I just came back home from Trick or Treating. I didn't get a lot of candy this year, the last time I went Trick or Treating was 3 years ago. I found that it was less fun then I remembered it. Maybe it is because the people this year wasn't really in the Halloween mood around our neighbourhood. We didn't even see one haunted house or lane.
But we did see this lady who was so good at pretending to be a zombie she was actually a zombie. So during our Trick or treating, we came across this house with a lady leaning on the front porch. She was as motionless as a statue, and looked really real. I, for one, thought she was fake, I went to the Halloween store the other day and saw stuff like this. But my cousin seemed to this it was real. We would have been there debating whether it was real or fake for a very long time, if another lady had not shown up at the door and offered us candy. Finally seeing a "real" person, we went and took our candy. And at that time the lady leaning on the porch moved and we knew she was real. Just so you know it wasn't just a lady leaning on the porch, it was a lady that wore dark coloured clothing and her hair covered half of her face so we couldn't see it.
After going around for a while, we came back to the road the zombie lady was on and saw her standing on the streets looking at us. We were so curious so we went her way, and she was so REAL!!! When she walked she walked in this very staggering pace, yet it was not dramatic like the movie ones. She didn't stick her hand out and only moved. We couldn't even see her face. One of my friends took a picture of her at that a time with flash, and we finally saw her face. I was black and the one eye that was showing flipped white. Whoever that was, she is so very good at acting!!! I saw that she was holding a book, so I asked her what it was. She held out the book in front of my face and started walking towards us. We were keeping our distance, but with her walking closer we all got freaked out and jumped out of the way. My little brother got really sacred and started running behind us like crazy. Apparently the book was called "The Book of Mormons" or something like that. I don't get it... She kept walking towards us in that freaky staggering way and it was really dark so we finally ran away.
BEST ZOMBIE EVER!!!
I really don't see the point of asking for candy. I mean you don't eat most of it anyway. Half of the candy I collected last time was put in a bag afterwards and forgotten. My grandma found it after a few years and it was already all bad.
Still, I guess the candy makes a good treat if you don't have anything to eat for lunch. I kind of regret not wearing my costume to school today. I looked really nice as a fairy bat.
Okay, can't believe still have a Socials test tomorrow. Got to go study!
Monday, 31 October 2011
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Belly Dancing
My auntie took us to an Greek food restaurant in Downtown.
It was such a nice coincidence, because it turned out they were having a belly dance show today at night. The owners invited some people from this belly dancing class to come and perform. It was really fun to watch.
The belly dancers make the whole "make your belly shimmy" thing seem so easy. But then, after I tried it myself, I realized it was really impossible. I mean, how do you make your belly shimmy when you couldn't even make it move by itself???
My mom watched for a long time, and she came up with the conclusion that only people who were a little fat around the belly could do belly dancing. Because there was a skinny girl who performed for us, and it didn't look as nice. There was also male belly dancers who were going to perform, but since I had school tomorrow, we decided to come home earlier.
I once went to this big belly dancing show in Shanghai, I didn't see much because my mom got us tickets at the back of the stadium and we had to use binoculars. It was really hard to see people clearly so I don't remember much of it. But for today's performance, we got a really good spot, so we could watch the dancing while we eat, nice!
Going to bed now, tomorrow is Halloween!
It was such a nice coincidence, because it turned out they were having a belly dance show today at night. The owners invited some people from this belly dancing class to come and perform. It was really fun to watch.
The belly dancers make the whole "make your belly shimmy" thing seem so easy. But then, after I tried it myself, I realized it was really impossible. I mean, how do you make your belly shimmy when you couldn't even make it move by itself???
My mom watched for a long time, and she came up with the conclusion that only people who were a little fat around the belly could do belly dancing. Because there was a skinny girl who performed for us, and it didn't look as nice. There was also male belly dancers who were going to perform, but since I had school tomorrow, we decided to come home earlier.
I once went to this big belly dancing show in Shanghai, I didn't see much because my mom got us tickets at the back of the stadium and we had to use binoculars. It was really hard to see people clearly so I don't remember much of it. But for today's performance, we got a really good spot, so we could watch the dancing while we eat, nice!
Going to bed now, tomorrow is Halloween!
Saturday, 29 October 2011
My Halloween Costume
OMG!
I didn't get to finish my Halloween costume today. I was going to pin leaves to a skirt, but, somehow I ended up knitting another hat. I made a purple and orange one, I hope someone will buy it even if it wasn't Halloween. I heard some people are going to trick or treated on Sunday, I am still going on the actual day though.
This year, the date of Halloween sucks. I mean if it were a Sunday, no one would say anything. If it were a Saturday, it would be the best of all times because you can go on Friday or Saturday. If it were Friday, you can get off school and go have fun with your friends because you don't have school the next day. But when it is on Monday, the first day of the week. You have to go to school again and then you have another day of school on Tuesday... It just ruins the mood. I can't even stay up late, I hope we don't get a lot of homework, that would really suck then.
Hmmm... I still need to figure out what I am going to wear, costume crisis!
I didn't get to finish my Halloween costume today. I was going to pin leaves to a skirt, but, somehow I ended up knitting another hat. I made a purple and orange one, I hope someone will buy it even if it wasn't Halloween. I heard some people are going to trick or treated on Sunday, I am still going on the actual day though.
This year, the date of Halloween sucks. I mean if it were a Sunday, no one would say anything. If it were a Saturday, it would be the best of all times because you can go on Friday or Saturday. If it were Friday, you can get off school and go have fun with your friends because you don't have school the next day. But when it is on Monday, the first day of the week. You have to go to school again and then you have another day of school on Tuesday... It just ruins the mood. I can't even stay up late, I hope we don't get a lot of homework, that would really suck then.
Hmmm... I still need to figure out what I am going to wear, costume crisis!
Friday, 28 October 2011
Raccoon
My auntie finally got her new car today, it is a beautiful white car with extensive features.
When we get new cars in our family, we invite everyone along and go out for a spin. So that is exactly what we did. There wasn't a lot of places we could go to, so we just went to Stanley park. We were really lucky, because almost right after we got there, we saw this raccoon. It was crossing the road, and we could barely see it. I think we probably would have ran over it, if the big lights hadn't caught it's movement. It is this lone raccoon, and his eyes shone gold in the darkness. He stood at the side of the road watching our headlights, while we stopped the car to watch him. Of course, I am just assuming it is a him, it might be a female for all I can actually see.
The raccoon was grey with black stripes on its tail. It looked big, so am I guessing it is an adult. After a while of intense staring, he finally hid himself into a bush. We left right after, but I did catch a glimpse of him popping out again.
I don't know if it is just my memory, but I seem to recall that raccoons lived in packs? I remember when I was small, a friend of my cousin's got bitten by one of the raccoons. There were a lot that day, and they were all searching for food around the docks where we were sight seeing. The guy went and tried to feed or play with one of the raccoons, so it bit him on the finger. We all thought he had rabies. I was kinda scared of him, because I heard that raccoons often had rabies and gave it to humans a lot. Of course, the guy was fine...
I wonder where the raccoons live. Can they climb trees? Do they live on branches, or trees, or bushes? I don't think they live under ground, that is for sure...
When we get new cars in our family, we invite everyone along and go out for a spin. So that is exactly what we did. There wasn't a lot of places we could go to, so we just went to Stanley park. We were really lucky, because almost right after we got there, we saw this raccoon. It was crossing the road, and we could barely see it. I think we probably would have ran over it, if the big lights hadn't caught it's movement. It is this lone raccoon, and his eyes shone gold in the darkness. He stood at the side of the road watching our headlights, while we stopped the car to watch him. Of course, I am just assuming it is a him, it might be a female for all I can actually see.
The raccoon was grey with black stripes on its tail. It looked big, so am I guessing it is an adult. After a while of intense staring, he finally hid himself into a bush. We left right after, but I did catch a glimpse of him popping out again.
I don't know if it is just my memory, but I seem to recall that raccoons lived in packs? I remember when I was small, a friend of my cousin's got bitten by one of the raccoons. There were a lot that day, and they were all searching for food around the docks where we were sight seeing. The guy went and tried to feed or play with one of the raccoons, so it bit him on the finger. We all thought he had rabies. I was kinda scared of him, because I heard that raccoons often had rabies and gave it to humans a lot. Of course, the guy was fine...
