Monday, July 30, 2012

My Positive Change
I was adicted to the internet 1 year ago.     
I used to be online at least 5 hours a day,
But I have been changing that. Lately I am used to
being 5 hours a month. It was a radicaly change in my 
life. Now I spend  better my time . I usually  have been
using the internet to read about intrsthing topics such history.

By: Daniel Sarmiento.

What we have been changing in our life

What we have been changing in our life

We all have been changing our phisical habits to considerably improve our healthy. Neuma has started to go to gym every day since two years ago. Sofya has never gone to the gym, but shedecided to stop drinking a lot of alcogol and now she drink soda. Diana has already stopped smoking because the doctor suggested to her to stop.

Summary of "Living outside the box"

Summary of "Living outside the box"

The author decided to change his life style. She decided to experiment with her life without TV, after she was been lacking her TV for a month. She says that  this decision improves her life; infact, now she has more time for herself , for hers friends, for reading, watching movies and make herself useful with the voluntary. Moreover, now she is sure that, if she will have children, she will teach them how watching TV with moderation and with "critical eys".

( Diana, Neuma, Sofya)
             We have been talking about living outside the box this week.In the beginning of the reading,it tells the story of a woman in New England.Who had survive  sometime without TV.She moved into her own place.She wanted to see how would live without TV and do other activities.She referred to the change as an experiment.She started to read books and volunteered more.During the blizzards she watched DVDs on her laptop which she buy before blizzards.She changed from an experiment to a life style.She sometimes has time for TV but she always has time for herself.
             We have been talking about some positive changes in Mohammed's and Hasan's life.They have been studying for about 2 months in Kaplan.The most important  change in Hasan's life is quitting smoking.He has been healthier and he has slept more comfortably for 4 years.Mohammed's life has changed his sleep habits.Before he was sleep lately and wake up early and he felt tired.Now he has slept at 11 pm and woke up at 5 am.These changes  is good for our health .
This week we talked about living in a box. In the summer she can go out to barbecues with friends and have fun, but in the winter she cant avoid watching tv to kill time. She could choose to spend time watching Tv or she could chose a better option for having a better life. In the first month she missed her favorite shows by visiting real friends. She could feel positive changes, like finding herself reading lots of books. She started doing volunter work and called her friends who usually dont hear from her, only at the holidays. The goal was not to give up doing anything to kill time. Now she spends her time with friends, cooking thing and having fun because her life is different now




Life changes


I have never worked in my country, but i wish work here for save money and no depends my parents. I've been eating beans everyday now i eat spicy foods, in wich i dont like so much.
I woke up in differents times than here, i have been at the gym everyday and i didn't have my things to do like homework of any materials.
This week we talked about living in a box. In the summer she can go out to barbecues with friends and have fun, but in the winter she cant avoid watching tv to kill time. She could choose to spend time watching Tv or she could chose a better option for having a better life. In the first month she missed her favorite shows by visiting real friends. She could feel positive changes, like finding herself reading lots of books. She started doing volunter work and called her friends who usually dont hear from her, only at the holidays. The goal was not to give up doing anything to kill time. Now she spends her time with friends, cooking thing and having fun because her life is different now



Life changes


I have never worked in my country, but i wish work here for save money and no depends my parents. I've been eating beans everyday now i eat spicy foods, in wich i dont like so much.
I woke up in differents times than here, i have been at the gym everyday and i didn't have my things to do like homework of any materials.
     We have been talking about living outside the box this week. We read, and thought about changing our life. She spent a lot of time watching T.V. So she wanted to change her life. She avoid watching the T.V for month . Now she spends her time with her friends and she learn to reading more of books and she mentions doing valiant work      

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Go Hoon is a 26 years old Korian woman. She loves children.

She worked teaching children in Koria. She dreams about have 

her own kindergarten , but she needs to learn English. She came 

to USA to learn English. She is studiying very hard and she has 

really improved it.

