Hi. It's Illinois Panda. This is the first day of the trip to Chicago! I haven't been to Chicago except that I landed at the Chicago O'hare airport. This is the first trip since I came to the U.S. and have been really looking forward to go…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. It was the coldest day today since I came here. It went down under 10℃. I wear the foody I bought yesterday, but it was not sufficient to protect my body from the cold, lol. I don't have anything special to tell yo…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. It's getting cold these days. I think I have to buy clothes to prepare for winter, but there's only one place on campus where I can purchase clothing. It's Illini Union Bookstore. As the name implies, this is mainl…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. Recently, I've been accustomed to how to study at an American university and have been getting tips to learn efficiently. On the other hand, getting used to be something often causes me to be lazy or cut corners. I…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I went to bed after 3am yesterday, but I made it to get up early and didn't fail to attend the morning class. The class was a smartphone shooting class. In the class today, we kicked off the 4th group project and s…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I've chilled out all day today. Frankly speaking, I had three plans for today. However, the first plan to go to an Indian restaurant with Indian friends was canceled at eleven o'clock for some reason. At that time,…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. Two months have passed since I arrived in the U.S. There has been less and less something new or unfamiliar with me as I've been spending time here. However, I had a new experience today. It's eating TAKOYAKI in Am…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I finished the course for learning Python at the beginner level on Codecademy and got and learned to use fundamental ideas about Python. I continue to learn Python furthermore, aiming to the intermediate level; on …
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I uploaded a video that I shot, edited, and created for a MACS class, came over a mid-term exam for an ECON class, and submitted a journal for a PS class, all in today. Although the quality of the video is not so g…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. There is a week off for celebrating Thanksgiving day in late November. So I'm wondering what I'll do for that period. I don't have a specific plan yet, but I have some ideas. The first one is traveling to Canada. I…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda, I'm shocked and depressed right now because I took a nap for more than three hours even though I'm urged to do a pile of the tasks, particularly today. Spent more than three hours on a nap. Can you believe that? I …
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I have tons of things to do tonight, so this blog is going to be short. I attended classes, did homework and reading, and practiced Python today as usual, and nothing special happened. However, I've felt a day pass…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I share with you in the other blog a giant gymnasium located on campus. After that day, I came to get into doing exercises at the gym. I've been commuting to the gym and working out four or five days a week. In yet…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. UIUC has had a special week called "Home Coming Week" this week. This is a week for inviting the alumni to come back to UIUC. Not only the alumni but also students have been enthusiastic to celebrate this week, and…
Hello. It's Illinois Panda. An extremely lively guy lives next to my room on the opposite side of my roommate's room. I've seen him on my face only a few times. However, he is so energetic that he guffaws, sings, or shouts all the time so …
Good evening. It's Illinois Panda. Do you know Beach Bunny? They are a popular young band in the U.S. They compromise a girl vocalist with an attractive voice, a fancy boy guitarist, a sturdy bassist, and a skillful drummer. They are popul…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda I'm about to freak out by a highly demanding assignment for a political science class. It's a thesis that ordinarily advocates for Libertarianism in those times. Its logical construction is so complicated that I oft…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. It's been a comfortable temperature recently. It's going toward winter slightly gradually, so I try to have as much fun of this weather as possible for a while. Today I'm gonna make sure if my writing in English is…
Hello. It's Illinois Panda. I'm gonna tell you about a grocery store I visited 2 days ago. It's not a typical supermarket but an Asian international supermarket called Fresh. It's a bit far from the campus, but you can take a bus everywher…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. Until today 50 days have passed since I came to the U.S. It can be said I'm entirely accustomed to campus life. There is nothing troublesome while living daily life. I know all of the places I regularly go and the …
Good evening. It's Illinois Panda. I visited a Chinese restaurant for the first time in the U.S. There are several restaurants that serve Chinese food on campus. I tried one of them to have today's dinner with my friend from Turkey. As he …
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I have almost no assignments to do by this weekend, so I'm pretty happy now. I took only one lecture today, and I spent the most time on Python today. It has been fun so far to learn Python with Codeacademy. I'm a …
Hello. It's Illinois Panda. I join the first weekly meeting of GLOBE today. GLOBE is an organization composed of American students and international students and aims to promote cultural interaction. It has roughly a hundred members. We ar…
Hey. It's Illinois Panda. I'm gonna talk about my English affairs. About 50 days have passed since I arrived in the U.S. I feel my English skills have improved more or less through everyday life. Although I think my listening, writing, or …
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I went to the gym I shared in the last blog again today. As I was used to the atmosphere and the way to use equipment more than yesterday, I could concentrate on the exercise. By the way, I told you I started to le…
Hello. It's Illinois Panda. I went to a huge general gymnasium on campus called Activities and Recreation Center (ARC). It consists of multiple exercise rooms, an inside swim pool, and a kind of sports room, including basketball courts, a …
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I joined an excursion held by the photograph club I belong to in Japan House today. Japan House replicates a Japanese house and a large Japanese garden and is placed on campus. About 15 people assembled and took ph…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I decided to slack off all day today because I was busy the last two weekends successively. I have been just chilling out, calling to my dear in the morning. Though, I had to deal with a few assignments, lol. Pleas…
Hi, It's Illinois Panda. Today I enjoyed a unique American attraction called Corn Maze. This is a maze game held in cornfields. There are paths in huge cornfields, which are made by cutting off corn, compromising a large maze like a myster…
Hi. It's Illinois Panda. I've got nothing special to tell you, to be honest, lol. I just took three classes, did a few assignments, practiced Python, and fed on meals. That's all that I did today. As there seems nothing about my daily life…