I wonder where the raccoons live. Can they climb trees? Do they live on branches, or trees, or bushes? I don't think they live under ground, that is for sure...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
100
OOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo!
The number of my blog viewers finally hit 100 today!
YAY!
I am making this funky hat for my brother, I think he can wear it on Halloween if he wants... I hope he likes it...
We have a Social Studies test tomorrow on the Acts of Parliament. I don't remember if you have to memorize the dates or not. Better study hard.
I was just pinning my pyjama pants, as in the pyjama pants I made! Wow! Time passed so fast. I have to admit, out of all my 8 classes, textiles is definitely my favourite! Ever since we finally started doing something big like our pyjama pants, I have been working really hard each class. I try to be fast, but something always manages to happen. For example, my bobbin has been out of thread for 3 times already! But luckily I can work very fast if I want to, so I usually finish everything we need to do every class.
I remember when I first started textiles, I was so confused about how the sewing machine worked, I also could not sew very fast because there was always knots. One day, all my problems just went away, and now I can use the machine swiftly.
Now my pyjama pants are almost done, we just put the elastic in today. We have pinning the leg edges as HW. I couldn't wait to try my pants on after I got home. It fits pretty well, thank goodness! I kinda cut off a lot of elastic when I was making it, because I guess I didn't measure well, and also because Mrs. Nicholson said it looked sort of big. I thought I might have cut TOO much, but it is only little tight.
Can't wait till next class. Oh yeah, we also made a pumpkin for Halloween!
Sewing is so fun, hope I had one of those small portable sewing machines at home.
Someone is lighting sparkles outside our house, there is also some BOOMs and POOMs.
HAPPY EARLY HALLOWEEN!!!
The number of my blog viewers finally hit 100 today!
YAY!
I am making this funky hat for my brother, I think he can wear it on Halloween if he wants... I hope he likes it...
We have a Social Studies test tomorrow on the Acts of Parliament. I don't remember if you have to memorize the dates or not. Better study hard.
I was just pinning my pyjama pants, as in the pyjama pants I made! Wow! Time passed so fast. I have to admit, out of all my 8 classes, textiles is definitely my favourite! Ever since we finally started doing something big like our pyjama pants, I have been working really hard each class. I try to be fast, but something always manages to happen. For example, my bobbin has been out of thread for 3 times already! But luckily I can work very fast if I want to, so I usually finish everything we need to do every class.
I remember when I first started textiles, I was so confused about how the sewing machine worked, I also could not sew very fast because there was always knots. One day, all my problems just went away, and now I can use the machine swiftly.
Now my pyjama pants are almost done, we just put the elastic in today. We have pinning the leg edges as HW. I couldn't wait to try my pants on after I got home. It fits pretty well, thank goodness! I kinda cut off a lot of elastic when I was making it, because I guess I didn't measure well, and also because Mrs. Nicholson said it looked sort of big. I thought I might have cut TOO much, but it is only little tight.
Can't wait till next class. Oh yeah, we also made a pumpkin for Halloween!
Sewing is so fun, hope I had one of those small portable sewing machines at home.
Someone is lighting sparkles outside our house, there is also some BOOMs and POOMs.
HAPPY EARLY HALLOWEEN!!!
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Orientation
I went to this orientation at Marpole Community Center with Mimi, Carina, and Jennica.
We went last week right after our knitting field trip, it is an orientation for volunteering.
I don't really see the point of this orientation, but I guess it helps you get to know others better.
So first we played musical chairs, but not the normal version. In this version, we had to make sure everyone was sitting on at least part of the chair.
Then we went back to this planning program thing... I don't think my group was very interested, and only a few people were contributing ideas. Also our group leader from last time was not here today, so there was a sub. And the guy didn't really know what we were doing last time.
In the end we had to play a game where we competed to build straw towers using tape. Each person in the group had a role, and mine was "Leader" the first time. But it turns out you should not share your 'identity' with other so we mixed it up again. The second time I got "Talkative". I was supposed to talk a lot and disagree with our group leader and stuff, obviously I was not doing a very good job, because I kept giving him advices and stuff. Our tower collapsed in the end, sadly. I really like this game, it kinda tests your acting skills and annoyance level at the same time.
Have to go move furniture now...
Byeeee...
We went last week right after our knitting field trip, it is an orientation for volunteering.
I don't really see the point of this orientation, but I guess it helps you get to know others better.
So first we played musical chairs, but not the normal version. In this version, we had to make sure everyone was sitting on at least part of the chair.
Then we went back to this planning program thing... I don't think my group was very interested, and only a few people were contributing ideas. Also our group leader from last time was not here today, so there was a sub. And the guy didn't really know what we were doing last time.
In the end we had to play a game where we competed to build straw towers using tape. Each person in the group had a role, and mine was "Leader" the first time. But it turns out you should not share your 'identity' with other so we mixed it up again. The second time I got "Talkative". I was supposed to talk a lot and disagree with our group leader and stuff, obviously I was not doing a very good job, because I kept giving him advices and stuff. Our tower collapsed in the end, sadly. I really like this game, it kinda tests your acting skills and annoyance level at the same time.
Have to go move furniture now...
Byeeee...
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
The Backstroke of The West
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I. AM. LAUGHING. MY. HEAD. OFF!!!
I was searching for Star Wars 3 Revenge of The Sith so I can watch it online the other day, and I came across the magical THE BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST!!!
Some Chinese person first got the movie on disc, and translated the script into Chinese. For some strange reason, he put in English captions that was translated again by machine translate from the Chinese script. And that is how The Backstroke of The West came about.
As a Chinese myself, I find the matter hilarious, because I can actually understand what it was supposed to be in Chinese, and then if you translate it into English, it just makes everything LOL.
So one of my favourite translations is the famous "Noooooooo!!!" That Darth Vadar said at the end. In Chinese it roughly translate to "不" or "不要”. And if you translate the second one into English again, it can be "Do not want." So instead of yelling a "noooooo" in the end, Darth Vadar would be screaming "do not want".
The other one is something Anakin said when he was duelling with Obiwan. I think it was something like "it is time for you to die teacher". Translated into Chinese, it became "你的死期到了，老师". If you translate it to English again, it became "your dead period arrived teacher."
Most of the other stuff was totally random, and rubbish. I couldn't get half of it, so it wasn't really funny.
You should really check it out, if you get Chinese, then it is just going to make a 100 TIMES FUNNIER!!!
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_War_The_Third_Gathers:_The_Backstroke_of_the_West
I LOVE THE BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST!!!
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER!
XX CHINESE TRANSLATIONS ARE EPIC XX
I. AM. LAUGHING. MY. HEAD. OFF!!!
I was searching for Star Wars 3 Revenge of The Sith so I can watch it online the other day, and I came across the magical THE BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST!!!
Some Chinese person first got the movie on disc, and translated the script into Chinese. For some strange reason, he put in English captions that was translated again by machine translate from the Chinese script. And that is how The Backstroke of The West came about.
As a Chinese myself, I find the matter hilarious, because I can actually understand what it was supposed to be in Chinese, and then if you translate it into English, it just makes everything LOL.
So one of my favourite translations is the famous "Noooooooo!!!" That Darth Vadar said at the end. In Chinese it roughly translate to "不" or "不要”. And if you translate the second one into English again, it can be "Do not want." So instead of yelling a "noooooo" in the end, Darth Vadar would be screaming "do not want".
The other one is something Anakin said when he was duelling with Obiwan. I think it was something like "it is time for you to die teacher". Translated into Chinese, it became "你的死期到了，老师". If you translate it to English again, it became "your dead period arrived teacher."
Most of the other stuff was totally random, and rubbish. I couldn't get half of it, so it wasn't really funny.
You should really check it out, if you get Chinese, then it is just going to make a 100 TIMES FUNNIER!!!
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_War_The_Third_Gathers:_The_Backstroke_of_the_West
I LOVE THE BACKSTROKE OF THE WEST!!!
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER!
