New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s Resolutions

New Year's Eve has always been a time for looking back to the past, and more importantly, forward to the coming year. It's a time to reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those changes.

Here are the ten most common New Year’s Resolutions in the United States. Do you have some similar promises?

1. Start Exercising

2. Quit Smoking

3. Learn Something New

4. Eat Healthier and Diet

5. Get out of Debt and Save Money

6. Spend More time with Family

7. Travel

8. Be Less Stressed

9. Volunteer

10. Drink Less

We asked some teachers, staff members, and afternoon students about their own New Year’s Resolutions. Here’s what they said:

In 2012 I will:

Tina: stay healthy and always have a positive attitude

Emily: be a good new mom

Bhumika: travel more, learn to cook new things, & go to karaoke more often

Monica: travel more, lead a healthier lifestyle, & learn a new language

John: go to bed early, improve my English, & make more money

Sylvia: wake up early every day & be a better cook

Bruno: try to be more organized & make plans for the future

Joel: improve my English

Yoshi: get buff Betsy: do more yoga

Davi: be more friendly and open-minded

What is yours?

Halloween 2011

Last Friday evening at Oiwake in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, a frightful parade of ghouls, ghosts, goblins and monsters gathered to pay homage to their ilk at the annual LSI Halloween party!

While the ghoulish fiends gobbled their savory dinners and howled to their favorite karaoke songs, judges pre-selected the winners of the costume contests: The Headless Man frightened the judges into awarding him the Scariest Costume; the Baby-Bearer captured the hearts (literally) of the judges for Most Creative Costume; The Soiled Little Ghost grabbed the judges funny bone for Funniest Costume; and Snow White caught the judges eyes to become Miss Halloween! Thankfully, she gave them back before the night was through.

Once the prizes were awarded, the creatures of the night were treated to an improve performance by the Film Group Project Following the performance, the baying of the beasts could only be silenced by the winner of the Pumpkin Carving Contest. The O.C. campus carved its way into the judges eyes (only recently returned by Snow White) and stole first prize.

With so much pent-up energy, the fiendish freaks needed a release...and just then LSI’s Live-Dead DJ hit the turn-tables and all the ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and the other creatures of the night shook, rattled and rolled until the sun threatened to expose them. And still they lay in the crags and shadows awaiting the next LSI Halloween Party!

Until next year, my blood-thirsty friends! - Iain, LA Campus

We LOVE bowling!

On September 14, Natalya, Tim and 15 other students went bowling at Alhambra Bowling Center. The bowling place is located not too far from school. They got there at around 5.30 pm. After paying and putting on the shoes, they split into 3 teams. The game was fun! Some students were very good and they got high scores! 156 points! Those players taught the rest of the students how to play. After the game, the students all went out for dinner to one of the Chinese restaurants near the bowling center.

Join us next time! LSI OC will be going bowling this wekk too!!!

For more information  about Activities and Events at LSI, please check our website http://www.languagesystems.com/

Beach Party- Volleyball Tournament

On Friday August 26th, Language Systems International (LSI) organized its annual Volleyball Tournament in one of the most popular and beautiful beaches in California, Huntington Beach. Five campuses- Alhambra, Downtown, Torrance, OC and Beverly Hills- got together to fight for the championship. The tournament was very intense, and the competition between the schools was strong  Besides the volleyball tournament there were many other games like Tug-of-War, water balloon game, fill the bucket, stick game and disgusting food contest.

By 9.30 am a huge territory of the beach was covered by different colors, representing each school. Each school had T-shirts of a different color. OC students wore red, LA students wore yellow, Torrance students wore gray, Alhambra students wore green, and Beverly Hills students wore pink.

The fun began when the students started playing with balloons filled with water. Some of them got wet. It was a hot summer day though, so they really enjoyed this game. The Volleyball Tournament started at 10 am. Every team was very good. You could see that they practiced and prepared for this big competition. In the end, it was a three way tie among 3 schools: Alhambra, MLI and OC. After counting the points, the winner was chosen- it was MLI! The students from Beverly Hills did a great job and they deserved the trophy!

        During the tournament students had the opportunity to hang out with their teachers and friends while enjoying a beautiful sunny day in Southern California. After the games were finished and the trophy had been passed on to MLI, LSI provided all the students and players with a delicious lunch.  

Right after lunch, program Coordinators Ty and Ligia organized a few more games: Tug -of -War, Fill-the-Bucket, Stick game and Disgusting Food Contest.

The school that got the strongest students is Downtown LSI. They won Tug-of -War!

One student from Torrance and one student from MLI won the in the stick competition.

OC students were the fastest this time and won the “Fill-the-Bucket” game.

 

                                                                             The disgusting food contest was intense! And Alhambra happened to have the best eaters and won this competition.

As you can see, all the school have got something special they are good at and each school won at least one game! The beach party was just amazing! Everybody’s got a nice tan and healthy glow. You can find a lot of pictures taken by the students and LSI photographer on Facebook and watch video on youtube.com.

For more information about activities at all LSI locations, please visit http://www.languagesystems.com/

Tennis with Jose and Natalya!

Every other Friday students from LSI Alhambra get a chance to play and improve their tennis skills.
There are a few students who are really good players! Jose, the staff member, is really an excellent player too. He is really patient and doesn't mind giving everybody advice and a few lessons. There are usually about 10-15 people. LSI Alhambra is located very close to the park where you can find basketball and tennis courts, swimming pools and BBQ grills. The school has a lot of tennis rackets which our students can use for free. It's a fun activity that helps everybody to stay in shape and work out those muscles you didn't know you had!
For more information about our School's events and activities, please visit http://www.languagesystems.com/

Luau Party 2011

On July 29th, LSI and MLI celebrated Summer with the annual Luau Party!

Every year, students from the LA, Torrance, OC, Alhambra, and MLI campuses come together for a night of fun, food, dancing and COMPETITION!



Tickets to this popular event sold out early!


The party began with dinner and music. PCs Ligia, Ken, Sylvia, Natalya, and Ty treated everyone to the classic song "I will Survive" to get the night going. Many students and teachers chose their favorite songs and serenaded everyone while they were eating. Karaoke is the perfect party starter!


The students at LSI and MLI are extremely talented!

Before the party, students had to audition to earn 1 of 9 spots in the competition. There were singers, dancers, comedians, musicians, and more hoping to win the $500 prize!

The competition opened with an explosive solo dance performance and closed with a dynamic heavy metal band! There were singers, dance groups and comedy troupes in between!


What a show!

but there could only be one winner....

Congratulations to Ping, Sho, Ken and Kim from OC!!! They took home the $500 prize for their outstanding dance performance.

Once the competition was over, it was PARTY TIME! The DJ arrived, the music was pumping and the people were dancing! The party didn't end until after 1 am!

Today is Tuesday, August 2nd. The party was 4 days ago, but people are still talking about it!

Thank you, LSI and MLI for such a great night!

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