Who is Nian Liu...?

Hello everyone, 

My Chinese name is Nian Liu, and you can also call me Livy!  I like traveling dancing, photographing and playing piano. and I want to try the all kinds of food around the world. 



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In 2009, I attended the "University of Alberta & Wuhan University International Program". I took one year on preparing for studying abroad including materials for student visa, IELTS (International English Language System). Now, I am a second year student in University of Alberta, but a first year student in Nutrition and Food Science program and majoring in Food Science and Technology, because I tansferred from the Faculty of Arts in 2011 fall. Communication is playing an very important role in my life, it helps me make friends, change major successfully, study and so on. I can't live without communication, and no human being can live without communication.



(Created by myself with Microsoft Word)



I think the internet is a very valuable and convenient tool for communication and information exchange, but my current use of social media is fairly small: Facebook (I always forget to check it…), Google(for searching information ), YouTube( for keeping up on the latest news) and Skype (for communication with my parents in China). I just signed up for Twitter several days ago for the ALES 204 course, so there are still many new things for me to learn. 



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The social media I always use is Tencent QQ, generally, we call it QQ. It is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in mainland China. QQ is like MSN, but not quite same. Except for chatting function, we also can make video calls, play mini games, share photos or interesting news in QQ zone. It seems to be the mixture of MSN and Facebook. QQ is the only way for me to keep in touch with my friends in China.



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It’s really cool to communicate with our professor with Twitter! In plus, I take part in CSL (Community Service-Learning) program, and I'm going to volunteer in Campus Food Bank with Aimee and Brenda. I am looking forward to gaining more knowledge about Twitter and learning lots of new communication strategies in ALES 204 this term!

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