XX CHINESE TRANSLATIONS ARE EPIC XX
Monday, 24 October 2011
Star Wars
This weekend, I wanted to make some hats for our Applied Skills project. But then I thought, why just knit when I can watch a movie and knit at the same time. So then came the question of what movie I should watch? I have heard Star Wars is a epic movie, and I often hear other teachers play it for their students. I have never watched it before, so I was like why not?
I started, like any other person, from the first movie. The first thing I thought when the "long time ago in a galaxy far far away came out", I thought it looked very low tech. But then when the movie started, I immediately changed my mind. The graphic was really really good! And at the time I still thought they shot the movie in order, so I was thinking "Wow, our film technology was really good at that time..." Of course I learned that they shot the Star Wars movie in the order of 4 5 6 1 2 3.
My favourite part of the first movie had to be the pod racing, little Anakin was so cute. Hard to imagine him later on when he went to the dark side. The only thing I could think of when I saw the third movie was "Why?" He was so cute when he was small, but I guess he was too arrogant and sure of his own powers. He was also probably one of those people who goes to extreme for some stuff. He loved Padme too much, and after he became evil, he became too evil.
When I saw Anakin after he became evil I also thought about the phrase "If looks could kill". The third movie was beyond exciting, it gave me a strong impression. I remember the lava place because I saw a documentary on Star Wars 3 Revenge of the Sith in Fine Arts last year. It is a completely different feel when you see something on the big screen and just watch, and seeing something on the big screen and knowing how it was made.
The movie got more and more simple, as you can tell from the colours and the special effects. I feel like some parts were really fake after the 4th movie.
Star Wars has an obsession with cutting off body limbs. It contains the most cutting off limbs in science fiction movie. After watching the 5th movie, I had a feeling all the main characters had their arms or hands cut off at least once.
I still need to watch the 6th movie though...
I started, like any other person, from the first movie. The first thing I thought when the "long time ago in a galaxy far far away came out", I thought it looked very low tech. But then when the movie started, I immediately changed my mind. The graphic was really really good! And at the time I still thought they shot the movie in order, so I was thinking "Wow, our film technology was really good at that time..." Of course I learned that they shot the Star Wars movie in the order of 4 5 6 1 2 3.
My favourite part of the first movie had to be the pod racing, little Anakin was so cute. Hard to imagine him later on when he went to the dark side. The only thing I could think of when I saw the third movie was "Why?" He was so cute when he was small, but I guess he was too arrogant and sure of his own powers. He was also probably one of those people who goes to extreme for some stuff. He loved Padme too much, and after he became evil, he became too evil.
When I saw Anakin after he became evil I also thought about the phrase "If looks could kill". The third movie was beyond exciting, it gave me a strong impression. I remember the lava place because I saw a documentary on Star Wars 3 Revenge of the Sith in Fine Arts last year. It is a completely different feel when you see something on the big screen and just watch, and seeing something on the big screen and knowing how it was made.
The movie got more and more simple, as you can tell from the colours and the special effects. I feel like some parts were really fake after the 4th movie.
Star Wars has an obsession with cutting off body limbs. It contains the most cutting off limbs in science fiction movie. After watching the 5th movie, I had a feeling all the main characters had their arms or hands cut off at least once.
I still need to watch the 6th movie though...
Sunday, 23 October 2011
First Medal Ever
Today when I went to art class. Our teacher gave me my awards for this Chinese international drawing competition. A lot of people from our art class won, and the people from China mailed it to us because no one could actually go to the ceremony. It was held in Beijing I believe, we have to pay 4 dollars for mailing fee though...
So the awards was a certificate, and a silver medallion. Believe it or not, I have never gotten a real medallion before. I have got certificates, ribbons, but never a medallion. I once made a "#1 Mother" medallion for my mother for Mother's Day when I was small. But because I used a big plastic bottle cap and covered it with tin foil, it could only be a silver metal. This medallion is also a silver one, it looks really interesting...
When I first got the medallion, I wondered if the medallion contained any real silver. But once I thought about it, I guessed not. Probably only Olympic medals have real silver or gold. Speaking of Olympics, for some unfathomable reason, there just happens to be the 5 hoops of the Olympics on top of the medal. But that doesn't mean there is any real silver right?
This is my first medal ever. I have always thought that when I got my first medal I would be really really excited and happy. But now, I only feel very calm. Now that I think about it, there is really no difference between a certificate and a medallion, or a ribbon. They are all the same, they symbolize something. No matter what form it is in, it is meant to do the same thing, to help you remember different experiences you have been through.
Did I mention Star Wars 3 Revenge of The Sith is now my favourite movie of all times???
So the awards was a certificate, and a silver medallion. Believe it or not, I have never gotten a real medallion before. I have got certificates, ribbons, but never a medallion. I once made a "#1 Mother" medallion for my mother for Mother's Day when I was small. But because I used a big plastic bottle cap and covered it with tin foil, it could only be a silver metal. This medallion is also a silver one, it looks really interesting...
When I first got the medallion, I wondered if the medallion contained any real silver. But once I thought about it, I guessed not. Probably only Olympic medals have real silver or gold. Speaking of Olympics, for some unfathomable reason, there just happens to be the 5 hoops of the Olympics on top of the medal. But that doesn't mean there is any real silver right?
This is my first medal ever. I have always thought that when I got my first medal I would be really really excited and happy. But now, I only feel very calm. Now that I think about it, there is really no difference between a certificate and a medallion, or a ribbon. They are all the same, they symbolize something. No matter what form it is in, it is meant to do the same thing, to help you remember different experiences you have been through.
Did I mention Star Wars 3 Revenge of The Sith is now my favourite movie of all times???
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Forest Adventure
Today I got bitten by a dog for the first time.
So this afternoon my cousin took me and another friend of hers to help her classmates at school do a project. We went all the way to North Vancouver and helped pick up garbage at this park. I think it was called Greenwood park. It is really beautiful, with all the autumn leaves, and towering trees it was a fairy tale forest. The sad thing though is that under this little cliff place, there were a lot of garbage everywhere, the guy who took us there said that people came there for bonfires. We even found a whole pile of broken down furniture there. There was even scrapes of a TV and also a computer. I can't even imagine how a guy got his TV down there, it seemed like someone was living there, and then just decided to trash everything. Other than the furniture, there was also plastic bags, beer cans, and lots of broken glass bottles. There were a lot of glass all over the place, but I swear I didn't see even one bottle that was whole. They were either smashed into pieces, or smashed into smaller pieces.
What made it worse, was the fact that it just rained yesterday, so there were big puddles of water everywhere. It was sad to see such a beautiful forest like that. Even though you can't see the place when you are walking in the woods unless you walk through some trees to the very edge, but still, it was hard to think of such a wonderful place being polluted and dirty.
Now the guy who led us to the place had a dog, she was really cute and I was scratching and playing with her. But later when we were walking back to our car, we kinda got lost in the forest. So we took pictures of all the exotic stuff in the forest, I think there was a scene that reminded me of Bridge to Terabithia. If you look closely at almost all of the tree stumps, there is always some mushrooms on it. The funny thing was each mushroom looked different on different logs or stumps (I bet Mimi would love it there). I think we saw at lest 10 types of mushrooms there.
After trudging in the forest for a while, I started to realize how little trees there were. Even though the tress were all big and tall, but I felt like there were just some parts of the forest missing. You would look at a little dirt hill and go 'I think there should be a tree there, but there is nothing.' Imagining these splendid trees getting cut down is just horrible.
Now maybe you would ask me "Where does the dog who bit you fit into this?"
Well, when we were first leaving the dirty place, we met a guy who was walking his two dogs. They looked nice enough, so I just held out my hand and tried to pat one of them. But I guess it was because I already had a different dog's smell on my hand, so the dog bit me. I have never actually been bitten by a dog before. It was quite interesting. You would think that the teeth of a dog would be sharp and pointy, but being bitten by one tells you that it is very round at the end. Kinda like our teeth, they don't look very sharp, but I guess if the dog really wanted to hurt me badly it could still do it. Good that the dog didn't break the skin. We met another guy who was out with his dog later on, I was careful to get out of its way.