 

BY: Daniel

Monday, July 23, 2012

Work hard ' Daniel '

Work hard ' Daniel'
 
I have a teenager friend. He name is Danial. He is from Colombia, 18 years old.
He has a family of four. Last year he decided to meet his father. His father lived in America. Now he came to America since 3 months ago. Also he would like to learn English, like me. So we could meet at Kaplan. he is the youngest on my friends. I am happy to meet him.
He always works hard and is so smart. He can remember to learn, but remembering is too difficult for me, so sometime I ask to him. He always help me. He doesn't ever give up studying English, and he practice speaking with friends all the time. He doesn't worry about speaking English. Speaking practicing is important for studying English. Also he keeps doing it. He expects to improve his English skill. Probable, he can do it.
 
In conclusion, he can achieve his dream. He dreams about being civil engineer. He can be assured that. Also I wish to accomplish his dream.
  



 By. Go Hoon


Here is one of my friends in our group. His name is Mohammed. He is from Saudi Arabia. When he was child,he avoided staying home. He always was conserted about meeting his friends and playing with them. I think his parents didn't prohibit him if he was done with his homework . And now it is not different from his childhood. He is interesting in traveling . Last summer he enjoyed visiting Dubay. This summer he is staying in DC for learning English because he is looking forward living in USA for few years. And I know that he dreams about getting merrid and moving to Italy. Because he supposes the Italy is the best country for living. Mohammed is a brave person. He doesn't dare to try something new. Jast one thing that he avoids is going to hospital !

                                                        My Classmate Camilo
                 Today I will try to mention my friend Camilo.Firstly Camilo gets up early every morning. He likes travelling with friends. He especially  feels like round tripping in the summer.He hates staying at home in winter.
                 Camilo would advise his children to be honest.Although he forbids his children smoking,even if they smoked a cigarette,he would like them not to tell a lie.He urge everbody not to smoking and drinking.Because my friend is dedicated to living healthy.
                   My very friend Camilo likes living nonstop.He always prefers travelling to staying at home.He tries to be healtier and more honest, though someone criticize him.

Monday, April 23, 2012

The best song.


   Today,in class we listened  5 differents songs, with different rhythm and style.

The first song was Getting over you bye David Getta.
the second was Got to be true to myself byZiggy Marley, 

The third was He can only hold her by Amy Winehouse 
fourth was Minor threat bty Minor threat and Symphony #5 by Shostakavish

The most popular song was Getting over you .
it is more  enjoyable and fun to listen than the others songs.

   The fist one it is the most energic songs of all it is made me feel excited  and active.
 I think this song is the most conventional.

song what you can listen in a party because it has different features that does not make it boring.
 Also, it has consistency in the population.

   I think Got to be true to myself is as light and relaxing as He can only hold her.
 it is made me feel  sleepy and positive, it was ok ,these songs
are easier to listen than the others but,it was not the best songs.
   Minor threat , I think this song is the best song of all.
 it is the most intense and energetic song it made me feel angry, excited
and intense.This song has many feaute and dimension and strong tones that make it strong 
 it makes you feel different emotions and intense feelings.
   The last one, Symphony # 5 it was the most dramatic  song of all.
 I think this sond is as intense as Minor threat actually this song is ancient and creative
because it is classic music and it  has a higher level of difficulty to listen and interpret. .
All of the songs are good but the best were the last two songs,
 it were the most strong and intense songs that it made me feel more confortable to listen.









Luisa Leon.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

The best music

  



   Today I listened music. I listened five songs, Getting over you by David Guetta, Got to be true to myself by Ziggy Marley, He can only hold her by Amy Winehouse, Minor Threat by Minor threat and Symphony #5 by Shostakavich. Actually, I dont know all very well . However, David Guetta songs were more likeable than other because it’s comfortable to listen to.
   First, it is energetic. It was more fun than “Got to be true to myself” because this song was fast and noisy. However, “Got to be true to myself” was not as energetic as this song. I think this song was the best energetic song and not restricted. This song was the most cheerful of all.

Second, it is exciting. This song didn’t require difficulty. This song is interpreted the easiest of all. And I felt it wasn't ancient. This song was more cheerful than Symphony #5.

   Third, it is active. If I feel tired, I listen this song, I will be comfortable. It makes me power up! This song was lighter than “He can only hold her”. It was as noisy as other songs but, it’s okay. I think this song was so cheerful.

   All of songs were so unique because I don’t like this song. However, “Getting over you” was the best of all. I think this song was conventional. This song made me more comfortable than other songs. So, I like this song.



