted gloves, hat, and scarf. They keep me warm even when I am outside facing the cold raining wind, and I love them even more since Mom made them out of numerous balls of yarn.
I don't usually put my hat on, but I just got a haircut (details later) so without a hat, my head would probably freeze up. It is Saturday now, and normally I only start my letters on Sundays, but tomorrow I would go attend an English essay competition -which was giving me a fright and excitement at the same time- and in the afternoon, I still have a math class.