Being bitten by a dog once a day was definitely enough for me.
My forest adventure was truly magical. I hope I can go there again some time soon, I really wish to capture more of the natural beauties it holds there. I would have and could have---if only my camera had not chosen today to run out of batteries. It is partly my fault. Okay, fine. It was mostly my fault.
Grrrrrr.....
So this afternoon my cousin took me and another friend of hers to help her classmates at school do a project. We went all the way to North Vancouver and helped pick up garbage at this park. I think it was called Greenwood park. It is really beautiful, with all the autumn leaves, and towering trees it was a fairy tale forest. The sad thing though is that under this little cliff place, there were a lot of garbage everywhere, the guy who took us there said that people came there for bonfires. We even found a whole pile of broken down furniture there. There was even scrapes of a TV and also a computer. I can't even imagine how a guy got his TV down there, it seemed like someone was living there, and then just decided to trash everything. Other than the furniture, there was also plastic bags, beer cans, and lots of broken glass bottles. There were a lot of glass all over the place, but I swear I didn't see even one bottle that was whole. They were either smashed into pieces, or smashed into smaller pieces.
What made it worse, was the fact that it just rained yesterday, so there were big puddles of water everywhere. It was sad to see such a beautiful forest like that. Even though you can't see the place when you are walking in the woods unless you walk through some trees to the very edge, but still, it was hard to think of such a wonderful place being polluted and dirty.
Now the guy who led us to the place had a dog, she was really cute and I was scratching and playing with her. But later when we were walking back to our car, we kinda got lost in the forest. So we took pictures of all the exotic stuff in the forest, I think there was a scene that reminded me of Bridge to Terabithia. If you look closely at almost all of the tree stumps, there is always some mushrooms on it. The funny thing was each mushroom looked different on different logs or stumps (I bet Mimi would love it there). I think we saw at lest 10 types of mushrooms there.
After trudging in the forest for a while, I started to realize how little trees there were. Even though the tress were all big and tall, but I felt like there were just some parts of the forest missing. You would look at a little dirt hill and go 'I think there should be a tree there, but there is nothing.' Imagining these splendid trees getting cut down is just horrible.
Now maybe you would ask me "Where does the dog who bit you fit into this?"
Well, when we were first leaving the dirty place, we met a guy who was walking his two dogs. They looked nice enough, so I just held out my hand and tried to pat one of them. But I guess it was because I already had a different dog's smell on my hand, so the dog bit me. I have never actually been bitten by a dog before. It was quite interesting. You would think that the teeth of a dog would be sharp and pointy, but being bitten by one tells you that it is very round at the end. Kinda like our teeth, they don't look very sharp, but I guess if the dog really wanted to hurt me badly it could still do it. Good that the dog didn't break the skin. We met another guy who was out with his dog later on, I was careful to get out of its way.
Being bitten by a dog once a day was definitely enough for me.
My forest adventure was truly magical. I hope I can go there again some time soon, I really wish to capture more of the natural beauties it holds there. I would have and could have---if only my camera had not chosen today to run out of batteries. It is partly my fault. Okay, fine. It was mostly my fault.
Grrrrrr.....
Friday, 21 October 2011
Russian Soup
Tonight my cousin cooked red Russian soup. It is my favourite soup!!! I really love it, it was so tasty. Usually when my mom cooks it, it is the Chinese version of Russian red soup, which means there aren't any red cabbages, radishes, onions, or potatoes. Today my cousin went to the market and hunted down red versions of everything for the red soup!!! It was really red, I was really sad though because there was no sour cream at home to put into the soup. Russian red soup tastes the best with some sour cream and a little bit of ketchup.
We also cooked rice, so we put the soup onto the rice, it all blended and became a red mess. Yummy. It was so red that it appeared a little purple... My cousin also cooked Chinese soy sauce pork (I really don't know what you call it in English). The pork was dark brown-ish, and the rice and soup together was red.
Looking at the scene on the dinner table, I decided to call our soup-rice swamps, and the soy sauce pork as pollution. When we put the pork into the soup-rice, it made the soup-rice into ugly blended colours. ^^ Me and my cousin decided that this was a perfect interpretation of earth. Meat causes pollution (which is the pork), and pollutes the Earth (which is the soup and rice).
I know this sounds totally crazy, but it was really interesting to think of the world that way...
Yummy Russian red soup... I LOVE it so much...
Drooling...
We also cooked rice, so we put the soup onto the rice, it all blended and became a red mess. Yummy. It was so red that it appeared a little purple... My cousin also cooked Chinese soy sauce pork (I really don't know what you call it in English). The pork was dark brown-ish, and the rice and soup together was red.
Looking at the scene on the dinner table, I decided to call our soup-rice swamps, and the soy sauce pork as pollution. When we put the pork into the soup-rice, it made the soup-rice into ugly blended colours. ^^ Me and my cousin decided that this was a perfect interpretation of earth. Meat causes pollution (which is the pork), and pollutes the Earth (which is the soup and rice).
I know this sounds totally crazy, but it was really interesting to think of the world that way...
Yummy Russian red soup... I LOVE it so much...
Drooling...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries
By L.J Smith
The Book Series: 1.
- ''The Vampire Diaries arc"
- "The Awakening and The Struggle"
- "The Fury and the Dark Reunion"
- ''The Return arc"
- "The Return: Nightfall"
- "The Return: Shadow Souls"
- "The Return: Midnight"
- ''The Hunters arc"
- "The Hunters: Phantom"
- "The Hunters: Moonsong"
- "The Hunters: Eternity"
The TV Show:
1. The Vampire Diaries Season 1
2. The Vampire Diaries Season 2
3. The Vampire Diaries Season 3
YAY!!!
I am a big fan of The Vampire Diaries. I just finished watching an episode of the third season. I TOTALLY LOVE IT!
I first read the books, but I wasn't really interested later on because I felt like the book was just trailing further and further away from the original story line.
But then the TV show came out.
It was soooooooo AWESOME!
At the beginning of the TV show, it seemed really like the book, but then later on, it proved itself to be a really different story. The TV show had the same story base, and even most characters from the book, but the whole story line and plot was different in so many ways.
I have to admit, it was a lot more exciting than the book. I would say season 1 of the the TV show was most successful, the writers and directors never failed to keep the viewer dangled up in mid-air. The second season was really great too.
I don't know if it is just me, but I thought the third season was a little disappointing at first, but it got better after a few episodes. And now, I am hyper again because of this crazy TV show.
If you ask me, the vampires from The Vampire Diaries (also called TVD for short) are so much better than the ones from Twilight.
Great. Now I have to wait a whole week for a new episode. I hate the way TV shows work here...
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Exploring Vancouver
Today the Synergy students all went on a trip to explore Vancouver.
We first arrived at the Vancouver airport, where we wandered around to look for answers and food. Before I could help myself, I got a vanilla frappe at Starbucks. Most of the people stayed around food courts. If we couldn't find an answer to the questions, we would ask someone who worked there, or maybe pilots who were passing by. It was really cool. I was trying to find my partner, but I think she just went off somewhere, so I wasn't with her much for the rest of the day.
It was really nice to meet the grade 8 Synergy students, I hope I could say that I remember what the trip was like for the Synergy 9s last year when they were in grade 8, but I wasn't here so...
After the airport we went to False Creek downtown to see the C.P.R Engine 374. I learned interesting new facts about Vancouver, for example Vancouver held the Expo in 1986 and it changed a lot of stuff around downtown. If you noticed what you were stepping on, you would know that the bricks that pave the floors each have a name on it. It is to honour and remember those who donated and contributed money to the Expo.
Next stop was Lonsdale Quay (I think that is how you spell it). I have never been to this place before, and I have never taken the sea bus either, so it was quite the adventure for me. My cousin used to work around Lonsdale Quay, so she had to take the sea bus to get there all the time. Sometimes we would come and pick her up at the station. I have always liked the sea bus station, the high ceilings, marble floors, and tall glass makes me think of England.
