Delicious Italian food

Last week, I went to eat in an Italian restaurant called Napoli with James and Bill. The restaurant is very big and bright, the environment is quite good, and waitress also has good manners. When we sat on the table, we got a menu, there were too many dishes on the menu, and all of them looked delicious, I didn’t know how to order. Finally, I prepare to try a kind of noodles that made of mutton. After that, we talked about dishes here and took photos.
About 30 minutes passed, I got my dish, it wasn’t like noodles, seemed like flat dough. It looked very so lovely that I didn’t want to eat it. However, after eating it, I felt the taste of it was very slack, so I added some pepper into the noodles, it became better. The taste was very strange, it was not only sweet, but also salty, when I put one dough in my mouth, it slipped into my stomach very quickly. Because we ordered different dishes, so we shared our own dishes with each other. I thought James’s dishes was the most delicious, it is made of fish. I also ordered an ice cream as a snack after lunch, the ice cream was very good, and it made me feel very comfortable. I would eat one more if I had enough money at that moment.
In conclusion, this Italian restaurant is very different from the Mexican restaurant, but they both have their own features. I feel very interested in eating in different restaurants, I will eat in a German restaurant next time.

My physical activity------Badminton

My new log

During 2008 Olympic Games, the spirits of Athletes made me very admirable. Especially badminton, I was very interested in it, so in this winter holiday, I practiced playing badminton with my mother.
In the past, I didn’t want to do physical activity during the holiday; I just wanted to stay home to play computer games. Now I knew I should go outside to breathe fresh air, this is good for my health, health is very important to me. If I don’t have good health, I can’t do many jobs that I want to do. My mother also told me to do some physical activities; I didn’t listen to her until this holiday. I thought my choice is so clever now.
Though I was very interested in playing badminton, I can’t play it very well. However, my mother was a very good badminton player, she helped me a lot. In this holiday, she is not only my mother, but also my serious trainer. From the very first day, she taught me how to serve and catch the ball. Shortly after, I gradually realized that the know-how to play badminton, my skills improved very quickly. I practiced badminton 1 hour every time, 2 days later, I felt very tired, and my body is very sore. But I also found I had my own advantage: I was very thin, so I could move very quickly, I could catch the ball easily. After that, my mother thought it’s very tough to play badminton with me. I felt very happy because I could catch the ball for more than 10 times. My mother also felt very surprised, she commended I had made great progress.
On Feb 5th, I had a badminton match with my mother, my father is our referee. The match began: my mother served the ball very high, I couldn’t catch it very easily, so I lost the first game. The second, I realized I should jump very high to catch this kind of ball, so I use this way to win the second game. The third game both of us had tried our best, luckily, I served a very far ball, and so my mother couldn’t get it. At last, I won the game. My parents all felt very happy, the thought I have a talent to play badminton.
In conclusion, I considered play badminton is so interesting that I could not forget the fun it gave to me. I thought I should play it with others more often. It’s not as dangerous as soccer or basketball. People cannot argue with each other, it is such peaceful sports. I also want to join the badminton club next term, there are many students that can play badminton very well, and play badminton with them can improve my skill quickly. I thought GCA should hold a badminton match between the students. I want to play badminton with more and more students to let them find the interest of badminton, I am sure they will love it.

The boy in the right is me!