Kyoung-joo,kim

Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Modern Music


The Modern Music



                Since ancient times, society lives with music each person have a favorite kind of music some people likes Rock others likes Pop, others like Romantic. In some cases people that when was a kid liked a kind of music and out of the blue start to likes other kind of music. So, in the English`s class students listened five different kinds of music and chose the favorite the most of people chosen the modern music the famous American music: “Getting Over You”  by David Guetta and Fergie.
                Nowadays, the American music is the most famous kind of music in all world, everyone know this music. “Getting over you” is more exciting than “Symphony #5” by Shost a Kovich, is happier than “He can only hold her” by Amy Winehouse and is prettier than “Minor Threat”. If you do a search with teens, most of the teenagers will answer that the “Getting over you” is the most popular music of all and David Guetta and Fergie are the best musicians in the music world. “Got to be true to myself” is more interesting than “Minor Threat” but it is less popular than “Getting over you”.
                So people have a kind of relation with the American music, and indirectly the teenagers of all world give a support to this kind of music and until the old people hear this music. So, the public that like others kind of music start observe the American music. Because that reasons the American music is better than others kind of music.


Paulo Oliveira

Sunday, April 1, 2012

My new roomate, ROXANA

Friday afternoon, I spoke with my new classmate Roxana in class. I wanted to have more informations about her because I knew just her name.



I asked her in the first time where was she from, and she responded that she came from Colombia. It is a country which is located in South America, where they speak Spanish. After that she told me that she is seventeen years old and she had one older brother and one younger sister, and then I realized that she is in the middle like me. I asked her what was her hobbies, and she told me that she enjoy washing Colombia's series on the television, listening music, and washing cinema's movies. When I was speaking with her, she was wearing a great gray T-Shirt, I told she what was her favorite color, and at this moment she answer me that gray was her favorite one.

After those general informations, I wanted to ask her some more detailed questions. So, I wanted to know if she liked smoking, and she told me that she is not a smoker. After another question, I learned that she lived with her both parents because they were not divorced like mind. I knew also that she did not have a boyfriend, and she disliked pets. Her favorite food was Colombia's food and specifically something called "Arepa". To finish with, I asked her a last question just for knowing how long had has she been in Washington D.C., she said that she has had been here since three months ago, and she will stay three months more.



I was very glad to met someone new on Friday. At this moment, when I saw everyone speaking each other, I realized that exchanging and knowing some informations about someone with whom I work, can be useful and interesting than stay by my own.






Anne-Caroline

Friday, March 23, 2012

Worldwide Regulatory Association: Compiled 2013-2014 Guidlines

1. Advertisers must follow our rules
2. Product results must not be exaggerated
3. Ads have to respect everyone. They shouldn't atack cultures, religion, other products, and other companies.
4.Channels shouldn't show commercials inappropriate for children before 1o o'clock.
5. Companies should keep consumer's privacy
6.Companies must not lie in their ads.
7. All companies must be registered on the IAL system, to know who is responsible for each ad.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Summary David Beckham's Life

Andres, who has been studying at Kaplan for 4 weeks, picked David Beckam's biography at Public Library.

David Beckham is a famous football player and celebrity across the globe. As child, he was playing football in the front room of his house in Chingfold,UK. When he was 11, he played at old trafford, Manchester United's home ground. Late, he started playing with the Manchester team, when he was 17 years old. Since then, he has started a life with different awards.

He has supported the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) since his early days at Manchester United. With that team, he won the Champions League, which is the most famous cup for teams in Europe. Since 2010, he has been involved in promoting London's Olympic Games.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Kaplan in D.C

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kaplan good school to getto English language. I chose Kaplan in D.C for more reason . Fairest , there are spacial places in the centre of D.C. I came here to be close to K.S.A m.b.c . because to contact with my adviser Any time if I have any problem. Second,i shose tow programs,TOEFL and GMT ,to get more practise English language. I need both programs to get complete master decry in Information Scions (IT) and get to a good scour. Finlay in Kaplan past chose for learning English language .




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I used to work on getting my complete master degree after I get to TOEFL and GMT practise in Kaplan.

Why did you chose Kaplan?

