At 14:28 (Beijing local time) on May 12, 2008, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern China, jolting areas as far away as Taiwan and Thailand, with aftershocks rattling across a vast area of China.
On 5-12-2008, at Beijing local time 14:28pm, a historically rare earthquake of 7.8 magnitude devastated southwestern China, killing close to 12,000 people by far and trapping thousands of others under schools, factories and houses, while the worst-hit area was still cut off from rescuers today. Now we are facing a crucial time period of rescuing those needy people and helping them with disaster relief. Children are wandering homeless on the street, young people are being buried by their tearing elder parents with unspeakable sadness...
We’d like to introduce a special friend to you—Ping Wu (武萍), a recent graduate of UCLA who also served on the CSSA-UCLA Committee, a bright, blossoming young girl in her pursuit of happiness, celebrating life and trying to fulfill her dreams.
But her life took a tragic turn two days before this past Christmas: the doctors informed her that she has Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), type IV, an unanticipated diagnosis that would forever change her life, and the lives of many others. We are still in shock, in disbelief, and we would rather think all of this is just a bad dream...
As you all have known, over the past month, a number of extremist
groups had created riots and massively interfered with the Olympic
torch relay in different regions across the world. However, some
western media had been so biased that the truth has been entirely
masked from the general public, which is a total violation of their
professionalism. What's more, some media reports had turn out to be
shameful assaults and battery towards Chinese people. Now that we have
come to realize those shocking and ugly acts, we are more determined
than ever to act against those knaveries!
The 2008 Beijing Olympics Torch Relay at San Francisco will start on the coming Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 (Attached please find the Olympic torch route of San Francisco). As you may know, San Francisco is the only North America stop on the worldwide 2008 Olympic Torch Relay in advance of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
How are you doing? Since all the finals are gone, what are we waiting for!!! Just go outside to soak in the beautiful sun shine, to breath the fresh air and to explore the wonders of the mother nature. Do NOT miss the greatest chance for you to join us for hiking in San Gabriel River - East Fork, to take a really wonderful break after such a busy quarter.