Richard Clayderman's concert

On December 30th Richard Clayderman visited Nanjing for Chinese New Year in Wu Tai Shan Gym. The concert started at 7:30p.m and he had an honored guest. They are a group of four Chinese girls who plays four different instruments. My mom picked me up after school and had dinner outside. At about 7:15 we went back to the concert house to wait for his concert. Our sit was in the first roll but it was too high and it’s not in the centre. However we could still see clearly. When Richard Clayderman came out everybody was shouting and clapping. It was the first time I saw him. Before I only have his CDs. I chose this performance because I really like piano and love to listen to him play the piano. All the songs he played were very famous. He also played a song with many children. He can play many Chinese songs and the most famous one he played with the four Chinese girls. His fingers moved really fast. Although he is old but his fingers are not old. He learned some Chinese and talked to us. Most of the time he spoke French but we couldn’t understand anything. There was also a slide show about him from the time he was born till now. He went to many countries to perform and he was really handsome when he was young. The concert ended at about 10 O’clock.
I really enjoyed the concert the music were excellent and I admire him so much that he can play piano so well. I know all the songs he played. The lights were beautiful too. It matched the songs he played. I hope I can see Richard Clayderman again in China. Maybe someday I will learn to play piano and I’ll be able to play all the songs I like.

Going to an Art Museum

On March 14th I went to an Art museum we my friend in Changzhou. Outside there is a rock and there are four Chinese words on it which are written in red. The museum is called LiuHaiSu Art museum. LiuHaiSu is a famous art designer. He is the cause of our country the founders of modern art and also the new art movement pioneer, an outstanding art educator. When you walk into the front door the first room you see is called “Jin Yuan Tang”. Inside this room there are Cultural and Historical Data, biography Hall, boutique galleries, art galleries and the size of hall, a reception in Conference Room. Inside “Jin Yuan Tang” there is also a rockery which engraved “Jin Yuan Tang” and some other words. Liu Haisu Art Gallery with modern art gallery and the Hall of Fame double feature are compatible with the exhibition, collection, exchange, research and popularization of multi-functional aesthetics, multi-dimensional three-dimensional art center. In this museum they don’t only have pictures and statues they also have Chinese traditional “Shi Zi Xiu”. It is a picture that you sew on it with different kinds of colors. When you look closely you will find the lines are all mixed up and they are very messy but if you look at the picture far away you will think the animal or the people look realistic. It takes a long time doing it and it very difficult.
I think this museum is a little boring because you really don’t know what to see and you don’t really know what do his art works mean. However the “Shi Zi Xiu” was very was interesting. From this museum I learnt more about “LiuHaiSu” and made me know more knowledge.

Eating with my family

Last summer our family went to German for holiday and on August 9th the first day we ate local German food there. We chose this resturant because it was near the river and it was near our hotel. We went to the resturant at about 9pm in Vienna. I think German food is really delicious. My dad asked us if we wanted to eat Chinese food and we all said no we said in German we want to eat local German food because we can’t eat it in China and the Chinese food in German are not tasty.
In German, people eat a lot and the foods in the plate were a lot too. They can eat a whole plate of meat and they are not full. However for us it was too much and we only needed to order 2 dishes instead of 3. Although the food was too much for us but it was very cheap and delicious. I never tried German food before and this was my first time. My mom asked me on the first night was German food good and I said it was very tasty and I liked it a lot. My mom said that’s good because I can eat any food when I go to any country.
German people like to eat meat so every time we went into a restaurant and the most kinds of food on the menu was meat. So every time we ordered meat. Germans also like to eat salad made of ham and vegetables they called it as Wurst salat. The food in German is all very fresh and one time we went upon the mountain to eat lunch we even saw goats and cows. The mike on the mountain is just from the cows on the mountain. German’s sausages are very famous too. My dad loves them. Speaking of German many people will think German beer but I didn’t drink any because it’s illegal to drink under 18 years old.
I enjoyed eating German food the environment was great. There were people singing. The people in the resturant were all German and the service was excellent. If you go to Vienna some day you should go to that resturant. I hope I can go to German and eat again.

