September Going Home

Wow...today I had reserved a ticket already, it meant that I could go home after this semester in September. I was sooooooooo happy=p. I had been linving in Sydney for almost one year, I missed my parents and friends and classmates so much, sometimes I could dream them. I still remembered the first day when I had arrived at here, everything was so strange for me and many stranger surrounded me. I felt so complicated, because a new place made me fresh while far away from family and friends made me feel lonely.

Let me tell you an very interesting and stupid thing about me. The fifth day when I came here, it was a Tuesday, which was the first day for English Course. I was later for about 15 minutes. why???? Because a new friend of mine and I took the same train to school, and we just concentrated on talking and none of us concerned we would get off train at Central Station, we got off the train at Town Hall station and transfered another train got back to Central station. As a result, we both late. When I got my classroom, I felt so so frustrated, because I thought that going to school late was a very damn thing, I would leave teacher a very bad impression. I explained this situation, I told him that I just came here for five days and I got off train at a wrong station, and he said:" ok, it doesn't matter, so tomorrow you are not new student any more." This teacher was very humorous, but he was right, the next day, I was not a new student any more, so there was no reason to late.

However, although I was late, I had another unforgetable thing, which was that I saw the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge at circular quay, when my friend and I were on the way back to central station. Before I saw these theme buildings just on television, but this time I saw the real one, I was so excited. They were so great and so beautiful. I was like a child laughting. haha.... I told this experience to my parents and Chinese friends, they told me that don't be late next time and concentrate on the train, don't make mistakes any more.

Film Making, cool~~~

This morning, we have got a course of Communication Shills, we studied the film making, just a short film. Wow~~~~, it was really really fantastic, this was my first time to shoot. Actually, last week our tutor Julia had tutoued us some basic skills, this week we continued to familia the camera. I really really thought that to be an actor was really hard, because this week I was an actor in our shot film, which had been shot again and again..... according to my calculation, I played about ten times, oh my God, if a professional actor who would play a formal movie, I could imagen that, really really hard. The most important thing I felt, which was actors had to listen to the directors. During the shooting, I always stop acting and saw the camera, and then asked:" can I stop??" And Julia said that I had to listen to the director (Jin is our director). So, I could not stop until the director saying stop, poor me=[ But anyway, all of us thought that filming making was interesting and enjoyable. The main reason led to we had to shoot again was that our camera did not in a suitable position, so we shot and shot. Now, I have got it. We just saw that super stars were brilliant, but no one knew that they had to pay their efforts. Meanwhile, the directors were also a hard job, because they had to consider the whole scenary and lighting and everything. Every time we went to cinema, just appreciated the excellence movie and never knew how they had been made. Through this class I knew the basic knowledge of film making. What a wonderful movie world!!!

Chinese Education VS Western Education

University of Bristol

As a Chinese student, I knew that studying in China was really really different, especially the fundamental education. Chinese education system was like, students must accept the nine years compulsory education, it met that primary school needed six years and junior high school needed three years. After these nine years, most students wanted to go to the tertiary educational institutes, so they have to continue the senior high school to study for three years. When they finished these three years study, they could go to uni to study, however, it was not easy. The examination of entrance university would be coming, which was a very very different exam. Students should study extremely hard so that they could go to their ideal university. So, every 7 and 8 of July, it was the most important two days in students' life, because the exam held in this time. If they could get high marks they would be offered by a good uni, or they could be offered by any uni. I heard that every year many many studnets were dissappoint.

In Western countries, I was not sure what the educational system looked like, but I could feel the tertiary education was very developed. From last October till present, I have been studying at Australia, I thought that in the class students must participate rather than only tutors talking. In addition, students had many leisure to self-study and when they did their assignments, they had to find the reference, this was completely different from Chinese education. In chinese class, teachers were always talking and talking and they would give the key points to let them memorize these points. It had never appear in Western class. So, just in my opinion, Western style could make studnents' ability in many aspects, such as self-study, independent, and researching skills.

However, I did not want to deny that Chinese basic education was the best, because in primary and high school, we studied more different mathematics than Western, not only math but also we had many readings like ancient poems, many writings and so on. Based on the analysis above, I have got a conclusion, which was that studying the basic education in China and accepted the tertiary education in Western country. That would be perfact...haha...

Thank you!

Wow, time goes so quickly, I have been living in Sydney for almost one year. Now, I really really want to say:" thank you!" I want to say thank you to my parents (see this pic), because without them, I can not study here, they pay my tuition fees and living expensive. Yes, I know that they work so hard every day, especially my dad, he is supporting me and the whole family, my mom is also the money maker, although her wage is not too much. They give me sopporting both finacial and mental, because I feel not good, I have problems with some pieces, they are always be there. I miss them every day, I live with my presents for 22 years. Otherwise, I want to say thank you to my domestic freinds, although we can not see each, we often contact with each other by email, and some chatting tools, they are far away from me, but I can feel their concerns. I am so glad that I found many many nice friends and lovely classmates in Sydney, in a strange city, they do not make feel that I am lonely. So, I really really appreciate it. There are two song that can express my emotion, one is Thank God I Found You by Maria Carry, another one is Thank You by Dido, I am overwhelmed with gratitude, thank you!!!

My home town Tian Jin

Wow, today was a really really windy day, I must admit that I really really did not like windy days, because the sands would be in my eyes, this scene made me retrieve my home town Tian Jin. Ok, let me introduce my home town and you can know it more.

Tian jin, a coast city, which is one of the four municipal cities in China with about ten million population. It is located at northern China and very close to the capitl city Beijing. Tian Jin is in temperate zone and belongs kind of monsoon climate, so in summer it is very hot, the highest temperature is 37 degrees and in winter is very cold, the lowest temperature is below zero, about -10 at night. Tian Jin is a city combined ancient and modern. It has got a history about six hundren years, meanwhile, it is an international city. In city center, it is funioush and you can see the neon everywhere, all streets and rodes are brighter even at night. The economy of Tian jin is also develop, the GDP has been increasing every year. In addition, I would like to introduce the landscopes of Tian Jin, although here are no too many landscopes, each landscope is classical. The Huang Ya Guan Great Wall and Pan Shang Mountain are in suburb areas, but the transportation is conveinent, so tourists can easily get there. Another landmark is called Shi Family Mansion, which is a private garden, it is extremely beautiful, it is worth to visit. Now, let me show you some famous snacks to you, these snacks are unique, you can eat them in Tian Jin only. First, Gao Bu Li Bao Zi(steamed filled buns), is delicious. Especially, the skills of how to make this is a secret, nobody knows how to make the stuff. Second, Shi Ba Jie Ma Hua(fried dough twist)...yummy!!!!!! Ok, talking too much, it is time to show you a picture of Tian Jin.

Hong Kong was returned to China 10th anniversary

Today is 1st of July, 2007, which is the day Hong kong was returned to China ten years. Chinese president Hu Jintao had been to Hong Kong to join this ceremony. Mr hu also met the chief executive Mr Tsang and talked about Hong Kong's development druing these ten years.

As a Chinese people, I was so proud of that. Althought about 150 years ago, because of the weakness of the last feudal dynasty, Qing Danasty, which had to divided HK, our territory to UK, recently, China has been developing, it will become one of the most developed countries in the world. So, it can be seen clearly, in 1997, Hong Kong was returned to China. Till 2007, ten years later, all the people can see that the development of Hong Kong is more and more flourish with One-country Two-policy.

At last, I wish that our motherland became more and more develop.