December Is Here FINALLY.... （十二月來了）

大家好！我是葉建亨。我現在十八歲。這個星期很壓力。這個星期，我申請了七個大學；
1. 加利福尼亞藝術學院的卡通動畫電影程序
2. 南加州大學電影藝術學院
3. 三個加州州立大學； 長灘，富勒頓，聖荷西
4. 加州大學洛杉磯分校
5.Loyola Marymount大學

我每天三個小時花時間畫畫, 還有創作我的卡通和電影。這個夏天我去舊金山上Academy of Art大學的夏天活動。我上三節課。這三節課教我畫畫技巧還有三維建模技巧。我開始學在ToonBoom軟件，娛樂業的二維動畫軟件，和Maya，娛樂業的三維動畫軟件。
高中以後，我想要搬去洛杉磯生活，創作卡通和動畫電影，見人在娛樂業上班，還有見我未來的女朋友。南加州是我最愛的地方因為南加州是娛樂業的首都。所以，南加州有很多電影工作室，音場，錄音室，還有很多演員和名人。南加州有很多樂園。我很喜歡迪斯尼樂園，環球影城，樂高樂園加州，還有聖地亞哥海洋世界。我還喜歡聖地亞哥動物園。南加州的氣候是美國的第一最好的氣候。氣溫不冷不熱。我很喜歡南加州的海灘，Santa Monica，Mission Bay，Manhattan海灘，還有Coronado海灘。夏天時候，海灘水不冷不熱。南加州還有很多飯館。我覺得洛杉磯有美國第一最好亞洲菜。

雖然我最喜歡畫畫，創作電影，看電影，還有做數學和物理學問題，我不喜歡學校因為每天，學校給我很多功課。英文課和歷史課都是我最難的課。考試的時候，我平常考了考得不好（五十分-七十五分）。兩個星期以後，期末考試會開始。我擔心很多。

這個聖誕節，我跟家人去台北和香港觀光。我的爸爸一九七一年從香港來了。我的媽媽一九七六從台北來了。
我在台北想要去台北101和大安區觀光。台北101在世界是第九最大建造。在大安，我想要去大安公園玩兒。

我在香港想要去太平山看香港，去香港迪斯尼樂園看迪斯尼卡通人和練習畫畫，去天壇，還有去銅鑼灣走路。


If you were wondering why I typed Chinese above, I just felt like practicing skills I have not touched in months. I started learning Chinese in 4th grade.

English Translation

Hey there! I am Jonathan Yip! I am 18 years old right now. This week was very stressful! I applied to seven schools;
1. The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Character Animation Program
2. The USC School of Cinematic Arts
3. Three California State Universities; Long Beach, Fullerton, and San Jose.
4. The UCLA
5. The Loyola Marymount University

I spend at least 3 hours everyday drawing and creating animated films. This summer, I attended the Academy of Art University Summer Pre-College Art Experience. I took 3 classes that taught me many new drawing techniques and 3D modeling techniques. I started learning Toon Boom, the entertainment industry 2D animation software, and Maya, the entertainment industry 3D animation software.
I dream of moving to Los Angeles after high school, creating successful cartoons and animated films, meeting people working in the industry, and meeting my future girlfriend. The Southern California Area is my favorite place because that area is the entertainment capital of the world.  Therefore, Southern California has a lot of movie studios, sound stages, recording studios, and a lot of actors and celebrities. Southern California is also home to many amusement parks. My favorite amusement parks and resorts are the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, the Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, the Legoland California Resort in Carlsbad, and the SeaWorld San Diego in San Diego. I also really like the San Diego Zoo. Southern California's climate is the best climate in America, not too cold, nor too hot. I really like the beaches in Southern California; the Santa Monica Pier, Mission Bay, Manhattan Beach, and the Coronado Beach. During the summer, the ocean water isn't too cold, nor too hot.

Drawing of Pete the Cat

The Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland Park in June 2017

Southern California has a lot of restaurants. In my opinion, Los Angeles has the best Asian food in America.

My favorite dish to eat; beef with cantonese rice fun noodles in soup

Although I really like to draw, create and watch movies, and do math and physics, I do not like school because I receive a lot of homework every day. Classes are very boring and mostly lecture-based, leading me to falling asleep very often. English and history are my hardest classes. When the test time comes, I almost always do poorly, almost always below a 75%. Final exams start in 2 weeks! I am worried quite a bit.

This Christmas, I am finally traveling to Taiwan with my family. I have never been there before! We are traveling to Taipei and Hong Kong. My Dad and Mom both moved to the U.S. in the 1970s.

In Taipei I want to visit the Taipei 101 and the Da'an District. Taipei 101 is the world's 9th tallest building. At Da'an, I want to go to the Da'an Park to play and walk around the district.

In Hong Kong, I want to go look at the skyline of Hong Kong at Victoria Peak, visit the Hong Kong Disneyland to see my favorite Disney characters that inspired my current dream and to practice more drawing, visit the Tian Tan Buddha, and walk around Causeway Bay.

Drawing of my room in my temporary home in the San Francisco Bay Area