Volunteer

On January the 28th my classmate Ada and me went to the Yuhua Village care center to help the elderly there. I woke up at 7:30 in the morning because it’s a long way to get there from our home. Ada’s mom took us there. She chose this care center because Ada’s grandmother is one of the elderly in there.
When we got there it was almost 9o’clock. First we went to Ada’s grandmother’s room to see her after this we went to all the other rooms to see if they need any help. At first they didn’t know who we are and didn’t want were we going to do. Then we told them we were volunteers here to see if you need any help. We helped them to go to the washroom because they couldn’t do this by themselves. We also helped the Administrator to carry the tables and chairs to the lobby. When we went to the kitchen we saw they were washing the vegetables and there were many vegetables so we decided to help them wash vegetables because it was almost lunchtime and they were going to cook meals for the elderly. After washing the vegetables we went back to see the elderly if they need help. There was Kara ok in the care center and the elderly can sing whenever they want to. Some of them love to sing and they were good too. They asked us to sing with them and we had fun. The elderly were all very friendly and kind to us. Time past really fast it was 11:30 now and the elderly were going to have lunch now. Some of them couldn’t eat by themselves so Ada and me feed them their meals. We were really careful because the soup was a little hot so when that wanted to drink the soup we had to blow the soup until it was cool down. The elderly were very nice to us they talked to me a lot but unluckily I didn’t understand what she was saying. She said I’m her granddaughter and when she talked to me she was a little crying maybe something sad things remind her and in the care center there was nobody to talk to and she couldn’t release her pain.
After feeding them with their meals Ada’s mom took us outside to have lunch the lunch was delicious and we were all hungry so we ate a lot. Her mom was very nice and kept giving me dishes into my bowl. After lunch Rita called me and said she wanted to come to. So we went to pick up Rita and went back to the care center. When we got back there it was quite and most of the elderly were sleeping. At that time we didn’t have anything to do so we relax for a while. Then some of them woke up and wanted to go outside for a walk so we took them for a short walk.
After a while they were going to have dinner it was almost like lunch so we started to feed them but they were not really hungry and couldn’t eat any. Then the Administrator came and grabs their chair and was very mean to them and forced them to eat. We were surprised by how they treat them. The elderly had no choice but eat. After dinner they went to their room and do what they want they watched TV chatting with us ect. We stayed there until they were all asleep. It was a really enrich day.
I think helping old people is a really good thing. When I was young I always helped my grandmother but she passed away in 2004 so I can help more people like my grandmother. It was very meaningful to me.

In November our school Volunteer Club went to Shanxi Road because there was a charity about the people who lived in Sichuan and we needed to help them donate money. We stood there for half an hour to listen to what they said and then we went to donate money for another half hour. It is very meaningful to do somethings for them beacause they lost their homes and have nowhere to live and we should to something to help them feel warm.

On January 1st we went to help the younger student at the Teenage center on Houzai Men Bei An Men. If they had any questions they would ask you to help them solve it. They were just like my youger brothers and sisters and we were all very greatful to help them.

I learnt that volunteer is a very meaningful thing to do beacuse it can help many people when they need help you can do things for the people not only you know but also some people you don't know. I also leant how to take care fo people.

Clubs

I joined the Taekwondo Club my mom said I’m too small she wanted me to join the club and learn something to protect myself.
When I was in Middle school two of my friends and I said we would learn Taekwondo together in summer but our dream didn’t come true because we didn’t all have time. Then I came to school and I saw this club because we all didn’t know each other so I don’t know who is going to join the club. At lunchtime I went to the GCA lobby to see all the clubs then I stood at the Taekwondo Club suddenly my classmate Helen stood beside me and asked me if I want to join she told me that she had learned this for the whole summer vacation and she wanted to join the club with me. So we both went to sign up.
The club practices twice a week, which are Wednesday and Friday. Each class is 1and a half hour. This club we have to pay money because we go to a gym to practice and there are professional teachers. We have to pay 100RMB for 10 classes I think it’s not that expensive because if you go outside to learn it, it will be much more expensive.
At the first class the teacher told us to play some games to warm up. In the class there are little children and teenagers the little children are only 3 or 4 years old. They were so cute. The teachers taught us some basic moves because many of us didn’t learned this before. The teachers have a sense of humor and they told us jokes. The moves were hard for me and it hurts a lot. When I got home I was so tired and didn’t want to move. The next day I woke up I couldn’t even get off my bed because my legs hurt so much. I can only rest for one day and I have to go back training. After a few classes I got used to it, it doesn’t hurt any more. Then one class the teacher told us we have to kick something when I held the thing it was really hard and it will hurt when you kick it. At first I tried but it hurts so much the teacher told me that it wasn’t the right way to do it that’s why it hurts. He taught me the right way and it really doesn’t hurt. Finally at the very last two classes he asked us to pull our ligament. My ligament is not good and I’m really afraid of this but I had no choice. The teacher pulled my ligament until it was very straight it hurts so much that I couldn’t even say a word. After class when I began walking down the stairs I almost fell I didn’t even had energy to stand. These were the ten classes and I will keep on learning.

