How about your ideaWhat is your opinion about my new name?

Recently, for a betterto improve communication, I changed my name from Elaine to Jessy. I'm not sure whether it is better or not to others, but I feel it is much better when making friends. So howwhat do you think, my dear friends?

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Growing up, I never had a problem recognising the name "Elaine." In China, it makes sense to use 'Jessy' since the letter 'l' in 'Elaine' may be challenging to pronounce for most people. In a Western context, I think 'Elaine' is a better name.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself

I am learning English, because I want to go to Canada for travel.
My native language is Chinese, and I grew up in Taiwan.
I enjoy listening to music, and running in my foot.

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I hope you will feel welcome in Canada!

Getting colder

It is getting colder now. When I go out, I have to wear a wind coat to keep me warm. The leaves get yellower little by little, and some of them fall from their branches.

I will fly to Beijing next Monday. And I hearread from a newspaper that Beijing is much colder than Shanghai. Winter comes. Who can stop its step? I wish it will be over quickly because I hate winter. In my view, winter means cold and wet, and there is no way to avoid the feeling 1in southern places assince we haven't anydo not have a heater.

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Winter also means fewer insects.

1. "Southern Places" implies somewhere close to the equator, which is characteristically hot; especially when referring to southern places relative to China. Do you mean that there is no way to avoid winter by travelling to a southern place, or there is no way to avoid winter within southern places? I would think that southern places can evade cold weather effectively.

Do you mean:

A: ...there is no way to travel to a southern place and avoid this weather since we....

B: ....there is no way to avoid the feeling of winter in a southern place... (this also is out of context since Beijing is a northern place)

Shocking News

When I browsed Weibo (Chinese Twitter) as usual in the morning, asome news gripped my attention. "Wangshi devorced for having an affair". Wangshi is a famous businessman in China; he always buildmaintains a positive image beforeto the public. How could he have an affair when he is over 60 years old? The young woman mentioned in the news is a beautiful actress, she is also aand business woman. They met in a business school, and then a special relationship began. She hasis the same age as Wangshi's daughter.

I was shocked by the news. After all, Wangshi is old enough asto be her father. Is this true love for them? How could Wangshi give up his 20+ years-long marriage so easily? Will every successful man be having an affair in the end?

What do you think of mens' affairs?

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Overall, you made good use of commas. However, it's important to separate sentences appropriately if they have multiple subjects. For example:

> I <em>was shocked by the news</em>, after all, Wangshi <em>is old enough to be her father</em>.

In this sentence, "I" and "Wangshi" are separate subjects with their own respective predicates. They needed to be separated by a period.

I enjoy travelling

"I am broke now, I will go when I have money," "I am engaged in business, I will go when I have time." Stop making excuses. In fact, if you want to travel, you only need a brave heart, a backpack, and thento 1 go ahead. When you are walking on the way, experiences can depositease your temperament. Moreover, wider knowledge gained from these experiences may expand your breadth of mind.

I am keen on travelling, though I don’t have enough money or time. Travel is tiring, but it is worthwhile. It is a kind of poison which enables people to get addictived to it and I admit that I have been an addict. I am making allevery efforts to save more money and I am trying my best to make more spare time.

I am looking forward to my next journey, although I haven't knowndecided my next destination yet.

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Well done! 

1 You began this list with "you only need" followed by "a brave heart" and then "a backpack." When read independently, it is "you only need a brave heart" and "you only need a backpack." Both are grammatically correct, but then "you only need then go ahead" sounds ackward following the pattern of your list. After I changed it to "and to go ahead," it finally reads as "you only need to go ahead." You see?

I changed the positioning of your quotation marks, although the method you originally used to write them is acceptable as well. Grammar rules must have changed in recent years because I was taught to write double quotes after other punctuation such as periods and commas, but it should be single quotes to reference speech (at least in British English). You can give this a read if you're interested!

<a href="http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/punctuation-in-direct-speech">http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/punctuation-in-direct-speech</a>