The only thing me and my friends were interested in after we got off the sea bus was food. As soon as we were dismissed, we all rushed off to find food. Some of us went to MacDonald, others went to get pizza, sushi, all kinds of stuff. I first got two slices of pizza, then I ate some bread I brought for lunch, and then I ate a single scoop of lemon sorbet Gelato. The Gelato was very good, but I think what was better was the fact that I found someone who liked lemon sorbets as much as I do. Lemon people rock...
Our trip at Lonsdale Quay wasn't over yet, because besides eating, we also had to explore the place. We went to the little park nearby, and played on the kids playground. Despite the fact that we were all high school students and in grade 9, we had a lot of fun. Before we left the place, I was pretty sure I got myself a stomach ache. I blame myself for eating something hot right after something cold, and then something cold right after something hot. I think I was too excited, I can't believe we were all the way in downtown and just "knitting in public", so cool. I don't think something will ever happen like this in China.
Our last stop today was Gas Town. We were so lucky! The steam clock at Gas Town went off exactly when we arrived, and it went off again exactly when we were leaving. For a full hour it sang a little tune, but for 15 minutes it only rang a few notes. I didn't even know they had something like this in downtown.
The bus ride back to school was...interesting. I have never seen old ladies so angry or strange before. One old lady asked us where we were going, and another one hit a grade 8 with some magazine. It was totally weird. I wonder why the lady was so angry. Yes, we were pretty loud. Yes, there was a lot of people, and was really squishy, but we didn't do anything! Other than getting bumped around and around the bus, and being loud like crazy, I thought everyone was really good.
Some of us got off early, it was such a relief to get off that bus...
It was such a tiring day, because even after getting off the bus I walked all the way to the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre to participate in this Volunteering Orientation. So tired. When I got home the first thing I did was hit the bed. I feel sad, because tomorrow I have to get up really early for choir.
I never really go to downtown much, so I learned a lot today on the exploring Vancouver trip. I hope I get to go around downtown more, I am starting to feel like the tourist who come to Vancouver have seen more of downtown than I have.
We first arrived at the Vancouver airport, where we wandered around to look for answers and food. Before I could help myself, I got a vanilla frappe at Starbucks. Most of the people stayed around food courts. If we couldn't find an answer to the questions, we would ask someone who worked there, or maybe pilots who were passing by. It was really cool. I was trying to find my partner, but I think she just went off somewhere, so I wasn't with her much for the rest of the day.
It was really nice to meet the grade 8 Synergy students, I hope I could say that I remember what the trip was like for the Synergy 9s last year when they were in grade 8, but I wasn't here so...
After the airport we went to False Creek downtown to see the C.P.R Engine 374. I learned interesting new facts about Vancouver, for example Vancouver held the Expo in 1986 and it changed a lot of stuff around downtown. If you noticed what you were stepping on, you would know that the bricks that pave the floors each have a name on it. It is to honour and remember those who donated and contributed money to the Expo.
Next stop was Lonsdale Quay (I think that is how you spell it). I have never been to this place before, and I have never taken the sea bus either, so it was quite the adventure for me. My cousin used to work around Lonsdale Quay, so she had to take the sea bus to get there all the time. Sometimes we would come and pick her up at the station. I have always liked the sea bus station, the high ceilings, marble floors, and tall glass makes me think of England.
The only thing me and my friends were interested in after we got off the sea bus was food. As soon as we were dismissed, we all rushed off to find food. Some of us went to MacDonald, others went to get pizza, sushi, all kinds of stuff. I first got two slices of pizza, then I ate some bread I brought for lunch, and then I ate a single scoop of lemon sorbet Gelato. The Gelato was very good, but I think what was better was the fact that I found someone who liked lemon sorbets as much as I do. Lemon people rock...
Our trip at Lonsdale Quay wasn't over yet, because besides eating, we also had to explore the place. We went to the little park nearby, and played on the kids playground. Despite the fact that we were all high school students and in grade 9, we had a lot of fun. Before we left the place, I was pretty sure I got myself a stomach ache. I blame myself for eating something hot right after something cold, and then something cold right after something hot. I think I was too excited, I can't believe we were all the way in downtown and just "knitting in public", so cool. I don't think something will ever happen like this in China.
Our last stop today was Gas Town. We were so lucky! The steam clock at Gas Town went off exactly when we arrived, and it went off again exactly when we were leaving. For a full hour it sang a little tune, but for 15 minutes it only rang a few notes. I didn't even know they had something like this in downtown.
The bus ride back to school was...interesting. I have never seen old ladies so angry or strange before. One old lady asked us where we were going, and another one hit a grade 8 with some magazine. It was totally weird. I wonder why the lady was so angry. Yes, we were pretty loud. Yes, there was a lot of people, and was really squishy, but we didn't do anything! Other than getting bumped around and around the bus, and being loud like crazy, I thought everyone was really good.
Some of us got off early, it was such a relief to get off that bus...
It was such a tiring day, because even after getting off the bus I walked all the way to the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre to participate in this Volunteering Orientation. So tired. When I got home the first thing I did was hit the bed. I feel sad, because tomorrow I have to get up really early for choir.
I never really go to downtown much, so I learned a lot today on the exploring Vancouver trip. I hope I get to go around downtown more, I am starting to feel like the tourist who come to Vancouver have seen more of downtown than I have.
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Twilight
Twilight
By Stephenie Meyer
(Twilight Saga #1)
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Pages: 498
Genre: Fiction / Romance
My Ratings: 5 Stars
Source: Purchase
COMMENTS:
When I went back to China, Twilight was one of the few books I brought with me.
I first saw this book at a presentation in grade 5. Graduating students (grade 7s) were having this presentation about themselves, and one of the grade 7s brought the whole set of the Twilight Saga, and introduced it as her favourite book.
I always wanted to read it, but never got to actually taking it out of the library. Before I went back to China, my cousin got me the first 2 books as a good-bye gift.
I read this book at least 20 times. Why? Not because I am obsessed with the book (though I never seemed to get tired of reading it either), because I had no other English books to read. Of course I has the second book, New Moon, but I didn't like it very much...
Now every time, I go back to China, if I see this book, I just have this urge to read it. When I first read it, it was ultimately my favourite book. But when I started reading more of the other books, my love for it just dimmed.
My favourite part of Twilight is how different Bella an Edward were in the beginning. I have to admit, I liked Edward better when he wasn't totally in control of himself. During the first book, it was really epic when he saved Bella from evil people on the streets, but he was really angry. I felt like Edward rarely ever got out of control after that.
NOTE: DON'T WATCH THE MOVIE!!!
Well, you can... But I thought the movie was really a whole different thing from the book. Some stories (such as this one), just can't be made into a good movie because of the high expectations of the character's looks. For example, Harry Potter was a really good movie because Harry didn't have to look like a pale super-model god. But apparently Edward Cullen does, and there just isn't someone who could look like that in real life.
I love to draw+
I love to write+
I love to read=
Doodles!!!
PS: I was just writing my own book using Blurb. ^^
Monday, 17 October 2011
Birthdays!!!!!
Today is my brother's birthday.
YAY!!!
He is officially 4 today.
I am really sad because I can't spend this birthday with him, he is in China now... And I am here...
But I phoned him and wished him happy birthday, he told me he was going to save me a piece of chocolate blueberry birthday cake (they didn't get the cake yet).
He is so cute, somehow, I can never spend his birthdays with him. He is four years old, and this is the second birthday I am not with him on. I mean it makes me feel like I am a bad sister.
But I guess, it's okay. As long as he is happy. I mean, he is just a 4 year old boy. I think for him, almost everyday seems like his birthday. You get presents, and you get to play around, you get to live care-free.
Must be so nice to be a 4 year old again. When you are small, it means eating a cake and getting what ever you want that day. When you get older and do to high school, your birthday is the day where you get to hear your classmates and teachers sing the Happy Birthday song, and get birthday punches from your friend. More and more time passes, and birthdays seem less and less important. When it is my parent's birthdays, they tell you they are getting older and older every year. When it is my grandparent's birthdays, they don't even want to acknowledge it because it just remind them of how little time they have left.
Birthdays mean different things when you are at different ages, I just hope that the excitement of having birthdays can last.
Since I can only tell my brother happy birthday on the phone, and I can't even give him a present. I will write my wish to him through the Internet. At least when he grows up, he won't go like "How come you forgot my 4th birthday???"