When i decided to get a scholarships , I was looking for an institute that satisfied me in its ways of teaching, its work environment , and its place . I choced Kaplan international centre in D.C to study with the creative professional teachers .
Actually , I ' ve another reason to study in D.C for example , I wanted to be near every thing important of me like embassy of ksa . D C is a cosmopolitans town that i face every cultures in it. sometimes you need to make someone happy - in my case my waife- when you respond for his desire because she like to live near D.C.
Initially , I used to get confuse when i talk with American people , but now I am used to talking with anyone . I used stay at my home every weekend but now , I am used to meeting my friend . When i go back my home , I'll recommend to study in Kaplan provided that you study in Jean Clear class.

Why Kaplan DC

I'm Abdullah ,I'm from Saudi Arabia .I came to US to study English. I was in Cleveland,Ohio.
I've been studying in Kaplan since Jan. I chose Kaplan because I want to learn English. Then I want to get GRE/GMAT course.
I want to improve my English and I want to study in American university.
I'm looking for admission in Gorege Washington university to get master dgree.

Why Did You Choose to Study English in the USA?

I decided to study in U.S. because I needed to learn English. I needed to improve my U.S. accent. Today is very important to speak English. Many companies use English to make new contracts and expand their business. That’s why I want to learn it.

When I was looking for a city to study English, my agency indicated Washington DC for me. I was interested by Washington. I always wanted to visit DC. I wanted to see the White House, the Capitol, Lincoln Monument, and other famous places.

I used to watch hockey games on TV in my country and I wanted to watch hockey in an Arena. Also, I wanted to see a NBA games and a football games in United States. After I came here I could watch some games in DC. It was amazing. Now I am used to watching these games on American TV. I always can.

Also, I came here to meet new people, to know new cultures, to see different places, and it is being a great experience for me. I'm trying to enjoy everything I can. Before coming here I used to have a bad impression of USA. Now after to living these experiences here. I'm used to having a good impression of this beautiful country.

Luiz Mortari
Actually before i came to Washington dc, i was studying in Boston. Boston is good place that has a lots of famous university, but a little bit boring to me. so i thought i have to change the institute for improving English. when i was finding institute, i was confused what should i choose. eventually i selected Kaplan in Washington dc.
after i came DC, i feel like all thing are convenient. from metro to facility are so good. for example, the handicapped man and helping dog were getting on a bus. aver thing is supplied for them. i was surprised about this.
Always i am used to getting on the bus in. Often i used to walk to see background. finding road is so easy in dc. DC is so simple to find anything. So after coming to dc, I've never lost the way.
Anyway, I've been experiencing in dc, and I'm telling you guys dc is the best city.

WHY KAPLAN D.C

I'm Andres. I'm from Colombia where I have a job in Spain bank. On weekend, I always went to swimming at Compensar's Club but on weekdays my schedule started early. I woke up at 6:30 am to go to work. During the day, I developed different case's studies to present the companies at Credit Risk. There's decided about lending or not. Sometimes, my co-workers speak in English with companies' CFO (Chief Financial Officer) or Financial Manager. This led me to study English.

Then I enrolled in Kaplan D.C, which is the most popular English institute on the world, to study English. First, I wanted to improve my English skills through new experiences, like meeting with host family. Second, Washington D.C. is known for its history, there you go outside to visit different museums, discover American culture and enjoy one day in Georgetown (Day classes). For example, you can visit the National mall where you find more than 10 museums, a lot of them free. Other reason was to avoid latin people like Miami. Due to that city the people speak Spanish all time.

When I arrived at Washington D.C., I used to fear speaking in English. Now, I've been studying at Kaplan for 4 weeks. I'm used to thinking and speaking in English during day with my classmates, my host family and American people. Other thing, I just use to work, meet or talk with Colombian people, meanwhile I am used to meet with new cultures every day because people from different countries study at Kaplan.

In addition, Studying English allow me improve my background to turn the position in my company. I've been learning new grammar, communicating more fluency. I know the next time, when I come back, I would like to stay here more than seven weeks, Maybe I'll stay for six months.