Although Taekwondo hurts very much but it is very useful for me. I can protect myself and get exercised. Now I’m a beginner but I think not through a long time I will take a test and be better and better.

This term I didn't go to the Taekwondo because my was finished my lessons so I started to go to the Swimming Club. I love swimming a lot. When I was young I was really afraid of water but after I leanrt swimming in Canada I love swimming and I can swim really well. We go swimming on Saturdays and we always swim for a long time.

physical health----dancing

I liked dancing a lot when I was in middle school so I always wanted to learn dancing. Then I came to this school there are many clubs and one of then are Dancing Club. When I saw this club I joined in it immediately. I was very excited about the club because I finally can learn dancing.
The club practices every Saturday from 1 to 3. The students are the teachers for example Seven and Elva are teaching Jazz, Mona is teaching girl’s Hip Pop and Only is teaching Breaking. The students are teachers because we don’t have to pay any money if you want to have a teacher you have to pay so we all choose the students to be the teachers.
In October our school held a Sports Day and they need the Dancing Club to perform after the first half of the soccer game so the club leader Only told us the news. On National day he told us to go to school to practice for 3 days. We didn’t know any moves because we had never learn dancing before most of us are beginners so Mona had to teach us the basic moves. Then the next day she taught us the moves she told us to remember the moves by next day because we didn’t have much time. She tested us the next day if all of us passed then she started to teach the rest of the moves. It was really hard to remember all the moves in such a short time but we made it. We practiced a lot. We had to stay after school for 2 more hours until 7 o’clock and after lunch we had to practice too. All of us were hungry and tired but we had to make this performance prefect. When we get home we still have to practice and our knee hurt a lot. At the last day of the performance we stayed at school till 8 o’clock we practiced again and again because we were afraid if tomorrow we would make mistakes. At the Sports Day we did a good job and my friends all said we were great and I was really happy about it even though we practiced till very late and hungry but we had success.
After the Sports Day we started practice as usual this time the girl’s Hip Pop teacher didn’t come but the Jazz teacher came so we all learned Jazz. I think I like Jazz more then Hip Pop because you have to have a lot of energy when you dance Hip Pop but Jazz you don’t have to. On the celebration of Christmas the Dancing Club also did a performance and they were good I didn’t perform because I didn’t have time to practice but next time I will go.
I think learning can make me slimmer and can help me get exercise because when I get home I have to do my homework and don’t have time to exercise. I will keep on learning. dancing.

On March 7th the Dancing Club proformed on stage for the Foreign Language Festival. We practiced a lot for the last two weeks before the proformance. We leanrt reggae and we even called a reggae teacher to teach us. We always practiced very late after school. However we were successful and we even won the first price. Although we were all very tired and nervous but we felt sweet after we finished the proformance.

Eating with the grade 12

On December 20th our whole class except some people went to Tacos---a western restaurant to have meals with the grade 12. It is one of our chapters' in our portfolio—culture awareness. It asked us to go to a Western restaurant we chose Tacos because we thought Tacos is affordable for our students.
At about 6o’clock we met at Tacos. First we ordered our meals we had a very long list for all of our meals there were so many people in Tacos so the waitress and waiter got mixed up our meals and we waited for a long time for our meals almost 1 hour and we were all starving. There were way too many people that they didn’t even have forks. It was boring to wait for meals so we took a lot of pictures with each other. I ordered beaf with rice same as most of the people.
The boys’ meals were faster than the girls’ but I was really starving so I took Chester’s meal from him because we ordered the same meal. Then everyone else at our table is staring at me. When the meal came we invited the grade 12 to take pictures with us. The boys ordered a lot their table was full of empty plates. The meal was really delicious and we ate all up including the girls.
After eating they said they wanted to go singing and most of us agreed so we took taxi to get there. There were too many people but a very small room so some boys had to sit on the floor. We sang some English songs too. I went home at about 9:30 otherwise it was too late for me.
Eating together with classmates was a fun and interesting thing to do. We can chat what ever we want and we are the same age we will plan to go out together again sometime.