HAPPY 4 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!!
YAY!!!
He is officially 4 today.
I am really sad because I can't spend this birthday with him, he is in China now... And I am here...
But I phoned him and wished him happy birthday, he told me he was going to save me a piece of chocolate blueberry birthday cake (they didn't get the cake yet).
He is so cute, somehow, I can never spend his birthdays with him. He is four years old, and this is the second birthday I am not with him on. I mean it makes me feel like I am a bad sister.
But I guess, it's okay. As long as he is happy. I mean, he is just a 4 year old boy. I think for him, almost everyday seems like his birthday. You get presents, and you get to play around, you get to live care-free.
Must be so nice to be a 4 year old again. When you are small, it means eating a cake and getting what ever you want that day. When you get older and do to high school, your birthday is the day where you get to hear your classmates and teachers sing the Happy Birthday song, and get birthday punches from your friend. More and more time passes, and birthdays seem less and less important. When it is my parent's birthdays, they tell you they are getting older and older every year. When it is my grandparent's birthdays, they don't even want to acknowledge it because it just remind them of how little time they have left.
Birthdays mean different things when you are at different ages, I just hope that the excitement of having birthdays can last.
Since I can only tell my brother happy birthday on the phone, and I can't even give him a present. I will write my wish to him through the Internet. At least when he grows up, he won't go like "How come you forgot my 4th birthday???"
HAPPY 4 YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!!
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Clockwork Angel
Clockwork Angel
By Cassandra Clare
(The Infernal Devices #1)
Release Date: August, 31, 2010
Pages: 476
Genre: Fantasy
My Ratings: 5 Stars
Source: Friend (I borrowed it)
Magic is dangerous--but love is more dangerous still.
When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.
Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own. (...)
When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.
Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own. (...)
COMMENTS:
There are more to the description, but I just cut it short.
So tomorrow I have a Social Studies quiz on the map of Europe. I am studying right now. I went through all the countries when I realized that I didn't see England on the map. When I was doing the map of Europe, I had my suspicions about the country beside Ireland which is the United Kingdom. So I asked my cousin, "Is the United Kingdom England?" and she was like "Of course." Suddenly I got it. The UK is England. I can't believe I never knew that before, usually when I heard the UK, I thought it was some random country in Europe.
I chose this book to write about today, because as you can tell from above it happens in England. Cassandra Clare is a great author, and she also wrote the Mortal Instruments series. Clockwork Angel is an exciting book with a lot of stuff going on at the same time.
I have to admit, when I first started reading this book, I felt like it had the exact same story line as The Mortal Instruments. Of course, I was wrong. Reading Clockwork Angel brings you back in time, and especially if you read the Mortal Instruments series, you would find that you can learn more about the shadowhunter history and such.
I really like the main character Tessa, she reminded me a little of Clary (main character from Mortal Instruments), but I feel like she is more fragile and more like an outsider because of her downworlder blood. I have to mention the fact that I like Will better than Jem, maybe because he reminded me of Jace (main character from Mortal Instruments). Jace is my favourite character, and since he and Will are of the same family line, and both have complicated personalities, I just tend to enjoy reading about Will more.
I am currently waiting for the second book of the Infernal devices series which is the Clockwork Prince. I can't wait to read it, it is coming out the day after my birthday, and I hope I get it as a late present.
Speaking of Birthdays, one special boy is turning 4 tomorrow!!!
I just wanted to say an early Happy Birthday to my little brother Justin.
Love him so much!!! ^^
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Vancouver Home + Design Show
Today I went to the Vancouver Home + Design Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
The Vancouver Home + Design Show is showing from October 14th, which is yesterday, to October 16th, which is tomorrow. I don't know when it starts, but it ends at 9 o'clock at night.
I just went today a little after 5 and it took us 3 hours to go around the whole place. Wow. It was so huge. We went up and down along the aisles and checked out every exhibit. There were lots of mops, vacuums, and everything in between. They demonstrated how they worked, and my auntie bought a steam mop and two rubber broom thingys (actually she just got one, and the second one was for free). They were also selling and showing stuff from sofas and chairs to fireplaces and Mongolian tents. There was also lots of kitchen wares, such as pots and pans, blenders, scrubs, etc... I also remember seeing random stuff like mini stereos, pesto sauce, shower heads, lots of jewellery, and some paintings. Other than the mop and brooms, we also got a whole bag of aloe hand cream, something to clean your tub and sink drains, and a massager.
After going around the whole place we were all famished and parched, so we went to eat Vietnam noodles for dinner. Getting back to the car was hard, we had to carry all that stuff.
When we got home we tried the massager first. It was so awesome (not that we didn't know that), we tried it at the show already. The massager formed a U and you can out it on your shoulders. When I first put it on, I thought someone was knocking my shoulders for real. When I turned around, there was no one there, it is really comfortable. You can change the speed of the massaging and also move the position so it massages different places. As much as I liked the massager, I liked the mats they gave out more. If you get the massager they gave you a mat for free. It was a mat with little round circles on them that had parts sticking out. It is used to relax your nerves, so you step on the little spiky part and it massages your nerves from the sole of your feet. It HURTS! At first I didn't know how to even step onto the mat, it felt so spiky and hard, but after you step on to it and start to walk around, you find that it actually feels pretty good.
Last but not least we tried the sink and bath tub drain cleaner. I don't know what you call it, but it is just a wire that has this little scrub in the end. You let the scrub fall into your drain while holding on to the wire and when you pull it up again, it will catch the hairs and gunk stuck in your pipe. It was really disgusting. I don't even want to think about the stuff we pulled out of or drain pipe. There was not only hair, but gooey stuff, and brown dirt like stuff that smelled horrible. Yuck!
The Vancouver Home + Design Show was a really interesting place, it displayed a lot of different designs and things that are newly invented or developed. I had a blast wandering around that place, there was just so many cool stuff. The Vancouver Convention Centre have cool shows and events like these all the time, for example I went to a food festival, a car show, and other cool shows. I think if you have the chance and is able to go, you should definitely participate in more of these kind of events!
The Vancouver Home + Design Show is showing from October 14th, which is yesterday, to October 16th, which is tomorrow. I don't know when it starts, but it ends at 9 o'clock at night.
I just went today a little after 5 and it took us 3 hours to go around the whole place. Wow. It was so huge. We went up and down along the aisles and checked out every exhibit. There were lots of mops, vacuums, and everything in between. They demonstrated how they worked, and my auntie bought a steam mop and two rubber broom thingys (actually she just got one, and the second one was for free). They were also selling and showing stuff from sofas and chairs to fireplaces and Mongolian tents. There was also lots of kitchen wares, such as pots and pans, blenders, scrubs, etc... I also remember seeing random stuff like mini stereos, pesto sauce, shower heads, lots of jewellery, and some paintings. Other than the mop and brooms, we also got a whole bag of aloe hand cream, something to clean your tub and sink drains, and a massager.
After going around the whole place we were all famished and parched, so we went to eat Vietnam noodles for dinner. Getting back to the car was hard, we had to carry all that stuff.
When we got home we tried the massager first. It was so awesome (not that we didn't know that), we tried it at the show already. The massager formed a U and you can out it on your shoulders. When I first put it on, I thought someone was knocking my shoulders for real. When I turned around, there was no one there, it is really comfortable. You can change the speed of the massaging and also move the position so it massages different places. As much as I liked the massager, I liked the mats they gave out more. If you get the massager they gave you a mat for free. It was a mat with little round circles on them that had parts sticking out. It is used to relax your nerves, so you step on the little spiky part and it massages your nerves from the sole of your feet. It HURTS! At first I didn't know how to even step onto the mat, it felt so spiky and hard, but after you step on to it and start to walk around, you find that it actually feels pretty good.
Last but not least we tried the sink and bath tub drain cleaner. I don't know what you call it, but it is just a wire that has this little scrub in the end. You let the scrub fall into your drain while holding on to the wire and when you pull it up again, it will catch the hairs and gunk stuck in your pipe. It was really disgusting. I don't even want to think about the stuff we pulled out of or drain pipe. There was not only hair, but gooey stuff, and brown dirt like stuff that smelled horrible. Yuck!
