this is Eileen

Hello, I'm Eileen,
actually people call me Yu-ning Hung more often but it wouldn't be easy for you guys to pronounce such a thing so whatever.

I'm from Taiwan, I'm 16 years old(obviously a lot older than most of you.) and I'm in 10th grade right now. I live with my parents and I have two brothers. I have two pet turtles and I love them.(though I do want a cat so bad), my favorite color is brown. I sing when I'm in shower. Oh, and I believe in tooth fairy. Art has always been my passion, I dream of being either a T-shirt designer or an architect.I enjoy listening to all kinds of music except some creepy ones. I read, but not that much. Lately I'm reading the Prison Break, and yeah I love that show. Talking about TV shows, Drake and Josh, Zoey 101, Hannah Montana, and some other disney shows, I love all of them, and if anyone here likes them too please tell me 'cause I can't watch the newest episodes over here! Okay, now you can see that I'm totally a couch potato from how much I love watching TV lol. Well that's pretty much who I am and how I live, thank you very much for reading all this stuff. :)

It's a pleasure to have the chance to join this project, and hope we all gonna have some unforgettable memories.

Hello, finally meet you. I'm EMMA!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I had been busy for a while, and my computer is "far away" from my room, so I didn't "hi" you last week. But HERE I COME!

I'm Emma,I'm 15, and I love tennis, movies and music. My favorite tennis player is Roger Federer. Oh, he's the best! I can do everything just to save money to buy things on he's official website. I also subscribed TENNIS magazine---my dad asked me to. He is pretty good at tennis and he loves to watch Grand Slams on TV. He's the one who teachs me tennis(since I was 5! He bought a small pink racquet which is made for kids for me to practrice. Interesting, right?)and entered me into the world of tennis. And I love movies! My favorite channel is HBO of course. I like Reese Witherspoon, Keira Knightly,Orlando Bloom, Rachel Weisz,Johney Depp.

I love everything about Harry Potter, I'm glad to see many people on blog like it. Did you finish book 7? I just did in this summer vacation. In 15 days!I can't belive it after my English teacher told me that. I just COULDN'T STOP IT! I love book 7, I think it's the best among the series. It's so touching---especially chapter33, THE PRINCE'S TALE,that was extremly surprising and touching......Maybe talk about it with another Potter fan, so let me know if any of you finished The Deathly Hallows!!

As for music, I'd love to chat about your idols!! I like Kelly Clarkson and High School Musical actors and actresses(or singers?)I bought it's original sound track--I can sing many songs of it!. But tell me who you like, okay??

more about me

hi there.i am Aris.i am a 15-year-old senior high student.there are 4 peoplein my family,me ,my little brother ,my papa & mama.
i love reading.my favorite book is HARRY POTTER.i love it very much.i have seen its movies&books many times.and i also love music.i play piano when l have free time(i sometimes play cello too.)my favorite singer is HILARY DUFF.i love her because of her movie A CINDERELLA STORY(and also,i love movies very much.)

Week 1: Whoever You Are

Hello, everyone,

I am glad that we finally meet one another online. I hope you have enjoyed the posting so far. For the following week, we are going to read our first book, Whoever You Are. After you read the book, you can either talk about the book or tell us more about "who you are." We would be happy to get to know you more. And don't forget to comment on other people's postings too.
Have fun!

Welcome!

Welcome to Across the Pacific Ocean. This is a place for the students from LEE Expressive Arts Elementary School at Columbia, MO and the students from Kauhgisung Girls' High School at Kaohsiung, Taiwan to share your thoughts about great picture books. Please feel free to chat with each other. I hope you will have a lot fun reading and posting in the following year.

(Picture dedicated to Apple Inc.)