Are You Enjoying Your Vacation?

What are you guys up to?

I'm driving to Florida next week. We'll be back January 5th.

Hope to hear what's going on with all of you...

San Antonio and Thursday

I hope you have a great time in San Antonio tomorrow.

Juana, JC, Lee, and Karen, can we reschedule your conferences to after 12 p.m.? Is this possible for you? Please advise!

The graduation is at 2 p.m. It's a really nice event and if you can, you should attend.

Thursday Conference Schedule for 4E

9:50 Juana
10:00 JC
10:10: Lee
10:20
10:30 Ahmed
10:40
10:50 Leon
11:00 Dalia
11:10 Seva
11:20 Rayesse
11:30 Jung
11:40 Abdulrahman
11:50 Trang

Michigan Test Tomorrow

The Michigan test will take place in the UH Hilton. Please be aware that
the hotel is under construction. Please enter on this side of the hotel
between the front and back buildings (where the entrance to Barron's is),
and please watch your step. Once inside, you may use the south elevators or
the stairs on the far side of the building.

The test begins at 9. If you come later than 9, you will miss the test. If you miss the test, you will be incomplete for the semester and will have to come back and test with the new students in January. Therefore, YOU MUST NOT BE LATE TOMORROW!

La Boheme at the Museum of Fine Arts, this Sunday at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

Teruhiko Toda, my former student from Japan who is a concert pianist, has invited us to come see him perform in the Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday, December 6th. He will perform La Boheme with singers about 30 min two times starting from 2:30 and 3:30 pm. He said he would be very happy if we could come by and enjoy the arts and his performance. The entrance to the museum and the performance are FREE.

I am planning to go there with my kids, although its not 100%. It would be great if a bunch of us could come! I'm sure that Teruhiko would be delighted and we would all benefit from the good time!

Some photos for you...

"I Wish It Would Rain," by Phil Collins (future wish)

You know I never meant to see you again
and I only passed by as a friend
All this time I stayed out of sight
I started wondering why

Now I, I wish it would rain down, down on me
Yes I wish it would rain, rain down on me now

You said you didn't need me in your life
http://www.mtv.com/videos/phil-collins/58766/i-wish-it-would-rain-down.jhtml

I guess you were right
Well I never meant to cause you no pain
But it looks like I did it again

Now I, I wish ....

Though your hurt is gone, mines hanging on, inside
And I know it's eating me through every night and day
I'm just waiting on your sign

'Cos I know, I know I never meant to cause you no pain
And I realize I let you down
But I know in my heart of heart of hearts
I know I'm never gonna hold you again

Schedule for Thursday and Friday

Both classes will meet together in my room at 8:30.

Thursday:
First class 8:30-10:30 with Greg (writing sample and review the final)
Second class 10:40-12:30 (grammar test)

Friday:
First class 8:30-9:30 with Greg (tba)
Second class 9:45-10:45 with Holly (listening test)
11-12:30 Party/Video

The Winter Weather Threat (possible snow on Friday)!

It's funny how we describe winter weather as a "threat" here in Texas!!



...POSSIBLE WINTER WEATHER EVENT ON FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS TEXAS AND
INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON FRIDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ALSO FILTER
INTO THE REGION DURING THE DAY AS THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE
AREA. STRONG LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE
WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE AND COLD AIR SO THAT WINTER PRECIPITATION
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL POSSIBLY START AS RAIN BUT CHANGE TO SNOW
DURING THE DAY AS TEMPERATURES FALL. THIS SCENARIO REMAINS RATHER
UNCERTAIN SINCE THERE IS STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO WHEN THE
DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE REGION AND HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION. FORECASTERS WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FORECAST DATA AND MAKE CHANGES AS NECESSARY. RESIDENTS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE FORECAST AND LOOK
FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THE WINTER WEATHER THREAT.

Reminder: Bring your folders on Friday

I know that you guys are probably cramming for your tests right now. However, it is not recommended for you to pull an all-nighter! A good night's sleep is essential before taking tests in order to think clearly, so make sure to hit the sack early and catch some z's.

I want to remind you to bring your folders on Friday so that we can have them in case of appeal.

Finally, I hope Mr. Gregg's test is as easy as pie for you. If you have studied all semester, then the test should be a piece of cake and you should ace it.

final exam with Mr. Greag

Hi everyone , the final exam ( Writing / Reading ) is going to be on Wednesday Dec /2/2009 .