Hey,

Last night, I decided with two friends of mine to go and attend the sun belt tournment in Mitchel Center. in fact we went there, and we got our tickets for free. This is one of the advantages of hosting any games in South. Students are the kings in their home campus. You have the right to go and watch any game for free, Isn’t that cool? Anyway, we got in, and we had a lot of fun. The players of other teams are good, but I think that the Jaguars are the best. They are the champions, and everybody likes them and confesses that they cause hard time for other teams to win, and they don’t! Actually, today, a very nice game will be taking place in Mitchel center, where the Men jaguars will rock again against another University. ( I’m not sure about the other team’s name). In a couple of minutes, I will be leaving to watch that, I am sure that it is gonna be a Blast!

Although it is spring break, the Campus is still alive with this tournament, and others. From thee other part of the Campus, there was a Cricket tournment. Many teams were competing to get the title. Man, this is amazig. Next time, I, and other friends, will be planning for a soccer tournment here on campus. There are many players that want to play, and they are good too, but nobody organized anything yet. We will be oranizing somethign soon, I’ll try my best my friends! If any body has an idea or can help us make this come true, I’ll be happy to sit and talk, and do something good for soccer as well. I am sure that Ms. Brenda wont mind, because she is open-minded, and she encourages such ideas, I promise!
A demain…

Hi, it’s me Ai (Kiri). Today I had a nice conversation with one of my co-workers “B” about different languages that exist in the world.

Needless to say, we use (hear, speak, read and write) English as a common language. Being a non-native English speaker, I have been putting a lot of effort to improve my English skill ever sincne I started learning English at the age of 12. Yes, it’s been a long time, but still I’m not perfect yet. I still make a lot of grammatical mistakes as I write or speak fast. (If I slow down, usually I don’t make so many mistakes.) I still have problems in using pronouns (to, from, of, in, on, at, above, under, … etc.) and still mix them up. Especially when I talk about a date or specific/approximate time, the pronouns are so confusing. Also I make even worse mistakes with articles (a, an, & the.) I sometimes forget to put it, or put extra one when I don’t need to. …I don’t think I am using all of them right yet. I need more training and actually need to ask everybody to correct me.

For example…

1. I came to Mobile, AL (on / in / at) July 7th, 2004. ***I have been using “on” for this case. Is it correct?

2. I will take a class (on / in ) summer. *** I think ”in” is correct if I dare choose one, but in that case don’t I need “the” right before ”summer?” …I suppose I can also say “I will take a class this summer.” and that is correct, right?

3. I took a class (on / in) last summer. *** For this case, I don’t think I need any of those, but still I’m confused. How is it??

Hmmm…. I need to work on those more.

To be continued. Thank you for reading

Ai  a.k.a.  Kiri

Hey,

My name is Ahmed Louahadj, I was born in a city called Constantine in the east of Algiers the capital of Algeria. I graduated from the university of Algiers in 2004, in international Relations. At this moment, I am a  Master in Public Administration major (MPA). This is my second semester in south, and I am enjoying being around good people here in Mobile. I have a special interest in other cultures. I like learning about others’ cultures, and being with the International Students. My favorite place is the Airport!!! I know that this is kind of wierd, but I  have my reasons. first because it is the only place where you can see people from all over the globe. Second, because there where you hear all the languages, and finally, because the airport is the door to the other cltures, in which i have a special interest.

This is just me.. Come back and check the blog site out tomorrow, there will be some other thoughts!

Ahmed

Hi, this is Ai (or Kiri), I’m a student assistance in ISS office. Today is my first day to post a blog here, now I would like to introduce myself a little bit.

I am originally from Japan, and have been in Mobile, AL since summer 2004. Majoring Electrical Engineering and monoring in Art (Graphic Design.)

I operate with sweets. Since I’m in EE major, I cannot help regarding sweets as “my battery.” My brain does not operate without sweets. Some people may call them as ”fuel”, but personally I like “battery” better.   (Maybe fuel is good for ME or ChE major.)

…. I’m afraid the topic is going to wrong direction (to somewhat silly) so I’ll try to pull it back. Well, that is pretty much all I want to talk about today. See you next time & Thank you for reading

Ai a.k.a. Kiri

International Month got off to  a great start with our program in Housing last night.  We had great food and great company.  It is amazing how comfortable people get with their surroundings when breaking bread together.  I look forward to more fun in the upcoming weeks.

Brenda

Hi there,

We spent some wonderful moments all together tonight at the international dinner hosted by Ms. Brenda. The event took place at Beta gamma commons, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm. We also had a discussion about languages as a tool of communication. ms. Brenda picked the right topic, and the proof is that a lot of students who attended the event did not know about the communication obstacles that might face an international student. At the university of South Alabam, there is a great opportunity to learn about others’ cultures for the multinational students that attend the university. We tasted some indian rice, and chinese home kooked sweet rice. I confess that it was DELICIOUS!

Ahmed.

Council of International Student Organizations
 

Presents
International Month – March 3^rd - April 4^th, 2008
International Spring Festival 2008
 

CISO presents a cultural extravaganza. Student Organizations on campus will come together in a bid to exchange cultural insights and compete against one another for Spring Festival awards. The winner of this year’s Festival will walk away with the coveted trophy.

The Spring Festival has been a CISO tradition for many years in the making now. CISO has always projected this event as the most important one in the Spring semester. The whole university community is offered a chance to taste and savor the different cultures and traditions that many of our students so proudly represent. Being the mother organization of all the international organizations, CISO sees the Spring Festival as an opportunity for everyone to come under one roof and battle for the trophy. Competition keeps the spirit alive and that’s exactly what CISO wished to do.

This year’s International Month will include:

1. Cultural Program / Dinner  ( March 4^th, 2008 - 7pm- Beta Gamma Commons)

Co-Sponsored by Residents Life Council

2. Cricket Tournament (March 6^th – 9^th, 2008 – Intramural Fields)
3. Cookout / Volleyball at Grove (March 16^th, 2008 )
4. International House of Fashion Show (March 20^th, 2008- 7pm- Student Center Ballroom)
5. Music Festival (March 22^nd , 2008 -7pm – Amphitheater )
6. Cultural Exhibits ( April 3^rd & 4^th, 2008- 9am-3pm-Student Center Lobby)
7. Talent / Fashion Show (April 4^th, 2008 – 7pm – Mitchell Center)

CISO hopes to broaden the spectrum of people it reaches out to and hopes to add a little local flavor to the show by allowing other independent organizations to show their talents and culture.

The exhibits, talent show and general decor will be the key in judging for the top prizes of the festival and the members of different groups will be strictly monitored by the CISO committee for violations of rules and regulations which will be listed in the following pages.

For further information about the International Month or Spring festival please contact us at:

Email: bhinson@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Phone: 460-6050, Office of International Student Services

Click here to download the Fall 2007 OIS Cricket Schedule.

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