Why did i choose the kaplan D.C

My name is Hayoung Lee. I'm from in South Korea. Now, I lived in Washington D.C in order to study English. Before I am come in DC, I can't decide clearly.Because when I lived in USA, I am living without my family, I have to do everything myself. But I really want to study in here,
want to go to the university. That is bring about my coming here. So I led to my decision to study here myself also my parents.
When I come here initialy, I am used to feel interasting what I see and lonely. But I have to keep deciding mind that my plan. I decide to study in kaplan D.C .Because I have wanted to improved accent and to meet Engilsh speakers every day so I can process my Engilsh, also I can make new friends. It's good to make new friends.
At last, it is the right decision that study in kaplan D.C . I learned about culture in USA and English. Most important thing i will go to the University in here.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Biography: Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking is actually one of the most important physicists of the world. He was born in 1942 in Oxford, England. When he was a child his family didn't have enough money, so he won a scholarship to start his studies. In the school he learned about universe expansion and he was called "Einstein" by his classmates because of his intelligence. He studied physics in the university and wrote "The Hawking Radiation", theory that talks about black holes. Since he got married the first time he has had three children and since he became famous he has been participating in some TV programs. Also, an asteroid has his name. Since he discovered his disease, ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), he hasn't yet discovered the cure. Some of his theories haven't yet been proven. Even being a great physicist, he has never won a Nobel Prize.

Luiz Mortari - Brazil

Friday, March 9, 2012

Change in Lifestyle

This is summary about the article "living Outside the box."The author decided to escape from TV as an experiment and eventually enjoyed the benefits of it.She did activities she didn't have time for when she watched TV. She called friends,read books, and did volunteer work more often.She thought that being TV-free would help her get to know herself better.Now she has more free time for herself,and she is happy with her new lifestyle. Eventually' her experiment turned into her everyday lifestyle.
We write a paragraph that talk about me, Maram, and my partner, Majed , and our good and bad habits.We have same and diffarent habits.The same is we have never somked and drunk for all our life. also we have different habits for example majed has been walking since 2003 but i haven't .

Change Our Life!!

We have been talkng about living outside the box this week. We read, and thought about changing our life. The subject of story who have been changing her life positively. The author decided to escape from TV as an experiment and eventually enjoyed the benefits of it. Because she thought that being TV-free would help her get to know herself better, and she did activities she didn't have time for when she watched TV. Now she has more free time for herself, and she is happy with her new lifestyle. Eventually, her experiment turned into her everyday lifestyle.
So we have been talking some positive thing in Mijeong's and Abdullah's life.
They have been studying for about 2 months in Kaplan. So they have discovered much benefits for everyting. Abdullah who has been smoking for years wants to stop, but he hasn't . Mijeong has never smoked for all life because she has known smoking is so bad. And Mijeong and Abdullah have never been drinking. they want to keep life in mind.
Have you guys ever been confused between realstic and virtual life? sometimes we want to live in virtual world, but we can't. We've already live in realistic world, and we've been adapting.
Eventually, we have to change our life on the earth to be better.

Changing the bad habits. (Hayoung / Luiz)

This summary is about a woman who wants live without TV. The author decided to escape from TV as an experiment and eventually enjoyed the benefits of it. She thought that being TV-free would help her get to know herself better. She called friends, read books, and did volunteer work more often. She did activities she didn't have time for when she watched TV. Now she has more free time for herself, and she is happy with her new lifestyle. Eventually, her experiment turned into her everyday lifestyle.
Luiz and Hayoung have good habits. Both have never smoked for whole life, have always kept clean since their were a child, and they have just studied hard in DC, but they have bad habits as both have been drinking alcohol for years, both have been using too much water, and they haven't been working out since they came to DC, and they have been spending too much of the money that they have. But they want to change their bad habits in the future. Have they ever been a good person?

Living Outside the Box-Summary

In our class we have read a text about a woman that experiment live without TV, now we make a summary of it. The author decided to escape from TV as an experiment and eventually enjoyed the benefits of it. The woman usually did activities she didn't have time for when she watched TV. She thought that being TV-free would help her get to know herself better. Now she has more free time for herself , and she is happy with her new lifestyle. She called friends, read books, and did volunteer work more often. Eventually, her experiment turned into her everyday lifestyle.