The Vancouver Home + Design Show was a really interesting place, it displayed a lot of different designs and things that are newly invented or developed. I had a blast wandering around that place, there was just so many cool stuff. The Vancouver Convention Centre have cool shows and events like these all the time, for example I went to a food festival, a car show, and other cool shows. I think if you have the chance and is able to go, you should definitely participate in more of these kind of events!
Friday, 14 October 2011
Bunnies
I can't think of any books that relates to bunnies...
So today my auntie was at the car dealer place in Richmond, and they saw a bunch of bunnies. So they decided to take me for a ride since it was Friday.
The bunnies were really big, they looked really cute. I was wondering how they survived there around the car dealerships until I saw the plants they were growing around there. I think the bunnies really liked to eat it, the bunnies also kept nibbling on the fresh grass. My cousin chopped up some broccoli and fed it to the bunnies.
There was one bunny that I had a real connection with. I would stare it straight in the eye and send it a mental message to come to me. It worked twice actually, and the bunny came and nibbled on my boots. It was a really interesting feeling.
There were so many bunnies there, just hiding around in the bushes. I hope they don't get hurt, because I heard people often ran over bunnies around those places.
Cute fluffy bunnies, if I could I would definitely bring one home.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Science Fair
Tomorrow I have a science fair proposal sheet due and I have just finished it.
I was really lost about what I am supposed to do because, believe it or not, this will be my first science fair. I went back to China just when they were starting to do all the good stuff--grade 6. So I guess I missed out on a lot of stuff, so now I have to make it all back.
I couldn't decide what I should do for my science fair so I started with the idea of peppers. I was thinking of doing some experiment that involved testing the spiciness of peppers. So I went on Google to try to find more information. That was when I came across this neat little experiment that shows chemicals (soap) repelling pepper in a bowl of water. It was actually because the chemical destroyed the surface tension of the water pulling the water molecules towards it causing the pepper to move to the far edge. I thought the experiment was very interesting, so I was going to do it on that when I came across this big problem thanks to the help of Mimi and Leslie. If I wanted to prove that chemicals destroy the surface tension of water, then I would have to measure water molecules, and I don't think that is possible, at least not for me.
Another idea I had in the beginning was this back-up plan. If somehow my experiment failed I could do the very boring experiment of bread and mould. But it just seemed a little TOO boring, so I went back to my original idea of pepper and spiciness.
I feel like I am really unfamiliar with the whole process, so I guess I will have to learn more and more during the whole thing. I am really excited about science fair, but other people don't seem to feel the same as me apparently.
I hope my proposal goes through...
I was really lost about what I am supposed to do because, believe it or not, this will be my first science fair. I went back to China just when they were starting to do all the good stuff--grade 6. So I guess I missed out on a lot of stuff, so now I have to make it all back.
I couldn't decide what I should do for my science fair so I started with the idea of peppers. I was thinking of doing some experiment that involved testing the spiciness of peppers. So I went on Google to try to find more information. That was when I came across this neat little experiment that shows chemicals (soap) repelling pepper in a bowl of water. It was actually because the chemical destroyed the surface tension of the water pulling the water molecules towards it causing the pepper to move to the far edge. I thought the experiment was very interesting, so I was going to do it on that when I came across this big problem thanks to the help of Mimi and Leslie. If I wanted to prove that chemicals destroy the surface tension of water, then I would have to measure water molecules, and I don't think that is possible, at least not for me.
Another idea I had in the beginning was this back-up plan. If somehow my experiment failed I could do the very boring experiment of bread and mould. But it just seemed a little TOO boring, so I went back to my original idea of pepper and spiciness.
I feel like I am really unfamiliar with the whole process, so I guess I will have to learn more and more during the whole thing. I am really excited about science fair, but other people don't seem to feel the same as me apparently.
I hope my proposal goes through...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Hush Hush
Hush Hush
By Becca Fitzpatrick
(The Hush Hush Saga #1)\
Release Date: September, 22, 2008
Pages: 400
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
My Ratings: 4 Stars
Source: Purchase
For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment.
But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.
For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life.
COMMENTS:
I decided to write about this book to day, because I went to Metrotown for dinner today and took a stroll in Chapters. I love it there, I love book stores, you can always find something new there. So I was almost at the Teens section when I saw this book. I was called "Silence", and like all other Becca Fitzpatrick's books, it was black and white and grey with tiny bits of red.
"Silence" is the third book of the Hush Hush series. I was really surprised to see it, because I remember getting the second book "Crescendo" just this year around February. I guess the book must have came out earlier than I thought, because unless the author wrote everything beforehand, then she is a super fast writer.
After I got over the shock of seeing it, I started to remember my previous experience with this series. I have both the first and second book of this series because when I went back to China, my cousin would send me English books for my birthday. Hush Hush just happens to be one of the books she sent me. I really liked the book, and when I came back and saw Crescendo I just got it too.
Crescendo was not as good as the first book because I didn't really like the way the main character was acting. In the first book I could tell that Nora (main character) was a girl with a strong personality, but in the second book she was very weak and sometimes annoying.
Though Nora was not very interesting Patch the fallen angel is as gorgeous as ever. I don't know how he comes up with all these comments that totally either want to punch him in the face or double over in laughter.
I haven't read the book yet, so I am thinking of getting it from the library. Buying books are a waste of trees (yet I still like to buy them and put it on my book shelf).
P.S.
I hope I can go to the library soon, I am thinking of reading Lord of The Rings. I can't believe I haven't read it yet, I heard it is epic. So busy these days, just had a science test today, think I did okay. I have a textiles test and a English quiz coming up. We must be making up for the long weekend ^^. I still have the cold, I hope it goes away soon.
Speaking of colds, today when I was on the bus, everywhere I looked there was either someone sneezing or coughing. I bet half the people on the bus has a cold!!!
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
By Suzanne Collins
(The Hunger Games #1)
Release Date: September, 14, 2008
Pages: 374
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure
My Rating: 5 Stars
Source: Library
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature.
Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
COMMENTS
The Hunger Games is a really good book. Last year for English, I heard a lot of people were doing it for independent reading. So I decided to check it out.
Strangely, after reading the summery of this book, it reminded me of another book I read quite a while ago. It was "The Quillian Games" (I think that is how you spell it), which is one of the books from the Pendragon series. This book, like The Hunger Games also describes a place where people were chosen to fight with each other to the death, while the citizens watch for entertainment.
There are 3 books in The Hunger Games series, and I thought the first one was the best. I really enjoyed getting to know the main character Katniss Everdeen, because she had such a strong personality. However I thought the story strayed more and more from "The Hunger Games" itself. In fact, I don't recall there being any actually hunger games in the last volume at all. But regardless, it was a great story and takes you along for an exciting adventure.
I admire the author for thinking of a really good plot for the hunger games (as in the game in the book). As the main character battles for her life, it really expresses how different kinds of people will react and deal with the burden of surviving in a dangerous environment. While I was reading the book, I would often think about how I would be, or what I would do if I was in Katniss's shoes. Every time I would come to the conclusion that I would be dead in about a day if I were in the hunger games. If I didn't get killed by some dagger flying out of nowhere, I would starve to death. If I didn't starve to death, I would probably eat some poisonous mushroom or get get stung by a swarm of bees. If I still didn't die (which I am pretty sure I would have by then), I'd probably get burned in a forest fire caused by the Game Masters, or get eaten by some mutant wolves.
This is a wonderful book, and a great experience. I realize nowadays people (as in teens) are more and more interested in survival books. Other examples are like the Gone Series, which is also about how teens have to survive by themselves.
These books are so much better then supernatural books, vampires and werewolves are getting really old.
I have a cold today, sucks cause I have 3 tests tomorrow.
I hope I feel better tomorrow!
Monday, 10 October 2011
Revenge of The Witch
Rise of The Huntress
By Joseph Delaney
(The Last Apprentice/ Wardstone Chronicles #7)
Release Date: September, 1, 2010
Pages: 436
Genre: Fantasy
My Rating: 4.5 Stars
Source: VPL Library
Things can never be the same again.
