Hello everyone, I`m Shawn, come from ChengDu which is located in Southwest China with a 12 million population, many Canadian don`t know the city, but I`m sure lots of people know giant panda, the lovely bear with dark circle eyes, bingo, ChengDu is panda`s hometown.

Being separate from my family by Pacific, I have to contact my 4 years old daughter and wife everyday, there are 12 hours time difference between ChengDu and Welland, so every time in our phone chat, QiQi, my daughter keeps asking me curiously, "Is it morning or night in your city now, Dad?" a little bit difficult for her to understand how far between us. QiQI was born in April 2008, when she was just 12 days old baby, the fierce huge earthquake occurred in WenChuan where is an adjacent city of ChengDu, the unexpected disaster killed 100 thousands people in seconds, it`s very hard to forget the moment which bring us doomed feeling, thanks God, my families are alive, therefore, I realize life is short and fragile, that`s why I come study here, since my life span is limited, the only way to enhance it is explore and pursue its meaning, not only for myself, but also for QiQi and my wife.

It was a quite long time ago when I used to be a student, after working as a graphic designer for a decade, it`s time to have another option, I do really like small city`s life in Welland, the friendly community as well as the nice campus, so far, I also think the study atmosphere is pretty charming here compare to China. Now, being accompanied by teenagers, I feel I`m much younger, everyone is the age of their heart, I got it!

Generally, I feel good in Canada, I love Niagara College, I am looking forward the coming regular semester in September, it will obviously help me acquire some new skill to create my completely different life, besides this, it can also enrich my experience, as a result, I would be greatful to tell many new stories to my QiQi.