Typhoon Mangkhut Last Saturday, Typhoon Mangkhut—the strongest typhoon of this year—made landfall in Guangdong province. It caused huge surge, brought strong wind and heavy rain in this area.

Luckily, I’m not living near the seashore, so the situation was not that bad, but the rainstorm was still terrible. We secured and moved inside all the outdoor items, closed all the doors and windows, and stayed indoors all day. But the water was still blown into our home sometimes, we had to watch the windows and use mops to clean the floor when water inpoured.

The rainstorm caused power cut and the water was also cut off. We had to use flashlights and candles for light at night. What’s worse, the signal became so weak that I couldn’t even use my cellphone. Therefore, all the family members sat around the candle and had a nice talk that night. It seemed that we had come back to the olden days, when there was no Televisions or cellphones. I like that feeling.

A Rainy Day It rains heavily today, because the typhoon is coming. Every summer Shenzhen will suffer from such kind of weather for several times. Today it’s also the first day of the 2018 College Entrance Examination, the weather seems not so convenient for the students who are going to attend an examination which means a lot to their lives, I hope this won’t influence their

performance, anyway, the day after tomorrow, they will take totally different

paths in life, and that all depend on their score in this examination.

A Lucky Day Today is a lucky day for Chinese, because the number “six” means things are going smoothly in our languages, and double “six” emerges in today’s date. I hope everyone have a nice day and get lots of luck today!

Motivations in life I noticed a resolution I made last year,

and surprisingly found that I have fulfilled one of them: Getting my driver’s

license! Although I only reached one goal, it’s better than nothing. Since I have made one step forward, I’ll enjoy making more.

A song that has inspired me A song I like very much is Mariah Carey’s <Hero>, When I was in junior middle school, I heard of it for the first time, I was impressed by it’s resounding tune and inspired by its lyrics immediately. Later on, whenever I was frustrated, the words: “when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong, and you’ll finally see the truth, that a hero lies in you” came into my heart, and gave me strength. I’ve never get tired of hearing this song, its tune is so beautiful and Mariah’s voice is really powerful.

Another day has gone Gotta finish my work in about 20 minutes,but I am not in the mood to work anymore,I'm so excited about italki~It's a wonderful place,I'm so anxious to improve my English! It's raining cats and dogs outside,Shenzhen has rained a lot this year,like the sky was crying all the time,I felt sad cause I am always expecting a real sunny day,I like sunshine.However,the rain makes this summer much cooler than other cities(I've learned from news that the temperature had reached 40℃ in many places in China),so,it's not so bad. Today is Friday,but It doesn't mean that I can wake up late tomorrow,because tomorrow I need to work over time,this week I've only got one day off ;-(

Hi,everybody,

Ah,It's 0:00 in the morning,a brand-new day is coming,nice to meet you——I'm a freshman here^^