Dragon Boat

In the GCA Summ-er Camp, I joined the Dragon Boat Club. During the summer holiday, we had been trained by school for many times. At the beginning of 1st term, we also went outside to train our skills. One dragon boat needs 24 people to row it, so it can culture our team spirit.
Rowing dragon boat is a traditional Chinese custom, so the government in Nanjing holds a dragon boat race once a year. We are trained in a water sports school. In the 1st day, we all felt very amazing because we hadn’t done such an interesting sport before. Our trainer didn’t let us go to the boat because we didn’t know how to work together, we needed to learn. At that time, if we went to the dragon boat, the boat may turn. We just learned how to draw in the shore. Two days later, our trainer told us to go to the boat first time; I am an oar in the 8th row. We found it’s very dangerous when we went to the dragon boat: If one person shakes the boat, all of us will fall into the water. We needed to row the boat for at least 2km every lesson since then.
Time flied quickly, the dragon race would come soon. Our team members all tried our best to improve our skills. On the race day, the president of NFLS also came to support us; he gave all of us a red bar of ribbon, we used many ways to find our confidence: We singed, played games… At that time, we found we were a big family; we needed to strive for the gold medal in cooperation. Shortly after, the race begins, firstly we were the last boat, and we found it, so we said some words to encourage ourselves. The drummer frantically waved the drum, we rowed the boat strongly. Then we gradually caught up with the front boat, we became NO.2. Though we got the silver medal, we still feel very happy. We had tried our best, we were worthy of such a long period of training and our trainer.
After that, school also paid tribute to our efforts, public recognition that we also sent us a certificate. We can take pride in the school glory.
In conclusion, I consider join this dragon boat club is a clever idea, I met many friends in the club activity, and we also cultured our team spirit. We became more united, there were only “we”, not “my”. This spirit will affect my life a lot. If I need to work with others in the future, I will carry forward this spirit; let us create a good result. If in the future there are dragon boat club activities, I would also like to continue to take part in. I have a new family there; the family is big and happy. Now, I want to say to all my teammates: “I love all of you very much!”

Important Experience

During the winter holiday, I did a 10-hours volunteer work in XinHua Bookshop near my home. I felt it is very interesting. When I was a young child, I liked reading books very much. At that time, I thought the happiest job was to be a salesman in a bookshop. Because salesman there didn’t need to do many though works, they just walked around the bookshop to find people needed help to help them. The most important, they could read books without paying money.
When I was a volunteer in the bookshop, I changed my mind. I found this job isn’t so easy. On the 1st day, a young child wanted to look for a book but he forgot the name. He tried his best to describe that book to me; I also tried my best to look for that book. In the end, we still couldn’t find that book. At this time, the manager came to me; he asked that child several questions about that book, shortly after, the child found that book and left the bookshop happily. After the child left the bookshop, I asked the manager why he could find the book. He smiled, then he told me the answer: Firstly, I should ask shoppers the details of the books they want to buy, as many as possible, the questions must be regular, then you used these details to inference which books they were. I also needed to know much information about the books, or you also didn’t know the books that shoppers wanted to buy, still couldn’t find the books. This is an important experience.
Not all the shoppers were very easy to communicate with. On February 3nd, when I walked around the bookshop, I found a boy sitting on some books. As a volunteer, I told him not to sit on the books. He looked at me without saying any words, and then he kept reading books. I felt very
Angry and argued with him loudly. At last, we almost fought with each other. Luckily, the manager came to interpose us, then that boy went away. After that, the manager told me: “If you were really one employee in the bookshop and did this, I would ask you to go home.” From this event, I knew shoppers were God to the bookshop. This is a useful lesson.
I also did one hour volunteer work for Ms. Hadley. My job was to clean the art room. I thought it’s very interesting to be a volunteer for her. During the volunteer time, we also chatted with each other about our different cultures. I knew lots of knowledge about Canada that day and felt very amazing. This kind of knowledge is very important to me.
In conclusion, to be a volunteer can help other people and you also will feel happy. From this activity, you also can get lots of knowledge and experience. So why don’t be a volunteer? “If you do volunteer work once, you will keep doing it”, I promise.

A delicious dinner

On December 6th , we ate dinner in a Mexican restaurant called “Salsa” with Grade 12 students. It located in Danfeng Street. We chose this restaurant because most people in our group wanted to eat Mexican food. The restaurant isn’t very large, but the environment here was very wonderful and the waitress was very polite and helpful: She helped us to choose which we can eat as dinner, most people chose tacos; I selected 4 different kinds of pies and a toast potato. After ordering dishes, it was a very long waiting, it seemed that Mexican food was very tough to make. Shortly after, three back people also come in to eat here.
Finally, the food came out in my front, I can’t to eat them, but pies were very hot and I scalded my tongue. The taste of the pies were very strange, I can’t describe it. The potato was great, it was soft and a bit salty, and I would recommend other people to eat it if possible. However, to different people, they had their own feeling about Mexican food. For example, Bryan, who sat beside me, he thought that Mexican was terrible, he ordered tacos, but he couldn’t keep eating after eating it first. In conclusion, I thought Mexican food was delicious, but I were not used to eat it, because after I went home, there was something wrong with my stomach, I spent the whole night in walking between bathroom and my bedroom.
After we finished eating our food, we took a photo in front of the restaurant and said goodbye to each other.
I thought this kind of activity was very necessary, because it can help us know different countries’ cultures, the most important, it’s very interesting .