The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle. But their troubles are far from over. Their home has been over-run by enemy soldiers. The Spook's house is in ruins, the boggart protecting it has fled, and the malicious witches imprisoned in the gardens have escaped.
Tom, Alice, and the Spook must flee, too, across the ocean to the island of Mona. And it's on Mona that this small band fighting against the dark will face an old enemy grown terrifyingly powerful. Will they be able to vanquish an evil that crawls beneath the ground itself? At what cost?
Will Tom and the Spook ever be able to return home?
COMMENTS:
I read this book quite a while ago. I was going to write about the newest book of the series, Rage of The Fallen, but I decided to this one instead. I have to admit after reading all 8 books of the series I am pretty unclear on what happened in which book when it come to some details, so I will put down a list of all the books in the series at the end.
For some books it can pull you into the character's world, for some books it can stretch your imagination to the furthest, for some books it brings you back in time. For this book I feel like it can challenge your imagination.
Starting from the first book, the author has been introducing readers to tons and tons of different kinds of monsters, ghosts, demons, etc... But starting from Rise of The Huntress, I feel like the author is taking us back onto memory lane and reviving some older characters in the book. There are still new characters, of course. But I feel like the story is coming closer and closer to a full circle.
The monsters in this series are epic. I can't even begin to imagine how the author came up with them. My favourite monster would be the boggart. Maybe it is because the spook owns a friendly boggart as a house keeper. I was really sad when the spook's house was burned down and the boggart left.
The story is coming closer and closer to the end, I am really interested in how Tom struggles with the and darkness. I also hope Alice will still be Tom's friend. A sentence Tom's mother once said made me more concerned when it came to Alice. Tom's mother was often worried about how Alice would turn out, as she seems to be on the fine line between good and evil. I really hope Alice can help Tom in the future instead of turning into his worst enemy. I can't imagine how difficult it would be for Tom, if he had to capture or possibly kill his best friend.
A lot of books these days are about the supernatural, but this series is a series where the supernatural aren't just vampires or werewolves. There are good and evil, demons and gods, all sorts of horrors from different religions and myths all around the world. Honestly, if you really love adventure and like to come face to face with evil, then you have got to read this book!
The Last Apprentice
1. Revenge of The Witch
2. Curse of The Bane
3. Night of The Soul Stealer
4. Attack of The Fiend
5. Wrath of The Bloodeye
6. Clash of The demons
7. Rise of The Huntress
8. rage of The Fallen
ALSO
The spook's tale and other horrors
The spook's stories: witches
Sunday, 9 October 2011
SALE! ! !
I forgot to write about this. I can't believe I forgot.
So last Thursday, was the last day of school. Leslie made carrot cakes and banana breads and brought it to school so that we could sell it.
Mimi decided to sell it in apartments, so we decided to start at her apartment that day.
After getting our stuff, we first sold some carrot cakes and banana bread to some teachers at our school. We were so happy. YAY!
When we were walking to Mimi's house, I came up with this sales plan (after all, I am the Treasurer). We were selling a piece of carrot cake or a slice of banana bread for $0.75. So if the person bought 3 then we would give them a 10 cent off, which is $2 dollars for 3.
At first the plan didn't seem very good, but after we got to the apartments it was very popular. You'd be surprised who would buy three of our cakes instead of one just because it was 10 cents less. Or because they thought our bread and cakes looked delicious, which it was. Me and Mimi each bought 3 before we sold all of it. It was DeLiCiOUS. Leslie is a genius.
I have never actually sold stuff door to door before, it was an interesting experience. There were a lot of interesting people, and I actually thought some people were pretending to be sick so they wouldn't have to buy our stuff. Sad... They could have just told us. Mimi got really hyper after someone agreed to buy our stuff.
There were also really nice people who gave us money and didn't even take the cakes. They are awesome, best wishes to them.
We didn't even make it to the bottom of the building when we sold everything (we started from the top floor).
I can't wait to do this again, we made some handsome profits. This time only Leslie Mimi and me went, I hope next time our other group members can go to. It will be so fun!!!
I love to draw+
I love to write+
I love to read=
Doodles ^^
Saturday, 8 October 2011
The Son of Neptune
The Son of Neptune
By Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus #2
Release Date: October, 4, 2011
Pages: 521
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
My Rating: 5 STARS
Source: Chapters Purchase
In The Lost Hero (The first book of The Heroes of Olympus), three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a blood-chilling quest:
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.
Who are the other four mentioned in the prophesy? The answer may lie in another camp miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea. . .
COMMENTS: I have to go
I am reading this book right now, today I went to Metrotown and decided that I should read this book in Chapters. But my cousin insisted on buying it for me. I was so excited to read it. Couldn't take my eyes off of it all through dinner.
If you are a fan of Percy, you have got to read this book. I almost forgot how awesome Percy can be. Since Percy's memory is gone for now, it is really annoying when he meets someone you know he knows, but he doesn't know it himself. Really frustrating. Also I thought it was really sweet that the only thing Percy remembered at first (other than his own name of course) was Annabeth. I didn't know he cared so much for her.
The new prophecy includes 7 demi-gods (read above), and if you haven;t already guessed one of them is definitely Percy. The other 6 should be Piper, Jason, Leo, Frank, Hazel. As for the last person, I am hoping it is Annabeth, so then she and Percy can go on the quest together, but other people could pop up. In fact, now I am not even sure if Percy is part of the 7 people. I feel like he is going to lose something that means a lot to him, and the only things I can think of his 1. Annabeth 2. His mom 3.Camp Half-Blood.I really hope Percy will be part of the prophecy though, I really got used to his adventures. He is a great character, and I wish him the best.
I haven't finished the book yet, but so far nothing terribly terrible has happened. I can't wait when the demigods of the Greek side and the demigods of the Roman side meets.
Okay I need go back to my book, too hyped up to even stay seated.
I waited for this book to come out for almost a whole year. And I have decided that it was SO WORTH IT!!!
Friday, 7 October 2011
The Lightening Theif
The Lightening Thief
By: Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and The Olympians #1
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Pages: 385
Genre: Fantasy
My Rating: 5 Stars
Source: Library
After getting expelled from yet another school for yet another clash with mythological monsters only he can see, twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is taken to Camp Half-Blood, where he finally learns the truth about his unique abilities: He is a demigod, half human, half immortal. Even more stunning: His father is the Greek god Poseidon, ruler of the sea, making Percy one of the most powerful demigods alive. There's little time to process this news. All too soon, a cryptic prophecy from the Oracle sends Percy on his first quest, a mission to the Underworld to prevent a war among the gods of Olympus.
COMMENTS:
THIS BOOK IS AWESOME. (I read this series a while ago...)
For some books, when you bring it up in a conversation, nobody seem to know what you are talking about. But for this book, as long as you include "Percy Jackson", I am sure most people will know it.
Percy Jackson is a kid with ADHD and dyslexia, he doesn't do well in school, and frankly doesn't really fit in. When his maths teacher tries to kill him, and the ball pen his history teacher gave him turned into a sword, he didn't know he was the son of a Greek God, he didn't know that he was going to go to Olympus, he didn't know that he was expected to do great things.
When Percy arrived at Camp Half-Blood, I was probably more excited than he was. The place is magical, it is like a page from a fairy tale combined with Greek Mythology. I admire the author for being able to write a story based on mythology, which can be considered as stories. You can enjoy a great book + learn more about Greek Mythology + improve your reading skills.
Every story needs something to connect it all together, and in this series, it would be the prophecy. In the first book Percy got the prophecy that described his journey to get the Lightning Rod of Zeus back. With every twist and turn in the books later on, more and more prophecys were released. I don't know how the author can determine what his plot is going to be like at such a early stage of a book, you would have to write the whole plot down. When I was trying to write my own book I found that it was harder than it seems.
This series is a MUST READ, I personally consider it as a classic.
Just a few days ago The Son of Neptune, which is the second book of the Heroes of Olympus series, I can't wait to get my hands on it.
Here is a list of the books in Percy Jackson and the Olympians:
1. The Lightning Thief
2. The Sea of Monsters
3. The Titan's Curse
4. The Battle of the Labyrinth
5. The Last Olympian
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