We're Jan and Andres who survive in Washington DC. and have been studying in kaplan since March 2012. Now, we talk about our differences and similarities. Our hobbies are totally different just one in common we've gone to gym twice a week for two years. One of the biggest contrast that Jan has been smoking for three years and Andres has nerver smoked. Other example, Andres has already swum every weekend since last year but sometimes Jan just goes to swim at summer, last year he went to Niedernberg which it's a small town in his country to swim.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

EDITING

Hi guys,

You won't be able to edit any of your post directly, because you wrote them using MY gmail account. So copy the information and edit it in the COMMENTS section below your post.

Any more post that you write using my other account (pixiephreak) or your google account with be able to be edited as long as you are using the same account login. Sorry for the confusion.

Good Luck!

J.C.

Friday, March 2, 2012

My class mate Maram

My class mate her mane is Maram, she is 24 years old and comes from Saudi Arabia.

She hates cleaning her room how I.
Last summer she enjoyed visiting Orlando.
As a child, she avoided going sleep.
A few months ago she really needed seeing her mother.
Finishing English she is decided last Year.
She loves to drive fast with her car and hear loud music.
She don't smoke but it is OK for her.

My classmate Hayung

Today I talk with my classmate Hayung , I leared a lot of about her .We have a lot of in common . She is from korea .She started studying at Kaplan in September.She tries learning English very well. She began in lower intermediate level and she continue working hard and now she is in intermediate level. She can't stand being in America without understant English . Shopping for clothes and taking vacation are her favorite thing .Cooking korean foods is also her favorite pass time .She thinks it is bad to smoke and to speak loudly. She has a sense of creativity because she likes draw dress. She turns down wasting her time in school and after don't have a job and this is why she is working out her English language.She fears mice .She is a good friend because she permits me to write a bibliography about her in my blog .She plan on taking a vacation next month.She is not interest in jogging . She is tired of studying for exam.Last month she thought about borrowing money due to his travel but now all is ok .

My B.F Aminata

Today I will introduce to you my best friend 'Aminata'
she is my classmate in kaplan. she is from France.
She started studying in January,17th. Now,I will tell something about her.
She always aviod eating Red meat. she eats meat but she is more interested in cooking.
she cooks well also she can cook everything. If I can eat her food,I really want to eat! She exiceting about shopping. She said to me,in next month she expects to shop for clothes. I am dream of shopping with her. It will be fun!
she feels important about Running. Running is good for her health.

my best friend is Andres

I'm interoducing my best friend.
who is Andres?

He is from Colombia,he is banker.
He always avoids borrowing money ,he expects to jog in the park next month.
He thinks going out in any city is weird and working a lot makes him sad.
He says, "drinking too much is dangerous" but,he drinking a lot.
He strongly dislikes to clean his room. Quitting his job is not good idea. He decided to study for exams last year.Eating just candies makes him so mad.

My best friend is Abdullah.

I'm introducing my best freind who is Abdullah from Saudi Arabia.

I heard a lot of things from him.

he always avoid shopping for clothes, and He strongly dislike to jog in the park.

Also he said that smoking too much is dangerous, but i think he really loves to smoke.

And He said that it is impolite to speak fast because he wants to talk slowly
someone in the first meeting. also he thought that it is sad to hate his family.

Last summer, he enjoyed taking a vacation in his country, he was excited about talking with best friends.

Now he is studying english in Kaplan. Next month he expect to study for exams. He has a goal to finish master degree. sometimes he was frustrated because of exam, but he never give up. I think he will achieve for his goal. Although i have a lot of downside i will never give up as abdullah.

My class mate

My classmate her name is

She hate cleaning her room like me.

me class mate

My classmate his name Jan ,his from Germany .
his 18 yares old .His lives in U.S.A 4weeks ago.He dislikes strongly cleening his room and decided in last year to caming to U.S.A. He likies riding and cooking .He doesn't likes gardning,football,and skiing.His thinks weird to drink for drive.His smoking is bad.He has many goals. He dedicated to cooking.he is naus man and good classmate.

My best friend Myong

Myong is a nice person who is from South korea.
Saying bad words is impolite for her and crying make hers sad.

When she was a child she avoided eating red meat. For that reason now she enjoyed being a vegetartian and she really like to eat tofu or broccoli.

In this moment she is dedicated to studying English in Kaplan.

She occasionally prefers playing tennis with her friends.

She thinks about going back to her country next month because she is interested in strarting her master, one of her goal.