An exhibition on Wu Weishan’s sculpture

An exhibition on Wu Weishan’s sculpture
On 4th December, our class went to an exhibition about Wu Weishan’s cultural figures sculpture. The exhibition located in Nanjing Museum. Why did his sculpture be called cultural figures sculpture? He liked to make sculpture for famous people in the world, not only for Chinese, but also for foreigners.
Many famous people such as the Queen of the Netherlands, the president of the Germany also thought Wu Weishan was a great artist.
When we entered the gallery, I was attracted by different kinds of sculptures. Most of them are famous people, they are lifelike, when I went close to Einstein, he seemed to open his mouth his mouth to say something to me, I felt he would revive after people went home. The Confucius was very realistic: With smile on his face, looked very softhearted.
In the middle was his most famous artwork------Sleeping Baby. This sculpture was excellent, it owned a lot of awards, and however, the idea to make this sculpture was very simple: Just because Mr. Wu went to his friend’s home, and found the friend’s grandson was awakened by the noise, then he wanted to cry. Mr. Wu seized this moment, quickly grabbed a bar of clay and finished the work within 5 minutes. After finishing it, Mr. Wu tried to use it to join the competition. To his surprise, raters considered this artwork was special and gave it high evaluations, finally Sleeping Child became famous.
My favorite artwork is called “The kindest is water”, it is a sculpture of a famous philosopher called Laozi. This sculpture was very realistic, this Laozi was a very kind old man. It seemed make in1992When I first saw it I can guess this sculpture was that philosopher. His body was smooth because his main idea of the world was “The kindest in the world was water”. I like this artwork because it show me not only the figure of Laozi, but also his idea. The extra reason was I like his peaceful thought about the world. I make a big mistake, I forgot taking photos with it, what a pity. I must take photos with it if necessary.
When we left the gallery, I still felt very exciting because all the sculptures are so wonderful: some of them are realistic, some have bolder outlines. Especially, Mr. Wu is skilled in making the latter. Those artworks are exquisite in the sense that they seemed to have been created quickly without a pause. Yet, they were not made leisurely, hastily, or without a certain pursuit and resemblance.
We are very lucky: When we wanted to go back to school, we saw Mr. Wu back to his office, so we also take a photo with him. Some students also asked some questions about sculpture, he gave them the answer happily. He also invited our teachers: Ms.Bartell and Ms.Hadley to go to his office to talk about art.
This exhibition was so great; we want to have more similar activities in the future.

GUEST ARTIST

On Monday, a famous professor had a speech in our school. The main content of this talk was the structure of the garden layout. From this speech, I know more about garden------Chinese unique construction.
The professor’s speech started with a beautiful garden’s video. Then he defined the meaning of garden (it was called “YUANLIN” in Chinese).Then he told us the long history of the Chinese garden: In Zhou dynasty, the earliest garden in China appeared, but they were not beautiful. In Qin dynasty and Han dynasty, the true garden came out, it looked more beautiful than the gardens in the past However, at that moment gardens in Imperial Palace are more beautiful than private gardens. In Qing dynasty, gardens became wonderful, craftsmen not only design and build the gardens for the Royal , but also for rich people, so now we can see many gardens which built at that time was in successful businessmen’ homes. These gardens are as beautiful as the emperor’s. Afterwards the professor taught us how to design and build a beautiful. Though I can’t understand him very well, but I also feel very satisfied. He also told us that some foreigners also want to build the same gardens in their countries, but they failed. Why? Because they realized that gardens become beautiful because of China has the unique environment. They can take away the gardens, but they can’t take away the environment. Finally, he introduced several famous garden designers in Qing dynasty and finished the speech with another beautiful video.
From this talk, I know more about Chinese Culture, I consider China has many sceneries that the world haven’t seen yet, we need to let more and more people know China is a very fantastic country!