WHAT DID YOU EXPECT ABOUT THE USA BEFORE YOU ARRIVED / HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM OUR EXPECTATION

When we decided to move in usa, we would have travelled inside the united states. But, because it's a really large country, week ends are too short to make trip. Moving in the usa was supposed to be helpful to know a new culture, and now we know that the american are not only cow boy with gun. In France we love to eat, and we taught it might have been difficult found something we like. But we can find everything in the usa.

BREAKFAST

Today I did not have time to eat a breakfast. My daughter asked me to correct her french writting, my hunsband nedded my help for his tie's choice, and my siter called me. So i just ate a banana in the bus after dropp my daughter off to her school. At break time, I will drink a tea.
But in the week end, we take time to make a long and good breakfast. Europeen for my younger daughter and my husband and a french one for my olddest daughter and I.
European breakfast looks like american breakfast with eggs, patatoes, ham and cheese And french breakfast is bread with butter and jam with milk or coffee. We love eat our own jam made with our own garden's fruit in the summer. We bring it back everytimes we come back from France.

KISSING -Iron and silk-

How can we speak about something ended at three years old?
In China, people don’t kiss in public and in private space either. They have strict traditional rules. So we can never see two people kiss each other even in movies. They shouldn’t show affective emotion in public. It’s ashamed for to speak and to do. That’s why Mark’s students exploded into laughter and were not able to continue this discussion so they switched subject.

EARLY IN THE MORNING

I like to wake up early in the morning; every thing is quiet, there is no noise in the home. So I can read, I can stay alone with no solicitation. Before the waking up of all the family, I have this time just for me. It's a pleasure to drink a coffee reading a newspaper in peace. I also can call my family in Europe because of the jet lag.

In vacation, this early time in the morning gives us more time to make the most of our time. We can enjoy the sunup. Sure, when I was young I hate this early time because I always slept late and and liked sleep in.

USING MODALS

Before I was mom, I didn't have to be really stress, I didn't have lot of obligation. I just needed to take care of myself.
When my daughters were born, I must take care of them. Today, I have to go to school, so they are supposed to be more independant. All of them can participe to the family life. We have to help each other to can be integrate in american society.

Hong Kong foot

Marc speaks about the corruption in the postal administration. When he received by mail food and medecine from Hong Kong, he had to paid to take it. He didn't want to pay so he negociated and finally he didn't pay. But after this he didn't received any mail. He needed to wait a long time before having mail.